The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-23

The singing of The Marseil- laise by the audience touched the heart of France at whose request the Star Spangled Banner was sung Miss Alice Hill sang ''The Americans Gomez and the exercises closed with the benediction being offered by Rev. William H. Nichou of the Bethany church
 The ushers who are members of the Stratford Post American Legion, under whose- auspices the exercises were held. were Arthur Beardsley, Henry Wells, David Hughes, William Haggerty, Edward Bierholm, Wayne Austin and John Bortnick.
 Preparations have been made by the members of Okenuck tribe for the entertaining of nearly POO of their members at the meeting of the organ ization which will be held in their wigwam on Church street this even ing A program of entertainment which it is expected will prove to be one of the best arranged affairs and most enjoyable events of the. tribe in many months has been VeompIeted by William Howard W7lcoxson, sachem of the tribe, and will include an ad- dress by Past Sachem J. Erwin Ja- cobs of New Haven, who is one of the leading attorneys of that city. Sing ing and orchestral selections will also be on the evenings program. Fol lowing the meeting a banquet will be served on the upper floor of the lodge | room
 The final sessions of the Sratford Board of Relief which was held in | their of1ice in the town hall Saturday afternoon and evening were the bus l jest sessions the board has held, there being about 250 taxpayers present dur ! ing the sessions, many of whom en- tered complaints regarding the over assessment of their property by the board of assessors The board of re-
 lief will now investigate the com plaints which have been made during | their decisions will be made in this column at a later date
 1 About 100 of the members of St Johns lodge, No g, A F. and A M journeyed to Stamford on Saturday 1 evening where the feIIowcraft team of
 the local lodge conferred the NJ M | degree for their Stamford brothers in
 8 most impressive form. being highly con1pl1mented by the members of
 the Stamford lodge Preceding the lodge meeting the local members were
 entertained with 6 ba hruet which was
 served at 6:30 o'clock
 The body of Mrs Edward P Allen, who met her sudden death in P4iIa- delphia last Thursday when she was
 run oyer by a trolley car, arrived in Stratford yesterday and the funeral services were held this afternoon from Christ church at o'clock, the Rev c. C. Kennedy officiating at the churct land at Union cemetery where the
 burial took place.
 At the meeting of the Stratford c1ut
 which will be held this evening in the
 club rooms on Nichols avenue the plans for the new club house of the
 organization will be presented. Som, changes may be made to the plan! , and it is expected that every member , of the club will be present to eXpreS , his opinion regarding the plans. Mrs. William Maxwell of Stratfort avenue is seriously i'll at her nom | with pneumonia
 MT. and Mrs. William Tryon of MaiI street spent the weekend holiday witl |. relatives in Clinton where they for
 rnerly resided
 Mrs. F. L. Hanson is quite i'll at he ! home on Broadbridge avenue. U Oscar Peterson of Main street wa a 8 visitor with friends in Bridgepor 0 l Saturday.
 Mrs. George Vail. who has been i
 t her home on Stzstford avenue, 7 1lneWhat improved.
 |
 A Louis E. Peck, the well known fiji
 insurance representative. has return