Republican farmer., 1920-08-06
BEDDING

again considered the default of the contractors in failing to make road repairs as ordered and decided to further withhold their pay until the work should be done. This is the longest hold up period since the con- tract system went into effect, pay ment having been due on June 1. Lack of labor and pressure of farm work are excuses offered by the con- tractors for their negligence, but now that having time is nearly over they will probably make belated amends for existing deficiencies. The Sunset Hill route, carrying an unusual amount of traffic on account of the temporary disuse of the Park road, is again in bad shape despite the re- pair by the State Highway Depart ment of ravages made early in the season.. The road to Newtown through Hopewell woods has been wholly neglected and is almost inn passable. Contractor Banks con tinues in default as to the cross road east from hometown, but elsewhere in hls district the inspectors find fewer defects than in the two other sec tions.
 On Sunday afternoon a car In which were a man and two women, got out of control at the top of a
 
 the brakes working poorly pursued an cratic course downward until it swerved against a stone~fence, part ly displacing, and finally surmounting the barrier so as to land in the ad- jacent field. It was one of those accidents which at the start threaten dire tragedy and then taper to a com paratively harmless conclusion as the car suffered scarcely any injury from 10 a mt he at all. Two other auto mishaps are reported. Last Friday the car of the Bridgeport man who operates the steam shovel for Contractor Valerie on the trunk highway job took fire from cross wires and was practically ruined. On Sunday evening the steering gear of car filled with col pred people went wrong on the long hill west of the Ridge, the machine zigzagging threateningly, but safely until it brought up against a bank near the home of James Tucker.
 Commodore Luettgen has decided to at once close his summer residence on Sunset Hill and sell off the live stock with the exception of a horse and a COW, leaving the estate in charge of a single caretaker. AL though the place comprises several hundred acres the owner has never
 
 tions as the land is of a kind not suitable for crop growing. However, a force of half a dozen men was for merly employed to look after the woodland park into which the com modore converted the territory for merly known as East Woods and to do the other work relating to the up- keep of a big country establishment. An electric lighting plant, fountain supplied with water pumped from an artesian we'll and formerly a deer park were among the features of the place. Diocesan committee, Rev. MT. Gun ningham left town on Tuesday to be absent until the 14th on trip through eastern Connecticut in fur therance of the Episcopal Churchs nationwide campaign. The campaign was practically completed last spring, but elaboration of certain of it's phases has been decided upon. In the course of his trip, MT. Cunning ham will visit some 70 parishes. He is to preach next Sunday in St. Johns church Hartford
 Notably successful in every way was the annual sale and supper given in the Community house last Friday by the Womans Auxiliary of the Episcopal church. The net proceeds were about $500 and from until the closing hour of g. all sections of the entertainment did rushing business, a keen and continuous interest being shown in the exhibit department To this members of the Pleasant Valley summer colony contributed an exhibit of fax, showing the plant through it's growth processes and thence to the developing stages of curing, carding, weaving and dyeing. Samples of pot tery, articles of beaten copper and other objects of the handicraft arts of his own production were shown by O. Britt Nash. Mrs. R. R. Walbridge donated a number of originally de- signed and beautifully dressed dolls made by herself. They were sold at S5 each although everyone agreed that in New York shops the price tag would have been not less than $25- Guests of the Ridgewold Tim contrl- buted an orange tree made servlcea- ble for the occasion as a grab bag Miss Keeler conducted successful rummage sale at a white elephant table. In addition to these ingenious devices for pleasing the eye and at tracting the cash were many fine ex- amples of embroidery and other
 
 ] these gentle arts had suffered no local decadence. The $500 which was real ized will be contributed by the auxii- l ary to the church organ fund. in | creasing it to about $500. The ob- | jective of the fund campaign is about 1 s2,0o0.
 Rev. Dr. Rainsford will be unable l to deliver as was expected the prin- cipaI address at the soldiers memorial i exercises to be held in Putnam Park 1 next Sunday, but the arrangements | committee promise another speaker of l ability for the service beginning at Ill o'clock. The World War service 1 men and the members of the local | Home Guard will form the nucleus : of the gathering which is expected to l comprise q large part of the towns | population. A basket picnic is sched- | uled for the interval between the | +1, oie-eac