The Press., 1921-01-27

A. l. Mitchell left to-day for an in definite sojourn in the south. John Foley and Robert Pallanck Jeff l Monday to work in Worcester. E. c. DeBorde is attending the Con necticut Optometrist convention al l New Haven this week.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs William Williams at their home on Church street on Friday of last week,
 The junior and intermediate depart ments of the Congregational Girls Guild, will meet at the parsonage, Friday afternoon at 3.30.
 There will be a supper and social at the Congregational church next We'd nesday at o'clock. Hostesses: Mrs. c. H. Moore and Mrs. W. R. Morse.
 The Lotus Male Quartet will give 8 concert in the Congregational church next Monday evening and will be as- sisted by Miss Bertha Morgan, reader. The quartet is renowned in and about Boston and an exceptionally fine en- tertainment is promised. Admission will be fifty cents. The program is as follows:
 The Old Flag, Arranged
 Lotus Quartet ~.. While the Auto Ran Down, Monson
 Miss Morgan Border Ballad, Cowey.
 MT. Raymond
 Absent. Metcalf Morning Song, Apt.
 Lotus Quartet
 He Knew Lincoln, Tarben
 Miss Morgan
 Up From Somerset, Sanderson
 MT. Cannen
 Miserere, (IlTravatore), Verdi
 Lotus Quartet
 Gates of the Temple, Knapp Sunset, Van de Water
 Lotus Quartet
 Announcements have been received, by Stafford friends, from Doctor and Mrs. Timothy c. Tiffany of Yonkers, N. Y, of the marriage of their daugh- ter, Ruth Katherine, to Richard Otis Cheney Jr. The ceremony took place in New York city January the twenty fourth. The bride has made frequent visits here, the girlhood home of her mother, Katherine Beckwith, and where her father was practicing at the time of their marriage.
 The total list of taxable property in the towh of Stafford as determined by the board of assessors, amounts to $5 5,557,891. The exemptions due to blindness, service in the army or navy etc, amounts to $3S,15O and was not quite as large as estimated. The num- Der of exemptions was A. Under the heading of dwelling houses, the total on the list was 1000, with 68 owned by non residents and all valued at $1,616,55O. Barns, sheds, ice houses cts, numbered 722, with A belonging to people living outside of town, and total valuation of $2OO- 750. Building lots number 947, with outside property holders having 190, valued at $419,950. Mercantile estab- ishments, including manufacturing plants stores and shops have total of s0s SlCNGn aUSAAS hCA0 ny AOA AOotSSAS folders, all valued at $259 9,5OO. Water 1 lights, dams and mills number 51, I with 13 owned by other than local ,arties. The whole acreage taxed as and, amounted to 33,085 acres and | 7as valued at .$436,8 ,827. The other .ems are: horses and mules, number ng All, at $33,570; cattle 984, valued t $38,080; sheep, goats and swine poultry at $2140; dogs, numbering 293, taxed at $3065; (This 5 the first year that dogs have been lassed as taxable property in any manner different than the ordinary log license); Carriages, and wagons, '11,535; Automobiles 373, valued at s216,132; (The average of automo- ,iles to persons in town show that one | ,ut of every Is persons own an auto | nobile); Jewelry, valued at $625; | musical instruments numbering 52, at l S325; tools $500; merchandise and stock in stores, $1,028,96O; cables, l wires and water mains, $110,67O; l coats, $125; money, and it's equivalent, l S6876; miscellaneous $2360. The | board of relief whose notice is on | another page may make changes in | his valuation, but. 1t is probable that l most of the items: will stand as deter | mined by the assessors. The list is not quite as large as last year. The rate of taxation on the above schedule will be determined at town meeting in March.