The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-15
RELIEF BOARDS
 FINAL SESSION
Grand List Has Now Been
 Reduced $143, Ill.
Especial to The Times.1

SCraCpOTQ, March 15.---Ihe 11na1 SeS- | sion of the Stratford Board of Relief | was held in the office of the town hall l Saturday evening following which f | was announced that the grand list | submitted by the board of assessors l had been reduced S14S, III. Tbis reduc- l tiOn is thought to be the largest ] amount ever cut from the figures Of l the board of assessors, and is perhaps i due to the large number of complaints | which were registered by the local tax l payers, there having been about 200 i complaints in all. According to the l final statemen only reductions were made, there having, been no cause for increasing valuations. With tho above reductions the total grand list of the town will be $15,0O5,633 or about $1,- 000,00 less than will be necessary for the running of the town for the year which may be the cause for the add ing of an extra one mill tax. Several pieces of property which were assessed by the members of the board of asses sors by the front footage were, changed by the board of relief and will be taxed by acreage.
 The political n1ixup in Stratford has subs:ded somewhat but the sting of the defeat is still apparent with many although at the present time it is not definitely known which side will be finally recognized by the state centra1 committee. At the present writing the Love1l-Morehouse faction seem to be leading their opponents. It is reported that the delegates of the Lovel1-More- house faction favor the Rora:back- Ullman upstate Republicans who it is expected will control the New Haven convention, and for this reason the LoveI1-M -Morehouse delegates may be seated instead of the delegates repre- senting the Stratford Republican club who are said to be unpledged.
 One of the most interesting meet ings of the year of Housatonic grange was held in their hall Saturday even ing when State Master Frank E.. Blakenan who is member of the To- cal grange made the address of vel come to the local school teachers and district nurse who were present at the meeting. Several vfctrola selections were heard during the meeting besides other interesting numbers which were enjoyed by all present The reception committee for the evening consisted of Superintendent of Schools c. c. Thompson, Gertrude Avery, Miss Hat tie Beard, Lynola Avery, Harold c. Holmes and Marion Meechan.
 Considerable indignation is being expressed by the members of the Board of Assessors as a result of the work of the board of relief who con- cluded their duties Saturday evening. One member, of the board of asses sors said Saturday evening that the work of his board had been all nul- fled because the relief board had changed considerable property from front frontage ito acreage. One case was cited at the corner of Broad bridge, Barnum and Rockwell avenue where Mrs. Anna Harris owns prop erty facing on all three streets. This property it was said had aN been as- sessed by the front foot but was changed to acreage while the other property was not considered. In this case alone there was a reduction amounting to $S,0OO. A number of other cases like the above were also reported, and according to Louis E.. Peck, chairman of the board of as- sessors those owning property adjoin- ing were not given the same kind Of a deal as his neighbor. MT. Peck stated that this was perhaps due to the fact that the others did not enter a complaint but were satisfied with their assessment feeling that all on the same street had been treated alike.
 The opening game in the pool and billiard tournament between the members of the Cupheag club were played in the club rooms on Saturday evening and attracted many to the club rooms. The pool game between William B. Hart and c. E. Van Nest proved the most interesting game o1 the evening and resulted in a victory for Mir. Hart who defeated his op- ponent by the score of 100 to S1 Ivan [. Warehouse who was sched- uled to play A. H. Ball at pool for feited the game to the latter. In the billiard game S. S. Beardsley proved too much for Frederick Townrot whom he defeated by the score of 10C to AS. The next game in the tourna ment will be played Saturday even ing.
 The largest crowd of the season at tended the dance and entertainment which was given by the women's aux iIary of the Argus club in the c1u1 rooms Saturday evening the hall be
 ming so crowded that dancing wa
 difficult Besides ef1e dancing fo which music was furnished by Shaw
 OrCneSCId, SlHS1uS dllu oll1SI eAlSI tainments made up a very pleasan evening for all present. The auction ing of a cake and electric toaste
 also added to the evenings enjoy ment the former going to Kennet
 Wilkinson and the latter to Harr
 NJ Dawson.
 Runner has had it for the past fe'
 days that Reiphold Person and Lou
 I. Snyder, two of the members of th
 Morehouse-Loveu delegation to tn
 state convention, had resigned. Upo
 investigation it has been learned ths
 MT. Snyder has resigned, but M
 Person in an interview yesterda
 stated that he was going to stick
 his side sink swim. MT. Perssc
 said that he believed whatever ire.
 uIar happened at the caucus la
 Thursday was for the pArty's best il
 terests and that he did not belie'
 any one man should shoulder all
 the blame and for this reason he W;
 going to remain loyal to his factio
 Thomas Conine, one of the Nor
 house-Lovell town committeeman, h
 resigned from the committee.