The Press., 1919-01-23
SOMERS

Arthur Losee, who has sold his home to Ernest Galbraith, left town Saturday with his family for Maspeth
 L. l., where they will make their home
 MT. and Mrs. David Griswold have moved from their farm to Holyoke Mass, where MT. Griswold has ob- ta.ned employment as master me- chan.c in one of the mills.
 The library is offering unusual op- portunities to the reading public. A long list of weekly and monthly peri odicals have been placed on the read .ng tables which, after having been iead in the library, will be given out on cards to be kept for one week only.
 A meeting was held in the town hall Friday evening to make plans for the organizing of a tobacco growers as- sociation. States Attorney Hugh M. Acorn of Suffield addressed the meet
 ng. A committee consisting of E. T. Hurlburt, A. s. Pease and Fred Worth .ngton were chosen to select the names of the officers which will be presented at an adjourned meeting lext Friday evening.
 Tn annual business meeting and roll call of the Congregational church
 vas held in the chapel Friday evening. Reports of the different organizations were given. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Clerk and treasurer. Charles s. Full fer; treasurer of benevOlences, Mrs. Anna c. Kibbe; superintendent of Sunday school, A. Vail Smith, IT,; auditor, A. Vail Smith.
 Mrs. Sarah Chapin kibbe, wife of Elliot Kibte died at her home in North Somers last week Wednesday 1i~ht after a lingering illness. She
 as d lifelong resident of the town, eing orn in North Somers December 2, 1897. She was first married to Daniel Burlington, who died many
 ears ago. She later married Elliot <iEhe. who survives her, as does one
 cn, Ernest Burlington, of Westfield, one step-sOn, Nelson Kibbe, of Brook
 cid. three grandchildren and one
 rother, AdOlphus Chapin, of Somers. The funeral was held at the home Thompson officiating.
 The assessors of the town of Som
 $ have completed the revaluation of he taxable property of the town and he increase will amount to $195,373, which makes the new grand list $1,-
 54,333. The following list gives the axpayers who are paying on property valued at 5000 or over: Allied To- acco Co.,. $2O.45O; Johanna and Dan el Barron, 16,S75; Mary E. Billings, 5,773; Bert c. Fuller, 5,729; Charles }. Fuller, 5.396; E. s. Fuller, 6,9S0; .aLel K. Fuller, 6,52S; Louis A. iowdy, 6,94S; David c. Griswold, B. tO5; William and Generva Hastings, ',n70: George E. Honier, $500; AL . ert $. fiulIurt, 12,4O0; Edwin T. Iult urt, 9,S15; Alonzo l.. Hurd, r. )35; George E. Keeney, 9,053; Ralph D. Keeney, 6,4S0; R. Leland Keeney, 5,475; Lafayette Keeney, 16,560; May TO Keeney, 13,518; Mabelle G. Kibbe, 36,503; Alfred Lenoux, 5,262; Arthur Lerour, 5,075; Rose McDermott, B. 579; E. H. Pease, 5,11O; B F. Pinney, 5,505; Anna L. Pomeroy, 10,417; Max Price, S,931; Rosine B. Root, S,772; Manufacturing Co.,, 194,- l3O: William R. Sunderland, 5,044; Iazulis Zabaski, 5,O60. Non-Resi- dents: Amos D. Bridges Sons, Inc, 55,7O0; Frank A. Champlin, 10,692; H. w. Gillett, 6,23O; Shaker Farms, 1928; Howard Whitaker, 9,4S5. Num- CT of dwelling houses are 355, valued at $3O7 ,430; number of barns, sheds, etc., are 421, valued at 138,275; Num- Der of stores and halls are IF, valued at 18,1O0; mills, g, valued at 11S,700; acres of land, 17,497, valued at 27S,- 791; horses, 343, valued at 26,265; neat cattle, 1915, valued at 43,770; 155, valued at 47,425; sheep and swine, valued at 1885; fur niture and musical instruments, val ued at 6,900.