v bride
11;
I 1 large number.
. r. and v 8. ll attended. der
rap, _ the inclement vening and dilllcult
, trsovellng. about, one hundred; and titty
couples) njoying the dancing on the.
arm nor; which had been waited to
a re agree, of perfection by the ewe-
‘ ole, {committee . “
ll‘he.society of The Norwalks was
thereis large numbers. and the recep-
tion proved the social event of the sea-
son. . ln.;.addition there were many
guests from out of town, and a delight-,9.
ful :featurewas the presence oi General
Russell Frost and his staff in full use]
“torso. and o‘thenmilitary singers. who,
attended .upon special invitation.‘ The.
I) boyswerealso attired in their. regi:
mentais of immaculate duck trousers,
navy blue blouse and whitekgioves,’pre «
senting a yeryrnatty appearance.“ Many
. raver-able comments were heard on ev—
. any side births linegsliowlnxtlle mem-
bers made. alt was a'combined military
and societY.‘ball.'.‘ L: .
: Thedec‘ol‘stions w
and probably the
seen in :town. "N
garbgdue to the tiring eiforts oi' the
committee-ha up his, work in charge.
‘It’WdS 0h M ' that , .Ohristmas
‘ 9 ll. M ’y the accou-
y In the center:
. 9rd: [Wilson’s lull:
in! item“ this van-1
concertorche _
tags ground discourscd «entrancing
musictrom'il to 2. :The *band‘stand
. ‘ was. entirelyuconcealed tram-view. by
_ s insisting“. ‘ _
“ ‘ es of this
s placedat parade
.. .. will forget the three
handed esilverfdimsrjtrop‘ es of the
'r company. r-On threesi'des o the hall at
~ regular intervals‘ the rides“ o‘tthe com-
1 -pany..crossed,:nnd"the knapsacks, can-
teens andha'versaclrs made the scene a
‘ trulygmilltary one:- Christmas trees
'hbd also, been. attractively arranged in
3 thecornsrs and on the sides. and there
" wasa libersl‘display oi the patriotic
, colors. " , ‘
At the further and of the hall a
mammoth dag, the largest in town.
kindly “ loaned by the Norwaik iron
Worksr company. hung in graceful
raids-from the fbeiiing to the floor. a
.. distance-ct abo . forty feet. Over the
. north side entrance another large has
had been placed; while still another
was prettlly arranged over the band
Tait, lilhd rd
. _ . descend Page.
. -3! "308'?! {newsman-r.
" qtlstovei Modifiers and
7 0s” 0 Hooves-Loss ”2,000. .
"‘ nd‘oar‘riageé‘house in
premises at Dr. J. M.
to. the muddy»-
he’floss is estim‘atr,
Mu: $3:le helping
c as .
was sinuch o: ggglhefd
“YIN! _, a I lie
sauna” by the er;
s v . .
. ; mo
tent tic-iii
‘ bflvifltfim
. There was in
I for several'y‘oars a Ifo‘rem
snf
was not null
new -
treating» partie
ands pleasant ev . ing.
. icisndfdanc
tempting collation wasps
Mrs. Daniels arsenioyl
andon their“'return wll
time at 88 Taylor aspen
is popular among a,
friends in 'l‘heNorwsllr ,‘a‘
Trowbridgo's in
A very pretty, though quiet. weddin
took place» atghigh .noon. ‘Christmas
day, when Misslilanc 7 Eloise nose,
daughter. oi. the “lateMr. and Mrs. J.
.13. . Rose.‘ at East Not-walk, and sister
or David v-A...lios'e.~ thewellhknoWn in-
surance .‘agen’t. became the brlde at
William Davidl’latt.‘ son of Engineer
Charles H. Flatt, st 11 Day street.
The ceremony was pertormed at the
East Avenue Methodist parsonage. the
pastor. Rev. Edward Cunningham. ty-,
loathe nuptial knot‘. it was attended
by only the relativesands .few inti-
mate friends of the‘contracting parties.
Miss Core Flatt. sister of the'groom,
was bridesmaid and David A. Rose act-
.ed as; best man.’ After the ceremony a
reception was tendered the couple at
Mr. Rose’s ”home, 282 East avenue.
where (quite a number or triends. had
gathered.‘ Later a wedding supper was
se’rvedat the home oi the groom in
Day- street. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Platt left on the .5:55
train tor a two days' stay in Danbury,
alter which they will continue ‘Atheir
honeymoon, visiting in Long Island and
New York for. the next ten days. On
, their return: they will reside at 28.2.
