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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1927. Better Take Adyantage Of Our Cost Sales Low Prices The Keynote of Our Selling is Honest Worth at Lowest Cost. It is But Once a Year that All Qur Departments Join in Such Values Boys' Clothing at Cost Virgin Wool Suits, 10 to 18 years, most of them have vest and two pair pants, in desirable shades, values from $15 to $19.50 for $8.98. Juvenile Suits, 3 to 7, Jerseys, Tweeds, mostly button on models, values to $6.50 for $3.75. 0’Coats, wool lined of Chinchilla and Cheviots, ages 3 to 8 years, reg- ular $10 for $6.50. Lumberjacks, of all wool plaids, 6 to 16 years, values to $4.50, specially priced now $2.98. Reversible Jackets, 6 to 16 years, regular selling price $5.50, special $4.75 each. Suede Lumberjacks, tan or grey, 6 to 16 years, regular prices $11.95 and $12.95, special $9.50. ; Cotton Lined, Sheep Skin Leather Jackets, 8 to 12 years, regular price $9.50, special $7.75. Furnishings For the Men Negligee Shirts, neckband and collar attached, in broadcloth, silk stripe madras and woven madras, values to $2.50, special $1.59 each. Outing Flannel Pajamas, neat stripe effects, trimmed with rayon frogs, special $1.19. Winsted Wool Half Hose, dark oxfords, 31¢ pair. Women’s Hosiery at Cost Full Fash Silk, strictly first grade, all colors, $1.15 pair. $2.25. Full Fash Chiffon Silk Hosiery, silk to the welt, leading make, not all colors in all sizes, $1. | | E. G MITCHELL DIES AT THE AGE OF %4 Berlin News Berlin Resident for 40 Years, Expires af Meriden Home FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR Ladles’ In- stallation Circle Celcbrates 25th Anniversary | | Postpone Officers—Reading Auxiliary | ot i —Conlin Funeral Postponed. | 94, for | Eldred Charles Mitchell, | 40 years a resident of this town, died | this morning at his home on North | Colony street, Meriden. He leaves Lis widow, three sons, Eldreg Mitchell of Oakville, Conn., Henry | . Mitchell of Meriden and Groden | B. Mitchell of Waterbur; daughters, Mrs, Jenefers Wheeler of Gos c, N. H. and Mrs. lda E. Wheeler of Plaipville. e came to this country at the of 16, being born in England, d was a member of Stanley Post, G. A. R. of New Britain and th 25th Connecticut Infantr He cele- ted his 94th birthday on Octo- r 18. The funeral willbe held Friday afternoon from his late home, Rev. samuel A. Fiske, pastor of the Ber- lin Congregational church officia ing. Burial will be held in Wes cemetery, Plainville. D. A, R. to Aid Forcigners Bmma Hart Willard chapter, | Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, is planning to give to the for- ¢ign element a helping hand in ob- | taining citizenship and in the learn- ing of the laws and customs of the | United States. A booklet called the | “Manual for Immigrants and TFor- | eigners,” published by the National soclety of the D. A. R., will be ex- hibited during this week in the win- dows of the Berlin Confcc(\onm'y‘} store and followlng that showing | will be on view in a Kensington | establishment. Information regard- ing the obtaining of these books may be gotten from Mrs, Sidney M. Cowles of Kensington. The manual, which is published by the National society in 14 foreign translations, gives invaluable in- formation. It is, as a whole, propa- ganda for good citizenship and lo; alty to the United States which will appeal to the forelgn born resident | of Berlin. Written in a style which will be understandable by all, the book gives the ideals and customs of this natlon in a straightforward way | which will give a light of under- | standing to the resident of this town Y | t | We Wish to ANNOUNCE That Harry E. Taylor of Kensington is no longer connccted with Berson Bros. Kindly send orders and payments direct to our oftice. |to the fact 1 Men's Shop—Street Floor 39 pair. Two pairs who is anxious to find more in- formation concerning his new home. The booklet spreads the doctrine of patriotism and love of country, respect for the laws, love of the Flaw | and the Constitutfon of the United States. It explains the institutions which have made America the land of opportunity for all people and if carefully read, will leave the imm: grant a realizatlon that not only full privileges but certain duties