The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-27
of ownership began only about z

week since.
 Another prominent citizen. whose departure is foreShadowed by the placing on the market of his valuable real estate at the Ridge is Herbert s. Barnes, who left the practice of law in New York to locate here and en- on large scale. The venture was not satisfactorily profitable despite the elaborate character of the plant, which he rented to w. F. Roseneau about four years ago. Since then Captain Barnes has been in the road contracting business with H. Sanford Osborn and later joined 9 firm man ufacturing an auto attachment. It is understood that he proposes chang ing his residence to some point near New York. He was commandant of ReddingS Home Guards and as progressive, public spirited citizen his removal fromSthe town would be a | loss deeply regrettd.
 | officers as follows: Master, Gus Bergguist; overseer, A. H. Sanford; | lecturer, Mrs. George O. Sanford; | steward, Wm. Grouse; assistant, Jesse Cunningham; treasurer, L. c. Rum sey; gatekeepr, Charles Reynolds; secretary, E. P. Sanford; Ceres, Mrs. A. H. Sanford; Pomona, Mrs. Milo Osborn; Flora, Mrs. E. P. Sanford; assistant, lady steward, Miss Ruth Rumsey.
 The parish meeting of the Episco- | pal church last Sunday unanim ouSly | approved the proposition to purchase | the pipe organ in Derby recently in- Spected by a committee of the church and appointed W. c. Sanford agent to consummate the transaction and ar | range for the organs transfer. The total cost of the instrument and its removal here will be $1,600 which is | only about one-third of what a new instrument of the same class would cost.
 Of the $2,0o0 appropriated for re- | constructing the cross highway from hometown to the Park road about | $1,700 has been expended under the | supervision of the selectmen B. B. Banks doing the work. As far as it l has gone the improvement has been 1 carried out in the, main along the | lines laid down in the surveyors re- port. Stone was put down in places and gravel used for Surfacing. | The special town meeting to be held in a few weeks for the purpose | of fixing the tax rate will be asked l to make an appropriation towards | defraying the cost of placing SOL | diers' memorial tablet over the fire place in the new Putnam Park build l ing. here is on hand $170 for this l purpose and about $200 more will 1 be required. It is proposed to re- | move the tablet to the new town hall | whenever that structure is brought
 
 the Women's Civic League there ex- ists a strong majority sentiment for
 retaining and enlarging the present | town hall at it's present location 1n- | stead of putting up a new structure
 ol the lot purchased by the town for
 that purpose. Herein are the germs
 of an issue likely to produce a lot o1 | contention.
 A new conduit and bridge of con
 crete has been placed near the Flood
 place just east of the Center to carry
 the water of the brook there across
 the highway.
 Miss Eleanor Dayton has been call
 ed to Germantown by the illness o1
 her cousin, Miss Wilson, and vii
 probably not return to Bedding unti
 Spring.
 The Woman's Auxiliary will hold
 an all day meeting at the Communit5
 house on Thursday, Dec. 30, witt
 luncheon at l D. m.
 The old school house on Sunset
 Hill having been sold by the town
 and removed, the site which reverted
 to the ownership of Charles B
 Warehouse, has been sold by him to Vim. H. Reid. John Murphy and family moved
 this week from hometown to Bethel.
 A note in Christ's Church Messen
 ger recalls that this is the 1S8tf l Christmas to be celebrated on th' Tid~e hv succeeding generations il the parish.
 The Sanford School closed for thu holidays today (Thursday) to reope1
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