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MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED in Silk Hose SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Spring Sale of Bed Spreads ATTRACTIVE AND COLORFUL Spring cleaning time means brightening up home, start with new Pure thread silk stockings of service weight, strictly first grade and silk to the hem. Colors gray, pearl give choice of shell blush, evening glow, flesh, glow, nude, sun- set, aloma, gun metal, grain, sandust, Come spreads selected from these. Krinkle Bed Spreads in single and full size, with stripes of rose, blue and gold, offered for, each ................ Heavy Krinkle Spreads of regular $3.00 quality, with wide colored figured Berlin News WILLIANS PRAISED FOR LONG SERVICE Postmaster General New Com- mends Retiring Letter Carrier IN HARNESS 45 YEARS Girl Injured in Collision as Man is | Held For Reckless Driving—Car Leaves Road at Kelsey Corner and Crashes Pole. Charles Willlams, town carrier ot Kensington, has received from Post- master General Harry 8. New a per- sonal letter which congratulates the veteran carrier on his years of serv- ice in connection with the resigna- tion of the local mallthan from the town force. Mr. Willlams was appointed as tural carrier for Kensington in 1901 and continued in that capacity unttl December 18, 1917, when he was appointed town carrler, finishing 25 years of active service in the post office’s interests on December 18, 1926. Recently the daily route has proved too burdensome for the vet- eran carrier and after a serious ill- ness occasioned by a snow storm through which he ploughed his way desplte the regulations which pro- vide that no letter carrier is requir- ed to dellver mail to homes without cleared walks, he tendered his resig- nation from active service and ‘papers were sent in to the Natlonal office for his release from service. Postmaster General New's letter s as follows: “I have your request for the re- tirement from the Postal Service under the provisions of Section 1 of the Act of July 3, 1926, to which is attached ag account of your splendld record of service as a postal employe, beginning as a rural carrier in 1901 and continuing until December 18, 1917, when you re- signed, being appointed as village letter carrier ~on April 16, 1018, making a total of 25 years of serv- ice. “The records of the department indicate that you have at all times rendered satisfactory and efficient scrvice; that you have faithfully served your government, your supervisory officlals and the many people with whom your dutles brought contact. The service ren- dered by men of your type day after day, has caused people to consider the work of the post office depart- ment as an activity upon which they can depend utterly. “I respect your accomplishments and feel it a privilege to approve your request, with the sincere hope that, in addition to the personal satisfaction which must be yours as you look back over the years of faithful service, you will find new and interesting experiences in the leisure you have earned. “Very cordially yours, “HARRY 8. NEW *“Postmaster Gencral.” The signature of the letter is written, showing that the busy man | local | in Washington thought the post office employe's accomplish- ments worthy of personal atten- tion. The letter from the postal headquarters is one of Willlams’ most treasured possessions. Local residonts have expressed consider- able regret at the retirement of the veteran mailman but it is gnerally helleved that the Kensington carrier carned his rest from active duties. Thé substitute village carrier has not been apoointed. Frank Glana is &t preseat taking Willlama' place as ~ COTTON SPREADS border, for, each ... village carrier, having been advanc- ed from the position of substitute carrier. Food Sale ‘The American Legion Auxiliary will hold & food and waffle sale at | Legion hall, Kensington, from 3 to | 6 o'clock on Saturday, May 7. Hot | coffee, waffles and maple syrup will bo served and food of all description | will be on sale, the committee in charge of the event states. Crash at Corner H A high powered roadster, running at a high rate of speed, crashed through the fence at Kelsey corner, East Berlin, last evening and hit a telephone pole, badly damaging the car but not injuring any of the three occupants. According to witnesses, the car