await him in this new land. 1t is distributed by the Daughters of the American Revolution free of charge to immigrants, foreigners or any pupils in public or schools; for text book work in schools and for circulatlon in public librarfes and for - all other pur- poses directly connected with the education of the forelgner in Ameri can citizenship. The manual may be obtained In | nglish and the following transla- tions: Italian, Spanish, Polish, Yid- dish, Hungarian, French, German, Russian, Swedish, Greek, Portu- guese, Norwegian, Bohemian and of the manual were distributed among the foreign population and the school population of the coun- ¢ry. ‘While it is understood that the manuals are free of charge, Emma Hart Willard chapter is desirous of and two Seeing the books fall into hands of |yr. people which would appreciate the service rendered them. The locs chapter has gone to considerable ex- pense to give the booklets to Ber- lin's foreign element and they will not be scattered promiscuously. Every foreigner who wants one of the books may obtain it by applying to Mrs. S. M. Cowles and it is hoped that the service will obtain a big response. ection Postponed The Ladies' Auxiliary of Bolton- asica post, Amerjcan Legion, will hold its postponed membership mee ing and election of officers on Thurs- |day evening, January 13, at 8 o'clock in Legion hall, Kensington, The in- |stallation of officers will not be held jointly with the Legion Iriday eve- ning as previously announced, due t it was Impossible {0 hold the auxiliary's ions before this date. The auxiliary will hold late of the elections. Bolton-Kasica post, Amertcan Le- gion, is planning to hold its installa- Legion hall, Kensington. Thereafter all meetings, unless otherw nounced, will be held on Friday eve- nings with meetings twice a month instead of the usual monthly meet- ings. Court Postponed. et, the regular weekly session of the Berlin towa court, which was eched- January 11. Book Club Celcbrates. Twenty-fi cars of continued ac- tivity 15 the 1ccerd of the Progres- sive Reading Circle, a book club or- ganized in 1201 by 26 East Berlin residents. Four of the original char- ter members arc now living and are still active in the work of the or- ganization, one ot the original mem- bers being the president of the club, Mrs. E. W. Stearns of Worthington ridge. 0. Clark, Mrs. Ida | organtzation are Mrs, R. Mrs. Emily Barnes and Morse. The club originally contalned both men and women niembers, but later membership was restricted to wom- fen. The Circle holds meetings on |the third Tuesday of each month | with the exceptien of July and | August. Each member of the circle purchases one bock a year and every book is circulated among the mem- evening | Jecause of the abscnce of a dock- | postponed until Tuesday evening, | The ctlier charter members | still associated with the work of the | [of ths books being read. This s {followed by a social period. The present officers of the club are s follows: Mrs. K. W. Stearns, pres- icnt; Mrs. Archer Walsh, vice-pres- {ident; Mrs, Henry Dowd, secretary ii\nd treasure Mrs, Phillip Lotz is | chairman of the program committee. |The annual election of officers will lh" hell Tuesday evening, January ‘19. The club has had a very suc- (eessful 25 years' existence and the outlook for the future is bright. | Whist Party The St Paul's T. A. & B. society and the lzdies of the St. Paul's con- |gregation, will hold a whist party tomorrow evening at Tabs hall at 8 ‘(1'(‘10(‘!( |winners and refrishments iserved during the | whists given by the have proved popular and it is {planned to continue the socials throughout the remainder of the winter. will be evening. Past two groups To Attend Ball | veral jocal couples are planning |Lithuanian. Last year 181,000 copies |to attend the inaugural ball to be | {held in Hartford this evening. Among |those who will be present at the so- |clal event are: Mr. and Mrs. Claude | W. