The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-16
MANY OPPOSED TO
 PLAN FOR $lOO, ,0O0 YVES STPORT SCHOOL
Jeannette Baker w eds Percy T.. Coles Tn M. E. Par
 sonage
'(special to The Farmer.)

Westport Jan. f6=Some residents of the town heartily disapproye of the way the school board carries on edu- cationaI affairs. The board is com posed of Messrs. Post, Setarns and Cooley and not one is a native of the town. They now propose to erect a school house at cost of $100,00e and the matter will be placed before the electorate in the near future From the consensus of opinion the matter
 will be decisiveIy beaten. The older residen object to paying such a sum for a school house in a town the size Of Westport. They also claim that the school board has been carrying things with a high hand in all mat ters pertaining to the welfare of the local schools One of the prominent residents of the town said today that they used to think that John Jones was a tyrant but he never could conn pare to the present board in regards high handedness. The board is pay ing teachers as high as $2.0oO a year in salary The highest any teacher received under Jones was S70e. If a. voter of the town visits a meeting of the board for the purpose of finding out what Is going prs he is told to go his way, as the meeting is private. Some of the citizens are now asking for the recall to be placed in the town charter.
 The town debt is now $174.000 and with $10O, 900 for new school, $100,-. I0oo more for the erection of a new bridge across the Saugatucks river, it would be increased to $374,000, an enormous debtsfor a town of it's size. The grand list is $5, 2000, 900 and the present tax rate 12 mills which af- fords yearly income of $62, 400. The Iyear1y expense of the town will eat
 up about $60sooo Of this income. With but $2,400 remaining in the town
 treasury at the end of each year it
 would take almost Is years to clear 1 the debt. Residents of the town will
 admit that they certainly need a new 1 bridge but insist that they can get along with the present school houses
 The school board is Scheduled to meet 1 tonight and the outcome Of the meet
 ling will prove interesting,
 Jeannette s. Baker, daughter of MT. and Mrs.A mise Baker, was mar ried last evening in the parsonage of l the Westport Mx E. church, to Percy AI.. CoIesof South Norwalk by the pas- 1 tor, Rev. Howard M. Richards. Ru- l nor has it that Miss Baker married against the wishes of her parents and l at first threatened to elope with her prospective husband. The Farmer i learns, however. that at the last mo- fment her parents consented to the
 marriage MT. and Mrs. Coles left
 for New York where they will spend l their honeymoon After which they
 
 I avenue, South Norwalk, which the groom has fitted up.
 l Local residents were pleased to
 learn that Sen. Frederick M Salmon land Rep. Harry R. Sherwood have been honored at Hartford. Sen. Sal 1 mon who represents the 25th district,
 has been appointed chairman of the
 Roads Rivers and Bridges commit
 tee, and Rep. Sherwood has been ap- pointed member of the Judiciary
 committee.
 The regular meting of tn Temple ! lodge, No 60, F. and A. M, was held
 in the lodge rooms Thursday evening.
 4 smoker followed the business ses-
 sion and large membership was !; present.
 ] On Saturday evening. Jan. p22 a i fstereopticon lecture will be enjoyed l by the members of the Congregatio
 church. Rev. MT. Moe, the pastor,
 will speak on Armenia and Kurd- stan'' and his talk will be iIlustrated 1 by 5 beautiful slides.