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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. {Judd and W. Raymond Crumb, |committee to act with him in the mitted the lollowing recommenda- |crection of the proposed parish tions for increase in pay for mem-|house: Henry Richards, Thomas | bers of the police department: Chief, [Steed, Burton Bronson, Willlam El- to be increased from $2.800 to $3,- |liott, Andrew McKnight and Kenneth 060 captain, from $2,400 to $2,600; | Milier. from § to $ r patrolmen from § to 72 cents per hour or $38.88 y | week; first year men, from | cents to 67 cents per hour of $36. 18 ves. wek; 4 supernunte raries, from 783 849 Plainville 208 160 .198 139 162 168 J146 168 224 191 124—539 Totals . .938 826 827-2591 Orchestra Leaders Named The four leaders in the Plainville Totals Edwards Livingston Powers Babich | Smith 1. 0. 0. F. Meeting The regular meeting of Pequa- buck lodge. I. 7. 0. F.. will be held at § o'clock this evening in Arcanum | hai. Parent-Teacher Association Meeting wae nts, 000 ond ye cents | T s Now for Specials in Silver Ware at Prices That Will Enthuse You SILVER WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL LUSTRE ADDS A BRILLIANCY TO ONE'S TABLE THAT IS NOT EQUALLED BY ANY OTHER ESSENTIAL. NOW, WHEN SILVER OF WELL KNOWN REPUTE IS OFFERED AT THE LOW PRICES OF THIS SALE IT IS YOUR TIME TO PURCHASE LIBERALLY. ROGERS FLAT SILVER TABLE PIECES OFFERED 25% OFF REGULAR PRICES With 25 yearsguarantee, and a new popular pattern, such as the “Rox= bury” with its lovdy bright finish, there should be quick selection by house- wives, hotels, restrurants, boaxdmg house keepers and schools. Look to your needs and sapply them at this January Silver Sale. Get Appropriation—Police Salary | rresting —Plainville Bowlers Defeat Ken- Ralses Recommended—$1,085 Col- lected in Fines in December. tuckians — Grange Meeting — lark period The largest crowd ever to m-»nc‘r‘,- g a city council meeting filled the court | room to overflowing last night, most | Plainville Briefs. | were The name of Plainville will short- ly be made known to all who pass | through it if the plans of the Cham- ber of Commerce are carried out. These call for the erection of a large sign, electrically lighted at night, on the roof of the new Strand theater building being erected on West Main street by the Sequassen corporation. ! This sign will announce to the pass- | tourist that he is now in Plainville and will boost the town in an effort to draw his attention to its attrac- tions. ith Medium knives, set of six for $2.49 Stainless steel, set of six for $3.95 Dessert knives, set of six for $1.59 Fruit knives, set of six for .. $2.49 Medium forks, set of six for $1.69 Salad forks, set of six for .. $2.29 Sugar shell and butter knife ea. 39¢ Tea spoons, setof 6 for 99¢ Dessert spoons, six for .... $1.59 Table spoons, six for ...... $1.69 Oxange spoons, six for .... $1.49 2. B. soup spons, six for . Deflsert forks, set of six for . Sil Butter spreiders, six for $2.19 | 2 piece lock and handle, $5.00. Fruit bowls, silver plated, plain or Butler finish, $3.59 each. Candle sticks, silver plated, 10 inch size, high colonial design, $3.99. Silver ocktail shakers, quart size, Butle: finish, $5. Well ad Tree p]atters, silver plated, 1¢inch size, Butler finish at $6.99 ea,h. Pie jates, silver plated, with Plainville News Bristol N B""ST PLAINVILLE Grammar school orchestra for Jan- —_— vary and February have been e ; el ich 4 1l 1 cents to €5 cents per hour or The Parent-Teacher association of Chamber of Commerce to M&ke=5°:;::! JMler nesin Tl e P[‘o[es(s 0{ Pmpeny Ow]]ers 10 per week. A patrolman fo|the South Side and Park street Fitrt Datalt, Joks O'Des, axd Brms | become eligible for the T2-cent rate|schools will hold a meeting at 8:00 i Pelluchia. These leaders were se- Heard by City C Town Kaown fo Visitors B i ity Comngil |z e oo o e e tendance, consclentious practice at ]' ;l'lx ‘r‘ov?mrnflx?z‘lmm:\s s\r\-»:‘tnrlo‘f L!