New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 7

NEW BRITA ANOTHER GREAT SURPRISE $12.95 DRESS $19.75 to $35.00 Tailored, Cloth and Sik Crepe Frocks Really a Most Fortunate Purchase ! A maker of high grade dresses, after stock taking, collection at SPECTAL PRICE CONCE Delightful in originality and un- Eve usual new combinations of colors and fabrics, these frocks, one and two piece styles, with embroidered vestees, novelty belts, fancy silk collars and cuffs, are ideal for sport, street or business wear. Better grade in creation, price. $12.95 SSIONS dress in the lot was made by this well known excellent maker, for this spring’s season fitting qualities, exceedingly smart most exceptional at such a low offered us his entire selling. materials, excellent makes these frocks each, (two for $25), Materials—Crepera, Striped Wool Crepes, Jersey, Cashmere, Flat Crepes, Reeds Twills, Fancy Novelty Worsteds. Colors—Monkey Skin, Black, Navy, Wine, Rose, Queen Blue, etc. All SALES FINAL, none on approval, at this low price of $12.95 IN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 7 2 £ 19 at 8 o'clock. The public is invited.| Mrs. George Pollard will be the| hostess for the whist at Sacred Heart church next week. The Girls' club, which was dis- continued several weeks ago, ls to be reorganized according to a reporti made known yesterday. The Boys club is successful under the tutelage of Willlam Ogle but the girls show- ed & lack of interest in tho work FRACTURES SHULL SRR e lN [;EL—I‘AR—'-[UMBI‘E o Svepenston ot urther =ex William Worgan Lies Hour Be- fore Wite Finds Him Judgment For Brick Company Plainville News Judgement for Charles J. Me- | Laughlin, receiver for the Connley | Purinton Brick Co. of Clayton, and | Willlar S. Hyde, trustee for undis- closed principals, both of M;lch}HIGH SGHOOL HONOR ROL | men were named as' defendants in| |an action for $2,000 brought by the | | Bay City Dredger Works of Bay|Many Come Through ams with a suspended jail of 15 days. Gronlund was arrested by Officer! Frank Brown Saturday afternoon. | The constable testified that he wa attracted by Gronlund’'s erratic| driving and investiga resulted | in the charges. Gronl! {ed in the New BritainWlos was lodg- ckup and | |later released on honds of $300 for | his appearance last evening. Prose- cutor Charles F. Lewis handled the| case for the town. New Euipment The new quarters of the Berlin| post office have received a set of| new equipment which includes lock | boxes and sorting shelves. The post- Special Town Meeting Tomor- 1o fo Yote on Project BALLOT WILL BE TAKEN crecea'ione vescccors: room of the AR i town hall making it necessary for | the employes to go through a large { batch of letters to find those which | | are being called for by residents. i The new equipment will be in- stalled in the near future and the| | permanent quarters will then be completely outfitted for an extended | 4 n meet. | Stay. It is not definitely Lknown| Interest in the epecial town meet-{ o or Sy Tho i host office will b ing to be held tomorrow evening |ynstalled but indications point to a after running high for the past two location on Worthington ridge or c : | School street. weeks, has suffered the customary | School street, » with the aP-| o cture was started yesterd yroach of the meeting. The Ques-| il he comploted in the near tion of Sunday movie permits and | ture. the release of property to the New | York, New Haven and Hartford rafl- road will come before for vote. sentence Berlin News BERLINTO TAKE UP MOVIES ON SUNDAY | | Grange Celebrates 42nd Anniversary With Banquet and Entertainment —Auxiliary to Hold Joint Mecting ~—ILocal Man Draws Fine. »-occasion lapse ange Anniversary | A large attendance was present at| |the Berlin Grange 24th annual the voters, pirthday celebration. Last evening's festivities marked the 42nd mile While the property release has|stone in the progress of the loca demanded little of the interest of the | Organization. State Commissioner mecting, considerable feeling has | Charles Dow of Hartford was the| J.eon existent concerning the Sunday | Speaker of the evening and deliver- movie bill since the submitting of | €d an address on the subject “The i | Child and the Home.” State Over the petition demanding a reconsid- | x o ¢ South : A cration on the vote taken at the last | 3¢er Louis Tolles of Southington was regular town meeting which pro- | 1s0 present and spoke to the gath-) Nibited films being shown here on | CTing An excellent BIOSIA 0K I',"' 5 ure Mrs. George . N = When the bill was introduced and | oot SI% ‘.