Republican farmer., 1920-04-02

singing and singing by the Center School quartet closed the exercises
 The next meeting of the Mems cluE will be held with D. s. Sanford on the evening of April Is. The speaker is to be an electrical engineer con nected with the technical staff which built the Stevenson dam and it Is hoped he may furnish some counsel in aid of the project to supply a sys- tenn of electric lighting for the east side.
 As was disclosed at the monthly meeting of the town school commit tee last Friday an inspector who was sent from Hartford by the State Board of Education to inspect the Unpawaug school found sanitary con- dftions in the building entirely satis- factory. Lloyd B1aekman had crit- cized these conditions when ques- tioned by Supervisor Sylvester last fall regarding his reasons for not sending his child to the school and hence the inspection. What MT. BBack- man said in dispaTagement was only repetition of what had been said by {; the local health officer. The super visor reported to the committee in reference to the non-attendance mat ter that the child was being we'll in-
  i former school teacher, and that as a register was being kept no cause for conpladnt now existed. The plan of securing a nurse for the schools was discussed by the committee and aP- proved and will probably be presented to the town meeting soon to be held for the purpose of fixing the tax rate. l Several real estate transactions in Georgetown have occurred within the past week. Ira w. Mead has sold fol l $3,500 his place, a dwelling and sew eral acres of land. te H. Hoffman, Jr. an employe of the wire will MT 1 Mead wiM remove to tNorwalk. The Digney place on Peacea;ble street has been purchased by Wesley E. Stiles of New York. Rufus Eastman has given up his lease of the William Mar tin place and will remove to Soutt 1 iNorwak where he has bought 2 house. The Wallace Williams prop. erty has been occupied 1by the Branch. ville parties who recently purchased it 1 Charles Read whose health hat | been failing since he suffered a shocl
 in October last, died at his home il
 West Bedding last Friday. His az
 was about 76 and he is survived b.
 his wife, a son and a daughter. 'Pinafore and After,'' which sound
 mysterious and impressive, but mean only the minstrel show which ha
 been for some time in preparation
 will be given at the Sanford Schoo
 gym on the evening of April 23. /
 crowded house may safely be pre-
 dicted for it.
 Two uniformed representatives o
 the Salvation Army were in town las
 week on a canvassing trip. To peo
 pie wearied of many drives" thei
 modest suggestions that quarter O
 10 cents would be acceptable had
 refreshing sound.
 Mir and Mrs. Lyman Beers gave
 party at their home at the Ridge ol
 the evening of the 17th, in observanc
 of the hosts 57th birthday. Musi
 for the dancing was furnished by Mi
 Beers, violin, and George Kicks, ban jo. A bountifu1 repast was served
 A preparation service for communi
 cants will be held at the Episcopa
 church on Saturday evening at 7:3 l o'clock. The Easter Day services ar Holy Communion at 7:30 and 10:4 a. m.. and evening prayer and Sunda
 school at ' D. m.
 John Colley has sold to Fred liar
 tell of New York about half an acr near the West Bedding station, as bungalow site.
 Fire Go. No. 2 and also Go. No. will hold meetings next Monday even ing, the former at the Comfnunit | house.
 w. E. Banks and Morris Britts ar arranging for a dance at Grange ha on the evening of April 16. The Woman's Missionary Auxiliar
 will have a supper and whist at tn
 Community house on the evening C
 April 9.
 Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Pat , rick's church will be celebrated at
 o'clock instead of the usual hour of
 Travel is still a difficult and adver turous undertaking with mud an |. coHapsing road surfaces succeedin . the recent snow obstacles. As usu: : in the spring the Sunset Hill route 1 a trail of tribulation.
 The Democratic town committe 4 has issued a call for a caucus to | held at the town house at o'cloc F on the evening of Thursday, April 1 |. for the purpose of choosing delegate ,r to the state convention to be held { y New Haven on May 5.