Republican farmer., 1919-03-28
BEDDING

day, arrived here saturday afternoon accompanied by Judge J. B. Sanford, brother. and Miss Eleanor Osborn, stepdaughter. Funeral services were conducted at the homo on the Ridge Monday afternoon by Rev. c. s. Luther, who had his first pastorate in .his town and is now located in New Haven. For his remarks he referred to the Christian character and estima- ble qualities of the deceased and made mention of the fact that four years ago, on the same date and at the same hour and place, he oflciated at the funeral of Henry s. Osborn, her husband. In the numerous floral tributes from the friends of the de- ceased lady roses and sweet peas were conspicuous. The pail bearers were Lemuel B. Sanford, Dayton Sanford, Arthur Hague, Arthur Orton, John Randall and Samuel Randall, all of whom, with one exception, are nephews of the deceased. Interment was in the Ridge cemetery.
 With cOmmendable promptness Charles Stauffer, one of the new road contractors, started work on the job last week, Sunset Hill being the place to which he first gave attention. It needed the levelling process badly enough and so do other sections but probably none more than the stretch near the EastOn line at the southern eXteremity of the same highway. This is so deeply rutted that it forms companion piece as regards travelling horrors to the Easton section or the road above and below Jump Hill. The long continued neglect of the latter may possibly be explained by the sup position on the part of the Elaston selectmen that they are relieved of responsibility in the matter because the road has been designated as a trunk highway and should therefore be looked after by the State. This point was brought to the attention of Highway Com. Bennett by the Red ding committee which interviewed him last week. His response was that the Easton officials were mistaken if they entertained such an idea, the care of the road devolving upon them until the State made the road Q. trunk line in fact SIS well as in name.
 All uncertainty regarding the fate of Alvin TrcadweIl. a, member of the American aviation force who was re- ported missing while performing ac- tive service at the front last fall, has been removed by a letter received by Prof. Louis Treadweu, his father from another American flyer The letter says that young Treadweu while engaged in a combat with an enemy afrman above the German lines, was shot through the lungs. He was alive when his machine reach ed the ground and was taken to a German hospital where he died four days later. The writer of the letter was at the time a patient in the same hospital and upon recovering took the first opportunity of communicating with the family of his dead com rade, although his letter was g, long | time in reaching it's destination. Young Treadwen was a native of this town.
 Among those who went from this town to New York on Tuesday to wit ness the triumphaI parade of the 2Tth division were MT. and Mrs. J. B. San | ford MT. and Mrs. Lemue1 Sanford, H. Sanford Osborn and Capt. H. s. Barnes. Their interest in the Occa- sion was largely centered in Sergeant | J. B. Sanford Jr., who was severely wounded in the final assault which 1 smashed the Hindenburg line, and by reason of the bravery he then evinced | has been decorated by both the Amer | ican and British commands. Of his l relatives and friends who closely | scanned the marching ranks, only l Miss Eleanor. his sister, was certain | of having distinguished him among the paraders. Sergeant Sanford ex- poets his discharge from the service | on April ?. He will then come to his | home at Bedding Center, put the i question of remaining and resuming "a a pTy0la mt rf hi 2 | is yet to be decided.
 l Publication in book form of the poems left by Richard Mansfield 2nd,
 who was a pupil at the Sanford
 school for two years and who died ! from pneumo onia last fall while in ! training for the aviation service, has | been arranged for by his mother 1 While here young Mansfield was a | contributor to "The Sanfordian." the
 school paper, but at that time his
 associates believed that his talents were histrionic, rather than literary l Certainly his personadon of shy lock-" given at the school when he
 was concluding his stay there, con- 1 vinced those attending the perform l ance that he had inherited a large share of the genius which made his father one of the country's leading ac- tors.
 Daniel R. Warner, whose genera health has been poor for some time is undergoing q new afiction in the | form of ulcers upon the inner side O! his eyelids. They are very painful l and receive daily treatment from Q physician.
 The firm of Osborn & Barnes has
 been awarded a road building con-
 tract which calls for payments
 amounting to s157.50O. Last seasor
 The firm was occupied with s1O0, 0,OO(
 contract for road construction be-
 tween Waterbury and New Haven.
 Twelve acres of corn intended for tho
 production of the grain and not si1agt
 will be put in this season by Marcus
 II. Burr. The local potato acreage
 will probably be less than that of las year owing to present low prices ana | apprehensions of return of thu
 blight which did so much damage las ] season.
 A special town meting will be helC
 Saturday at the town house to fix tn,
 tax rate for this year.
 Mel Wood has moved from the Setl 1 Todd place to Danbury.