The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-08

How few of the boys and girls are
 alive today who, sixty-eight years ago,
 attended the old district school house
 situated on High street, ana stiii
 district school buildings in Bridge
 port, came under the control ana man
 agement of the Board of Education.
 It is long cry back to 1854 when old district school His sister, Jane. was at the head of the primary de- partnent, and another sister, Anna, heard recitations.
 Mr. Wilson was a severe discipinar- ian. The greater part of the morning and afternoon sessions was devoted to whaling both boys and girls in small ante room near his desk. Each child, l after chastisement, was forced to l walk out of the door of this little room facing the rest of their scho oolmates. l The little girls were always crying with pain and modification, but as 1 rule the boys would appear with grin and a wink to prove that it didn't 1 hurt much!
 Couldn't Soften Flinty Heart. The parents and guardians of these | children made many complaints out 1 the heart of "Old Wilson" would not soften until finally the District com i rnittee got after him and he was re- tired.
 Nathan Peck, wilson's successor, didn't pursue the same tactics He
  boys and girls, whose ages ranged l from six to twelve years. few per l haps fourteen years old
 One of these was Franklin BartieH brother of Judge Frederic Bartiett. l The former was killed in the Civil I war, Franklin Bartlett post is named after him, and his name is inscribed l on the Soldiers monument at Seaside park Other boyS-Wi1liam HaWley, l Henry Chatfeld. Edgar Moody and Byron Worsley were killed in the same war.
 | At the school, besides William Flaw | lev was Alexa nder and Frederick
 Hawley. The latter, for many years | until his death, was president of the Spring Perch company. Alexander. at l the time of his death, was president of the Bridgeport Savings bank ana l his son, Samuel, holds that same re- sponsible position today.
 HincIxs Brothers Were Pupils. Oscar Chamberlain, Charles Thorp also pupils in the school. Charles went through the three years of the
 war and in after life was secretary of the Hydraulic Water company. All the Hincks boys attended the l school about the same time. William, l the elder, served in the war and re- l ceiyed medal for bravery. At the l time of his death he was adninistra- tor and trustee with Benjamin Fish l of the Barnum estate. Enoch Hincks grew up with Wood Brothers. carriage | manufacturers, with a factory at the 1 corner of Broad and Cannon streets. After that firm had lost it's owners by death, MT. Hincks and George Johnson took over the business when there after was known as I1fncks and John son.
 Edward Hincks became the Rever- end Edward Hincks with a pastorate in Boston. Many years later, in 1880. the writer happened to run across his old schoolnate in the Louvre, in Paris. The reverend gentleman was critically glazing upon Longprey's Source" a l life-sized nude, a young girl holding | on her shoulder an urn from which
 trickled sparkling water, the source from which a river sprang.
 Upon being accosted MT. Hincks i turned around, recognized his old 1 school fellow, and turned his attention to Raphaels Madonna and Child" | John Hincks left Bridgeport to reside
 in the then rapidly growing West. I and a brother of the late Mrs. Thomas | L. Watson, attended Wilson's school and left to go to the front. Later on I he married Miss Jessie Porter, daugh- | ter of the late Dr. Porter, a dentist, i who resided in the Charles Hubbell l homestead on the corner of Park and | Fairfield avenue, where now stands St. Johns church. Years afterward MT. | and Mrs. Lyons son, Ernest, married Sunshine" Lockwood in that church on the spot where his mother had been | born.
 Rector Spells Party.
 1 The Lockwood-Lyon wedding was
 the most brilliant that had been sol l emnized in St. Johns up to that time 1 The throng was so vast that many re-
 sorted to standing room on the cush ions of the pews, all anxious to get g glimpse of the popular bride. The Rev. W. H. Lewis, rector of the church | became indignant. stopped the cere-
 naony. and in commanding tones or l dered everybody to get down and cleal out. He summoned a policeman te remove all spectators who refused te | obey his order.
 All told, it was a rlost thrilling we'd
 Judge D. B. Lockwood, and hel
 brother is the popular ''sid" whom
 everybody in Bridgeport knows.
 Some of the boys who lived neal Beardsley, older brothers of Mrs Charles Wood. There were also tn,
 Lafferty boys and their sister, Ellen and Johnny Kane and his brother
 with the Bridgeport Post" Hi brother is Judge Patrick Kane. Another attendant at the distric
 school was Clinton Sherwood, son O Clinton was elected president of tn, Sons of the American Revolution. Fishing a Favorite Sport. | Some of the boys who were con | SQicuOuS TOT IDeiT HSItc abilities WeT' John Dinon and his brother, Jim, Ton Fitzgibbons. Dick Clancy and Franl Roberts. Ezekiel Keeler lived nea Berkshire pond and spent many happ, hours with his school mates fishing il that placid sheet of salt and fresl { water, mixed. William Mcintyre was rather ] favorite because of his amiable quail $ hcations, as he usually settled tn fights during recess.
 One of the most popular girls wa Martha Taylor, daughter of Thoma Taylor, who lived at Bulls Head. Sh married Lieutenant Lee, who had wol laurels in the war with the South. Ell Another fine young girl was Matild 4 Lowe. a niece of the head of the firn of Lowe and Watson, with a larg plant on the banks of the harbor. Tragedy on the Railroad. Ellen Laferty, mentioned above married William Delaney, a slzille \ maehinist engaged at that time in tn S repair shops of the old Housatoni ] railroad, near Water street, opposit a Tulip street. August 14, 1865, tn 'Fairfield'' locomotive which ha