Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-24
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
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 Benjamin Weisberg, of New York, is visiting here with his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. Weisberg, of Academy street
 Vitalis Bonneau of Boston was a visitor with relatives in Danielson on Monday.
 Mrs. Charles T. Thayer of Putnam visited Danielson relatives Monday.
 Gordon A. Johnstone, who has been agent of the Fulton Bag and Cotton company, at Atlanta, Ga. for several years, directing one of the greatest of the south's industrial concerns, has resigned to take a position with the Lockwood Greene company, corpor- alton of mill engineers, constructors and financiers who have their head quarters in Boston. MT. Johnstone, who formerly was agent here of the Danielson CSotton company, will re- main in the south.
 Judge James N. Tucker of East Kiliingy has resigned as a member of the Killingly town school commit tee. Judge Tucker, during long pe- riod of years, has been an able and valuable member of the board his resignation from which will be re- gretted by all citizens who apprecf-
  vice as he has rendered in the inter- est of the public at large.
 In his highly successful effort to be old fashioned" the winter has load ed bill of expense onto the town that there has been no means of escaping. Up to Monday the expense for snow removal had mounted to $2,400, and Selectman John A. Gilbert. head of the board, said it would not surprise him if the cost of freeing the more than 100 miles of roads in the town would reach as high as $4,000 before spring finally comes.
 This has been the most expensive winter for handling snow since that of 1S9S99, when a tremendous storm came at Thanksgiving time and was followed by other heavy downfalls during the winter. That winter snow removal cost Killingly $2.34040, and labor costs then were about one- third what they are now.
 Up to Monday noon the board of re- lief had received 59 applications for reduction from the assessment as fix ed by the board of revauation. This number is comparatively small, con sidering that nearly 300 property owners had valuations of their real estate holdings boosted.
 Monday was the last day on which he board received appeals. The mem hers of the board have not as yet passed upon any of the applications for reduction. but will devote the re- maining dsGs of February going over the papers filed with them.
 An honest man is the noblest work of Cod was the comment Monday of ]. \. Tucker O. the board of relief in, II ,.I had received one request that a tax payers assessment be increased This taxpayer had forgotten to include $250 at interest in his list and he came in to ask that it be added to his sworn list Of holdings.
 It was being claimed here on Mon day that individual taxpayers in all probability will not have to go into their pockets, directly. to pay the cost of combating the advance in rates by the Crystal Water company before the Public Utilities Commission. Sec tion of the General Statutes of Con- necticut provides that any town, city CT borough or any ten patrons of any pablic service corporation may take action to bring any matter that prop erly may be heard before the tribunal mentioned.
 There are many taxpayers here who willingly would pay any reasonable proportionate share of the cost of try ing the matter of the advanced rates out before the commission, but. it is pointed out, a victory would benefit all water users who' get their supply from the Crystal Water company and this being true all should share in the expense of the contest. As the borough, in any evert, will be called upon to rake a contest over the ad- vance in the annual rental charge fol ; hydrant service, and must go over tho same ground in establishing a case as citizens. grouped together, would have to cover, it is now being held tha a special borough meeting should bt ! called and the warden and court 0! | burgesses instructed to make the con- l test in the name not only of itself. bu also in the name of all patrons of tht | Crystal Water company resden within the borough. Action along tht same line will he requested by thr Brooklyn Fire district. which migh unite with the borough in making ont case jointly heard.
 Bowling fans are interested in ; match scheduled originally to be helC ] in Worcester tomorrow "Wednesday ! between Frank Barber, owner of tht Casino alleys here, and "Si" Vandale proprietor of the Putnam inn bowl ! ing alleys, at Putnam. It has beer said that the match was to be rolled ] for a s200 side bet, but on Monday 1 there were developments that indi. 1 cated that the match might be called | off. Messers. Barber and Vandale hay, L a meeting scheduled for this morn. ing to talk over the matter.
 At the home of her son, Byron Wood on East Franklin street. Monday a 211 o'clock funeral services for Mrs Mary ArdeIia Wood were conducted b7 Rev. J. T. Edwards of the Baptis church, the service being attended by relatives and friends. The body wa. taken for burial to North Sterling fl what is known as the. Checkerberry Schoolhouse cemetery. A. F. WooC was in charge of the funeral arrange ments.
 Thomas Beckett and Richard Reeve were the delegates from Leo J. r. Homme post of this town to the stat, | convention of the American Legion | held in Hartford. The local delegate
 report a highly interesting conven | tion and one that showed the virilit, 1 of the great new organization of de 1 fends of the country.
 1 The tie-up of the freight servic uuTlflS the past three weeks Is hell l accountable for the scarcity and higl 1 prices Of numerous commodities tha i housewives have to purchase from da,
 to day.
 1 The hall on the third floor of tn l Windham County Savings Ban
 building. o-called. now the propert
 of the Brooklyn Savings bank. Ina
 been rented to Leo J. LHOmme pos
 American Legion. and will be fitted II
 to meet the requirements of this or
 ganization of former service men.