The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
WOMEN TO VOTE EPISCOPAL CHURCH PARISH MEETINGS New Rule Now in Vogue Re- suits in Many Women Be-
 coming Members of
 Parish OUR BEDDING NEWS LETTER

Bedding, May 9-Under a new rule of the Episcopal Church women mem- bers are allowed to vote at parish meetings provided they qualify by be- coming members of the parish, such membership being conferred by favor able action on the part of the male parish electorate to whom the voting privilege had been previously confin- ed. At the annual meeting on Mon day evening last of Christ Episcopal Church of Bedding Ridge the appli- cation of thirteen women members of the church for parish membership was received and granted. In the future these women may exercise a voice in the direction of the church's business affairs. The meeting elected these ford; junior warden, w. c. Sanford; treasurer, A. G. Barnett; secretary, D. S. Sanford. Besides these Charles Sanford, E. P. Sanford, Philo Platt, P. Randolph Bradley and Charles D. Morehouse were elected members of the vestry.
 Some work has been done by the committee which was appointed at the last annual town meeting to consider a change in the method of caring for paupers. the idea being advanced that 1t might be more economical to unite with one or more neighboring towns in the maintenance of 8 farm where return by their labor. As far as the committee has progressed with it's in vestfgation it finds little in favor of this proposition. At present the towns annual outlay for the poor is about $1,000. Only a few receive en- tire support, most of the expenditure being for small weekly allowances to fhnSo T,a ao1F k{ne To assemble all these at one place and wholly support them would cost, it is believed, considerably more than the outlay under the present system. Besides none of the adjacent towns seem disposed to enter into such a and for Reading to establish a farm of it's own would certainly be much more expensive than the present plan. Ridgefie1d, which has such a. farm, finds the cost considerably greater than that of the old way.
 Mechanical milkers are soon to be installed by A. e. Barnett and Albert work on the vacuum principle and are to be operated by gasoline en- zines. If they give satisfactory re- suits they will be permanently retain ed, the present arrangements being for an experimental test of sufficient
 
 tions of economy and efficiency. MT. Barnett is also testing by use in his house an illuminating gas which was recently given a demonstration at tho Mark Twain library. The gas comes in tanks and when tank Is exhaust ed it has to be sent to the manufac- tory at Long Island to be refilled. One tank has sufficient supply for about a month. Quite a number will install the system provided Mfr Barnett's verdict is favorable. The process by which the gas is made is a German invention. The company promises to soon establish supply plant in Dan- bury.
 Until this town was called upon to pay it's share towards the construc- tion of the State highway between Danbury and Norwalk our se1ectmen supposed that the road belonged to the trunk line class and consequent. ly that the State would bear the whole expense. Two short sections of the road are in Bedding, one at Branchville and the other further north, and the towns assessment for the two was about $1, 400. The road is completed except for about two miles towards the Danbury end is throughout of excellent workmanship, being in fact among the best of it's class in the State.
 At last weeks meeting of Bedding Grange fourteen candidates received the first and second degrees. Among them was Rev. MT. Boone, rector of the Episcopal church. All the frame timber for the new Grange building will be sawed by the end of the pres ent week and the breaking of ground for the structure will shortly follow. The details for the financing of the building project are not yet complet- ed, but no difficulties on this score are anticipated.
 The "corn day. meeting at the Gill bert State Farm last Friday had no attendance from the east side of the town, @ fact due neither to bad wealth CT nor any lack of interest in the sub- ject presented, but rather to the fact that the farmers were so busy in, pre- parations for planting work, corn spare the time for anything else.
 On Wednesday of last week Care- taker Delaney of Putnam Park en- tertained at dinner his old friend and patron. Newton Bartram. and Wal lace Merwin, both of Sharon, who were enroute to the Democratic con- vention at Bridgeport.
 The fire department dance at the Ridge last Thursday evening was a we'll attended and enjoyable affair. The departments next entertainment will be. one given by the Elmwood MluSITelS.
 Fully one-third of the towns dog owners failed to secure licenses with in the prescribed time and will there fore have the extra dollar to pay.
 A. G. Barnett is building at the front of his residence in hometown a broad, three decker piazza with or- namental pillars and having "out- door, sleeping apartments in the up- per story.
 The following is a list of pupils perfect in attendance in the Bedding schools for the four weeks ending April 25: Center school, Room two A. Florence Nichols, teacher. Noble warner, Andrew Hingle, Rutha Ora ham. Center School, Room one, Flor ence M. Yutzler, teacher. Ada Will liams. Edith Kennel, Kate Nickerson, Evelyn Nickerson, Winnifred Platt, Elizabeth Sanford. Myrtle Warner Kennedy Duncan, Arthur Sanford. George williams. Ridge School M. Jennie Mcdonald, teacher. Althea Marsh, Hurley Nichols, Arthur Rus- sell.
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