The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-14
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A delivery automobile which was being repaired in the plant of the day evening at s o'clock. The wooden body of the car was completely de- stroyed by the flames and the fire threatened to do great damage to the factory and the surrounding buildings. The flames from the fire shot high in the sky and could be seen for many blocks. No. 1 company answered the alarm and ext-ng guished the flames whether the loss is covered by insur- ance.
 That Fairfield High school will put one of the finest basketball teams in the inter-sch plastic field, is the boast of High school students, who are turn ing out to the practice games held every night after the school session. Fairfield High has not put Q team in the field for two years and it is ex- ected that this team will make some of the larger high school teams sit up and take notice.
 This years team is composed of first class basketball men, many of the recruits being from Bridgeport High. Practice is being held every night and >Rne team is fast being whip ped into shape As yet no captain or
 manager has been elected, but the logical candidate put forward by mem bers of the practice squad for captain is James Sharkey anad for manager Paul Cleland. These candidates will probably be voted upon this week when the squad meets for the cleo ton.
 Skating Is reported as ''great" by skating bugs who Journey every night after school to Jennings pond. All the old skates that have been hanging up in the attic since last winter ara ! the local hardware man for sharpen l ing. The ice on the pond is quite 1 thick.
 1 Joseph Banney, of Greenfield, has l sold his 25 acre farm. Mir. Banney 1 will take up his duties as head chauf- | feur to Herman Hagedorn, the artist i of Greenfield Hall.
 worlxmen employed by the Connec- ucut company are busy repairing the 1 signals on the Bridgeport-Fairfie1d l line. The signals have not been in have caused great delay to people go- l ing into Bridgeport, who have been l obliged to wait until the cars passed 1 from enc black to the other. At the i same time the workmen are repairing ] the feed and other wires, the insula- ] ton of which has peeled off. 1 An announcement that the westport i Choral club will hold It's annual con- l cert tonight in the Methodist church 1 at o'clock will be of interest to those
 who yearly take in the concert, The l concert is under the direction ot
 George Tompkins of Westport. The 1 program for this follows:
 When the Crimson Sun. ....... Sing We :Nsos,ii'''''od 'oid English caro
 S'ns we Hoe5t ieth Century trench Caro-
 It Game Upon O. Midnight Clear Arthur Sullivan
 Gantata, ta Holy Night. Nih;''., ......, Brewer
 The soloists follow: soprano. Flor enoe Aiken; alto, Miss Dylus Zeidler l and baritone, Ralph Poland.
 Workman employed by the Tele, phone company are busy putting uI | new poles on the lower end of Old field road. The poles have been uf for some time and were partly routed at the bottom,
 Autoists who pass the Town Hall or the Post Road at night can no longer 1 founded because the wires that sup piled the current for the electric lights on the sign have been discon
 nected. The reason the line has beer l taken down is because of the few
 number of autos from far off state l that pass through the town during the l winter months,
 Chris Wyrtzen, who resides in the Center, has recently purchased a new wireless telephone set. The set is one of the very latest and has a hearing 1 radius of over 400 miles, Chris lis i tened in on all of the big footba1 games and heard the Dempsey-Car-
 pentier fight round by round, Every l night he brings in troupe of his bo- l friends to hear the concerts sent ou by the General Eleotrin Go, and al the latest news sent through the air by the various press agencies,
 SUIT RETURNABIE IN JANUARY l Foreclosure and possession of mort gagged property in the SpringdaIe sec l ton Of Stamford is asked in a Superio court action filed today by Arthur : l Post, New York. The defendan 1 named are Mary D. Henderson, Brooi 1 lvn; and Charles w Stowe1l Stan | rord,
 1 It is alleged in the writ that u l plaintiff loaned s1,50O on a prom l sorry note, the note being exeeute | Aniif last bp A Rayaf HeDderse=