New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1919, Page 2

lewYear's sreeting Pards ptationery Depi Dickinson Drug Co. 169-171 MAIN ST. RS "y A RACK Of 50 SUITS of silvertonse, velour and chevrona ——some plainly tail. ored, others delight- fully trimmed with fur. They were formerly priced $65—now $39.75. | Luke Horsfall Co. 93 ASYLUM ST, HARTFORD pecial program by Tempo quartet. men’s ball, New Year's Kve, at eck’s.—advl. roperty on Chestnut and Bigelow s has heen sold by the \Ame dware corporation to the ain Machine company. The prop- has a 196 foot frontage on I street and sold for about $8,500. 18 foot passway for railroad N et e, i ks sew sfnati. asquerade and Mardi Gras, Bar k's hall, tonight. Wheeler's Sing- orchestra.—advt 1e Arpi stetie will give a con- at the Swedish Lutheran church Chursday evening, Junuary 15, as- bd by Mabel Anderson, alto: Her Anderson, llo singi Henry 14 Bonander is acconm st and J. P. Peterson is director. sinnott, pastor of the holic church at Newton, is observ- the 25th anniversary of hi on o the priesthood. He w ed Boston 25 years violinist, and the ev. Geor hbishop Williams and was curate 3 Jic tholic church in e pastorate of Rev. Aoore. on «Christian Science, Lyceum. See advt. Sideris. acting for himself | of Venizilos 2 jan intere in their rest et 10 Michael J Hanos George PP. Demos for $5,000 an:d monthiy until the amount ipén, which has not been tioned, is paid ie Kenilworth club held a Christ- party last evening which was a t success. Refreshments were ed following an entertainment. mplaints have been registered at police station concerning children {ing on the sidewalk on Rackliff his and Locust street. SCHOOL BOARD HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM Costs of New Buildings Are Lixceed- ing Appropriations Particulavly in the North End School. Confronting the school board is*a serfous problew, that of building new school buildings with the present ap- propriations, in view of the fact t buildinz materials and labor have in- creased several limes during the past year, This fact wus brought out forcibly last evening when the school accommodations commitied of the school . bpard held sssion in Superinendent Holmes' office to dis- cuss the matter. Several hids have beon roceived for independent pranclies 6f the work on the proposed North Lnd school, but the committee he no hid for the o neral contrac By adding the bids as received it found that the smallest figure which the school can be started )00, while the appropriation is society of New Ha- | but $200,000 and school honds, to that amount, only, have been issued. Bven at that figure, the board must wccept. “immediately” or the figure vill not stand g When the maiter of building a new North 1nd school was firs? brought up ! the architect who drew the plans nated the probable cost at $175,- 000. To pay his fee in addition to Iding the school the finance com- | mittee was asked for $85.000. The finance committee took into con- sideration the increased costs of build. ing and raised the appropriation to members of the school ¥oard of goine ithrough with the entire program amounting to a million and ing a portion of the costs MANY ENROLLING IN CHRISTMAS CLUBS National_Bank and Commercial Trust Company Expect Bigger Busi- ncss Next Year, The Christmas club plan which has people is more so than ever this year. The Commercial Trust company ofii- cials state that their club will eclipse all those of jormer years with respect to membership, a steady stream of ap- plicants pouring into the bank every reports @, big increase in wembership with profpects ol having the biggest ar in its history. paid out to Christmas club members during the past three weeks with a 1920. There is a probability of at Jeast 10,000 members being cnrolled this ye according to the estimates of bank officials. The bhanks about the eity have en- larged the club system making it possible Tor a member to have a choice of a wide ratge of classes from which to .choose. Payments from 50 cents up to $5 a week and more can he made, according to the purs the depositor. WEDDING TOMORROW. iss Sylvia Light to Become Bride of Alexander Geesa The marriage of Miss Syive Jight, daughter of Mr. and Mr B. Light of 200 Tremont street, to Alexander S an of Detroit, Mich.,, will take tomorrow at o'clock. Rabbi Rosenberg will perform the -eremony The bride's attendants will be her sister, Miss Louise light, as maid of honor, and the Misses Viola and Grace Gans, as bridesmaids. The best man | will be Harry Cash of Detroit and the ushers are Michael Beckstein of Hart- ford and Sidney Alex of Detroit. The bride will be gowned in white in and will wear w bridal veil caught with orange blossoms and a jewel. She will carry a bridal bouguet of white roses and lillies of the valley. IFol- lowing the reception ihe couple will leave on a wedding trip after which they will live in Detroit. There will be guests from New York, Hartford, New IHaven and Springfield. City \Ieétin;: Approves Heavy Appropriations Appropriations amounting to $36, | 700 were made last evening at a spec. | ial city meeting, attended by 11 per- sons. Mayor G. Quigley presided, ity Clerk L. Thompson read the 11 and Judge B F. Gaffney presen‘- the resolution after the board of finance and taxation had reported. The principal item was that of the