The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-02
BEDDING
Special to The TimesN

| Redding, Jan. 2.---The union Christ mas celebration of the Sunday schools of the Center Congregational, Center Methodist and Episcopal churches | brought together a very large con- 1 gregati0n of children and adults at the former church last Sunday evening. An expansive Christmas tree which extenEed to the ceiling and was laden with a plentitude of gifts for distrt- button was one of the features of the 1 occasion. Rev. MT. Lewis made an appropriate address and the children 1 rendered an excellent program of music and recitations. Altogether the affair was one of the most successful and satisfactory of its kind ever held l in the town.
 l The Bedding Home Guard is pre- 1 pairing for a masquerade dance to be l given at Grange Hall on the evening 1 of January il. The proceeds are to ] be used in helping to provide a wei come home reception to the town s returning soldier boys, the date and de- tails of which are yet to be arranged. Thomas Delaney caretaker of Put nam Park, his wife and son, have been recent victims of the influenza, but are now in the Convalescent stage. Joseph A. Bishop of the Cen ter, who has had a long and severe illness from the same disease aggra- vated by a relapse, is nearly recov- cred and will return to New York next week to resume his duties as a public school superintendent.
 The authorities have been investi- gating complaints of depredations committed by boys at the Georgetown depot. one instance being a breaking in one night last month and the serawling of offensive pictures and inscriptions on the walls Partial clues as to the perpetrators have been obtained and a repetition of the Of fences will result in prosecutions.
 Unpewaug school has of its own in- itiattve followed the example of the Center school in introducing lessons in cookery through the preparation by the pupils of hot dishes for their midday lunch. The experiment has the approval of the town school com ? mittee who arc ready to furnish the other schools with the oil stoves used [ in the undertaking
 The report that under government
 
 loc-l exchange had been denied the privilege of sending out genera alarms for fires proves to be. un- founded, the operators having re. ceived no notice of such restriction As the exchanges are no longer per. mitGed to give information as to the ! time Of day, thereby cutting off what was real public convenience, the I'll. } nor of the curtailment of the firo alarm usage seemed quite plaus-ole.
 The cold which prostrated First Sc ! lectman W. c. Sanford several week = ago developed nervous troubles witt d insomnia as one of its conditions anc d the patient is now in Bethel for ; change of scene and in order to b. under the close attention of Dr
 Wright his physician.
 Perseverance along with patriotism
 is the motto of the Junior Hom Guan5l who are intent on keeping u, 5. their organization and providing - themselves with full equipment de
 spite the ending of the war excite
 ment Al the Mark Twain Librar, they gave, last Friday evening, al
 entertainment consisting of the pres
 eIp;ation Of a sketch entitled "Tht
 Husking Bee" and a dance. It wa
 well attended and netted about $50.
 The proceedings in the probate -court looking to the conclusion of tn,
 conseryatorship over J. Henry Dun
 can has been again adjourned to
 date to be agreed upon by counsel The litigation by which the AnaArina,