Republican farmer., 1919-06-27
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

| CSpec1al to The I1meS.) | Bedding, June 26---The Gilbert & Bennett Co. of Georgetown have adopted a plan of life insurance for their employees of which the company ! is to pay the entire cost and which Notice of the arrangement was given the men this week. The amount of in surance for those who have been in the company's employ for three months is $500 and the amounts in crease according to length of service as follows: One year, $500; two years, s700; three years, $500; four years, $500; five years and over S1 900. One condition of the insurance is that the entire amount of the policy becomes payable upon the total disability, from whatever cause, of the person, and another is that it terminates when the employe leaves the company's service. All the insurance will be placed with the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Hartford.
 A large audience attended the grad | uation exercises of the public schools. | held last Thursday evening at the | Mark Twain library, and found them | of a creditable degree of excellence. The graduates were Dorothy Janette Banks Elmer Griffin Bronson, Theo- l dora Van Zandt Sanford, Stephen | Jennings Sanford, Andrew August l Stietzel and Ethel Mae Taggart, and the diplomas awarded signified that the recipients had attained a degree of proficiency qualifying them for High school admission. The following pro- l gram was rendered:
 | Processional Voices of the | Woods; Rubenstein.
 | National Anthem.
 1 T1ynca Tota Essay Methods of Lighting | Dorothy Janette Banks
 | Piano Solo-.'The Czarine MaZurka," !"
 Stephen Jennings Sanford; Russo. | Essay - ''The American Indian"
 Andrew August Stietzel.
 Music."At the Carnival" School
 chorus; Bronte.
 Wand Drill-Center school
 | Essay-"Apple Orcharding,' Elmer Griffen Bronson.
 Music - "The Spinning Wheel"
 Ethel Mae Taggart and chorus; Man
 ney.
 l Essay-"The Transatlantic Flight
 of the NC-4," Theodora Van Zandt Sanford. | Music-(a) Spring Is Here" Pol
 ish air; (b) Home, Sweet Home,"
 School chorus; Bishop.
 Presentat ation of Diplomas | America"
 Arrangements for Georgetown s Fourth of July celebration were com lpleted on Friday evening and promise an observance rather bigger and bet ter than it's predecessors. A special invitation to attend is extended to all Bedding men who did service in the World War irrespective of whether they went across or got no further
 than the training camps The pro- cession, to form about 9:30 a. m., will be headed by the Ridgefield Band and comprise among it's units Civil War veterans, the new veterans, Boy Scouts, school children, and citizens in decorated autos. The march will be
 through the principal streets of the
 village and thence to the ball park iwhere a program of competitive ath-
 letic events will take place. There
 will also be an oration by some speaker well known in rublic life. At moon the affair will become a basket picnic. The principal afternoon event
 is to be a ball game between local
 hines, one representing the Swedish element of the community and the tother the native stock In the even- ing activities will be transferred to
 the assembly hall of the new George
 town school where the united local choirs are to give concert supple mented by other interesting features
 suitable to the occasion
 A settlement has been reached by George Howard and wife on one side
 and Sarah Buchanan on the other o1 the ejectment suit brought for the lat ters busting from the former Scha1 place at Bedding Center and recent l ly tried to conclusion by reason
 of the jury's disagreement The out
 come is virtually a victory for Mrs Buchanan as by the terms of the
 compromise she obtains six months 1 lease of the premises with privilege
 of six months renewal in case tho
 Towards. by reason of changed cir.
 cumstances, do not wish to occupy
 the property. The lessee gives se- curfty to cover possible damages from
 her goats and rabbits or othe, causes the amount of such damage
 to be fixed by arbitration. It is un- ) derstood that the costs of the suit
 amounting to s43.6s, are to be shared
 equally. These costs, considered in-
 dividually, are not highly remunera- tive to the benef1ciarieS. The jury
 men received s1 per day for each ot their three days service and mileage ) allowance, one way, at the rate of 1l
 cents per mile. So that the George town member who drove over in his ; auto for three days, leaving the af-
 fairs of the S50,OO0 corporation o1 which he is the managing head to } meanwhile struggle along as best they might, received the total muni- ; ficient compensation of S3.6O. The , trial justice fared better, getting 5:
 for the first day and s2 for each of the other two. It seems that when tht l legislature raised the pay of higher court jurymen they overlooked tht
 sad case of the 1owly town cour
 juror who is still an appendage of al era when a lone dollar was properl,
 an object of high and wide respect.
 Should the menace of summon.
 to town jury duty become widespread } and of frequent affliction. however tn,
 rural population may be depended upon to see that the legislature doe. the right thing in the matter. As fol : the country justice the honor suppos ed to encompass him supposedl, ! makes up for any lack of financia