The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
OUR BEDDING NEWS LETTER
NEWS OF THE DOINGs IN RED- DING AND VICINITY TOLD =
 FOR FARMER READERS.


 the State highway department have surveyed and staked out the road from Bedding Center to Library cor ner.s action which shows that Com missioner Macdonald has selected the stretch for State reconstruction. It Is understood that he did @ in re- sponse to much importuning from Secretary Plump of the Protective League. Perhaps the commissioner believes that public sentiment also de- mands the early doing of the im- provement in question, but if so he custom the advice of the selectmen was not sought in the matter, the first knowledge of it%had by members of the board being the appearance on the scene of the surveyors. The fact of the survey does not signify an immediate building of the road as other sections of highway which the department surveyed and mapped ten years ago still remain unimproved, but the driving of grade stakes is taken as an indication that bids for the job will soon be invited. The present condition of the road recent 1y surveyed is as good as that of most of the town highways, whereas the hometown road, the reconstruction of which the selectmen have been urg- ing, is actually disgraceful There also exists crying need for improve ment of the Putnam Park road. Both these projects have received the com missioner's endorsement and he has repeatedly promised that construction work would shortly be got under way. but instead of this he switches to a scheme which has no special claims as a measure of public utility, there by showing perverse and freaky dis position and a fragrant disregard of the real needs of the community The section just chosen is about mile long and forms part of the route be- tween the Ridge and West Bedding which Secretary Plump seeks to have improved in order that the West Red- ding railroad station instead of Bethel may become the towns main port o1 entry. This end he expects to be achieved by providing an improved with him because the disadvantage of the West Bedding routesi is notsso much the state of the highway as the suc- cession of steep hills. Last Friday First Selectman Sanford wrote Com missioner Macdonald again urging up- on him the necessity of carrying out the hometown and Park road projects and also asking him to oil the new Ridge road. No reply has been re- ceived. The commissioner promise to top dress this latter road with trar rock screenings has not been carried out.
 Owing probably to the lack of ad- vance publicity the suffragist meet ing last Thursday at the summer home of Mrs. s. C. Shaw on the Ridge was not largely attended and most oi the 40 or 90 present came from Bridge port. The speakers were Mrs. Prof fit of Hartford. Mrs. W. T. Hincks of Rrid and Nrs Sopfopd of the Ridge. The latter will prob ably be president of the local branch of the league which it is planned tc organize. Several of the Bedding la dies who attended the meeting are committed to the suffragist cause SC a fair degree of strength. At Thurs days gathering the leaders discussed arrangements for holding rally ir Weston at an early date. Following the oratory dainty luncheon was served and group photograph o1 Schoch of the Sanford school
 At noon last Saturday in the Epis- copal church on the Ridge, Rev. MT Bone performed the ceremony which united in marriage Miss Clara Dan forth, daughter of Mrs. Suzette l. Dunnel1 by her first husband, and Francis B. Hamlin, son of the late | 1lSy. LIZ. ISllLlS-k I1duiiIL, Ol WdSu- ington. D. G.. The church was pro- fusely decorated with mountain laurel as was also Hillcroft, the summer home of the Dunnells, where a recep- tion took place immediately following the church ceremony. The bride wore a gown of white satin draped witf slight panniers and trimmed witt point lace flounces. A coronet of or ange blossoms held her tulle veil ant she carried bouquet of lilies of tht l valley. F. L., Dunnell, the bride. stepfather. gave her in marriage. The l matron of honor, Mrs. E1bert B. Ham ] lin of New York. wore rose pinl satin, and the maid of honor, Mis-