New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1927, Page 13

S5 TODAY, PLANN CELEBRATION AT 1 Andrew Torabull Doclaes e s MO Andrew Turnbull, inventor and considered the oldest resident of New Britain, is rechivipg congratu- lations today on the occasion of his §5th birthday anniversary. Mr. Turnbull, who resides with his daughter-in.law, Mrs. Turnbull at 11 Wallace street, is 8004 health with the exception of failing sight. He is In a keen mind and is enjoying the cards and flowers and visitors who Rave been ‘arfiving at the house all during the day. Mr. Turnbull is not sn old man, He says so himself. He is planning ANDREW TURNBULL a birthday party when he becomes 100_years old and then he intends to begin piling up the years on the oth- | er side of the hill. Borp in Paisley, Scotland, June 23, 1832, at the age of 18 years he packed his bag and sailed for Amer- ica. Making a journey across the water in those days was no small thing. - He bade his - fricnds and relatives good bye and with his bun- dle boarded a sailing vessel which buffeted the stormy Atlantic for eight weeks and two days. Fast sailing vessels such as the modern liners, ploughing their way across the water by steam, oil and electric power, were not kgown. - The young Scotch immigrant landed, full of hope and ambitions. He did not know at that time that he was destined to become a success- ful inventor, turning out articles of use and convenience which would bear his name. He only knew that he had come to the land of appor- tunity to make his fortune. ~ 177 Years in New Britain He came to New Britain 77 years ago. New Britain, then a small town of less than 2,500 was destined to grow up and take its place:in the front line of industry as was the timid Scotch immigrant with his small bundle, just arrived from EIl- lis Island. Elihu Burritt, then 40 years old, was in Europe addressing large gatherings in the interest of universal Brotherhood when Andrew Turnbull looked around New Britain and went to work as a carpenter's apprentice. =X There were no paved streets in New Britain. The young carpenter rose early in the morning, washed himself at the outdoor pump and vialked the grassy lanes. where cows roamed, to his work. Where many modern buildings now stand, there was nothing but woods. Where the New Haven railroad station is was a stream of water, and a pond marked the site of what later became part of the Stanley Rule and Level plant. fn this pool the young Scotchman had many a cooling swim on hot days. The great Landers, Frary & Clark plant with its millions of dollars in capitalization was undreamed of. Its forerunner was a small wooden shack and fits payroll included the names of three employes. All three have long since passed to their eternal reward. . Where Central park now stands was a large set of hay scales. Farm- crs from surrounding eountry drove in to these scales, tied their horses to the public hitching post 'and swapped yarns in the village gro- cery. The young gyian kat on a stone fence or a pile of brush where the New Haven raliroad now runs and pulled out of the water many finny specimens which would cause mod- ern Izaak Waltons to travel many miles to hook. The nearest big town to the vil- lags of New Britain was Berlin. Travel to Berlin in those days was COMPLL T remarkably similar to that 18, people went by stage ci Where North street ‘Brady’s lane. For tive years Mr. Turnbull work- ed with Johnson & Emerson learn- ing the carpenter trade. Then he weat to Meriden and while in that city invented the Turnbull spring scale. He a0ld his rights to James 8. Frary. M. Frary came to New Britain where George 8. Landers had a little shop employing three men and helped found the Landers & Bmith plant, which later becams Landers, Frary & Clark The new firm began manufacturing and plac- ing Turnbull scales on the market. Mr. Turbull entered thelr employ and supervised the manufacture of his {nvention. n No one is alive toady whom Mr. | Turnbull remembers of those early days. The last friend of his youth, ‘who died ‘a short time ago, well along in his 80's, was Loren D. Pentield. Becomes Toy Manufactufer In 1879 Mr. Turnbull left the em- ploy of the manufacturing concern and with James A. Swanson entered the hardware business. Having in- vented the scale which bears his | name to this day ang having spent 20 years in manufacturing it, he now turned to selling it retail. Two years later the firm s0ld out to the Abbe Hardware Co., which still does busi- ness on Main street, Turnbull, S8wan- son and Jemes Eddy then went into the business of manufacturing toys. Where Mr. Turhbull resided at 19 Rockwell avenue, a factory was built in the rear. It was in this home he spent many years of his life. From his