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ity ind ire i th Rl ng [i'4 Shop by Mail if Unable to Come Yourself Winter Coat “Valyes What a Gift One Would Make! Berlin News nee cover | Hard It | DRAINAGE PROBLEM State Health Oliials ake Sur- 1= "2 town, warncd him to have his vey in Town [ RRE IN EAST BERLIN & ut 1sfer SEWERAGE SYSTEM mn | water in which con It woul open cross nee o “The New Styles that Smart Women Are Wearing Priced too in a way that insures large savings vight now at the very beginning of the season. The fabrics are of the finest and modes the new- est. The furs used for the collars and cuffs are the rich soft pelts best favored by fashion authorities. $19.75, $49.50, $65.00 $75.00 to $95.00 You will find selections easy is rm dr 4 simply nui nothor \dily ol district is uzio al o claims 4 his pro; from a cc Gafiney hts scarched this dr: 1t has G 1ete nstall Chemical Co. Plant Damaged— Proposes | partment Heavy Waters Cause Large Dam- | gostor age—Annual Sale of Christmas Trees By Legion—Bricfs. At the request of Dr. R. M. G wold, health officer, an inspection was made of the drainage conditio in Kensington on November 21, The inspection was made in company with George B. Carter, first man, and Peter Suzio of 24 Wallace t, New Britain. The latter pro- s to start building on a proper- ty development located hetween Harding street and the railroad on land which is somewhat low and; damp and which has a clay sub-| 7 soil. Mr. Suzio wants improvements | {1 in drainage conditions by the town The inspection was made by W ren J. Scott, director of sanita engineering and Charles I.. Pool. a sistant sanita engineer, The men are membe of health. Dr. Griswold and Mr. |} Carter has just received the report of the inspection from Mr, Scott. ! He states the following facts in his letter: Sewage System Needed “It would scem from our cxperi- ences with inspéctions. of sewage nuisances in Kensington, in coope tion with the local health offic: that the situation with regard sewage disposal in this vicini rapidiy becoming intolerable. s0il conditions are for the most | entirely unsuited for sub-surface dis- posal and the only solution for the condftion seems to he the construc- tion of a public & age system. | I think this has heen agitated from time to time without any sucecssful | result. We would li to Lnow whether the charter of the Kensing- | ton fire district includes the right to | i lay sewers and also the name of this district. see It public opinion cannot | aroused to the extent of securing a | /it survey of the district by a competent gewerage engineer with the draft of a plan together with a. cost estimate for taking care of the situation by | Wedding” a lmorous number, wis e T Wiy uitable s ms Lore e n 1 Kensin ing o et t the mor hecome un anita | stalled, This report was m iy health finey pe that that nag: become ob become by v final so the st up t it be do; requir rdinance strug W h and when s m possibly tions from i iTicnlt il sewers rs of the stute board | health department at officer of Vire In t er pl: t the ccitenent at I morning when fir int, The sou nd 1ls soon hiad the ien ng of | stage the official In charge of the affairs atcd from the first to the last num- We would like to!ber. A violin sclection w bhe | Robert si rigin t wor ut the con k of the fir auickly mastercd the hazar Community | Iast 13 program 1 (njoyed by mor My 1St evening s L. Biitner and vhert progeam that sty v in Jea 0 solo. means of construction of a public Cleverly ta sewerage ystem." Mr. Scott also inclosed a detall ac- | count of the inspection made in November. Some of the contents of the report contains the following in- | Uil formation: “If the devclopment of |1 the property in question procecds ahead of the installation of a public sewer, it will result in making worse | 11 the conditions affecting the public | health, which are unfavorable in the vicinity. The increase of thesc ditions are not favored by the state department and no mukeshift ar- rangements in the absence of a pro- | per sewage. disposal suitable. | Drainage Needed | v “The ditches on Harding are in need of some improveme carry off stagnant water and it