New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1927, Page 24

CITY FIREWORKS " DISPLAY JULY 4 Band Concert at Stanley Quar- ter Park Also Planned The annual municipal display of fireworks at Stanley Quarter park wil be staged in the open puot be- twen the pond and Stanley street on the east side, the recreation com- mission having determined that this s the best spot from a standpoint ot visability. The display will take Monday night, July 4, at 9 following a two-hour band concert. The commission is planning to conduct baseball games in Willow PBrook park during the day and it is possible that the athletic program in charge of Commissioner James J. Naughton will be elaborated upon. Commissioner B. G. Kranowitz is directing the fireworks displa; - sisted by Chairdman Harry C. k- gon and Miss Mary A. Campbell, gecretary and a member of board. Details of parking have not vet been worked out, but a conference is planned at which the recreation commission, 1 park department will consider the problem. TRUCK BADLY DAMAGED, HIT BY BACKING AUTO — Loses Wheels, and Fenders in Commercial Spring, Street Collision An automobile truck owned by the West End Wet Wash laundry and driven by Raymond O'Neil of 418 Farmington avenue, was dam- aged about the front axle, fenders. headlights and spring, and both front wheels were §:35 last evening when struck by an automobile backed away from the curbston: Commercial street, near the tional Paper Co. store. ‘According to the repor! torcycle Officer Clarence John Serwin, aged 1; of % was backing the cal ;;v",:;}x Siderowsky of the National Paper Co: into the roadw when the truck passed. Siderowsky parked his car diagonally, With the front to the curb, according to the officer. According to O'Neil, the boy gave no signal as he backed the car out. Eiderowsky agreed to settle for the damage to the laundry truck and no sts were made. "‘:t::: Rengo, aged about 9, of 653 Main street, ran against the front bumper of an automobile owned by Frank Bartlewski of 101 Tremont street, as the latter was driving gouth on Beaver street, near Broad. at 7:30 last evening. He did not appear to be injured, as he jumped to his feet and ran away, Bartlew ski reported. There was a car parked on the right side of the street and the boy ran from its rear, into the street. it was being e on Na- t of Mo- Willow owned James J. Dorsey Buys H. R. Walker Company Effective July 1, the Walker Arucking Co. will become successor to the H. R. Walker Co. and James J. Dorsey of 243 Maple street, who entered the employ of the latter con- cern on July 1, 1902 and for the past several years has heen assistant sec- retary and assistant treasurer, will become sole owner of the business. Mr. Dorsey is a well known resident of New Britain and through his quarter century experience has be- come thoroughly familiar with the trucking business in all its phases. The Walker Trucking Co. will con- tinue at the Commercial strect lo- cation and the H. R. Walker Co. will eventually be dissolved, not, how- ever, before April, 1928. The H. R. Walker Co. recently sold the Commercial strect property to Attorney Harry H. Milkowitz, ‘Emanuel Richman and Mendel Sick- lick. The various plans for utilizing part of the property have been con- sidered by them but definite plans have not been announced. Fred A. Parsons, secretary and treasurer of the H. R. Walker Co. for many vears, plans to make his home in Scranton, Pa. Since the death of his wife a few months ago, he has been planning to lcave New Britain. He has been prominent in municipal affairs, having served on the health board, fire board and board of finance and taxation. MUST PAY WEEI LIMONY In superior court today, F. M. Yeomans ordered Mor bert of this city to pay $8 alimony to his wife, Eva Cor- bert, pending the tion of her divorce action, which will be heard in September. Corbert, who was a widower, mar- ried Mrs. Corhert, who was a di- vorcee, in February, 1927. Her name was formerly a Lev In her ac- tion for divorce, she alleged ! he earned $75 a week as a sman, but he denied that he earned more than a week, At the hearing William M. Greenstein Mrs. Corbert and Attorney Nair appearcd for