Republican farmer., 1919-05-16
DEVON

The elaborate preparatio made for the Memorial Day celebrations by the Improvement Association have been in vain. It has been decided at the lass moment to do away with the celebra- tion here to allow the organizations who were to take part to participate in the ceremonies at Milford. The only event to take place here will Le the raising of the flag at Liberty Rock at S:30 o'clock in the morning.
 The Sons of Veterans of Milford are arranging the Milford celebration and invited all returned soldiers and sailors to meet last Thursday night to organize for the coming parade but only five responded so it was found necessary to appeal to Devon for to make the celebration at the center a success.
 The morning program at Devon will be short consisting of a parade led by the Devon Fife and Drum corps through Naugatuck and Bridgeport avenues to Liberty Rock where after a few appropriate remarks the new flag will be raised
 After the Devon celebration the Fife and Drum corps will leave for the Milford parade.
 The unaccountable delay in calling the meeting of the Board of Finance to consider the proposition to bond the town for the building of perman- ent roads confirms many in the belief that the purpose Is to delay the mat ter until the fall when the political capital can be made of the event.
 Confidence is expressed that the Board will support the demand for the new pavements, if it is ever pres ented to them. but every weeks de- lay removes the possibility of any thing being done this summer.
 A Welcome Home Dance will be given at Botsfords Dance Hall next Tuesday night for the returned SOL diers and sailors A great many tick cts have been sold and the affair promises to be a great success social ly and financially. A. S. Teeftel is chairman of the committee of ar engagements and Teeftels orchestra will furnish the music.
 Robert Proctor the we'll known athelete and member of the Devon Hose Company has offered his ser vices to the Atheletic club of the Union church in case that the club Is revived.
 At a meeting of State Highway Commissioner Bennett and the select men of Milford and Stratford and the county commissioners of Fairfield
 
 opinion of Commissioner Bennett that there should be two eight foot side walks on the new bridge which is to span the Housatonic river. The plans at present call for but one walk. It Is estimated that the additional walk would necessitate the expenditure of about $1o0,0O0 above the former es- inmates. That it would be of great benefit there can be no doubt With only one walk the danger from ac- cidents to persons who would be ob- liged to cross the road at this point where automobiles, and the trolley cars make such an act very dangerous would be vastly more expensive than the small additional cost.
 The property abutting on. the side that is favored with the walk would without doubt increase in value while the opposite side would decrease as no one would want to reside where they would be obliged to cross the road before they could walk over the bridge.
 The property on both sides of the river is being rapidly developed into residential sections and 1t will be matter of only a few years when the walks will be necessary to accoma- date the foot traffic.