New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1926, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WepwESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1926. Plainville News | JOHNSON APPROVES l Flhe state authorities. have definitely fixed the highway line between here { But Selectman Would Eliminafe | <xa’sc% iy "o are ot e | standard metal type and show the Grange will meet at the town hall in Middlefield on August 10. | Septembey On August 19, Central Pomona BriStol News asked fev. will hold an evening meeting at 8§ — |steel bridg, SEVERAL ATTENPTS will deliver an address, and the fifth {One Break Was Ellective—Will | heatth officer being of the opinien £0 that bids can be!that the birde would not remaio on | This is the last old style|the trees after they bad bLeen in the city and due to|sprayed. He was instructed to comes it has been necussary|fer with Chief John H. Hayws of , welght limit for trucks ' the fire departinent snd make the passing ovel 1t. necessary arraugementa for carry- ing out shis suggestion. Bushding Code Adopted Tt was voted last evening at the council me=ting to accept the build- ‘ng code and adopt the same as & city ordinanee, to be effective March 1. 1927. One siight change was made and that was to have fire resisting Mafl Orders ! Filled degree will be conferred. New Road Signs Here Several new direction signs for Missing Woman Located | Mrs. Eduh Killough of 33 Park |street, who wundered wway from |the home of her brother vm Monday | morning upparently 1 a it of di~ traction, was located yesterday aft- ernoon. he wandered into the Nash Service Station on School street late o Jromr 5 & BALBRIGGAN JERSEY 56-INCH KASHARINES nat: WHITE FLANNEL TWILL value $3.9 CREPES, REP thorough 56-INCH TWEEDS for coati FIGURED CHALLIES Cashmeres and value $1.25; sl Lower Prices On UMMER WCOLENS New and Attractive Styles When the desirable and seasonable Woolen Dress, Suit and Coating Fab- rics such as told of here are offered so much below real worth, the thrifty and knowing folks will be sure to share in the bargains. 56-inch width, regular $1.95 value. Very special at this very low price, yard (Forty new color shades) Choice of 20 new colors, also white and Special price ural; reg. value is $4.50. The width is 56 inches; regular $8.95 grade; sponged and s hrunk; at, yard.. POIRET Also 56-inch width; all the new colorings; ged and shrunk; for, yard... 5; spon ly shru ngs and suiting All wool, in new patterns and colors; hrunk and washable; for, Poiret Twills; all colors and nk; worth to $3.00; at, y were priced up to $4.95; sponged and shrunk, and only, ' BUSINESS Bascball $1.00 $2.49 rard. . $1.69 . $1.95 aa $1.00 rd. " Berlin News HENSINGTON SEEKS CONMERCE ASSN. Place in Need of Co-operation Between Merchants in Fufure TRADE REGULATION ASKED Series Called Ofi—Fair Contestants Ready — Leglon Team Prepares For League — Swimmers Journey to East Berlin—Items of Interest. blishing of a of the affili- Plans for the e Chamber of Comme ation of the local erchants with he New Britain Chamber of Com- erce are definitely under way in Censington at the present time The eed for such an organization is bvident among the businesses locat- Jed here, as Kensington Is progressing to 2 degree when the lack of co- operation between the merchants wif lead to confusion in business ciyles. 'his year shows an advance in nodern methods over last year, as t/ie stores have been closing at 6:30 ¢'clock throughout the — summer ~‘nonths, The Wednesday afternoon tlosing rule has not been put into effect as yet but it is hoped that a “future date will see this half holiday in effect. Whether Kensington is ready for a separate Chamber of Commerce at this time or whether it would be more practical to combine with the New Britain Chamber of Commerce has not yet been decided. It is gen- erally agreed that some arrange- ~ment must be made in the near fulure to grarantee cooperation that essary te the businesses thet is € owing| steadily place. are Just such aif organization would be | able smainain fair business meth- ods and\woud likely be able to ac- quire sofne of the many improve- ments thit fis place needs. A re- port of txie developments this matter is expected in BREL, future. of the pall Series Off Kensingtnians woo have been wvaiting the opening of the series between tleir team, the Falcons and Corbin's tfam of New Britain, which was scheguled to open Sunday, are doomed {b disappointment as the Falcons kave disrupted