The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

against alleged excessive valuations on his live stock and buildings. The board have informed him that to give his protest standing he must make a personal appearance. The second meeting of the board will be held on Saturday of this week.
 Had Edward M. Bradley gone overseas when he first offered his services to the government he would probably have been sent to the front
 as an ambulance driver with the
 chance of becoming a casualty. It
 was no fault of his that his departure
 was delayed to nearly Oct. Is. Then he sailed from a Canadian port with 1 a squadron of Is ships, the sole con- voy being one cruiser. The voyage occupied IA days and he had a weeks | leisure in Liverpool and London be- | fore crossing the channel. Arrisal at Paris he found the existing need for l drivers supplied and was assigned to
 work in a huge Red Cross warehouse l putting up goods for transfer to the | front. Ills compensation was S36
 wages and 900 francs for living ex- penses per month. Luck continued with him In the getting an early dis
 charge and he sailed homeward from
 Brest Jan. 12 on the George Washing | ton. Everything had been agreeable | until he reached home when adVer- s1ty struck him In the shape of a
 prostrating cold.
 The suggestion has been made that
 the exercises welcoming home tho
 Bedding soldier boys be held at the
 Danbury armory, an idea that should
 not and probably will not find favor
 with the general Bedding public. Any
 incidental welcome extended to our boys who may chance to belong to
 units disembarking at Danbury would
 be well enough, but the real excep-
 tion should be a community affair,
 locally staged. The town hall would
 seem the proper place for it and thA
 occasion should arouse sufficient in- | terest and enthusiasm to provide a
 befitting program.
 Marcus H. Burr and Louis c. Rum | sey, appraisers on the estate of the
 late John s. Sanford, have filed their
 inventory, placing the value cf the
 house at s1,200 and that of the barne
 and 106 acres of land at $4,120.
 Charles Wheedon and wife, who
 have been living In the Emily Hill
 house, sold their personal effects al
 auction last week preparatory to re-
 turning to England, their native coun.
 try.
 Selectman James DriscolI was talk.
 en down with influenza at Bridgepor last Saturday while on his way home to Georgetown from Atlantic City. H, is still in Bridgeport, although on tn, gain. The masquerade dance at Grang, hall, Tuesday evening, was lightly at tended, the receipts being just enougl to pay expenses. Mrs. Randolpl Bradley, In the character of Gyps Queen, was awarded the prize for tn finest ladies' costume and MT. Ran doIph Bradley, atttred as a clown, re ceived the prize for the best conf costume. One of pair of valuable worl horses belonging to D. s. Sanford died last week from sickness. = Miss Ella Case has the influenza the only new case reported on tn east side of the town. All tn ' Georgetown patients recently strickel l are recovering.
 Ice from seven to eight inche thick Is being harvested this wee. , from the smain pond in Pleasant Val l ley. .-- l F. Nj. Sanford is building a larg l shed adjacent to his present group o ! farm buildings.