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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
12
Civil service exams will be held October 11 and October 22 to fill posts including stenographer and typist, with details available at the Post Office Building. Additional exams on October 22 will fill letter carrier and rural route vacancies. a rural route of 24 miles is noted.
Augustus Healy 71 a retired leather manufacturer and director of Central Leather Co. died today at his summer home in Cold Spring. Aged New York obituary notes he served in 1983 in the Eastern District Internal Revenue Service.
Fairfield plans a contract with Bridgeport to furnish fire protection for Stratfield as a town meeting item. The warning notes Stratfield residents appealing for adequate protection and cites Bridgeport as closer and more capable. Also seeks creation of a Fairfield recreation commission to manage parks and asks voters about using school buildings for religious purposes.
Fairfield voters at the town meeting will consider hiring Bridgeport to provide fire protection for Stratfield and adjacent areas while Fairfield proper remains served by a volunteer department. Other items include a public parks system, extra school facilities in Stratfield, and school buildings used for religious purposes. The meeting is set for Monday. Lasker of the Shipping Board will address the Associated Advertising Clubs in New York on October 5.
President Harding urges Americans to vote on the single day that carries weight. He cites Virginia’s low turnout and says securing a large vote affirms the voice of the people and eases acceptance of outcomes.
Dr David Lyman an eminent authority on tuberculosis will speak at the high school on care and prevention of the white plague. He has worked seventeen years with the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium and will elaborate on treatment and prevention. The date is to be announced.
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