‘vnni":\g' Music By the > call for the special meeting Was | Graneo orchestra completed the| given out by the board of select- | popiainment and following the men, opponents stated that they|gpoeches, the anmual anniversary would take action against the Te-| panuet was served by the ladies. consideration. | Brick Business Heavy Officials of the town request that | brick concerns are t | Tocal report- the meeting be well attended in Or- jng favorable indications towards a der to show a fair vote on the sub- sub-| panner year, early orders pointing | ject. At the recent town mecting |to an especially heavy spring busi- an oral vote was thought sufficient | noss, Building operations through- | by the moderator and it is probable | out the state and New York are| that the Sunday movie group will in- | proving helpful to local concerns| sist on a ballot tomorrow night #s/which are working at top speed to | ®ome doubt has been expressed as to | ship out the first orders of the vear. the efficlency of the last vote. | Surveyors At Work | The clergy, although it is known| State surveyors today visited the| that they oppose the proposed Farmington avenue thoroughfare change, have not issued any state- |and began their m opera- | ment that they will enter the fight. | tions on the highway. nites are | The Kensington League of Women praying for a lapse in snow weather | Voters, which was expected to cast!as the sooner the highway dries, | its lot as a whole with one of the|the sooner local residents will be, two sldes, has kept strictly out of riding over a smooth permanent the dispute and any league votes highway. The Beecch Swamp road| will be cast individually, the or-|at present resembles a shell torn ganization not taking any definite | area of France and bus passengers | stand on the matter. Officials of the | are clinging to the one hope that the | league say that they will be present | road will receive the benefits of | but deny rumors that the league will | the highway commission’s handsome | take a definite stand at the gather- | promises in the very near future. ing. Out Again, In Again The American Legion post casts| Mr. Groundhog decided today that its lot with the movement although | it was time he came up for a peck not officially. A concensus among around to see just how the weather t | tion, L tirst; Jos William home of Mrs, Mary Bourgeo Children's Sale A children’s sale will be held all day Saturday, February 5, at Legion hall under the auspices of American Legion auxiliary and the Kensington Women's League of Vot- | Clothing, toys and games will | ers, be offered for sale at the hall. Mem- bers of ecither the organizations will | be glad to reccive donations for the sale. All children are cordially in- vited to attend. Jolnt Mecting The Bolton-Kasica post, Amerfcan Teglon and the Ladies’ auxiliary wili hold a joint meeting and social at § o'clock Friday evening, February 4, at Legion hall, Kensington. Re- freshments will be served following the business meeting. All members are urged to attend East Berlin Items A number of friends of Miss Min- nic Kahms tendered her a birthda surprise party at the home of h brother, Edward Kahms, last e ning. She was pleasantly remem- | bered eing the recipient of & num- ber of beautiful gifi Friends were present from nearby towns. The results of the Sacred Heart whist Deld in the church social rooms was as follows: Ladies' first, ph Cote; Mary Frank: ladies' consola Miss Mary Cote. The follow- ing gentlemen won prizes: J. McGe eph McInerney, second; Brown, consolation. ‘T weckly attendance is growing stead- ily, many being present from Mid- dletown and Meriden. Another whist will be held next weck. The Community club will meet this evening at Community hall at 8 o'clock. The