Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
BEDDING

Bedding. Aug. 6-Favored by
 weather which made Saturday the finest day of the summer, Readings | Welcome Home demonstration to her | service men was about as satisfactory 1 a public occasion in all its details as | the town has ever known. Putnam l Park was never in more attractive l garb. and fear that postponement o1 ] the event from June might have less i ened public interest in it proved | groundless as the attendance was es- J timated at from 1000 to 1,500. The l block houses f1anking the main en- trance had been arched and the
 names comprising the honor roll were 1 displayed on each side of the opening. the whole being draped with the na- 1 tional co1ors. The real ceremony of l the day, the presentation Of the honor | medals took place about o'clock in 1 the level, delightfully."- shaded grove at | the west of the entrance. Lieut.. 1 Charles H. Ward, chairman of the , main committee, efficiently directed | the exercises and Lieut. Gov. Wilson bore his part in the ceremony digni- | fedly and sympathetica1ly. When he declared, however, in the course of his excellent address, that there was room in this country for the display | of but one f1ag-the American flag | those of his hearers who recalled that | only recently the Sim Fien flag was flown from the Bridgeport City Hall 1 with his approval as the city's Mayor, naturally felt some surprise.
 Paying a special tribute to Charles Frederickson and Lieut.. Alvin H. Irea the great conflict, the speaker recall ed the fact that the father and the grandfather of Lieut.. TreadwelL Ina d donated to the state most of the land comprising Putnam Park. At the close of the address those of the youthful veterans who were present came forward singly as their names were called and were handed their honor tokens by the Lieutenant-Gov- ernor. Not all responded personally,
 as several, Samuel S. Osborn, Seth
 Couch and Francis Malone among
 them, are still overseas. For this and other reasons about half of those
 on the list were absentees and in the distribution of medals were repre-
 sented by relatives or other proxie~
 The names of Hilmer Carlson, Az
 Gustafson and one other had been in-
 advertently omitted from the list, but
 the committee will see that these re-
 ceive their due of honors later. Each
 veteran or proxy was warmly ap-
 plauded on coming forward, the de-
 monstration being especially emphatic
 in the case of Miss Marion Day, rep
 resenting Howard W. Luther, her
 fiance, and that of Sergeant Jonathan
 B. Sanford, Jr. The latter was de-
 tained at the speakers stand while
 t1,o Rriti
 mand's citation of him for notable
 bravery displayed in battle at the
 Hindenburg line, when he received
 three wounds. For the same cause
 Sergeant Sanford was also cited by
 the American Command, but has nev-
 CT received the decoration which
 should be the citations complement.
 Following the presentations Mall
 colm D. Judd of Salisbury made an
 address on "America's Problems"
 He said that one of them, the high
 cost of living. would certainly not be
 solved by strikes and wage increases,
 but that more work and economy should prove helpful. The rest of his
 talk was devoted mainly to decrying
 the League of Nations Covenant. He
 agreed with those who wished it
 qualified by material reservations
 and doubted in any event if it would
 accomplish it's object of bringing per-
 manent peace to the world. If we
 accepted the theory that Divine
 Omniscience directed affairs we must
 believe that war was part of the Di-
 vine plan and therefore it's cessation
 would come only with the Millen-
 nium. The speaker, admitting that
 he was a Republican, 'disclaimed any
 :r,,,,, r11i i,it I,o
 and thought it unjust to accuse the
 senatorial opponents of the treaty
 with being actuated by other than
 patriotic motives. To become a
 United States Senator was a noble
 ambition and one of the many who
 cherished it, he said, was Mayor Wilson. At this personal sally the mayor smiled and said nothing. MT. Judd closed by advocating universal training and an army large enough for adequate defense. 4,
 The community singing which came as the next feature, was led by Sergeant Irwin ArbuclSle of Fort Slo- cum, and accompanied by the Ameri- can Band of South Norwalk The se- lections rendered were ''The Star the Republic" How I Hate to Get Up' and "The Long Trail.''
 The dinner served in the grove dur ing the noon hour maintained in it's abundance and variety the high rep utation for a hospitality equal to any demands. They provided enough for not only the invited guests, but a large part of the general gathering l besides and for supper well as dinner, the second meal being served 1 at 6:30. The corps of yonug ladies 1 attired in Red Cross costumes who | lent their aid as waitresses were | Misses Katherine Barnett, Marjorie 1 Edith Banks, Harriet | Bartram, Ruth Santinenno. Harriet | Myers, Ruth Rumsey, Marion Archer, Viola Curtis, Mary Vaughn, Lena
 Fuller, Joy Paine, Mildred Barnett, | Myrtle Warner, Winnifred Platt. l Helen Boddie, Elizabeth Sanford, | Sanford, Lucia Day, Vera | Day, Ruth Gorham and Dorothy | Banks. The red, white and blue | paper caps worn by the. watresses | were furnished by Mrs. George Patti | son, and Mrs. Granville Whittlesy | gave the use of her car during the | day for the bringing in of refresh l