The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-12
RECEPTION FOR
 SOLDIERS HOME
Two Mill Extra Tax De-
 clared Legal By Towns Attorney
Special to The Times)

Especial to The Times)
 Stratford, April 12-Every eftort is being made by the members or the Citizens committee of this town to have the weekly reception to the returned soldiers to be held In Red Mems. hall next Tuesday night better than any previous affair of it's kind ever held in the old town. A very elaborate program has been arrang- ed and every soldier is assured Of a pleasant evening and all are urged to be present.
 There will be a number of features in the entertainm ent and there will be considerable singing. This sing ing called community singing is eX- pected to be something that every one will enjoy and the soldiers will have an opportunity to sing as they have often sang in the evening at the camps and over in France while walt ing for the orders to come to go ahead.
 The question of the legality of the extra two mill tax for Stratford rais- 1 ed by Tax Collector John c. Wilkin- son has been settled by opinions from ! the Attorney General and from Judge Pullman the attorney for Stratford. | The tax is legal and the assessors are now at work in adding the extra I two mills to the rate book. Officers of Company L, State Guard of this town are very much pleased over the way enlistments in 1 this company are being made. At present there are only a few vacan- cies and 1t is expected very soon that
 the new men will be able to become proficient in the drilling so they may | turn out with the company on Me ! morial Day. Out of 30 men whose 1 term recently expired 20 of them have | re-enlisted for a, term of one year. l Lieut.. George W. Spau is now in | command of this company owing to | the absence out of town of Captain l c. Frederick Atwood and the drills are held every Friday night in the
 new armory Red Mems hall on Church street.
 There fs apparently very little 1 sympathy for the redrafted Port bill 1 in this town and it is 8 foregone con- l clusion that if it passes at Hartford with the referendum attached a large ] number of the voters will vote against | the proposition at the special cleo l tton which may be called. Those l who have studied the bill do not find l there is much change except as to 1 the referendum clause and unless the l voters of this town can be changed ] there is no hope of the bill passing. | Efforts to break speed records for 1 writing on the typewriting machines 1 will probably be made by the mem 1 bers of the Commercial classes of the l Stratford high school as they were very much impressed at the exhibi- 1 ton of fast writing given yesterday noon at the school by Clarence Bills 1 the 20 year old speed champion of i the west. While Bill did not attempt ] to break any records at the exhibition 1 before the pupils of the school yes- 1 terday noon he made better time than
 any of the students could do and was l able to answer questions while he
 was writing.
 l Mrs. Charles Fitzgerald of Spring field, Mass, has been guest of her
 sister Mrs. Floyd BedeI1, East Broad street.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Lusher. of 1 F'latbush, Long Island, are visiting 1 MT. and Mrs. Robert B. Atherton of 1 North Main street.
 MT. and Mrs. James D. Black of 1 Nichols avenue are visiting relatives at Canaan.
 l Bethany church-The pastor, Rev. William Nichou. will preach tomor- row morning, at 10:50 and at the close of the morning service the ses- 1 sion of the Sunday school will be 1 held. The Young Peoples meeting
 will be held at GAS. In the evening
 this congregation will unite in the un-
 ion service to be held in the Congre-
 gational church.
 | Unusual interest alta ches to the
 Union Service to be held in the Con 1 gregational church on Sunday even ing, when the members of all the
 Protestant churches of the town ant
 their friends will hear the Rev. A. B Winchester, D. D., of Toronto. Can. l ada. Dr. Winchester Is minister O.
 the Knox Presbyterian church ot
 Toronto, reputed to be the larges l church on the Canadian side, and 1 comes to Stratford under the ausptce.
 of the Bridgeport Christian Union. tt l assist in celebrating the ninth ami yersary of that organization. Rt
 comes well recommended as preach
 er-orator and evangelfstfc speaker
 and an enjoyable occasion is in store
 for those who hear him. There vii
 be special music, and a silver offer,
 ing will be taken to assist the ex | penses of the evening. The work o
 the Bridgeport Christian Union vii be briefly presented by the Super
 fntendent, MT. c. W. Simpson, anC
 annual reports will be distributed d The public Is cordially invited A