New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

of her friends Tuesday evening at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Ruth Carlson of INorestville, who is soon to become the bride of Rev. Frank Sah- lin of Naugatuck. The bride-tObe received many useful and beautiful gifts.
 The evening was spent in pleasant social diversion. A mock marriage proved a most interesting feature of the program. The bride was Miss Minnie Johnson, the groom Miss Gun hild Hedval, the best man Miss Myra Jerome, the maid of honor Miss Lily NystrOm and the clergyman Miss Esther BengstOn.
 Later in the evening the hostess served a dainty lunch. She was as- sisted by her mother and sister Mrs. John Nilsson and Miss Helen Nilsson. Plans for Sittings.
 Members of the board of relief, A. H. Condell, I. P. Newell and James Simpson, are making plans for their annual meetings to hear protests against the action of the assessors in compiling the grand list. The board will hold it's first session on Tuesday, February 1st, and will meet again -n February 5, 12 and 21st, gathering on OIlGI udL0S SuOulu I1loIG Dt oI uSlA1c1iA for additional sessions.
 Under the law applications for re- lief cannot be entertained unless pre- sented not later than February 21st While the assessors sent out nearly three hundred notices of increases in the valuation of property as recorded on the grand list, it is not expected that the number of complaints to be made to the relief board will be above normal. In most instances the raises were very small. Many of them fall on nonresident tax payers, who failed to file their lists. They are not entitled to hearings under the law. Other raises were largely the re;- suit of the efforts of the assessors to equalize the valuation of building lots
 Addition to Crew.
 The gang of 1aborers employed ill making excavations for the plant or the Rockwell-Drale company on A. r. Rockwell's property near Mountain View was augmented today a number of out of-town men having been se- cured to assist in digging the cellar Over thirty men were on the job to- day and the company hopes to bring the number up to fifty by Saturday.
 Good wages are being offered and despite the demand for help, the men in charge of the work expect to have enough laborers to do the work in the six weeks which has been fig gured as the time required for get ting the building in shape to receive machinery.
 May Form Realty Company.
 The addition of the Rockwell Drake plant to the towns industrial establishments presents a problem in housing to Plainville as perhaps hundred WOrkingmen, who will be employed in the factory will soon be seeking accomm Odations here and the idea of organizing a reality company to erect new homes is receiving ser ious consideration.
 The matter will be taken up by the Business and Improvement asso- citation in the near future and it is corporation be formed for the erec- tion of dwelling houses will be made as a probable solution of the problem
 Real estate men, who have heard reports that the company will have big plant on the property within . few years, a result which would send the prices of building lots in Pla1n- vile soaring skyward, have already looked over land here with the object of buying and offers have been made to a number of the owners of property desirable for building purposes.
 MandIove Here Tonight.
 The second of the course of enter tainments planned for by the Woman's