school teachers’ increases amounting in all to § 000. Other items were one for $£3,300 to replenish the inci- dental ceount and ,600 due the ate for road repair Saml. Berson, C. P, A. Res. Mgr. £200,000. There is some falk among | building | proved so popular among New Britain * The New Britain' National banik | 1t is cstimated that $300,060 was | possibility of an increase of $100,000 | over this figure: for the year ending ! IRISH THANKSGIVING. by Both Catholics and Protestants. The following resolution was pass cd by the Thomas Ashe Branch of the Irriends of Irish Freedom, at their re cent meeting in Judd's hall: “Wher the result of the Gen- in Ireland, 1918, wher by the people of lreland expressed their will o establish a free and in- dependent republic, wus declared on December 28th, 1918, w that December 28th of this year 1 held as a special day of Thanksgiving that on December S8th all Protestant members of the 1. O. I 1. devot thirty minutes to special prayer: that 1 Catholic members do likewise and in addition receive Floly Communion on t date that God may bless anl prosper the young Republic of lre- land. OFFICERS ARE NAMED, A\t the annual meeting of the New Britain club, held last evening, the following officers were named: Pre ident, Albert 1%, Corbin; first = viec president, Frank G. Vibberts: second vice president, Jameés 8. North; sec- retary, Stuart Parson. Geor 159 Spear treasur directo s Loomis, Maurice Stanley: auditors, George T, Kimball, dward 1. Hall 40,000 SURPLUS TREES Pittsburgh Dealers May Los¢ $25.000 in Over-Estimating Market for Chyistmas Groeey a half with a view of ultimately sav- | Pittsburgh, Dec. 27.—Pittsburgh | produce men are seeking ways and cans to dispose of some.40,000 Nmas trees left unsold on the mr oat destroying them. Iifty of trees remain in the produce yards 8 ting disposition. Bighteen carloads were taken to a dump yesterday and thrown away, while many other trees were hauled vay by the truck load for soclal clubs of the city to use for decoratir it New Year functions. Cemeteri ve come in for their share of tr also where the branches have heen cut and placed upon grave The ubiquitous smali boy has done servide 1in hauling away bundles of trees. for ! his use. in“spite of the heavy demand for Nmas trees thi season the market | was over-estimated and dealers stand to lose $25,000 one wholesaler said. FIRE AT WINSTED., Plant of the Citizen Printing Com- pany Is Damaged—$10,000 Worth. Winsted, Dec. 27.—Fire discovered in the lieart of ‘the husiness district in Main street lute yesterday did about $10,000 damn to the plant of the Citizen Printir company, publisher of The Jivening Citizen and two week- lies, The Litchfield County Leader and The Winsted [Herald. Splendid work by the fire department saved the building from destruction. The tlames were confined to, the paper stock and the composing rooms, where {wo typesetting machines and three | large presses were badly damaged by I heat and water. The blaze is believed to have start- ed in the newsboys' room, adjacent | to the paper stock and press rooms, i from a cause not determined. The lvening Citizen will be issued {today as usual, but in &keletonized form. The damage is covered by in- surance. to Postpone Trip to London Rome, Dec. 27.—Gabriele d’Annun- zio is understood to have asked Pre- mier Nitti to postpone his announced visit to London on the ground that his departure should be preceded by the reaching of a definite settlement of the I"iume situation between d’Annun- zio and the Italian government. Lieu- tenant-Commander Rizzo, Major Gui- ueretti, chief of d’Annunzio’s cabinet, and other leaders associated with d’Annunzio are said to have left the Fiume district. FACTORIES PARALY 3, ED. Madrid, Dec. 27-—Tobacco factories at Gijon, Cadiz, Logrono, San Sebas- tian, Valencia and Seville are paral- | yvzed by the strike of workers, and it is expected tobacco factories in this city will close next Tuesday. Tt is es- timated that 10,000 persons are with- out work. Manufacturers declare their warehouses are empty, and there is fear that Madrid and other large Spanish cities will be without tobacco during the coming week. TARDS DRUC ' Barcelona, Dec. 27.—Two civil guards were found dead in a street here last night. They had been drugged while dining in a restaurant and had heen afterward slain with a hammer. The police are scouring the | city for the assassin Phone 605- STRATFORD AUDIT COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Factory and Office Systems Monthly Audits 163 MAIN STREET New Britain, Conn. Expert Advice on . Income and Excess Profit Taxes NEW YORK OFFICE: 29 Liberty Street. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919, | recommend | MONDAY {56 - BESSE < EVENINGS (SYSTEM MONDAY EVENINGS Besse-Leland’ The I.ive Store COUPON SALE TONIGHT 7 TO 10 P. M. All Coupons Must be Presented $1.00 Ties 75c 3 for $1.00 H Dec. 27th $2.00 Ties $1.45 3 for $4.00 H Dec. 27th American Hosiery $10.00 Wool Vests $4.50 H Dec. 27th Boy’s Overcoats $2.00 Discount Off Sale Price on any Overcoat H Dec. 27th $1.50 Ties $1.12 3 for $3.00 H Dec. 27th $3.00 Ties $2.35 3 for $6.00 H Dec. 27th $8.50 Silk Shirts $5.560 3 for $16.00 H Dec. 27th Men'’s Overcoats $5.00 Off Sale Price on any Overcoat H Dec. 27th Besse-Leland Co. Always More Value for Less Money 38 Stores 38 Cities