The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
REDDING


cupied the forenoon and during the
noon intermission a bountiful repast
provided by the local organization |
cises. open to the public were held
before a crowded audience. Judge
John. H. Light of Norwalk made the
principal address consisting Of a stir
ring talk on Patriotism" Rev. W. S.
Woolworth Jr., spoke on ''The Social
Aspect of, Missions and DR.. Hoyt OF
New Canaan was heard in a brief
address. T. M. Rasanan was the So
loist- in the musical part of the pro-
gram and Miss Ruth Rumsey gave
several recitations with fine elocu-
tionary effect.
The relatives and many friends
here of Mrs. Fanny Shaw Marshall
were saddened last Saturday by news
of her sudden death which occurred
the day previous in a New Jersey
hospital closely following an opera
ton for internal tumor. Until a few
days before she had apparently been
in vigorous health. Mrs. Marshall
was a daughter of the late E. P.
Shaw of Redding Ridge, and sister
of Attorney s.. C. Shaw. Since her
marriage about six years ago she
had lived in Rutherford, N. J. Her
age was 35 and she is survived by
her husband and three children.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Cunningham were held on
Monday afternoon at the Episcopal
church. The bearers were H. San
ford Osborn, H S. Barnes, Clinton
Co u
ford and William Brewster. Inter
ment was in the Ridge cemetery.
An appeal has been addressed by
Mrs. D. S. Sanford, chairman of the
Redding Home Economics Commit
tee, to the associate members re-
garding the best measures to be I'M
dertaken for observance of the new
order by the National Food Admin
istration for the lowest possible con-
sumption of wheat between now and
the next harvest. The present
shortage calls for the use of only
one-third the normal quantity and a
sufficient increase in the use of sub
stitutes to make up the deficiency.
| Otherwise the armies fighting for us
cannot be properly fed. Mrs. San
ford goes on to say: There is not a
woman in Redding who, if she under
stands, the vital, far reaching, i'm
psEetive necessity for this thing, will
not do her whole duty. Not one of
them could deliberately face the
thought of suffering elsewhere due
to selifshness here. Therefore I ap-
peal to you to consider how this
matter can best be brought home to
the housewives of the town. How
can we convince them of the vital
Importance of this call to duty; that
serious and tremendous issues are in
Volved in this seemingly simple act of
self-denial, Please write or telephone
your thought in the matter"
Two months or so ago the town
school committee directed School
Supervisor Morris to inquire into the
case of the non-attendance at school
of Mrs. Florence Simpsons children
and: report to them his conclusion
as to whether she was complying with
tthe' law by giving the children home
instruction equivalent to that provid-
ed by the public school system. As
has been told in these columns she
had been called into court at Dan
bury during her temporary residence
there last winter to answer to the
charge of violating the statutory re-
qu1rements in this respect. She went
to court weekly for several weeks
prepared to answer. the accusation,
but failed in her efforts to obtain a
hearing. On her return to Redding
the local school committee, having
knowledge of the prosecution, felt If
incumbent upon them to take action.
The subsequent developments have
surprised them, and while thew re-
frain from open criticism of the
State Board of Education as repre-
scented by Secretary Hine their feel
ing is plainly not one of pleased sur
prise. Mr.. Morris upon receiving
their instructions evidently hastened
to report the fact to Secretary Hine
as he later made it known that Mr.
Hine had directed him not to heed
the committees request. Afterwards
a. legal representative of the state
board came here and discussed the
case to some extent with the mem
bers of the committee. He said that
Mr.. Hine wished to handle the case
! without interference and that the
Danbury prosecution, although qui-
To an inquiry why the matter wa:
left in this undecided state when the
alleged offending still continued M
satisfactory reply was given. The com.
mittee admit that Mr.. Hine is cloth.
ed with powers which give him the
legal right to overruIe and override
them in the manner they did, local ed
EDUCATIONAL boards being wholly sub
ordinate to the state body. The wis
dom, to say nothing of the fairnes.
of the course he has pursued is
however, quite another matter.
Word has been received of the
death of George Treadweu of San
fordtown at st. Augustine, Fla.
where he has been living for a yea,
or more. He was about 70 years o
age and had been in poor health fo
some time from rheumatism. Unit
his departure for Florida his entir,
life was passed in Sanfordtow1
where he. conducted the farm which
came to him from his parents TIL,
soul of honesty, and always amiabl
and kindly, he is sincerely mournet
by his neighbors in Sanfordtown ant
all; who knew him. He was unmar
ried and his near surviving relative
are the sister with whom he lived an,
a brother, Isaac, the latter being pay
master of Florida railroad.
The metal, gilded semblance of
rooster which in days long agon
crowned the spire of the Episcopa
church and which served as a large
for the British soldiers twho marchet
II across the Ridge in the time of tn
Revolutionary War, has been returne,
4 to the e4difice after an abSanca n