\:r‘;zirsilx')gf v:;lll ;:e ‘1' home, and efficlent work at re- e salary committes . Stanley, secratary he Y. M. MAKING MAP FOR FIREMEN »carsass NEW ARMORY IS WANTEDM.W action will probably he | C. A., stats hoys work and director The other members of the orches- a t the meeting to be held ofr of Camp Hazen. The Arfon quartette, tra are James Lee, Willlam Hal- ) ¢, February 1. composed of Gaylord Cook. first ten- |stead, Vinton Earl, Raymond Nerl, | ffort to Be Made in Hartford to Jos b, Tnerres Soud- et hree different occasions dur. | Willam H. Graham. first base - School Orchestra Leaders Named | Maurice Greene, Edward Bergan, meeting of the clty council|A: . Jepson. second i 13 | Robert Calvar, Willlam Sneidemann, i s T {the feature of an pra | the lights throughout the | 1" | {pud. Fanl ¥z, leaving the court room (" e B £ Grange Meeting During one the| Carctaker For Comrort Station Plainville Grange held its regular Baleeninl Acting upon the recommandation iseting dast Ul enaE ©!conncil last evening voted to in > at which the councilmen 6 fderetaiie sl 4hs o ta song by the entire Grange, Mrs. |ro a0 i Siivor st casen il L’flrvll;;}(:flr at th l(-;m!flor} sta- Mary Williams related several short | of the spectators being fnterested in | opinion that the color probably was| upony ser, Mo reliroad bridge on anecdotes. A reading was given by | the change In names of a number of | | selected because the aoinalbod Main svr--n:,_. I-nd“r_ the agreement, Miss Gertrude Barnes. Chatles H. |strects as proposed by & committec|ana nimseit were consitered dan | P° A el "“I paid $1 a day by Curtis, master of the local Grange, ing of Councilman Charles R. M”mh lioy o otarkd ibt sieryi e Bk, oWl sll absb i an I Eal nd Mrs. Curtis, the lecturer, re- 18Ye s g £ M e For the privilege, he will perform Hen Reldilsat ek ® i Brldgeport: m,”"'\'::"; "‘;:"‘l;x-e r;m‘;";’f Changes | agrecing with those who disagreed |ihe necessary janitor services, open- - ente S t it them on various matters and |ing the place at 6 o'clock ea & by Miss Sadle Okenqulst and MsS |5ireqts stricken from the original{istaction of those interestec St ekl <o 0l Mabel Johnson. Centatlyiio A 9 action of those interested. ight except on Saturdays when it Several suggestions were made for | atve program of changes com- Claim Presented For Fall v kept open until 11 o'clock. : piled by the three councilmen witl ; improving the programs during the A letter from was presented to the | €rection, the comfort station has Inight will be designated as “Offi- de. 1St evening, intimating that | Deen a source of considerable trouble At present there are no signs of cers’ Night,” and the officers will | e following changes were nmdr-‘ would be asked for as “im city authorities due to depreda- this character in Plainville, non |farnish one number on the program, | 2£(er no residents of the strects in |regult of a fall on an ley sidewalk |08 committed by vandals. At one along the borders to tell the motor~ Mrs. Davie Dies stion had appearcd to voice an {jugt east of Prospeet sireet by | ime the permanent closing of the 18t that he is “now entering Plain.| Mrs. Adclaide Dave, oged 4 |objection: Williams avenue changed [Mrs, Catherine L. Hayden on Jan. |station was considered but the ville” or '*“now leaving Plainviile. |ycars, died Jast night in New Haven. |to James strect. Pequabuck place to| | . |no effort had been made to keep the |Surervision should eliminate any ter to inquire what town they are in. | most of her life in the Blm C ranklin place to Riley fwalk from snow or ice in ac. |further trouble. It is also pointed out that the name |She was the widow of Frederick . hightway from junction of [cordance with the ordinances, Police Court Judge's Report of the town is not even displayed on | IDavie. Mrs. Davie is survived by a lm“m street and South street to The muatter was to The report of Jud, William the railroad station. {sister, Mrs. Charles Calor of Plain-|Middle street. changsd to South claimns committee for inve M of the police court for tii The Chamber of Commerce has a | ville: and a half-sister, a Mrs. Brown | street |and report at a later mestin month of December, submitted to corgmittee at work on this matter; |of Middletown. » name of Hamm court in For- {must have completed two years of |o'clock this evening in the auditor- |lected o~ the basis of regular at- > G Lights Fail or: Ralph Jaerre t New Chy drants— ew Chart Will Show all Hydrants— |\ Hadfleld, Sanford Birnbaum, SRl il | of Mayor John ¥. Wade, the city program. Following an opening sperate a bootblack and news stand. derson, Willlam A, Hayes and V. ever, to perfectly har SRERD | ported on the State Grange conven- OUERER L perfectly harmle: N Lt J. Hayden of 311 Practically