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

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 192 FEBRUARY HOUSEWARES SALE NOW ON WITH ITS S ALL THE GOODS ARE PERFECT, NO SECONDS, AN D AT THE BIG REDUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS BIG DOWN STAIRS SEC- TION IT WILL PAY TO BUY NOW. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SPECIALS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AT BIG R The well known makes of Landers, Frary & Clar’ Cookers priced but $7.90 each. each. Regular $6.00 Toasters for $4.75 each. Regular $: 5.95 each. Irons for $2.95 each. Regular Grills for $5.95 each. Regular $1.50 Curling Irons 5.00 Cookers for $19.50 each. It's your time to now and save largely. MAGEE UNION KITCHEN RAN High shelf, removable nickel, full size oven. Set up in your home for “FAVORITE” VACUUM CLEAN This electric utensil with all attachments, regular price $35.00. February sale price ... It’s savings like these that await The you here 50 Heating Pads for $4.49 each. Regular $7.50 Percolators for The $10.00 Percolators for $7.95 each. Regular $3.75 Sad $5.00 Sad Irons $3.95. Regular $9.00 Table EDUCTIONS Regular $10.00 Oven Regular $10.00 Waffle Irons priced $7.95 $3.75 Toasters $2.95. for $1.00 each. The buy Electric Utensils $49.50 GES ER $27.50 ‘at this sale evening at the parlors of the Ken- sington Congregational church. The ldebate will be between six hoys of the Kensington Junior Boys' club land will be between six boys of the ‘I\'f'nsmmou Junior Boys' Club and will be on the subject “Resolved: | That the state Ilegistature should modify the motor vehicle laws to permit the uing of operators' licenses to De Berlin News PRENTICE MFG. (0 RETAIN OFFIERS -2 - =722 Sucorslul BUSieSs Year Re- s iy ot Tlected in Aunual Reports |20 BEECH SWAMP ROAD HOWL henefits of address and discu: t the club give ten's Lyceum to Hold Debate This | | Men's Bible Class | The monthly meeting of the Ber- lin Mens' Bible € | Wednesday evel o'clock at the s will be held on ing, I'ebruary 9 at § Worthington Com- munity house. The speaker of the | evening will be Frederic L. | New Britain who will speak on the Spirited [subject “Ten Thousand Jliles of Uncle Sam's Highways.” A social will follow the address with a light luncheon to be served. All men of the community e invited to hear Mr. y's addr Date Changed The St. Paul's Tabs Minstrels will %o before the public on IFebruar 28 instead of March 1. The managers of the show together with the di- rectors feel safe in promising one of the greatest events along this ever shown in this place. The role of the principals have been assigne; and rehearsals have rounded the production into good form lately. Selectmen’s Meeting ¥vening on License Law — J. J. Fitzsimmons' Public Chicken Foiled in Attempt to Vote. The annual meeting of the George Prentice Mfg. Co. was held this afternoon in the company's offices. Officers were reelected and a report of business conditions of the past year was submitted. The Prentice company has enjoyed one of the most successful year's in its history, running at top speed to| 1ill its orders. Until about a week ago, a night shift was employed, this shift having been cut in favor of an expansion of machinery and day time hours. ed this ecvning at § o'clock at the offic of the town clerk. Routine busin will come before the town fathers, The Public Spirited Hen When J. J. Fitzsomons of Kensing- ton left his home last Thursday eve ning to attend the special town meet- ing which was held in the town Rail he had no idea of transporting gues [to the building -on Worthington | Ridge. As he warmed up his motor | for the trip he congratulated himself | v himself. . : : on having a large car all to himse Although the town is Erateful L0y ‘coniqored the fact that he could wards the state highway commis| g, .'asoudly as he wished and none sion for its proposed permanent |3 58 OUGE O hizhway which will be put through | '© SVPSE¥ BEE e instant the Beech Swamp and Iarmingtol .4 5 gtore in Kensington, he a avenue routes, it is also much €on- | 4ypqt which had eluded his keen eve cerned over the present condition of |5 yntjl that time. Perched on the lecch Swamp road and the failure | front humper and sound asleep there of the commission to give the r0ad | yogted a little white hen, to all in- any more than superficial attention. |{.nt bound for the mecting to cast The road was in poor condition | per vote for or against movies. The when the snow arrived last year and | trip from Fitzsomons' home to the since then has become almost im- | store hadn' fazed her a bit, her one passible. Deep pits and gullies dot | enduring purpose keeping her tight- the surface of the highway. The|ly clutched to the bumper, Connecticut Co. busses which run| Gentle hands conveyed over the road In their regular trips| the store hefore which the 1o and from New Britain find the go- ing hard and slowing up is neces- sary. The road is being constantly treat- ed with applications of sand which are especially uscless in that the | ruts are just as deep within an hour | after the spreading of the covering s they were before their treat- ment. The concern declared an extra dividend in November and kept up its record of dividend issuance since its incorporation in 1915. Consider- able expansion has resulted from | the firm'’s increase in business since | its incorporation on that date and officials are hopeful for a continu- ance in prosperity during the pre ent year. Beech Swamp Road Conditions. ¥ ¢ on. The bank official sped away to { cast his ballot an dstill the hen slept Later in the evening it awoke and looked about in surprisc Post Office Busy Postmaster £ M. Cowles has sued a statement that regardless of the reported poor business —condi- tions existing during the past month, Residents advocate that until the | the Kensington post office did : er permanent road is completed about l;.l‘:w m';(!‘l-‘- ]lm*n‘\ nr”y';:\‘\".l‘;{x‘l ;2‘1 ¢ o e sum if es- | dealt W st year. The local pos ‘l,h:ml?,,\:;fpfll;f- 0(‘[0:'3\‘11\ "‘n:\“ fo cor- | master is hopeful of keeping up the ct, some step be taken towards aid- } good record thri ié\f.'v‘(fn.- year. ing the motorists who use the road. | Setha osults In the meantime work has already | sctback team comp rtarted the Farmington Tom Malarney ' the pr all of Kensirgton suc s s liie 7 a Dlue is- on anch of opo: 1 to com. g nd g the past ey're Doing 2 ness meeting and usal of the St. Paul Tabs Fife Drum Corps will be held this ning at § o'clock in the Tabs hall, vaion. ALl members re- 1 o attend as impor 1 he presented rae elm tree on the corner of on street and Worthington regular 1 and ant busi- Will hold a meeting and debate this | sons 16 years of age | Fay of | line | The hoard of selectmen will meet | st his hallot and still the hen slept. | ridge was cut down this | Constable Henry Austin the leveling of the tree, The board of relief will hold its third hearing tomorrow afternoon in |the office of the town clerk. | The Woman's society of the Berlin Congregational church will be herd | Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at |the home of Mrs. E. Honiss of | Hudson street, morning. supervised ast Berlin Ttems The Boys' club track team headed by Raymond Rich went to Meriden | state | aturday morning for the mpionship meet of the county Five of the ecight counties were repres {60 participants. Raymond Rich won the championship in the junior {running high jump with a jump of {four feet, seven and three quarters inches, against a field of 12 competi- rs. The rest of the team could not t going and did not fare so well. The local track squad will now pre- \pare for the annual outdoor meet in and more honors will be sought. There was a good attendance at |the Pythian Sisters' social and whist |Saturday evening, there being 10 {tables. Those winning prizes for the {evening were as follows: Ladies’ first, [ Miss Alice McCorkle; second, M rank Cobey; consolation, Mrs ar Jenson; second, Robert consolation, John P. Lewis. At the annual meeting of the East Berlin Coal and Wood Co., the fol- {lowing officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, John | P. Lewis; secretary and nes Holigan. Mr. Lewls was also |appointed sales manager. | The best series of pictures shown so far this winter were seen at the [ Methodist church last evening when |Rev. A. T. Burgreen gave a lecture jon “Logs amd Men.” The scenes |were taken in the logging camps {principally in the northwestern part {of the United States. [no pictures shown next Sunday eve- ning but there will be a lecture by lan out of town speaker. | The ladies of St. Gabriel's church will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank |Cobey Wednesday afternoon instead in( at the church as previously an- nounced. The Sacred Heart church will hold |a whist party in the church sociak |rooms this evening 8 o'clock. The public is invited. Mrs. George Pol- lard will be the hostess. | Miss Mary Haskell is confined to her home on Wilcox avenue as the result of a fall a few weeks ago. The Knights of Pythias will meet ltomorrow evening in their elub |rooms at 8§ o'clock All members Cole; are urged to be on hand at that time. | The Pythian Sisters will meet this evening at Community hall at 8 o'clock. There are several matters of importance to be brought up. | The mid-winter institute of the nted with a list of about | |Frank Potts; gentlemen’s first, Os- | treasurer, | There will be | [ Bronson, Arthur Bunnel], and How- ard Cheetham. