The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-18

property at the Center has passed to the ownership of Miss Amelia De Wolfe and mother who finally con- cluded to accept a quit claim con- Veyance from the town. The price was $35O and the new owners are to occupy the house at once. 4' The newly elected officers of Red ding Grange are. as follows: Master, E.. P. Sanford overseer, H. J. Ken mel; : lecturer, Mrs. Frank Mehan; George. Russell; assistant steward, Benjamin Parker; assistant lady stew ard, Myrtle Beck; ,gatekeeper, Her. man Smith; secretary Mrs. E. P.t San ford; treasurer Milo Osborn; Faoro, Florence Sanford: Ceres, Esther 1Ost- ling; Pomona, Mrs. H. J. Kennel; pianist, F1orencez Sanford: /
 The. assessors will finish their. work In one OF two more sessions They have spent part of two days in per sonaI inspections of property and are to devote another day to viewing prop erty in the Ridge section where most of the valuation increases on houses have been applied. How much these increases will total has not been fig ured- up, but Assessor Gorham esti-e mates the. entire increase at about $100, 900 of which perhaps one third represents new buildings. The board has not in all instances made a sep arate appraisal Of barns and other buildings apart from dwellings, but only2in those cases where the former valuation did not seem to give a fair appraisal of the group of structures considered as a, whole. .t.s
 Dramatics, gymnastics, music and. dancing will be comprised in the en- tertainnent with which the new an nex of the Sanford school gym is to be opened to the public this evening. The schools electric light system has been extended to the gym both for footIights and general illumination, the wiring having been. done by two of the pupils from the knowledge they gained from the first installment of the plant When the new stage re- ceives it's equipment of scenery it will take the lead for theatrical purposes among the public halls of the town, the others being Grange haIl,. the Mark Twain Library and the public hall in Georgetown
 John Muennich has removed the sale sign from his dooryard fcoincid ently with extensive alterations which he is making in the interior arrange. ments- of his residence, these being designed to render it more comfort able during: the winter, The changes include the building-sof an addition, with cellar, at the southwest, corner The dining room and kitchen are to be located at the south side of the house so as to obtain sunny expos. ur6, W1IQ+5tn6 living room next the rear. The work calls for a gem eral read5ustment of the plumbing and when all else has been done MT. Muennich will place a pool table for private use in one of the annex apart ments.
 The members of the Episcopal church will meet in the gym tomorrow Gri- day) for the purpose of tying greens with which to decorate the church for Christmas. Next Tuesday anoth- CT gathering will be held for the hanging of the decorations. There is to be no Christmas eve service and that on Christmas day will begin at 10 o'clock On Saturday evening at 2 o'clock there will be an entertain ment at the rectory for the children with a Christmas tree and other in-s teresting exercises.
 Harold Sanford, Yale Scientific De- partmert, s1S, is filling aspositiorl,- with the General Electric company at Schnectady, N. Y. He arrived there while the. recent strike was at it's height and had about scopc1uded to start homeward when a settlement was reached. He will reach home next Wednesday for the holidays.
 A displacement of type made blind reading of one paragraph in the re- port of the Sanford golden wedding last week. With the omission sup piled the statement would have read that Mrs. Sanford's surviving brother is the Rev. E1bert Miller, who is a presiding elder of the Methodist church and who has been located most 1y in Iowa during his ministerial ca reer.