Corbert. today, Attorney represented avid L. BANK Montclair, 4 Police today Oak aldwin, the I suffered R A SUICIDE N. J., June 24 (A — revealed that Georges vice president of tional hank. who nervous breakdown while pursuing advanced stu finance at Columb) universit shot himself to death at his ho He was 26 years old and is su vived by his widow and a son. CHARGED WITH ARSON New Haven, Conn., June 24 (P— As the result of investigation into mysterious fire last Sunday Dixwell avenue building, Antonio J. Petroccaro, token into custody soon after the fire on a technical charge of idleness. was rearrested today on four counts of arson. He was placed under bonds of £1,500 for appear- ance Jnly 1 a REAp HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS &O0B BEST RESULTS y the police department and | Headlights | knocked off about | Kumm, | | than a few minut {the quarters wer in alf Lindbergh Rival | | GSLARYS ROY Los Angeles (P—Out of Minneapo-| , his former home town, has come | a woman rival to Capt. Charles Lindbergh. Gl Roy has been an aviator for more than five years (\Inl‘ holds low and high records for par- | achute leaps, the latter made at| 16,000 feet. Miss Roy, in his ‘lone e has ambitions to 1 pilot and plans flying from Minne apolis to Washington to see Tost- master New in her effort to secure | She has trained for the| in lLos Angeles. Royal Waiting Room at Windsor Is “For Let” Windsor, gland, June 17T—P) —The royal waiting room of the Southern Railway at Windsor sta- tion is “to let.” ; The automobile is responsible be- | cause there are comparatively few | royal waiting rooms now through- | out the country, as much of the traveling by the king and queen is accomplished in motor cars. The royal waiting room here has not been used much since the days| of Queen Victoria e in the Windsor walting room more | es at a time, but ready for her, and n reserved for | royalty all these years. The original decorations still exist, and may remain, if the new tenant 80 ‘desires. Students Hold Initiation In Underground Rooms | Madison, Wis, Junel? —{@— Winding stairways lead to a sub- terranean vault, 75 feet below Madi- son's business district, suggesting the catacombs of Rome. Three flights below the street, the | vault now s as the setting for | initiatory of the Union Board, student governing body of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Once it was merely a storage | place for barrels of beer manufac- | tured by a brewery which occupied the premises above, and which found that the deeper it built its | vaults, the cooler was its beer. | Today the cold dark recesses are used only for the fnduction of new | members into the student hoard, and few are aware of the vault's existence. emulating Lindbergh " accomplishment, come an airmail I | | WILLIAMS—RF TON Mr. and Mrs, s Bengston of | Newfield avenue has announced the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor | C. Bengston to Edward J. Williams. | The marriage took place last Sat- urday. Mr. Williams is a 1 er of the force of Corbin Screw cor- poration. | MeCafterty, Melvin € | medical school in |to teach | class. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, rRIDAY, JUNE z3, 19YZ1. CENTRAL R, 1. 5. FACULTY GHANGES Seven Teachers Submit Resigna- tions as School Year Ends - Seven teachers have submitted their resignations as members of the teaching staft of the Central Junior High school. They are Miss Mary E. Jack, Kenneth Benson, John G. Kead, Kichmond D. ‘ott, Mary J. Sanderson and Miss dys B. Chasc. M Benson, teacher scienc made ot general plans 1o attend a Philalelphia. M whose home s in Amhe was graduated .irom Massa- chusetts Agricultural college, taught in Vermont and Massachusctts to New Britain last Scpte: economics and civics. home is in Ma wits graduated from FParmington Normal school and Boston Univer- sity \a B. 8. degreed. Previous to coming to New o teach civies, he taught M Massachusetts and Conne ticut. He resigned to aceept a pis in Loston. Mr. Read, a mathematical instruc- tor, is resigning after one year of service. He was graduated from T'cchnical High school in Springfield hd Massachuscits Agricultural col- at Amhe Miss McCafierty