The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-01
REDDINC

ReQdlng, June 1-PaSS1ng through
New Rochelle in their car last Friday
on the way from Brooklyn to their
home at Redding Center, Joseph A.
Bishop and his wife CHANGED upon a
lone soldier with whom they struck
up an acquaintance, his uniform serv-
ing as an introduction and a guaran-
tee. He said he had been in training
at Fort Slocum and was just enter
ing upon a ten days furlough. His
further statement that he had no
home to go to brought him an invi-
tation from the Bishops to accom-
pany them as a weekend guest. The
mans unannounced departure from
the Bishops home on Sunday after
noon was followed by the discovery
that there was also missing about $13
and $50 diamond ring belonging to
Mrs. Bishop. The thief had a start
| of about three hours and could be
traced only a short distance beyond
the Center. He gave his name as
Williams, but this may have been
| fictitious as well as his claim to being
in the military service. Mr.. Bishop
is principal of a school in Brooklyn
and most of the stolen money had
been obtained from Thrift Stamp
| sales. He returned to Brooklyn this
week intent upon seking information
at Fort Slocum about his ungrateful
| guest.
The towns record in the Red Cross
drive last. week was not LUMINOSITY
exceptional one like some of it's pre-
! vious war achievements, but merely
an average record; by which is meant
that the individual contribution
measured up as regards population to
that of the whole country on a per
capita basis or a little better than
that. The total was s2,210 of which
Georgetown gave $1,000 and all the
rest of the town the balance of 500.
Further returns will probably, raise
the latter division to $3.50. =. Leaving
| out a single contribution of $1,000
| from an anonymous source which
swelled the fund raised by the earlier
drive the results of the two cam
paigns are closely identical, the in
crease as to sections being in George
towns favor. This drive concluded
preparations are in progress for the
next which will have for its object a
public awakening on the subject OF
Thrift Stamps. The committee are
obtaining the addresses of all resi-
dents above the age of IA in order
that they may be notified, in accord
ance with the Presidents call, to re.
port at the school houses on June
% for the purpose of giving a pledge
to buy SIS of the stamps during the
year. Registry and pledge may b.
performed by proxy if the either
finds it inconvenient to report in per
son.
There was considerable agitation il
the hometown section last Sunda.
over the disappearance of a Frencl
bull pup of illustrious pedigree
owned by Mrs. Florence Simpson. A
an expert had valued the animal a
$500 and as the owner had refuse'
for it an offer of $3.50, she was nat
urally anxious to recover possession
! of her property and when a canvas
3 of inquiry proved fruitless she tele
phoned the police of Bridgeport an
Danbury a warning of the suppose
theft On Monday morning, how
: ever following up a tip she had re
ceived, she found the missing pu
S tied to a tree on the farm of Georg
Williams, a neighbor. The latter ez
plains that his young son had captur
:, ed the dog on the premises with tn
II idea of having the dog warden shoe
is as a trespasser and subsequent
= becoming alarmed by the fuss create
- by the owner had kept the fact of tn
II pups capture and sequestration
: himself.
On the rectory lawn at the Ridg
J.. Tuesday afternoon Miss Coverdalt
now of Fairfield, and Captain Hill
Il house, a former Newtown resider
. who enlisted with the Canadian force
soon after the outbreak of the wa
gave interesting talks before a goo
y sized gathering on the work of tn
It Red Cross. Both spoke from tn
s. knowledge of experience, as one ha
Is been a Red Cross nurse and the othe
= severely wounded patient in sever
II hospitals in France. Their narration
Re set forth very clearly the tremendor
amount of the many different kind
ID of work the Red Cross is doing tt
id wards the amelioration of sufferin
is behind the lighting lines. A collet
ton was taken up for the purchase
chocolate for the wounded.
,e A Memorial Day service was he
is last Sunday evening at the Congregs
is tional church in. Georgetown. tt
III members of the village Red Gro
numbering about so, marched to IL
- church in a body headed by five We
Grams of the Civil War. Rev. NJ
Lewis, of the Methodist churc
preached the sermon. The exercisi