missed the sharp turn of the corner and left the road. Only the telephone pole prevented the machine from itoppling over into the Mattabessett in its mad flight and aside from a broken windshield and damage to the front part of the car, fate was kind to the drivers. Local constables, investigating the crash, found no |cause for arrest, and the machine was later removed to a nearby, sarage. Officials to Attend i Excitement surrounding the first game of the Kensington Athletic club’s baseball team, mounted higher today when it was announced by officiale of the club that many prom- inent. town officials would be in at- tendance when the game began. George B. Carter, first selectman, has been chosen to throw out the | first ball of the year, and the annual struggle will be on. The Falcons of New Britain will oppose the local ag- gregation. Minstrel Rehearsal A rehearsal of the Juvenile Min-, strels being presented by ‘the Jolly Good Catholic Boys' and Girls' club, will be held at TFraternal hall this evening at 7 o'clock. All members of the troupe are asked to attend, as the program of the affair is to be rounded into shape at tonight's rehearsal. Proceeds from the event will go to the St. Paul Parish Playground fund. The fund is reported to have |been substantially swelled by scveral soclal gatherings given for its bene- | fit. ‘Bowlers’ Banquet { The Kensington Fraternal Bowling League will hold its annual banquet | on Thursday evening, May 19, at| Grange hall. A lengthy program of | entertainment has been arranged for the duck pin enthusiasts. A large gathering is expected at the annual event. | Play Successful | The play, “Listen Ladies,” given | ilast evening at the Kensington Meth- | odist church parlors, was pronounced | a great success. The actors bore | their parts admirably, provoking | continued merriment as the plot |grew; a most ingenious scheme for [the raising of $10,000 for sidewalks {In Kensington. Over 100 people were in attendance and $42 was cleared. Refreshments served at the close helped to make an enjoyable hour of soclal intercourse, Italian Fraternal Society 3rd Annual Bal! At Fraternal Hall BERLIN Saturday Eve, May %th Dancing 8 to 12 Music Furnished by OOLONIAL ORCHESTRA Now Equipped to Render Every /| Tonsorial Service Patey Sistt’'s A, E. F. Barber biscuit and white, Pair quick for yours. $1.69 $2.39 Drum Corps to Visit The St. Paul Tabs Fife and Drum Corps will visit the St. Francis Tabs Fife and Drum Corps of Naugatuck on Saturday evening, May 7. The local drummers will leave Kensing- ton by bus at 6 o'clock. Corps are expected from throughout the state to play in the elimination contest. | Drum Major Walker is expected to swing for the Kensington Tabs band. Girl Injured in Crash Miss Jessie Beh of 43 Linwood street, New Britain, received a deep cut on her right leg when a car operated by her brother, Herman Beh was struck by a machine driven by Alfred R. Dery of 91 Whiting street, New Britain, about 6:45 o'clock last evening near the Ives place on Farmington avenue, Dery was arrested by Constabje Frank Brown on the charge of reckless driving and will appear be- | fore the Berlin town court on Tues- day evening. Miss Beh was attend- | ,ed by Dr. A. J. Goodwin and later removed to her home. Quarry Sold The Alrline Trap Rock Co. prop- erty in Beckley, consisting of land in Beckley and 38 acres of land in Rocky Hill, has been transferred to the Marion Trap Rock Co., accord- ing to a deed flled in the office of the town clerk yesterday afternoon. The Airline company has been idle for some time. Mid-Week Service The regular mid-week services of the Kensington Methodist church will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Kensington Methodist church. Rev. May B. Lord, pastor, will address the gathering on the theme, "“The-Whole Armour of God."” ‘What They're Doing There will be a meeting of the Tabs Minstrels troupe this evening § o'clock at Tabs Hall, Kensing- ton. Banquet arrangements will be completed. All members are asked to attend. The condition of Newton W. Bald- win of Blue Hills who is seriously Il at his home is reported as un- changed. Reports from the home state that Mr. Baldwin spent an en- couraging day yestorday but has de- since then. . Damon, organist at the Berlin Congregational church will conduct a recital tomorrow eve- ning at the church parlors. She will be