is mathematics instructor and Miss Sanderson is a Latin teacher. Jack, Mass., cane 0 H mer in ne, HOLD GOLF TOURNEY HERE Connecticut Light and Power Co. Links Experts Playing Today at shuttle Meadow Club, About 60 officials and employes of the Co cticut Light and Co., representing all the districts in the state, are banging the litile white ball ‘cross lots at the Shuttle Meadow club this afternoon. The occasion is the annual golf tournament of the company and everyone who can wield a driver i aking part, among the guests being Vice-Presflents Day and Knowlten. Lunch was served pr ceding the first drive. B. H. Mck hone, local superintendent, is chair- man of t tournament conimittee, Abandon Ill-Fated Midwestern Railroad Muncie, Ind., June 17. —(P—The derelict of midwestern railroads— the old Central Indiana—is about to be abandoned after a ear strug- gle for existence. Unless a pu by autumn, the r comes along nsylvania and its present own- the line, the inter- commission has state comm | ruled. More than a million dollars have been spent by various groups to make a paying venture of the line, which runs from Muncie to Brazil, Ind., through Noblesville, Anderson and Lebanon. Its history dates from 1876, when the Anderson, Lebanon & St. Louis railroad laid 1§ miles of track from Anderson to Noblesville and gradu- | ally expanded the line. It fell into one reccivership after another, and finally the two railroad systems which now own it acquired the property. Continues Her Fight to Reduce Working Hours Springfield, Tl June 17 (A—One sentative Lottie Holman O'Neil of he Illinois legislature in her efforts to reduce the hours of women work- ers by law from 10 to eight hours a day. Her original bill having been defeated. Mrs. O'Neil prepared other measure, this time for a 48- hour week. Social workers have upbraided the state for “laggardness in labor legislation” because it refuses to amend the existing maximum hour w for women empl MISS CLERKIN HONORED Miss Catherine M. Clerkin, daugh- ter of Mrs. Ellen P. Clerkin, has been awarded the insignia of Hart ford hospital training hool for having received an average of 8 per cent in all her subj and the highest honorable merits in her She is a member of the junior class, Britain last sum- | Power | | | | ! joying vacation days are the 25 who | | graduated from St. Joseph's Paro-! |from Rev. jof St. Joscph's church. The prize winners for the term | just past among the graduates were ! presented with special awards for ) Among the children who are en-|scholarship, Christian Doctrine and ; Christian Doctrine, Margaret Mary Irish History. Grace Martina Luddy was awarded $10 in gold offered by Daly council, No. 12, K. of C. for the second prize of $5 in gold. Mary Gertrude Grace was award- ed a prize of $10 in gold offered by Father Donohue for excellence in GRADUATING CLASS AT ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL | | Roosa was awarded second prize of $5. Alice Veronica Dawson took first | | ¢hial school, receiving their diplomas highest honors in scholarship while award of $5 in gold offered by 'Rev. | John F. Donohue, pastor | Virginia Joan Murray was awarded | \W. A. Harty branch, A. O. H,, for | the best essay on Irish History and | Marion Margaret Luddy received i econd prize of two and a half dol- | lars in gold. ! PASTOR 10 LEAVE | EMMANUEL CHURGH Rev. George B. Fletcher Accepts Pulpit in New Jersey | | | Rev. George B. Fletcher, pastor of | {the Emmanuel Gospel church of this | city, has tendered his resignation to |the local congregation and will Imove his family to | where b accepted the pastorate of the Newport Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Fletcher hopes to leave here about July 3 for the new lo tion. Although the Emmanuel G pel church is an independent denom- | ination, Mr. Fletcher prior to going| [to Wilkes-Barre, I'a,, where he was | |located before coming here, was a' Baptist. He was connected with a | Baptist church in Philadelphla. | Rev. Mr. Fletcher has been in New Britain but a short time, com- | ing here to succeed Rev. Harry S [ Landis, also a Pennsylvanian, who is lccated in Passaic, N. J. He is the |third minister to serve the