from the time of |coming year. The mnext mecting et AT IOV CHADBES | Gy . luary 15th. Mr. Hayden claimed that | 2rrangement furnishing constant Come again.” Many stop at the cen- |She was born in Plainville, but spent | Jacobs street, Pond street to North Hayes Acting Mayor the council last night, showed th: the? committee comprises John E | Funeral services will be hel lestville was changed to Hillerest t city referred ar Councilman Willlam A, Ha al of fines collected as $1.065.15. pyrex slate, 8 inch Vegtable dishes, Berla News EXPECTNO SPREAD OF SARLET FEVER Pupils 4r¢ Released in South Shool as Precaution OFFLIALS NOT WORRIED| Grange Instals Officers for Com-} ing Year—Coilin’s Blue Hillians Tail to Take (ener in Absence of Their Captain, Rumors of ascarlet fever epi- demic which folowed the discovery of a case of te dis at the Worthington schol were today min- imized by Suprintendent Mary Giriswold and Jealth Officer Roge! M. Griswold, tho both emphas {he fact that n undue alarm should mount from tp situation. Regardless f the fact that most | the rumorsitarted that from 10 to 20 cases wer¢reported, it has been Jearned thatonly one actual case Jias been fond and that, with the {aking of preautions which ha Lwen attends to by school and medi- o cal authoritjs, it is improbable that | the case wilgo further. Yesterdayafternoon it was found that Miss dna Clark, daughter of Mr. and M. Richard Clark of th south endof Worthington Ridge, was sufferig from scarlet fever. Fur ther invesgations showed that two other chilten of the same family were regiered at the Kensingtor Grammar school and the South school. Adng immediately in an ef- fort to fres or an epidemic, Miss Griswoud released the childn who occupied the room in whichthe Clark girl studied and | also autdrized the release of pupils in the Suth school. The Kensington Gramm¢ school students were not cas it was found that the »uld evacuate the room and still cctinue classes with other teachen All rooms in which mem bers othe Clark family were pupils were 1oroughly fumigated as well as proerty belonging to the stu- dentsf the room It as found later that the schocclosing had been unnece as t} member of the family who occuied that building had not b in gendance since mas be- of illness. Rey of the factthat chances for communic tiopwere slight, the school was com- plefly fumigated. All students re- supd stadies in their rooms today asisual. [uthorities resuest that no alarm beshown over the situation and South tht developments should be await- | any further action Dalby, town nu children periodical- I: to squell any other outbreaks shich might a Health Officer giswold will also watch the situ- gion closely and be prepared to tke what measures might be nee- esary. Jealth conditions in this temed as unfavorable to dmle. It is extremely improbable lat any furthe cases will be r pirted from the pr outbreak aathorities say The fhe situation ‘¥ fully st but untl activi; circles warraat alarm, no further worry should bo local residents whose childen are in school. Grange Installation Berlin Gmnge, 24, held its an- nual inshllition of officers last eve- ning at their hall on Farmington before tken. Miss Ivy wl examine t place any epi- he 2. |Blue Hillians, minus John Conlin, at $1.99. silver plated, Hosts of other items not mentioned here at special prices a\ enue. State Master Minor Tves of gO\x!h Meriden performed the cere- Imonies assisted by Mrs. TIves and their daughter. Because of traveling rondmon-z attendance was disap- polmmgly small. Those who were G(‘mge W. Tryon, master; Mrs. !George W. Tryon, lecturer; Charles {Weldon, chaplain; George B. Carter, treasurer; Mrs. E. B. Adams, secre- Austin Sheldon, Pomon \Iyrllt- Prior, Ceres; Mrs. Sarah Goodell, Flora; Harold Skinner, steward: G. Lindquist, assistant John Sheldon, gate keep- Ada Watkins, lady assistant steward. Howard Stevens, elected to the most of overseer wa absent and will require a special in- ‘st‘llhlmn for his office. Refresh- ts were served by the retiring ofhcnr- The next meeting of the local or- ganization will be held on February i at the association’s hall This will be “anniversary night" and the {refreshments v¢ill be furnished by {Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ventres. | Conlin's Team Downed | Yast night's ~urtain raiser to the Kensington sethack tournament went |to " Belmont's Paper Good. n\'ml which downed John Conlin to | Good playing installed werz: he tune of 31 to 17. as in evidence throughout the con- | t tains went down fis |tablish their name lone man team as th-y |dubbed. | Rosenberg donned the armor of ithe doughty leader of the Hillians ts and the men from the moun- hting hard to e as more than a have and acquitfed himself creditably in | {defeat. His team included C. Meyer, R. Meyer, C. Holmaquist, S. Holm- quist, Simms and Kalen. Belmont's “Paper Dolls” showed {their usual flashy form In the first | This is a delegation to beat and includes agan and Tom encounter. hich is hard such stars as W. W, falarney who are experts at flipping | the printed cards. | Farmers' Club n cooperation with the Farmers' club, Bery G. Southwick. |county agricultural agent, ranged a dairy meeting for this eve- ning at 8§ o'clock at the Berlin (Grange hall. Everyone interested in {the subject of dairying is cordially invited. A. R. Morrill, extension dairy spe- cialist of the state agricultural col- lege, will talk on “Shall We Raise or Buy Ouy Cow. Mr. Southwick |will give a lecture on “Growing More Alfalfa.” This meeting is termed cellent opportunity for ds get help from Mr. Merrill who is known throughout the state as an experienced, capable dairyman. T 2s an ex- . |Questions regarding individual prob- {lems 1ill be in order following the address. Minstrels' Rehearsal The Tabs' minstrels rehearsal tomorrow o'clock in their hall on Beech road. A definite program will be formed at this time. Bob TFagan, |musleal director, is hard at work ar- Swamp Bread tray who was | been | Rerlin | has ar-| rvmen to | evening at $:00 s, choice of styles, to this place in ten days while Mrs. Montgomery and the children will remain in the south for the re- mainder of the winter. | A whist party will be held this !evening at 8 o'clock in Tabs hall, ! Kensington, under the auspices of !the St. Paul's T. A. & B. society and the women of the congregation of | St. Paul's church. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be erved., | The condition of Bernard P. Moore who is a patient at the Hart- ! ford hospital is reported as improv- | ed. Here recently underwent an oper- | ation at that institution. Town in Darkness For some unesplained reason, Ber- | lin was plunged into total darknes last evening for a half hour period. | Candle, oil lamps and gas fixtures | relicved the situation slightly but | lactivities were halted until the | mazdas blaze donce more. Game Starved Wild folk in the surroumding | woods are suffering considerably { through the absence of food which | has been covered by the heavy drifts of snow. s of hen pheasants have been reported near the crnllr |of town and rabbits have become | more and more bold as the rigors of | {winter has removed their food sources. 1t has been suggested that {the gunning clubs in this town set out food for the animals. This idea | is heing practiced in other localities | and has proved successful and in orders that local game might thrive, it is hoped that the local sporting organizations provide some means for helping the birds and animals {until spring provides their regular | menus. Grain laid for pheasant and | partridge is known to keep the birds in the locality and even attracts | | birds from considersble distances, | "As the creatures are becoming | | hungrier and bolder, more and more | are falling at the hands of hawks | and owls and with the plaugue of goshawks and Arctic owls which has hit th on, indlcations are that next year will not be as plentiful as 1926, Tast Berlin Items A ge attendance is a at the meeting of the Community club this evening to hear Miss Caro- | line Penniman of Middletown ad- dress the club on the work of the Long Lane farm at Middletown. Mis Penniman heen associated with the work of this institution for the pust several vears and has several hundred girls to supervise. She has blished reputation as a speak as a real story to tell. There will be a soclal hour with refresh- ments, < Miss J vith pneumon nticipated | an Dalbey is seriously i1l | nd her condition | rs are entertained for | erect signboards thereon, | nan |of the alarm _ystem here, the pres- | chairman ot ) Plainville | Conners Lamb, William B. Wilber, and L. 0 o'clock tomorrow a!lt‘rnou'. ti Wilber was elected chatrman s e committee has