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, was attired in a gown of white satin and wore a veil. She carried a shower bouguet of white bridal roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore a gown of peach georgette and carried a bouquet of lavender sweet peas. The wedding march from “Lo- hengrin” was played by Wallace Bunnell, planist, and Miss Hope Farrar, violinist. Mrs. Eimer Thomas sang “O Promise Me." couple passed through a white gate entwined with pink blossoms and Plainville News ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF ESSAY CONTEST Literary Club Judges Award First Prize to Elizabeth Brastow viv el i "5 Dianme S o o f‘lmmediatr;ly after the ceremony a MISS FARRAR ls A BR[DE”NEWO“ was held in the church | parlors, which were beautifully | decorated in white, with pink car- | nations and evergreen. Pretty Ceremony at Baptist Church | * o yrige's gift to her attendant This Afternoon—Ukulele Club So. | ¥38 @ jade brooch and the bride- groom gave the best man a pair of clal—Funeral of Rev. J. G. Ward |silver cuf? links, | Guests were present from New | Haven, Waterbury outhington, New SV | Britain, Bristol, Hartford, Windsor. Miss Blizabeth Brastow has been |y Granpy ane Plainviile, Amid ‘Tomorrow Afternoon—Briefs. o | ast "Girl Rescrves Elect viee- state groups of the Epworth league will be held this coming week-end at the Westville Methodist church in New Haven. An invitation has been received by the local chapter to at tend. The weekly prayer mecting of the {Methodist ehurch will he held Wed- inesday evening in the church par- |lors at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting ! will be over in time for all fo at-; nd Community club. S. M. Hazelwood of West Cromwell lwas a visitor in town yeste | The official board of the Idist church will meet this evenin, [in the church parlors. awarded first prize of $3 in the o el |library cssay contest conducted | & “'l‘]‘:: ,"hff\“,"!"j”" ”“\ piand good among high school students by the | TSR Kt B4R couple left on & library committee of the Literary | ajrf seinie o norr, LOTK city. E Mrd. Stillman holds the position of club. Thes themes were wnitten n |t o P00 AN Botds the o an effort to stimulate interest in the £ Hl¥enonlatos Plainville Public library, and th e 4 prize winners were announced today. | o SUIIman is employed as a_com- Second award of $2 was given f{o|hoSiOr At the . R. Hitchcock Miss Vivian Davis; third, 1, ‘”\}.:"“fmn: otiihs SRy Dol Hovacd NEriTdy:d undiizointh R8T o | ie. ERAERE SuoDMER Sk st viite e rammar school, Mr. Stillman was In recognition of the merit of an {Eraduated from the New Britain the themes submitted, which made | 12d¢ school and the bride from 1 . New Britain High school. Both are | the choice of the most commendable | it BTG Ul echogl, Both are @ difficult one; the Literary elub will | {0 15 FERR AT, Of the Baple add to the high school library some | G570 [0 O 1 TR AVETe BrenEce e, hook likely {0 prove serviceablo to | 34 874 have & lark el all the students. The principal, Phi ‘mm“umfig‘s RN lips H. Lord, will be consulted in the S S I selection of the hook. | Thuldle GlthiSocial | Miss Trastow's prize-winning | The Ukulele club of the Advent | cssay, which delails aconrately mang. | Christian chureh will hold a_ Valen- | facts concerning the library, is in |{in® social at the home of Mrs. A. {3ast ua st |T. Earle, Tomlinson avenue, at 7:45 “Plalnville's Lbirary Situation” | 0'¢lock Friday cvening. Each lady “The gstablishment | of public 1i. |and EIrl Will prepare a basket | braries fn the United States is com- |lunch for two, placing her name in- ! paratively recent. Now, in practically &lde. Thesc lunches will be auc- | overy city of four thousand inhabi. | tioned off to the men, and