The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-25
BEDDING

lercises of theepubiic schools were held lon Wednesday evening of last week at the Mark Twain Library in the pres ence of a large gathering. The ten who received diplomas signifying that they had qualified to enter upon High school course were Helen Ash worth, Viola Favereau, Elizabeth Hes and Stuart Boddie of the Centre school, and Christine Olley, Elizabeth Klein, Augustus Reiske, Elizabeth Vaughn, William Barry and Hubert Bronson of Umpawaug. Several girl couples from their lower grade schoolmates held aloft daisy festoon- [ ed arches beneath which the gradu- ates passed in procession on their way through, the aisle to the plat form Each graduate contributed something to the program of exer- cises, Elizabeth Vaughn rendering a violin solo, Christine Olley a song with the others joining in the chorus; Elizabeth Hes an essay on "Canning" Hubert Bronson an essay on Trap ping in Redding," and Elizabeth Klein the class prophecy. The others were heard in recitations which in cluded '"rhe One Hoss Shay" by Viola vavereau, and '"The Tar Baby," sfrom the Uncle Remus collection of stories by Stuart Boddie, each being warmly applauded. Supervisor Syl- ;yoster made presentation of the dl- t1Domas with appropriate remarks. Tho address of the evening was by Rev. MT. Gilbert of Danbury, who gave the graduates excellent advice and frightened his discourse with Essveral humorous stories that were tappreciatively received. Chorus singing by the children and songs by s<he G1ee club of the Center school comprised the remainder of the Iro- gram
 i A good sized barn on the former lIfvermore place at the Easton line twas destroyed last Saturday after barn belonged to the Levi Hall sec barn beIongtd to the Levi Hall sec ton of the estate, the whole now being owned by the water company. "A MT. Hebrusley, employed by the l company and occupying the former Hall house, did what he could to ar rest the progress of the flames by throwing on water dipped from the
 adjacent brook, but his efforts and
 those of two others who joined him were of little avail and@two smaller farm buildings and the house itself would probably have been swept away had not Arthur Burr arrived with one of the chemical engines of the Red ding fire departmen The combined forces succeeded in confininS the flames to the building in which they started The burned barn was practically bare of hay or other con- tents. tca sv1 -
 Louis [. Brfnsmade, whose sudden death on Wednesday night of last sshocl<ed and saddened a large circle | nf air,fa Mrs Marietta Lyon and had other near relatives in Bedding. He was ! the son of Hobart Brinsmade, a prominent business man of St. Louis and a former residents of Bridgeport. After his graduation from the Bridgeport High school the deceas- ed entered Washington University at St- Louis, from which he graduated with the degree of mechanical en- gineer acquiring also the degree of electrical engineer by a subsequent course at Cornell. In both univer- sities he was an honor student and also won distinction in athletics. Soon after completing his studies he entered the service of one of the Westinghouse subsidiary companies in New York, whence he transferred
 to the Westinghouse Machine Co.,, ! another subsidiary. His advance was rapid ana aDOuC 11IIeen years ago he became the company's manager 5for New York city and New England, "a position which he held until about Sthree years ago when he retired to engage in business for himself as a tsuppier and installer of mechanical equipment In the full tide of high ,1y prosperous career and while in lrobust health he was stricken with the illness which speedily caused
 his death from blood poisoning, in
 lection being due to a slight rupture !of the femoral artery consequent upon a fall His age was A. He
 is survived by his wife, one daughter
 who is a junior in Smith College, and
 a son of 13- Funeral services were sheld at the home on Friday morning Hast and interment was in Mountain Grove cemetery, Bridgeport, the
 same day.
 The recent official inspection of the stown roads showed them to be in sfairiy good condition, although in the districts of each of the three contrac- tors there were noted places calling flor additional repairs. If these .places are fixed up meanwhile pay kment of the first annual installm ent
 due the contractors will be voted by
 the selectmen at their meeting on the !first Monday in July. Otherwise pay fmenC VIII pc WlLnnefd. In rerereQCe to the cross hometown road it was agreed that Contractor B. B. Banks should cart the gravel sufficiently to conform to the -'permanent inaorove- tment" standard as far as the work textended, the town paying half the scost- As the road is in the district covered by MT. Banks regular con- Etract it was considered fair that he sshouid bear the burden of the other khah. The 50-50 arrangement to meet Efheecost of repair work above the or ttffnary was worked out on the Little Nora1 road last year with satisfactory results.
 | As the selectrlen at their last meet 8ng turned down a request that they pcanse to be painted and equipped with new ropes the steel flagstaff al hfhe Ridge residents of that section vii taftend to the job at their own ex- tpense- The pole was a gift from E, tD. Adams. the New York financier and on the occasion of it's raising or tIufy 4, 1917, the donors grandson. made formal tender of it to the tow1 ,and H. Sanford Osborn, then first SC
 formally sifrified nc,