The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-04
BEDDING
CSneciaI to The TNmesO


 Bedding, Dec. A hearing in pro- ceedings to determine what sum the State should pay the John Malone es- tate for land near the Five Points needed by the trunk highway now building was had at the Ridge last Saturday before Judge John W. Banks and appraisement commissioners ap- pointed under authority of the Supe- rior Court These were PhiIo Calhoun of Bridgeport, Leroy Collins of Dan bury and Henry Hawley of Brook field. The lines for the new road as laid out by the State Highway De- partnent embraced three parcels of privately owned land at Five Points Of approximately an acre each, one of these being the Malone tract. For these the engineer's estimate of val Ues was S175 10 Charles Warehouse and
 $150 each to Patrick Sullivan and the Malone estate The former two aC- cepted, but the latter refused and condemnation proceedings followed i The Malone interests were represent ed by Attorney s. c. Shaw as councel and presented Marcus H. Burr, H, C. McCollam and James Reynolds as witnesses. The States witnesses were Michael COnnery and William KeeIer After hearing the views of these par ! ties and making an inspection of the land in controversy the commission CTS promptly reached a decision
 awarding the appellant dana ges of $500. The tract in question comprised i land on roth sides of the road, one section taking the principal part of an orchard and the other cutting a strip eight feet wide from part of the Malone house dooryard. The hearing i was held in one of the rooms of the Community house
 On Sunday afternoon next the Eypis- copal campaign committee will make complete financial canvass of the parish and offer pledge forms of two kinds, one for subscriptions in SUD- port of parish needs and the other for aid of general church work outside. ] This is the final phase of the commit tees labOrS and the details and pur- poses of the canvass were fully set ! forth at the supper held in the parish house on Tuesday evening" In ex- planation of the subject Rev MT. . Cunningham, the rector, made the following statement to the writer: With many the impression is held | that the sole aim Of the campaign is I to raise money whereas that is only one of its objects. Primarily it's pur- pose is to make inventory of the church's resources with a view to their development and more effective use and necessarily this involves the financial issue as an important eIe- ment of the situation. Many who nominally rank as members of the parish and who on important Occa- stOns expect to receive and do receive the benefit of church agencies do not : attend church or contribute to its support. We shall ask these persons to do both as an expression of the | ITlT1 jaTr ,I,l-- ] The parish budget for the ensuing year has been fixed at 8, 300, a con- siderable increase over the former in come. Part of this increase is needed
 to meet the salary to be paid the suc- cessor of the present rector whose en- gagenent ends next spring.
 A spring on the tract near Five 1 Points where Aaron Frost of New i York, Is building a summer residence, seemed to promise favorably as the source of an abundant water supply
 and considerable excavating work was
 done towards the creation Of a reser- VOir well before MT. Frost caused an analysis of the water to be made to 1 determine if it were suitable for 1 drinking purposes. The analysis dis 1 closed the presence of var1ous i'm. 1 purities, the worst of which were ty- 1 phoid germs in countless numbers. 1 This, of course, put the idea of that i particular source of supply out of fur 1 ther consideration and MT. Frost will l obtain water from the artesian we'll 1 of his neighbor, H. s. Barnes. For ] lighting purposes he will put in an i electric plant.
 ! Supervisor Sylvester recently call ! ed upon Lloyd BIackman of West 1 Bedding to inquire the reason for the ] non-attendance at school of Mir ! Blackmans nine-year-old daughter. i The father explained that he Umpa- Waug school building had been pro- : nounced unsanitary and furthermore i that the child was receiving proper
 tuition at home from her mother, a former public school teacher An i examination of the child's educa- tional attainments convinced the su- . pervfsOr of the correctness of the lat i ter claim, but he went on to say that ! full com plianCe with the law required i the keeping Of record after the i manner of a public school register. l His request for an assurance that i such a record be kept in future i brought from MT. Blackman a re- | fusaI. The matter of his dereEction 1 and defiance has been reported to the
 office of the State Board of Educa- i ton at Hartford and an agent is ex- pected to come h h-~> soon and take | further action in -~ 1se.
 A memorial anniversary service in l remembrance of the late Rev. B. E.
 Case will be held at 2:30 next Sum-
 day afternoon in the Center Method
 ist church. MT. Case was pastor of
 the church at the time of his sudden
 demise one year ago and the service
 has been arranged by Rev. MT
 Lewis. the present pastor. The Gen.
 ter Congreg ationaI, the Episcopal and 1 the West Bedding Methodist churches have been invited to partic-
 ipate.
 Bids for the contract to reconstruct
 the Lonetown-Putnam Park road, vii 1 be opened by the seIectmen on Sat urday afternoon at the Connery Bros.
 store in Georgetown.
 Mrs. George 4. Sanford, one of tho
 towns oldest residents, underwent ar l operation at the Danbury Hospital or
 Monday for the removal of a s1igh
 humorous growth. Her subsequen
 condition promises a prompt recov.
 cry, her general health being remark.
 ably good for one of her advancet