assisted by Erich Peesche of Hartford, tenor, and Mrs. S. A. Fiske on the piano. East Berlin Ttems ‘The fair to be held at Community he... by the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters will be held the latter part of the month and will run for three days. May 26, 27 and 28 are the tentative dates set for the event. The entertainment programs for the fair have been arranged. The last night will be reserved for dancing. The Boys’ club track team held a practice session on the Hubbard FRECKLES AND 1 DID COMG MOME WU OF POOR POPw AWIN' AT ALL | Shop, Kensington. X AIGAT OUR MOUSE BURNED DOWN = MEBBE T WOULDA BURNT UP — BUT JUST" TRINK =AW WG WoNT BUER AAG A ABW AOUSE LIKE I 7HOVGAY WG WOLLD NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927. Plainville News PUPILS CONTINLE THEIR HIGH MARKS High School Homor List fo April Is Announced SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEET Grammar School Graduation June 16—Tedesco-Pestillo Wedding— Former Local Resident Fined—H. S. Opening Tonight—Briefs. Pupils at the school continued to hold their high marks during April, according to the honor roll for that month made H. Lord. April was the last month in the old building, and with the re- moval into the new school the in- creased facilities are expected to result in greater incentive to study and consequent higher marks than i ever. The April honor roll is as fol- lows: Juniors—High honors: Lucy Rogers, Helen McKernan, Marjorie Rutland, Willlam Weber, Virginia | Conforti. | Honors: Sebastian Arcarl, Jenny MacIldowle, Sophia Naaman, | Beatrice ston, John Wi ! Kilby, Victor Hurtado, { man. Honorable Woodruff, | Sasek. Sophomores—High honors: Vivian Davis, Abbie Usher, Dorothy Ives, Constance Vicinus, Katherine Grabowski, Elizabeth Brastow, | Ruth Tyler, Esther Sneldeman, Em- | ma Hills, Anna Coleman. Honors: Lucy Rapacky, Spencer. Honorable pDeegan. Freshmen—High honors: Peterson. Honors: Helen Boliver, Elvina Minella, Zoa Zacchi, John Verrone, Frederick Wegner, Lester Berry. Honorable mention: Betty Jewett, Helen Chotkowski, Olga Neri, Annie Certani. School Committce Meets Many minor matters were dis- lcussed and acted upon at the meeting | of the school committee last eve :T)\o secretary, L. 8. Mills, was au- | thorized to increase the amount of insurance on the new high school from $85,000 to $140,000 and also ito purchase fire extinguishers for the {bullding. It was voted not to permit smoking in the new building above the level of the gymnasium floor: { this applies to the functions held in Mildred Stephen mention: Hope Farrar, mention: Rabert Alice i zations. The Broad strcet and Linden street schools will close at noon to- jmorrow, this action having been au- thorized by the committee last night. ford county teachers’ convention in |the afternoon at the Hartford Pub- {lic High school. It was voted to hold the grammar school grounds last night in prepar- ation for the track meet in Hart- ford Saturday. ‘The ladies church choir will conduct the whist party to b. held in the church social rooms next Monday evening. The public is invited to attend Carolyn Read is spending the week as the guest of her grand- mother in West Cromwell. The fife and drum corps will meat this evening at Community hall for the regular weekly rehearsal. The | corps is getting ready for the Me- morial day exercises. The annual exhibition of the boys and girls' clubs will be held tomor- i row night at 8 o'clock in Community | hall. eral numbers from out of town. The exhibition is said te be even better | than that of last year. The cup {awards will ba made tomorrow eve- ning. The public is invited to attend | the event. The Community club program last of the Sacred Heart The entertainment program was ex- ceptlonally good all but one number being local talent. The program was as follows: Piano duet, Frank Kramer and Virginia Sugenhime comedy sketch, written by Mrs. Charles Fiske and staged by the ladies of the club; solo, Mrs. J. At- kinson of Thomaston; solo, Francis Cobey. The ladles of St. Gabriel's Epis- copal church will hold a food sale and social in the church social rooms tomorrow afternoon from 2 till 4 o'clock. The public is invited. The new state commissioner of finance for Connecticut, E. F. Hall, appointed yesterday by Governor Trumbull, was born in East Berlin and received his elementary cduca- tion