The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-18
BEDDING

in bed by an attack of eryslpeIas connp1icated with blood poisoning. The attacks developed from an in- jury to the ankle, in appearance only a. slight bruise, which Judge Sanford received while working on his car The blood poisoning progressed pe- v0nd the incip:ent stage and Tor TWO or three days the condition of the pa +fe7t WAS considered alarming by pr. Smith, the attend -ng physician. on the first of the week, however, condi- tions took a decided turn for the bet ter and Judge Sanford is now consid- cred out of danger with prospects of being able to resume his official du- ties within 8 few days.
 Owing to an outbreak of scarlet fever among the pupils the town school committee on Monday ordered the closing of the Center school for a period of two weeks. The first vic tim of the raaIady was a boy named Hes. who had recently returned rom q. visit to Bridgeport where he is sup posed to have taken the Infection lis desk mate, a boy named Buchanan, was the next to develop symptoms oI the disease and little later another lies boy was taken down with it. The three are from eight to ten years or age. None of the eases is of a specl- ally aggravated type.
 The rains and thaw of last week produced road conditions seldom known except at the time of the spring break up and in consequence on Sunset Hill last Saturday even ing one car after another succumD- ed to the mud, until about fifty were strung along near the Peck residence,
 lzr a blockade. 4 pair of horses pulled ont the car of Captain Barnes and bzr various other eEpedients the blockade was finally broken after long delay. In the jam were two Daub1Iry trucks, the Sanford school truck. with some of the pupils and 2 bridal couple on board and the car of Marcus Burr having the Countess TlrezyrOwsky as a passenger. The burning out of the transmission oi Joe Erathey's machine was one oi the numerous minor naishaps attend ing the period of founderings ana staIIfngs. As the Putnam Park road is now closed the Sunset Hill route remains the only one available for Ridge travel to the north. A good thor oughfare in summer 1t is place of honor for vehicles when the frost
  coating of mud underIaid by a soapy clay.
 Asl allowance of $500 for the equip 79ent of the Parish Community House was applied for at the meeting of the Fairfield County ArchdeacOnry, held in New Canaan on Monday, by Rev. MT. Cunningham and D. $. San ford. the Bedding delegates. The par ish house is in this instance an under taking which comes under the head of Church Extension Work for which liberal provision was made in the Ma tionaI Campaign program. The Arch deaconry committee gave unanimous approval to the application of Mes5rs. Cunningham and Sanford which must also receive the endorsement of the Diocesan committee and the National committee before the money is ad- vanced. The local delegates also made q report on the result of the financial canvass here as a result of which the Episcopal church no longer requires aid from the home mission fund and after Jan. l will hold the status of an Independent, self-sup- porting parish.
 Agent Gardner of the State Hu- lnane Society has notified MT. Warner, the local agent. that for the present at least no further steps will be taken in the proposed proceedings for the commitment of SIX of George P Williams eight children to the county home. This decision was reached after the recent visit to the Williams family of a nurse represent ing the Humane society. She report ed that the children were well fed and warmly clad and that the former un- tidy conditions within the house had been corrected.
 Edna GarpheIia. Goodseu died at her home in the district east of Pleasant Valley on Friday last after an illness of about a year from tuberculosis Her age was about 75 and she had lived alone in the homestead since the death of her father, Louis GoOdselI, about 20 years ago. The only surviv- ing relatives are a number of nephews and nieces. The body was taken to Bridgeport for burial
 D. R. Warner is suffering from an alteration of one of his eyes for which he underwent an operation in Dan bury last Saturday. His other eye was affected in the same way about q. wear ago and the sight saved with difficulty.
 Two games of basketball were played in the Sanford school gym last Saturday evening. In the first the schools second team lost to the Lau- reIs of Danbury, 25 to 4. and in the second the Pirates of Danbury defeat ed the schools first team, 24 to 19, in a hard fought contest.
 The first consignment of timber spiles delivered at Stratford by George S. Banks under a contract calling for a large supply were rejected because not considered sound enough to stand the strain of being driven through a deep stratum of hardpan. The spiles were from blight killed chestnut trees
 The sale and supper given at the Community House on Tuesday after noon by the Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal church was fairly well pat ronized and realized net proceeds oi $80 Despite the cold the large space was comfortably heated.
 The Episcopal church program for services over the Christmas season is as follows: Tomorrow (F'riday) carol service at 7:3O D. m; Dec. 23 at 7:3O p. n1., carol service and Christ mas tree; Christmas Eve, carol community service; Christmas Day, regular Christmas service with Holy Communion at 10:3O a. m; at 3 D. m. service at WoIfpits school house.
 The discovery of a smashed win dow in the Louis Goodseu house last