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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1923
Page
20
Fairfield September 17. Residents display lethargy in filing tax lists with assessors. By law every person firm or corporation liable to taxation on real or personal property in Fairfield must file a sworn list with the assessors during September. Neglect incurs a ten percent penalty.
Town house bureaus post daily parcel branding and separate land and buildings entries. Extra sessions set for post office and Switzer drug store in Southport, Clay Niehlog School, Villa avenue, and Old Stratfield school with varied September dates and times.
Rev Daniel F Sullivan, longtime curate at Colches, has been named curate of the first church in Stratford. He was introduced yesterday to the Stratford parish led by Pastor Rev M J O Connor.
John Clancy a 16 year old high school student admitted before Coroner John J Phelan that he swore falsely while obtaining his operator license. He struck Miss Anna Smith and injured her sister Miss Alice Smith on Seaview Avenue Lordship last Thursday night. Witnesses testified the car lights were on and the vehicle traveled about 200 feet after impact before stopping.
Judge Frank D. Harney will open the Civil Superior court session here today as Judge John R. Booth starts the Civil Common Pleas session. Criminal Superior court will reopen this morning with Judge Arthur F. Elis on the bench.
John 4 Williams City Treasurer Way named chair of the Citizens committee to work with the Disabled American Veterans on the Forget-Me-Not sale planned for November 4 to 11. The committee includes Commander Walter Reynolds John W Packett and Anthony Diorio.
The vessel known as the New Battler anchored near the Wall Street dock for several days, left early yesterday morning for its home port. Work on a new road beside the railroad station facing the harbor was completed yesterday, with all buildings cleared from the property and traffic preparations under way. Coal transportation to the city has been at a low point, with only eight barge-loads delivered to diverse coal dealers and factories in the past two weeks.
Spectal reports from Fairfield on September 17 recount voters added by the selectmen and registrars. Officials say 165 enrolled as Republicans and under 36 as Democrats despite 364 applications, with leaders forecasting fewer than 125 likely to appear as voters.
A new steel steamboat to link Bridgeport and Port Jefferson will reduce travel across the sound to about one hour, a half hour faster than the Park City current service. The vessel, modeled after the Park City but built of steel with larger auto transport space, will boost Eastern Long Island access and trade.
Helen Irena Bule files for divorce from Reuben Hale in the Inferior court alleging desertion. They were married in April 1913 and desertion is claimed to have begun in August 1916.
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