The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-29
BEDDING

Bedding. July 2s-On Aug. there will be held at Putnam Park a local affair of two-foId significance, one phase being an anniversary com . memoration of the "Welcome Home" extended the returning soldiers last year and the other a Bedding Day ob- servance, by which is meant a demon- stration designed to express and fos- ter the spirit of neighborlfness and community solidarity. The general arrangements are. in charge of the committee, headed by Lieut.. Charles H. Ward. which so successfully ar :; -anged last years welcome celebra- tron. A religious tone to the event will be imparted by the participation in the program of the pastors of the /. local churches who will figure prom i inently in the afternoon exercises. Full details have not yet been planned but the morning speaker will be Rev. Dr. W. s. Rainsford, formerly of New York and now of Ridgef1eld. who is to make an address at II o'clock. A basket picnic Is next in order. The afternoon exercises are to begin at 2 o'clock and will comprise talks suita- i ble to the occasion by the clergy and others.
 Patriotism, the community spirit l 1 broader sense of the term are ex- pected to furnish the inspiration for 1 the platform outgivings. It Is also designed to have plenty of good music, vocal and instrumental. { Four young men from the Rogers & Peet recreation camp opposite Put nam Park. marred the camps pre- vtously good record by a demonstra- ton of hoodlumism last Sunday af- he. L. stones one of Albert Williams tene- ment houses, breaking most of the windows. The house was vacant but inside was stored a ton or two of ground grain in an uncovered bin. Fragments of the shattered glass fell into this, virtually ruining it for the stock feeding purposes for which it was intended. MT. Williams and a neighbor happened upon the scene while the culprits were still there and herding them back to their own reservation, lodged a complaint with 1 the camp superintendent. The lat Ger expressed profound regret for what had been done, but referred i the complaint to Duncan Gay, who, he explained, had final local jurisdic- ton as to the camps affairs. When l interviewed by MT, Williams, MT. Gay was also apologetic and regret
 
 with Frank R. Chambers, head of the Rogers & Peet Co.,, before undertak- ing to effect a settlement. He was sure that MT. Chambers would do the right thing and MT. Williams, expressing a like confidence, forbore to further press the matter until Mr. Chambers should be heard from. The camp was started about 15 years ago with the purchase of about 70 acres from TD,,t, oI,, . and has since served as an outside resort for the employees of the Rogers | & Peet clothing firm, who come in relays of about 40 at intervals of two weeks during the summer. As be- fore stated this is their first public offence.
 The Mems club has appointed a committee composed of it's officers with s. c. Shaw, H. c. McCollam, E. P. Sanford and George Pattison, as additional members, to arrange for three open forum or public meetings at each of which a speaker of na- tional prominence will be heard upon some topic of national interest. The first of these meetings will be held within a few weeks.
 Rev. Charles w. Shelton, D. D., was the speaker at the union service held in the Episcopal church last
 
 "Church Union and Work He expressed the view that while a union of the Protestant denominations in the service of a complete merger was neither practicable nor desirable there could and should be a union based on the principle of family re- lationship. thereby insuring a reten- tion of personality with mutual en- deavor toward the accomplishment of at for service as the dominating incen- tive. Responsibility he defined as ability to respond. The attendance was large and the singing excel lent.
 A week or two ago three horses be- longing to the new owner of the Gorham farm on Sunset Hill disap- peared from their pasture field and were not located until several days afterwards. It was then learned that. guided solely by their instincts, they had returned to their former habitat in Fairfield. In thus re- gaining possession of their old quar- ters they did damage to the amount of about $50, which the owner paid to get back his property.
 The condition of the town roa ds Is not what it should be although better than has been the case in some pre- vious years at this season. Because of defects pointed out by the inspectors and not remedied the selectmen, at their July meeting. held up the pay of all three contractors. As little in the way of remedy has since been done these bills are likely to go over from the next meeting also. Regarding the cross road from Hometown the situa- ton Is rather peculiar. Plans to have 1t rebuilt by contract fell through as did later plans for the days work method. The road is in the district of Contractor Banks who has done no work upon it of any kind. A sugges- ton has been made that his future operations consist entirely of gravel ling, the town assuming half the cost for the sake of the permanency there by obtained.
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