‘ East avenue. with the bride’s brother.
i
. ., .. , r heifers did the
large armoryuap can. ih'such pretty,
Mr. and Mrs. Platt were the recipients
of a line array or wedding gifts.
. Fsmnnnertnmnm
Edward Byington'li‘aigreil; late ‘ ofthe
firm of Meeker, & Farrell. andMiss Er-
nestine Kemier, of New York. who has
been employed: lately at‘the Cililord.
were quietly} married at 9’o‘clock Mom
day owning.» the home of Rev. you]
Moore Streyer in. Westavenue. JI'he
Mskin and a, friend. The bride and
. groom lettygesterdsy tor a short honey-
’ n it. The scan
cod and was a surprise
city.
to their title
PO- OK—JI‘CKAIJ.
Stephen ‘Polyok and Miss Mario
Tckaif. oi Winnipauk. were married by
Rev. Mr. Gabar. of South Norwalk.
Tuesday. . ‘ . ' :, «
., - "BOUME‘——HUNTER.
«Themnrriageof Miss Edith L. Hun-
ol New York‘, will take place in the
chantry , of Grace Church New York
city. asturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
walk, will omciate.
ternoon the happy couple will sail for
Europe where they will make a three
months’ sojourn. ,
FIFTH“ wsoomo Aumvsnsssv.
celebrated christms. on by Mr. and
. - *' Mrs. HiaMlioheil.»
rings of;
and Mrs. Roberts. Mitch;-
ell w ‘ ’
attractively decorated. With holly.
Christmassreeus. etc. and the'occinl~
ion j w one“ of. much _ enjoyment for
the m. yguesta in attendance during
tho'olhlirnoon andvovoning. Miss Mae
,Msrrg'ttw assisted“ in receiving the
Mitchell warehtho ro-
isr e number at very
‘wel as usefulgiits.
s?! time Lincwelle ‘ rrdsh-
‘couple were accompaniedby Samuel?
ter, oi East avenue. and Sidney Bonnie.
The .Rev. Charles M. Sellcok, of Nor-
Later in the at-
Thc illthsnniversary oi the mar.
rated yesterday iron: 4. A
. t their home in Bette .
:iilast'Norwslky The house Was
:j‘gredaiinull Church ; V
'..lonlrmélriscsBenjamin. ..
Program.
. . d. .nnual: Christmas treat.
given to the [poor childrsnct the town.
, y. the Empty
,Wednesday a .
school room ott ehouth Norwalk Con»
gregaticnsl-Chu h. where twoh‘undr’ed
and .‘twentyvnve children had gathered.
Later, manylm‘oi‘e were called in tram
lilacs
The secon
children. unable :to leave theirhomes.
those, events .Which goes. tumors: that
the'worid is not bereft of charity and
philanthropy. of mutual. pleasure to
both‘chiidren and those who were re.
sponsible ior‘it. ‘ -‘
- The‘exarclscs were short. Alter the
children had song “My Country. 'Tis at
Thee,” and joined in prayer. led by
Rev. Paul Moore Strayer, Master ,Are-
thur Wheeler. gave a selectiodon‘ the
violin, excellently rendered. and was
followed by Miss Leonora Ward. avio-
linlst. ‘who also . trialled beautltully.
Both ware. accompanied by Miss Marjo-
rie Cummings on the plane. This was
Master Wheeler’s .ilrst appearance in
public and he acquitted himself very
creditably. After these selections Ban-
big‘ fur coat. loaded down with gifts.
From his pack “Santa" took a stocking
case. and in addition there was an ap-
ple, an orange. peanuts, popcorn. and
candy in every one. Each boy also re.
solved a toy at some kind and each girl
a doll. lt wss’not only amusing. but
delightful. to. watch the little ones.
smiles on their faces as the present
cameinto'vlsw.“ 'i‘o acid to the fun
there “was a his Christmas tree. that
fairly made the eyesot the children
lump from their sachets as they gated
on it.: Altogether tho‘aitalr was one of
the most delightinl'ever held, and was
a pleasure and genuine satisfaction to
those who, had worked so hard to
make it a success?
The Empty‘Stocking Club is nudes.
nominational and donations were re-
ceived for the treat from all over The
Norwalks. The names of the children
were obtainedth the selectmen and
from other reliable sources. and it is a
source or satisfaction to the members
that by this means they are able to
place their charity with judgment and
fairness. and where it is most needed.