the plans by getting ¢ game with a Manchester team fof the coming Sunday. The geries was intended to take place every sunday for the next month, the first team winning five games to win the series, however, With (h.n: Falcons breaking from the ranks it is not know what will develop. It is hoped by the residents of this place that some arrangement will be made whereby Kensington's ball fans will_enjoy some sort of series that may be. arranged. Visits Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. G Fenn Nourse of Lebanon, Conn;; who were former residents of this place, spent last night with Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Cul- ver. They left this morning for a motor trip to PBhiladelphia, where they will visit.the sesquicentennial exposition being Meld there. Prept For Kair With the Chapter Oak Iair com- every day, mumerous residents of this place are preparing their entries for the occasion. Stock 1 being groomed and fattened, prize vegetables are being watched care- fully, preserves are being put up, with the coveted blué ribbon await- ing the fortunate Berlinite that can win the judges approval. The fair is--schedyled/to take place, Septem-. ing 'nearer ber 5th to 11th at the Charter Oak fair grounds. Legion League A schedule of the league games which includes Berlin, Bristol and New Britain, has been issued, which will be of interest to all ball r. Bolton-Kasic n Legion has a Starts post of the {elub team, none 17 years of age, according to the rules of the Legion scries The opening game of the series will be between Bristol and New Britain on Friday, August 6 The first Ber- lin game will be Berlin at B..stol, Saturday, August Tth. After that the Berlinites will cross bats accord- ing to the following schedule: Aug. 10, New Britain at Berlin; Aug. 11, Bristol at Berlin; Aug. New Britain at New Britain; 14, Bristol at Bristol; Aug. Ne Britain at Berlin. Patsy Gianotta is the manager of the local Legion team and states that his bunch of tossers are dark horses and should clean up every thing in the league. Charle ton is coaching them to play ball in such a manner as to discourage a one whomight doubt the fact that Berlin will win throughout, There will be a meeting at the Legion hall this evening at 7:00 and re request i3 mace that all mem- bers will attend as the final plans are to be completed and important features discussed. The games will be held at Percival field beginning at 6:00° o'clock sharp. Saturday afternoon games will be held at a time agreed upon by the separate managers All Berlin is awaiting the word that will send its team out to do battle with the other aggrega- tions and everyone is confident that the locals will not fail them. Appointed Administrator Charles Gregory of Bridgeport, has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late [Frederick Tomlinson, formerly freight agent at the local depot. Auto Trip Mr. and Mrs. Horace Fitzgerald of Worthington Ridge are motoring over the Mohawk trail. They will be gone about two weeks. Registrars Ready The two registrars of voters for this place, Royal Morse and John | Hoilgan have announced that they will be in session at the town hall on Friday, August 6th and August 13th from 12 until 9 p. m. to T ceive names for caucus enrollment. Leaves for Massachusetts Mrs. Willis H. Shumway, mother of Mrs. A. L. Woodruff has left for Oxford, Mass., where she will v her sister, Mrs. C. A. Woodward. Mrs Shemway will be gone several weeks. Returns From Vacation Miss Bertha Payne has returned from the Plainville camp grounds where she has been spending her vacation this summer. Rensington To Play The All-Kensington baseball team will take on the Gasco team from New Britain at Percival field Sun- day and a good game is anticipated. The next game scheduled is with the Meriden Endecs which should prove the toughest struggle of the season. The Meriden team has been a win- ner throughout the present season. beating the Bristol Endees twice. A good sized delegation is expected to accompany the local team to Meri- den when it plays there. Leaves On Motor Tour Merwin Peterson left yesterday on a motor tour that will take him through Mainy, Vermont and New Hampshire. He is expected to re- turn in two weeks. swimmers Dodge Heat One way of foiling the present heat wave has been found by young Berlinites and that is to journey to Baldwin's pond In East Berlin and to submerge to a depth that the sun cannot reach. Numerous cars have found their way