The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-30
BEDDING
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 Bedding. May 2s.---A dispossession suit brought by George T. and Jo- hanna Howard to oust Sarah A. Bu-
 chanan from the property at Bedding Center which the plaintiffs recently purchased from Alexander Schall was scheduled for trial today CThursday) at the town house before a justice and Q special jury of six citizens. The jury feature, which came about at the instance of the defendant Is some thing unusual in such suits here. The complaint sets forth that on May ? the parties entered into a. verbal lease of the premises for a period of six months and that the defendant de- faulted upon the second payment to have been made by the terms of the agreement. Judge Gilbert of Bethel is counsel for the plaintiffs, and At torney Howard Taylor of Danbury counsel for the defendant. This is the second suit that has been brought in connection with the recent change in the ownership of the property, the other being an action by John H. Ma lone to recover a commission from MT. Schall for services which the plaintiff claims to have rendered as an agent in the transaction. Those drawn to serve on the jury in the ejeotment case are Michael Connery, Lemuel B. Sanford, Zalmon Read, Frank Nee han, w. B. Grumman and Ebert M Sanford
 Master Stephen Sanford of West Bedding was one of the fifteen con- testants in the junior oratorial com petition by representatives from the pu2lc schools throughout the State which was held last Friday at the Yale Lyceum in New Haven. The prize went to Frank Le Gretto. crippled Italian boy from Warren. ana while the audience approved the award as rightly bestowed the senti- Tnent was that Master Sanford ac- quilted himself in manner which emitted him to a place near the head of the class.
 freoerick E. Driggs, who came to zee rescue with a s2,00O subscription .n Itedc!HSs Victory loan drive, gave another exhibition of the same liberal spirit when, at an auction sale of dougnnuts at New York last week in connection with the Salvation Army ca!npaign he bid off a single dough- nut Tor S550. The doughnut he again placed on sale and this time the bid ding kept on until the price amount ed to s5,o00. MT. Driggs is a pioneer of this towns summer col ony. having built in the Pleasant Val ley section about fifteen years ago a residence of the log cabin style which he still occupies.
 The house at Jump Hill recently bought by Paul Kicker. Is to be ex- tens%ely improved by the new owner, whose plans also include the building or an annex to serve as quarters for the farm help. Builder McCoIIam
 
 have been planted with potatoes by 1 MT. Kicker.
 About twenty members of Bedding | Grange paid a social visit on Tues 1 day evening to Danbury Grange. | among them being F. w. Rosenau and | Mrs. E. P. Sanford, who assisted in the entertainment program of songs | and recitations.
 Mrs. J. B. Sanford went to Wash ington a few days ago for a visit | with her daughter, Eleanor, who has | held for several months a clerical po- | sition in the War Labor Bureau
 June will be Commencement Day for the Sanford school The athletic | competitions are to be held at Put nam Park and the annual planting of the school milestone will take place on the Bridgeport road below Pine free Corner. At o'clock services will be held at the Episcopal church ana the days activities will conclude with the annual promenade at the gym-
 Sergeant Herman Smith arrived at his home at Bedding Center on Tues day evening, having received his dis charge in the demobilization of the s2nd division to which he belonged.
 For a consideration of s25 William Hall of Danbury has acquired from the bankruptcy trustee the Rockwell creditors equity in the Aaron San ford property at the Ridge. MT. Hall holds a second mortgage on the prop erty and presumably stands to ac- quire the first mortgagee's interest.
 Owing to unpleasant weather the dance held at Grange Hall last Thursday evening had a small attend ance and the receipts left no margin for the soldiers welcome home fund.
 Albert Bigelow Paine is at his bun galow on the east side for the summer and G. A. Guillame and family have arrived at their summer home in Umpawaug.
 MT. and Mrs. George Duncomb of Bridgeport, are making a two weeks visit with Mrs. Stephen Sanford in West Bedding.
 The artesian well which is being sunk for Dr. Alfred Cohn, has reached a depth of over 200 feet without striking water. the bore be-
 ing almost entirely through solid
 rock.