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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
5
A reading of the town’s voter rolls finds only one possible evader of registration, a Georgetown foreign-born resident who claimed in the census to be 24 but told the board his true age is 20. Several voters registered elsewhere, while most delinquents face possible arrest as the War Board confirms grace periods expired.
Severe a scalding a few days since that he required the services of a doctor. Recent enlistments in the Redding Home Guard are those of Lemuel Sanford, Hurley Nichols, Michael Reardon and Clarence Osborn. Miss Katherine Nett graduated this week from Mt Carmel and will study at Wellesley. Harold Sanford came from Philadelphia to the wedding of a classmate in New Haven and stayed with his parents in Pleasant Valley. The News editorial praises Herr Emil Schock as he leaves for a teaching post in Minneapolis. A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Williams of Lonetown. Herman Smith rents Frank Nickerson’s farm at the Center. Mrs John Ward Stimson returns to the Center. Miss Hatch, Center school principal, out with German measles along with several pupils. Rev W S Woolworth on a two week vacation, mainly at his mother’s in Massachusetts. June 17. Miss Josephine Briscoe ill under care of Dr Gap. A local farmer had to reseed corn and potatoes after heavy rain. Mr and Mrs Edward Miner plus Mrs Hampyon Cutter and Misses Ethel and Minnie Cutter of Bridgeport were guests of Mr and Mrs E B Booth. Mr and Mrs George Wheeler and Mrs Williamson of Shelton visit Mrs Emily Leavenworth. A peach tree blight has appeared. spraying helped but crop may suffer. Mrs George Osborne and Miss Nellie Osborne of Monroe visit Mrs Anna Gilbert. The Passion Play of Oberammergau to be shown at St Stephen’s church tonight at 8 o’clock.
Amphion quartet performance in Monroe town hall drew many grangers and friends. Proceeds totaled 42 dollars. Nearby social notes mention Hartford visitors Mr and Mrs Millard Parks and son at Hawley home, Frank Perkins visiting from Waterbury, Clayton Hawley earning a Booth Bailey diploma, Marjorie Conners visiting Bridgeport, the Edward family in Ansonia, Joyce family at Trumbull grange meeting, and Sunday school children rehearsing for upcoming Children's Day exercises.
London reports that a number of people wounded in Wednesday night’s German air raid have died from their injuries. Firemen ambulance workers and nurses operated through the night seeking bodies in the hardest hit districts while hospitals and police stations waited for news of missing relatives.
Probable cause found in Danbury city court for Paul and Margaret Stevens on charges of stealing $19 from farmhand Paul Miller of Reading. Bail set at $500 each, held for September term of criminal superior court. Stamford church calls Rev Robert Hugh Morris as pastor. Albert Garinger of Stamford commissioned a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps of the Officers Reserve Corps.
A sealed verdict in New York Supreme Court awarded Mrs. Margaret Smith of Dobbs Ferry 49000 for her husband Alfred Smith's death. He was killed when his automobile truck was struck by a fast train at a crossing. Widows counsel Thomas J. O'Neill proven no whistle was heard. It is the largest loss of a workman's life award in Westchester County.
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