here. Mr. Hall has a number of close friends in the community who are proud of his success in the affairs of the state, and wish him further success in his new fleld of endeavor. HIS FRIENDS GEESMESBE ITS'A 600D THUNG WILLIE LEFTY HERE i Plainville High | public today by Principal Phillips | Doris ! {the school by various local organi-| The teachers will attend the Hart- | The program will include sev- | evening attracted a large audience, | AN' POP HAVE 70 STAYAT COBBS AN' T HAVE Y0 STAY AT WILLIGS — ANUTUIN' LEFT=-= school graduation exercises in the new high school on June 16. This is a departure from precedent, as for the past 12 years the graduation has taken place in the Congregational church, which had the largest audi- torium of any building in town. It seated 400 persons, but this was be. coming too small a number, and the exercises will be held henceforth in the school auditorium, which has a capacity of 600. The secretary reported that a peti- tlon had been sent to the selectmen by the residents whose property lies south of the high school flelds. The petition asks for the erection of a fence between the school and private property. This is up to the select- men, being beyold the jurisdiction of the school department. Bills were approved and the reports of Princi- pals Orrin L. Judd and Phillips H. Lord accepted. Over the Top Plainville has gone over the top in the Red Cross reliet fund drive, Chairma.a John E. Lamb announced today, but he expects that another amount equal to that originally asked will have to be raised. The ‘total donations stood this morning at 18302, just over the $300 quota. This money is for the relief of flood suf- |ferers in the Mississippi, and it is ‘hoped that Plainville will respond to !the second call if it is sounded. Tedesco-Pestillo Daniel Tedesco of Whiting street and Miss Rose Pestillo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Pestillo of Hart's corner, were married yester- id:l)' at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, the ceremony being per- |Fay and the nuptial mass by Rev. Austin F. Munich. Miss Mary Ar- cari was maid of honor and Miss i Theresa DiYeno and Miss Albo Vilar- di bridesmaids. The best man was James Vilardi of New Britain, while the bride's brothers, James and Louls Pestillo, were the ushers. The bride wore white chiffon with a veil and carried a bouquet of orange blossoms. Miss Arcarl was dressed in pink chiffon, and the bridesmaids wore green and purple, | respectively. i After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Then the couple left for 'a wedding trip to New York clty. {When they return they will reside on Whiting street. On May 23, Miss Josephine Pestillo will marry Antonio Berardi. The te will be doubly significant in that it is also the 30th anniversary of the marriage of her parents. High School Opening The high school will be formally {opened tonight with short but im- Ipressive exercises. There will be peeches by Governor John H. Trumbull and Frankiin E. Pierce, tate supervisor of schools, and Arch- itect William T. Towner will present thn ke¥s to the building to Iirst ‘clectman John J. Kimmel. After the exercises, to which the general i public is cordially invited, there will ibe an inspection of the building, pu- pils and teachers acting as guides and explaining the various features. In the new building, in one of the trophy cases just outside the audi- jtorium, thoss who visit the school { tonight may see a number of curi {ous shells, stones and other articles fwhich constitute a small part of a rare collection of stone, s s, wood and other things donated to the high choot for educational purposes by | the late Rev. J. G. Ward. | Among this collection are small i pieces of stone from an ancient tem- i ple dedicated to Caius Julius Caeser; |a number of pieces of lava from {Mount Vesuvius and marble from {the Roman Forum, and a piece of | cedar grown on the hills of Lebanon |in Palestine. Jailed Vor Drunken Driving | Driving while he | resulted in a 10 day { 12dmund Henault of {merly of Plainville, | he appeared before | P. Prior, | costs was also imposed. He had been arrested at Hart's corner Tuesday { night by Constable W. Furrey. | The jail sentence was due to a past cord of Henault, who has been in ourt geveral times, has had marital | troubles, and was aided by the town jail sentence for