entertainment pro- gram will be put on by the younger girls who are members of the Girls' club. Miss Etta Lawrence is direct- ing them. A large attendance i3 ex- pected. One of the features of the entertalnment by the young girls 1s the wand drill. The candidates to be initiat the Pythian Sisters will be their degrees Monday evening, ruary 14, instead of F announced last evening. be a meeting, however, of the local emple next Monday evening at which time preparations for the ini tion will be made, Next Monday evening the officl hoard of the Methodist church will meet in the social rooms of the church for a quarterly conference. The Lafanso club will meet to- morrow evening at 8 o'clock at the ladie: second, liss ed into given b- as bruary 7, meet Friday The old- club will en o'clock. r boys will meet at cight o'clock. The library room will be open day afternoon and evening for th: exchange of books. The ladies of St. Gabriel's Episco- pal church will give a whist in the church social rooms Kriday evening the | "\ Takes Full Part in Exercises When There will | | City, Michigan, was rendered in the | | superior .court yesterday by Judge Newell Jennings. i | The brick company purchased a | caterpillar excavator from the dredg- | | er works on April 19, 1024, under a =i Sy | conditional bill of sale for $1,300, buL‘ (iilzndoreai faged akoutiinjol | the seller failed to record the condi- ‘ Farmington avenue is in a critical { tional bill. Mc McLaughlin was ap- | condition at the New Britain General pointed receiver for the COMpany On | yogpital as the result of a fall down September 1p, 1925, and he dis-ly fignt of stairs into the cellar of allowed the dredge works claim as s home carly this morning. He |@ preferred claim, but allowed it a5 gtruck nis head and sustained a a general claim. A month later the | tractured skull, lving at the foot of assets were sold by the receiver toliyo stairs for more than an hour {Mr. Hyde. On this agreed state-|yofore he was discovered by his wife. | ment of facts both parties submitted ' When Dr. George . Cook, who w. {the case to Judge Jennings for a de- | summ ached the house, Mr. cision. Morgan wa most exsanguinated. | Joseph I. Kopelman represented |He was rushed to the Liospital after |the Bay City Dredge Works, while | tirat aid treatment. | Spellacy, Bermman & Wholean was| Mrs. Morgan s F counsel for McLaughlin. Mr. Hyde | her husband arise and s was his own lawyer. Ithe cellar but was u | irnn until she finally relt that som ' MEMORIAL ARCHES ARE ;}Zé"ii,?, R S | S. !death. \over, the following pupils at the | Presented to Augusta, Me., Episcopal | Plainville High school are on ) Flying Colors—Grange Observes 40th Anniversary—Temco Bowling ~-Poverty Dance—-Plainville Briefs. n to Church By Mrs, Hugh oo Junior: high honors, Virginia Con- Marjorie Rutland, FEllery A group%(‘j( ey &1*‘. rnan, Hel stman, Wiiliam Webber. lof three memorial arches given bttt B | St. Mark's Episcopal church of lhxs,v“a’:“’“s‘ri" :{:\;:‘)\I;xrr :O‘E)er l\{zr |city by Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace of |Jam, Sebastian Arcarl, Vict Washington in honor of her father, |40 L Melville Weston Fuller, chief justice | J 08095 % 00 | of the United States, 1888-1910, were | . g ‘Wallace Augusta, Me., Feb. 2 (A} Jennie Mac- Ra- Anna Lucy n, mention, Robert hono Varron high His Boat Crosses the | Equator | Robert cy Ra- sther 1 arl McG J Har- Cor- Olg. Lric- 171 LIBERALS Washington, Feb, 2 (UF) In- tention of the United States gov- |ernment to recognize none but the Diaz government in Nicaragua. even if it is overthrown by force. has been communicated to John B. Sacasa, liberal rebel leader, by |Admiral Julian L. Latimer, ch of the American forces in gua. Two not d Puerto g WON'T R ; 1| Beatrice Easton. dedicated today at special services in | “CCHS FEEOM L |observance ot the fortieth anniver- |y i yiosiow, Anna Colem |sary of the church. I Dals e Dorath i o5 The arches, which constitute &1y 1yorig spencer, 1 screen of carved oak set With vary- | " proncre Wovio Usher, ing shades of amber glass, are iy menine” Grabowski, cuted in the late French Gothic| paopy Eether Sncide style and separate the church Pro- | pyscsvk, per from a chapel. | Honorable A braes tablet bears the inscrip- | Deegan. tio is screen is placed here in | memory of Melville Weston Fuller, Augusta, Me., February 11, 1833. “Sorrento, Me., July 4, 1910. Elizabeth Jewett, Ber- “Chief Justice of the United States, ' nice Birnbaum, Julia Grabowski. 