the pro- tants, there is a collection of books|¢¢eds used to buy an electric sign lopen to the public. This may be | for the church. A fine musical pro- | maintainad by private benefaction or |Eram has been arranged. Members | public funds. The founding of li- | of the church and congregation are | braries in many cities was due to the cordially invited to attend. unusual liberality of Andrew Carne- | Firc in Auto o The standard truck of the Plain- “The Plainville library was made |ville Fire department was called out free in October, 1594. On July 26, about 9 o'clock this morning when 1926 it contained 39 volumes. lan automobile caught fire in front Twelve have been genervously added |of Parselle's garage on Whiting to this number by the Literary club. {street. The fire was slight and had Fitty or more have been received |been extinguished when the truck {from the state. Every year the town |arrived. There was practically no glves $200 to the library. The Plain- |damage, |ville library also receives books | Funeral of James Morgan valued at $100 from the state. The funeral of James Morgan of “In the collection of fiction and |Farmington avenue was held this non-fiction are biographies, his morning, with services at 7:13 books of travel, nature books, poetry | g'clock at the undertaking parlors of children’s volumes, reference books | Erickson & Carlson in New Br such as encyclopacding, &clentific jand at 7:30 o'clock at St Mare: and philosophical works !chureh in that clty. Requiem high On the Plainyille library com-|maes was celobrated by Rev, Walter mittee are Mr. Ralph E. Morrill, | ATy D RCe i as chairman, Mr. Harry Castle at the offertory an secre Mr. Orrin L. Judd, Mrs SR ; ) . 2 r My God to Thee” as th i Wheeler, Mrs. Frank R e 1 Miss Brock. The duty of L B wPomnad o e L Interment was in St. Mary's from the t 'y year | Miss Brock makes a list of books and | sends into Hartford. From this list | : the state selects the books to be sent |iP the Congregational wreh par- B {lors Iriday evening and elected the “The Woman's club and other | fOlloWing officers for the year 19 public organizations have earnestly President. Helen MeKernan; | aided in adding to our public library | President, Betty B secretary | fund, amounting to about $10,000. | Abbie Usher; tre This fund has been raised for the | Tearing on Foreclosure purpose of erecting a new library | in Prainville. In this future building | foreclosure action of the Rerlin we hope that there will be a reading 1N&s bank against John DiNonno, ad- room, new fiction and non-fiction, Ministrator of the estate of Vin- monthly magazines, and altogether cenza I and Angelantanino Santucel improved library conditions. [to obtain possession of & two-family “A library holds an important |house on Whiing street property. place in the intellectual life of alThe equity of redemption for San- {town or city. In realizing the good $n | tucci has been sct for March s, for the present library, let us ever keep | Mr. Polliner on March 9, and for the in mind the thought that hooks are | Sesere Co. on March 10, our best friends, and in doing so, Funeral of Rev. J. G. Ward thelp to patronize our Plainville Funeral services for Rev. John brary and to aid in making it a bet- Grover Ward, retired pastor of the ter and more complete one.” | Baptist church who died Saturda Stillman-Farrar Wedding {morning, will be held at 3 o'cloc The Baptist church was the scene | tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist of a pretty wedding at 2 o'clock | chureh, preceded by a short prayer this afternoon when Miss Katherine from his late-home on Maple street. Grace Farrar, daughter of Mr. and | Rev. E. I Gates of Hartford will Mrs. Ernest W. Farrar of Tomlinson | officiate, assisted by Rev. A. D. Ken- enue, and Floyd Barnum Stillman, | drick, D. D., pastor of the Baptist sou of Mr. and Mrs. Harr, church, Rev. A. A. Ball, pastor of {man of New Britain avenue, »[the Plainville M. chureh, and united in marriage by Rev. Alexis ' Rev. Charles 8. Wyckoff, pastor of D. Kendrick, D. D.. pastor or tne the Congregational church. |chureh. Miss Virgiania R. Farrar, |Fody will be placed in the vault at {sister of the bride, was mald of West cometer: honor, and the bridegroom was at-| Mr. Ward tior- tended by Kenneth Woodruff. The |al vircies was attested today by the ushers were Carlton Smith, Irving issuance of the following tribute from the office of