The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
BEDDING

1 up a budget the town finance com mittee. at their meeting on Monday 1 evening, adopted several recommen- dations to be submitted to the ad- journed town meeting for conf1r1na-
 ton. One is the system of biennial i election of all town officials, the i election to be held in the years be- 1 tween state elections, and another | provides for the collection of taxes in the spring in order that the income may be applied to current year ex- { penditures instead of being one year 1 behind as at present. Still another i is that the selectmen and the road
 committee ampify their reports, now l confined to figure tabulations, with
 review, explanations, comments and recommendations short that they make something of an excursion into l the literary field for the better en- 1 lightenment of the public. Also that l the school committee do likewise in- 1 stead of letting the supervisor have l the entire say.
 1 The total of the budget Is S26,0 ,050 1 as against s26 990 last year. The al- ! lotments include S1,000 for improv- 1 ing the crossroad from hometown to 1 the Putnam Park road; S1,O00 for i permanent road improvements else 1 where, and S1,000 for the sinking 1 fund. For the replacement of high 1 way drainage conduits there was all l loted s1,5OO, of which s1,0OO was 1 designated for concrete or metal con struction, and $500 for wooden i bridges. For schools the amount is 1 S7,Soo, an increase of $500 over last 1 years allotment. The amount named i for general road repairs is S5,S5O, the | same being fixed by existing con- ] tracts. The other items are prac- 1 tically the same as those of the past i year. The budget calls fir a tax rate i of about fl mills computed on the 1 present grand list. Last years rate was 15 mills. The rate will not be 1 fixed, however, until after the making
 up of the coming grand list to which l 1t is to apply. As this is the year i fixed by statute for a detailed ap- l praisement of property to be made l by the assessors after personal in l spection the next grand list may i show a greater variation from it's i predecessors than is usual.
 1 The Wright building in Bethel l comprising a large store with living l apartments above, has been purchas- ed by John Muennich, who will re- move his business to it from the 1 Ridge store about the first of next 1 month. The consideration in the i deal was S3,C0O and the transaction was effected after negotiations by MT. Muenntch for the purchase of the i 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 contemplates installation of
 a library by means of successive loans of volumes from the Mark Twain
 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, 1t Is estimated, ought to pro-
 vide enough revenue to meet the
 rental and other upkeep expenses,
 amounting to between S2O0 and $500
 yearly. The initiative u 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-
 couragement 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 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 I phases of the national campaign in augurated by the Church were ou+- lined in a, talk made to the congrega- tion last Sunday by w. c. Sanford, the committees chairman. To the in- dividual members has been assigned s istricts as follows: Sunset Hill, F. 2 ". Roseneau: upper Pleasant Valley PhiIo T. P1att; lower valley, B. F -;assett and ". c. Sanford; Ridge < section, F. E. Mabrey; Center, Mrs A. G. Barnet; West Bedding, E. P Sanford. A house to house canvas. q $ in progress this week, one feature s If it being the distribution of infor nation cards, and a report of the re A suIts will be made next Sunday b! 5 MT. Roseneau. On Tuesday evenins , meeting in furtherance of the cam sd 'alSn was Ielu al lllt CIiuItIi W lII s5 Pev. W. T. Cooper, rector of St. John .a hurch, Hartford, as the speaker. An Fl other meeting of the same kind is ap a pointed for the evening of Oct. 2S t a e addressed by Rev. George L. Pain X f West Haven, State director@of tn \ campaign. The committees of Bethe g rd Newtown are to attend this meet A ing.
 ss Following funeral services conduct A zd at the home in Weston by the Rev Ss Mir. Cunning gham, the body of Ed H ward Rowland was brought here las 4 Thursday afternoon and inferred il q he Ridge cemetery. The deceaset
 was about 75 years of age and for 5 rnerly lived in Bedding. He is sur $ vived by two sons, his wife, a daugh s ter of the late Patrick Collins, hay $ ing died about a year ago.
 ! The Ford car of Attorney S. c |! Shaw had a head-on collision with ar q auto truck while rounding a corner q in Bridgeport last Thursday. MT S Shaw and his driver were in the cal at the time, but both escaped injury al On account of help shortage con-