The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-16
CUPHEEC CLUB
 NEW QUARTERS ARE NOW OPEN
Roof Covering Sidewalk on North Side of Viaduct
 Drops.
lspecial to the Times.)

Tn the LOVeI Du1lQ1nS were IOl L40A y | opened by the members of the club and their friends on Saturday even-
 ing when nearly the entire member ship of the organization turned out to join in the evenings festivities. Each member of the club was ac- companied by friend and many new members were added to the club rolls as a result of the opening night | exercises which were fully enjoyed by all present. No pains, work or money have been spared to make the club one of the finest in these parts and the gorgeous furnishings of the several rooms shows that the com
 mittee who purchased the furnishings had exquisite taste and spared no time in equiptng the club rooms. The I main room of the club is handsome l ly furnished with a row of over stuffed divans on the north side and down through the center of the room l with handsome tables between each l one fully illuminated with beautiful | electric lights. The walls have been papered with tapestry paper and on 1 the floors the handsomest of Chinese design rugs are being used. In the pool room four of the very latest
 models of pool tables have been in stalled and around this room bill llaTQ Cna1TS Ol SpdH1SA feather have been placed for the use of the members Between the main I room and the billiard room a mann
 moth arch adds to the beauty of the
 surroundings. The card rooms, like the others, are in keeping with the | clubs beauty, having been equipped with handsome mahogany tables and appropriate 6xings.
 The entertainment of Saturday evening not. only marked the opening of the new club rooms, but 1t also was in honor of the thtrty-fourth
 anniversary of the organization. The Melody quartet and orchestra of Bridgeport were among the entertain | CTS as was Frank Braithwaite, and Louis Fentoon, also of Bridgeport. A
 few addresses were made by the
 members of the organization, the
 most prominent of which was the one
 by Captain L. Cooley of this town
 Mrs. c. B. Walters of Bridgeport was the caterer and served an ele- gant ba1sluet during the evening.
 What proved to be a very popular and pleasing event was the entertain
 ment given by the members of the Stratford post, American Legion, in their hall in the Christensen building Saturday night. About 120 were in attendance and the upplr floor where l the dancing was held was a hand | some scene having recently been | decorated by the members of the 1 Woman's Auxiliary of the post. Luncheon was served and an auction i of homemade cakes was also held. At i the meeting of the post this evening g in the same hall several boxing bouts will be staged and a card of enter tainment for the members arranged. After 9 long illness William Grams tuon, a prominent New Jersey lawyer and one of the well known men of Stratford, died at the Galen hosNital in Bridgeport early Saturday morn ing. MT. Cranstuon, who had not
 practiced law for several years. had
 made his home here since discon tinu- ing his practice and previous to that ! time he had spent his summers in town since small boy. He was taken ] to the institution in which he died 1 last Wednesday. He is survived by a 1 widow who resides in the Benjamin house on Main street.
 Sunset lodge, S. F. of A.. one of
 the recently organized orders in
 Stratford, held a most enthusiastic
 meeting in Odd Fellows hall Satur- 1 day evening when six candidates were
 admitted to the order, the degree team
 from Park City lodge No. 1S2 of Brid geport doing the work in a most
 excellent form. At the next meeting l of the lodge an entertainment will be l provided by an entertainment conn
 mittee comprising Oscar Swanson,
 chairman; M Bjork, Harold Oster-
 land, Mrs. Kaublin, Miss Viola Brandt
 ling and Miss Gladys DahIin, appoint l ed at last Saturdays meeting.
 | Yesterday morning about 9:30 the 1 shelter covering over the sidewalk on
 the north side of the railroad viaduct l came down with a crash as a result
 of the roof being heavily loaded with
 snow. Fortunately no one was under
 it when it crashed to the ground and
 no serious accident was recorded. Fol. | lowing the accident Chief William | Nichols roped off both sides of the
 walk and pedestrians were compelled 1 to use the street during a part of the day. An accident of this kind is
 sheer negligence on the part of the 1 railroad company, as only a short l time ago the covering on south side
 of the vtaduct crashed down from be-
 ing overloaded with snow No one
 was injured in this accident and the l covering was braced up with bolts 1 where it has been a menace to pe-
 destrians ever since. The old tinnbers in the coverings have long since been decayed and new ones are needed at
 once although if yesterdays accident t71rns out as tr% former one did no at- tention will be paid to the welfare of
 the general public by making the cov- ering safe.
 The members of the woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church entertained their husbands at Q very pleasant gathering at the home of MT. and Mrs. Arthur Meloy on North Main street Saturday evening
 A discussion was held during the eve.
 ming which was followed by a supper
 being served. All present enjoyed a
 most pleasant evening.
 About 150 of the taxpayers of Strat- ford appeared before the two meet ings of the board of relief which was Iheld Saturday. Of this number about |75 filed com mplaints while the other 75