Republican farmer., 1918-07-12
BEDDING
Special to The Times.l

celebrations on the Fourth and many came from outside localities to par On the Green at the Long Ridge church a large crowd had gathered when the exercises began early in the afternoon and they heard attentively stirring patriotic addresses from Mr. Conroy and MT. Korz of New York. The Junior Home Guard in their new equipment and carrying silk flag presented to them that morning by Mrs. Florence Simpson marched to- the scene from the West Bedding depot and a group of school children sang patriotic airs under the leadership of Mrs. Lemuel Sanford. Inside the church the walls were nearly covered by a wonderful colec- tion of posters, the loan of which had been obtained from the government by Miss Tibbetts, who with Mrs. Charles Abbott brought about the eel ebration. A profuse display of flags heightened the decorative effect. An appeal for melting pot" contribu tions was responded to by a liberal offering of articles containing gold silver and copper, the aggregate value of which must have been considera- ble. The sale of refreshments by the youthful Guardsmen and Red Cross members realized the surprisingly large sum of $19s.
 The special feature distinguishing the Georgetown celebration from it's two predecessors was the planting of a Liberty pole in the triangle near the Gilbert & Bennett works and the I oP Hoe in size 12, and of a service flag of a service flag bearing 62 stars. MT. and Mrs. Pickney contributed the pole and the flag by the Community Asso- citation of the village. The flag rais- ing exercises took place in the fore noon and comprised prayer by Rev. M A. Ttate and addresses by Rev. Father Shortelle and B. A. Pinkney. Following them came the parade to the athletic field. The Danbury brass band led and in the procession were many decorated autos, two societies | representing the Swedish church, | members of the Red Cross in uniform and the Boy Scouts. Until 5 o'clock various activities engaged the atten- tion of the crowd at the park, among
 
 athletic sports for prizes and music. | The entire program was arranged by and carried out under the direction 1 of the Community Association.
 | A wedding party motored from the Ridgewold Inn to Bethel last Monday afternoon and there witnessed the l marriage ceremony in which Miss Julia Farrell of Evanston, H., and | Arthur Whitely of Washington, D. C.,
 were the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed at the
 Catholic rectory by Rev. Father Ken
 nedy. Near relatives in attendance
 were the groom's mother and sister
 who also live in Evanston, and are guests at the Ridgewold, and Mrs.
 Jackson and MT. and Mrs. Gerald
 Jackson of Paterson, N. J. A few
 Bedding friends also attended. Fol
 lowing the return of the party to the
 Inn an elaborate repast provided by
 the Inn management was served. MT
 Whitely holds an important position
 in one of the government departments
 at Washington.
 The death of Francis B. Miller las
 Saturday morning at the home O Mrs. John s. Sanford, his aunt, wa
 the end of a four years struggle witt
 tuberculosis attended by f1uctuating
 ranging from prostration to improved
 conditions indicating recovery Mean Iwhile he had sought health in widely
 separated localities. He took a full
 course at the Sanford School and the1
 began a college course in Michigan
 which failing health cut short. Hi
 age was "A. He was the son of th' late James E. Miller, for severa
 terms a county commissioner, and :.
 survived by two brothers, Edward
 now a resident of NewtoWn, ana
 Howard, an expert accountant for merly with the Connecticut Rai1wa,
 & Lighting Co.,, and now located il
 Indiana. Funeral services were helt
 on Tuesday at the home of Edwart
 Miller. Interment was at Danbur,
 in the cemetery where his parents ar buried.
 A Miss Anderson of Maine has bee1 engaged as a teacher of the Cente School for the coming year. Tn
 situation In regard to the school
 teaching force is thereby made some
 what peculiar. Mrs. Helen Hickol
 is still under contract as principal fo ! another year, but on account of he 4 unpatriotic declarations the tow,
 school committee has decided to an nul the contract unless she forestal! such action by herself terminating tn engagement. So far she has no . done this and it is possible althoug not probable that she may resist dis missaI by a resort to action in tn
 courts. Miss Rider, the forme :. associate of Mrs Hickok, has als been re-engaged but it is not yet set tied whether she or Miss Anderso will be assigned to the principalshi f upon the schools re-opening.
 Contractor H. C. McCollam com 1 pleted this week the building of a 5 addition, 2S by 56 feet to the plar
 of the Farmers Dairy Co.,, on Mort 3 avenue in Bridgeport. The princi - pal reason for the enlargement wa the fact that the company has take over the Bridgeport Dairy Go. as subsidiary The latter is the dis tributing agency which former Mar
 ager Coburn organized as a separat
 corporation to deliver milk from tn ,. receiving station to the consumer. 3 was in effecting the organization ths
 he was alleged. to have employed tn
 assets of the Farmers Co. in an UT v lawful manner an assumption whic y led to his arrest on a charge of en7 . bezzlement The case against hi1 :, was dropped, but the project whic he conceived is now perfected an a in practical operation with the in
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