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. James . | orth, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. {Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wil- {liams, Mrs. Jean Hooker, Mr. and Norman Bagelow, Major and | Mrs. Frank [. Wilcox, Mr, and Mrs. | Douglas DeMers and Mr. and Mrs. |Clarence B. Raldwin, What They're Doing ard Mrs, Harold 0. Judd and of Worthington ridge left yes- to spend the remainder of the winter in Florida. | M. | fami | Miss Llizabeth Wilcox and Miss| {Helen Rhom left town Monday for |a visit in South Carolina for the rest of the winter, | Mrs. Harry Gould, who has been |ill for the pust week, fs reported as |being slightly improved. ; Jamey Garrity of Kensington, who [tas heen confined to his home for {the past fhree months, is able to ilm about one> mcre, Fritzi Pola, whe with three com- | panions made her way to Florida by way of the motor trails, has returned Ito his home here. Pola brought its installation two weeks after the | With him a four-foot alligator which | the car he was driving struck and |Kkilled as it was crossing the road. | He reports that a colored rostaurant tion Friday evening at § o'clock at,On the return eoute offered to buy| | |the deceased reptile for soup pur- but Poa declined the offer |with an ecye towards the interest | which would be shown when the 'gator was exhibited here. Funeral Postponed The funeral of Thomas Conlin, brother of John Conlin of Blue Hills, |who died yesterday morning at the | Moriden Geneial hospital, has been uled to convene last evening, was Postponed to Friday morning at si | the members of the |1 Prizes will he awarded the | R o'clock from Bt. Joseph's church, Meriden, instead of Thursday morn- ing as previous)y announced. East Berlin Items The stage is all set for the com- munity banquet at Community hall this evening at 7 o’clock. The menu is even better than last year and plenty of music will be interspersed during the event. Several speakers have been sccured for the evening. [ Plainville News | TRUNBULL FIRM | SRR L L ‘fiifil MAY Am] PLANTS to dance. Attendance to the banquet | is not confined to club members | only, but to any others who are in | accord with the work of the or- ganization. Miss Pearl Wetherill has returned ‘ ther Branch Factories :3ei’:.'n;‘ii’:ori“mi‘a‘fifl‘ni“;:;i‘;;5KENTUCK PLANT SUCGESSE guest of her grandparents, Mr. and | 5 Mrs, Fred Clough. | Victor Belden, the local newsdeal- | Grange Officers Installed — Grand | er, has asked that the front walk | of the homes where daily papers are | delivered be sprinkled with sand or ashes to make the work of deliver- | ing the papers easier for him and | his associates. Mr. Belden has had | ko ; soveral Talls as 8 résult of tho lay|¢ THe Purchase or erection of sev- iy |eral plants throughout the country Mra. E. G. Hazelwood of West DY the Trumbull Electric Mg, C Cromwell was calling upon relatives | forecast by in town yesterday, bull, president of the company, in | Ths library room will be open |the January issue of ‘“Inside the | Local Concern Gonsidering Fur-| List Rcady In Two Weeks—Parish | | Guild to Elect — Temco Bowling | Results—Cups to Be Awarded. | [ tion, for they were very low. Governor John H. Trum- |§ bowling league by “Temco be awarded to the team winning the championship of the 1628-1927 season. One is a large cup and will be kept in the shop as a permanent trophy, the names of the team win- ning the title each year be in- seribed upon it. cups will be presented to the members of the winning team. cups will be located in the men's smoking room and placed in a cabi- net where all can see and admire them. The Lobsters at present seem to have a strangle-hold on these cups, increasing their lead to four full games this week by taking two out of three strings from the Crabs. The Lobsters claim they tried to lose a few strings and make the race more interesting but that the Crabs wouldn't accept them; the scores almost bear out this conten- The by Lem- o best work was turned in eri Livingston, d The standing is now as follows: Total Pin Fall 19872 1933 4 196 26 19334 this week's Won Lost P.O. 2 15 19 Lobsters he results of were as follows: Friday afternoon and evening for the }urrle." the plant magazine. During exchange of hooks. {1026 the local concern acquired a | Archer Walsk received a painful | panel and switchboard plant at Lud- sprain yesterday morning when he low, and this southern slipped on the ite in the yard of factory has m the Beriln Construction company, in- |IN§ in spite of the fact that it has | juring one of his hands, |been operated for only six months. | The state highway department was | "€ it continues to come up to our | on the job brigh. and early this °Xpectations.” the statement of Pres- morning and sanded the dangerous ident Trumbull says, “the company sections of the highway between here | Will. N0 doubt, add additional plants and Berlin stree:. The roads swere |Of @ Similar nature in other local- particularly bad this morning, the |ltles in the country in the future rain of last night leaving only a Which all spells expansion and off | glare of ice. (portunity for those connected with Mrs. Frank Cobey will om.xrmin"“‘,‘;T;]:“':‘;“"}} “""““!