The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-28

A report was investigated some time ago to the effect that F'reder
 Palmer, assistant chief of the fire de- | partment, had been asked to resign
 Rumors at that time had him already | out on March l. But when a re- | porter called up to ask what hap pened to Palmer he answered the phone himself As Mark Twain | said, ''The report was exaggerated" | Now again comes the report, this | time the dope has it that his resigna- | ton was asked for and is now in the
 hands of the selectmen, to be effec-
 tive May l. If he is inefficient, why | risk the town that long
 | The fact of the matter seems to be
 that somebody had Ito be the goat
 for the, almost insuranceless fire at
 Palmer would not go to the tower at
 the height of the fire. Any one
 that would, knowing the condition
 and lack of ladders in the Stratford
 cuckcoo But politics, it is claimed, enter into the proposition. Maybe i the city or council-manager plan will do away with all this. Maybe-foc | a minute or two.
 | Don't forget legionites, that there i is a meeting tonight.
 | It is understood that the proposed
 game to be played tonight with the been called off, since the Norwalk team walked off with the game against | the American Legion, Thursday even
 ing. It has not yet been definitely ! announced who will participate in the | battle royal this week.
 At a recent meeting of the new | Chamber of Commerce the following | officers were chosen to serve for one
 year George B. Chase, president; | George Fairchild, first vice-president:
 Donald Sammis, second vice-president;
 Edwin M. Curtis, treasurer; Frank
 Fargo, secretary, and " Howard | Wilcoxson, executive secretary.
 The Home Missionary society of l the Meth odist church will hold | 'tSf1ver Link social in the Sunday
 school room Tuesday evening at 7:45. | The school committee has issued | call for bids for the rebuilding of the remnants of the high school. It is un- derstood that the work will be under | the supervision of Mrs. Nettie F'ilmer,
 secretary.
 Several students of Bridgeport high school are grateful to the Stratford fire department. After Coach Hunt
 of the Bridgeport team had pulled naughty naughty in Waterbury and
 refused to let his pets finish a tie
 game unless things were run just to suit him all hands started home. The
 party in some sort of an automobile, maybe it was baby carriage with an Evinrude engine got far as
 Stratford center when the gas gave out.
 They took one look at what is left
 of our best high chool and remem-
 bered something about word called reciprocity. Then they called at the
 fire house and got the gas. They are much obliged and have been tell ing their friends how grateful they are.
 Rev. M. J. O'Connor of St. James R c. church announces that over | s1,OOO was subscribed by his parish for the fund for Ireland drive, and he conside CTS that the showing was very | good indeed for parish the size of | the one in Stratford.
 1 Tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph Wood, Stratofrd ave
 nue. the Ladies Auxiliary of the | American Legion will hold another of their series of delightful whists or | the benefit of the emergency fund. | Mrs. Wood will be assisted by Mrs.
 w. Hart. Mrs. Stanley Y. Beach is | in charge of a committee arranging l for a rurnmage sale to be held early
 in April.