recommended that the town measures to bring about this im- provement. The drainage of the ditches now goes across a corner of Suzio's proper thence under the | state rond where it goes through a field and fnally finds Its way Into a | £mall brook. Tt is quite feasible for | y the town to get rid of the standing street t to con- | ton Mr. ned ml . and a dialos ist. who | le. Mr. an pette Ensin Asay ken off by New Britain | Attend Banquet Mrs, attended a Lanquet at the club Tuesday evenin d | v th ¢ Connceticut American of Ke The wee tem will be | race The charge » with & muti | Attorney Britain h is | George ¢ take | continued heenn | Judge i Th under Bowling off tomorrow: ev howling alleys in cloped ie ha RRoche ained to represent him Institute which My rnsington Bowling. RAMES o League s do of drivi s heen wold. The whom Uusual Watel flooded 1 ions the the avy rain he town and to the fc rain has railroad nts out, e by th nolled e of the illness of zhit to have been new highway This morning the p under the bridge proce- | that the Connecticut by the 4 to detour through back roads. from this carly 1 cre mired in The hould be | and the pa. s which 1 to walk, t <0 long ...\1‘;‘“ as cor | water this fory e The he foreed chedule The IS were owing the tinic ¥ off for the morning. L oot decy S cotved s usual wh csen v stru and cansed 10 be suspended, s on duty at thack s flooded the ob vhen the cntire con- the work Ritchie bridze because treacherous conditions exist- At the rate the wa morning the bridge r water by this noon. that the road will be sent through Lower tion Constable the vious uitt nd as only tion would b ey up ¢ ate healfh de- 1atter istrict, He ne in o public Ith department Amezican Logion Sale, The Amcrican Legion has a large 1 Christinas trees which to the familics of the isonable pr The tree R will delivered to the homes the at me as Jast year. Orders will 1 oy taken by the roturn postal card s, £ © now being sent to the The fon will also have in the Legion hall dur- istmas week ction of ¥ will of own at r buildi with tacilitios oming, key supper will b mber 10 at given De- the Legion hall. Al members of the Legion and the | anxitiary invited. State Gom- rds will be present in- speakers ins condi- he mander i nested to members with the this Berlin requ town, Plans Changed r for the young people wtional church 30 o'clock Community > church dining nnounced N 3 Election of Officers d of chemi- [ The St Panl T A, B. socioty will hold o mect is evening in their 1 hall in Kensinston to lold election wt of the of ofticers. All mer urged to danger for the be pres corted and ef- o fighting staf the Chemical com- hile yesterday roke ouf in the rs ar Funceal Today The funcral of Mrs, Lucy Freclove [ Smith was 11 from the Berlin 'Congregational church this after- noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Samuel A, Tiske officiated. Burial was in the Maple cometory M Smith died ot Eltjo En- ber dan r, Mrs Dwight Rogers Splet of Providence, on Tuesday. She w torn in Gilead, Conn., April 19, 1542, the daughter of Rev, Charles F. as played by Nichols, who N pastorates for rformed i many years in ¢ 1and Higganum 1 Wallace - Irew much a I ples Tiome of toesz WHS Appreci- (Continucd on 1) {¥RS. PETER BROCK DIES sioics were | wa- | Kk on the r > re- | them to, tentative arrange- seph’s cametery. | The condition of Mr. {reported to b unchang:d this noon. | Gauthier Basketball Captain | Roland Gauthier, a sophomore, {has been elected captain of the | Plainville High school basketball team. Gauthier entered 3 Plainvi[[e News :'Ma’.nn{mlf\(o:(onl‘n( will be in St. Jo~' i ! the schoo |'his fall and starred on the football |tean s h l BH[ I A fl] ifipa | Coach Myron Gallup has cut his uch Is Beliel of Authorities'coure squna 1o 17 men. The foliow- o !ing are the boys left after the prun. Alter Pair of Breaks ing: Sebastian Arcarl, Howard Mitchell, Laurence Gregory, Au- — |thony Greene, Leonard Berry, Buell, Earl MeGibbon, Chectham, Roland Gau- thier, John Wiley, Martin Bergan, George Backman, Martin Conlin, mund Tollt, William Weber, Nick Fanlola and Edmund Gerke. Heavy Penalty Meted Out less Driver—Gauthier Basketball| The heaviest