‘““."“.' St Social Five at el S SOk ORIl On Ly & % st authorities is that 19 win ! her home tomerrow afternoon. Card i : wwill be played and luncheon served. L1 iSUr® UP 10 1026, which passed i BI‘;M’O e for tne INto history as a peak year to date. S n i oficers for the ,ng we ourselves are setting our Community club for the coming year budget to equal and exceed some- will be held next Wednesday eve- 'viat the business doms in 1 ning, January 12. | > fecling that the general business con- The Bachcicr Brothers, better gitions warrant us in being optimis- knewn as "Don Tracy and “Red” i A a tic to this ex tham, will cntertain at the Com- Grange Officers Installed munity club banquet this evening. s g The 1927 offic of Plainville They Wwill be remembered for the Grange were installed last night by entertainment program which they |Mr. and Mrs. Sperry of Bristol gave befora the club several weeks Grange, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. | ago. Their werk is always popular [Gibbons, also of Bristol. Glenn here, Sperry gave several solos during the Miss June Coby as been confined 'installation. Refreshments were to her home Ly illness for the past served, and plans for this year's| several da work were discussed. The officers | TWO DEAD, MAKY HURT e st seer, Trving Gridl lecturer, | French Four-Master Converted into Manchester | jov [Mrs. Charles Floyd Stillman H. Curtis; steward. | chaplain, Mrs. Cap- | ant steward, Rus- treasurer, Mrs. F. B.| secretary, Mrs. H. T.| . George A. Beck- Mrs. William Wilbur: | nna Noyes: lady as- | sistant steward, Miss Ethel Hubbell; gzatekeeper, William A. Smith; mem- ber of executive committee for thirty-five are injured as a result of |three vears, Ralph Williams. ol an explosion in the pitch filled hold | The State Grange will meet in of the French barque Richelicu, last | Pridseport on Qi el Al night that transformed the trim four | = master into a seething inforno. | Working On Grand| List ! Peroy Tiewly, 125, megro, of Tampn, | WHe Guscseqr Y8 fusy on - W Fla., Thomas Daniels, negro, died to- Erand fist and espect - to have | day of burns. All the ship's officers | OTRRIeted n WBOWL twO WERIS, JOTT and ten French cadets aboard the |3 HTuPe CEERE, 00 08 DO - | wesasl s tadury aluation are being made, he stated, | The thirty-five Injured are In hos- [y '3 90 A5 BERE mads A8 SEI00 pitals here suffering from serious |1t " The 1ist s expected to g0 | burns. Thirty-one of them are | oy over last year's record-breakine | negroes, two of the five white men |(o(a). X | burned are members of the crew, | while the others are dock hands. The Parish Guild of the Church | The explosion was in the vessel's |of Our Saviour will meot at 2 o'clock number 3 hold as she lay alongside a |tomorrow afternoon at the paridh | | Baltimore and Ohio railroad pier at |house. Officers for 1027 will be Curtis Bay, loading pitch. elected. Without warning, and but a few Cups for Temco Bowlers moments after a score of workmen Iver loving cups have heen had left the hold for the day, a bil- | presented to the Trumbull Eicctric low of flame and smoke shot from the hatchway, —enveloping workers | nearby, The blaze spread rapidly | through the inflammable cargo, and despite the efforis of fire fighters raged for six hours, when the Richelicu sank. Seething Furnace Near B. & O. Pler. i Pwo » Baltimore, Md., Jan. 5.—(# men are dead, and three miss and and Guild to Elect REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF PLAINVILLEsTRUST CO At the close of business on day of December, 1928, A Discounts Loans and | Overdrafrs : | Funds set aside for CHILD SAVES TE. E: 05, 513,888.73 1 106.847. Bridgeport Youngster's Cries Give Warning of Fire in Home. | pud (00 LR P50 o0 Bridgeport, Jan. 5.