The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-23
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)


 the shortage in butter fat content which the systems adoption was 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 1t going as high 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 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- izati0n.
 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 Congregational churches and asso- ciated schools in tho Hawaiian Is- Mir. Tate performed his ministerial also usefully active in the village community movement. As a farewell gift the trustees of the church pre- sented him with a purse of s20O
 The adjourned town meeting on Saturday afternoon of th.s week should bring out a good attenda nee because of the importance of the pro- p2sed rev nea sures which come from t-.e finance committee for ratifica- ton The prospects are that the one providing that all town officers shall be elected for two year terms will re- ceive approval although the commit tees recommendation that this cleo ton shall take place in the off years may be amended so as to go into eff feet next year. As the town election occurs in October and the State cleo ton in November they would have no confusing relations and there would be on year free from election tur- mOil. The fate of the proposition to make tax bills payable on May 1 in stead of Oct. 1 is in considerable doubt. It is pointed out as point in it's 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 900 of the towns permanent inde btedness.
 So little response of an encourag- ing nature has been evoked by the project of securing the Ridge store for community house that probably no further attempt will be made to effect it's realization. Not much SUD- port for the institution could be look ed for beyond a limited area with a. population insufficient to warrant ex- pectations of meeting the financial and other requirements. There has been some talk of trying to conduct a store in the building by the CO., operative plan. but this idea also af oIx yond the talk stage. MT. Muennich is to vacate the building at the end l of the present week and its reopen ing for store purposes Is one of the uncertainties of the future.
 Having suffered annoyance for sev- 1 eral months from the trespass on his land of cattle belonging to Mrs. F. A. Ranney, neighbor, Duncan Cav appealed to the selectmen to exercise their powers for his protection in the i matter and these officials addressed | themselves to that job on Tuesday. l The parties to the dispute have ad- | Jacent places at the foot of Reddins l Glen on the Saugatuck river The . selectmen viewed the territory and VIII make a report fixing the amount i and character of fence each dis i putant is required to build. Should ! ! party the selectmen, in the exercise of their statutory authority, will dc ! the fencing called for and charge the delinquent double rates for the same
 A few weeks ago the Danbury hos pital made in this locality an ex- tensive distribution of preserving jars i with a request that they be filled with fruits or vegetables for hospital
 use. The appeal was generously re- ] sponded to and filled jars to the number of many dozens are being
 collected and returned.
 The Georgetown club has selected l teams and made a start in their an, i nua1 whist tournament which vii continue through the winter witt l monthly treats at the expense of the
 losers. Last week the club gave
 ladies' night at Miller's hall and i
 was so pleasing and successful ar affair that 1t will be a feature eacf month throughout the season.
 A reluctant goodbye must be bic
 to the plan of getting up a local pro- l duction of 'tPinafore'' this fall the | lack of interest on the part of oul 1 musical talent being so pronounced
 that not even promising start could
 be made. The proceeds were to gc
 to the town hall building fund, men.
 ton of which circumstance prom pts
 an inquiry to the inaction of the
 committee which the expiring Home
 Guard appointed to boost the same
 undertaking. Capt H. s. Barnes 1.
 chairman of the committee which i.
 yet to hold it's first meeting.
 Attorney Caleb A. Burgess of Red
 ding and New York was granted a di vorce from his fourth wife by tn,
 superior court at Bridgeport Friday
 The grounds of his petition were tha his wife deceived him in representing previous to their marriage, that sh was of respectable character, ant further that she was addicted t.
 drink. Mrs. Burgess whose rnaidel
 name was Anna Fay, did not defent
 the action.
 Charles Sanford was nrostrated las
 Sunday by an attack of acute indiges
 tior from which he is now improv:ng ,I Fred Coffey of Pleasant Valley i , making daily trips with his car t | Aspectuck for the transportation c
 men working on the trunk highwa, \ near the Bethel line. -.- ...-
 The Suffrage meeting held las :, Thursday at the summer home 0 : Mrs. s. c. Shaw on the Ridge was at :, | tended by about 80 ladies represent