The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-09
BEDDING

Bedding, Oct. 9-In Mondays cleo ton the Democrats won the main prize of the contest by electing both their candidates for selectmen, but the Republicans carried the rest of the ticket by a majority of about 20. The vote was light, that on select men being as follows: James E. DriscoN, d., 125; J. B. Sanford, Jr, d., 117; Augustus s. Churchill, r., 1l6; L. S. Warner, r., 113. It will be seen that the junior Democratic selectman won by only a single vote The wise ones had figured that of the two Republican candidates Warner had much the better show and his defeat was therefore the surprise of the day. Evidently quite a number of Georgetown Republicans support ed MT. Driscoll their neighbor, and as between their own candidates gave Churchill the preference over Warner, presumably on locality grounds. E. M. Sanford, r., was reelected assessor by 147 votes to 101 for William A. Lounsbury The successful candidates for board of relief are B. B. Banks and w. E. Hazen, Republicans and W. c. San ford. Democrat. Of the total vote of 252. 163 were cast at the town house and 8s at the polling place in Georgetown.
 At the business meeting at the town house in the afternoon action on most of the matters named in the warning was deferred to an adjourn ed meeting appointed for Saturday Oct. 25, the postponement being made in order that Georgetown resi- dents might have a better opportun- ity to attend. The situation. how ever, called for the immediate se- lection of a finance committee be- cause that body should report at the adjourned meeting a budget to form the basis of the appropriations then to be voted. Those chosen to con stitute this committee are D. s. San ford, George s. Banks, H. S. Barnes, Michael Connery, E. P. Sanford and B. 4. Pinkney.
 They will meet in the town house at o'clock on Monday evening next at which time they hope for the at tendance of all citizens having ideas or suggestions to offer towards aid ing the committee in the proper exc cution of the important work they have to perform
 The only other business transact ed Monday afternoon resulted from the offering of a resolution directing the selectmen to place warning signs on both sides of the dangerous curve in the hill leading to Sunset Hill from the south. There have been sev- eral auto accidents at this bend, the latest occurring last Sunday. The proposed safegLurding at that point prompted proposal that the bend on the hill leading from Episcopal church corner to Pleasant Valley be similarly posted. Knob Crook Hill was next named as needing protec- tive signs and the list would have been further extended, but for a vote enlarging the scope of the original resolution so as to include all places which, in the opinion of the select men, should have warning notices dis played.
 Town Clerk Sanford and Selectman Warner started for Hartford last Sunday to get a supply of ballots for the morrow's election, the package, containing the original lot which was shipped by express on Oct 1 having gone astray beyond the possibility of timely recovery. All went well with the envoys until nearing Waterbury on the return trip their car was dis covered to be on fire. By prompt and energetic action they put out the blaze and repairs at a convenient garage enabled them to complete their journey. MT. Warner had one of his hands severely burned In quenching the fire.
 Answering the query, "Does our parish justify it's eXistence?" F. E. Mabrey, speaking at the Episcopal church last Sunday morning reached the conclusion that from a business standpoint it did not. While terri torially the parish extended in two directions beyond the town lines and had affiliated with it 24O persons only 15 per cent. of this number contributed financial support and the church remained in the mission class by reason of receiving an an- nual allowance of $1OO from the dio- cesan mission fund. Of the rest of it's total income of s1.70O about $500 came from endowments and the bal ance from sources within the parish. There should be a wider Individual support and manifestation of interest in other ways provided a healthful growth and greater activity were to be attained as an advance from the present stationary and partly de- pendent conditions. MT. Mabrey further said that the rector could not accomplish the desired improvement except through cooperative effort on the part of the lay element. To awaken such effort was one object of the movement which the church had now undertaken. In pursuance of this object the parish committee re- gently appointed to conduct the local campaign met after the service and arranged a course of action by which the parish is divided into districts for greater convenience in the making of a thorough canvass. This has since been started with a program looking to the completion of the survey by Oct. 19. The work is to form the subject of a report which will be ready for submission to Bishop Brewster when he makes his visit to the parish on Nov. 3.
 The sharp bend in the steep declivity at the lower end of Sunset Hill was the scene on Sunday last of an auto smash which was remarkable in not prodI1cine conseOuenceS more serious