The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-29
BEDDING

Rev. Raymond Cunningham as mis- is the continued stay of Mr. as rector of the Epis- copal church here although he re- signed that position last summer to take charge of the parish at Wash 1ngton, Litchfeld county. It would hardly be expedient for him to per- form the duties of a missionary ir this county while holding rector ship in another county and in view of existing circumstances it is as- sumed that the Washington church will release him from the engagement with them upon which it was expected he would enter about the first of next month. MT. Cunningham'S accept ance of the missionary appointment and the change in previous arrange ments which it involves has the ap- prova1 of Bishop Brewster and also of the Bedding church's vestry and consequently no obstacle to the car rying out of the plan appears likely from the attitude of the Washington church in the matter. The present parishioners of MT. Cunningham would heartily approve the proposed arrangement which also accords with the personal inc1inations of the clergyman. The successful starting of the local Community House is one of the many instances of his capacity for achieving results under discourag- ing circumstances, a kind of ability which will have enlarged opportunl- ties for its exercise in his new work as a missioner.
 A letter from Albert Bigelow Paine to Harry Loupsbury, his fellow trustee of the Mark Twain Library, conveys the welcome information that the death of Andrew Carnegie will not de- prive the lfbary oe the $500 annual allowance which it received from MT. Carnegie during the latter years of his life. The continued payment of the grant had not been assured by a trust fund and was not provided for by will so that the only method of rem edying the apparent oversight was thorugh favorable action on the part Of the trustees of the Carnegie Foun da.ti on who possessed the author ity to take such action, but whose disposition in the matter remained in doubt until a few days ago. MT. Paine acted as the library's advocate In pre- senting it's claims to the trustees and has just been informed by MT. Ber- tram, their. secretary, of their favora- ble decision. Furthermore, the per- manence of the allowance has been secured by the setting aside of a $1o,- 900 trust fund consisting of securi- ties, presumably United States Steel Corporation bonds, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. It is noe yet known whether the trustees will also advance the $500 for the past year which was not paid last July, according to custom, the omission be- Ing supposedly due to the fact that MT. Carnegie was i'll at the time
 The real estate in West Bedding which Marguerite Todd, the divorced wife of John Todd, has placed under lien and by proceedings in the Su- perior Court at Bridgeport, is trying to realize upon for the collection of the $G,0OO alimony awarded her along with the divorce decree, consists of the hom estead owned by the late John Todd, the wealthy lime manu- facturer. By the terms of the lat ter's will this property was bequeath- ed to the younger John Todd subject to it's life use by the testator's widow, who is still living. Whether young Todds present interest in the prop erty can now be turned to accoun. for meeting the ahmony judgm ent is the question at issue in the pend ing court action. The defendant Tn the case is son of Arthur J. Todd, whom the late lime maker, having no children of his own, legally adopted and made the chief beneficiary of his will. To Arthur Todd was left the life use of an estate of $S9, ,00O, which upon his decease, goes in equal shares to his three children. There fore the present John Todd has 3
 &1,i t, which might also be, but has not been, made the subject of action un- der the alimony award The prop erty so far involved is valued at from
 $1o,o00 to $12,G0O. Young Mrs Todd obtained her divorce last month on the ground of cruelty and intem- perance The former wife of TodS also divorced him.
 Influenza has appeared in town
 there being now altogether about 2C cases Georgetown, which was hard hit by last years visitation of the epi- demic, has four or five and there are a number among the teachers anC pupils of the Sanford school Other victims are Mrs W. H. Hill and Mrs Cyrus Brewster. None of the cases is severe
 The making up of the tax abstract | which tho assessors completed thl. 1 week, confirms their earlier estimate | that the amount of the new grand Ns l will not materially differ from las ] years. The board. of relief will holt their first session next Monday t' I hear appeals from those aggrieved b! ] the assessors valuations. The boart 1 consists of E. B. Banks, w. H Haze1 and W c. Sanford.
 1 When the curtain rises for the min 1 streI performance to be given a Grange hall on the evening of Thurs
 day, February F, it will disclose
 scenery set painted for the occasion | by Manager P. B. Nash and showing an island in the Pacific on whicl ! four Bedding men are supposed t i have lived as castaways for the pre-
 vious 30 years The answers of thei
 rescuers to questions asked by tn | castaways as to what has happene l in Bedding during this interval ar i expected to prove highly diverting i Strung through the program ar 1 many other quips and jokelets c local flavor. Several of the favorit 1 oIdtirae meldd2es are included in tn | musical part of the program. Tn l hal