The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-21
BEDDING

Bedding, Nov. 20-The small house near to Bedding Glen road which F. 1 A. Ranney built about two years ago and in which he has since lived alone was destroyed by fire last Sunday af- ! ternoon. Some tarred paper that MT. , Ranney placed near the stove to dry is supposed to have ignited and start ed the blaze which in his absence progressed so far before it's discovery that nothing could be done to save the building or it's contents. All of MT. Ranney's personal effects were burned including valuable business papers. The loss amounts to several hundred dollars and there is no in surance. No alarm was given to call out the chemical engine at the cen ter and few in the locality knew of the fire until some time after it was over.
 No move is as yet apparent on the part of Humane Agent Gardner to- wards bringing the court proceedings which it was his declared pun s< to institute for the purpose of securing the commitment of six of George P. Williams children to the County Home. Since the agents investiga- tion visit to the Williams home abont a month ago, one of the children, nine year old Edna, has gone to live with her aunt in Brooklyn. Irrespective of the merits of the case an impres- sion prevails that malice had a share in inspiring the making of the com plaint which moved the Humane ,So- ciety to action, it being recalled thaI when Williams suffered a heavy prop erty loss by the burning of his barn several years ago a communication to ha inc tc known source caused the holding up of the insurance payments until the injurious reports could be looked up and their fa1Sity disclosed. In the present affair 1t can be urged on be- half of the defendant father that the children attend school with average regularity and are well fed and ade- quately clothed. The claim might also be made that their present mode | of living gives a desirable training in habits of industry and self-reliance despite of what 1t may lack in minor comforts, conditions which might be open to more objection if the young sters regarded them as hardships Their evident cheerfulness and con- tentment, however, indicate quite the contrary.
 Returns from the Red Cross can Tass are not yet complete but as far as received indicate highly satisfac tory results. In the Georgetown dis trict the number of subscribers is BIO.
 At the Center Congregationa1 church last Sunday, Rev. MT. Merrill , of Putnam, spoke in behalf of the drive which the Congregationalists are making to raise $5.000,oO0 for what Is known as the Pilgrim fund.- The allotment for the local church had been fixed at S55O and this amount the congregation subscribed at the conclusion of the address.
 An extensive addition is being built to the house of Sidney Ross, formerly the Charles Bates place, on Great Neck hill. B. B. Banks has the con tract for the job ana he is also the contractor for a house which MT. Hodson, principal of one of the Nor walk schools, is building at Gran berry Plain.
 Last year the town was without an acting grand juror until one of those elected qualified for the office in the spring to meet an emergency call. This year all of those elected prompt ly qualified with the exception of John H. Holman and Tuesday after noon they went to Dorlon's Point for shore dinner. The party consisted of A. G. Barnett, D. s. Sanford, Michael Connery, D. M. Sanford and Town Clerk Sanford.
 The returned service men of Georgetown have organized an ath- letic club with quarters over the bar Der shop and last Saturday evening gave a boxing exhibition with local talent as the contestants The army experience of the organizers gave them taste for the boxing game and they plan to give the exercise local development in an amateur way.
 The ladies of the Parish Aid society were addressed yesterday by Mrs Acheson, wife of the Suffr.~an Bishop, on the work and plans of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Church Board of Missions with which organ tzation the society expects to become affiliated. The meeting was held at the newly established parish commu- nifty house located in the former Ridge store building where a lunch was served at noon- Starting with library it is hoped that sufficient SUD- port will be given the institution to permit gradual expansion of it's lines of service, such manner of en- largement holding a promise of more permanence than would an attempt to undertake at the start all things which are ueSlrapIe- A piano Is one of the accessories needed and the loan or gift of one, even if not an instrument of the highest class, would be greatly appreciated On the evening of Dec. the male members of the parish meet at the house for a supper and smoker. The speaker will be Rev. Gerald Cunningham.
 A very interesting talk on Argen- tina was gwen before the Mems club at the home of F. W. Roseneau on Wednesday evening of last week by Captain Bonney of the Sanford school teaching staff. The speaker held posi.ion on a sheep ranch in that country and left it upon the outbreak of the war to enlist in the British army. He told of the great and prac- tically undeveloped resources of Ar gentina, describing it as land of plenty for all classes of it's inhabit- ants.
 The feeling of the population towards the United States was not specially friendly, he said, owing to
 the Monroe Doctrine. While that doc