Republican farmer., 1919-11-21
BEDDING

near to Redding Glen road which F. A. Ranney built about two years ago and in which he has since lived alone 1 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 its discovery that nothing could be done to save the building or its contents. All of Mir. 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 kfaS of the fire until some time after il was over
 No move is as yet apparent yn the i part of Humane Agent Gardner to- wards bringing the court proceedings winch 1t was his declared purgcsa to ! institute for the purpose of securine. ! the commitment of six of George P. ] Williams children to the County Home. Since the agents fnvestfga. i ton visit to the Williams home abou1 ; month ago, one of the cn1idren. nine i year old Edna, has gone to live with i her aunt in Brooklyn Irresnec+=ve N--S 1AiSiAto LII lItS case an impress l sion prevails that mahce had a share l in inspiring the making of the com ] pla1nt which moved the Humane So /; clety to action, it being recalled tha. 1 when Williams suffered a heavy proD- ] erty loss by the burning of his barn i several years ago a communication, to i the insurance agents from some un- ! known source caused the holding III, 1 oh the insurance payments until the LhJur1ous reports could be looked up
 ana their falsity disclosed In the
 present afa:r it can be urged on be- ! LiaIf of the defendant father that inc children attend school with avera ye regularity and are well fed and ade- :, 4uately clothed. The cIain, might | also be made that thelr present mode or nvlng gives desira b1e training in nao1ts Of industry and seIf-reIiance l uesp-te or what 1t may lack in nino- comforts, conditions which might be l open to more objection if the voung-
 sters regarded them as hardshiDs
 lhe1r evident cheerfulness and cor 1, contrary '--e
 Returns from the Red cross can
 'ass are not yet complete but as fat.
 as received indicate highly sat:sfa,-
 tory results. In the Georgetovn dis
 BIO. 4''eis S
 At the Center Congregatfona1
 church last Sunday, Rev. Mir. Merrill i or Putnam, spoke in behalf of +be
 orlVe which the Congregationalist
 are making to raise S5,OOO,oOO for
 what IS known as the Pilgrim fund.
 fhe allotment for the local church
 hao 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 anG he is also inc
 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 tbe
 spring to meet an emergency call.
 This year all of those elected promot
 " qualified with the exception of
 John H. Holman and Tuesday after
 noon they went to Dorlon's Point for
 a shore dinner. The party consisted
 of A. G. Barnett, D. S. Sanford. 1 Michael Connery, E. 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 exhfsition with local talent as the contestants The army
 experience of the organizers gave
 them a 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.
 Aeheson, wife of the Suffr-an
 Bishop, on the work and plans of inc
 Board of Missions with which organ
 1zation the society expects tob 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 a , library 1t is hoped that sufficient s,1p port will be given the institution to
 permit gradual expansion of its lines of service. such manner of en-
 largement holding promise of more ipermanence than would an attempt to . undertake at the start all things which ! are desirable. A piano Is one of the accessories needed and the loan or
 gift of one, even if not an instrum ent
 
 appreciated. On the evening of Dec. ? tha 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- 1 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 a position 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 a land of ] plenty for all classes of its inhabit-
 ants.
 The feeling of the population f towards the United States was not
 specially friendly, he said, owing to the Monroe Doctrine. While that doc Urine was ostensibly des' gned to guard l South American countries against foreign aggression the people of those