18§8-1910." | Honorable mention, Anthony A feature of the service was the) Green, Fred Wegner, Harlowe {reading of greetings by Rev. Stuart!Smith, Lester Berry, Edward Earl, |B. Pruves, rector, from Rev. Dr.|Helen Chotkowski, Retha B Walker Gwynne of Summit, N. J.|Eivina Minella, Olga Neri, Zoa I Who was rector nearly 40 years ago. chi. o = Honors for the month of January {were won by the following pupils: DUKE OF YORK GIVEN i o | Rutland, Vir orti, Helen [ DUCKING BY NEPTUNE !vciernan, sicten ostman, winitam | Webber, Lucy Ro; = = Honors, Emil { kell, Ethel Johnson | Jennie Maclldowie, Sebas | Beatrice Easton, John Wiley. Honor- {able mention, Mildred Woodruff, Stephen Sasek, Edmund Tolli. e RO ive.| Sophomores, high honors, [T S ERsHoN, ek, 30 (s | B eitimraatow, ATn e GolemRn ViV ikn 'less to the Assoclated Press)—The | il Brasiow: AnnG b Duke of York, King George's 8econd oy ookt ‘Constance Vielius, Ruth son, now can properly call himself |, [E0 an old sea dog. He was, with his| Vi oo o | Duchess, duly initiated into King 'y o Zi00y, 0 NE S Neptune's kingdom today as the Re- | «‘l»)‘ " Doris Sy nown crossed the equator in thelg i CRTE Pacic en route to Australia, | Honorable mention, The Duchess cscaped the ducking |y which is a_traditional part of the ! preinen high honors, I ceremony, but her royal spouse Was | pojiver Alice Petersom, John Vi |chucked Into a big canvas bath, |rone. where the “bears” soused him| onors, Elvina Minella, merciless] He emerged smilingly, | Chotkowski, Marjorie Johnson as did his brother, the Prince of |Zacchi, Birnice Burnbaum, | Wales, on a similar occasion. Be- | Grabowski, Elizabeth Jewett, {fore the ducking, the Duke was well |lowe Smith, Fredrick Wegner, lathered and shaved with a big| Honorable mention, Annie wooden razor. | tani, Tessie Dillon, Helen Don: The cercmonies were carried out|Retha Easton, Nellie Evans, | with exaggerated pomp and in ela- | Nerl, Edward Farl, Florence |borate costumes. A thousand other | son, Anthony Green. ‘novices (those crossing' the cquator | Grange 40 Years Old for the first time) were initiated. Plainville Grange celebrated its |and it pequired half the day to duck 40th anniversary last with !them af. about 150 persons pr the eting. Among the were @ Master Minor Ive Meriden State retary Ard Welton Plymouth, State Flora Fdna Kretz- Imer of Wethersfield, the masters of |four subordinate Granges, and visi- {tors from Meriden, Litchfield, Bris- ol, West Hartford, Harwinton. New Britain, Plymouth, I'a f | Plainyille and Cheshire, M ara-| The officers of the local ( N nge naval officers lquarters at Cabezas of elop- ment on the basis of ential {nstructions from Washington," sisted mainly of readings ard re {tions. Idson Hart, a charter mem- {ber and a past master but now not tive in the local Grange, told of [the organization of the Patrons of cording to a cable from Rodolfo |Husbandry in Plainville back in | Bspinosa, € a foreign minister, (18 During the exercises Plainville to T. S. Vaca, Sacasa agent here.|Grange presented with a birth- made public today. Hday « Mr. and Mrs. Curtis American ita- the Sacasi ne- eding to | thonor roll for the entire first semes- John Wiley, | ia | of | mington, | “[ul-nuhml the program, which con- | Bonney of Bristol Grange. Federation to Hear Senator The Woman's Federation of the Congregational church will meet in the parish house at 0 o'clock | ‘Thursday afternoon. At 3 o'clock State Senator Alice P. Merritt will speak on “Girl Scouts.” The Plainville Girl Scouts, public school teachers, and all others interested in the| lmovemen! are cordlarly invited to he I present. | The evening group will meet at the | | home of Mrs. John I Robbins. 