Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-15
REDDINC
Especial to The Times,)


New York state commissioner of Sec
ondary education, as the speaker. The
farm problem and the utilization of
student help as one of the means of
meeting it will be the subject of Mr..
Rollins address. Last season this
class of labor rendered considerable
assistance in the cultivation and har-
VeSting of crops, volunteers for the
work being assembled in camps at
convenient points and assigned in re-
Spouse to calls for their services. "A
considerable extension of the system
! is to be sought for the coming sum-
mer, and Mr.. Rollins is laboring ear
lnestly towards that end. AS he is ia.
miliar with all phases of the move
ment his talk should be informative
and interesting.
! The marriage of Fred Wood of Sum
set Hill and Miss Catherine Starr
| Nichols took place on Tuesday after
noon at the residence of the brides
mother on South street, Bethel. 1t
was a quiet, family affair attended
only by relatives and a few near
friends of the contracting parties.
Rev. Mr.. Coburn of Danbury per-
formed the ceremony and there was
no bridesmaid or best man. After a
brief trip to Southern points Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood will mage their home with
the formers parents, the groom re-
Stunning the management of the 300
acre milk farm which was recently
transferred to him by his father.
| Rife practice was engaged in by the
local Home Guard at their drill meet
IT,
An average score of AZ out of a pos
sible 80 was made, a showing which
warrants an expectation of success in
the battalion target competition to be
held in April The Guard will prob
ably resume outdoor drills early next
month on their training field at Red
ding Center. Tomorrow (Friday) eve
ming the company will meet at the
town hall to give a reception and a
send-off to Corporal f'Bart" Sanford
and Jack O'Keefe, who are in town
on an eight days leave of absence
from the SQartanburg camp. The two
volunteers have taken on weight dur
ing training and are hard as nails.
They expect orders to sail for France
at an early date.
Orlando Sanford, former Redding
resident, died at his home in Ridge
field on Tuesday, aged about rs. He
was at one time superintendent for
the New England Lime Co. of the
John Todd lime burning plant after
it's requirement by the New England
company and subsequently held the
position of railroad freight agent at
iDanbury. Sanford Station on the
INorwalk and Danbury railroad was
named after the father of the de-
ceased.
Any remaining doubt as to the sta
tus of Home Guard members as re-
CARDS liability for payment of the
personal tax would seem to be re-
moved by a communication from Col.
Clifford B. Wilson to First Selectman
Sanford. The Colonel writes that the
military Emergency Board of the
State have decided that by the terms
of existing statutes the Guardsmen
are not liable and therefore he re-
quests that no effort he made to col
1ect the tax from them. The select
men had already decided to leave the
matter in allegiance until the question
had been authoritatively decided.
; While in Hartford on Tuesday, H
Sanford Osborn interviewed officials
; of the State Highway Department in
reference to the prospects of build
ing, the coming season, of the Bridge
port4DanbuTy trunk line for which
surveys are now in progress. He was
told that under present conditions nc
positive assurances could be given
New bridges and the closing of gaps
on roads already in process of con.
struction have first call on the appro-
priation and next will come the high.
l way in which this town is. especially
I interested, When that project is
reached the Easton and Fairfield sec
ton of the present State aid road
t which was built by the water com
pany, will be re-surfaced and other
wise improved SD as to be brought VI
, to the trunk highway standard ant
t entirely new construction will b,
started at its northern end. about two
? miles below Jump Hill. 1t is likel!
l that there will be funds available tt
l permit at least a beginning of thii
work The officials admitted the de
: STABILITY of speedily getting on will
= the new road but said the case woulC
: be more urgent were there not al
ready a trunk line between Bridge
l port and Danbury by way of New
3, town. When the Redding section O
!. the new line is built the present bend
f of the Putnam Park stretch will b.
largely eliminated.
l First Selectman Sanford is in re
1 ceipt of an offer from the State Coun
= Gil of Defense to provide an exhibi
of patriotic films for local presenta
r +icy with Tho ocoorona 0ir,ao+ sof q loo
: ture by a soldier graduate of tn
" trenches. The presentation will prob
e ably be arranged for although MI
Sanford feels that the locality select
1 ed for it may occasion complaint
s from other localities The town hal
e is not a suitable place while the Sab
Il ford school gym, the Mark Twain Lii
0 brary and Niller's hall in Georgetown
= are. The difficulty might be overcom
1 by production of the movie at each O
i these places, the attraction being o
a nature which should secure a goo,
t patronage from the three sections.
K Returns from the local campaign TO
the sale of War Thrift stamps sho7
:. that the town is maintaining the sat
:, isfactory record made in it's previou
n responses to the Red Cross, Y. M. c
i A. and other patriotic calls. The to
5. tai investment in stamps so far re
ported is $960.7O, of which the Ridg
g contributed 5000, the Center $3.50
Y and West Redding $40. Georgetow7
n and the R. D. carriers are yet to b
heard from, but the sales made b.
d the latter are estimated at about s2Ot
d The annual dinner and roll call @
st the Center Methodist church was he'll
y on Wednesday of last week in tn