The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-12
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 Bedding, Aug. 12-Sunday's su1tri ness did not prevent a good turnout at Putnam park for the soldiers memorial exercises, the crowd being estimated at from three to four hun dred and composed almost wholly of townspeople. At the morning ser vice, Rev. MT. Cook offered prayer and Rev. MT. Cunningham made the address with Service as its subject He urged that the element of Chris tian service should be the guiding principle in all the relationships with our fellow men. The afternoon speak CT was Rev. Father Kennedy of Beth el, who spoke of the occasion a continuation of the Welcome Home demonstration of last year. His central idea was that we should con- stantly strive for a ,etterment of the home with perfection as the aim. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. MT. Lewis The exercises included several well executed violin solos by Michael Lauro, a teacher in the New York public schools, and the reading of a poem by Henry Garfield of Bridgeport, the verses being a para phrase of "Bingen eOn the Rhine" I which MT. Garfield composed on the spot He also narrated some of his recoI1ections of the Bedding of half a l century ago. The singing, led by Rev. MT Cook, was by a chorus i made up of local choir members, small organ being used for the ac- compartment. A large part of the crowd brought lunch baskets, and 1 during and following the meal did much neighborIy visiting around the tables. The collection, which will l go to the fund for providing a memor- l iaI tablet for the Bedding service men i and women, realized $31.
 The recent bringing of suit for di- | vorce on the ground of cruelty by i Alfreda F., wife of Mark H. Dewsnap p 1 of the Topstone section, was a great l surprise to their acquain tances as the l couple, who are of middle age, ap- | parently lived in the utmost harmony and there had previously been no in- | dications of rupture. They have two children, a daughter and 9 son. MT. | Dewsnap has for many years conduct l ed a large dairy farm Of which he is the owner and at the same time car l ried on business travelling glove salesman, being in the latter capacity well known to the trade over a wide territory, The wifes action includes a claim for alimony and in connection
 
 she has levied attachment on all the defendants property. Her complaint sets out the allegations that he is worth $30,000.
 The list of those designated by the selectnlent as jurymen for the coming year is as follows: Eugene Adams Hull Bartram. Ezra E. Bartram, Ed ward M. Bradley. Michael Connery Augustus s. Churchill, Joel Godfrey
 
 man, Gershom Hill. William E. Ha- zen, W. H. Hill, F. A. Judd, Harry A Lounsbury, Rufus A. Lyon, Milo l. Osborn, Charles O. Perry, Robert Rider, Zalrnon Read. Walter P. Row land, E. Butr Sanford. E. P, Sanford Ebert NJ, Sanford, W, c. Sanford Herman W, Smith, L. s. Warner and , Charles Weedson.
 With the raising of funds towards quite an important and ambitious un- dertaking as one of its objects, this undertaking being the building of 3 Community House, Fire Co. No. 2 will stage an old fashioned c1amba1Se in Brookside Park at o'clock on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 25 An expert has been engaged to pre- pare the feast which will comprise all the ingredients belonging to a first class bake including. fish, chick en, and white and sweet potatoes Brookside Park was formerly used for camp meetings and other public gatherings but ceased to be thus util- ized when it passed to the ownership of the New Haven railroad about 2l years ago. A site for the building to be erected by the fire company has been donated by Sanford & Wheeler, proprietors of the Wes1 Reading store located in the structure which also serves as a depot. The site is close to this building. The Commu ity House is to meet the re- quirements of the fire department and also serve as a center for neigh | borhood social activities. Should the evening of the 18th prove stormy the bake will take place on the next fair | evening.
 Arrangements have been cemplet- ed for four of the half. dozen open forum meetings which will be held under the susDices of the Mems club