The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-18
Rural Welfare League Revives And Expands
VIII Watch Among Other Things
 For New Town Hall

7 Bedding, Nov 1S-Retaining its old aname but adopting new methods of xprzsnization tending towards larger Fdnitiative and a broadening in the scope of it's efforts a fresh start was made by the Bedding Protective League at a special meeting held in the town house last Saturday after noon. The meeting was called to hear the report of the special com rnittee appointed to formulate some edefinite plan for guiding the Leagues $ future activities and brought together about twenty of the members, none eof whom, however, come from the fRfdge section The plan reported by the committee and adopted by unan1- nous vote was in general that out lined by Prof. John Ward St1mson at g the previous meeting in a commun1- cation which attracted wide attention %In the absence of President Beard, the chair was filled by E. A. Pink & ney-
 $ The first recon n1endation of the conmittee was for a change of name to the Bedding Civic Association as one better expressing the objects or the organization which began with the posting of land against game ' hunting trespassers as it's only par 4ic11Iar program. This led to quite 6 a discussion Dr. Den1ingS thoughf the proposed name might convey to many the impression that the League sought to introduce innovations belonging to $ city rather country development. Eo- gar Field was against any change or name Town Clerk Sanford suggest ed the Protective and Improvement Society, Mrs John c. Read, the Fro tective and Progressive, Assoc1ation' F Mrs -=tinSor the Protective Civic So- <= cietzs and Mrs. Kate St.. Maur, the
 Profec4kve aT1d sWelfare Association. Dr. smith thought the caption Pro gressfve'' mi g1ft be taken to indicate z Toartisan- polifiea1 bent and was there fore sob5eetions6ble At was finally voted tossretaan the old name Of Pro- tectfve League-r
 After suggesting a change of name the comnitteess report made. these 2 further recon1u1endatious: That the < old arraaEement of committees for the different sections of the town be mod Z filed so that the work shall be carried q out through the assistance of groups s of persons who shall have some spe-
 cial interest in common Each group < shall be asked to organize 1ndepen- ss dently and to be self governing out of \ its own inspiration. and from its own $ initiative The chairmen of the diff j ferent groups, should constitute the
 executive committee of the associa- 2 ten, members of each group to be z members of the association These
 groups while working for the further : ance of their own particular ends shall a
 which shall work for the interests of khe town as a whole To begin with
 the following groups are suggested; L AgricuIture including horticul- ! ture and horcu1ture and animal hus- T bar1dry the work which is nomfnal1y 4 g province of the Grange.
 g. Art-inc1ud1ng architecture, land scape gaFdenings painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, dramatics, literature
 etc-, or perhaps a separate group for
 SzF@ ficez aI1H litGr9flfTP.
 Churches and religious societies. 4s Education cwith special refer
 ence to the work of the schools) de-
 batting society
 -A G. AHighwayStown administration
 and railway transportation. 70
 2. Social life and sports
 8 Woman's work.
 In addition to adopting the above
 recommendations the meeting also en-
 dorsed a comnulnicati ton prepared by
 Secretary Plump for transmission tC members of the League. This letter 2 describes the new departure and an
 nounces that one of the movements tC
 be first taken up will be for the erec-
 ton of a new town hall which sha1
 be constructed so as to also serve
 6Iae purposes of social center build
 Ing Another object will be the hold
 ing of a Bedding Day. each veal n-as an occasion for reunion and out door festiVity. The secretary is alsc To send out invitations to those es
 peciaIly qualified to serve on the diff
 Herent groups provided for in the pro
 gram and these designations, as fad
 as there are acoeptances of them, vii
 De announced at a meeting to be held
 within a few weeks. Few country 2, towns have such an abundance o1 good material to draw from for the
 makeup of these groups. Those
 present at Saturdays meeting were
 Secretary C. H. Plump, MT. and Mrs
 " B. Chafffn, Edgar Field, pr. E. H
 Smith, J. B. Sanford, Prof. and Mrs J. W Stirnson, pr w. c. Deming, Rev D Louis Burgess, Fceddington Dayton
 M 4 Mikketsen. John Condo, E. A
 Pinkney, Mrs. St. Maur, Mrs. Johr
 2. Read, Duncan Gay.