—(#—Ten peo- | Cash on | pie, comprising two families in a two ¢ | family house on Davenport street, { were saved from probable suffoca- | Total Assots tion early today when Alvord Black- LIABILITIES. well, aged four, daughter of Mr | hes % |and Mes. John W. Blackwell, was awakened by smoke pouring into | her bedroom and ery out, aroused the household. When firemen arrived they found | the attic and upper floor a mass of | flames. Damage was estimated at | $3,000. curlties urnlture and Equ Due from Reserve Agents | Undivtded profite, ex- penses and taxe for (oss i paldy lficates of Deposit asurer's Checks 0 Certified Checks . : | Dividends Tnpatd | |Chriatmas Savings and Funds 3 | Total Liabiittes | State of Connecticut, County of Hartford Plainville, January 4th, fac.eod. | nville Tru v swear that the foregoing sinte- | ment 1s true to the best of my wledge | and bellef. Community Theater PLAINVILLE WED., JAN. 6— Big Double Feature FLORENCE VIDOR in “YOU NEVER KNOW WOMED A. A. MacLEOD, | Treasurer. | Also HARRY LANGDON in “TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP" Subscribed and sworn to hefore me, this | fourth day of January, 192 C. W. OLIVE Notary Pu I Lobsters 100 ss $3 106 Cassidy ade a very good show- |$ Sm Totals Johpson H. Griffin Yabich Dionne 5 ¢, Grifiin S0 wers tocking us Granger Livingston 102 113 Totals L5601 Bullheads 56 Robs 54 Broadwell Hart Lemeries 108 110 ATs 428 ‘uneral of Mrs, Goodr Funeral services for M Goodrich, who died y ing at the rome of Mrs. 55 Maple street, will be residence at 12:30 Tot Ella T. ¥ morn- A. D. Cady, nheld at that o'clock tomor- row noon aud will be private. Rev. Robert Burton will conduct a short prayer, after which the body will be taken to Springfl Mass., Mre, Goodrich’s birthplace, for burial Chamber Mecting Postponed The meeting of the Chamber Commerce scheduled to be Thursday night has been postponed one week and will be held on Thu lay, January 13. President Henr Trumbull and several other memb could not he present, and as the im- portant m of the building code will be disc at the coming meet- ce. until a full attendance could be se- cured, eral of Mr. Pease Funeral services for C. W. Pease, who died Saturday in Duluth, Minn will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomor- row afternoon at the undertaking parlors of W. A. Bailey & Co. Rev. A. A. Ball, pastor of the Plainville M. E. church, will officiat Interment will be in West cemete Notes A public social will be held Sat- urday evening at the home of Wil- liam O'Neil, 85 Pear] street. Music will be furnished by the Majestic orchestra. he Legion auxi will install its newly elected officers at its meet- ing tomorrow night. Miss ( visiting nu dence at 1 Main street. Several additional children from surrounding towns have been at- tending school in Plain ince the reopening after the Chris day. Mrs. Mary Root, formerly of Park Place, is ill in Waterbury. Her con- dition is serious but is not believed to be critical . The Hartford Praying meet this evening at the home Herbe H Salmen on stre: Mrs. Neva Bradley has er spending the holic ends in Philadelphia. The r.gu mid-week nt, the new e b will of nd returned s prayer { | meetings will ba held tomorrow eve- | by nin ¢ at the Plainville M. L. and Bap- tist churches. At the Baptist church the quarterly business meeting will follow. Mrs. tor of the Hartford county Y. W. C has issued banquet on ford Y. W. ¥ the Hart- 5 room steam vt to Conn. To Rent-—122 tenement, all improvements, heat. Phone 3 6 p.m Furnished room and gar rent, 58 Pierce St. Plainville advt. Cast streot, McGibbon. | of | held | taken up her resi- | stmas holi- | fles S. Wyekoft, a direc- | invitations to a | _Briitol 7 News _ FIVE-WAY LIGHT ATR. R, GROSSING | Councl to Ask New Haven Road to Install Warning MENACE AT DOOLITTLE'S Policeman Jeglinski Is Made Ser- geant — Legion Post Commander Names Committees — New Crook Catching Machine Approved. York, New artford Ra d Co. will be asked to install immediate! at crossing a new combination red light land bell signal unit for the prote [tion of vehicular and pedestrian |travel over the tracks at that point, {a vote of the city council last