Republican farmer., 1920-08-13
BEDDING

 at Putnam park for the soldiers memorial exercises, the crowd being estimated at from three to four hun- dred and composed almost wholly or townspeople. At the morning ser vice, Rev. MT. Cook offered prayer and Rev. MT. Cunningham made the address with "Service" as its subject. He urged that the, element of Chris tian service should be the guiding principle in all the relationships with our fellow men. The afternoon speak CT was Rev. Father Kennedy of Beth el, who spoke of the occasion as a continuation of the Welcome Home demonstration of last year. His central idea was that we should con- stantly strive for hetterment of the home with perfection as the aim. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Lewis The exercises included several well executed violin solos by Michael Lauro, a teacher in the New York public schools, and the reading of a poem by Henry Canfield of phrase of "Bingen On the Rhine" which Mr. Garfield composed on the spot He also narrated some of his recollections of the Bedding of half a century ago. The singing, led by Rev. MT Cook, was by a chorus made up of local choir members, small organ being used for the ac- compartment. A large part of the crowd brought lunch baskets, and during and following the meal did much neighborly visiting around the tables. The collection, which will go to the fund for providing a memor- ial tablet for the Bedding service men and women, realized $37.
 The recent bringing of suit for di- vorce on the ground of cruelty by Alfreda F., wife of Mark H. Dewsnap of the Topstone section, was a great surprise to their acquaintances as the couple, who are of middle age, ap- parently lived in the utmost harmony and there had previously been no in- dications of a rupture. They have two children, a daughter and son. MT Dewsnap has for many years conduct ed a large dairy farm of which he is the owner and at the same time car ried on business as a travelling glove salesman, being in the latter capacity we'll known to the trade over wide territory. The wife's action includes a claim for alimony and in connection with that phase of the proceedings, she has levied attachment on all the defendants property. Her complaint sets out the allegations that he is worth s30,
 The list of those designated by the selectment as jurymen for the coming year is as follows: Eugene Adams, Hull Bartram. Ezra E. Bartram, Ed ward M. Bradley, Michael Connery, Augustus S. Churchill. Joel Godfrey, Albert A. Gorham, William B. Grum- man, Gershom Hill. William E. Ha- zen, W. Fl. Hill, F. A. Judd, Harry A. Lounsbury, Rufus A. Lyon, Milo l.. osborn, Charles O. Perry, Robert Rider, zalmon Read. Walter P. Row land, E. Burr Sanford, E. P. Sanford, iElbert M Sanford. w. c. Sanford, Herman W. Smith, L. s. Warner and Charles Woodson-
 With the raising of funds towards quite an important and ambitious un- dertaking as one of it's objects, this undertaking being the building of a Community House, Fire Co. No. 2 will stage an old fashioned c1ambake in Brookside Park at o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 25- An expert has been engaged to pre- pare the feast which will comprise all the ingredients belonging to a first class bake including fish, chick en, and white and sweet potatoes Brookside Park was formerly used
  gatherings, but ceased to be thus util- ized when it passed to the ownership of the New Haven railroad about 2i years ago. A site for the building to be erected by the fire company has been donated by Sanford & Wheeler, proprietors of the West Bedding store located in the structure which also serves as a depot. The site is close to this building. The Community House is to meet the re- quirements of the fire department | and also serve as a center for neigh borhood social activities. Should the | evening of the 18th prove stormy the b<aks will take place on the next fai1 | evening.
 Arrangements have been complet- ed for four of the half dozen oper l forum meetings which will be held | under the auspices of the Mems club | The first IS appointed for Aug. 21
 with Henry F. Gilbert, the music ] composer and publisher, as the speak. 1 CT. An illustrative feature of the lecture will be the rendition of two of NIT. GiLbert's songs by the Countess Turczynowicz. Richard Dodge O Washington, Conn.,, head of the Earn l Bureau movement, will address tn. second meeting. the date of which ii l Sept g. At the third meeting or 1 Sept 1 the speaker will be Dr. Geo l B. Vincent. William Allan White
 the noted Kansas editor and novelis and one of the leaders of the forme i Progressive party, will be heard O,
 the subject of Prohibition at the mex
 meeting, the date for which is yet t. be fixed The first of these meeting
 will take place at the terrace on tn
 Sanford school grounds and the oth
 ers in the school gym.
 Another unpleasant episode addin,
 to the series produced by the un
 friendly relations between Mrs. F. A
 Ranney and Duncan Gray, neighbor at the foot of Bedding Glen, occur
 red on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs
 Ranneys son, aged IA, was leadin
 with a long rope a heifer from Gray
 land when Gray appeared carryin
 two clubs one of which he threw. l
 barely missed the boys head am
 striking the heifer set her off on
 wild run. The boy pluckiIy held t the rope until forced to give up iron exhaustion. He is in rather deIicat