Republican farmer., 1918-12-13
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

vices for Rev. Burton U. Case were held last Friday afternoon at the Gen. ter Methodist church, the pulpit of which the deceased had occupied for nearly four years past. At 2 o'clock the remains were borne from the par sonage to the church edifice by the pail bearers---Milo L. Osborn, ElbeTt M. Sanford, William Grouse, Albert A. Gorham, John c. Read and Albert Williams. Rev. Charles W. McCor- mick, presiding elder, conducted the services, assisted by Revs. Frederick Shackelton and H. Q. Judd of Bethel, Rev. William H. Kidd of Danbury and Rev. H. E. Woiodson 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 accompa niment by Mrs. Grouse. Rev. Dr. Mccormick gave the main address in which he paid a trib- rte to the simple earnest faith and the devoted pastoral labors of the de- ceased minister. On the casket rested large bunch of white roses and car nations from the parishioners and a bunch of chrysanthemums from the 1 family. There were numerous other i floral tributes The remains were taken on Saturday morning to Bark hamstead for interment, being accom- panied by pr. Mccormick, the widow, Miss Adelaide Case of Hartford and MT, and Mrs. George Burney of Glas- 1 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 1 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: We are doing we'll in Bedding. | Receipts up to the present time amount to about $9 per person for each of the 1,7OO inhabitants of the town or about $15, ,OO0. There is every reason to believe that the receipts up to Jan. 1, on the basis of pledges al- ready paid, will amount to $10 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 l IIiC SABVOOyOOuIVuU e1SSrOo IO4 III IllS w cSl 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 a promise to buy the amount specified before Jan. 1.
 The suffrage forces of Redding in accordance with the many leagues that have been quiescent during the war are arranging for a vigorous re- organization preparatory to doing their share in the endeavor to accom- plish final victory in Connecticut Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn of Ridgefiel6 and New York, who is suffrage leader of the 24th senatorial district was tC be one of the speakers at a meetine arranged to be held this CThursday' afternoon at the home of Mrs. Samue c. Shaw. A State organizer was alsC to attend. The suffragists of Reddins 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, { shipyard artisan and Isabel Brophy engaged in domestic service with i'famiiy in Ridgefield, had arrange to speedily wed, but found that ther, existed an obstacle from the fact tha the girl is only IS and had no parent or near relatives in this State to giv, the consent which the law requires il the case of female minors. In sucl contingencies, however, the statute empower certain officials to exercis the same authority as parents ant hence the couple referred to called ol First Selectman W. c. Sanford las Sunday to invoke his aid This wa given after MT. Sanford had satisfiet himself that the conditions were righ and proper and the marriage tool place in Ridgefield, later on the sam day
 Starting last Monday there wa ' placed in operation at the Cente school an experiment in domestic sci ence training which will become
 permanent feature if it proves a sue cess. The town has supplied an oi stove towards the project, minor uten sils have been donated from othe sources and food brought by the pu pils is to be cooked for their moo
 lunch under the supervision of tn
 two teachers. If the experiment turn
 
 tended to the other schools.
 Disregarding a rule of the Sanfor
 school which requires pupils to tur
 over any firearms they may have t
 the head master, Coleman Williams
 a New York boy, held out a trap gu and secretly set in in a swamp nea
 the Aspetuck river Last Friday h
 took his chum, Holland Deal, aged i
 
 showed him the apparatus The gu
 has barrel about foot long, take
 a .38 cartridge and is equipped wit
 mechanism which discharges the piec
 upon the agitation of the bait Wi
 Hams was duly thrilled and impresse
 and asked how the contrivanc
 worked. Deal obligingly proceeded {
 demonstrate. Williams was in tn
 way of the bullet which after passin
 through the ieshy part of one of h
 hands found Judgement against one n his ribs. The body wound was
 slight one and the bullet, which ha y' missed bones and arteries, was easil
 extracted. The hand wound is pair
 ful, but not serious.
 There was no hearing last Thunsda
 in the milk watering case of Georg
 P. Williams, as the defendant mad IT known his intention to fight the pros of ecuuon with the help of a lawyer ir W stead of pleading guilty. Consequen. at ly a continuance was taken for or J.. week with the understanding that tf prosecution would produce evidence to support of the accusation.
 n- In the Army casualty lists recent ,n published Alvin -'readweH, son ie Prof TreadwelI of Vassar College, ,s former Bedding resident, is reporte -s' as missing under date of Nov. 6 III