The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-18
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tribute at the grave in St. Michaera

tribute at the grave in St. Michaers
 cemetery. ~ Plans for food sale inzthe Strat-
 ford town hall this afternoon were
 made at the meeting of the Wo-
 mans Auxiliary of the Anderson
 Dunn-Kochiss Post of the Stratford Legion. A committee was appoint- ed to arrange for the sale. the pro- ceeds from which will be donated to the relief fund for the aid of ex- service men.
 class of candidates was worked last night by the Raymond W Harris
 Post, V. F. W: Considerable discus sion centered about the war bonus pay for ex-SerVlce men. and it was unani- mously determined to continue the Posts fight for the bonus
 Future meetings of the Raymond | Foreign Wars will be held on the
 third Thursday of each month in 1 the Main street club rooms.
 Plans are under way for the form ation. of a crack baseball team from | among the excellent material at the. command of the Anderson-Dunn-Ko chisS post of Stratford A meeting
 will shortly be called when prellm- | mary plans for the season will be | made and manager and captain elected.
 | Members of the Harry w. Congdon
 Post are vigorously opposed to the Sunday "Blue LawS," and at a recent
 meeting a committee was appointed | to communicate the posts views and | opposition with the Bridgeport rep
 reSentativeS in Hartford.
 l Bridgeport was we'll represented in l the state legislature at Hartford "Wednesday when hearings were held on the state bonus bill and on the in 1 S2,500,OOO to s5,000,0OO. Represent | aIveS from both the American Le-
 zion and the Veterans of Foreign l Wars attended.
 1 Plans were made last night at a joint meeting of the entertainment | committee of the Harry W. Congdon | post and the Jeremiah Murphy Aux ! Hilary of the American Legion for fu- | tuer activities to provide additional | funds for the carrying on of the Le- | S1on'S work among ex-service men. l Announcement will be made within | few days of the committees plans 1 Lieut.. Joseph W. Lockhart was re- 1 elected commander of the Mulvoy- | Tarlov post No. sos, V. F. w, of
 Norwalk, at the semi-annual election | of officers Tuesday night. Three new ! members were admitted at the meet 1 ing and 50 applications received | Plans were made for a, monster ball 1 at the Norwalk Armoryy and a com | nnittee appointed.
 l The crack basketball team of the Stratford Legion is anxious to book | a series of games with the Bridgeport | Legion teama Several obstacles have been encountered in the arrange | ments, however, and it is doubtful if l the series can be arranged.
 Considerable resentment has been | aroused in local military circles by 1 the actions of John Shlonsky. of 491 1 Lincoln avenue, a driver for the New | England market. whose persistent | habit of driving his car through the l funeral procession of Lawrence J.
 F>ahey, a World War veteran, caused his arrest. Shlonsky was warned sev- | eral times by the honorary escort | guard of the Harry w. Congdon post | who were walking beside the hearse,
 hut continued and seemed to be en- | toying himself by driving his car be- | tween the hearse and the escort of ! honor on several occasions.