local | {chureh, the first pastor being Rev. | M. S. Anderson, Mr. Fletcher holds the distinction | of being the youngest minister in | | this eity, which honor will go to| | Rev. W. H. Alderson when he leaves. | | The New Je {the same si v Britain church, but with the advantage of |a national denomination behind it, is a growing charge and is said to of- | fer considerable inducement to a jyoung minister. | re- | Daughter Born 7—Days | | Before Father Graduates | | Seven before the father grad- | uated from medical college, a daugh- |ter, Marjorie Christine, |Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Gumprecht of Boston ording. to information | received here. Dr. Gumprecht, who | is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Richard M. Gumprecht of this city, graduated from Tuft's medical college in Bos- ton, Monday, June 20. The baby | was born June 13. { Dr. Gumprecht will serve an in- | ternship in a Maine hospital. Mrs. | Gumprecht, also from New Britain, ras Miss Edith M. Larson and is a aughter of Mrs. Amanda Larson of | t street, this city. She is a | trained nurse and is a graduate of a | Boston training school. Dr and Mrs. Gumprecht were | marricd in New Britain about a year ago by the Rev. R. N. Gilman of | stanley Memorial church. | | Mms. ¢ MITCHELL WEAKER Mrs, Charles E. Mitchell who is in a critical condition at her home, 4 Russell street, is gradually grow- |ing weaker daily and although she Allied to d noon today, her con- | | dition is slightly worse than yes- terday. FIND HEALTH THROUGH THE BALLET mar achieved success in scores of ¢ Metropolitan Opera ballet, has organized the wo Through the dance she corrects various deformities in children, s of retarded muscular and spinal Miss Munde and one of her curative ballets in action, most ree e has ture shows devglopment. The pi SOUTHINGTON TRAGEDY John Knapp, 88, Laborer, Killed Near River Trestle When Hit By Train. Southington, Conn., June 24 A/ — John Knapp, 38, laborer, was Kill- od by a train on the railroad tracks | near the river trestle early today. The appearances were that he had been track walking. The body indi- cated many injurics. Knapp was employed by Frank D. Hart, contractor. No immediate ives are known to live here. Medical Examiner W. P. Nagle gave a finding of accidental death. Crippled Beggar, Asking Alms, Punched, Killed | Chicago, June 24 (®—A crippled begger, asking alms, was struck down and killed early today by a man who, witnesses sald, resented the begger's persistent appeals for help. She Hisers $4.95 These hats are specially priced. In this large sortment there are large brims, small close fitting shapes, rippled brims. — Gage hats. Colors: White, Popcorn, Pink, Orchid and othey pastel shades GOTHAM SILK No. 808 Service weight . No. 389 Silk to the top .. The ahove styles can summer shades \J MILLINERY CO! l‘ 177 MAIN STREED | FOR, YACATION WEAR, FELTS Are Just the Thing The beggar, Thomas Aleck, 55, was dropped with a sledgelike blow of the man's fist. His skull was fractured when his head struck the | curb, ‘Three police officers witnessed the | attack, saw the assailant spring into an automobile and speed away. Al though the police pursued, their slow car was soon left behind. HAND CRUSHED IN FACTORY. Miss Mary Krawie, uged 19, of 35 Clark street, had the index finger and thumb of her left hand ampu- tated at New Britain General hos- pital late yesterday afternoon. H(‘rl hand was crushed in a press at! Landers, Frary & Clark, where she is employed. SOVIET TOWN HAS CZAR'S NAME | Nigolaiev, Ukrainia — This city, |rounded by Emperor Nicholas I in the early part of the 19th century and the largest Black Sea port after | Odessa, is the only remaining one | of importance in the Soviet Union | which still bears the name of one of the czars. Alineg, - as- HOSIERY be had in all the new " FULL FASHIONED SILK STOCKINGS $1. Manufacturers’ variables of a well known make. Former price $1.79 COMPLETE EQUIPMENT Removed to 308 Main St. Suite 202 A. Pinkus 09 Eyesight Specialist Phone 570 NEW POPULAR PRICED FICTION On Sale Now for the First Time at 75¢c CHEVRONS .................. 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