The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-12
TURNER HIT BY AUTOMOBILE IS RECOVERING Officers of Okenuck Tribe Will Be Installed This
 Evening MOTHERS CLUB
 GIVES FINE DANCE G. F. Blakeslee, Well Known Resident, Dies In Jersey
 City
Special to The Times.l

Stratford, Jan. 12.---Melville Turner, 9, who has just returned from British West Indies, was struck by an auto l mobile driven by Clarence Palmer, Jr., of East Main street, Stratford, Satur- day evening about o'clock at Para disc Green, being knocked to the ground and receiving severe lacera- tions about the face and hands. Fol- lowing the accident Turner, who is living at the Y.M.C.A. in Bridgeport, was taken to the office of Dr. D. R. Rowland, who dressed the wounds. He was later taken to the Bridgeport hospital In the Stratford ambulance. Turner, who was on his way to visit a friend living on Garden street, had Just a1fghted from a trolley car and had gone only 8 short distance walk l ing on the right hand side of the street near the gutter when he sud- denly stepped out into the road in front of the Palmer machine. Accord 1 ing to information received Turner gave no warning of his intentions to step out into the street and before Palmer could stop f1is machine the unfortunate man had been hit. HIS condition while painful is not serious. William Howard Wilcoxson will this evening be installed as sachem o1 l Okenuck tribe by Deputy Great Sa- 1 chem Nelson J. AhhstroGn of Stamford l who widI be assisted by the past sa- | chen1s of Onax tribe of that city. The other officers to be installed at the meeting who were elected recently are: Harry W. F. Baldwin, senior sagamore; Horace T. Wellington, jul 1 nior sagamore; Wesley Morehouse, prophet; George A. Fairchild, chief of records: Andrew T. Eaton, collector l of wompurn, and Evert l.. Beardsiey, keeper of wanpum. several oHhcers to be appointed at the meeting will also be installed into office by Deputy | Great Sachem Ahlstrom anid staff Following the meeting a. social time will be held and corn and venison VIII be served.
 The Mothers club, an organization
 which was organized recently by the
 mothers of the Avon Park d1str1ct,
 gave another of their popular dances
 lin the Honey Spot school last Friday
 evening, the event being the most
 successful one yet given. Nearly 2oo
 people attended, Superintendent of
 Schools C. c. Thompson, Ph1lo Aa-
 lvens of the school board, and MT.
 IRogers, principal of the Center school
 being the guests of the evening. Ihe
 committee in charge of the afalr ln-
 cluded Mrs. Brown, principal or the | I tHOneV SDOC SCHULZ 41l D. A|e"A'O
 er1rci and Anthony Fellows. It IS the
 n1an of this organization to continue
 edyinb events of this kind until enough
 money can be raised +o purchase an
 acre of ground adjoining the scnooI
 property which will be fitted up as a playground for the children or the
 school. The grounds when acquired
 by the Mothers club will be kept III
 condition by the members or the clun
 1 4I,a cof
 childre.? while they are enjoying the privileges of the playgrounds. Miss F,ditl1 Marcus who is the treasurer o1 l the club. already has about S3Oo Whlcf has been raised towards this worthy project.
 : Tt was erroneousIy announced II the columns of the Times, Saturda1 evening, that James Mallett or Mali street. intended suing the town O.
 Stratford for damages which will b' 7 caused to his property when the tt ] foot roadway is put through Barnu1r g avenue. MT. Ma1lett stated to tht 3 Times correspondent Saturday even = ing that he had no intentions D
 suing the town for damages as h. t knew. when the street was widenet = and his property taken, the toWl f would meet him fairly and no sui y i wouId-1be necessary.
 e Many of the residents of Stratfort V were grieved to learn of the deati t of George E. Blakes1ee which occur f red at Christ hospital, Jersey City n N. J., Saturday, after a. short ill k ness. due to pneumonia MT n Blakeslee, up to about 25 years ago 0 was a resident of this place and wa h well known to the older residents O t the town. He was president of tn t Hudson Boulevard Commission an'
 1 was a member of the New Jerse, g. Highway Commission. He was als = campaign manager for Governor d Elect Edwards of New Jersey. Hi D four brothers, Edward J. Blakeslee e A. W, Blakeslee, both of Stratford
 and Charles D. and Robert e RIakeslee of Florida, survive him. f The funeral of Miss Amanda E = Alling, who died at the Bridgepor 3 hospital last Friday night was hel s vesterday afternoon from the hom n of her mother, Mrs. Emily M. filling - 1543 West Broad street, and wa l. largely attended by her many sor 0 rowing relatives and friends. Tn j. Rev. A. F. Chamberlain, pastor 0 e the Stratford Methodist church, 0 s which the Cec6dSeu was 11e1lO0i l. conducted the services. Intermen
 took place at Evergreen cemetery r. New Haven.
 If At a largely attended meeting c l. Housatonic grange, which was hel II in their hall on Main street, Saturda d evening, the second degree was con IS ferred on a class of candidates. Con e siderable discussion was had re1ativ n to which would be ths/better plan fo = the organization, to rent a hall 0 e build a new one. A pleasing pro j. gram of entertainment was also give e under the direction of Mrs. Harol }" C. Holmes.
 | The Stratford people will be give It an opportunity this evening to hea st an address on the sinking of the Lu Is sitania by one of the survivors of tn l. terrible disaster, Risca Williams, wh | will appear in Packard hall with tn
 i Royal Welsh Concert company. Tn
 1 concert will also be a treat for tshos O 2