The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-27
BEDDING
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 Bedding, Dec. 27-The Woman's Civic League, recently organized with Mrs. s. c. Shaw as the moving spirit, gave a highly successful entertain ment in the Community house last Saturday afternoon in aid of the Hoover fund to save the starving children of the Near East. On the same day w. T. Hincks of Bridge port county agent for the campaign, teIephoned Mrs. Shaw asking her to become head of the funds Bedding . committee and was gratified to learn that his purpose had been anticipated, by the first practical effort of the kind developing in any town in the state. The entertainment was in the nature of sale and supper held in an atmosphere created by scenic re- production of the conditions attend ing the landing at Plymouth Rock of the Pilgrims brought by the May flower. On the stairway was rep itself amid snow and with a back ground of frs. The hall was arrayed to represent the Mayf1ower's cabin, the entire effect being pleasingly real istic. Glorified clam chowder and pumpkin pie were features of the supper provided by the Petersons. Most of the articles offered for sale were donated and of those disposed of by selling chances a cage of IT live chicks went to Noble Warner and a ham to Mary Peterson: The entire receipts were s17O of which $15O are net
 Those comprising the various com mittees whose labors were so well re- warded are Mesdames S. c. Shaw, D. S. Sanford, Frank Meehan. Charles Hill, L. s. Warner, Bartlett Sanford Sanford. II. s. osborn, II. S. Barnes, Archer. Randolph Bradley, A. G. Barnett, B. OKeefe, H. c. McCollam, Countess Turczynowicz; Misses Ruth
 @NI, Dow nett, Terhune, Betty Shaw, Wanda Turczynowicz; and Messrs. John Car ter, E. P. Sanford and Fred Shaw. Of highly satisfying achievement and affording bright promise for the Bedding Singing society's future was the concert given at the Mark Twain Library last Friday evening, the occa- sion being the society's first public appearance. The chorus work, by Its evidence both of good material and careful training and the other num- bers were also excellently rendered and appreciatively received. An es- pecially demonstrative greeting was accorded Rev. MT. Cunningham, whose singing of "Mother Machree" brought a real ovation. Hardly the less tumul, tous was the applause given the due' by Miss Kline and Mrs. Roseneau Following is the program:
 "The, Star Spangled Banner"
 Chorus (a) '"The Elfhorns Frederick F. Bullard; (b) 70 Lovely Night J. Onenbach; "Barcarolle' from Hoffman's Tales.
 Tenor solo-''Mother Machree,' Rev. Raymond Cunningham; Ernes' Balh
 Chorus-Three old songs of the Cold Ground; (b) My Old Ken lucky Home"; (c) "Old Black Joe" Duet-"O That We Two Were Maying" Mrs. Herman Smith and F
 
 c1ough-Leighter; Cbj 70 Hush Thee My Baby Sir Arthur Sullivan.
 Solo-''The Birthday of King. Mrs Randolph Bradley; Nei2linger
 Chorus-The volga Boat Song , Russian Folk Song.
 Solo-(a) Longing" (b) ''Hi Lullaby" Mrs. Herman Smith; Carr. Jocob Bond.
 Duet-"I Heard Voice in tn Tranquil Night" Miss Klara Kiln and F. William Rosenau.
 "On the Road to Mandalay," F Bredt Nash; oiey .!e;y speaks; H7ii;auo p,oc,, smith soloists, Mrs. Bradley an W. H. Luther; Charles F. Moves.
 On Monday evening the member of the society gathered at the rector and thence repaired to the home O Miss Katherine Blackwell at tn Ridge where they presented her wit S25 in gold and a Christmas box i appreciation or ner very Capdpte ser vices as their conductor. It ls planne to soon repeat last Fridays concer at the Ridge and next to begin re hearsals in preparation for the pres entation of an opera in the early par of next summer.
 Everyone hopes that A. G. Bar nett's sale of his real estate will nc result in his removal from towr While he would prefer to remain hi stay depends on his finding anothe place that suits him. A liking fO country life, led him to leave a 1arg lron business in Pittsburgh wit which he was connected and come t Bedding to try farming. This he un hcrtook in no dilettante fashion bu strenuously and after approved scien life methods. Beginning with mil production with a large herd of Hol Steins he switched to butter makin with herd of Jerseys, subsequent tesuming the making and sale of mil which he gave up a few months sine To try the raising of Highland cattl Tor beef purposes. This undertakin has reached considerable develop hent and may be continued by MI Boss who included the herd in hi purchase. As a side line MT. Bar present is getting 100 eggs a day. Hi kreatest success has been in the grow hg of alfalfa, the farm having 1 Lcres of that plant yielding thre tropS a year. The shortage of hel baused him to first offer the propert ior sale about four years ago, bu Negotiations which led to it's chang