Republican farmer., 1920-01-23
BEDDING

chinery breakageS has caused nearly a suspension of operations at the Gilbert & Bennett shops in George town during the past week. The first occurred last Thursday in the breaking of the crank shaft and blowing out of the valve head of the largest of the plants steam engine. Fortunately for the engineer he waS on the side of the engine opposite the break when 1t happened and so es- capped the flying fragments of metal. On Saturday another engine was put out of commission by the breaking of its four foot belt, causing damage to the amount of about s1,000. On Monday the rope system by which an- other engine was operated also went to pieces, making close to a com plete tie-up of the establishment. As soon as the damages are repaired the shop will be run part of the night in order to make up for the production shortage due to the accidehts.
 Fifteen new members qualified as voters for participation in the pro- ceedings of the annual parish meet ing of Christ church held on We'd nesday afternaoz of last week at the | Community House. This membership in the parish in its aspect as a legal corporation was acquired by a for nal expression of attachment to the 1 doctrine and discipline of the church 1 the other class of voters being the i communicants. Officers for the en- l suing year were elected as follows: l Senior warden, W. c. Sanford; junior warden, Philo J. P1att; clerk, D. S.. 1 Sanford; treasurer, Benj. F. Bassett. l The vestry chosen consists of the | above named and A. G. Barnett, E. D Ford EF TU IN | D. Mabrey D. S. Sanford and W. c. l Sanford were elected delegates to the l Diocesan convention
 ] The treasurer reported a balance l of $88 in the treasury with all bills 1 paid. For missions there had been 1 contributed S16S, although the par i ish's quota was only $131. For the i coming year there had been pledged a total of s1.87O by 96 contributors as against $4S1 last year by 33 contr1bu- l tors. As a committee to cooperate l in the work of getting a new rector 1 there were appointed MT. and Mrs. w c. Sanford M. and Mrs. p. T. { P1att, MT. and Mrs D s Sanford and Mrs. Cyrus Brewster. It was voted that direction of Community House 1 affairs be placed with the committee which conducted the recent church l campaign, the members being MT. and Mrs. F. P. Sanford, MT. and Mrs. F. T. PIatt, MT. and Mrs. w. c. San ford, MT. and Mrs. F. W. Roseneau
 MT and Mrs. F. D. Mabrey and Cy- rus Brewster. About thirty sat down to the dinner which followed the | transaction of business, the bill of | fare consisting of hot roast beef and accessories
 Sundays gale brought snowdrifts | xrrIi nh cd n different parts of the town, the worst block ! ade being at Sunset Hill. Major Tup- per started from Bethel in his Ford al 8 o'clock, but after a three hours struggle got only as far as the Lutt- | gen place and had to turn back. Parties of shovellers had the roads
 open by noon on Monday.
 A chimney fire at the residence ol i Mrs. Marietta Lyon last "Wednesday
 afternoon occasioned considerable
 alarm for time a violent wint
 was blowing. It started in an ac'
 cumulation of soot at the stove pipe
 hole in the room occupied by Mrs
 Lyon, but fortunately did not extend
 much further up the chimney and wa:
 extinguished by prompt and skillfu
 work on the part of Clinton Sanford
 Joseph Busser and Joseph Kratky.
 Young ladies of Georgetown have arranged for Leap Year party to b'
 given tomorrow evening at MillerI
 Hall. In the capacity of scouts tht
 ladies will round up the male guests provide the music and refreshment } and assume the initiative in sucl
 other resper'- as circumstances cal l for.
 While working at ice getting fo
 Albert Williams last Thursday Denni
 
 from a load of ice and strikin against the edge of an ice cake ol
 the ground. Four of his ribs wer I fractured by the impact and 1t will b 3 several weeks before he recovers iron the disability.
 , Feb. 12 has been selected as tn s date and Grange Hall as the place fo the opening performance to be give | | by minstrel band of local talent fo 1 th,e benefit of the town hall fund l Other performances will be. given 8 = the Mark Twain Library, at Stepne l and probably at Georgetown.
 ! Two cases of measles, supposed t | have been contracted in Danbury, de l ve1oped last week among the pupil : of the Sanford school. The schoc Y was promptly placed under stric = quarantine and there is no likelihoo
 of further spread of the contagion.
 The fourth in the series of George
 town Community entertainments wi
 be given the school assembly hall O
 Saturday evening of this week.
 The ten-year-old son of Frank Nick erson, whose family make their sum
 mer home at. Bedding Center. WE
 taken down with appendicitis and Il now at a. hospital in New York awai 'e ing operation.
 'f MT. and Mrs. H. s. Barnes, Mir. an Il Mrs. H. Sanford Osborn, MT. and MT IS P T Platt and Mrs Cunningham a l. tended the lecture given at DanbuI 8, last Saturday by Coningsby Dawso i- the English author and soldier.
 Mrs. Elbert Sanford entertained C r. Wednesday evening of last week l. bridge for the young people. Aft ,d irefreshm ents dancing was epjoye
 Those present were Miss Mum, Mi
 Wick, Miss Rumsey, Earl Youn so Dwight Fanton and Clinton Sanford III The intake pipe of the Sanfol n school water system froze up the la re ter part of last week and two day as work was required to restore fiowas 1g At a meeting of the Fairfield Coul 1e ty rchdeaconry, held in Bridgepo