New Britain herald., 1920-02-24
TOWN MEETING:WlLL :! BE HELD ON MARCH 5 Tax Rate Will Be Set: At<Annual = OaccfAn = .r.-. uVODtUns. / ~>,.s HIGH FIGURES ARE EXPECTED >iar ----.--. Boy Scouts of Town. Arc Active
 Queen Street schaei, Burned-reach
 Growers Say Crop Is Damased--
 Brief News Items. < >-'-;-
HIGH FIGURES ARE EXPECTED


 The board of selectm men-Wdllian J. Johnson, Charles H. CzIor and Ed ward P. Prior-has published a [ notice of the annual special town 2 m esting to be held in the town hall 5:s o'clock. for the purpose of laying the annual town tax and to conside r any other business proper to com e before such meeting.
 A" There has been little discussion this year. as to the probable tax rate. be- ftca use estimates could be made un- til the board of relief had finished it's work and compiled it's report of as- sseasm ents. The board held its last public meeting yesterday in the town hall and no more appeals for redu ton of sssluations will be received. The repoffs1f stns board of assessors will be conapa etsd swithin q few days and all will be in readin ess for the town meeting:
 Thesusual sddscussion of the tax rate probably. Wfua begin in a few days, a1- though theealk will not be expected to include pro plieeaes of a reduction. The increase in the school expenses during the past year will make it es- sentiaa that the rate be raised, or at least held at it's present. figure. Tho expense ct public ,improNem ents in. , creased only a trife during the year.
 Boy Scout Notes.
 The local troops of the Boy Scou ts zof Am erica has. through a ruling by the national board of directors. be- come a, separate troop and is now known as Troop No. Of PIainville, instead of Troop No. If of New Brit
 
 for about four years under the super vision of the New Britain executive. The fact that the troop was under New Britain Jurisdiction gave the boys greater facilities for amusem ent and for mental. bodily and spiritual welfare on account of the advantages offered to them at the New Britain headquarters. The boys are under the supervision of Scout1alaster Mer- ton J. Lamb, who accepted the posi- rdon a few weeks ago. They have rooms in Grange hall where they hold their m eetinss, but have no facilities for social or athletic enterprises.
 Queen Street School Burned.
 The Queen Street schcoihouse, a short distance south of the Plainville- Southington town line, was destroyed by fire about o'clock this morning. The school is in the Southington dis trict and the local fire department does not respond to alarms in that district. It is said to be the only sec ton to which the local fire fighters do not. respond Several school teachers on, their. way to the school on the trolley car had heard that there was a fire in the section where tho sch ool is located and one of them remarked. Wouldn't it be a joke if it were at the school?'' The joke was on her, it is said. as she is now out of her job teaching school.
 Peach Crop Badly Damaged.
 It is said that the severe winter has badly damaged, if it has not en- tirely ruined, the peach crop in this state. The fruit growers expect. it is said that only. a. few trees will bear any fruit in 1920. The cold weather ruined the buds and many of the trees arc entirely destroyed. There will be no crop to satisfy the demands in comm ercial business. Senator Eli ia.i1 Rogers Of SoLthington, who has a peach orchard on the East noun tain, is one of the largest peach growers in this section of the state.
 This is not the only part of the state which suffered from the unusu- ally cold winter reports of the ruin of peach crops coming from all parts of the state. At the recent meeting in Hartford of peach growers are reports from all parts of Connecticut were similar. being to the effect that tho state growers would not be able to enter the market this year as they will have no crops. Many growers will