The Press., 1913-01-29
SOMERs.

Mrs. William Joy of Amherst is
 visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Dur
 kee, for few days.
 The Christian endeavor society has
 started to rehearse for drama, which
 will be given in March.
 Miss Leonora Keeney has taken the
 position of soprano singer in the
 First Highland Baptist church choir
 in Springfield.
 Among those who are i'll are Mrs.
 Mary Evans, Orin IT. Burden, Mrs Albert Hubert, Mrs. Fred Levier and Mrs. William Burbank.
 Chicken thieves are again in evil dence, according to two reported raids on chicken houses during Sunday night. One resident lost 10 chickens and another found that he was minus 1 Monday morning.
 The postponed meeting of the grange, which was to have been held on Thursday evening of last week, will be held in the town hall to-mor- row evening. MT. and Mrs. Fred Bradley of Rockville will install the officers.
 : The following officers of the public library were elected at the annual meeting of the library directors, which was held in the town clerk s office on Monday evening: President, Edwin O.. Davis; secretary and treas urer, Ernest S. Fuller; committee on repairs, Charles L. Fuller, Dwight PeTcival and Ernest Corbin. It was voted to retain the present libra rian, Miss Augusta Lombard, and also the janitor, Vail Smith, Jr.
 Deputy Fred Bradley and Mrs. Bradley of Rockville installed the following officers for the ensuing year at the regular meeting of the grange: Master, Horace Sikes; overseer, All bert S. Hulburt; chaplain, Ernest B. Corbin; steward, Clifford J. Parsons; assistant steward, Ernest Galbraith; lady assistant steward, Miss Mabel Kibbe; lecturer, Mrs. Myron Avery; Flora, Mrs. Horace Sikes; Ceres, Mrs. John Hunt; Pomona, Mrs. Mary Evans.
 The grand taxable list of the town of Somers for 1912 is $729, 7O6, as announced by the assessors, Ernest s. Fuller, Ralph D. Keeney and Louis A. Gowdy. The following is sum- mary of the important items: Three hundred and forty eight dwelling houses, $285, 935; 17,O18 acres of land, $23O, 992; eight stores, $715O; 13 mills, $91, 49O; 374 horses, ST. $50; Swine and poultry, $545; 58 automobiles and wagons, BIO, 62O; watches and jewelry, $675; musical instruments, $4945; amount employed in merchandise and trade, $12, 500; invested in mechanical and manufac- turing operations, $25, 200.
 Members of the Union Agricultural society, which is composed of citizens of the four Connecticut communities of Enfield, Ellington, Somers and Broad Brook, are greatly stirred up over the annual meeting held in Broad Brook, at which officers were elected and the regular business transacted. It appears, according to their state ments, that the meeting was held without any advance notice being sent out to the members, and the first that many knew about it was the reading of the item in the Republican. President B. g. Fuller of Somers was immediately communicated with and he said that he knew absolutely noth- ing about the meeting, but said that he thought that the annual meeting was generally held about this time of the year. Secretary Avery, also of Somers, was then appealed to, and that official said he had his annual report and the books belonging to the society at his home, and he thought if the annual meeting was held, as re- ported, he would be liable to know about it. Nevertheless, the annual session was held, as re- ported, and the usual business of the meeting was transacted. The new officers, when questioned, stated that the constitution provides for the date of holding the annual meeting, and if any of the officers were not present, they have themselves to blame. The meeting was presided over by tenn poraEy president,a and State Senator Howard Middleton was secretary pro tenn. Members say that in the future it would be we'll to have notification sent to each member of the date for the annual meeting. The officers elected were: President, Dr. H. O. Allen of Broad Brook; vice-president, Charles H. Brainard of Enfield; sec- retary, James T. Miskell of Broad Brook; treasurer, Charles A. Thomp- son of Ellington. Springfield Repub- lican.