The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-14
BEDDING
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 Bedding Oct. 14.-F'ireworks had caucus on Monday night, but at the eleNSnth hour 9, compromise between tn dafwo hostile factions known as the "betters" and the ''worsers'' was reached which brought about har- mony at least it's semblance. Deputy Sheriff George S. Banks took the initiative in effecting peace be- tween the hostile factions and be- came a beneficiary of the truce as re- ceived. the nomination for represen- tative which he was after. The har- mony proposition he advanced sev- eraI days ago was the east side and the west side should each agree on candidate before assembling in eau port the others choice. Some of the Ridge element at first rejected this plan, insisting that the factions should clash in trial of voting strength, but at the last moment came over to the hatchet burying policy and as a consequence the do- inSs of the caucus were of unruffled smoothness. Between 80 and 90 were present. On the first ballot Sheriff Banks received. all except two votes other representative candidate with almost the same unanimity. For judge of probate, Fred A. Judd re- ceived all the votes with the ex- J. B. Sanford, present incumbent of the of flee and a Democrat. The RepubIi- cans have made MT. Sanford their candidate for the last ten years or more and their present rejection of him means no dissatisfaction with the manner in which he has per- formed his duties, but only a dispo- sition to pick all nominees from members of their own party.
 MT. Judd has excellent qualities, n perience in probate administration. Consequently his chances of election are slim. For justice of the peace, the caucaus named D. s. Warner, Dayton, F. A. Judd and A. G. Bar nett.
 The theft on Oct. 2 of a valuable Boston bull terrier belonging to the Countess Turczynowicz and her sister, Miss Katherine Blackwell, led to the arrest and arraignment before Jus tice Lyon last Tuesday of Joseph w. Smith and Albert Silsby, members of the construction force working on the trunk highway. The dog was sold while pup for $50, being of dis tinguished pedigree. It was found in the keeping of the Bethel dog war den alst Thursday, having been pick the same day to the owner. The evil dence disclosed that on the day of it's abduction it was upon a heavy truck operated by the defendants near the Sanford school. They claimed that it jumped on the trucks running board and was dropped off by them a few rods above the school. A witness for the state, however, testified that one of the pair picked up the dog with the remark that he guessed they would give it ride. The arrest of the pair on Tuesday morning was accomplished by Sheriff Banks after considerable resistance on the part of Smith who was yanked from the truck by the officer and continued the struggle for several minutes in the roadway and gutter. Both de- fendants were found guilty of theft and fined $1 and costs each, Smith resistance. They took an appeal to the Common Pleas court under bonds of $50.
 On Saturday morning of this week there is to occur a wedding at the ter in which the principals will be Jonathan B. Sanford, Jr., and Miss Frances Boughton. It will be a strictly family affair as to the com relatives of the contracting parties. A wedding breakfast will follow the ceremony, preceding the departure of the welded couple for a brief honey moon tour. On their return they will make their home at the former Ran d1e house at the Center which was recently purchased by the prospective groom. He is now serving his second term as a member of the board of selectmen. MT. Sanford entered war draft went into effect and attained the rank of first sergeant. His regi- ment formed part of the 27th Di- vision, when it took part with the Prit tiCI in ho JPfn n,-io oo1- on the northern end of the Hinden- burg line, the engagement being one of the most desperate and deadly of the war. During this battle Ser wounds in the head and hip, but dis regarded the first injury and con tinued to urge on his men until dis abled by the second. For this ex- hibition of persistent valor he was cited and decorated by both the British and American commanders. His wounds kept him in British hospital for several weeks, before be- ing mustered out of the service he returned to Bedding and resumed the farm The late father of the bride elect was prominently connected with the Bush Terminal Go. of Brooklyn and she is prominent in social circles in this town and Brooklyn.
 At last Saturdays session of the board of registration, 35 new voters were made, of whom all but two were women. One of them was Mrs. William Lounsbury, aged 93, who un- derwent the qualifying process seated ! in car at the town house door, the , mem bers of the registration board coming out to conduct the formali- ties.
 Mrs. Ella Case of this town and c. $. Everitt of Easton were united in marriage on Tuesday morning of this week, the ceremony taking place at the Baptist parsonage in Easton. The
 groom is a well known and we'll to-do farmer of the latter town. It is the brides third matrimonial ven- ture, her first husband having been the late Aaron Read and her second the late Burton c. Case, a minister in charge of the Center Methodist church of Bedding at the time of his