. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. theatres of Bridge-port and is <levotid exclusively to moving pictures. It is thoroughly modern in every wayand beautifully ei|ui])]H(l. Mr. Lund was the first man to use an orchestra in a movingpicture theatre and now has an eight-i)iece orchestra, constituting one of the attractivefeatures of the house. Possessing marked musical ability himself, he naturally pays muchattention to featuring music in connectiiui with tlie pnnUiction of the films. He has fran-chises witli the Selznick. the Clara Kimball Young, the (!. W. Cohen, the Douglas Fairbanks,the
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. theatres of Bridge-port and is <levotid exclusively to moving pictures. It is thoroughly modern in every wayand beautifully ei|ui])]H(l. Mr. Lund was the first man to use an orchestra in a movingpicture theatre and now has an eight-i)iece orchestra, constituting one of the attractivefeatures of the house. Possessing marked musical ability himself, he naturally pays muchattention to featuring music in connectiiui with tlie pnnUiction of the films. He has fran-chises witli the Selznick. the Clara Kimball Young, the (!. W. Cohen, the Douglas Fairbanks,the Paramount, the Metro, the Brady and the New Art ]iictures and also the Chaplin andLinder comedies. On the 14tli of February. 190:!, in Bridgeport, Mr. Lund was married to Miss Alberta daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Hulse) WoodhuU, and to this union have beenborn two children: Gladys, who was born in 190) and died when seven years old; and HaroldWoodhuU, born March 10, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Lund hold membership in the Lutheran. NELSON C. LUND BKlDGEroRT AND NKIXITV :i7] churcli and he belongs to St. Joliiis Loil^o, A. F. & A. M. and Aroaniun lodge, I. O. (). became the youngest member of Dcucy Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, andhe belongs to the National Fraternal League, which draws its membersliip only from tliosewho are connected with the JIasonie. fraternity, and is a charter numlieV of tlie KiwanisClub, which was organized in He is one of tlie mftst ])rogressivc and enterprising busi-ness men of Iiri<lgep()rt, keeping in toiu-li with and directing taste in moving picture produc-tions, and today has the leading house of this kind in the city. CHARLES PHILLIPS. Charles Phillips, general superinteiulent of the Bridgeport Metal Cooils Coni|)any andwell known as a siHirtsman, especially in yachting circles, was born in Plymouth. 5, 1S64, a son of James and Mary (Jewell) Pliillips, who in 1869 left England and camewith their family to
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