over to the cool spot and there is usually a crowd desporting in the water. The bottomn of the pool which was pre- viously muddy. has cleared up con- siderably lately and the water is «clear .at present. A diving board of which are over Aug, 18, snappy aggregation in the Jr. Boys' | w | |gives the aivers a ¢ fect their form and s the children to have paddling. Phillip Kensington bank is an adept at circling the pond smoking a corn cob pipe held in his teeth above the water, which is no mean stunt. Yes- terday he was so intent on keeping the pipe dry that he kicked a fellow |swimmer. injuring his foot slightly. |The accident did not dteer him, however, and he triumphantly fin- ished up the route around the pond. Numerous tcnnis have been keeping the courts place busy with som: fast sets re- ntly, Much form and skil' is re- tcd from budding Tildens *d Johnsons in tuis vicinity. The h at wave not deterred mary of them and they can be seen under the hottest sun, k ping the | mosing over the net. There is some talk of making up tournament an.ong the players in this place and it is felt that there are °nough e» ausiasts to peomote a fast eontes.. Administrator Notice The estate of ) I. Kalen, late Berlin, deceased, has posted a ance to per- llows enabjes a good time Mildrum, of the i D a of of all persons interested in the e tate will take place August 6th the Probate Office in New Brit On Vacation Tra Edgerly of Kensington, is spending a week’s vacation at his home. Mr. Edgerly is a foreman in a New Pritain concern and is plan- ning to take short trips during his rest. n, East Berlin Ttems Miss Agnes DeForest of New ven and Miss Nellle DeForest of New York city are spending a few the guest of their sister, Rose Belden of Wilcox av- Ha- The regular weekly prayer meet- ing of the Methodist church will be held tomorrow evening. at 7:30 o'clock in the church parlors. Miss Carolyn Read has returned from a week’s vacation spent with her grandmother in West Cromwell. More than 35 local people enjoyed a swim at Baldwjn's pond in Meri- den last evening, the trip being made by automobile. Woike's pond at West Cromwell is popular, but owing to its muddy bottom is not as well patronized as Baldwin's, which has a concrete basin. A large turn out s anticipated at Community club this evening. A short entertainment program has been arranged and it is probable that if'the evening is too warm the mecting will be shortenéd. This year's hay crop, according to several of the local farmers, is only about half t of former years, afd this fact is expected to enforce a higher price on feed for the winter months. The past drought not only affected the crop of hay but slowed up the market garden business so that this summer has not been singularly successful | Long Waits of Cars notice to the effect that a hearing | MEN VICTORIOUS| Claim Championship of Town — Chautauqua Program — Heat Continues—Epworth League Netmen Defeated. The new trolley stop on the west side of Central more satisfactory than the former one on the eastern side, Selectman William J. Johnson said this morning, but admitted that the long periods for which the Connecti- | cut Co. cars remain stopped in the middle of the street make a condi- tion by no means ideal. He has hope at the trolley company will rear- nge its schedule in some way so rs will come to the end of line here, discharge their pas- sengers and take on new ones, and | return immedigtely to New Britain, | as the present system of having a| car in the center of the highway is both an inconvenience and a danger. When asked as to the success of no parking edict in force ne: Mr. Johnson stated square has proved | the the the trolley stop, he believed it was working out well | tqq and was being generally observed as | well as possible. The main obje | tion toists is that they can-| the head of Whiting nd trolley Businessmen Claim Title The Plainville Businessmen are today claiming the undisputed bases ball championship of the town by | virtue of victory over the | | AlLP e nine last evening. The game was hard fought, but the win | ners kept ahead most of the way and staved off the semi-pro team's final rally. For the Bu La- Bonne, Levine and rd, | while Dow n al fine hes and ( ning speed on the bases i inessmen Smith hit m made seve There were standing features in the of the losers, although G. Matteo made a sensational catch which |stopped at least three runs. Géorge Cunningham, pitcher, was very effective for the winners, who would have had more rur inger with men on the Cunningham, the regular the Businessmen, has been fined $10 not appearing last night Ino fine has been imposed on Doc Frost because of his npn-appearance, in hrall realizing that the nge In tempe rom Canada [to here was too mu The line-ups and score All-Plainvil inger, ler, ss; Minella, no ou bases. Bill hurler of for ature by nings: ‘Win- . 