The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-25
BEDDING

eHo AO-tlttNtU llD DOti u OA directors. who made choice of the old officers: Samuel Miller. president; w. H. Hunter, secretary and treas urer, and Louis Miller, supertntend- ent IL was voted by the meeting to give the employees SatGrday half holiday without reduction in pay for the day workers and an increase Of 10 per cent. pay to the pieco work CTS in order that the earnings of the latter might also be kept up to the former level under the new arrange ment. A few weeks ago the com pany placed In operation q system of life insurance for all their employees to bo maintained at tho company's expense. The shortage of help which the company experienced during the cnriy part of the summer no longer exists and production is now pro- gress!nS practically up to capacity.
 The marriage of Sergeant Herman Smith, son of T,T E. H. Smith of Red ding Center. and Miss Helen Murphy was solomnfzcd at tho home of tho bt de's parents in Brooklyn, N. T., on Wednesday of last week. The couple became engaged sho ortiy be- fore the groom went across as one of tho A F. r. Relatives and imme- diate friends to the number of about a score were present at the wedding ceremony. The brides costume was white crepe do chine. Her younger sister wns maid of honor and Homer, brother of the groom, was best man. Tho newly welded couple are spend ing their honeymoon at Boston and the White Mountains and upon re- turning will take up their residence in the corner house adjacent to the home of the groom's parents at the Center.
 Contractor Read has done some thing towards improving the condi- ton of the roads on the west side in compliance with the ultimatum from the inspection committee, but con tinued had weather Is holding up con tinuanoe of the work On this uc- count the ten days period fixed as the limit for remedying kBefects will be reasonably extended. Recent com plaints regarding tho poor condition of the road between Library Corner and West Rc-idiry have led the com- mittee to order Contractor Banks to mako forthwith the repairs to put this section in satisfactory shape.
 Frederick w. Rcscneau of RetptgnE Ridge and Miss Ethel Bird of Pali- sades Court, N. J., were recently mar ried at the latter place. Mir. Rose ncau yvas for several years manager of IT. g. Barnes' big poultry plant at the ISidge and fs now conducting the business on hBs own account The bride holds an important secretarlal position, the duties of which will ne- cessitate her continued stay at Pal isades Court until Oct. 1 when she will come to her new home at the RB51c.
 The groom is a veteran of the World War, being successful in get 4v4a. Iz.- < after several rejections on account Of defective sight.
 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Mabrey cf the Ridge gave a family dinner party on Tuesday in observance of the tenth anniversary of their marriage and will further celebrate the an niversary by a dance at Grange Hall on Saturday evening of this week. For the latter affair no personal in vitntions have been issued, but in stead a general invitation to oil who attended Sheir wedding. For the past eight years Mir. Mabrey has been principal of the high school at Ben niugton, Vt. For the coming year he has accepted an engagement as one of the teaching stan of the Sanford School
 The contributions of the Ridge sec ton for the soldiers welcome home at Putnam Park on August 2 amount to about S275, Georgetown has so far raised about SIPS for the same object of which $50 was donated by the G!fbort Ss Bennett Go. The Cen- ter and West Bedding are yet to be heard from The refreshment sec- ton of tho general committee Is ar ranging to feed 15O. A chorus made up from local talent will sing appro- priate selections and in addition to the instrumental music by the American Band of South Norwalk, an orchestra of four pieces will furnish music for dancing in the evening.
 At their next meeting the select men will tuke action towards refund ing the t1o,ooO of town bonds which fall due on Nov. l. These bear in- tcr-st al the rate of sA per cent, but 1t is believed that the new loan cannot hc placed at n rate less than Al. The present board will proba- bly content itself with canvassing the situation and leave the finishing steps for negotiating the new issue to be executed by their suorcssors.
 A donation of s25 to the welcome home fund has been made by George Banks of the great jewelry firm of Biddle. Banks & Bailey of Philadel- phia- A native of Bedding. MT. Banks keeps informed regarding af- fairs in his old homo town and allows few charitable or public welfare causes here to pass without giving them his aid. He is a liberal sup porter of the Center Methodist church and has for years borne the entire expense of keeping cleaned up the Hull cemetery in Sanfordtown.
 Considerable loss has come to farmers hereabouts from damage to hay and grain which was caught by the lons wet spell after being cut H. Sanford Osborn has six acres of wheat fin this fix and Milo Osborn another large field of the same grain. Many oat patches have also been placed in the damaged goods class.
 The supposed sale of the Seth Todd property has fallen through as the Now York parties who arranged tc purchase it have withdrawn from the agreement by which the transfer wa;