The Press., 1914-12-16
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 E l. D. Gary has added garage to his livery business that will accomo- Idate eight autos. He will also have a repair department. There will be a social dance at reutonia hall Saturday evening the 26th. An oyster stew will be served free Tickets, 25 cents.
 Miss Nettie Brown, who has been Iteaching in the tenth district, has lhandel in her resignation to take effect at the close of the school term.
 The plans for the community lChristnas tree are nearly perfected, and the program will be published Inext week. The exercises will be .eld on Christmas night.
 \ The Country club and the Business lMen's association will hold a joint assembly at the club rooms on Friday evening, Jan. lst. Hatchs' orchestra of Hartford will furnish the music for dancing. The tickets will be $1.5O.
 The regular monthly social of the Stafford club will be held Friday evening at their rooms. In addition to the regular program of cards and dancing the committee have engaged a reader, Miss Ruth V. Adams of Hartford, to give a few selections Gard playing will start promptly at 8 o'clock. The committee in charge consists of Dr. 0. B. Tschummi, Har- old Pinney, Angus Park, R. M. Fisk and H. B. Jones.
 BOROUGH ELECTION.
 As there was only one ticket very small vote was called out at the borough election on Monday. The fol- lowing is the vote and ticket elected: Warden, J. M Leach 66 burgesses for three years, E. E. Penny, 66, A. W. Kingsbury 67, A. I. Mitchell 67; clerk and treasurer, W. H. Heald 69 :; collector, P. J. Murray 68; bailiff, T. J. Hayes G6; assessors, H. O. Butterfield G6, M. P. J. Walker 65, E. K. Taft 57; board of relief, H. s. Abel GA, Anthony Adams 65, G. J. Frazier 65; registrars, George Sis wick 6G, David Bissett 67. The burgesses holding over are l.. H. Stevens, c. P. Hodgson and O. H. Meyers. At the business meeting held at 3 o'clock tax of mills, the l same as last year, was voted. An amendment adding a half mill to the tax for the purpose of reducing the borough debt was introduced, but after quite discussion it was with drawn. During the discussion the reason for the increase of the debt was stated to be on account of the exS pense on West Main street where the state tar bound macadam was laid. ] As the regulation width of a state ! road is only 16 feet there was quite ] a space between the state road and | the gutters on both sides of the street | that would not have been included. The state highway comm miss:oner re- quested that the borough fill in this | space the same as the state road. In | consideration of the commission grant l ing the state road in the borough his | request could not be reasonably re. fused. There were also unusual ex- pense of permanent improvement on Prospect street. If it had not been | for these a payment could have been l made on the borough debt.
 
 The article in the warning to see if the voters would instruct the | borough electric light committee in the matter of additional lights was referred back to the court of bur- gesses for further investigation. The article to see if the voters would in- struct the court of burgesses to pur- chase a portable stone crusher was laid on the table for year for in- vestigation.
 It was voted that the fiscal year of the borough be closed at the first meeting in October and that the borough clerk be instructed to pre- pare the years statement showing the affairs of the borough October 1st, also increase or decrease of debt. Said statement to be printed in The Press before the regular caucus for nomination of borough officers.
 The borough report shows an in- crease of $2O55, making the present debt $17,5OO. The following is the summary of the report:-
 
 Receipts. Cash on hand per 10th report, $26. 67 ! Licenses, 148.OOI West Main Street Macadam, 75O.OO Town of Stafford, Highway
 apportionment, 2,80O % State tax, stocks and bonds, 746.O7 Borrowed Money, 2,5OO. co Sewers-West Main Street, ;
 and Converse Avenue, 892 s2 West Main street sewer"Ex- .
 tension, 165. s9 John R. Parkhurst, (sewer @'s'
 entrance), 5000 Business Mems association,
 for teams, 18.7OI Setting curh-High street
 and Fisk avenue, T 83.35 Setting curb-prospect street, 22.8O Lucy A. Penny, conservator, ,,.
 labor and supplies on wall, 23. 36 Taxes, list 1912 '' 22.OO Taxes, list 1918, 9,196.46
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