1b; Duffy, 3b; Mor Matteo, rf. Businessmen Crampton, Downham, ¢; Thrall, ss; Levine, LaBonne, Smith, Tolli DeLarme, If; G. Cunningham. p. All-Plainville 10010 1—3 Busin 02002x—4 Umpire Boewell Arranging Bencfit Game nager Levine and Captain irall' of the Businessmen intend to] communicate with representatives of Electric team topight !to make final ar ngements for the game to be played for the benefit of the High School Athletic association. Many townspeople have expre their approval of this plan and their |intention to help put it over, and it| is expected that a substantial amount will be realized for the bankrupt athletic fund of the school. It has been sugges that benefit tickets be issued and sold before the game. Suggestions in regard to the game will welcome by the offi- cials of the two teams concerned Chautauqua Program Miss Mabel E. Mullins will enter- Itain at the Connecticut Chautanqua |assembly at the Plainville camp ground at 8 o'clock tonight with | “An Evening of Wit and Wisdom.” Tomorrow will Shakespeare day. There will be a devotional at |s basketry cl at 8:15 elocution class at 9 o'clock, | pure food demonstration at 9:50 | 0'clock, and children’s hour at 10 lo'clock. Mrs. T. J. Spencer will lead | Ler class at 11 o'clock and the as-| sembly chorus will meet at 1:30 p. m. At 3 o'clock Prof. Truman J Spenc ding of *Much |Ado About The ph 1) | eulture cls meet as usual at 14:30 o'clock, and at 8 o'clock Pro- tessor Spencer will give an illustrat- |ed lecture on “Shakespeare’s {lish Histor | 1 o, 1k ed m., | oeloc | Grange Notes ‘ Plainville Grange met last night | | but abandoned any attempt at a| | special program because of the in- | | tense heat. Several announcements | were made. Central Pomona | direction signs to b also pla | open. of o'clock this morning and was shoot- in then on i terday First | o ning stanc n impton showed light- | play | corps. | substitute | had they been able to hit Win- | ¢ while | : Mil- | sterday and employecs, noticl t Was acting strange! her to leave to various cities. Metal S nes St | ASK Crossng Gates S VY TOOK SKUNK FOR SOUIRREL t she Juested high school been received and will be in ment : before the school is ready to Stenp question Unpardonable was notified sent to the address and brought her to hea She was later returned was Heat Wave Continues t wave continues to hold in common with the rest in its merciless grip. The ueter outside the post office iggled up to 95 before 10 | Bristol Boys “Maks St Th iny l¢ Error, Which Will Not Be Re- Morning Newspapers Being Stoles Complaint has ot olice department by new alers that morning t before their each morning, are tolen on frequent occasions. It ought that young boys nay ble for losses and th e been mad peated—American Legion Dele- several gates Elected. papers, fast for the century mark from A slight breeze made the slightly more bearable than yes- but where this did not pene- the heat was almost unendur- | | | | o | were hours of appreher ties were . two Last night was a late retiring eve- | entrance to pr and roadside refreshment | ceeded in ma were open until after mid- | Ay ap a harvest from motor- | complaint relief in rides and | pesident of minor prostrations | name was not d, d there ona’ waR erable a g infants. |y means Local Netmen Defeated John Me nnis prefenti il ist spworth e defeated nigh 3 olice r church Yo sqciety New Britain. ther side was at its full strength, d Mr. Ball be- | to play with the home visitors being without s of their No. 1 man. On kept f th polic during is morni bu department the in try sS early bein early ng to whose activi- | respon nd who, rh tempts to gain r king a suce o ate hese af hey are sellin yauCCes 1l of the money for police investigating. Mistake Skunk For Squirrel Several mall boys by a recent e: rienc sidences, .suc- essful break this morning, ived from a road, whose that his Murray ed difference between and a squirre] hat they wi a nd it is prol in the futu ¥ some- en repor is ying to r of home Officers .oughlin, John Ciry nd Thompson were immedi- dispatched to the scene in the car, but