Superintendent of Schools L. S. Mills: “During the years 1902-3 ft was my pleasure to meet Rev. J. G Ward in Plainfield, Connecticut. He was the pastor of the church in 'ackerville while T was princinal of Plainfield Grammar _ school After the death of the Rev. Mr. Fal- P COMMURITY THEATER | PLAINVILLE MON. AND TUES. FEB NORMA TALMADGE in “KIKI" The bridal | jand Wood Co. in New Britain, and of | The Girl Reserves held a meeting ' rer, Lelia Ryder. | A hearing was held Friday on the | The | t gives J l lows of Wanr school visitor at th town of Plainfield, R up the dutles, also, of acting school visitor of the schools ot the of Plainfield. In this connection he | frequently visited the Plainfield Grammar school and was enthusias- tic In support of the work of the school; helpful in criticisms and suggestions; interested in the work | of the boys and girls: &nd was in| every way a great help in making a | good school. The inspiration of s | visits helped to carry the school | work forward to a level that would | not have been attaincd otherwise, By reason of his help to this school and because of fhe impression he | made, I have been induced to write these few lines of appreciation, “Signed: “L. 8. MILI Businessmen Talk of League The formation of a baseball league this summer is already being mulled over by the members of the Businessmen’s nines which had a successful seasop last year. players figure they could put gether a compaet circuit with themelves, the Trumbull Electric the Standard Steel, the Plainvilic | Casting Co., the Peck Spring Co., and possibly the Sessions Clock shop of Forestville. Just now, however, the Business- | men are anxious to know why Bus- | incss Manager Charley Meverowitz has failed to send Pitcher Bill Cu ningham his bonus check for win- ning the majority of his games last summer. Cunningham Las not yet | sent in his contract for 1927 and is threatening to jump to the Temcos. | . Mrs. Benzon Entertains | | " Mrs. Frederick Benzon of Whiting street entertained at a small bridge party Saturday evening at her home. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul {Hubbard of Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Parsons of Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Ioward Smith of Farmington nue, Mr. and Mrs., Ralph Sey- {mour of Strong court, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spalding of Hartford. Warantee Deed Recorded | A deed from Francts C. Mackay of New Britain to George H. Day | and Elizabeth Brewster Day was recorded in the office of fown Clerk ! May Morgan Baturday. The prop- erties mentioned are five lots ot 20| fest frontage cach on Westwood | javenue and are numbered 51 to .55 |inclusive. The property contains a {louse, shed and garage. Notes | Miss Lucy Tanner cnd with her parents, Dr. and Mr. J. C. Tanner of 63 West Main strect. The Maptha Rebekahs will hold a | reguiar meeting at § o'clock tonight in 0dd Fellows' hall : sting time for the Ward took The | to- nt the wee | Mrs. ¥ 1 I spent the ' Martha Heb will give a public 2 a'clock Wednisday the home of Mrs. Cedar Sewing | and whist v afternoon Getchell, 3. 6 r Trumbull of Parl| W are will be choir re ptist church W Ti40 o'cloex. Uns club will meet the home of M tibard on Redstone hiil was born to Mr. and Mrs. | s Butler of Bank street orning. this . Harry WISS EDERLE GLAD OF | VICTORY BY SW]MMERI | . Delighted That Mrs. Huddloston Has | Sacceeded in Swimming | Catalina. i Detroit, Mich., Feh. 7 rude Ederle, the glish (UP)—Ger- first woman. to swim | channe!, is “mighty | glad” Mrs. Mrytle DBuddleston w the first of ir sex to conquer | the Catalina channel and will let the ®ew hero's feat go unchallanged— as long as tho vaudaville business continges brisk. i Miss Ederls is appearing at a De- | troit show house with Aileen Rig- gin and Helen Wainwright, Olympic | diving stars, in a glass cage swim- ming t. ! “No, T am not going to attempt Huddleston's time lina channel ‘that is, not unle business fails me. m through with channels for a | whilo. T get so tired of hearing | channel, channel, day after day { There's where T am going to do all | my swimming for a while,” point- | ing to a large glass cage on the stage | Miss Ederle sent the tollowing mes- | sagg of congratulations to Mrs. Hud- | dleston at Long Beach, Calif. i | “Congratulations on your wonder- | ful Catalina swim; I am glad that | an American woman was the first | woman to