The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-19
BEDDING
fspecfal to The Times ]

cOnVenLlon. It IS Sa1Q the message also comprised an announcement that he (Barnes) would not serve longer as ! committee chairman, but if so the dec- hnation was not conveyed to the eau- GUS When it came to the appoint ment of delegates MT. Shaw received one vote and B. B. Banks the rest al though it has been a party rule long standdng that former representa- tives be given first place on delegs tions to state conventions. The other three delegates are Selectman Angus tus Churchill, Fred A. Judd and All bert A Gorham. MT. Gorham was also elected chairman of the town committee to succeed Capt Barnes Only seven were at the caucus, three being from Georgetown, three iron Sanfordtown and one from the Center The Georgetown wing of the party has grown very self-assertive not to sa, insurgently pugnacious when anytlln pops out which they regard as an at tempt at dictation on the part of Wha | they describe as the Ridge crowd. On of the seven informs the writer tha Capt Barnes message in behalf of Mi Shaw was felt to be such an attemr and was the real cause of the latter rejection. What particular presiden- tial candidate the Bedding delegation favors has not been made apparent ' this respect will coincide with the wishes of Leader John T. King and that Mir. King will boost some candi date other than Gen. Wood
 A letter from Prohibition Director Stremlau to John H.. Malone, relative | to the latter's endeavor to transfer barrel of cider to his home from the 1 mill in Bethel where it was made does not raise the obstacles to such a cd in ho nfH previous statements over the phone | In this conversation, MT. Stremlau | said the proposed removal to the Ma | lone cellar was expressly forbidden by | the law. In the letter he says that as | the cider was made Jan. it now presumably contains one-hah per cent. or more alcohol and there 1 fore that the taking out of a permit | and the furnishing of a bond must l precede removal. There is also given 1 the name of a licensed vinegar man l ufacturer to whom the cider may be sold. In the absence of any specific l injunction to the contrary MT. Ma 1 lone, after complying with the condi- 1 tions set forth in the letter, will con | vey the cider to his home and there | make practical tests, perhaps calling | in the neighbors to assist, in order l to reach an estimate as to it's alec | holic percentage. The purport of | the Strem1au letter accordS with the | interpretation of the law given in the first instance by MT. Walsh, collector of internal revenue for this district | and does not repeat what MT. Srem- 1au said in his phone talk about the | enforcement next year of restrictions 1 which would prevent the making of any cider or wine for home use.
 A drive to increase this towns membership in the County Farm Bu reau is in progress with A. G. Bar rett, the bureaus Bedding director. in charge of the campaign for the Center section, Capt. H. s. Barnes for the Ridge and E. P. Sanford for West Bedding. The town has IA farms, ranking second among Fair field county towns in this respect with Newtown first. but as regards bureau membership stands near the bottom of the list Present members are MT. and Mrs. D. s. Sanford, Rev. MT. I Cunningham, W c. Sanford, James Dayton. Alan Murphy, Albert Will jams, H. S. Barnes. $. c. Shaw, F. A. Judd, F. c. McFarlane. Fred Miller lC. O. Perry, MT. and Mrs. B. P. San ford, J. G. Stetson and A. H. Sanford
 The drive will close March 27, by which time it is hoped that the SC members which is the objective vii
 have been obtained. Members are
 entitled to the bureaus bulletin, pub
 tished monthly, and also to the ad ! vice of the County Agent on prob ] 1ems arising in their farming opera l tions.
 A general reunion of the alumni O
 the Sanford school has been planned
 to occur at the school on Monday
 May 30. There have previously beel
 yearly dinners of the alumni held il
 Boston and New York but these af
 fairs were mainly local as to attend
 ance while the coming occasion ha
 a much more comprehensive purpos
 and should bring together a gather
 ing of considerable size as the schot
 was established in 1905 and has ha
 an annual roster of from 30 to 4
 pupils Invitations to the affair ar
 to be extended to the old boys (
 Bedding Institute which was the pa
 rent predecessor of the preseI
 school, having been founded in 1S4
 by the late father of the presel
 schools owner and headmaster. O
 the Saturday preceding the reunion
 play will be given by the schools drs
 matic association and on the morl
 ing of Memorial Day visiting gradl
 ates and present pupils will conte
 in a ball game.
 The price at which B. P. Sanfol
 previously held the real estate
 West Bedding which he sold Ia
 week to Messrs. Sanford and Wheel
 was S16,000 and it is inferred tn
 the consideration in the transactit
 approximated that figure. Thr
 members of the Sanford families nc
 residing in the town have J. B. ~ the initials of their given names al
 bearing this fact in mind the Sanfo
 newcomer says that his signature "
 be written J. Bradley in order
 avoid complications about mail al
 other matters. Miss Myrtle Bee y who has been B. P. Sanford's ve nj l capable assistant in the conduct
 the store and postofhcfie, will take
 months rest at her home before e ., tering upon one of the several attra ul 1 tive positions which have been offer