Pequabuck, f ast night when Justice Edward | when he lived here. Orrin Masturs of Farmington, who | was riding with Henault at the time of the arrest, pleaded gullty to a | charge of intoxication and was as- | sessed $1 and costs. <PLAINVILLE® TODAY ONI « IS Comedy of u Husband Who Boasted He Conld Take Any Woman Away from any Man—and Then Hod to Make Good. Strand News Comedies Select Short AY—TUESDAY ABARET” Matinee 10c-15¢ formed by the pastor, Rev. John E. | was intoxicated | while a fine of $100 and | Social Welfare League The following statement was is- sued this morning by Miss Granniss | of the Social Welfare league. The donation made by Miss Gran- niss to the Nursing association was not her personal gift: she simply shared a donation which had been made to the Soclal Welfare league, [aml this seeming generosity was be- | cause the league did not have the | clothing for which the association | had asked. At) that time the association ad- | mitted it had only the Thanksgiving | offering of $17.25. Presumably the | donations of $100 from the Strong | fund, $25 from the Red Cross and $5 from a board -member were sub- {sequent donations, as it was stated | at that time that the Thanksgiung offering and the gift from the So- clal Welfarc league created the emergency fund. | The assoctation is to be congratu- {1ated, for it now has a relief fund | which far exceeds the amount which the Soclal Welfare league has| handled in all the twelve years of | its service. | Fire Department Gets Car | An old model of an expensive car | has been presented to the fire de- | partment by Frank T. Wheeler of | | Farmington avenue. While the of- | | fer has been accepted, disposition of | the car has not yet been made. The | chassis may be used for a truck to {replace the old Pope, while a third | truck may be made and be housed elsewhere than in the town hall. There has been some talk of late |about the need of a fire station in | the east end. \ Talk On State Institutions Miss Rosemary Anderson of Long Lane farm will speak on “State In- stitutions” next Tuesday afternoon at Leglon hall under tha auspices of the women's republican town com- fmittee. The lecture will be of an |educational and interesting nature, dealing with a phgse of the states [work which is litte known by the | general public, Movie a Success The motion picture run at the Community theater for the benefit of | |the All-Plainvilles was a success in | every respect. Another large crowd was present last night to see the film |and to hear the singing of Ted La- ! Bonne and Eddie Goeb, who were accompanicd by Miss L. Ethel Prior. Business Manager John Murphy, | Sr., wishes to thank the business- | mien and townspeople for their dona- |tions and support, also Principal |Lord and the high school boys' glee {club, Miss Prior, Mr. Goeb, Mr. La- |Bonne, and Principal Judd. He says that he will repay this support !by giving the town some fast basc- ball. Legion Auxiliary Whist A large number attended the first of the geries of whist given by the Legion ai yesterday _after- Inoon in Legion hall. Mrs. Thomas Royce won first prize; Mrs. Walter | seymour, second; and Mrs. Oscar MacLeod. consolation. Gifts to High School The school department made pab- lic today two gifts which had been made to the new high school. John |B. Minor has donated $150 to be used for the purchase of mats for juse in the gymnasium. Charles H. | Norton has donated fron grills and | plate glass for two ticket windows in {the lobby. Notes “The 15th Chapter ef §t. John™ will be the topic at the Baptiet church prayer meeting this evening. | Mrs. Frederick Bullen entertained the Woman's club vesterday after- I noon at the home of Mrs. Howard | $mith on Farmington avenue. Rummage sale Friday and Satur-| v in new store near Strand thea- dvt. Girl wanted for gereral house- work. Inquire Maplehurst, §§ West Tain street.—Advt. Fresh eggs delivered. Tel. 12012, —Advt. 