The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
BEDDING
Cspecial to The Times.)

ter Methodist church, the pulpit or which the deceased had occupied for nearly four years past. At o'clock the remains were borne from the par sonage to the church ediffce by the pail bearers---Milo L. Ostprn, EVbert M. Sanford, William Grouse, Albert A. Gorham, John c. Read and Albert Williams. Rev. Charles W. McCor- mick, presiding elder, conducted the services, assisted bv Revs. Frederick Shackelton and H. Q. Judd of Bethel, Rev. William H. Kidd of Danbury and Rev. H. E. Woodson of Long Ridge. A Quartette consisting of J. B. San ford, A. G. Barnett, Mrs. Charles Day and Mrs. Randolph Bradley sang Rock of Ages and Abide With Me" to organ accompaniment by Mrs. Grouse. Rev. pr. Mccormick gave the main address in which he paid a trib- ute to the simple earnest faith and the devoted pastoral labo-s of the de- ceased minister. On the casket rested a large bunch of white roses and car nations from the Tarishioners and a bunch of chrysanthemums from the family, There were numerous other floral tributes. The remains were taken on Saturday morning to Bark hamstead for interment, being accom- panied by Dr, Mccormick, the widow, Miss Adelaide Case of Hartford and MT. and Mrs. George Burney of Glas- tonbury. Miss Case and Mrs. Burney are daughters of the deceased.
 On the eve of his departure from Bedding Rev. W. s, Woolworth, chair man of the local War Savings com mittee, sent out a circular letter as the starter for a supplementary cam paign designed to materially increase the total already raised. The appeal says: I've are doing well in Bedding. Receipts up to the present time amount to about s9 per person for each of the 1,70O inhabitants of the town or about $15OO0. There is every reason to believe that the receipts up to Jan. 1, on the basis of pledges al- ready paid, will amount to $1O per person or $17,OOO for the year. But do you know that this Is only one-half of what the U. S. Government asks us to invest in War Savings Stamps? The 5000, 100000 asked for in the War Savings scheme is positively needed and more" Included in the letter is pledge form which the recipient is re- quested to fill out and return with promise to buy the amount specified before Jan. 1.
 The suffrage forces of Bedding in accordance with the many leagues that have been quiescent during the war are arranging for vigorous re- organization preparatory to doing their share in the endeavor to accom- plish a final victory in Connecticut, Do I,I and New York, who Is suffrage leader of the 24th senatorial district, was to be one of the speakers at a meeting arranged to be held this CThursdayO afternoon at the home of Mrs Samuel c. Shaw. A State organizer was also to attend. The suffragists of Bedding congratulate themselves that both the men going from this town to the in coming General Assembly are favor able to their cause.
 Walter c. Vernon of Bridgeport, 8 shipyard artisan and Isabel Brophy, engaged in domestic service with a family In Ridgefeld, had arranged to speedily wed, but found that there existed an obstacle from the fact that the girl is only IS and had DO parents or near relatives in this State to give the consent which the law requires in the case of female minors. In such contingencies however, the statutes empower certain officials to exercise the same authority as parents and hence the couple referred to called on First SelectEnan W. c. Sanford last SuD2ay to invoke his aid. This was given after MT. Sanford had satisfied himself that the conditions were right and proper and the marriage took place in Ridgefield, later on the same day.
 Starting last Monday there was placed in operation at the Center school an experiment in domestic sci ence training which win become a permanent feature if it proves a suc- cess. The town has supplied an oil stove towards the project, minor uten- sils have been donated from other sources and food brought by the pu- ptls is to be cooked for their noon lunch under the supervision of the two teachers. If the experiment turns out well the plan will probably be ex- tended to the other schools.
 D1sregarding a rule of the Sanford school which requires pupils to turn over any firearms they may have tc the head master, Coleman Williams a New York boy, held out a trap gur ana secretly set in in a swamp neal the Aspetuck river Last Friday he took his chun, Holland Deal, aged 14 Of Boston, and as a great favor showed him the apparatus. The gur has barrel about a foot long, take: a .3S cartridge and is equipped witt mechanism which discharges the piece upon the agitation of the bait. VII Hams was duly thrilled and impressed and asked how the contrivance Worheo. Oea ooligingly proceeded tr pernonstrate. Williams was in the way of the bullet which after passins through the feshy part of one of hi hands found Judgement against one o his ribs. The body wound was . ' slight one and the bullet which hat missed bones and arteries, was easil- extracted. The hand wound is pain ful, but not serious.
 There was no hearing last Thursda- In the milk watering case of Georg
 r. Williams, as the defendant mad
 known his intention to fight the pros ecutlon with the help of a lawyer in stead Of pleading guilty Consequent ly a continuance was taken for on
 week with the understanding that tn
 prosecution would produce evidence il support of the accusation.
 In the Army casualty lists recent, ipuiblished Alvin Treadwen son O Prof. Treadwell of Vassar College. forHler Bedding resident, is reporte, a9Fnissfng under date of Nov. 6. Tn
 young man was in the aviation ser RVice and hopes have not been aband
 oned that he Is still alive among tn