The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-04
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Redding, Jan. By request of the
State Council of Defence First Select
man w. C. Sanford has started to or
ganizea Redding branch Of the coun-
Gil. The instructions are that it shall
include representatives of the existing
| local bodies for war work. These are,
| in this town, the Red Cross and COM
mittees on transportation and food
supply. To these will probably be
added sections on fuel, foreign born
population and publicity. The latter
will be useful when it comes to the
floating of another Liberty Loan. The
foreign born element here is an in
significant one, being mostly repre-
scented by Swedes employed in the
Gilbert & Bennett shops who, instead
of being affected by the Pro-German
faint, are showing patriotic fealty to
the cause of their adopted country.
! When Mr.. Sanford has made up his
| list of appointments to the council
the members will hold a meeting to
consider plans by which they may
best render service.
An audience which filed the Mark
Twain Library to its utmost capacity
attended the Community Christmas
entertainment and were enthusiastic
in their appreciation of both it's must
cal and spectacular features. The
singing of anthems by an adult chorus
and of carols by a children's chorus
was especially fine and reflected great
credit upon Mrs. Pauline Sanford as
rehearsal trainer and conductor. High
praise is also due Mrs. H. S. Barnes
who had charge of the costuming. The
costumes were largely of original de-
sign and wholly of home manufac-
ture and in the case of each character
were appropriate, attractive and WON
derfully effective. Wings were in
cluded in the equipment of the group
of angels who only lacked halos to
fully CONFIRM in appearance to the
originals as pictured by art concep-
tons. Another triumph of detail were
the crooks carried by the shepherds,
these having been fabricated by John
Condo, a Redding resident widely
known through his magazine and
book illustrations. The large Yule log
had been chemically treated so that
it gave out vari-colored flames in
burning. Following the main pro-
gram refreshments were served and
there was brief period of dancing.
The older inhabitants are unit in
agreeing that the cold spell which
began last Friday surpasses every
thing of the kind in their recollection
for intensity and duration. On Satur-
day and Sunday mornings the Their
| ~, 8 IL.
town registered temperatures of from
Is to rs degrees below zero, the ex-
IRENE depression being shown by Milo
Osborn's thermometer at the Ridge.
The three succeeding days brought no
material improvement. From all
Equarters come reports of frozen water
pipes and extensive damage has been
done by the freezing of potatoes and
other vegetables in cellars usually Sc
, cure against frost invasion. When
John Muennich went to his store on
Sunday morning he found a state OF
: wreckage caused by the bursting OF
| | several dozen bottles of soft drinks
Men who started to gather ice or
| Monday morning from S. c. Shaw's
} pond had to desist because the saws
froze in while being worked.
, John Weyser died last Thursday
: night al his home just below Pine
r Tree Corner from a numerous com
: plication of ailments. He became II
7 years of age on Christmas Day an6
r is survived by wife. They had nc
} children living. His mains occupation
was the raising and sale of garde1
products. Rev. Mr.. Cunningham con
Quoted funeral services on Friday ant
z the remains were taken to Under
taker Bouton's receiving vault il
= Ridgefeld.
: Last week Georgetown added near
S ly fifty members to its Red Cross en-
e rollment, making total of -exactl.
t 400 as the result of the recent cam
i paign. This is the banner record TO,
d any one section of the town In tn,
a other localities the campaign resulted
s in an enrolment of about 200 of new
members and renewals.
: A footing error by the assessor
: made it appear that they had reduced
e the tax assessment of Commodor,
e Luttgen to little less than $4,000 a
d compared with about $4,000 las
n year. AS a matter of fact his assess
). ment this year is $s0,51o, a reduction
e from last year of only about $4,000.
t Miss Elsie Bennett, for severa
e years the efficient assistant at tn
e Georgetown post Office, has resigne,
:. to accept another government position
in New York at a larger salary. He
d Asuccessor in the Georgetown Office il