on no |one was in the a thorough At illness window ter how ve far away he may be. hs in question were on a berr; expedition near the amp grounds wh they all animal proceeding path through the woods. liately gave chase and after se 1 ul attempts. one ded in capturing laid realized Me m fr People’s N last ing Plainvil noticed hough along of s E: shortly officers’ return to heads | other telephone call was from Mrs, James A court Gordon :‘,i;"l’;:_:;k‘ ot Johnson | 2 Sras | of the bedroom windo |Cirves and McLoughlin {the scene and on their |in th first instance, the | disappeared. Underneath the bed- room window was found a bundle | of shingles, which had been carried { from the xt house occupied by game in | Arthur Brightman, and which the il r stood on while attempting play of |t gain entrance. A thorough search e ghborhood failed to after the an- received of 217 oodwin & ; unsuccess! boys succ moment animal he judgmen iberty so promptly that he was u soubtedly as surprised as him On returni experience to 1 2 Linnane eone was at- by way Officer$ rushed to arrival, as man had Camp street Jehnson and howed o I" Kermet Pa ight hemia nd : his error home 6—4;: and on the street court Gustave ( son Miss Irenc Haigis of New Britain defeated Wesley Johnson and Leon Griffin, also in straight ets, 9—T,6—1. Griffin put up a g lefeat, hile the visiting work atured by the Miss Haigis, filled in missing man. After the matches |Veal any s snments were served and the [ The third vers listened to the weekly con- |three-quarter of the Plainville fife and drum A return match will be play ed in New Britam when the local | 4 eam is back at full strength |caped with considerable Hunting on Redstone Hill check made by Mr. Lipman and his Last night saw a hunting expedi- | household showed that the hand- ion on Redstone hill, perhaps the 'bag belonging to Mrs. Lipman and first one since the Indians were |one owned by a maid had been Iriven out. For some time Morton |stolen. The thief had also gone amb has been bothered by a huge |through Mr. Lipman's pockets and rat. which has killed eight or ten removed all the money contained of his best chickens. Last night he |therein. Mr. Lipman was unable to termined to end these depreda- say how much his loss amounted to. nd set out, armed to the Entrance to the last break h, to end the murderer's career. |gained by removing was successful in his expedition @ window in front rned to tell his feathered | While he 1 the at their bogey man existed | that party aroused longer. noise The enied was th thr she B boy arl- k & no occasion to doubt its authenticit : t00 apparent Birth of Son A son was born at hospital yesterday Wartshow of Green street. Searchlights for Bathers For the convenience of bathers at the Rockwell park 1 : ' zoon, the searchlights, which had suc- yoon" Jocated on the and es- Perlmore hotel a loat. A more hotel and at the B who re- all was received of an hour 1 | David Lipman of 101 Stearns stree |to whose home the thief ned entrance about p! the Cent stands on the corner of Mal nd North Main streets and Ma and School streets, have been r moved and set up near the bathir beach. Since the establishment of fic standard at the latter loc: at that point and in view that the traffic officer on corner of Main and North leved at 6:30 p. m. day, the searchlight in that lo is not required during the summ. months. Gt on was from house room, slight had awak- immediately noticed by burglar, who grabbed her by the at and threatened to kill her if sounded an alarm. After pos- sessing himself of her handbag, he departed via a window and it was then that the alarm was given to the police department. Officers who ;arched the vicinity of the Lipman esidence were unable to find any trace of the man, as he had had plenty of time in which to vanish. Detective Sergeant Daniel Me. icuddy is conducting an investi- gation Later morning complaints received of three other at- tempts made to enter houses at 76, 80 and S4 Queen street, but in each nstanc: they were frightened away. Delegates Elected At a mecting of Seicheprey Post, American Legion, Commander Cal- more Pilon, Adjutant C. M. Pfennig, Irving J. Wasley and John Malina were elected delegates to the state convention of the legion to be held {in New Haven August 26th to 25th inclusive. The alternates selected W Harold A. Hayden, Buell J. Ierguson, Harold Corning and Eu- e Seeber. a screen My of the maid's street is was was by fact that she he increased lighting faciliti the lagoon will be greatly a preciated by bathers and be of assistance to the two guards on duty at that point. Building Line Established Notes an’s Federation of @ church will hold 1y sewing meeting tomorrow at | the home of Mrs. Charles R. Clark on Farmington avenue. Word has been received from | John Guiden. He is in Ward . H.