Republican farmer., 1919-10-24
BEDDING
Special to The Times)


 ] thought to indicate. As far as heard from all the milk delivered from this locality yielded the required three per cent. or better, some of it going as hlSh as four per cent. Consequently the last pay checks showed a slight increase over their predecessors in stead of the shrinkage which was feared The producers who were i creditors of the Dairy Co. are now receiving their share certificates of common stock or one-third cash of the amount of their claims which they agreed to accept under the reorgan- ization.
 ! The services at the Gilbert Memo rial church in Georgetown last Sun day afternoon marked the close of Rev William A. Tate's three years pastorate. He resigned to accept the position of supervisor over all the 1 Congregational churches and asso- i ciated schools in the Hawaiian Is lands. During his stay in Georgetown MT. Tate performed his ministerial Functions most acceptably and was also uscfUuy- active in the village community movement. As a farewell sented him with a purse of S2OO. The adjourned town meeting on Saturday afternoon of this week should bring out a good attendance l because of the importance of the pro- posed new measures which come from 1 the finance committee for ratifica- ton. The prospects are that the one providing that all town officers shall 1 be elected for two year terms will re- ceive approval although the commit tees recommendation that this cleo i ton shall take place in the off years may be amended so as to go into eff feet next year. As the town election i occurs in October and the State cleo 1 ton in November they would have no confusing relations and there would 1 be on year free from election tur- l moIL The fate of the proposition to make tax bills payable on May l in stead of Oct. l is in considerable doubt. It Is pointed cut as a point in its favor that the half yearly gain in revenue consequent upon the first years operation of the plan would permit of an immediate reduction of about $10,00O of the towns permanent { indebtedness.
 So little response of an encourag- 1 ing nature has been evoked by the 1 project of securing the Ridge store 1 for community house that probably no further attempt will be made to 1 effect it's realization. Not much sup i pert for the institution could be look | l population insufficient to warrant ex- ! pectatjons of meeting the financial and other requirements. There has 1 been some talk of trying to conduct a store in the building by the CO., i operative plan. but this idea also | gives little promise of advancing be- | yond the talk stage. MT. Muennich | is to vacate the building at the end | Of the present week and it's reopen i ing for store purposes is one of the uncertainties of the future
 l Having suffered annoyance for sev- 1 eral months from the trespass on his | land of cattle belonging to Mrs F. 1 A. Rarney, a neIghbor, Duncan Gay appealed to the selectmen to exercise | their powers for his protection in the matter and these officials addressed i themselves to that job on Tuesday, | The parties to the dispute have ad- | jacent places at the foot of Bedding l Glen on the Saugatuck river. The | selectmen viewed the territory and will make a report fixing the amount l and character of fence each dis putant is required to build. Should l their mandate be ignored by either i party the selectmen, in the exercise of their statutory authority, will do 1 the fencing called for and charge the
 
 1 A few weeks ago the Danbury hos : pitaI made in this locality an ex- ! tenstve distribution of preserving jars ] with a request that they be filled with fruits or vegetables for hospital l use. The appeal was generously re- | sponded to and filled jars to the number of many dozens are being ! collected and returned.
 1 The Georgetown club has selected
  i nuaI whist tournament which will continue through the winter with monthly treats" at the expense of the losers. Last week the club gave a 1 ladies night at MilIer's hall and it 1 was so pleasing and successful an | affair that it will be a feature each month throughout the season.
 | A reluctant goodbye must be bid l to the plan of getting up a local pro- l duction of "Pinafore'' this fail, the lack of interest on the part of our , musical talent being so pronounced ! that not even a promising start could be made. The proceeds were to go to the town hall building fund, men, 1 ton of which circumstance prompts an inquiry as to the inaction of the ! committee which the expiring Home ! Guard appointed to boost the same undertaking. Capt H. s. Barnes is 1 chairman of the committee which is l yet 70 hold its first meeting
 1 Attorney Caleb 4. Burgess of Red ! ding and New York was granted di- ! vor-ce from his fourth wife by the ! superior court at Bridgeport Friday. The grounds of his petition were that i his wife deceived him in representing, i previous to their marriage, that she l was of respectable character, and 1 further that she was addicted to drink. Mrs. Burgess, whose maiden name was Anna Fay, did not defend the action.
 Charles Sanford was prostrated last Sunday by an attack of acute indiges- l tion from which he Is now improving. 1 Fred Coffey of Pleasant Valley is ! making daily trips with his car to Aspectuck for the transportation of men working on the trunk highway near the Bethel line.
 The Suffrage meeting held last i Thursday at the summer home of | Mrs. S. c. Shaw on the Ridge was at tended by about 50 ladies represent | ing all parts of the county. It was | soo;aIJ very apreeah1a occo sim and