Republican farmer., 1919-10-17
BEDDING

l up i DuuSel tile ION1 HnanCe com mittee, at their meeting on Monday 1 evening, adopted several recommen- i dations to be submitted to the ad- 1 journed town meeting for conffrma- ton. One is the system of biennial 1 election of all town officials, the | election to be held in the years be- tween state elections, and another ] provides for the collection of taxes in l the spring in order that the income 1 may be applied to current year eX- | penditures instead of being one year i behind as at present. Still another : is that the selectmen and the road committee amplify their reports, now
 confined to figure tabulations, with 1 review, explanations, comments and recommendations short that they
 make something of an excursion into i the literary field for the better en-
 lightenment of the public. Also that
 the school committee do likewise in
 stead of letting the supervisor have ! the entire say.
 The total of the budget is S26,O50 ] as against $26,990 last year. The al- Iotments include $1.0OO for improv- ing the crossroad from hometown to
 the Putnam Park road; S1,O00 for ! permanent road improvements else where, and $1,00O for the sinking
 fund. For the replacement of high way drainage Conduits there was al loted $1,500, of which $1.000 was designated for concrete or metal con- struction, and $500 for wooden 1 bridges, For schools the amount is $7,800, an increase of $500 over last years allotment. The amount named for general road repairs is $5,35O, the same being fixed by existing con tracts. The other items are prac- tically the same as those of the past year. The budget calls fir a tax rate of about 1 mills computed on the present grand list. Last years rate was IS mills. The rate will not be fixed, however, until after the making up of the coming grand list to which
 1t is to apply. As this is the year fixed by statute for a, detailed ap-
 praisement of property to be made by the assessors after personal in i 'spection the next grand list may show greater variation from it's predecessors than is usual
 The Wright building in Bethel, comprising a large store with living apartments above, has been purchas- ed by John Muennich, who will re- move his business to It from the Ridge store about the first of next month. The consideration in the deal was $3,O0O and the transaction was effected after negotiations by MT. Nuennich for the purchase of the French block in Bethel had fallen through. No successor for the pro- prietOrship of the Ridge store being in sight, there is being discussed a proposition to lease the building for parish house or community purposes. The plan cOntem plates installation of a library by means of successive loans of volumes from the Mark Twain i Library and perhaps the Danbury Public Library and the providing of various features of a recreative char acter. The hall above the store could be used for entertainments and these, il is estimated, ought to pro- vide enough revenue to meet the rental and other upkeeD expenses, ! amounting to between $200 and $500
 yearly. The initiative in the project comes from Rev. MT. Cunningham, who realizes that the undertaking is
 rather an ambitious one, but who | will cheerfully extend his efforts to- wards it's accomplishment provided the plan meets with sufficient en- l cOura cement. The idea of a parish house for the Episcopal church at the Ridge dates back many years. The late Mrs. Jane A. Burr had partly arranged to build one when her sudden death prevented execu-
 ton of the purpose.
 The idea, behind the present pro- i ject is to provide a community cen ter free from sectarian influences and primarily designed to meet social needs.
 The methods pursued by the Epis- copaI parish committee in the local phases of the national campaign in augurated by the Church were out lined in a talk made to the congrega- ton last Sunday by W. c. Sanford, the committees chairman. To the in dividuaf members has been assigned districts as follows: Sunset Hill F. W. ROseneau; upper Pleasant Valley Philo T. Platt; lower valley, B. F. Bassett and W. C. Sanford; Ridge section, F. E. Majbrey; Center, Mrs. A. G. Barnet; West Bedding, E. P. Sanford. A house to house canvass i is in progress this week, one feature of it being the distribution of infor-5 nation cards, and a report of the re- suits will be made next Sunday by MT. Roseneau. On Tuesday evening a meeting in furtherance of the cam paign was held at the church with Rev. ". T. Cooper, rector of St. Johns church, Hartford, as the speaker An
 other meeting of the same kind is ap-
 pointed for the evening of Oct. 28 to be addressed by Rev. George L. Paine of West Haven, State director of the campaign. The committees of Bethel and Newtown are to attend this meet ing.
 Following funeral services conduct ed at the home in Weston by the Rev. 1 MT. Cunningham, the body of Ed ward Rowland was brought here last 1 Thursday afternoon and inferred in the Ridge cemetery. The deceased
 was about 75 years of age and for merly lived in Bedding. He is sur l vived by two sons, his wife, 8 daugh- ] ter of the late Patrick Collins, hay l ing died about year ago.
 The Ford car of Attorney s. c. Shaw had a head-on collision with an i auto truck wh4le rounding a corner i in Bridgeport last Thursday Mr 1 Shaw and his driver were in the car
 at the time, but both escaped injury. On account of help shortage con- l struction on the trunk highway pro- 1 ceeds slowly, the section above the 1 D.