| the U. S. Naval hospital, Brook- yn, undergoing treatment for rheumatism contracted serving over- the at an The Wor 2 lity w voted building held last evening, it establish a ten foot on Federal street between Map! and Summer streets. John Stotz resident of the section in questio favored a 20 foot building the street. A number of other pe sons appeared at Chamber of Commerce will | 8 o'clock tomorrow night. H. Norton’s old barn on Red stone hill, long a landmark in that section, has been torn down H. A. Bryan and a friend, Mr. Scheetz, have arrived by auto from West Philadelphia, Pa. They will spend a few days with Mr. Bryan's parents on Whiting stret. A silver tea will be he Park street for the b he parish guild of the C Our Saviour. While at Camp Woodstock the week-end, the local “¥ lefeated the camp nine by ore meet at G this were siderable discussion line was decided on. Contract Awarded Bids for the Main street between Malone and North Iy opened city couneil contract aw: of th Y, the ten_fo the of at nefit urch cou: the last rded whose bid was $1,22 over m 41 tonio DiMarco of Plainville, th McGuire company of New Brital and Michael Marinelli, Bristol. Mr. Vacca's bid was way belo those submitted by Furniture for Sale. Kent St., corner 29-2.—advt. Rol- Ave Clayton Milford The local post is planning to send large delegation on the last day the convention to participate in | the parade To Ask Better Crossing Protection The matter of better protection at the Fe 1 street railroad crossing | was brought up at the city council meeting last evening and it was| voted to request the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- pany to install gates and provide a man at the crossing until 12 mid- night. At the present time the flag- man on auty at this point is relieed for the day at 6 p. m. | This matter was first brought up! by Councilman Homer H. Judd a |few weeks ago, following a fatal ac |cident on the crossing. | New Bridge for Downs St. Probable At a meeting of the city council ilast | evening, City Engineer C. W | Buell was instructed to prepare plans “\.»r a new concrete bridge to replace {the steel bridge on Downs |street and have them ready for zhr‘]m\ Denial Is Mfl(iérT;;lt “Reds” Teach Children Paterson, . Aug. 4 ® — Dr. | L. Raymond Burnett, superinten- dent of recreation, denies that children of mill strikers here were being taught to play at rioting by communists. 1t had been reported that hun- Ireds of the children had been un- dergoing a subtle drilling in com- munistic principles under the ban- ner of the Young Pioneers of Amer- ica. Community Theatre PLAINVILLE August th— ORMA SHEARER in “HIS SECRETARY” “The Flame Fighter’—No. Latest Fox News And of price estimated by the city. !of the councilmen were of opinion that it would be impos to do the work for that price. Starlings Create Nulsance Dr. B. B. Robbins reported to t} city fathers unusual nt by thousands of starlings, bl corner of Summer and keep aw birds make themselves | visitors. Several |talked of to rid the section in que! unwelcom easible method of shooting Wednesd on houses. It was suggested fire department be called out for nights to wet the trees, Review oresent re- This she re- ed to do and the police depart- Ufficer Joseph which places of busi- the papers, retaining themselves. The | arned to distinguish young tormer animal no mat- The his hands on and the skunk regained his was the . he related his who had proof of his statements being al? to Mr. and Mrs. night have top of the building to light up the trafiic offi- tion, the light is no longer required of the the, each atibn will also At a meeting of the city council line line in it was later decided to widen the open hearing which was held in conjunction with the council meeting. but after con- work of widening | Main street were official- meeting of the evening and the to Cosmo Vacea Other bids were received from An- the other con- tractors and was about one-half the Some the last evening that an nce was being created which take up their nightly abode at the Merriman streets. The noise which they make people in that neighborhood ke nights and