To Murfltrayer is due a rest deal at
credit for the successioi t e alfair. .
At the close of the distribution all
crave a rousing vote of than sto’the
club for its generosity. The c uh mem—
bers were assisted in the arrangement
of the treat by Mrs. J.‘ M. Coburn.
Mrs. Robert Slicer. Mrs. Sarah M. Una
son. Miss Florence Benedict and Mrs.
on. Baker.‘
ad‘s .
Adams was played in the poolinur-
.nsment of the ,hlorwalk soluby Christl
masfliernoon, L 0. Green, rated 100..
winning irombentistdharles R. Ches-
nonrandom by the score of 100 to
47." il‘he see c o! the gsmegollows:
Chasmar,‘ so. .,
s-~s ‘ .
tucking. Club. was held“ ,.
noon, in‘the Sunday, ,
the street. and manylitlletots‘and sick. "
were also remembered.‘ it was one. of ’ V
to Claus made his~appearancs in his M
. for each and every child in. the room. M
In each stocking was its mate. making
. a substantial, practical gilt in every _
cautiously and caretuliy draw'eaoh gilt '
strain the stacking and .to mark the '
r sndwltobcrt»
r. a, in: ‘
VJ‘ .
. .Q ““93:
‘m audits
" ' av '
etc. which he
b 0. 34 Pine
" The 86nd
_ . . fan in
cclsior, Social Club:
, t‘ veningvat the
home at William lirlgge’rm’an. «to Fair-
iield‘avenueflidvholiorotthe lady mem-
bers. *Piano‘seleetionsi were rendered
by Frank Perri . need; Minnie Brown.
Dancing was ill lilgedj in to musician.
dished hyMrg‘aod Mrs. 15".: Pitser.
Fran Farrier and: hit. Briggermen.
An 9 shorate‘collstlon was served at
11 o’clock. ‘ ‘ mahogareeent‘ included
f , . LottiePib
the Missesuhi .,
tor, ;:Nellie h? .Susie- Utsing-
' ‘ ra'llheis. Ada
, 1‘. Edith Fitter,
Filer. Mr. and
‘ .'Pitser.,';Mr. and
meat and dance las *
.5 .
: Conrad Becker. =3
street grocer. received a cablegram this
morningu-a‘nnouncing‘the death of his
sister-indaw, Mrs. Bertha .1. Becker.
Deceased Was the widows! the late
Michael Becker. and for many years
was a‘ resident of South Norwslk. and
where shsalways retained large prop-
erty‘intersstal About ten years ago she
removedto her native placein Hinton»
nah.‘ Germany. and has since resided
there. ers..Becker had many triends
among the people at Norwelk, and all
will regret learning at her death. She
is survived by two dau hters. MrswEm-
ma Krause and Mrs. (la-Ashen, both
at whom now live in Germany. ‘ -
Thetunersl of Margaret; Mahonsy.
the infant daughter at Mr. and :Mrs.
Thomas. Mahoney. oi. 83‘.Cross street.
' Norwaik. who died Wednesday. was
held yesterday. Interment was met.
Mary's Cemetery. ,
. The sad news or the death of Daniel
Randall. otlaong Ridge. was received
.awedncsday by samuel Randall and
Mrs: Charles E. Domini South .Nore-
walkschiidren oi the,“ deceased. Mr.
, . , “‘Randsll‘was siren with heart disease
HINTS DR. CHASMAR.
and died shortly-otter reaching his
home. the was aboutseventy years oi
dew at their ‘tather‘s heme. having
left Booth .Norwalk Wednesday night.
soon alter the arrival of-the sad news.
00. Besides'hirs.‘;Dow and Mr. Randall. the
.,dece die a widow‘andgtwo other
sons. ?. avl uhandallml Philadelphiar
. fiends“. a
lie served loathe we.
proceeded as iollowa:
while in the aide Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. .Dowrand Mr. Randall are, ‘
l5, ‘ f ‘
in?Interior‘s 0i [usicj
‘ _ ind Bullion iiivtgn? 1*
harms ilisin lid in Members
“ lilie‘hiuil _*
The annual Christmas testival oithe
“LNorswalk Methodist Sunday school. held
last night atrthe‘ohurchilproved fully
as enjoys loss; the many other ocea-
. , alone of this kind held by the school.
The pupils assembled first in the san-
day school room in the-“basement. and
then. alter forming the line. marched
:plsgaire. where ‘ the exercises were
a . , , .