eve- {ning instructing Mayor John F. Wade to communicate with raiiroad offic to that cffect. The signal at night throws a red flare directly {in the face of those approaching the \crossing and during the day a warn- g bell will notify ipproaching train The estimated cost for the signal arrangement is $4,000 Tt is understood that the railroad authoriti re agreeable to (proceed with the work and are sim- ply awaiting the necessary authoriza- tion from the city. To protect the Jfive streets, namely Burlington ave- nue. North street, Maple street, Judd street and Farmington avenue, which converge at this point, it will bhe ry to inctall five lights, one neeessa i [facing each approach. | At a meeting a few months ago. Councilman Charles R. Anderson suggested that steps be taken to bring about the elimin 8 |crossing. Railroad officials when consulted stated that the cost ch an action would be prohibi {and the signal system is apparently |the result of concessions made hy 9 {both municipal and railroad author- lities. Tt is v derstood that when the Inew system is placed into effect, the |services of the two flagmen, wlo [watch the crossing from 6 a. m., 1to 12 sidnight, will be discontinued. |so that the solution will prove jmoney saving proposition to the rail- |road company. Mayor Wade was to request additional {tection fcr Fede al {Counc’iman H ner H. Judd has for {some time favored the extension of {hours of ti~ crossing watchman, which now ecxpire at 5 p. m. | New Post Commander Appoints Following the installation of offi- s of Seicheprey post No. 2, Amer- can Legion, last evening, Postmas- ter Frank 8. Merrlll, newly elected commander, announced the follow- | Ing appointments for the year: | Entertainment committee, Val- more Pilon, general chairman; Charles Fournier, Ired Denman, Al- fred Breckbill, Calixte Allaire, Har- old Cone. Service committee, Claire M. Pfennig, chairman; Buel Ferguson, Dr. Ralph A. Richardson, Roy Bar ton; rooms committee, Harold Hayden, Timothy Donovan; memor- ial committee, Harry Perkins, Julian Norton, Leigh D. Minor; finance committee, C. Vincent chairman, Hilary Driscoll, Draper; sick visiting committee, A. A. Griffin, chairman, John Mille Arthur Johnson; membership com. mittee, Vernet Dutton, chairman, . M. Pfennig. Hilary Driscoll, Trv- ing Wasley, Edwin Goodridge: pub- licity committee, Rolfe I | Roy Barton; sergeant |ing Wasley; Americaniz | Raymond Coleman. | It was also decided to tender to| | Rev. Ernest L. Wismer, chaplain of | | the post, a complimentary dinndr| {on January 27th, definite plans to| be announced later. Rev. Wismer d his resignation as pas- | of the Fir tional | | church in this ecity |ed a call to become | United Congregational church at | Newport, R. L ! Funeral of Francis R. Mallory | | The funmeral of Francis R. Mal-| so instructed crossing pro- street again. tion officer, | from N. { ernoon | Clarence home of his son, Mallory of 128 Queen Rev. Ernest L. Wismer, of the First Congregational shurch, conducted the services and 1 was in West cemete | Funeral of Charles E. Anthony | e funeral of Charels E. thony, aged 61, who died at home 108 Laurel street las day night will be held | tomorrow afternoon from the \"\'\-] pel of the Prospect M. E. church.| | Rev. Hubert D. Jones will conduet | the services and burial will be fn} 1 West cemetery | Mr. Anthony was born in Wall- ingford June 1863, the son of sphen Anthony and town for ('m'iy—fi\'.vl s He came to Bristol in 1920 and was employed as a grinder at | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS H elping Mom Haven and | Doolittle’s | persons of the | la the New Departure Manufacturing company until four years ago when he was obliged to retire on account of ill health. He is survived by his wife and one son, Charles E. Anthony, Jr., of thi. city and four grandchildren, who reside in Meriden. Printing Contfact Awarded The contract for the printing of $00 copies of the city report was awarded by the city council to the Adkins Printing Co. of New Brit- ain. The prices quoted were $2.52 for cach printed page and $2.50 for blank pages. The Adkins Co. was the only bidder. Jury Committee Appointed Mayor John F. Wade last night appointed Councilmen W. Raymon Crumb, William E. Hough and WT- liam A. Hayes as a jury