The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-14
Bridgeport
  Briefs I.

Plans for the erection of new three story building, which will house club rooms, apartments stores and motion picture theatre are being for mulated by the Bridgeport Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose. The building, which will cost approximately $225,- 900, will be erected on the present site of the Moose Home on State street Sean Conway, veteran newspaper | man, will be rendered farewell re- ception tonight at the meeting of the United Irish societies in the Hibernian l club rooms on Washington avenue. MT. Conway shortly enters upon new the Amercian committee for the re- 1 lief of distress in Ireland.
 l Special services were conducted l yesterday by the laymen of the First | Universalist church in connection with ! the local observance of the nation | wide layman's Sunday movement in i all Universalist churches.
 | pr. Norman Thomas, Presbyterian l minister and editor of the World of Tomorrow, delivered a lecture at the Park Theatre last night on 't1reland's Contribution to the World" pr. Thomas, who is also member of | the hommittee of One Hundred on Atrocities in Ireland, spoke under the 1 auspices of the American Association | SN~~ ~-~~~o--N~-~-
 | public.
 Thirty-eight criminal cases have | been assigned to the February term of the Criminal Superior court which | opens tomorrow with Judge John P. Kellogg on the bench. Five persons. | including Mrs. Ethel H. Mott and
 John E.. Johnston, will be arraigned burglary; one for assault with intent II to kill; two for indecent assault;
 three for theft; two for embezzle-
 ment; and three for obtaining money
 under false pretenses. | Starting today, the Central avenue
 bridge is closed to vehicular traffic
 while necessary repairs are being made to the structure. The bridge will be closed until next Monday. Due to the increased cost of high
 way maintenance and the utilization of state automobile fees for highway work, it is proposed to completely i revise the Connecticut motor vehicu- lar registration fees A joint meet ing will be ne1d- in Hartford, March by members of the legislative com, 5 mitteeS on finance and rivers, anC a bridges and roads to consider meas. j ureS approved by the state motor : vehicular and highway departments Major General George GoethaL
 
 & thirty-seventh annual meeting of thu Connecticut Society of Civil En a gineers which opens today in Nev A Haven and closes Wednesday. A Members of the Twelfth Distric ,A Republican club will stage an enter S5 tainment in the Lincoln School O, M February 22, Washington's Birthday sa present the program with the assist sa ance of a general committee of me kkH and women. -.,-ts
 M A bridge party has been arrange . for tomorrow afternoon at the Bus
 ness and Professional Woman's' Gu
 by Miss Florence Hastings, assiste
 by Mrs. c. I. Crosby, Mrs. N. l Q Bartram and Mrs. Willard Spragu b Tables of whist and pinochle are als
 being made up by the members. 2, Members of the Arcanum Lodge ( 1e Odd Fellows attended special SCI ,e vices at the First Baptist church Ia, ~ night when the pastor, Rev. Donal n- 5. MacQueen, delivered an enligh1 he ening sermon on "The Measure of s Man.
 ed ''The Open Shop'' was the topic , ,d discussion by Samuel Beardsley. O. New York Socialist leader and Ie ca turer, at meeting in Carpenter
 Hall last night under the auspices hn WY "A !e'oot ohioA.
 on Before a congregation. that pack, T the Church of the Blessed Sacran e
 to the doors. Rev. John F. Cotte
 Ms, one of the most gifted orators IT. the Order of Our Lady of LaSalett U delivered the first of his series of Le .or ten sermons last night when he spo, Lo- on '"The Church and the Home" St.
 IT. Three Bridgeport manufacturers ,n ice cream will~be represented at t ay annual convention of New Englal ain ice cream Manu1acturers assoc1ad ng III the Hotei Garoe' NeeW Haven.
 Declaring that unbe1ief is the eau