The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
BEDDING

 Fire Co. No. i, at well attended 1 rAaeting on Monday evening, voted to 1 increase their equipment by the pur- chase of a Ford car chassis on which 1 will be mounted two of the tanks | forming part of the chemical engines | owned by the department. There are | five of these small engines which can only be got to the. scene of a fire l by haad, horse or auto haulage and ti1e need of at least one machine cap able of self travel has been strongly felt for the past two or three years. l It's acquisition would have been sooner attempted but for the suc- cession of drives seeking financial aid for other objects. The cost of the new apparatus will be about $500 and the funds needed will be raised by direct appeal to the public instead of by the slow and uncertain method of entertainments. To obtain the $500 there is required a contribution of only $1 from each of the residents in the territory served by the depart ment Of the three engines reserv- cd for use in their present form it Is planned to retain one at the Center and to place another in PIeasa mt Valley. The third will probably be let at the Ridge. Chief P. B. Nash will give the free use of his services
 
 shape. A committee consisting of MT. Nash, ex-chief Cunningham, J. B. Sanford, Jr., James Reynolds and ID. $. Sanford, Jr-, was appointed to handle the details of the undertak- ing a whole. The annual meeting of the company will be held at the Community House July 6, the cleo ton of officers being the main bus ihess and a supper and smoker beng al<=n N1Ef -f Ia~
 Much pela4ed work in the aaplica- ton of screenings al 1 sand has made the Ridge road again passable after a long period of trfbulation due to the deposit of sharp edged stones which there was no avoiding. The excuse offered for the delay in relief was the temporary stoppage of access to the contractors sand bank in Bethel, an excuse hardly adequate in view of the that the former Livernore place at the the Easton line offered a convenient source of sand supply and the further fact that conditions could have been earlier rernedied by spreading the piles of screenings already placed at the roadside. Observers of construc- ton operations across the Ridge have noted that the recent deposit of broken stone appears to be of uniform depth which would of course be right If the entire stretch had already been telfordized whereas in building the earlier State road gaps were left with out any stone foundation. This defect should have been supplied in the pres ent construction for if not supplied the completed road bed will, in places, lack the wearing qualities it should have the unfortified surfacing being ilable to frost upheavals and displace- nlerlt from heavy traffic However, the job IS supposedly being done ac- cording to specifications and under supervision of the State highway de- pertinent 1nsuring strict compliance herewith
 The buyer of the William Gorham place on Sunset Hill is John Takacs of Bridgeport The property com prases about 40 acres of which ten arc located in Bethel. The price was about S3.ooo- MT. Gorham continues to occupy the premises along with the new owner and has so far not arranged for another place of resi- dence-
 After holding last week a good bye meeting to the season and making it the occasion for a tin shower to one sof the community's brides to be the Ridge Whist club resuscitated itself on Tuesday evening for the purpose of bestowing a like honor upon Miss Emma Reid, another of those soon to be we'd Mrs F. P. Sanford has arranged for tomorrow afternoon a party at her home al which Miss Reid is to be the beneficiary of a linen shower
 William A Grouse, a former resi- dent of Bedding Center and now o1 Danhury, was seriously injured las Sunday by being kicked in the stom- ach by one of his horses while he was leading it from the stable In ap- parent pdayf1lness the animal shot out with both heels, landing them against MT Grouse's body He was thoroughly knocked out for a time but will not be permanently disabled
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 The seTectnen arranged at thei, monthly meeting on Monday to make en inspection of the repair work re. cently dome on the highways, in the early part of next week. They alst discUssed, without solving the prob 1eTn- the situation regarding the re construction of the cross Hometown highway They had arranged with B R Banks to do the job, but he ha. been unable to make even start be, cause of inability to get help anc would like to be released from tn, engagement The signs to warn auto ists of danger points in various part of the town have been delivered a Georgetown and will soon be placed in position The board will also hay, painted and provided with new rope the steel flagstaff at the Ridge
 Ome day last February while Majo TuTrer- one of the local summer col cny. was waiting at the Danbu-y Hos pital- where his wife was a patient he picked up copy of Life and no ticed the publication's offer of prize for the best titles to certain picture it contained Then and there he i'm provised a ten word title which h forwarded Last week greatly to hi surprise he received from the maga zine a check for $500 with the notic that ii was in payment of the frs prize which his title had won
 Plans for the celebration of Jul Fourth in Georgetown are practicall completed There will be a big parad in the morning with band headin the procession in its march to the ba park The afternoon program include a band concert, a ball game and othe athletic competitions There is also be an oration appropriate to the day
 A recent repair job the Sta. road at Bedding center had engage f, me motor fT,1c1~ fn brip