The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-04
BEDDING
Special to The Times.)

fedding, June 4.---Apart from Georgetown this town raised about $500 in the campaign for the Danbury Hospital, the amount being almost equally derived from the Center and Ridge sections as one unit and the west side as the other. The allotment for the territory was $1y500 so that re- suits fen short of it by nearly 50 per cent. Georgetown, most or whlch lies within the town limits but was made a separate district for this occasion, responded to it's quota call for S2,500 by raising a little in excess Of that sum- So that altogether the town did not do so badly.
 Speeding at the rate of about o9 miles an hour Ford car struch deep rut opposite the Episcopal church last Sunday and upon descending a1- ter a high bound. turned the adJacehl corner leading down a steep h1H- SUE gyrating wildly it plunged Into the ditch two or three rods from the cor ner and was overturned, jolting out it's several occupants who made flying trir,, in various directions but Singu- larIy enough escaped without serious injury. With some outside .help the party managed to right the car when was only slightly damaged and pro l ceeded on their way. They halied from Bridgeport and did not give their names.
 At the home in Georgetown of MT and Mrs William F.. Hazen their daughter Miss Bessie G., was unlteo in marriage last Saturday afternoon to Leonard B. Taylor, also of George- town. Rev. MT. Marks, an Episcopal minister of Wilton, tied the nupt1al knot in the presence of about forty guests relatives and intimate friends of the young couple. The bride was the recipient of many gifts from her numerous friends. "A repast followed the ceremony after which the newly welded couple departed for a short trip. The groom is one of the clerical HUrce of the GiTbert & Bennett Co.
 Ten of the alumni of the Sanford school came to the Ridge for the re- union which began last Saturday and continued until Monday afternoon. On Saturday evening they attended full dress reh earsal of two plays presented fn the gym by the present students The performance went with admirable smoothness and effect and had the ad- vantage of an adequate setting with scenery constructed by the actors un- der the guidance of Captain Bonney, one of the teaching staff who super vised the production. At 10:15 on sun day morning all attended a service at the Episcopal church and heard school sermon on '"The Sower'' deliv- . Cunningham. The ball game on Mon day morning between the old boys and the school team was won by the lat ter, to 6. Lefmuel Sanford, Herman Smith, Rev. MT. Cunningham and Bart Sanford were the home mem- bers of the alumni team. At a busi- ness meeting of the visiting alumni a. permanent organization was effected with c. Thornton of West Roxbury president David c. Sanford of New York vice president and Edward At kinson of Brookine secretary. It was voted that the reunion be made an annual event to be held at the school just before Commencement.
 This years observance of Memorial Day in Georgetown was one Of the most interesting and impressive ever held there. There were about 300 chi1- dren, each carrying a. flag, in the pro- cesson which during the forenoon marched to the cemetery and took part in the ceremony of decorating the graves Another feature of the cemetery exercises was the rendering of the Grand Army ritual by E. A. Pinckney, a Civil War veteran who acted as grand marshal of the occa- sion. He was assisted by Rev. MT. Lewis of the Methodist church, who read the prayer, and by Rev. MT. Mead, the new pastor of the Gilbert ] M ehn1Or CnurCn, WHO pronounced the benetfiction. JAS the service con cluded a bugler, stationed on a hill near by, sounded taps with solemnly beautiful effect. From the cemetery the children marched to the Methodist chapel where they were served with ice cream and cakes provided by the family of the late Major Miller.
 i Benjamin Parker, for several years identified with the meat business for . hV Sanford
 and now with the Harvey Eubbell Co. of Bridgeport, was married on ! Tuesday to Miss Marion Perry of Danbury, the ceremony being per formed at 12 o'clock noon, at St. James church in that city. Miss E;tta Perry, sister of the bride, was
 bridesmaid, and Jesse Sanford of West Bedding. best man. MT. and
 Mrs. Parker will pass their honey moon in Vermont and about June 15
 take up their residence in Black Rock avenue, Bridgeport
 During the past week the stoning
 of the Ridge road in the process of its reconstruction into trunk high
 way has progressed northward from
 Pine Tree Corner nearly to the Epis-
 copal church corner with no more regard for the travelling public than
 was shown in the earlier operations In building the Bethel end of the line
 the contractor was careful to prop
 er1y cover the broken stone after it
 was deposited so that there was left at no time more than rod or so of
 rough going, but no such considera-
 tiDn marks his recent methods, the
 usual stretch of tribulation, ruinous to aIto tires and tempers- being near
 ly half a mile What makes the situ-
 ation more agravating is the presence
 of piles of screenings dumped at the
 roadside and only needing to be
 spread to furnish a remedy. Surprise
 and indignation is expressed that the
 engineer of the State Highway de
 partment assigned to the supervision ! of the job should permit the contin-
 z7anace of such methods.
 The final meeting for this season o1
 the Ridge Whist club was held or
 Tuesday evening in the Community
 House and had unusual interest by
 reason of a diversion from the GUS
 tomary program in the form of {
 tin "s17ozrer'' for Miss Marion Archer
 whose marriage to Frank Loughin i