tentatively Onfl’c"“m’h’ il oficiate: ~ Tia upon m v % Ik 2 ¥ e S0 % Ponie uen verding s {body will be placed in the vault at New Fngland Town” and | Wrest cemeters Place to Live In.” Plans are Pythian Sisters Whist ing formed for a competition among | ye second of the series of Whists the school children for the best slo- | gonductad by Pythian Temple, No. ;a: blo be used in connection With|yg py(hian Sisters, will be held in ]’r oosting campaign. - Odd Fellows' hall 8 o'clock to- he Sequassen corporation has|pight. Prizes will rded and dlnn:n’v‘fl the use of its roof to the | efreshments will rved. The chamber, a valuable gift In that ad- | puplic 1g invited, vertising agencies have already made # Merry Makers Mect tempting offers for the right to| The Merry Makers met last night {at the home of Miss Josephine Pis-| |tillo. An enjoyable time was pass- | ed. The club will meet next Thu | day night at the home of Miss Mary | Marineli in e aws be Making Map for Fire Department A domplete and up-to-date map of Plainville is being prepared for the use of the fire company by Englneer Joseph N. McKernan. At present no | accurafe map of all new streets is | possessed by the firemen, and the | town has grown so rapidly that none of the members the department | know all the streets. This makes for confusion and delay in reaching the scene of a blaze. Engineer McKer- owns the only up-to-date map of Plainville in existence, and he will make an enlarged copy of this for the fire department, Al fire hydrants will he shown on the new map, this being another aid in facilitating the putting out of | fires. There Southington. i Temeo Bowling The Lobsters and Crak with unchanged relativ in this week's games in the Temcoj bowling league, cach winning two out of three strings from lts op- | ponent. The scores were low, no |one hitting standing s/ | now as follow | - remained | standings Lobsters Crabs Bullheads 20 Sharks 19 The results of this we Sharks 81 ST $8 80 a1 1 258 L. s 29 is agitation for a revi a6 105 76 89 105 471 ion | Stocking | C. Griffin Livingston | Powe | §neiderman of various sections of the town not heing considered | adequate. The additfon of a num- (ber for the South Washington dis- | trict i3 advised by members of the | department, but no action has yet been taken. | Tohns Frederick Bullen has been elected ‘}',m ?;,.min the fire commission | yiopne H. Norton secretary; the | pawards other commissioner is Winfield | papich | Loomis. Regular mestings will be | keld on the first Friday of each month in the future: they will thus | coincide with the meetings of the fire company and the two groups canjtherefore get together. Plainville Defeats Kentucky | A long distance bowling mateh, | an innovation here, was rolled Mon- day night between the ten-pin teams | of the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co. main factory here and the branch plant in Ludlow, Kentucky. When the scores cama through it was dis- covered that the “old men” at | bad defeated their | “younger brothers” in the South by | 30 pine Tdwards and Smith were largely responsible for the victory. | The scores: ent designation 84— S4— 100— Crabs 87 a0 83 . 89 107 244 260 and M. 436 Lobsters L1082 93 56 78 96 S8 83 99 94 105 455 469 Bullheads 54 5 96 92 88 435 Notes There will be a mecting of Parish Guild of the Church ¢ saviour at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- | noon. All ladies in tne parish are | |cordially invited. Tea will be| |served. Arthur Hallock of |was taken to the New RBritain Gen- leral hospital yesterday morning. | A dced representing the transfer- | of a picce of property on |'Tomlinson avenue from Joseph T. Donovan of Bristol to Mary Boyko of Bristol was recorded at the of- | fice of the town clerk yesterday. | Rev. J. G. Ward, astor of the Baptist church, is reported to be {11 ‘assidy | Reicker Silverio Smith | Peck tobedeaux Hart Broadwell Lemeries Ludlow 195 Waite 208 Ramler Kleintank Naber Maple nue Community Theater | PLAINVILLE WEDNESDA THURSDAY, JA is such that fes her recovery. She has been ill for [ (Continued on Page Sixtcen) will hold a| {at his home on Maple street. The recently appointed (Continued on Page Conrad Nagel and Claire Windsor in “TIN HAT 4:15—10c. One day only. school Matinee, 16) made, and Clerk anging the name of Lincoln place | io Ric to make no chang South | met