The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-05
Fairfield County
 Y. M. c. A. Notes
Housing Parent and Son Dinner at
 Sandy Hook.

Last Monday evening, the boys of the Sandy Hook Y. M. c. A. Group, together with their parents and in vited guests. held a supper at Ma pIeton.' The boys of the group planned the supper, with the assist ance of MT. Betts, the leader, and church. Louis Jeckle, president of the Group. presided in very accepta- ole manner. The principal address of the evening was given by Rev Davis kept the company in almost continual laughter, but with it all dnove home some very helpful truths The evening was voted a very great success.
 Fifth Annual Older Boys Conference
 at Greenwich Largest and Most
 Successful Yet.
 The Older Boys Conference of Fairfield county, which was held at Greenwich last Friday and Saturday, proved to be in every way the most successful of these gathering yet held There were 209 regularly registered delegates, most of whom were pre- sent for all of the sessions. Enthus- iasrn and keen interest in the pro- pramme was in evidence from the first session, beginning at quarter of six on Friday until the closing meet ing on Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
 It would be hard to pick out the speaker who was most favOrably ac- CCpLSu Dy JIl0 DOySy dS GdSII 1IldI LlcANA a particular message. given in a very attractive manner The banquet combined good fellowship and sup er-abundance of spirit with several wich Committee of Local arrange nents surpassed anything the Con ferences have yet known when it came to entertainm
 Rev. Donald B. MacQueen of Bridgeport gave a very outstanding address at the banquet. Rev. John L. Davis address 'on Saturday morn ing captured the imagination of the entire conference. The Sectional Con ferences, at which the boys discussed their problems, in the light of the Conference addresses, were very sue cessful in that most of the boys took part and many interesting conclus- ions were derived. Perhaps the out standing address of the whole Con- Roberts of New York at the closing session, It Is not possible to estimate what the influences of this Conference are in the lives of the boys present, to the fact that 8 large number of the boys were very profoundly influenced to stronger and more helpful lives. Physical Work Committee of County
 Committee Plan Spring
 Programme.
 Committee of the county Y. M. c. A. held in, Bridgeport last Wednesday, plans were laid for a county track meet on May 9th and for the repre- sentation of Fairfield County in the State Track Meet on May 20th. Detailed information with regard to these meets will be published later this week. Plans were arranged for the County Baseball League. which it is expected will begin its schedule about the middle of April.
 Fairfield County Represented at Inter
 National Committee Dinner.
 " was represented at the annual dinner of the International Committee of the Y. M, c, A, which was held at the in New York last Chairman of the Committee and MT. SaXton, the County Secretary, were the guests of Dr. D. Hunter McA1pin, Chairman of the County Work De- partment of the International Com mittee.
 In addition to the brief addresses given by several of the Internationa secretaries on different aspects of the world an address was given by Ad- miral Coontz, the guest of honor for the evening. The impression gained from this gathering was that the As ential way in meeting the great prob le1ns of this and other lands. Stratford Scouts Have Visit From
 County Y. M. O. A. Secretary
 Last Tuesday evening at the regu- lar meeting of the Stratford Scouts, ID. L. Saxton, the county Y. M. c. A. secretary, was present. After the very interesting opening of the meet ing, which included the regular weekly inspection of the patrols, MT. SaNton gave a talk on the state of Maine. He also told briefly of Camp The evening closed with a very interesting period of games. the last of which was Indoor baseball.
 
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