The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-01
BEDDING

Bedding, Sept. At the home of the bride yesterday afternoon Rev. MT. EkinS performed the ceremony which united in marriage Miss Ruth Rumsey, daughter of Louis c. Rum sey, and Dwight SiIEman Fanton, son of Iverson Fanton. a prominent resi- dent of Weston The guests number ed about 50, all relatives or family connections of the contracting couple. The latter stood beneath an arch of green vines interspersed with flowers while the knot was being tied. Pink was the dominant color in the deco rationS, gladiola5 holding a pronli- nent place among the flowers. Miss Dorothy Wood of Bethel. cousin of the bride, played the wedding march and other selections. The brides maid was Miss Brush of Rome, N. Y., another cousin, and Willard Fanton, brother of the groom. was best man. The brides costume was white satin 1 and tulle with a bridal veil adorned with orange blossoms, and she car ried a bouquet of bride roses and | lilies of the valley. After gradua- ton from Mt. Holyoke Seminary she was pupil for two years at the Phil adelphia School of EIocution and later her readings and dramatic reel | tationS have been a highly appreciat- | ed feature at local entertainments A ! repast, for which the Petersons ca l tered, followed the ceremony. Upon ! returning from their honeymoon l trip MT. and Mrs. Fanton will reside | gently built by the groom. awaits l their occupancy.
 Rudolph Bradley has sold to Miss | D. H. Mills a ten acre tract from the | lower part of his farm near the H. | c. McCollam place and the new own l CT plans to at once build a residence upon the land. She is sister of Mrs. Thomas Reid and has been su- | perintendent of a corset factory in | South NorwaIk-
 E. P. Sanford moved on Tuesday l from the place in hometown which he recently sold to the home of Mrs
 Sanford's parents on the Ridge. A few weeks hence they will occupy the F. l.. DunneH house, the Dunnells
 making their customary removal to New York for the winter.
 | Present Industrial Conditions is the subject of a lecture which Miss
 Ida M Tarbel1 will deliver at the Ridge gym tomorrow (Friday) even- ing, under the auspices of the Mems club. It will undoubtedly be well | worth hearing and is made especially timely by the near approach of La bor Day.
 The road supervision committee recently planned a special meeting for the purpose of prodding the road contractors to hasten repairs, but de- ferred it on learning that all three contractors had got busy of theil
 own initiative and were doing goo6
 work.
 John Szotak of Bridgeport has pur. chased for about $500 the little Wey.
 ser house near Pine Tree Corner, the other Brid dgeport man who previously l arranged to buy it having defaulted. 1 Captain H. s. Barnes has changed
 his plans for removing to White
 Plains, N. Y., this fall and will con
 tinue occupancy of his present home
 on the Ridge until spring at the
 least.
 The executive committee of the
 Woman's Civic club have arranged fo1
 a card party and supper to take place
 at the home of Mrs. S. c. Shaw, theil
 president, on the evening of Sept 9.
 Twenty members of the Mems cluf
 with their families motored last
 Thursday to Roton Point where they
 had a pleasant outing under the style
 and designation of a basket picnic.
 The lecture given by Prof. Blanfort
 of Columbia at the Sanford Schoo
 gym on Saturday evening attracted
 an audience of about 100 who were
 greatly entertained by the speaker:
 recital of his experiences in the Soutf
 Seas and the Far East
 Peter Heggeman of the Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn, is seri
 ousFy i'll at the summer home of hi: daughter-in-law in Pleasant Valley.
 The conva1enscence of Mrs. Joh1 | c. Read has progressed so favoralbl, !: that she will probably be discharged
 from the New York Hospital by tn end of the week.
 No one appearing in opposition tn will of Lester O. Peck, bequeathin;
 all to his wife. was admitted to pro
 bate after a hearing on Tuesday
 Laura D. Peck, the widow, was ap
 pointed executrix and s. c. Shaw an ! w. c. Sanford were appointed ap praisers.
 l A daughter was born to MT. an, Mrs. J, B. Sanford on Tuesday. The fair and festival of the Cath ) oiic church held on the Ridge las l Thursday and Friday realized ne 3 proceeds of about s250.