Republican farmer., 1918-10-04
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

'D0 R1NOH Ut lLo VNe1Ih 1 W WdlA AAAOA eA y next Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:30 o'clock. The on1s drawback is the fear that the floor space will be too small for the audience as 1t will be somewhat encroached upon by the extension of the stage so as to pro- vide room for two grand pianos. Be- sides Osstp Gabrilowitsch, piano solo ist, and Mrs. Gabrilowitsch, operatic singer, there are to take part Olga Sanaroff pianist, and Hans Kcemlin., 6elloist The tickets are 8 each and may be had locally of Harry A. Louns- bury, near the Library, and at West Bedding station, and also are dn sale till Thursday night at Steinerts mu- sic store Further tickets will he sold at the door on Saturday.. while they last As the number is limited to 300, it is advisable to secure seats at once. The entire proceeds will be devoted to the equipment of the Mark Twain lConvelescent Home at Stornlfis3d, the estate of the late Mark Twain a& Red ding.
 The Liberty Lean committee began their canvass Saturday and ara work | ing diligently and with satisfactory
 
 1 to Tuesday evening being approxi- mately $10,OGO. Readings quota this time is BPS, 1850, which is considerably larger than the former quotas. This i time Georgetown is not included in i the district of which Bedding has been made a part, an arrangement disapproved by both the village and the rest of the town. Michael Con nery, chairman of the Georgetown committee, and W. c. Sanford, Chair man of the town committee, have both sent in strong letters of protest with the hope of having the situation remedied. But such grievance as Georgetown feels on this score did not prevent her people from making remarkable record. Her quota was S15,O0O and the entire amount was sub scroibed the first day. On Tuesday morning there arrived the honor flags which signifies the filling of the quota. And the work of piling up sub scriptions continues to proceed.
 At the meeting of the town sshoDl committee on Tuesday afternocH E. A. Pinkney, chairman of the Board since it was organized nine years ago presented his resignation. The nther members received his communica tion with deep regret and in the talk which ensued with the hope of per suaiding him to reconsider his action lpaid earnest tribute to the able man.
 ner with which he has performed the duties of his position. To their ap- Ipeals MT. Pinkney replied in sub stance that he felt that his long period
 
 Before adjourning the committee vot- ed to table the preferred resignation with the idea that MT. Pinkney might ] yet change his mind. He is again or the Republican ticket as a candidate for committee membership, fac > which assures his election.
 , An exhibition of the vegetable ant 5 fruit products raised by the pupils O
 the public schools as recruits in tht | Junior Food Army was received a the Center school on Monday evening by a good sized gathering. The dis play was abundant and of high qual ity. No specimens of needlework were
 shown as in previous exhibitions, bu Frances Burnett, aged 8, displayed samples of her knitting. Viola Fla vereau and another young miss gay,
 a canning demonstration and Maste Stephen Sanford read a paper on pigs A quiet confidence is felt by tn Democrats in the success of thei
 ticket next Monday, partly becaus
 they felt that it is worthy of success
 and again because they know that thu opposing ticket framed by the Cor ham, Churchill caucus is viewed witt disfavor by many Republicans. MT : Gorham, who occupies the spotligh
 position in the opposition camp, haj
 made it known that second only to hi
 desire to secure his own election al
 assessor is his ambition to defeat W
 C. Sanford for first selectman. If h. succeeds it will be to his credit as ;
 political manager, but not at all t
 the credit of the electorate.
 A State agent visited Georgetown last week and placed under arres
 half a dozen residents who had faile
 to comply with the law regardin,
 dogs they owned or were harboring
 All were arraigned before Justic l Muennich last Saturday and on plea
 of guilty or convictions five were finet g and costs each, amounting to abou I SIS, and one $5 and costs. The latte : was Thomas Murray, heavier pen V alty being imposed in his case be cause the dog was female. Tn a other defendants were Julius Carlson n John Carlson, Alex Carlson, Albil e Johnson and N:colo Santenello. Tn f charge in two cases was failure t
 register and in the others aIlowin the dogs to run at large. All the de f fendants paid up.
 6 A. commission as chaplain with tn
 rank of second lieutenant has bee
 issued to Rev. Raymond Cunningham following the completion. of his cours of training. He expects a speedy as 7 signment to duty overseas. A paris meeting of Christ Episcopal churc
 will be held next Sunday to deeid f whether his previous leave of absenc e shall be prolonged indefinitely and r temporary supply system provided 0 . whether his present rectorship be ter f minated and the vacancy permanent e ly filled.
 0 Alexander schall has rented hi e place at Bedding Center to Mrs. Mar ', Buchananan of Bethel.
 . A check for $10O has been sent tn f Bedding branch of the Red Cross b ! Rev. Father Kennedy, pastor of tn a CaG1olic church here, as a contribu il tiS2 from the proceeds of the enter I tainment recently given by the churcI
 The one-quarter of the proceeds Whic
 it was originally planned to giv
 would have been $83, but the commit
 tee subsequently decided to make tn k amount an even $1O0
 A special train conveying war eE : hibits brought from French battle e fields will stop at Georgetown at 12:;