The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-12
BEDDING
Special to The Times.l )


 Ridge church a large crowd had gathered when the exercises began early in the afternoon and they heard attenuvely stirring patriotic addresses from, MT. 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 group of school children sang patriotic airs under the leadership of Mrs. Lemuel Sanford. Inside the church the walls were nearly covered by. wonderful .collec- 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" contrfbu- tions was responded to by 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 fS$13S.
 The special feature distinguishing the Georgetown celebration from it's l two predecessors was the planting of a Liberty pole in the triangle near the Gilbert & Bennett works and the hoisting thereon of a national flag in size X 12, and of a service flag of 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 E. 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- ton of the crowd at the park, among them being a basket picnic, ball game, athletic sports for prizes and music. The entire program was arranged by and carried out under the direction
 
 A wedding party motored from the Ridgewold Inn to Bethel last Monday afternoon and there witnessed the marriage ceremony In which Mss 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 +witi tuberculosis attended by ffuotuating ranging from prostration to improved | y. while he had sought health in widely separated localities He took a full course at the Shnford School and the1 began a college course in Michigan which failing health cut short. Hi age was 24. He was the son of tn
 late James B. Miller, for severa terms a county commissioner, and :
 survived by two brothers, Edwar5
 now a resident of Newtown, an
 Howard, an expert accountant for
 merly with the Connecticut Railwa
 & Lighting Co.,, and now located i
 Indiana. Funeral services were hel
 on Tuesday at the home of Edwar
 Miller. Interment was at Danbur
 in the cemetery where his parents ar
 buried.
 \ A Miss Anderson of Maine has bee
 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 Hicko
 is still under contract as principal fo
 another year, but on account of he
 unpatriotic declarations the tow
 school committee has decided to ar
 null the contract unless she forestal
 such action by herself terminating tn
 engagement. So far she has nc
 done this and it is possible althoug
 not probable that she may resist di missal by a resort to action in tt
 courts. Miss Rider, the formt
 associate of Mrs. Hickok, has als 9 been re-engaged but 1t is not yet SC gI,
 will be assigned to the principalsh ye upon the schools re-opening.
 I'd Contractor H. c. McCollam con Tn p1eted this week the building of g ry addition. 2S by 56 feet, to the pIaI Id of the Farmers Dairy Co.,, on Nor
 avenue in Bridgeport. The prime ,h pal reason for the enlargement W; a. the fact that the company has take m over the Bridgeport Dairy Co., as d. subsidiary. The latter is the di is tributing agency which former Ma. UT ager Coburn organized as a separa in corporation to deliver milk from u
 receiving station to the consumer. lis was in effecting the organization tn dy he was alleged to have employed u D. assets of the Farmers Go. in an u all lawful manner, an assumption whi ds led to his arrest on charge of CT we bezzlement. The case against hi he was dropped, but the project whi
 he conceived is now perfected al ew in practical operation with the il If portant distinction that the prof all or losses are the interest of the pa ou ent corporation and not of one so more of its officials in their indivi 're ual capacity.