Blodgett praises Bridgeport tax system and CT collections
Norwalk March 2 Special Lauding the taxation plan installed in Bridgeport State Tax Commissioner H Blodgett praised the local system for efficient assessments and collections. He urged hiring high grade tax officials and cited CTs rising local tax totals from 1926 to 1927 and county collection gaps led by Fairfield.
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Norwalk
Theport
H. Blodgett
William F. Connelly
Howard
Couety
Bridgeport
Connelly Henger
Com- Bridgetl
General Assembly
Connecticut
Fairfield County
Blodgett
Norwalk Kinanis Club
Laggara
Phirfield
Litchfield County
Windham
Tolland
Hartford
New London
New Haven
Torrington
Middletown
50 Tons of Coal Buries Hartford Worker
Andrew Mocha of 20 Union Street, an employee of W. C. Mason Coal, was buried for fifteen minutes under about 50 tons of stove coal as he loosened a load in a freight car. Rescuers freed him and he was rushed to Hartford Hospital with injuries to his left leg, later described as not seriously hurt.
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Hartford
Br Associated Press
Andrew Mocha
Union Street
W. C. Mason Coal Company
Mocha
Benent
Fire, clubs, and elections in Devon Devon weekly notes
A fire crew from Hose Company 4 battled a grass fire near Naugatuck Gardens at 9 PM. the blaze was extinguished with chemical tanks and brooms, no damage reported. St Andrew's Episcopal Church men form a new club with officers elected. Republican district nominations narrow to Field vs Cavanaugh for president. Devon-Cal on Church members elected for the forthcoming term, and scholarship funds at Devon Grammar School grow. Public invitation to a Sunday gathering at the Meeker home.
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Devon
Hose Company Number 4
Naugatuck Gardens
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Men's Club
Roy Royden
Alfonso Moeller
Alfred Moeller, Jr
G. W. Stevens
Tracy Lord
Christ Church
Brigeport
Republican Club
Warren Field
James F. Cavanaugh
Milford Board Walk Association
Myrtle Head
Aa Lion
Asiers Deven Calon Chureh
George Mitchell
Alfred AL Wilkes
J. Gusaekatyeun
Hoy
Beanend Halbea
Maulkensey Scholars Fund
Devon Gram Scheel
T Walnut Beyh Bebe
CGACW
Brooklyn
Wal Deliseee
Frank Meeker
Lenox Avenue
Westport Block Sold to Harold V. Baker in Main Street Transfer
Harold V. Baker, a young Westport businessman and World War II veteran, bought the new Main Street block housing his market and grocery store for around 25 000. The deal, from Albert H. Presentus, involved two ground floor stores two upper offices and an apartment. This follows the nearby Hunt and Downs block sale for 100 000 and precedes talk of the Quinlan property sale. Nearby school and community notes cover Staples High spring one act plays and gym equipment gifts from Edward T. Bedford, with student awards and a Peace committee address. Local briefs mention police illness deer dogs golfers and a fire scare at a writer's home as well as church activities and staff changes at Bedford Junior High.
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Westport
Harold V. Baker
Baker
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company No. 1
Samself
David Such
State Street
Albert H. Presentus
M.C. A
Main Street
Hunt and Downs
Manthattan Realtors Co
Quinlan
Malin Street
Elm Street
Baker Block
Staples High School
Bedford Junior High School
George Ramage
Gladys Mansir
Edward T. Bedford
Green Farms
Ool
Bedford and
Channing P. Harris
Woman's Town Improvement Association
Americh
Japan
Wilfred G. Aldridge
Sangstock Congregational Church
Bedford
Charles J. Quigley
Colonial Road
Harry O'Connor
Roy Peterson
Strawberry Hill Avenue
Norwalk
Albert A. Lefevre
Pinehurst
N. C
Br. Lefler
Rose O'Neil
Imperial Avenue
Frani B. Dunnigan
Compo Engine Company
Edward Luke Reed
Christchurch
Holy Trinity Church
William @. Staples
Compo Road
Arthur Delge
California
Weinstein Marble
Brooglyn
Franely P. Dunnigan
No. 2
Andrew J. Martin
Westport Methodist Episcopal Church
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