in other ways the methods have been tion of the nuisance, and the most the birds was consdiered impracticable account of the nearness of the| that the the ng |shingles in voth the inner and outer fire zones instead of in the inmer zone only, as was originally planned. It was also voted to have the code indexed by the city engineer and printed in pamphlet form. To Reset Boundary Marker At the request of the selectmen of the town of Southington, City | Engineer C W. Buell has been in- structed to reset the boundary mark- er at the junction of the towns of Southington, Plainville and the city | of Bristol. in d- to| n he s g 18 be at | To Pave Street Intersections At the time the city budget was prepared for the present year, an item of $10,000 was included for {permanent paving. but in view of |the fact that a number of property owners on streets lined up for pav- 1z, did not want to assume their share of the expense, it was voted to use the money for paving of street intersections only. This rec- ommendation was submitted by Superintendent of Public Works Os- car Anderson and the matter was referred to him, the city engineer and the street committee to see that | work was carried out. 5‘;1’0 Install Additional Street Lights 8| At the recommendation of the =l x- b- | re | Ye le | They im- |lighting committee, the city fathers V-|voted last evening to install one of ladditional light on Sylvester, Ben- it. |ham and North streets. | Roof Overhangs Street A few days ago a 'arge truck coming down Pond street came in |contact with the Turner Heater Co.. roof, which apparently overhangs {the strect. This situation was called {to the attention of the councilmen ast evening and the matter referred to the street committee with power to act. Boundary Line Argument Councilmen W. E. Hough and ymond Crumb have been appoint- d a committee to settle a boundary |line argument between Michael Sho- pey of Mechanic street and one of 1is neighbors, Shopey claims that he has built one-half of the boundary fence and that his neighbor refuses to do his share. City Healthy The report of Doctor B B. Rob- |bins for the month of July indicates in |that during the period the city was e- [in a healthy condition. Only 33 ng (cases of disease, a remarkably low a number, were investigated during a- [the month, although a number of complaints had been received by the |health department in connection |with cess-pools. Such conditions {were remedied just as soon as at- {tention had been called to them. Sccks Damages For Collision A claim of $100 has been receiy- |ed from Mary J. Hess of Burlington avenue as a result of a collision in which she was involved on Lewis street last Sunday night. It s het contention that the accident was due to a rock in the roadway. The matter was referred to the claims committee for investigation and report at the next meeting of ‘the council. Reimbursed For Chickens A claim of $6.75 was ordered paid {to Edward J. Patterson of Kenney street Forestville, to cover loss of chickens killed by a neighbor’s dog. Part of this amount goes to the dog warden for his services in connec- tion with the case. Petitions Received A number of petitions were re- | ceived for consideration by the city council at their meeting last eve- ning. rt | One was presented by Carl L. | Blaske of Allyn street requesting permission to connect with sewer. Referred to sewer committee with power to act. Petition for three street lights on Maplewood Tract, presented by W. J. Phelan and J. T. Donovan. Re- ferred to lighting committee. Petition received from Bristol Realty Company for sewers on Bur- lington Heights tract, where it is planned to build twenty new houses Referred to sewer committee, Petition for street line on Central street, Forestville, from center to in n- 5. ol | F a- er in in er es p- e- to le a n, e ot 1 he in W le (Continued on Page 14) he FrankE. Goodwin EYESIGHT SPECIALIST EYES EXAMINED and GLASSES FITTED 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE Seven Years in New Britain Phone 1903 ne s- & 327 Main Street FRECKLES AND seewzz! ® UWAT'S 0SCAR DOIN', POUNDIN' TLIKE THAT DA HERE AAYWAY!! T'LL POUND HIS FRIENDS SRS / ONE YOU WEOAE e Lig A ALL DAY TILL YT WHAT TR M HILL ARE oL DOIN', I Know My Business! By BLOSSER SHUCKS YOoU KNOW A SCREW SHOULDNT EVER BE PUT INTO WOOD WITA A HAMMER ! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT SCREW DRIVER HAMMERIN THIS HERE SCREW NTO THIS BOARD, ) TAKIN ouT; Wiy, FoR TH' SCREWS OF COURSE!!