'Bridgeport Burglars | Make a Rich Haul Bridgeport, March 5 (P — Bur- glars last night entered the tailor | shop of Ignatz Lowy at 2370 Fair- | field avenue and got away with suit- | ings and garments values at $3,500. | Entrance to the shop was gained by cutting the screen on a rear window and drilling the lock on a back door. | The burglary occurred sometime be- | tween 10:45 o'clock last night and seven o'clock. An automobile was used to carry |away the loot, tracks outside the | shop indicated. No clue to the iden- ! tity of the burglars has yet been di covered. HEADS FARM LOAN BOARD | Washington, May 5 (®—Appoint- { ment of Fugene Meyer, chairman of the war finance corporation. as head | of the farm loan board and accept- jance of the resignation of Robert ! A. Cooper and Edward E. Jones as members of the board, has been de- | cided upon by. the administration. Community Theater Plainville. —TODAY— “PERCH OF THE DEVIL” with MAE BUSCH i and PAT O'MALLEY. | Bricks! 1 to have ben the most violent earth- (UAKES LIKELY IN NEW ENGLAND AREA Experts Believe More Shocks Not Improbable May 5 P— | more than 300 Cambridge, Mass., The records of carthquakes in New England and castern Canada were studied and scientists peered deep into the sub- soils to determine the risk of the future at the meeting here today of the eastern section of the Amer- ican Seismological soclety. New England, sald Dr. Kirtley F. Mather, head of the Seismology de- partment at Harvard, has felt the most violent earthquake recorded in North America since the advent of the white man, and there is no rea- ¢ it should feel another. Dr. | Mather presented an exhaustive his- | tory of earth shocks in New Eng- | land_over 300 vears and compiled | from town reports, newspapers and | local histories. He co-operated in the preparation for another paper on the geological foundation of Boston, read by Irving Crosby of the engineering-economics founda- tion. | | | “The earthquake of 1683, said Dr. Mather, “with its place of maximum vibration in Quebec, was | sufficiently violent to shake disas- | trously the morthern part of New Ingland. That earthquake appears | quake ever recorded in North | America, surpassing in its energy | both the New Madrid, (Mo.) earth- | quake of 1511 and the C ston, | (S. C.) earthquake of 1886, as well | as the San Francisco earthquake of | 1906, ‘“A recurrence of t type of activity would be a vertible disaster to the present or future | inhabitants of this area. Unfor- | tunately our knowledge of Seismic | processes fs wholly inadequate to | serve as a basis for an appraisal | for the real significance of the re- | awakening of this zone in 1925 It | can neither be stated nor denied | that this indicates an early roturn to Seismic activity of this region. “The records are fully qualified to dispel the popular dclusion that New England is a region of suc crustal stability as to be wholly immune from disastrous earth- quakes. There is no basis for be- lief that seismic forces have weak- ened during the past 200 years a mere fraction of a second in geo- logic time. There is every reason for expecting that what happened | in the 1Sth century will happen | again in the 20th or 21st. Sooner | or later the fundian zone of crustal | instability will undergo such ad- justment to accumulated strain as to cause another quake of intensity along the New England coast.” Dr. Mather declared his count of 331 earthquakes felt in New Eng- land between 1627 and 1927 to be conservative since it took no notice of small after shocks and counted continuing tremors as one. Average Is Obtained. | The average, he found. was one and one-third a year, but with a grouping within _certain Thus between 1727 and were recorded; between 1542 and 1835, 36; and in the two and a half years since September, 1924, 21 have heen noticed. He counted for' or five zones of seismic activity in New England. The greatest, called the fundian fault. had its origin just off shore and 97 times dealt tremors to the coasts of Massachusstts, New Hamp shire and Maine. The Connecticut ‘alley between Turner's Falls and v Haven felt 42 quakes, the low- er Merrimack river valley 26, Que- hec 18 whose effects reached into New England: and his fifth zone he | located in central and northe; Maine. The fundian zone he term- | od the obvious da for castern New England. A companion study to this paper was presented by Ernest on, director of the Tom servatory at Ottawa, Can traced tha record of earthquak castern Canada from the early ac- counts of the Jesuits of the great quake of 1663 and following. up to the modern Seismograph history. $330,000 FIRE TLOSS Providence, R. I. May (— Damage estimated at $30.000 was caused when fire early today razed the White House Country club on the Apponaug Road. Warwick. Light fire