19| | Farmington avenue, at 7:30 o'clock | | Thursday evening. | W.CT. U | The W. C. T. U. met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Robert Craig on Park street. Two | state officers were in attendance, | Mrs. Sarah Bull of Bristol and Mrs. | Margarct Loomis of New Britain. | | Mrs. Loomis gave an interesting talk | |on Americanization. A light lunch | was served by the hostess and a | social hour followed. The next regu- |lar meeting will bs on February 15 at the home of Mrs. W. A. Hyde: i special business will b discussed. Auxiliary To Give Dance. The ladies’ auxiliary to Brock Barnes post, American Legion, will | gite a poverty dance and soclal on Saturday evening, February 12. T committee in charg? consists of Mrs. | Sophie Hemingway, chairman; Mrs. | Elberme Moore, and Mrs. Marry Weldon. Meeting | | i | Temco Bowling. The Lobstars increased their Jead lin the Temco bowling league to| eight games as a result cf this| | veek's matches. They won three| straight strings from the Bullheads | while the Crabs were meeting with | | a pair of sett trom the Sharks. | | The best scores were made by, Babich, Livingston, Silverio and| Smith, The standing: W. L. 18 26 PP 26547 24727 .508 30 24870 .444 . 24 25004 370 ts of this week's games Ave. | Lobsters 666 | Sharks | Bullhead The re follow: | Johnson H. Grifti Dionne { Edwards HS*HIE{‘ | Pe | Robed { Snfederman ! Broadwel} Lemeries §8— | | 1 | | 474 4 Lobsters, | i | | T {5 Silverio Seymour ' Smith e 130 ts1s SR | 2a8% | 465—1446 | Raymond Datoli of Whiting street | suffered a broken arm last night | when he slipped and fell on the ice, | The rehearsal for the Old Folk: concert at the Congregational church will be held Thursday eve- ning and not last evening as was | stated in last night's Herald. | The Tonic club will hold a dance {in its rooms on Saturday evening. Irank Real, formerly with the | Liberty barber shop, has accepted a position with the Victory bharber shop. i = | Tenement to Rent. Call 51 Whit- |ing street or telerhone 162.—advt. tra specials for closing of Jan- luary clearance salo. Only a few days It wiil pay to look them I J. Birnbaum.—advt. ITALLA Rome, Feb, 7P)—Italy’s new court to try persons for oftenses against the king, the queen, the crown prince or the premicr was in cperation today. The first prison- ers were two workmen who were sentenced to nine months n prison for publicly approving of the latest attempt to assassinate Premier Mussolini. | FLORIDA HOTEL BU Fla., Feb, tastroyed Avon t rk of pioneer days, with an estimated loss of $100,000. Thirty-slx gue escaped in night | othes. It wasg the first tourist hotel uilt in interior southern Ilorida. | | Community Theater | PLAINVILLE | || WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20d— RBig Double Feature Betty Bronson and Ricanlo Cortez in “THE CATS PAJAMAS® Also a Special Production “BROK HOMES" COMEDY—NEWS ' FRECKLES AND WBY ALL TUE RUSH 2 WIAAT'S TAKING OM, ALL 7A KIDS HIS FRIENDS WLATS 7HE MATTER WITH YOU Z 1 TMOUBAT YoUD RE GOING \WITA THE OTHER BOYS It Looks Like It | of pay of many {increased, the incri | sessor, $2 ! North Main street bea | Strup. parking: | | as VOTED BY COUNGIL Wany City Officials and Em- ployes Receive Raises Arrests During January Total Only 51 — Death of James D. Carroll, Sr.—Mayor Appoints City Plan- ning Commission. At a meeting of the city council s and rates employes ses to be retro- last evening, the sa city were active to December 1, and will payable on February 16. The creases voted were as follows: Fire chief, $2,700 to $3,000 a 36.50 to 340 a ;886 fo $38.50 ¢ regular men, to $37 Polic $2.000 600 a 200 a an hour to $38.58 a week; e department, chief, $2,800 to ay ptain, $2,400 to $2,- $2,000 to $ r men, €5 cents cents an hour or e-year men, 6313 cents an hour to 67 cents an hour or $35.10 a week; supernumeraries, 6314 cents an hour to 65 cents an hour or $34.3% a week Superintendent of public $2,500 to $3.000 a y to $3,200 a ye: $2,204 a year to $2,400 a year; tax collector, $2,100 to $2,250 a year; charlty superintendent, $1,200 to $1,- 350 a year; 500 to $1 work city clerk 0 ay full time o 0 to $2,600 a year, Clerks in the City hall received the following increases anson, $34 to 236 a week Fischer, $26 to $28 a w Lynch, $24 to $26 a weel Goranson, $18 to $20 a we Graise, $18 to $20 a