Thei'te‘stival opened with singing. by
. the, school. and there was a prayer by
the ‘ pastor, after which the program
Earle Hoskins; sang, LeGrand Green‘—
wucdr candle drill byfla number of-
young ladies; recitation. Miss Ellen
Moore; remarks by the su erintend’e'at;
Harvey M. Kent. follows hy‘the col-
lection; ribbon drill. by several young
ladies; vocal solo. Miss Florence
Smith; Wreaths for Christmas. song
by several young ladies: Little Moth-
ers. song by a number of little girls.
accompanied on the piano by Mrs. ,Hsr-
vey M. Kent. To these little girls in
the last selection was entrusted the
task at ilndlng Santa Claus, and they
succeeded admirably. for the old man
‘was soon located and did all that was
expected or himin a jolly manner.
When St. Nicholas threw aside his furs
later in the evening it was found that
he had been impersonated by Frederick
S. Ambler. .
in his remarks to the school. Bup'~
crintendent Kent expressed a greeting
to all. and thanked the committee for
such an excellent program or enter-
tainment.‘ The ladies 'who composed
the committee were Mrs. Lisale Cpl-
burn. Mrs. Addie Osborn. MrsaFletcher.
Van Hoosear. Mrs. Charles F..Trlstram
and Miss Anna Decker. . v
The decorations were as elaborate as
have ever beenesecn in the church. and.
.was in charge or a committee, the
chairman or, which "was Charles. 11.:
Daniel's. Thelhterior oi the stately
edifice presented a very handsome ape
penranca with itsuevergreen. holly. etc.
On either side .0! the altar were the
prettily decorated trees.
had a present for every scholar and in
remembered their class with other
presents. The artistic grouping and
posing shown in the entertainment was
under the. skillful direction of Miss
Lavinia Chusmar. . '
EAST NORWALK METHODIST.
The annual Christmas exercises of
the Sunday school oflthe East Avenue
Methodist Church were held last even-
ing. and, despite the bad traveling the
Sunday school room was well lined
with the pupils and their parents. The
program opened with the singing of
the coronation hymn. followed by pray-
er by the pastor and the carol. Ring
Out. on Merry Bells, by the school.
The pastor followed with a short tad-
, . ,Countlnuedion Fourth Page. ,
3 I“ I
show .cumvms sermon.
Theservice held in the South-Nor-
walltCongregstlonal Church yesterday
morning at 6:30 o'clock. was attended
by many adults. several of them non-
chu‘roh goers. and a number wot child-
ren. comfortably illiing the lecture
room. . David E. Disbrow presided at
the, piano. land Frederickd. Force led
the sluglu . which included a number
ofyvrery directive Christmas carols.
. giro. opening prayer worthy Punk A.
ll
prayerwss, made by llev‘ ii”- 3.
template East Avenue Metho-
lac ll. » Church. ._ Christ???
* j agnostic liter Plastics: h .
j incisions”; is chosen was ‘ -. L
Santa Claus .
addition to this many at the teachers .
,_ choseraths'iollowing: ». »
Walklenvxvioo-president. J. B. ‘D‘snn— 2'; f
.i‘
. ill be
Johnson. Andi. ‘
Charleshs’xcrbix. '0
Side; store, E’Guss‘Kline d on
; were out, hunting bbitsl‘yest d
morning in? the: viola
gbridge. East News“: _
.a ‘ tends tbs doubts? iii-relied [shot
ha Croix was roarrying failugrrom ‘
hands intermeasnown .llepick’
up and w crown, the; snow
when“ Johnson rinsed, . his. a hand ear,
the cadet thebarrel, although we
; moments Warning the
. . . 9‘ We.“
the :shot taking reflect, ‘
nth
taken to his plus i) ‘th
and parse. B
Clark summoned. _
wound. cutting all about hair
or on account of the! nature
wound: and 'iodayJohnson’ i .3
along as nicely as can be expel:
is not thought any serioustreshl
iollow. . , '
s
; Expressmhnz‘Charles VJ. Ferries, of
Norwalk.‘ had the rear Wheels etc" e of;
his truck‘s smashed, Tuesday n
press car. in charge oi‘Conduc‘tor‘Jen-
binds and
he was gel unlithe‘hill out ot'Peat‘
Swamp, he rove’bstwee ‘ ths‘troll‘ey
tracks toallow a team 30%,! ”
posits direction to pass, but when '6
attempted to turn out» of the trite ‘ one
at the rails prevented. He board’s. cari-
approaching and ran to the tops! the
unable to avert the crash. The horses
were uninjured and, only the fenderot
the car was slightly damaged. ' 'f ~ 1.?"
