The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-22
BEDDING

chinery breakages has caused nearly | Gilbert & Bennett shops in George town during the past week. The first occurred last Thursday in the breaking of the crank shaft and blowing out of the valve head of the largest of the plants steam engine. Fortunately for the engineer he was on the side of the engine opposite the break when it happened and so es- caped the flying fragments of metal. On Saturday another engine was put out of commission by the breaking of it's four foot belt, causing damage to the amount of about s1,000. On Monday the rope system by which an- other engine was operated also went to pieces, making close to com- plete tie-up of the establishment As soon as the damages are repaired the shop will be run part of the night in order to make up for the production shortage due to the accidents.
 Fifteen new members qualified as voters for participation in the pro- ceedings of the annual parish meet ing of Christ church held on We'd nesday afternoon of last week at the Community House. This membership in the parish in its aspect as a legal corporation was acquired by a for nal expression of attachment to the doctrine and discipline of the church, the other class of voters being the communicants Officers for the en- suing year were elected as follows: Senior warden, W. c. Sanford; junior warden, Phi1o J. P1att; clerk, D. S. Sanford; treasurer, Benj. F. Bassett. The vestry chosen consists of the above named and A. G. Barnett, E. F. Sanford, F. W. Roseneau and F. D. Mabrey D. S. Sanford and W. c. Sanford were elected delegates<to the 1 Diocesan convention
 The treasurer reported a balance of $S8 in the treasury with all bills paid. For missions there had been 1 contributed $169, although the par ] ish's quota was only $131. For the coming year there had been pledged total of s1,S7o by 96 contributors as against $4S1 last year by 33 contribu- tors. As a committee to cooperate in the work of getting a new rector i there were appointed MT. and Mrs. : w. c. Sanford. M. and Mrs. P. T. ! Platt, MT. and Mrs D s Sanford and i Mrs. Cyrus Brewster. It was voted 1 that direction of Community House ! affairs be placed with the committee which conducted the recent church 1 campaign, the members being Mir. and Mrs E. P. Sanford, MT. and Mrs. P. T. Platt, Mr. and Mrs. W. c. San l ford, MT. and Mrs. F. W. Roseneau, MT. and Mrs. F. D. Mabrey and Cy- rus Brewster. About thirty sat down l to the dinner which followed the 1 transaction of business the bill of fare consisting of hot roast beef and ] accessories
 i Sundays gale brought snowdrifts 1 which obstructed travel in different i parts of the town, the worst block 1 ade being at Sunset Hill. Major Tup- per started from Bethel in his Ford at 8 o'clock, but after a three hours l struggle got only as far as the Lutt- | gen place and had to turn back.
 Parties of shovellers had the roads | open by noon on Monday.
 A chimney fire at the residence o1 1 Mrs. Marietta Lyon last Wednesday l afternoon occasioned considerable l alarm for a time as a violent wint was blowing. It started in an ac.
 cumulation of soot at the stove pipe
 hole in the room occupied by Mrs
 Lyon, but fortunately did not extend
 much further up the chimney and wa:
 extin guished by prompt and Skillfu
 work on the part of Clinton Sanford
 Joseph Busser and Joseph Kratky.
 Young ladies of Georgetown hav' l arranged for a Leap Year party to b.
 given tomorrow evening at Miller Hall. In the capacity of scouts tn
 ladies will round up the male guests
 provide the music and refreshment and assume the initiative in sucl other respects as circumstances cal for.
 While working at ice getting 70 l Albert Williams last Thursday Denni Ryan was severely injured by fallin 1 from load of ice and strikin against the edge of an ice cake 0 :. the ground. Four of his ribs wer :. l fractured by the impact and it will b 0 several weeks before he recovers fror @ the disability.
 Feb. 12 has been selected as tn - date and Grange Hall as the place fo y the opening performance to be give
 by a minstrel band of local talent fC g the benefit of the town hall fun f Other performances will be given
 the Mark Twain Library, at Stepne
 and probably at Georgetown.
 Two cases of measles supposed
 have been contracted in Danbury, q
 ve1oped last week among the pupi ' of the Sanford school. The scho was promptly placed under stri
 l anu tI1GE0 IS LO l1hSl1hOt Cs of further spread of the eontagion. r- The fourth in the series of Georg 'o town Community entertainm ents W ie be given the school assembly hall 7' Saturday evening Of this week. The ten-year-old son of Frank Mic 'i erson, whose family make their sur
 mer home at Bedding Center. W 1s taken down with appendicitis and q now at a hospital in New York ava; K ing an operation.
 m MT. and Mrs H. s. Barnes, MT. al H. Mrs. H. Sanford Osborn, MT. and M
 P. Platt and Mrs Cunningham g ls tended the lecture given at Danbu ac last Saturday by Coningsby Dawso is the English author and soldier. ng Mrs. EFbert Sanford entertained he Wednesday evening of last week nd bridge for the young people. Aft
 refreshments dancing was enjoy
 Those present were Miss Mum, M
 Wick, Miss Rurnsey, Earl You,
 Dwight F'anton and Clinton Sanford
 The intake pipe of the Sanfe
 school water system froze up the | ter part of last week and two da
 l work was required to restore iowa