Republican farmer., 1920-05-28
BEDDING

Redding. May 27-The public is greatly pleased with the good pro- gress the trunk highway is making and to an equal degree aggrieved over the manner in which construc- ton work has been carried on across the Ridge. The principal cause of complaint was the leaving uncovered for several days of the broken stone latd the whole width of the roadway for nearly half a. mile above Pine Tree corner a condition destructive to auto tires and horses hoofs. In the last few days methods were i'm proved by more closely following the deposit of coarse stone with a surfac- ing of screenings which relieved the harshness. Another grievance results from the passage of five ton trucks carrying the stone over the lower half of Sunset Hill and the consequent rutting of the dirt road way, so that it has become almost impossible. The breaking down by i the trucks of one bridge on the Put nam Park road and the fact that other bridges are out of commission by reason of replacement work made this diversion of traffic necessary to avoid delay of operations and de- Iayssa are undesirable from every point of view. However, law provides that whenever the State Highway de- partmeRt damages a town road by the use of trucks with a capacity of more than three tons the state shall make good the harm so done and therefore the town will obtain reparation un- less the seIectmen are negligent in the matter of putting Tn a claim. A minor damage item is the smashing of the large drainage tube in the roadway near the Ridge school house. If loud and general complaints are of any effect the contractor will hereafter amend his style of opera tions so as to cause less inconvenience to the travelling public.
 All who attended the performance of the operetta Boy Blue'' at Grange hall last Friday evening, and the au- dience filled the hall to overflowing, pronounced it one of the most charm ing entertainments in the towns 8 amusement record. For the signal ! success achieved equal praise is due the two score children of the public schools who took part in the produc- ton and Mrs. Lemuel Sanford who , trained them so admirably for the task. A specially attractive feature was the ffref1ies chorus by ten little girls costuned in red who flashed internationally by the aid of electric torches and who danced and sang in a style most pleasing to the eye and CT. Another taking feature was that Furnished by four boys impersonating frogs. All the numbers were tune full and well sung and the scenic ef- fects and graceful evolutions of the small actors made up a delightful combination. Most of the action was supposed to mirror the dreams of Little Boy Blue while he was '-und a haystack fast asleep" The enter tainment netted about $40 for the town haT1 fund.-
 Cancer proved to be the cause of the stomach troubles which made John Rollig an invalid for the past ~- three years and brought about his death on Friday last at the home of Albert Fearon in Easton. He was a well known character whom every one called "F'ritz" a distinctively Teutonic appe7lation decidely out of accord with the ma1edictions which he poured upon the Germans and all pertaining to them from the time the world war started. His violent animosity in this respect was due tc his Alsation birth and the fact that the F'rancoLGernan conflict of 1870 drove him from his native land and made him an emigrant to this coun- try. Many years ago he peddle6 clans through this section, but fol some time past lived, nomfnaffy as caretaker, on the former Walker Thorpe farm at Jump Hill now own ed by F. M. Jennings of Bridgeport Some weeks ago MT. Jennings hat Rollig removed to a Bridgeport hos pital, but the patient refused to sta. there and was then provided with !; home in MT. F,earon'S family. Hi death occurred a few days after hi arrival there. Fritz was about 2! years old and had no family and a far as known no relatives in thi country.
 Samuel Dfbble Sherwood, nativ, of Bedding. died recently in Spring field, Mass, where he had lived sine, early manhood and was in business a. general agent of one of the large If insurance companies. He was son O Moses Sherwood, who lived in Pleas ant Valley near the present Hoggsol place. The deceased prepared for col lege at the old Refding Institute an, subsequently, graduated from the ac ademic department of Wesleyan Uni versity at Midd1etown. Conn. Severa years ago he ran for mayor of Spring field on the Democratic ticket, b11 faRed of election. His age was abou 66. A married sister and a brother the latter an official of Western rail road, survive hipa-
 IHc SStlNdliO1 uItNe TesiuZe about $16D, a sum much below tn towns quota of $400 and still nc such,a bad showing considering that WAS locally a new cause for appes and that the larger and nearer claim of the DanhaTy Hospital were felt t have precedence. AS a further draw back Georgetown, which always re spends hlbefally when it's interest aroused, ignored the Ar1ny'S appes altngether.
 Most of the Sanford school afun1 attending the reunion arranged connection with this years commence ment are expected to arrive Sa urday. In the evening they win has the opportunity of seeing the flu dress rehearsal of the two plays to I publicly presented by the dramat association in the school sym on u Thursday following. On Sunday fo
 aner and present students will alter the Episcopal church and hear u
 baccalaureate sermon to be preache
 by Rev. MT. Cunningham. The sul
 1ect of the sermon will be ''T4