committee His appointment was ratificd by a vote of the councll body. Approve Map Program The city council voted to make the necessary appropriation for the compiling of assessors maps, as was recommended at the last meeting by Assessor D. J. Heffernan, The work will take about three years to complete and will cost approxi- mately $3,600 for the first year. City Engineer Carleton W. Buell wil supervise the map making. D s Strect Name Changes The petition to change the nam: of Pond street to North Main street m-ntioned in the Herald yesterday. which was being circulated yester- day by Councilman Homer H. Judd, was presented to the city council last evening and upon the recom- mendation of Mr. Judd a committee consisting of Councfimen Charles Anderson. W. Raymond Crumb and William A. Hayes was appointed to look over the city and present at a later meeting other street name changes which might be dezmed ad- visable. Before any definite action is taken, however, property owners on the sircets on which names arc | to be changed, will be given an op- portunity to express their approva | or disapproval. ; Sewer Assessments | It was voted by the council approve the sewer assessmen placed against property owners on Chestnut, Crown, Earl and Melrose streets and Porter Court, after a hearing was held last evening. The matter of sewer assessments on Newell road and Ash street was held up until a later meeting. Wants Hooker Court Closed Albert L. Sessions appeared at the meeting and asked that, if pos- sible, his request submitted about | three months ago that Hooker |court be closed as a highway be jacted upon immediately. He was informed, however, that it would be impossible to answer him definitely until the next meeting which is to be held on January 18. The J. H. Sessions & Sons Co. own all of the land on both sides of the court and by their acquisition of the property the need of a high- v had passed, according to Mr. ns. Petition for Street Light A petition was received’ by the council last night from a num- ber of residents of Grove and Oak- land streets asking that a street light be stalled at the Intersec- tion of the twn streets. The mat- ter was 1eferred to the lighting com- mittee for investigation and report |at the next meeting. Bus Route Granted. MacDonnell Prothers, who were ntly granted a franchise to oper- a bus route between this city and Farmington by the public util- ities comimissior, were authorized by vote of the o'y council to estab- lish a terminal at the extreme west end of the Memorial boulevard. They were also en permission to oper- ate their busscs from the boulevard down Main street to South street, over South to West street, north on West street to Center, east on Center to North Main street, north on North Main street to North street and then orth street and Farming- ton avenue. To prevent encroachment on the rights of the Rristol and Plainville SHec company, which operates tr as far as Doolittle’s Cross- ing, MacDonnell Brothers have agreed not to pick up passengers in the city shose destination is within a quarter of a mile of the terminus compuny. MacDonrell Brethers originally applicd for permisgion to operate the bus line through to Hartford, but their potition was acted upon favor- T Hughes | lory was held at 2 o'clock this m»in”y only as far as Farmington by the public utilitiea commission. Building Linc Asked For, titlon asking for the estab- t of a build'ng line on both sides of High street was received by tha city council from a number ot residents of that street. The matter red to the street committee stigatior. and report later. Health Officer’s Report Dr. B. R. Robbins, city health of- ficer, fn Lig report fer the month of Decomber gubmiited last night, howed that for that period there were In the city two serious cases of scarlet fever, one fatal, with one recovering. and two diphtheria cases, one of whick aleo proved fatal and tha othor patient is now recovering. A large number of chickenpox eases (Continued on Page 13) By BLOSSER | bership sc that at the end of the year jall of the books kave been read by each person in the Circle and the | books rests with the original pur- chaser. The 1nectings each month are for the discuesion and criticism 50 HARVARD ST. Tel. 1811-1812 New Britain