The Press., 1919-09-18
UNION

| in town on Friday.
 Frank Clark of New York is spend- ing a few days with MT. and Mrs Knowles.
 Joseph Bugbee of West Brookfeld was calling on old neighbors the first of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. Stephen Tifft and son, l Ransom, of Westford called on their | cousin, Mrs. w. Richards, the first of | the week.
 Charles Gage has purchased driv- ing horse of Ransom Tifft of Westford, and Nelson Horton has purchased a | team horse of a party in Brimfield
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Gage are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of daughter, born Friday morning. Mrs. Cages mother, Mrs. Charles Scranton, is caring for her. At the Rockville fair last week Miss Costello of Rockville, the home dem l onstration agent, was we'll pleased with the canning club display and the | sewing showed there by the Union Girls Sewing club.
 The republican caucus, held Satur- day evening, placed in nomination the following ticket: Assessor, Thomas Harman, Jr; board of relief, R. c. l Barrows; selectmen, N. B. Horton, R. c. BarrOws; town clerk and treasurer, | H. R. Howard; tax collector, T. O. Newell; grand juror, F. B. Tyler; con- stable, Peter Thompson agent town deposit fund, George Kostur; regis
 trar of voters, P E. Tyler; auditor, R. A. Pathway; school committee, H. R. Howard; library director, L. M Reed. Chairman, R. A. Pathway; clerk, R. c. Barrows.
 The democratic caucus, held Mon day evening, nominated as follows: Assessor, R. A. Bradway; board of re- lief, Myron Heck; selectmen, A. M. Heck, c. T. Rindge; town clerk and treasurer H. R. Howard; tax col lector, T. o. Newell; grand juror, O.
 B. Willis; constable, George Heck; registrar of voters, l.. B. Booth; audi
 tor, Ralph A. Bradway; school com
 mittee, Charles T. Rindge; library
 director. R. A. Bradway. Chairman,
 A. M. Heck; clerk, R. A. Bradway.
 There are two issues that confront
 the voters of the town the coming election. One, more vital than all
 others, is the making of the job of re-
 pairing and maintaining our high
 ways, real job, the year around. At
 present we spend $1200 to $500 an
 nually, in about two odd jobs of the
 affair, or when we can find time to do
 the work. As Union is noted for
 being one of the busy towns of the
 state, it is Surprising we are able to
 find time to really work the roads at
 all. However if one man can make
 it a business to attend to the high
 ways. and use such teams and labor,
 the result will be very satisfactory to
 the voters, as regards expense, in the
 saving and doubly so to the public
 who use the roads, As the state has
 considerable work to keep up on it's
 state aid roads, and the supervisor of
 the county is very glad to have Union
 people do the repairing, that will add
 to the attractiveness of the annual job,
 
 state road aid work now planned. So
 in our election this fall this issue is
 going to be foremost in the minds of the voters. The other item is that of the revaluation of the grand list of property. We have passed the point of keeping our grand list low to simp- ly fool ourselves that our taxes will be kept low, and now realize that we must raise $6,000 annually, whatever our grand list may be. In view of the high cost of everything and the un- usual increase of healthy real estate transfers in the town, it is but fitting that we should increase our grand list materially, although it is but a paper value to the majority of the town people as there are very few proper ties in the town comparatively that are in the real estate market. We are not rich, but we are certainly happy. l.. M. Reed and F. A. Moore, the pres ent members of the board of assess ors, to hold over, are both native born and have always stood in high esteem
 in the eyes of their tOwnspeOple as re- gards their private as well as public l life The incoming member, be it MT. Harman, or MT. Bradway, will add dignity and respect in their individ- ua1itv