The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-14
MILFORD NEWS

opposition.
 The main contest of the evening was over 8 proposition sponsored by Theodore Ford, to employ the Ford, Bacon & Davis Go. of New York city, to reassess the property of the town, that firm having given their opinion that the grand list could be raised to $5O,00O,o 900.
 Messrs. Gottsegen, Mccarthy. Broadweu, Simon Lake, Walter Mer- win and many others opposed, and the following resolution was finally carried
 That the assessors be empowered to employ William Renaud c. V. SewalI and Harry Merwin as assistants at an expense not to exceed S3,000 and that the balance Of the appro- priattOn as far as needed be used for the providing of maps"
 There was decided opposition on the part of Simon Lake and W B. Mo Carthy. He mentioned experiences with efficiency experts in the ma.nu- facturing line and said they are nothing more nor less than Bolshevih in many cases"
 Of the $10. o00 for re-assessment, 5000 shall be expended with Clarence B, Seweu Of Laurel Bea ch, second se- lectman and building commissioner; William r. Remaud, third selectman and former assessor, and Harry Meyer Aierwin, member of the board of re- lief and 9 builder. who will advise in the revaIuation. The balance of the appropriation to be expended by the assessors as far as it will go in having the town properly mapped.
 Robert A. Skerrett was appointed chief assessor. He will give his en- ire time 10 the work
 The recommendation of the finance board is for a tax rate of 20 mills, but James Rose, a former member of the board of finance, declared that the tax last year was excessive, and there is a balance in the treasury He thought the recommendation of the finance board can be cut three mills
 Rev. Frank Carlson devoted his Sunday evening sermon on "Anuse- Inents" entirely to dancing and he handled the subject in a frank and entirely agreeable manner. As a nor al question, he said, 1t was debatable and the Congregational church left debatable questions of the sort to the conscience of the individual He knew many for whom he was sure 1t was wrong to dance. He could not condemn all dancing, but was sure i that much of 1t was wrong; and with lawyer-like clearness he proved his case.
 He had found in the west that in some cases public dances were more carefully supervised than the orii- nary run of parlor, and so-called se- lect dances. He was gentle with the young people, reminding the young ladies of the barrier of maidenly re- ! that S6O1I16 yfs+ hot o young lady and a young gentleman, the breaking down of which makes them common and lowers them in character: and his severest word was for the chaperon, immodest7y dressed, setting a. bad example, and failing ut terly in the task assumed by her. Frank J. Beach of woodmont is having his house and farm buildings equipped for electric lighting.
 Tracey Clarke left town yesterday morning for the Pacific Coast, and ultimately for India.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Harry Farnum and son of Brooklyn were weekend guests of Mir. and Mrs. Orris Rhodes 1 There was a fairly large grist at ! the Monday morning session of the l town court. Resulting from the rob- 1 bery at the Oscar Harris garage. 1 Charles SchoIz and Samuel Jacobs 1 were found guilty of theft of auto | tires; Jacob was fined $50 and costs | of S7-55 and SchoIz, $25, with costs l of $10. Both paid. Frank Bryant, 1 for the same offense, was fined s25, 1 while Albert Wells and Rodney Bur ger, charged with breaking and en- 1 tering In the day time. were bound l over to the Superior Court in the
 sum of $500 each
 Joseph Enc of Bridgeport, was | fined s25 for reckless operation and $50 for intoxication, with costs of l $11.90 added, all of which he paid. Oscar Summers, non-support, was ordered to pay his wife $15 per week ] for 26 weeks or submit to Jail sen-
 tence of 50 days. He will make the
 effort.
 Robert c. Freeman paid a fine of
 s15 and costs of $S.1O for reckless op- eration.
 Harry Won Hacht and John HeI-
 wig, charged with shooting ducks af-
 ter sunset, were acquitted.
 In addition to the above a number
 of crap shooters were apprehended 1T
 the Polish club rooms and their cases
 will come up on Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Livingston an6
 MT. and Mrs. Earl Adams went |. i Botsford, Mass, yesterday Sto attend
 the funeral of an uncle of Mrs. Adam. | and Mrs. Livingston.