. FIRST METHODIBTGHURQH.W '
Rev. W. W. '1‘. Duncan will preach
next Sunday morning. a. sermon con:
taining the Christmas thought; on “The
Witness 0! the Prophecy ‘to Chris."
The evening servicewill be 'a praise
service. The Christmas musicwili be
repeated morning and evening. ; It be:
.ing. the last Sunday of the. ”It". the
The «Men's Bible class willmeeti‘n the
church "audience room. .st-‘theuclose' oi
the morning service. 'The Young Poo
‘pie's meeting will be ledby‘lifld “Hal:
en Ely. topic. 1“0ur' Heavenly Home"
and the Way.”_ Watch night services
will beheld next Wednesday evening.
This service 11) cruises to be of special
interest. Eu 1 order of examines will
appear later. , ;
SURPflisED COLLINS BROS.
The Collins. brothersof North Main
street. were very much surprised yes;
terday. morning. when their brother,
Michael Frank Collins. of Boston.
whom they‘had not seen for nearly two
.years, walked in upon. them. while they
morning. The quartsttewsent..tn. Dan-
bury. and spent a very mononucl-
mas at the home of thei’rmothes. Mrs.
Collins being overjoyed to see her! son
from Boston. as well as all the other
three. 'l‘heir appearance was entirely
a surprise.
Order-hens of America. held its annual
election of oiiloers last evening, and
President.'8. B.
pom; master's! forms. Willing“;
aniitent»rdcordingseoretsry., _
M. Phillips: financial {secretary-.3 ,J
Burr 8%,, streamer, Williamlhwa
reuse: conductor. William Moors: int,
doctor. Roderick. Jones; guard; J.“ H.
Battersou; trustee lor'liimonths, 8.! G.
giiiimanj <. K. , r. ,:
v. M3.“'c.:A..' a; . .
, Thai. M.’ 0.1. basketball .team
was
ingto play theGresn‘wich Athletic
the assessor of
obstinate
at w
:‘the Greenwl“ .
be a gain ‘ mm
0 0.11
10} Th ‘
g in their)? .
sermon will be appropriate to its cios» _
ing from the topic, "The Last Days.” 3
t“ .. _>
D.
onseuwicn” o. s
to Greenwich Wednesday *eveh; ii
radiation-teamw- . Whentbe local soy ; ‘
arrived I‘ there‘- they «were intergod‘ b
c
_ The Old
a‘ i
or theWhiiz.
. Inmttihgover
med. .
by Kline not to do so.;.‘v:‘Wltl!out a. .
:frnoLLs‘v ossiflsfrsuokv wisest " “
, , . .bv’ ~ 0°
being run intoby a Cole’s Electric 1:- 1: _
Motorman Hojssgoodmngthe , . .1. n
Westport road. "The expressmian was t ‘ ' '
driving toward ~Westportsnd dust as ‘
hill to warn the motor-man. but ‘h’ewas oils th
n; their iannual report
lli’e prisoners alter-beryl
yearsv‘o‘itheir sea as
a law—would no , ’ N
no board oi! pensions i:
great care and cant!
course. no certainty of . .
passingwlsvorably on .the
tics. But the. directors h .
direct attention to the used
desired on Christina“ ’ .
‘qusint the men‘Wit,
swssrsnra ,
“saleslady. no
wanes. expel",u
played. . Add
son summed»
woolen Company: ,_
remnants in «bias '
light and; be“?
suitable for goitan . ,
Jboys', knee pants on . .
will sell veryrchegni
mill oilice, oft Belde
were straightening out. about alter the no. on”.
Christmas rush, at the 380mm!!!” '
blocks or splitrtii ' (
spit, 37.: Orders a ,_
Ba ery. Washington 3. '
~\ son .,B‘AIsB-.—-‘-'.l‘ to
tats. -‘ The residence;
Seymour, situated Milled ,,
, , 2 ct Franklinflt...
‘WASHlNQTON CAMP ‘ornoans,
, ;"Wsshington Camp, No. 11, Patriotic .
door. 0.201)” at. Hi!
East Avenue, illsst; if
'- in or "
‘mrtnsrfrmlcuinrs inc,
Wenonah "
To haves-Than
Norwalk Chronicler