companies, handicapped by lack of water, were called to the fire, which, fanned by a brisk wind, | consumed the 19-room three story | structure. A caretaker was rescued by the firemen. GUILTY OF MURDER New York, May 5 (P—Within fif- teen minutes after leaving the court- room a fury today found Peter Seil- er, 21 vears old, guilty of murder in the first degree for the shooting and killing of Patrolman James Masterson in a speakeasy in West| 103rd street during a holdup the morning of January 1. Only one! ballot was taken by the jurors. Bristol News NJURIES FATALTO FAGTORY WORKER Ernest Pelletier Caught in Pul- ley, Hurled-Against Ceiling DEATH OF F. A. HORTON Native of Bristol and Well Keown in Industrial Circles Dies At Age of 72—Brass Foremen Elect Of- ficers. Ernest Pelletier, aged 20, of 461 North Main street, died this morn- ing at the Bristol hospital from:in- s geceived yesterday afternoon at the plant of the American Silver Co. While attempting to replace a belt on a pulley in the factory, Pel- letier was picked up by the belt and whirled against the ceiling and then hurled to the floor. He was dis- covered some ten minutes after by Frank Large, who rendered first aid nd summoned the ambulance of Chomas P. O'Brien. The injured man was removed to the Bristol hospital, it und his ed of broken arm, fractured jaw and con cussion of the brain. Pelletier had been in the employ of the American ver company for the past three weeks as a polisher. He came to this city from Van Buren, Maine, and had been livin: on North Main street with his mother, who conducts a boardin« house, Tactory officials stated this morn ing that Pelletier endeavored to 1 the DLelt himself, although he been told not to do so, as a man vas especially employed for the pur- pose. His failur® to observe th es in this respect, it was pointed resulted in the fatality. Funeral arrangeme: had not been r({mpl(’t“d up to noon today. Frederick A. Horton erick A. Horton, aged 72, died 1:20 Wednesday afternoon at th: Bristol hospital following an illness with complications. He had entered the hospital Tuesday morning for treatment, Mr. Horton was born in this city October 2, 1834, the son of Everett and Elmira (Atwater) Horton and was the last surviving member of the family bearing the name. With the exception of ‘a few years in New H . his entire life was spent in Bristol. For seven years he was cmployed in the factories of the New Departure Mfg. Co. and the Welch Clock Co. For the past 2 years he has conducted his own fac- tory on Oak street. In October, 1893 he was married to Miss Annie E. Cady of Brookficld, Mo., who survives, together with two daughters, Mrs. Louise Hortoa Landers and Mrs. Dorothy Horton Farley; two grandchildren, Fred- erick Granville ey and ‘George Horton Landers, all of this city. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon from his late home at 28 Oak street. Rev. P. F. Wolfenden, pastor of the Bristol Baptist church, will conduct the services and interment will be in the family lot in West cemetery, Bristol Brass Foremen's Club At the annual meeting of the Bris- tol Brass Foremen's club, held yes- terday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, Carnot V. Chapin; vice-presi dent, Michael J. Hartney; Secretary, Maurice J. MclLaughlin; treasurer, William Driscoll. L 0. 0. A mecting of Peq AT O. ., will be held at § o'clock 0. | this evening in Arcanum hall. Elks to Mecet The regular meeting of the- Bris- told lodge of Klks will be held this eveni at § o'clock at Iilks home on South street, Month's Mind Mass A month’s mind high mass of re. quiem was celcbrated at 8 o'clock this morning at St. Joseph's church in memory of William J. Farley. Ethan Lodge Mectinng Tithan lodge, Knights of Oythias, 11 hold their regular meeting at 8 o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall. 1000 in Community Chest nty-nine thousand dollars has been pledged to the Com- munity chest, Chairman W. Ray- mond Crumb announced last evening. Officers and workers of the cam- n are hoping to raise the necos- $60.000 before Friday evening Twe alreac CREAN OFFICIAL TIMER Hartford. May 5 (UP)—Gerald P. Crean, sports cditor of the New Dritain Herald, has been named ofticlal time keeper for the state of Connecticut by State Athletic Commissioner Thomas Donohue. By Blosser T SHOULD SAY I IS = L SUOULDAT COMPLAIN AS LONG AS L JANE You !