The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-15
Fairfield

A whist and pdnochle will be held gomorrow evening in St: Thomas hall by the women of St. Thomas parish For the benift of the new parish school Many beautiful prizes have sbeen donated. A large crowd is ex- spected and everyone is assured of a The hall where good things to eat will aoe for sale.
 n Ali She players of the American Ho appear for practice tonight in Proparation for the game between the H-egion team and the fast Fairmont A C. team that will be played in the Legion hall Saturday night. New anen are in the lineup and the Legion d feam is expected to defeat the Fair mont boys. Jim Francis orchestra will furnish the music for dancing after the game.
 A turkey dinner will be given by ffFe Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion for the ex-servtce men on Dec. 20. Invitations have been sent 10 all the ex-service boys in the town and a large crowd Is expected to ap- chased by Mrs H. Glover. The sup per will be served at 8 o'clock. Jim Francis orchestra will furnish the music for the dancing and the enter hainment that will be held after the supper.
 Most every Fairfielder ahat has an automobile has the sign ''Give that next io,b to an ex-service bow" The sign tells its own story and if there are any spare jobs in Fairfield en- ployers will surely give she job to an ex-service boy.
 Carpenters employed in the build- ing of the new Red Mems theatre are busy laying the floor and the theatre will probably be thrown open to the nuh1ic inside of two weeks All thd work now remaining for the work men is the decorating and the in stallation of the moving picture ma chine. The Red Men are laying in big supply of coal for the winter to seep their big club rooms warm.
 Fairfield High school, the girls have .rganized a fast basketball team. they turn out to practice every after 7oon after school has been dismissed sme of the larger High school ,b sketbal1 teams composed of girls VII go down to defeat at. the hands ofthe local misses. Frances Fallon sthe captain of the team. To date mo games have been booked with otter High schools.
 Christmas seals are on sale at the pos office and at all the principal stops of the town. The post office department in Washington has allow
 
 and packages sent through the mails durilg the Christmas season and as the honey obtained from the sale of the camps goes toward the constant campaign waged against tuberculosis by tie Red Cross these stamps de- serve the patronage of every citizen sending away Christmas gifts.
 A h'ckey team has been organized by the boys of the High school and the fil1t game that will be played school cam. Ice has formed on the Jennings pond and on the Mill River pond and the first practice will be held t9nghec tons cbin Ihe gar same between ei1 the played tl Fairfield at either one of the two above mentioned ponds.
 The Tigers are arranging for a ffcotball game to be played Sunday at the Legion field with the famous Crasho team of Bridgeport. The last to have taken place when the Tigers played and defeated the Greens Farms team at Greens Farms last Sunday. Though the boys, on the Tiger team are considered fast and good players there is some doubt as to whether they can defeat the Crasho team.
 The railing on the Post road bridge near Turney road is sadly in need of repair. The railing is broken and is of use to pedestrians crossing the bridge as it is leaning over toward nhe river side. The condition of the sbri6ge Is a serious menace to people using the bridge.
 There is a rumor around town to gfIle effect that Jim Peters, the black smith employed in McGarry's black smith shop, is to go pacK to Ireland fer a visit When informed today of the rumor Jim said that there was Ia remote possibility of his going back k. the Emerald Isis sft=s the first of the year to visit his parents in Dub lin.
 There are four and one-half in- s1aes of ice on NH River pond and hundreds of youthful skaters are taking advantage of it. Right after school they are down on the pond having the time of their young lives M1ttfne hgure-edghts and all the ice Stunts conceived by their young sninds With the bright moon of s1,e mast few nights moonlight skat- SruE ought to be ideal and. as the s6Saters Of the afternoon will be at slonae tucked in their beds there win 6e no one to play pranks on the i1Uyers who take advantage of tho s