Republican farmer., 1919-08-01
BEDDING

Bedding, Aug. 1-The final details for the welcome home demonstration to Readings service mon at Putnam Park on Saturday of this week were completed at a meeting of the con- rnittees on Monday evening. Com petitive athletic games will occu- by the time from 10 to- I2:3O in the morning and from the latter hour to 1:30 p. m. is assigned for dinner. Be- ing a basket lunch affair most of those attending will probably bring their eatables and for the convenience of those who do not a lunch counter under the direction of Randolph Bradley is to be provided. The ladies are to provide refreshm ents for ths Bethel State Guard and other invited guests and coffee wil4 be free to all. The program calls for the parking Of cars on the highway at the cast of the park, the cars backing in at an angle of 45 degrees headed north. They will be guarded by military po- lice and checked. Owners will faciIi- tate matters by sending their checks with any person sent to secure arti- cles from cars. On leaving the cars will use the north exit.
 Afternoon exercises are to be open ed with invocation by Rev. Ray mond Cunningham, chaplain of the 311th Machine Gun Battalion, S1st Division. A. F. F., and there will fol- low the presentation of medals to ser vice men and women by Lieut.. Gov. Clifford B. Wilson. The medals are Of special design and each has the name of it's recipient cut on the bar.
 Succeeding the presentation Hon. Malcolm B. Rudd of Salisbury will deliver the oration of the day on the theme, Americas Problems" Com munity singing is to follow the ad- dress. A ball game at 3:3O between the Doughboys and the Stay at-Home is the only other special feature of the afternoon. In the evening there will be dancing in the pavilion.
 Within a border of mourning lines in the honor roll printed on the pro- grams are the names of Charles R. Frederickson and Lieut. Alvin H. Treadweu. the former of the infan- try and the latter of the aviation ser vice. Both were killed in action and Lieut.. TreadwelI has been cited by the French government. The other names on the roll are as follows. "Charles R. Frederickson, Harold Albfn, Sigurd Anderson, Carl Albert | Anderson. Hubert Anderson, Edward | M. Bradley, Howard Brown, Harry Barrett, Ed. Babcock. Benj. H. Bell, Miss Elsie Bennett, Miss Sarah Ben Enett, yeomen; Raymond Cunningham, 1 Seth Couch, Edward J. Carroll, Har- | old Connery, James Harrison Carson l William B. Cfafiin, Niles Curtis, Sam | uel Day. Lyman Dunnen, Robert Darrah, James w. Dayton, Theodore R. Dayton, William c. Deming, M
 Joseph Delaney, Remson Dooley, l rrl,< | Deming, Beni. Ezrin, Hubert Fred erickson, Harry Holmes. Andrew
 Hingle, Eric T. Leidberg, Roderick
 Francis Malone, Charles Mas
 terson. Allen L. Murphy Emi ! Nardine, Gerald L. W. Nash, John 1 P. O'Keefe, Samuel s. Osborn, Benj
 F. Parker, Lewis w. Perry, Miss
 Frances Paine Telephone service) ! Geo. B. Pattison, Jr., Charles B
 Rowland, Geo. s. Russell Thomas
 Reynolds, Ernest Reid. Emil Pau 1 Reiske, William Rider. Fred. Vim | Rosenau, Jonathan B. Sanford, Jr.s Cecil Sherwood, Herman W. Smith l Homer Smith, Otto Steitze, Gunner Sundquest, Geo. E. Swan, Samuel H | Samuelson, Charles E.. Swift. Johr
 B. Swift, Leonard B. Taylor, Francis Vaughn, Harry Johnsn, and Lieut.
 Alvin H. Treadwell, decorated by the | English government.
 The special guests who were also
 service men, but only partially resi- dents of Bedding, are:
 1 Col. Dewitt c. Weld, Jr., 105tf
 Field Artillery; Major Henry San
 ford. Q. M. C.; Capt. Samuel Randall Depot Brigade, Camp Upton; Lieut. Col Richard Glider Cholmeley-
 Jones, A G., A. E. F., director Blu reau of War Risk Insurance; Capt Nigel Cholmeley-Jones, F. A.; Capt 1 Roynon Cholneley-Jones, A. G.; Al
 fred F. Cohn, neutenant-colonel M. C..
 U. A, senior consultant, Cardtovas-
 cular diseases, A. F. F.; Douglas
 Boddie, Aviation corps, Canadian service; Capt. Robert Goodale, U. S A., A. E. F.; Lieut.. Everett Brinker- hof, A. E. F.
 I General Committee - Charles H Ward, chairman; Cyrus Brewster Daniel S. Sanford. Michael Connery F. Bredt Nash, Samuel c. Shaw, Ed
 A. Pinkney. Jonathan B. Sanford
 Ladies' Committee - Mrs Emory p. Sanford. chairman; Mrs. L. E. Birdseye Mrs. W. H. Miller, Mrs. D. S. Sanford, Mrs. Frank Meehan, Mrs | Mrs. A. G. Barnett, Jr.. Miss Merriam F. Day. Miss Lene Fuller, Mrs. s. C. Shaw, Mrs. P. Randolph Bradley. Miss Olga Anderson.
 The plan Of the Gilbert & Bennett Co. to give their employees Saturday half holiday with no reduction in pay did not meet with the approval Of all the hancs. some of them suggesting an amendment by which the shops would continue in operation Saturday afternoon with proportional coErpen- sation. These dissenters cared less foI ian increase Of leisure than for the lchance which their proposed plan would afford to increase their earn
 ings Owing to this division Of sen tfment among the men in regard to the original proposition the company compromised matters by adhering to the half holiday arrangement and granting an all around five per cent increase in the wage scale.
 Contractor Read with two teams and Contractor Banks with one team began on Monday the carting of gravel to be placed where 1t was needed for the betterment of COndi-