The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-28
BEDDING


 monia after an illness of about two weeks. Her age was about 60- Dur ng the war she was one of the most active and efficient members of her branch of the Red Cross, having a special dexterity in the making of bandages. Funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. MT. Dobson yesterday at the residence of c. D. Meeker, a neighbor. Owing to adverse condi- tions caused by the severe weather burial will be at the convenience of the family. August Brunessen, brother of the late Mrs. Burr, and also west side resident, is now crit icaIly i'll with pneumonia
 The concluding session of the board of relief held on Saturday last, was a lonesome one, being unrelieved by the attendance of single complaining taxpayer. Messrs. Banks and Hazen, the members of the board present, deferred action on the less than half dozen appeals they have heard in or der that W. c. Sanford, absent on account of illness, might be given op- portunity for voice in the decisions. The outcome of their counsels will probably be a change of not more than $1oO in the grand list as made up by the assessors.
 The Putnam Park road is again open for travel, having been cleared of drifts partly by the trunk line con struction force remaining on the ground, and affords better way for travel than the Sunset Hill route. Some west siders are said to have grumbled over the snow removal work on the latter road as a needless expense because the opening of the other route would have suficed. So it would as regards through traffic, but in the Sunset Hill section there are quite a group of residents repre- senting important farming and other interests and six of this number could have secured a lifting of the snow embargo by a petition to the Selectmen as provided by statute. Besides it is a mail route and for the selectmen to have left it snow bound 1 until forced to action would have ex- posed them to deserved criticism and ridicuIe.
 The dramatic performance to be
 gwen by Sanford school pupils on Saturday evening, will take place in
 the school dining room instead of at Grange hall as first arranged. The cast for "A Night at an Inn," is made up of Messrs. Crenshaw, Bentley, Carr,
 D. s. Sanford, Jr., Haggerty, Deal, Wirth and Fall. For ttThe Lost Silk
 Hat the players are to be Sheffield, Burdette, Williams, Hall and Sanford. Both pieces are by Dunsaney, the Irish playwright whose work pos seses highly distinctive style. The proceeds of the entertainment are to go towards the support of the Com munity House.
 The first of the weekly meetings which the Woman's Missionary Aux Hilary of the Episcopal church will hold during Lent took place at the Community House on Wednesday afternoon of last week with a half hours talk by the rector on mission work as a feature of the proceedings. These meetings are open to the pub lie.
 Mrs. Sarah Buchanan, now occu- pying the Henry Rogers place, has rented the place in West Bedding owned by Mrs. Mckenzie of Bethel with an option to purchase.
 Among the former Bedding resi- dents who returned for a visit to their families over New Years were Homer Smith, Eleanor Sanford, Howard Luther, Helen and Maud Boddie and Douglass Boddie.
 The local visitation of influenza ap- pears to have passed, no new cases having appeared in the last few days. Neither of the two cases of pneumonia elsewhere referred to were preceded by influenza.
 Mrs. Heggamen will occupy her place in Pleasant Valley during the coming summer. The Freshman fam ly who were there last season, have rented the Fox and Waterman house fC,- v7r er1ry11
 The Ridge whist club meet on Mon day evening with MT. and Mrs. Aaron Sanford.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Rider are 1 moving from the house owned by Mrs. Howard in West Bedding to the James Rider place.
 Ezra B. Meeker, who died at his home in Monroe last week, aged 86, was formerly a resident of Sunset Hill, occupying what is now the Will Hams house. He moved from there to Monroe about half a century ago. One of the children of George P. Williams of hometown was taken down with measles a few days ago.
 So far there has been no spread of the infection from the patient. Mrs. George Banks of Bridgeport ] is making a two weeks visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Stephen San ford, at West Bedding.
 A regular meeting of Fire Co.,, No. 1 1, will be held at the Community 1 House next Monday evening. The Lenten number of Christs 1 Church Messenger contains complete | information regarding the missionary extension work which has been plan ned and only awaits the endorsement of vote by the members of the parish, having already received the 1 approval of the vestry, the Archdea- conry and Bishop Brewster. The
 proposed field of the work are the neighborhoods of Weston and Easton Appended are extracts from the ar
 sicIe in question:
 "On Jan. 18th the rector was elect i ed Archdeaconry missionary, an office | he was seeking with the endorsement
 of the vestry, for his successor in thi. parish. The work of fMissjonery
 was undefined except that he was tc
 try to carry the services and minis 1 trations of the> Church in the rura l Of