The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-26
FAIRFIELD

Will be in session at the Town hal
 rom february l to II and will heal
 ana pass on appeals from finding.
 made by the Board of Assessors. Dur. ing these days the board will be al the Town hall from g in the morning
 until 12 noon and from 1:30 until
 4;30 in the afternoon. The board
 consists of William H. Gould, F. E.
 Northrup and Charles Gray.
 It is thought that there will be ! many complaints because the grand
 list of the town has increased over
 last years and the increases are
 pEnGIpaIly on dwelling houses.
 Dwelling houses after exemptions are
 taxable to the extent of S74S5175, Notices of increases were sent from
 the assessors office last week. The tax rate. to be laid in March, will be about 15 mills.
 No cases of smallpox have been re- ported in Fairfield as yet, according to Dr. Poole, health officer One case
 was under observation by Dr. Poole
 as suspect, but after investigation no evidence of smallpox could be dound. Many of the doctors of Fair
 field have been busy vaccinating school children, but local druggists report no rush for vaccination shields i At the meeting of the Board of i Finance to be held in the Town hall | Saturday, the ratification of bids re- | ceIved from the various contra cUors
 to make additions to the Lincoln and i Nathan Hale schools will take place. The sealed bids were received by the special committee in accordance with I the school plan laid down at the last town meeting and as soon as they are ! ratified the building will commence. Personal Tax Collector Howard N Wakeman will send out the personal tax bills February 1. It is estimated that there are 89S personal tax pay CTS.
 Miss Lillian Mills, of Southport, ,en1-
 ployed in the Town hall as 6 copyist
 fer the Bridgeport Land & Title O.. is confined to her home with severe case of tonsilitis. Renewal of dog liccenses are due by April l. according to Town Clerk
 Joseph I. Flint. Accordincly all dogs in Fairfield must wear a. new dog i- cense or be turned over to the town dog catcher and made into the ce1e brated ''hot dog bound for Bridgeport with High school students are beginning to complain of their rowdyism- A cer- tain crowd of boys gather in the rear of a. car every night after school and 1 from the time they leave Fairfield l until Park avenue in Bridgeport is l reached, they keep a continual bed 1 lam, greatly to the annoyance of pas sengers. They blow the emergency 1 whistle on the rear of the car, throw | one another's hats to the forward of 1 the car, kick the seats, wrestle with | one another and anything else to 1 make noise and make themselves a general nuisance. All these per for1nances are carried on while the conductor IS collecting fares and they keep it up to certain extent after he has reached the rear of the car.
 One day conductor was forced to. threaten to exist one of the High sfc%r 61T7T -Syvro Sa16 arINy ! people residing in Fairfield take Ihe 3 o'clock to Bridgeport and if for these people alone the High school scholars should attempt to behave.
 Principal Smith. on one occasion. gave the pupils lecture on this mat ter but it seems that they have for gotten it. Reports about town have it that a special car will be pressed into service to handle the school students.
 The Greenfield Country club will give a dance Thursday evening at it's club rooms in Greenfield. This is one of the regular winter dances. Mur- rays orchestra will furnish the mu- sic for dancing
 William c. Youngs, well known lbout Fairfield, is seriously ill at his home. MT. Youngs. over so years, past week and now has two trained ' nurses in attendance. i
 William DalIing, who has been [ seriously i'll for the past two weeks. ! s rapidly recovering and it will be { matter of few days when he will 2 ,e entirely cured. |
 The Fairfield High school basket : ,all team will play the Westport team T T n American Legion hall Friday. Fol n yard to a victory for their boys. The efeat of the St. Johns team last ' friday at the Boys club in. Bridge | ort has given the Fairfield boys in- ake the Westport team into camp. :, The Fairfield team is out for the z of the state and con N dently expect to win it. No games ave been secured with the Bridg ge- ort High school team because of the C nanlpO epidemic. =
 The preliminary game will be play z d between the Fairfield Girls team | nd the Bridgeport High Girls team. " The hockey team will start prac- V ce today. Practice will be held on V pond. r The annual parish meeting of St. IE auPs church will be held in the T lurch Monday evening, January 80, t [ 8 o'clock for presentation of re- :. Orts, the transaction of such busl- ess as may properly be brought be- ire the meeting and the election of N' hcers- Announcement of the birth of a I ,n, John William, Jr., to MT and l. ITS. John w. Morris of Mason = rect. was made today. Mother and ID ,n are doing well. . Substitute Carrier John Dunleavy is as been taking the mail route of HE rank Gellisky. who is ill at his home. t# rank is expected to return to work t#
 a few days. I# Fairfield Fire department No. l re-1 IS ,onded to a false alarm yesterday I* hen people in the vicinity "t St l.. became alarmed |: -er a brush fire started by workmen, Is hich threatened some of the beach i$ .ttoro- wbeD the fire apparatuS KS