week; i} Clarissa Emma Louise Griesbach, $12 to $13 a week; Oral | Marcotte, $25 to § a week; Clara Quanz, $20 to § week: Francls Donnelly, $21 to $24 a week. Benefit Dance public dance will be held this iing in the South Chippine Hill school, the proceeds to be turned into the fund of the school district. Police Beats Change The monthly change in poce beats went into cffect yesterday morning and the collowing assign- ments made: Captain Thomas F. Guckin, office, nights; Danfel McGillicudd and detective work; Sergeant Henry Jeglinsky, epreiat work: Officer Con- nelly, southside beat; Officer Keith, Officer Doo- lan, north side beat; Office Messier, west side and north hill beat; Ofticer McLaughlin, day beat; Officer O'Con- nor, center beat; Offfcer Thompson, south hill and office beat; Brault, permanent traffi bot. Fotestville, nights cCarthy, shift beat i Officer McName Oftcicer Norton, traffic in East Bristol; Officer Burns, north hill and center beats. Arrests Decrease Fifty-one arrests were made dur- ing the month of January, according to Chief Ernest T. Belden's repor This is a remarkably low number for a city the size of Bristol. The arrests were for the following cases: Assault and breach of the peace, 2 breach of the peac falling into habits of vice, 1 struction of private property, 1; nication. 2; fugitive from intoxleation, 4; intoxication breach of the peace, 2 breach of the peace and theft, 1; in- toxication, breach of the peace and It 1: keeping unlicensed dog, 1: non-support. 4: neglect and abuse of minor fem i . 1; operat- ing motor v rezistratio reckless driv under the v tnvestization Officer for- tice, 2: and reckless driving, 1: operation while of liquor, 1 on railroad property unlawful practice of » of unlabeled medi- ful practice of medl- nd unlawful use of title of doc- ; violation of liquor laws, 10; violation of rules of the road, 1. nee The cases were dlsposed of as fol- K to | judgment suspended on pay- lows: Jail. ments of cost ed. 1: nolled . 7: nolled w cuting attorney, placed in char 3; reloased by to ou Continued, 6: committed Jndgment suspend- prosecuting h costs by a b vief, turned over of town offieors, L 0. 0. I. Meeting mecting of Pequ 0. F., will this evening Attending Rolfe 1. and Leigh A 0. he 1 Session . Samuel W. Steele D. Minor of Franklin $33.50 - {the ,|Rosen seeking appointment corporation counsel, $1,- Edith Gor- | Sergeant | Officer | 1; danger of | intoxication, | improper | bation officer, | . A F. & A. M. are in Hart- ford today attending the session of the Grand Lodge. James D. Carroll, Sr. James D. Carroll, Sr., aged died Tuesday afternoon at his home on Pine street after a short {illness with complications. He was born in New Haven, com- ing to Forestville when a young man. He was a charter member of the Bristol branch of the Carpenters' union and had been employed as a carpenter for a number of years, until ill health forced his retire- ment several months ago. Surviving him are his wife; two sons, William J. Carroll of Forest- [ville and James D., Jr., of Hartford; two sisters, Miss Annie Carroll and Miss Mary Carroll; four brothers. | Patrick, Willlam, Tohn and Philip Carroll, all of Forestville. The funeral will be held at 8 o'clock Thursday morning from the !funeral home of T. P. O'Brien on fain street ard at St. Matthew's urch, Forestville at § o'clock. Rev. William P. Laflin will celebrate the high mass of requiem and burial lwill be in St. Joseph's cemetery in Plainville. |Award Contract For Bullding Code | At a meeting of the city council theld last evening, the contract for inting 1,000 copies of the building code was awarded to the Bristol |Press Publishing company, whose {bid was $2.25 per printed page. Strect Names Unchanged Folowing a short discussion lasi |evening, it was decided by the city uncil to make no changes in the [names of elther Terryville avenus or tIngraham place. Petitions bearing signatures of 29 residents of In- {grabam place and 51 residents of Terryville avenue were read at thn (hearing by City Ciark Thomas B Steele, in which any proposed changr |was strenuously objected to. | Applics for Appointment An application from Paul E i as a2 supernumerary