The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-19
ONE GRADE ADDED IN CENTER SCHOOL
 OF BEDDING TOWN
One More Step in Improve ment of Local E.duca-
 tional Methods.

5zdairee AIlr. 19-W5th the opening e Center school next month there viii be introduced an enlargement or tts course of instruction by the add!- +io5z .,f arother grade the nfz-th- This will provide for one years advance nner1t in the High school course Wnere-; as the previous curriculum covered oul4 the requirements for Hlgh schooi admission The step is one which the fesS1ssaa sschool sdprnznittee has had some sfi,sSe iT view and accords with the de- sisr1s of the founder of the H1A Acad-, er15s now merged with the Center schooI It was his purpose that the institution should prepare puplis TOT college. but the endowment Proved lns n sl1fTkcier Tt to such a1consummat1on- SO fan oxaiv the Center and Georgetown schools have afforded facilities for qualifying pupils for High school en- trance For the coming year a new teacher must be secured for the Center school as Miss Culhane, who taught the flower grades. has made an engage me1t to teach in the Middle school sOf Daubury doing this in Spite of the fact that she signed contract to con tinue her engagement here for the ccSninar year On Tuesday the com rnittee awarded transportation con- tracts on the bids submitted James sDefan ney will carry the children of the forhaer LonetoWn d1strict-1at $l-20 per day, which is ten cents below last years contract price. The SaIforu- town district went to William A. Grouse at $1.6o, a decrease of twenty cents, and the Couch Hill district to Charles Reynolds at $47O per week For the latter contract Robert Nichols was the only other bidder, his figure being. $4. .95.
 The filing by Collector Muenn1ch within the last few days of about thir- ty liens virtually closes all the old ac- counts up to the 1912 list, the few that remain being taxes on live stock or other property not HenabIe, and all for small sums. About 100 old charges. nearly all poll taxes. were disposed of by the abatements voted by the select men at a recent meeting devoted en- tfreIy to that business. There has been some fault finding over the decision to prom pity lien all accounts of the 1913 list which are not paid by Sept 15, the claim being advanced that according to former usuage these liens would not De placed until Nov. 1, one year from the time the taxes became due. This lis true, but the selectnen say that the custom has no obligatory force as the law warrants the filing of liens at any time following the expiration of one month after the date on which taxes are made payable. In placing the liens just filed and in future work of the same kind the collector merely follows the instructions of the se1ectmen who are actuated by a desire to repair pre- vious negligence and prevent it's rep etition-
 meeting of West Bedding citizens interested in the cause of fire protec- ltion for their locality was held at fthe Mark Twain Library on Monday even ing, a committee from No. Co. being present in an advisory capacity The discussion showed that some of the promoters cI1ng to the idea of enter ing the present organization on the east side instead of forming a com pany of their own. The disadvantage Of such plan for both sides would seem too obvious to call for argument as from six to seven miles of a hilly country separate the two sections and the Ridge contingent could render only be1ated and inadequate service to the other community. A properly equipped organization in each would of course be mutually helpful in certain contin- gencies. The admission of the wes. siders to Go. No. 1 would necessitate an enlargement of the fire district boundaries as now established and it is very doubtful if the present com pany would consent to the change. After a general exchange of views the
 meeting of Monday evening appointed committee consisting of E. P. San ford, c. IF. Plump, J. L. BIackman and John Olrey to consider the mater of port to an adjourned meeting to bs held two weeks from date
 The citizen was at the Ridge store when the visiting agent of fluffy. eossa1ner breakfast food handed him a sample package Presently tho citi-