swim the channel. That ! us two records for others to| go after. Good work.” | he signed it simply “Trudy.” Asked if she considered the Cata- more difficult than the anel, Miss Ederle ow couldn’t i ville {lina swim nelish cf “You |} { wouldn't i 1 Afitkweeed Aressinga textiles, food. fertilizer town | | Holi | pur | ther investigation. | store. * | summing {and against tof Eristal News DOCTOR INVOLVED IN LIQUOR TRIAL Dr. La Plume Fined $200, Holley $450 and Yatkin $600 SLEUTHS VISIT PHARMACY Auto Collides With Trolley and Driver is Cut — Circulation of Books At Library Increases—Sleet Interferes With Traffic. A crowded court room greeted the opening of the continued case &f Lynde Holley, who conducts the vy P'harmacy on Main street, an of Arthur Yatkin, a drug clerk em- ployed by Holley, in police court to- day. Both men were charged with viglation of the liquor law suit of n investigation conducted | by Operatives and Wild the Hartiord detective bureau of Church street, Hartford. ccording to information court by the operatives hased a bottle of gin and some liskey on January 10 from Yatkin In a raid on the Holley pharmac on Saturday, Janua ) no liquor was obtained by officers of the raid ing party, the liquor claimed to have been purchased by the operatives Leing the only evidence presented. Attorney Joseph F. Dutton of this and Attorny Francis Tracy of | Hartford appeared for the accused men. The prescription hooks of the re presented by Yatkin hat a check made of his liquor supply government em- ployes showed a prescription for all liquor issued by him. Toth Holley and Yatkin pleaded not guilty, the former maintaining that he knew nothing of any liquor traneactions but he did not go on offe pharmac to Indicate | the witness stand. Yatkin testified that he had pensed liguor to no one authorized preseriptions. AL the suggestion of Prosccuting Attorney Mather, court was recessed shortly hefore 11 o'clock for fur- During the re- warrant for Dr, Flbert LaPlume, who admitted to the prosecuting attorney that through an arrangement with Yat kin, he had for some time been fs- suing prescriptions to parties who had visited the Holley drug or each prescription, he was aid $2 by Yatkin. As a result of Dr. LaPlume’s confession, both men readily agreed to change their pleas to guilty. The specific charges against Tat- kin, who is a registered pharmaci were two counts of and one i count of selling liquor on an’ unlarw- | ful prescription. He was fined $500 {ana costs, Prosecuting dis- except on cess he issued a never Attorney Matl the case stmed t would not press the apparent of perjury against Yatkin be his youth. Holley, who was assistant druggist, was charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell, reputation and dispensing liquor on wnlawful prescriptions. He was fined £430 and co er in t he arges cause of an Dr. LaPlume was charged with is- | suing two illegal prescriptions and was fined $200 and costs Prosccuting Attorney Mather sail that further action wou be insti- tuted by the state pharmacy board Dr. LaPhime the state medical board, onal consequences might also coming from the f due to the fact that the liquor obtained on a federal psrmit Occupies Congregational Pulpit prsto haplain by Adai cmeritus of the Chure deemer of New Haven an the house of represer the state of Connecti the morning Congregati Phillips will act ply during the n ebruary. Called For Chimney Fire Squad A Hose Company 1 wWere callad cut at 2:10 Sunday afternoon for a chimney the house owned by Joseph Federico lo- cated just inside the line between Terryville and Bristol on Terryville road. The blaze was extingulshed with chemicals. The Terryville of the fire department called out by the sound- ral alarm in that town inding the fire in Tristol house on t fied by tel cossary “entral hool strect was then station Auto Hits Trolley nar 2 Woodbin , collided with an eastbound trol- of o1, this ¥ FRECKLES AND WHAT'S T4 MATTER, OSCA ok HIS FRIENDS WAAT 'RE YoU TIINKIN' ABOUT OA-T'A\ JUST TUINKIN AOW MEAN /| WILLIE IS TO AT= ( e Ask: g e OA-T'M-TM JUST THINKIN'= st THINKIN' He'd Show Him (e 7 T NENER DONE NUTHIN To AIM -GEE, 1 DONT SEE WAY WE uM'?