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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909, at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 



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X 



MAY, 1918 



Number 12 



BIRDS FOR BRUCE MUSEUM. 



Rowell Collection Loaned and May Be 

 Given Outright Later. 



[FROM THE STAMFORD ADVOCATE.] 



Bruce Museum of Greenwich has 

 been granted a ''long term loan" of a 

 large collection of birds. The collec- 

 tion was made by Dr. Charles E. Row- 

 ell, late Mayor of Stamford. The loan 

 is granted by Dr. Rowell's sons, and it 

 is likely that it will become an out 

 right gift, in due course of time. 



George P. Rowell, one of the late 

 Mayor's sons, has also given outright 

 his collection of Indian relics. 



Stamford people have more than a 

 neighborly interest in Bruce Museum 

 of Natural History and Art, because it 

 was practically developed by the late 

 and lamented Hon. Edwin L. Scoficld. 

 Under the will of Robert M. Bruce of 

 Greenwich, $50,000 was set aside to 

 create the Bruce Museum. Mr. Sco- 

 tield was appointed trustee of the fund. 

 For more than two years before he 

 died, he had been at work on the pre- 

 lect. Dr. Edward F. Bigelow, of Vr- 

 cAdiA: Sound Beach, was consulted 

 by Mr. Scofield, and was his adviser 

 in the matter. During the past five or 

 six months, $35,000 has been expended 

 along lines suggested by Dr. Bigelow. 

 to improve the museum building and 



equip it properly. It is today one of 

 the finest museums of this type to be 

 found in any small town in the land. 

 Many collections have been donated 

 to the museum and many more will be 

 given. About $15,000 of the original 

 gift remains. This will be used to pur- 

 chase specimens and to defray other 

 expenses. It is expected, however, that 

 the museum will be maintained and 

 improved chiefly by gifts of money and 

 specimens. 



E. C. Converse, W. T. Truesdale and 

 the Selectment of Greenwich are the 

 trustees at present. They are assisted 

 by an advisory board composed of Dr. 

 Bigelow, Frederick A. Hubbard, Neil 

 M. Ladd, Fred A. Springer and 

 Leonard Ochtman. Eventually the 

 museum will be conveyed to the Town 

 of Greenwich. 



The Rowell collection was being 

 moved today to the museum under the 

 direction of Mr. Bigelow and John 

 Schaler. a local taxidermist. 



Dr. R. R. Hertzberg is another Stam- 

 ford man who has given a collection 

 of specimens to the museum. 



A Great Local Fair. 



\\ hen the chicken show arrives in 

 town every poultryman brings out his 

 best biddy and points to her with 

 pride. When the horticulturists 

 have their exhibition the gardeners 



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