d It was voted to leave the name | Councilman ; eral | sideration avenue | The court after a petition, hearlng the names of all the property owner. Lad been read requesting the change It was felt by t th me w very inappropri- ite pite of the fact that it was spelled with two m's, erious objection was sidents of Tngraham plae ¢ the proposal to changs Elias strect. Mrs tormed the at 1€ some ered by because the name o on £t suitable {than that 1 been suggested. She lntimated that | persons about the town were langh- ing up thelr s at the cognomen and she believed it was found, to ciiminate confusion with Tngraham strect. a change was actually necessary. the name of latter street should be chang pointed out that there are hout six houses on Ingraham str Ingraham place th name of have ey whereas on are about 16. Mr. Amston, Rlum and Charles P jected to the chang reasons as those Amston. The council ided to reconsider the matter. A letter signed by L. P. Tucker, Frank Wisnieskl. Mrs. J. R. Lyons six others was read by City Thomas B. Steele objecting to Mrs. Zipp, William Judin also ob- in name for advanced de- the ime mond place and it was voted The proposed o Eim sfreet with considerable to Market street opposition i remain as South Elm. | Willlam A. Hayes, who made the motion to that effect, stated that sev- Ttali residents had ap- proached him objecting to change. The name of Prospect place will not be changed to Atwood street as a result of protests made by prop- crty owners, 1 Floren Muzzy A latter, signed b e B. D. Mu and A, F of New York city. was read clerk in which the INge Was Oppose and George and Dr. A. G. Beach spoke motion of Councilman | was voted not to chan me of Orchard stract to C'F Mr. Merrill expl name was given to ~<tion ahout 125 years mily residing in the v 1 given the town igh thetr orchard, ned s proposed to make changes n the names it wi nderson of the program at least for the pres- he 11 has under con- ling of Terry but hefore ring will vners of th council the North s cction is take ranted property e an opportunity of heing heard date of the hearing has been ¢ for Trosday nary 1 tcommend Police Raises board of police commis ng of Mayor John 1" of \\'Mn and Councilmen Homer H ca 5 Th > Interested parties | e | . |Snavely i nge in name of | any | the | appointed acting n four months by Mayor John F. W last evening. Councilman Merrill's {term had expired on December 1st, |the mayor sfating t e had for- |gotten to ma ary ap- pointment at the 4th meet- ing. To Install Mayor J Flectric Warning Signal ade announced ineil that he had dis- {cussed with Superintendent of the New York., New Ha- and Hartford Railroad company matter of installing an electric warning signal device at Doolittle's lerossing and had heen advised lthe work would be started promptly. The matter was left in the hands of |Mayor Wade to see that the work {was earried out as agreed, | Favor Health Department Nurse T.etters from ti tion and the health departme dorsing the request of Health Dr. B. B. Robhins for the ap- |pointment of a nurse |ment, were read at the meeting, and upon the recommendation of Comun- | |eilman Homer H. Judd the com- |munications were placed on file for consideration when the budget is be- {ing prepared. Judge Newell Jen- nings, chairman of the hoard of ed- {ucation, pointed out that during th |school year, the two school nurses had made schopls and had made 244 home its. Tn addition Dr. A. S Brackett, hool physician. had made |personal inspections. He pointed out {that this vear there were 4,898 pu- pils enrolled in the public schoals and 1,133 in the threc {schools of the ci At time there is no inspection {ochial school children, a which would he taken care {the appointment of a h ment nurse. Tt is believed It |cer hat there will be no |objection on the part of the council |to the appointment of the nurse, Iwhich will mean an additional ex- to the city of approximately Printing of Building Code Although sealed bids were ope; lat the cov 1ceting last night for the printing of the building code, it jwes decided to re award- {Ing of the contr: a short time The Cnrtiss-W of Meriden a a 1t 500 copies of the code at $4.14 per printed pag : a page for blank pages and $19 for cover In lots of 1,000, the per print- {ed pag 1 be 36 | s and t for v Co. to price o $4.44; nk page 0.50 for cov- s Printi as