New Britain herald., 1915-01-18
Berlin News.
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reason, their assessments were | boosted ten per cent All the ten per l cent. additions amounted to $10,330, ! which is more by S3,995 than the total or additions made last year. The total assessed aceraee of the | town is 15,S14, the Worthington dis trict contributing 6.1S5 and Kensing- ton 9,629. There was no change in the acreage during the year
 1t will be seen by a glance at the list, that the Kensington assessments amount to s47,624 more than those for Worthington. Exemptions of thirty two property owners amount to S19,502
 The board of assessors is composed of George E. Carter, Judge Willard 1. filling and Fred Hubbard. MT Hubbard became seriously i'll with pneumonia soon after the board began making up the list, so the greater Iart of the work devolved upon the remaining two members. The basis for the pricing of the property was made, however, before MT Hubbard was obliged to give up his duties. The number of lists submitted to the board was s14, fifty-seven less than last year. The total number of nom residents holding property in Berlin is 172, and the value of such property is s391,03O.
 Board of Relief to Meet. In compliance with the state law. the board of relief. which is composed of William H. Webster, Ira Baldwin and Thomas c. Pagan, will hold their first session for the present year. Mon day, February 1. at which time any
 
 take appeals from the judgment of the board of assessors and request de- auctions of the amount of indebted ness from their lists, will be given hearings.
 Death of Former Resident. The news of the death of Mrs Charlotte M. Smith, widow of Rev. Wilder Smith, a former pastor at the Berlin Congregational church. will be received with regret by the local 1 people whose privilege it was to make her acquaintance.
 Mrs. Smith died yesterday at the home, of her sister. Mrs. Charles T. Wells of Hartford. after an illness of several weeks. She was the daueh- ter of Gustavue F. and Lucy T. Davis of Hartford and was born in Litchf1eld 1 seventy-four years ago.
 1 Mrs. Smiths husband was we'll known as a Congregational minister His first pastorate was at the local church and. after serving here be- tween the years 1862 and 1869, he went to a passionate at Milwaukee, Wis.,, and Rockford, H.
 The deceased was endowed with great intellectual vigor, of rare un- selhshness and gentleness of character. She was a member of the board of managers of the Hartford Orphan asylum since 1883 and for ten years, she was its corresponding secretary. Mrs. Smith leaves sister. Mrs. George F. Taintor, a brother. Fred erick W. Davis; two daughters, Mrs Charles T. Wells and Miss Alice Wilder Smith, and four grandchildren. {. Alice Bradford. John Strong. Esther Ellsworth and Charles Bradford Welles.
 At the time of Miss Louvie Warren's funeral. Mrs. Smith made her last visit to Berlin, and at that time she re- newed acquaintances with a number of her old friends. She was a great friend of Miss Warren's mother and. after her death. frequently visited the daughter.
 Apples Take Drop.
 Apples took a sudden drop Satur- day noon, despite the fact that it was not recorded In the market quotations. The unexpected drop occurred as the king bolt on a peddler's wagon broke near the railroad bridge and let the bcdy of the vehicle down with a crash.
 The wagon was we'll loaded with apples, which scattered all over the road when the accident occurred.
 Box Lunch Social.
 There will be a box lunch social at the meeting of the Berlin Grange tomorrow evening. Each lady mem Der has been asked to prepare a lunch for two and upon the men will fall the task of placing the eatables in boxes. Finding upon a slip accom- panying the lunch the name of the woman who prepared it, each man will be required to hunt her up and take lunch together with her. The proceeds of the affairs will be ap- piled to the ever-swelling building fund.
 During the evening the newly elect l ed officers will be installed.
 Berlin Briefs
 The funeral of Mrs. Caroline Bald | win, wife of Selectman Newton w | Baldwin, will be held at ? o'clock 1 tomorrow afternoon from her late l home, the Rev. Carleton Hazen pas l tor of the Kensington Congregational l church. of. which she was a member, l officiating.
 Mrs. George A. Brooks of Meriden l spent the weekend with her father, | Julius A. Hall of this town.
 On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday |