Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
BEDDING
Special to The Tirnes.)

vious year of $37, ,134. Of the total about $16,o00 comes from the ten per cent addition imposed as a penalty for failure on the part of property owners to return lists. In general the increase wholly represents raises in the valuation of. property owned by non-residents, the assessments for this class amounting to $37O ,26S as against $32S, ITO last year. Residents will be taxed on $1,409,O 900 whereas last year the figures were $1,414, ,53S. The Gil- bert & Bennett Go. are listed for 1885, 700, an increase from the previous year of s2,400. The board of relief will meet to hear appeals on the first Monday in February. Giving heed to Georgetown's request for representa- ton on it's board the selectmen have appointed B. B. Banks to the vacancy shall Sanford, whom he succeeds, was a resident of the Ridge. MT. Banks was a member of the last board and could have had a renomination last fall, but chose to be a candidate for selectman instead and his defeat for that office leaves him 1ree to return to his former position.
 At the annual parish meeting of Christ church last Sunday Charles Sanford was elected senior warden W. c. Sanford junior warden, Benja- min Bassett treasurer, and D. s. San ford clerk. Members of the vestry chosen in addition to the above were A, G. Barnett, E. P. Sanford and Philo T. PIatt.
 A slight relief has come to the local sugar situation this week, the Ridge store having enlarged the quantity obtainable on single orders to two pounds from one pound. In a phone talk on Tuesday with the head quarters of the National Refining Co. Merchant Muennich received assur- ance that in two or three weeks con- ditions would be restored from near famine to practically normal. He also learned how it came about how one Bethel dealer has been able to obtain plentiful supplies throughout the shortage period. The expanation is that when the refining company some time ago held back a large quantity which was about to be shipped to Russia the Bethel man secured enough of it to give him a big ad- vantage over retailers in general.
 The water company has set up a shingle machine and steam engine in Pleasant Valley to work up some of the timber which they are cutting on their woodland in that section. Some of the wood on their Sanfordtown property is being cut and hauled by their teams to Bridgeport for fuel and larger quantities are being forwarded from their forest holdings in Easton Those in the Ridge and Center sec tions accustomed to rely on coal have been molly forced to put up with a scanty allowance obtained in meagre instalments and in some instances are forced to resort to wood, necessitating a change in stoves and furnaces. In Georgetown Connery Bros. early laid in a stock sufficient for thet needs of the househ olders in that locality.
 Charles H. Plumb of West Redding whose activities in public welfare movements have made him well known throughout the county, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown fol lowing a considerable period of fail ing health and has gone away for rest and m9lical treatment. His position as chairman of the publicity commit tee of the local war bureau has been temporarily filled by the appointment of Rev. MT. Cunningham.
 Rev. W. s. WoolWorth, Jr., son ot the pastor of the Center Congrega- tional church, has received notice from the Foreign Missionary Board of his appointment as one of band of fifteen selected to work among the Mohemmedan population of Turkey upon the conclusion of the war. The fifteen are to be the advance guard of a force of 110 men and womer which it is planned to send to the Turkish field, the period opening Witf peace restoration being considered es' pecially opportune for Christian pro paganda on a large scale. YounE MT. Woolworth is an enthusiast in thi! branch of church service and his ap pointment on the original staff of if | teen is one of the first to be made. Ht was ordained to the ministry las year following his graduation from | the Union Theological Seminary O New York and during the summe, filled temporary appointment a. pastor of a church in Canada.
 | Stephen Benedict, a former vel
 known resident of this town and sub sequently living with his son in NeV Milford, recently had one of his leg
 amputated at the Waterbury hos pital. The amputation was necessi tated by gangrene developing from al | injury.
 The condition of Ebba Erickson, thu
 Georgetown girl whose burns conse | quent upon the explosion of an oi
 stove, were thought to be fatal, ha unexpectedly improved and her recov | cry is now looked for.
 | Bad weather prevented the Homt | Guard from going to Danbury ol
 Tuesday evening for their regula 1 weekly drill. The members ar,
 rather in expectation of being sum
 moned for active service to perform relief duty for their associates nov | stationed along the railroad at tn
 shore.
 By a fall on the ice one day las
 week Mrs. Thomas Lahey of Sunse
 Hill, had one of her arms fracture at the wrist.
 The annual meeting of the Cente | Congregational church will be held to l morrow (Friday) at 2 p. m.
 W. c. Sanford is recovering iron
 an attack of indisposition which ha left him house-bound for about tw | weeks.
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