on the police fore !was read by the city clerk and re- ferred to the police committee for investigation and report at a later meeting. To Prepare Lighting Contract | By a vote taken by the city coun- |cil last evening, Corporation Counsel William N. DeRosicr was authorized |to prepare for the mayor's signature |a contract covering the improved lighting facilities about the elty. Un- lder the new arrangement, a white {way will be established in the cen- tral part of the city and lights of {increased candlepower will be sub- |stituted for the present arc lights i i fon the other streets. Building Line Discussed After a lengthy discussion by |members of the city council and in- terested property owners on H) street last evening, the proposed es- | tablishment of a street line was re- |ferred back to the street committee for furthr investigation. It was suggested that a 15 foot building line |be established the entire length of the north side of the street and that a 15 foot bullding line be establish- ed on the south side from a point 100 feet from Maln street to a point | opposite Goodwin street and a five foot line from Goodwin street to | Queen street. The only objector to the proposed arrangement was Anthony Kaschak. who announced through his attorney. Robert J. Stack, that in the event {the building line was established, he {would submit claim for damages. ppointed Supernumerary | Acting upon a favorable report of « |the police committee, it was voted | by the city council to appoint James | Thomas Quinlan &, supernumerary. "|provided he successtully passes the required examination, Claims Received A claim received from Alexander |Grady as a result of a fall on Wil- loughhy street on January 27th and one from Mrs. G. W. Hill for a fall jon North street December 22nd. |were hoth referred to the claims committee for investigation and re- port at a later meeting. E | City Planning Commission. At the meeting of the council Mayor John F. Wade appointed the llowing members of the city plan- :ommission: Charles A. An- derson and W. Raymond Crumb from the city council; Raymond W. Cook, representing the manufactur- jers, for two years and-Joseph I’ | Donovan for three years: two en- neers, Willis T. Fraser for two years and City Engineer Carleton W. | Buell for four years. | Hearing on Proposed Milk Ordinance A hearing has been set for Febru ary 15 to consider the establishing (Continued on Page 18) ni DR. PAULINE He Will Mystify You! Not & Mind-Reader 1S COMING WY, FRECKLES /Y00 AOSTA'Y SAY, T AIN'T GOING ! Yo MUST I ANT the leglonnaires shows them in favor The first thing that struck his eye was the ruin of the post office and he shook his head sorowfully over the blackened embers. The second thing he saw as the surveyors on Farmingfon avenue and the surprise nearly fin- hed the trip, until he remembered the highway commission's statement last autumn before he went to bed. He then waddled up to the Beckley there and when that pleasure pal- led, he visited the new post office quarters, i Just as he had finished that visit, | ne happened to see a black s in | front of him. Close examination | | proved it to be his shadow. Calam- ity! Despite numerous urgings and | appeals, he firmly walked back to his | [ den and bangud the door. His last twords w Ta more days of suow for you folks. of the movement. Slight interest is shown proposed land release. The elimina- tion of Beckley Crossing, which has long been one of the most danger- ous crossings in the state, is heart- ily supported by Berlinites and the release will probably be given at Thursday's meeting. The question covers thé transfer of a portion of land lying south cast of the cross- ing and is necessary for the build- in the Ing operations now going on at the | crossing. Fine Drunken Driver Gustave Gronlun1 of Berlin, charged with operating an automo- hile while under the nor, was found guilty Gieorge G. Griswold at last evening' scssion of the Berlin own court and fined $100 and costs and given » by Judge nfluence of Hq»‘ was coming along. w ARE GOAWA SEE IF SEES AIS GROUNDH06 1 To SEE IR TAE GROUND-HOG SEES AIS SMADOW! GOING! SAY, L AMAOT GOING - KE IS AOT GOING -