The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-06
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] the work of improving the cross high 1 way between hometown and the Put nam Park road, authority for such action having been conferred by vote l of the recent town meeting The plans and specifications prepared by the civil engineer who made a survey of the road last fall in preparation for contracting out the job will be followed to the extent permitted by the use of the $2,000 which is at the 1 seIectmen's disposition. The amount was not sufficient to secure any bids for the contract, but the expectation is that it will carry the improvement we'll forward and may possibly effect it's completion. The idea is to apply the reconstruction process to the worst spots first, leaving the better sections to await a further appropri- adon if that should prove necessary. Arran ngements have been made with B. E. Banks to perform the work and he will probably begin operations next week. He is now busy upon his regular road contract.
 Town Treasurer w. H. H1ll is still at the Danblry Hospital where he was successfully operated upon last Thursday for the removal from his stomach of a safety pin which he swallowed on the Sunday night pre- vious. He had withdrawn the pin
 
 mouth to leave his hands free to re- adjust the garment and before he re- l aliZed what had happened the pin slipped back into his throat. Efforts to expeI it by coughing resulted in it's passage downward. An x ray exam ination at the hospital showed the presence of the pin near the stom- achs exit passage with the point imbedded in the flesh. The doctors say thai ifs c0DfiDuancR fheJa 1vO1JId have caused death in 8. few days. No 1 complications have followed the op- eration and present conditions seem to assure complete recovery. MT. Hill is 75 years of age, has been town treasurer for about 30 years and served several terms in the Legisla- ture.
 1 When George Russell came from New York on Sunday last to his house, which is located on the Easton | road a short distance below Pine Tree ! Corner and has been unoccupied dur ing the winter, he found abundant evidences of a, burglariouS visitation. Entrance had been gained by pry- ing up a window. Although the only articles missed are part of the con tents of a box of tools the premises were very thoroughly ransacked in an apparent search for vaIuables and 1 ] Bureaus were ruEnnIaged and five trunks in the attic broken open and l their contents Strewn about. An iron safe box was also broken. The headlight of 8. motorcycle stored in a. small building on the premises was smashed and a tire tube cut in pieces. The intr1ders knocked the neck from a bottle containing whis key which they found in the house, l pI1 T itself. The job was a crude one like the breaking into half a dozen vacant houses at the Ridge during l the winter and in those cases no clues promising detection were left.
 According to present calculations tfis seasons operations will complete the trunk highway to point consid- rably below Pine Tree Corner. Dur ing the winter a good deal was done on the Putnam Park section in the way of blasting and in filing in where the line was changed to lower ground to straig3aten bends and improve grades From Bethel down about half the length Of the Park road has received the stone base which will be overIaid with three inches of bitun- inous mixture. Two crus9fers are turning out the broken stone as fast as it can be distributed by six auto trucks and two horse teams. It is figured that the road will be finish ed to the Five Points by July l. From = this point to Pine Tree Corner the stone base of the present state road will be aeft as it is, the dirt and gravel surface alone being removed for re- placement with the new surfaeing material. Progress along this section should therefore be rapid. The quarry at Jump HiH will probably be utilized to supply the. stone between that point and Pine Tree Corner. On Tuesday one Of the crushers was out of com mission for several hours by reason of a large hammer getting wedged in its interior. All other methods fail- l ing an acetylene flame was applied to soften the metal and thus permit removal of the obstruction.
 Although the recent town meeting withheld its sanction from the pro- position to hire nurse for the pub lie schools the town school commit tee concluded at their monthly meet 1 ing last Friday, that they possessed sufficient authority to act in the mat | ter and voted that the services of a nurse be obtained as soon as prac- tica.ble. It is hoped that one can be had before the present term closes a few weeks hence. In regard to a, pro- l form to the daylight saving plan ii was decided to let the parents of the 1 pupils settle the question by vote The verdict was for the new time SC that the school sessions will now be- gin at o'clock, standard time.
 The engagement is announced o1 Miss Emma Reid, daughter of Dr. Anna M. Reid, to Parmley Schofield Clapp. The prospective groom has a position in the main office of the United States Steel Corporation ir New York city. He served in the World War with the 27th N. Y. regi- ment- The date for the wedding has not been fixed.
 The ball team of the Sanford school won two victories last week on their home field. On Thursday they defeated the Bethels Highs, 1T to ', and on Saturday repeated witt the Hopkins Gramm>- school of New Haven, to G.
 Rev. MT. Cook of the Yale Divinity school made so favorable an fmpres. I hv h a+ the a1