The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-02
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munity as aside from running the l store in an accommodating spirit and 1 after the best modern methods he has | shoWn the qualities of public spirited | ana useful citizenship. To his efforts | are due the organization of the east s1oe Ire department and he has served l most efficiently for the past four years | as tax collector and during the war as 1 an officer of the Home Guard In nu- Inrous other affairs of a public nature ne was also active and helpful Desire l for larger field for his energies is the reason for the change he Is nal- ing.
 third over" was given the roads by the supervision committee on last tuesday, the three inspectors instead or the usual single inspection having taken place in the order that comD1e- ton in repair work might be attain ed before approval was given and the contractors paid. This time conditions were found to be generally satisfac-
 tory and the contractors will have 1In
 til Saturday to repair the few defec-
 i've spots that had been neglected.
 It was the committees conclusion
 that the roads are now in better shape
 than they have been since the pre-
 sent contract system went into opera
 tion. Between the Read and Bar
 ay
 short stretch deep with mud and this
 Contractor Banks offered to improve
 with stone filling at an outlay of $50
 on his part if the town would put in
 an equal sum in addition. His propo- siuon was accepted The committee
 do not regret the extra time they have put in this season as the results fully compensate for the trouble and the policy of thoroughness thus en- tered upon will have a good influence for the future. It is expected that the contractors bill will be approved in full at the committees meeting on Saturday.
 The nationwide campaign begun by | the Episcopal church for religious | awakening was dweIt upon last Sun | day morning by Rev. MT. Cunningham l who followed his remarks by an- l nouncing the appointment of the fol- | lowing local committee to cooperate 1 in the movement: MT. and Mrs. | W. c. Sanford, F. w. Roseneau, MT. l and Mrs. B. P. Sanford, B. F. Bassett 1 Mrs J. w. Archer, MT. and Mrs. Philo 1 T. Platt, F. E. Mabrey and Mrs. A l G. Barnett. The committee met on | Tuesday evening to organize and dis | cuss plans for carrying on their work. 1 A series of Sunday talks on the cam 1 paign by laymen has been arranged 1 for, the first to be given next Sunday
 by F. E. Mabrey. His theme is Does 1 Our Parish Justify its Existence?"
 The invitation for bids for con-
 structing a stone building at Putnam | Park which the Park Commission
 recently advertised brought only one
 response. This was from L. F. Swee-
 ney of Danbury whose figures were
 above the $10,000 appropriated for II the building and out of which the
 commission had hoped to save enough
 to pay for interior furnishings. After
 discussing the situation the commis-
 sion decided to take no further action
 in the matter at present as they be- l lieve that to build from the present plans there must either be more money provided or a reduction come about in the cost of labor and ma terials.
 The sixth annual fair of the public schools held last Saturday afternoon and evening at the Mark Twain Lii barry fully equalled it's predecessors in the extent and variety of the eX- { hibits while the continued interest on the part of the public was shown by ] the large attendance. In the way ot canned products the display was es- peciaIly creditable and the showing o1 a garden stuff, fruit, flowers and poultry 5 was also excellent. Both the Center and Umpawaug schools were well rep 2 resented in the various departments s but the Ridge school contributed little a There were no exhibits of needle. work and art objects which have been fea- a lures of some of the former fairs q First prize for canning went to tht 8 Center school and in the award of in s dividual premiums Charles Hes re s ceived first for vegetables and Wyan 5 dotte chickens. He also made an ad ! dress telling why he wanted to go t' an agricultural college. Mrs. Pauln' x Sanford, teacher in the Center school s gave a demonstration of the prope a method of selecting seed corn anC $ other features were remarks by tn Rev. MT. Briggs of Brookfield ant
 ,i MT. Lowell, former school supervisor ( singing by the pupils and dancing. \ Thieves who passed in the nigh 8 tarried long enough at the Glider cot q tage a few nights since to strip Perc, a Litchfield's Ford car of its cushions 3 mag gneto coil and spare tire. The ca a had been left at the roadside in iron a of the house and although member a of the family were sleeping on tn d same side with the windows opel fS they saw or heard nothing of tn S raiders.
 Sl Bishop Brewster will visit the, Epis Fl copal church at the Ridge on tn Es first Sunday in November to admins s ter the rite of confirmation to severa % candidates and preach. All the othe ga churches in town have been invite S to attend the service which will b 8 held in the morning.
 @ A dozen or more teams are cartin 8 gravel from Little River valley fo S the resurfacing of the private drive Es way leading from the Ridge road |
 the s. c. Shaw residence Milo Os s born has charge of the job which wi s require about 1,500 loads of gravel. E With the town election of ne1 E Monday so close at hand there E. scarcely a ripple of interest on tn G political waters and such. as the1 B is pertains to the choice of selectme E The warning for the business mee A ing names one special matter, thf x being a proposed appropriation fc < permanently improving the cro! E highway from the hometown scho a house corner to the new trunk higl E way.
 @ Particular interest was lent to u Fl meeting of the Ladies' Aid society