observation point on Rockwell avenue he watched New Britain grow from a little over 3,000 people t0 & city more than 40 times that size. He saw a police station grow up where a gas house stood on Com- mercial street. He saw the brook glve way to a railroad, Horse cars, eléctric street railway, automobiles and pow the airplane followed one another in turn, and the inventor watched and was glad. In many ways he helped the march of progress. The old elevator in city hall, supplanted just a short time ago by a modern electric, was an invention of his; as was that in the Sovereign block. The hydraulic t"” was a child of his brain. Fire- men in New York city today fight flames in sky scrapers with a hy- draulic water tower, the invention of Andrew Turnbull of New Britain. Weary travelers who settle themselves comfortably for a night's repose in modern hotels where the National Bed Spring is used, get their night's rest as the result of an invention by Turnbull. On September 2, 1894 Mr. Turn- bull lost bis wife. Taken seriously i1l ‘while returning from a visit to New Haven, she died on a train. On the same train was another friend of the inventor, the founder of The Herald, the late Congressman Rob- ert J. Vance. Two years ago, Mr. Turnbull then more active, walked to the Herald office on his 93rd birthday anniversary, and shaking hands with the present managing editor, son of his old friend, he looked around at a sea of desks and remarksd “Well, well, the woods are full of reporters now, aren't they?” His philosophy of life is a simple one. He believes in taking things as they come. “When you are young and healthy is the time to have your fun,” he says. “Smile, be cheerful and don’t worry.” His dally routine is also simple. Because of his failing sight he seldom gets farther away from his Wallace street home than the nearest corner, although it is but a few years since he made his regular, rounds of visits every day. He has six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. WILL DROP HANDBILLS A. 10,000 Papers With Directions for Nungesser Are Prepared Chicoutimi, Que., June 22 (® — Ten thousand handbills addressed to Nungesser and Coli, missing French fiyers, will be distributed by airplane tomorrow over the entire district northeast of the Saguenay river, where mysterious ‘flares” have been .reported seen during the past 10 days. Residents of the district have re- garded the “flares” as signals from the missing aviators. The circulars bear a brief descrip- tion of the district and tell the best method of finding'a way to the near- est settlement. “Make an effort to signal with smoke in the day time on the shore of large lakes or rivers whose course you should follow,” the circulars read. “If possible, signal two houra after sundown for fifteen minutes in a southerly direction.” MAYONNAICE MAKER DIES . Boston, June 22 (UP)—James A. Afcardi, president of the I-Car-Di Mayonnaise Company of Boston, was dead today at his South Boston home in his 66th year, following a | brief liness. PINKUS Eyesight Specialist and Optician Our New Address 308 Main St Suite 202. Phone 570. Up one Flight to Better Eyesight. We have added all the latest and most scientific in- struments to our refracting rooms. French, Polish, Russian. We speak German, ill be pleased to sée you, our 22 years on Main street. ‘Protect Your Furniture From Dust Beantify Your Home, L 5] 78 est Pat Made to Order With Our Own Ma- All orders Guaranteed. FASHION DRAPERY SHOPPE HARTFORD 60 MAPLE AVE. 3 Phona 5-1561 or Write for Samplos and Estimate. DISTANCE NO OBJECT S NETER THIEVES CAVGHT WITH LOOT Three Rounded Up After Visits to Empty Tenements Frank Bucherl, aged 19, of 96 Winter street was bound over to su- perior court in $2,600 bonds; Walter ‘Was, aged 16, of 302 Elm street was given a suspended commitment to Cheshire reformatory and placed on probation for one year, and Alex Slater, aged 17, of 756 Hartford av- €nue, was committed to the reforma- tory, by Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court this morning on the charge of burglary, the trio having been arrested about 4:20 this morn- ing in connection with the theft of money from two gas meters at 38 Willow street, street and one at 13 Star street. Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney testi- fled that Officers Moore and Koz- lauskas saw Bucheri and Slater on Lafayette street about 3:60 o'clack, and at sight of the officers the boys ran through back yards and came out a block or two away. At Church and Main streets Sergeant Feeney asked them where they were going a2nd Bucheri replied ‘that he had been working in the tobacco fields in Windsor and was going to New York. Sergeant Feeney searched him and found $8.25, mostly in quarter dollars. Sergeant Feeney and Officer Wil- liam McMurray took them to the police station, where Slater admitted the gas meter jobs, according to Sergeant Feeney's testimony. Buch- eri stood watch while Was and Slater actually opened the meters, using & screw driver on Willow street and four toothpicks on Star street. Was, who was in bed at his home, ‘was arrested on Slater's story and is said to have admitted his part. The money was turned over to Bucherl. When they were put to plea, Slater and Was pleaded gullty and neither made any statement to the court. Bucheri, however, pleaded not guilty and ' took the witness stand and entered a denial of the testimony of Bergeant Feeney. He was not on watch when the gas meters wers opened,. he said, but he admitted having received the money. “You always blam® the other fel- low when you come in here, don't you,” Assistant Prosecuting Attor- ney W. M. Greensteln said to him. “I always tell the truth,” Bucheri replied. . ~ Judge Hungerford remarked that Bucherl’s record includes convictions for theft and burglary and shows that he has served in Cheshire re- formatory, having been taken off parole March 1. Apparently some- thing more severq than a reforma- Springfield COMPLETE LARGEST FURNITURE SYNDICATE IN NEW.ENGLAND one at 46 Willow They also tried two other vacant tenements on Willow street [but the meters had been removed. tory sentence is needed in his case, Judge’ Hungerford sald, as he or- dered him held for superior court. In Blater's case, the record showed that he has been on proba- tion. Judge Hungerford called Was® tather before him and asked him what the boy’s behavior has been. The father replied that when the boy was small,,he was in juvenile court but since that time he has be- haved well, s0 far as he knew. Yes, Hc Had Bananas The case of Hazen C. Smith, aged 25, of 53 Bouth avenue, Meriden, charged with overloading a truck, was continued until tomorrow morn- ing, Mr., Greenstein informing Judge Hungerford that Smith's employer had requested this action. Motor- cycle Officer Strolls arrested Smith on Stanley street late yesterday aft- erngpn after fiuding a load of green bananas which Smith was bringing to a Lafayette street store weighed about 3,600 pounds in excess of the weight allowed by law. The case of Horace Porter, aged 22, of 209 Linden street, charged with violation of the motor vehicle law iIn driving a car régistered in New York, on a Connecticut opera- tor's license, was nolled, Mr. Green- stein in forming the court that no offense had been committed. Officer Thomas Blanchette arrested Porter last night on West Main street. The charge of causing delinquency of children, against Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Romain of 13 Oak street, was nolled, Mr. Greenstein repoxting that the Humane society officials had notified him that the children have been committed to the county home at Warehouse Point. SWIMMING TAUGHT YOUNG AMERICA Free Lessons at Y.MCA. and Y.WCA. “Splash Week” Free swimming lessons for boys and girls between the ages ot 10 and 15 years will be given at the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. next week starting Monday, and ending Thurs- day. Applicatidn have been distribut- ed to the boys and girls in the schools which will entitle the boy or girl to four swimming lessons free of charge. Those who have received the cards will report at the Y. M. C. A. (boys)- and the Y. W. C. A. (giris) Saturday morning between hours of 9 and 12. Any boy or girl who did not receive an application and can not swim can secure a card by calling at the Y. M. C. A. or Y. W. C. A. any time before Saturday. Every boy or girl will be required to bring his or hercard Saturday morning and will be advised as to the swimming schedule. ‘Does Your Hat Smell Like An Automobile? The usual cleaner employed in cleaning hats “is— GASOLINE which leaves an odor that lasts a week—and far from cleans your hat thoroughly, adding to its weight —pounds. Here -We Do It Differently A secret cleaning process coupled with skill (acquired by years of experience) and modern equipment is what we employ. . Nothing else. Minute Job. No Gasoline—No Fifteen :And the Cost Is No More Bring in your hat regardless of style or material for our renewing. THE MODERN SHOP 111 CHURCH ST. (Opp. Railroad Station) 3, P. S.—I am looking for the most soiled hat in New Britain to clean as demonstration. tion please bring it in, Holyoke Providence If you have one in this condi- RICU U Mutu 2 RV T STIYY t the | New Haven nolh To the Parent or Guardian Every parent who has the inter- est of his boy or girl at heart will readily see the art of swimming is a necessary part of the childs edu tion. 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