( 1TELL YoU - WRITE HIM A NICE PoLITZ a re-| No. | 7 ley car of the Lristol and Plaaville llectric company near the Water- bury bridge. The automobile was |vadly damaged and Spielman sus- |tained a number of cuts about the face and hands. | Spielman was blinded by the lights | of an agproaching car and his vision | was obstructed by a coating of ice which had formed on the wind- shield. No arrest was made. Slect Hinders Traffic | The sleet storm of Sunday has made walking on sidewalks in num- erons s of the city a hazardous undertaking, particularly yesterday afternoon. The operation of an au- | tomobile was also made dangerous [hy the fce condition of the pave- ments and the ice forming on wind- shields. There was, however, but one accident reported at police head quarters, Fined for Breach of the Peace George Coneita of 24 Locust street, irrested last evening for creating & disturbance, was fined $35 and coste |in the city court today by Judge i William J. Malone. Coneita accord ing to the testimony furnished gr- rived at his home intoxicated and was urged to go to bed. This he failed to do and taking a revolver went out in finally walking in police headquarters where he was placed under arrest. Library Circulation Increases | During the month of January 15,- %91 hooks issued at the Bris- )l Public Library, an increase of 286 more than for December, 1926 re than for the same ar, according to the {report of Librarian Charles L. | Wooding submitted at a meeting of the board of library commissioners | Saturday evening. The. elrculation | was sub-divided as follows: Main library, adult department, 9,06; re department, 3,872; For- |estville Branch, 895; Endee Braneh, 240; schools, East Bristol, 143; John Jennings, 119; Park street, 103; | North Side, 58. | Of the total number of books is- {sued, 8,199 were of adult fiction, 13,660 of juvenile fiction with the { balance classified as follo Gen- {eral, 4; philosophy, §0: theology 1 144; sociology, 407:. philology, $1: |natural science, 447; useful arts, 297; fine arts, 269; literature, 738; tory, 610; travel, 578; blography | 384 and magazines, 149. |, 346 volumes were added to the {library during the month. 297 of {this number were purchased, 44 transferred from the school libraries fand 54 by gift. One volume was discarded, 135 withdrawn due to being worn out and one wast lost. The library on February 1 had 49,797 volumes. his i Local Firemen on Screen Chief John H. Hayes and firemen of the local fire department will be 1seen in a short film which precedes {the showing of “The Fire Brigade” at the Palace Theater tenight, Tues- jday and Wednesday. Several scenes jare shown of the local firemen in action Fminent Orator at Forum ‘ Arthur Mailand Ellis, D. D., pas- jtor of the Central Congregational chureh Newtonville, Mass., and ! widely known as a pulpit orator, ad dressed the fitth of the open forums at the First Congregational church {last evening. Dr. Ellts, who i8 an Englishman by birth but who has lived in the TUnited States for over 20 years, took for his subject “Old England and New.” | Store Under New Management | Kenneth H. Simmons, who ae. quired the Brown News Room at 167 Main street last week from |Howard G. Brown, took over the management of the business today. Mr. Brown will remain with the store at least for the present. x Office Open i ce of City Tax Collector | Frank B. Riley in city hall will be open from 7 to 8 this evening to receive personal taxes, | To Undergo Operation | Tubert McCormick of Central a fireman attached to Weleh Company in Forestville, entered istol hospital this afternoon 1¢ will undergo an operation sendicitis on Tuesday. Endecs Victorious All Middletown quintet was eliminated as state title contenders by the Bristol Endees on the floor local high school gym, the ! score being 40 to 26. Bristol at half time 24 to 9o, ading the New Departure tossers wit tal of 13 points and Guerra the visitors with 12, Mid- own made but tws out of 16 e tries from the foul line. Daughters of Isabella Mceting | A meeting of the Daughters or ! Tsabella will be held at 7:30 o'clock ! ay evening in Knights of Columbus rooms on North Main street. i Stolen Car Recovered | » fouring car of Nels Olson of 46 Goorge street, which was stolen Thursday evening from in front of the Swedish Congregatlonal chureh on Queen street, was found Satur- day afternoon at the old élty dump on Kinz street. BEvervthing ef had been stripped from the Board of Relief to Meet The first meeting of the beard of lief consisting of N. E. Nystrom 4 ¥. I'. Barnes will be held or sday. February 1 from 1:30 p 3 m. (Continued on Page 18.) p. By BLOSSER ALL RIGUT = How DO VYOUL sPELL 'B!3 BUM' 22