The Press., 1914-10-07
UNION.
Martha Richards of Westford visited friends in town on Tuesday.

UNION.
 Martha Richards of Westford visited friends in town on Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Richards were guests of relatives in Kenyonville recently.
 MT. and Mrs. J. F. Gage and niece, Inez Darling, visited relatives in town Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. G. R. Town visited friends at Stafford Hollow the first of the week.
 Miss Lucinda Town, 97 years old, from Worcester, was entertained by friends in town last week.
 The republican electors of the town will meet in caucus at the town hall on Friday at o'clock D. m., for the purpose of nominating two repre- sentatives to the general assembly, and three justices of the peace.
 The grange fair, held at the town hall on Tuesday, the 29th, was a suc- cess in every feature. Over 25O people people attended and voted it the best fair to date. During the after noon session a forest fire in the south part of the town near the residence of l.. M. Reed called number away, previous to the opening of the after noon program. This in large meass ure caused some interruption and carried away several of the main speakers of the day. A complete list of the prizes awarded will be publish ed in a later edition of The Press. The refreshment booth at the fair sold out their wares before the first delegate left for home, and the "hot dogs" served met with general ap- proval by the ladies as we'll as the young men who feel that a fair is not complete without frankfurts. Former residents of the town from Woodstock, Mansfield, Stafford, Ash ford, Southbridge, Brimfeld, West Medford were in town for the after noon. Rev. Hugh Graham of Putnam and Rev. T. A. Williams spoke very briefly along the line of social better ment and better Union. The schools of the town were closed and the boys of the schools carried out general line of athletic sports to the great admiration of their mothers and the assembly as we'll.
 At the annual town meeting and election, the following ticket was elected: Assessors, Thos. Harmon, IT,, Fred V. Horsman; board of relief, T. O. Newell, W. S. Horsman, Myron Heck; selectmen, Fred A. Moore, O. A. Proulx, Myron Heck agent town deposit fund, W. Richards auditors, Ohas Rindge, John Rizner; grand Jurors, P. E. Tyler, 0. E. Willis; collector of taxes, T. O. Newell; constables, Samuel L. Heck, Peter Thompson; registrars of voters, L. B. Booth and P. E. Tyler; town school committee, Chas. T. Rindge, R. O. Barrows; library directors, L. M. Reed, E. M Horton. Fifty-on votes were cast, two of these were thrown out as spoiled. The vote on registrars of voters was P. E. Tyler, republican, 28; l.. B. Booth, demo- cratic, 2I. W. s. Horsman, for board of relief received the highest vote on the entire ticket, 29. At the business meeting the annual reports of the town officers were read and accepted Appropriations were made as follows $35 for Memorial day, $50 for the care and maintainance of the library, $50 as a special fund in the matter of expense starting branch libraries through the town, $1, ,OOO for the care and repair of the highways, $2, ,225 for school purposes. A tax levy of 20 mills on the dollar was voted to meet running expenses of the town. A summary of the expenditures of the town during the past year as follows: Highways and bridges, $995. 15; schools, 2,339. 83; town officers, 461.25; paupers, 2O9.49; election expenses, 5.15; printing, 65.41; new machinery, 225. co; Abate of | taxes, 56. 37; annual appropriations, 1855. %; general expense, 1909. interest, 17O.S4; borrowed money paid, 2,75O.OO. The net indebted ness of the town is $2O7. 97, and we are informed through the town officials that the present financial outlook for the town is very good, that unless unavoidable expense comes up the debt will be wiped out entirely before Oct. 1915. A vote was carried at the meeting, authorizing the select. men and assessors to survey the vari- ous water ways and ponds of the town with a view to adjustment in the matter of taxation by area.