follows: printed page, $1.11 for ch blank page and in lots of 1.00 98 per printed tage and §1 hn's Chapel Annual wnnal meeting of Episcopal chapcl. held last orestyille, the following \officers were elncted: Clerk, M Runnell; Miss I Alvin Mrs. treasur- collector, Young: tive Wit com- Burt delegate to tion to he held C. Potter, tyring, the rector, following building M Rev. Ber appointed the John J.! » hoard of educa- | Offi- for his depart- | 19,604 inspections in the | 1,784 | ed | cents | Of this amount $50 was paid to th motor vehicle department in a cordance with the law. The repo was accepted and placed on file. Charity Commissioner's Repores The report of Charity Commis- <ioner Willlam I'. Smithwick showe:! the net expense of his department for the month of November as 140.40, and for the month of De- cember $631 Both reports were accepted by the city counecll. Hearing on Bullding Line Acting upon u petition received from a number of property owners on High street asking for the es- tablishment of a bullding line on both sides of the street, the city council voted to hold an open hear- ing on _the question at the regular meeting to be held on Tuesday. February 1. At that time anyone opposed will be given an opportun- ity to voice their objections. To Bulld Two Overheard Bridges | Permission was granted by the council last u\nning to the New | Departure Mfg Co., vo ecrect two [overhead bridges on Valiey street to connect buildings of the conceru, both to afford the proper clearance bove the s . The petition was | signed by Willis P. I'raser, con- struct engineer of tne New De- parture, and the work will be done subject fo the approval of the public works department., To Pay Loughlin $300 Acting upon the recommendation of Corporation Counsel Willlam N. DeRosier, the city council last night voted to award damages in the amount of $300 to Martin A. Lough- r the privilege of installing a surface and sanitary sewer on a | passway owned by Loughlin in the | tear of his property on Main street. Attorney DeRosler stated that he | had conferred with Judge Epaphro- ditus Peck, counsel for Mr. Lough- lin, and the amount mentioned would be acceptable to the owner of the property. At the council meeting on Janu- ary it was voted by the council ard Mr. Loughlin the sum of 1mages and the hearing last n s for the mirpose of glving Mr. Loughlin an opportunity to ap- pear before the board, Attorney De- when making the recom- mendation, stated that he felt that {o proceed with condemnation pro- cecdings would cost the city at least $300 and there was also to Fe considered the uncertainty of the outcome. Hearings On Sewer Assessments Hearings were held last evening on the sewer assessments on Curtis stroet, Cypress street, East road and iland street. ere were no ob- tions advanced hy property own- s except in the case of the jast entioned street, one resident feel- he sewer was not required It was voted to make yment on the assessment due in February and the last pay- ment on August 1. Additional Street Light TUpon the recommendation of the lighting committee, it was voted to install an arc light at the corner of Grove and Oakland streets. | To Ask For Armory | TLester G. Sigourney, chairman of the republican town committee, ap- to $1 aw for ds t w Rosier, time. the first | (Continued on Page 18) ' FRECKLES AND ing the selections for the com- | ing event which will be March 1. given on Tocal Man Sued Ernest Plathe of New Britain has brought suit for $400 damage | against Willlam Witham of Kensing- | ton through his attorney, Edward A. Mag of New Britain. Constable Trank Brown served the papers on | the defendant yesterday. The writ is returnable in the city court of New n on the fifth Monday of Jan- ‘What They're Doing Emma Hart Willard Chapter, | Daughters of the American Revdlu- tion, will meet tomorrow afternoon | at the home of Mrs. Frances Deming o Worthington Ridge. The subject of the Manuals for Tmmigrants and | Troreigners will be take and a report on the distribution of the booklets will be made at this time, Mr, and Mrs. D. H. Montgomer and family of Hudson street will leave Saturday for a visit in Florida Mr. Monigomery intends to retura up | | HIS FRIENDS lt Dld the Trick BONT LET ME EVER UEAR You SAY THAT AGAIN= SLAME ON You!! 70, MOM = I DoAY T MAVE U CORK

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