New Britain herald., 1924-04-15

Brown, who was elected manager of the squad. has declined 10 accept the duties of that post and this will neces- sitate the election of a new manager.
 It has been stated that challenges for games are already coming in. The men in charge of the activities are anxious that the team be organized at once so that practice can start.
 The program for community activi- ties during the summer months will also be made out at this meeting.
 Marriage License Issued
 A marriage license was issued yes- terday by Town Clerk Arthur Wood ruff 10 Egnar T. Peterson, son of Mir. and Mrs. John A. Peterson of gro East street, New Britain, and Miss Floreneo NJ. Rich. daughter of Mir. and Mrs, Frederick D. Rich of Main street. East Berlin. Miss Rich is well known in this section.
 The date of the wedding has not been set.
 Find Old Reports
 Town reports from the year 1857 hhAii lbVt 1uNt D'tNil louIlu bY JON Clerk Arthur l.. Woodruff in a little used drawer of one of the desks at the office in the town hall. These re- ports disclose facts regarding the con- dition of town affairs in past years and the comparisons with present day conditions are interesting.
 The town report of 1858 was an un- pretentious affair, consisting of four pages. The present report consists Of G2 pages. As disclosed in the report of 1858 the seloctmen received s167 for their years work Now the three selectmen receive a total of sl,Ib0 for their activities. The tax collector in days past received s1fT.0t as shown by the report of 1860. Now the col- letcor receives about sl, ,250.
 Approaching the expenditures for the year as shown by the report of the selectmen in 1860, if is found that s4.S26.61 was spent in the town. This did not include expenditures for schools which were run under district systems. The expenditures for last year totalled s12s,2lS05.
 The tax rate of the carly years of the towns history was small. In 1858 it was l 5 mills, with the total indebt- edness of the town s11.6gS.52. In 1859 the rate was 1s mills and in 1860 it dropped to six mills, the indebted ness being S9,733.64. The indebted ness reached a high point for those days in 1865, when 1t was s52,577.5t. However, the tax rate was low. being only n mills. It is interesting to note that the tax rate always stayed at the lowest possible level. no matter what the indebtedness was.
 Bipth Recorded.
 A son has been born to Mir. and Mrs. John Conalli of the New Brit ain road. Kensington. The boy has been named Bruno.
 No Whist Tonight.
 The weekly T. A. B. whist has been postponed this week, but will be held next Tuesday evening as usual.
 Court Cases Tonight.
 Several minor cases are scheduled 10 come up before Judge George Gris- void in the Berlin. town court to- night Prosecutor Charles F. Lewis will conduct the cases for the state.
 Meeting Of Grange Tonight
 Berlin Grange will hold a regular meeting tonight at the hall on Da- mons hill. A program will be en- ioyed after the meeting.
 The town debt varied in the years up 10 1893. but the tax rate stayed at the figures 12 or 1s. Tn 1893 the debt was ss,770 and the rate was II mills. This was the low point. From that ime on the debt has steadily increased l by leaps and bounds and the rate has also jumped. At the present time the Iebt Is about ss4.o0o and the tax rate s 27 mills, excluding the tax levied by .he fire districts
 VIII Hold Exhibition
 Court Mattabessett. Toresters of America, is arranging . novel event | Tor the people of Berlin. This will take | he form of a boxing exhibition. there being 20 rounds of first class amateur boxing on Tuesday evening. April 2z. 1t the hall. The first bout is schedul- d 10 start at s o'clock and tie com nittee has announced that some Of he best scrappers in the state will be ,n the card for that night.
 Daniel Maiarney is in charge Of the | sxhibition snd 1t is expected that there ]