Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
BEDDING


 Tn the present Liberty Loan drive was rather languid for the first week, less than half the ST, 900 allotment haV- ing been so far subscribed. This in cludes one subscription of $5,000 made by Town Clerk Sanford in be- half of some unnamed person. Georgetown, which is not comprised in the Bedding Bethel district, had subscribed about S30S0O up to Tues day night with cons derable more in prospect. Impetus 10 the campaign there was given by a public meeting held on Monday evening at which Charles A. Jennings, a Civil War vet eran, presided. On the stage with him were Grand Army men and European War veterans to the mum Der of fourteen. The speaker of the evening was one of those who recently completed servrce in Europe and a considerable number of subscriptions came from those in the audience.
 Attorney Shaw completed prepara-
 tions last week for moving upon the enemy in the matter of the action brought to compel the Easton select men to repair the Jump Hill road. Those who signed the petition to the County Commissioners are D. S. San ford, S. c. Shaw, H. C. McCoIlam, H. Sanford Osborn and Edward NJ. Brad ley. These are all Bedding residents and they also signed the $200 bond
 given as security for the payment of
 the costs which may be incurred from he procedure.
 Charles H. Ward also signed the bond as secretary of the Mems club, which instituted and is backing the case.
 Having received his discharge in the demobiIization process, Harold Connery returned to his home in Georgetown Sunday afternoon. He had not previously informed his par ents that a dose of gas was one of his unpleasant experiences at the front. It kept him from active duty for a few days, but was not serious enough to send him to a hospital. He has not yet decided about returning to Fordham University where he was | in the second year of his course when he enlisted. Another Georgetown sol dier to reach home is Augustus Nord- man. In the early part of the winter he was officially reported as having been killed in action, but it turns out | that he became a prisoner instead of fatality. He says that he would probably have died in the German prison camp were it not for the food furnished by the Red Cross.
 The return of MT. and Mrs. Albert A Gorham from their wedding trip to their home at Bedding Center was | signa1ized by a serenade by their i friends and neighbors on Tuesday evening. There were about 25 of the visitors and they woke the achoes for a while with a tumult of sounds produced from drums of various cali | bre tin horns and other instruments. | A hostile reception with rough house i doings is sometimes extended to par 1 ties of this kind, but nothing of the i sort happened to these serenaders- l On the contrary they were invited in, l cordially welcomed and feasted. The 1 elaborate nature of the spread indi- i cated that the visit was not the conn., plete surprise intended.
 | Mrs. Kate Favereau applied to the selectmen this week for compensa- | ton for the loss of a Rhode Island
 Red hen killed by a strange dog on her premises, the value of the fowl being placed at $3. Upon investi- gation the selectmen became satisfied that the marauding dog belongs to Paul Trop of Easton and accordingly
 asked him to make good the damage i The present staff of public school | teachers will be re-engaged TOT another year with the possible eX- ception of one of the Center schools 1 who may accept a position elsewhere
 Miss Mcdonald will continue at the Ridge school and Mrs. Lemuel san ford at Umpawaug-
 Spring repair work on the roads has been done in a satisfactory way by Contractor Banks iD the Center section and by Contractor Read or
 the west side. Little progress mas
 been made by Contractor Suffer or the east side and general complaln is heard about the delay.
 1 The remains of Hester Hawley, who Idied during the winter at the home IT jShelton of her aunt, Mrs Ellza Us
 born. were brought here on Monday and inferred in the Ridge cemetery The l5eceased was daughter of the latE Jedediah Hawley.
 -Ry means of a whist to be given a
 Grange Hall on, Friday tomorrow evening it is hoped to raise enougf money to defray the expenses or th'
 DlrbIic welcome to be given the towns
 returned soldiers at Putnam Park June IA. The admission of B cent includes dancing and refreshments. l The probate court IS LO Oe peLA1foi4S> for authority to sell the farm belong ling to the Seth Todd estate, the pro lposed sale being in the interest of tho widow for whose support the income from the farm is insufficient.
 The costs in the three tax sult'
 brought against the town by MT. arl' Mrs. L. o. Peck and Walther Luttse1 have been assessed by the Super1o
 Court at $14S.1S, to be paid by th' plaintiffs This allowance does ID
 include what the town paid it's exper
 witnesses
 Rev. Danforth Lewis, in his sermon
 at the Center Methodist church las Sunday afternoon, made reference t
 the League of Nations and the con troversy over the disposition of Plume
 and expressed approval of the posi-
 ton taken by President Wilson oI
 both issues.
 Mrs. Margaret Griffin 6ied last Fri day at the home of Mrs. John Key holds at Sunset Hill after an Hines:
 of four days from pneumonia. Sh'
 was sister of the late John Reynold! and widow of John Griffin who dieC lin Bridgeport about six years ago
 Funeral services were held Monda! morning at the Catholic church il