penalty for reckless driving which has ever been meted Captain—Alfreq Olson Dies. out in the town of Plainville was ndoubtedly inside jobs," is the |§Iven Dominick Cerritelli of 25 way in which the authorlties today | MOunt Pleasant street, Derby, jcharacterized the robberles which |Mi8ht by Justice M. O. Ryder. Cer- took place Tuesday night at the |Fitelli was fined $50 and costs. High and Linden Street schools and |Grand Juror Charles F. Conlon, {which netted the thief or thieves|Who prosecuted. stated that the vio- Ibetween $70 and $75. There is no |lation was a flagrant one in that evidence of a forced entrance into | CeTTitelll deliberately tried to “beat the High school, which leads to the °Ut" & truck at Blossom's corner belief that someone had hidden in|?7d in dolng so went onto the the building until ater the piacs | “TOUK Skic ef the road and struck was locked up, while the theory |® Machine operated by Henry Long- that the robb was the work of |@lke of East Hartford. Longdike and someone familiar with the customs JOhn Wallenburg of Farmington. in the building is confirmed by the WO drove the truck, testificd fact that desks where money was R8ainst Cerritelif, kept were the only ones tampered Alfred Olson Dies with. | Altred 0. Olson, 63, of 47 Farm- The breaks accurred at some time | ington avenue, died early this between 10:15 o'clock Tuesday |MoOrning after a lingering iliness, night. when the buildings were | He had been in this country for 40 lock and 5 o'clock yesterday ¥ears living in New Britain for morning. It is thought that ths |¥ea He lvaves his wife; one son, guilty person or persons concealed |Oscar; one daughter, himself within the High school |brother, Fer Olson of Minnesota; building until the janitors had left |two sistars, Mrs. D. Nylin of Wis- for the night. This belicf is strength- [consin and Mrs. Olaf Swanson of ened by the fact that none of the | New Dritain, and one grandehild. |outstds doors or windows of the| e was one of the first memhers |school had been forced, while exit|3nd organizers of the Swedish was made by a fire escaps door. | Bethany chruch of New Britain, of Within the building numerous|Wwhich he was a member. He also ,drawers and doors had been pried |belonged to the Betesta Benefit go- ‘open with shears, several broken |clety. pairs of which were found lying The funeral will be held Satur- about. In Viee President Douglas|day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the MacDonald's office his desk was Swedish Bethany church of New forced open and about $50 taken.|Britain. Rev. C. J. Fredeen, the {Of this sum about $43 represeted pastor. will officiate. Burial will be the money from the advance sale In Oak Hill epmetery, Southington. of tickets to the play to be present- | School Committes Mects. ed tomorrow night and the balance | The school committee held fts 4 to the athletic fund. Mr. | regular December meeting last nig MacDonald, fortunately, had bankea | The committee having charge of the a considerablo sum the day befors |rcntal of the high school gymna- !the robbery. Although the office on!51iM and auditorium sat in with Superintendent Leon C. Staples waw | € board and recommended that the entered, & small safe there was not | 8YM should not be rented to outside e olsated basketball teams. The school com- | Entrance was gained to the Lin-|Miltee voted den strect school by means of a rear | tion. window. Here all the teachers'| Supcrintendent Leon C. Staples ! desks were rifled, about $10 or $12 | SPOKe on having Christmas parties in small change being taken. Noth. D the various grade rooms, and the {ing but money was touched hy the | COmmittee voted to allow these on thieves, a valuable fountaln pen aml|”‘e last day of the school term. several other articles being left in | Funcral of Mr. LeHart. the drawers which were forced open. The funeral of Benjamin TeHart Farl yesterday morning Con. | ™38 held at 11:30 o'clock this morn- stable George Schubert was notified | N8 from the undertaking parlors of of the breaks. He called in State) W. A. Balley & Co. The services Ofcer Foley and the two pollcemen | ¥ere private, only members of the spent the morning investigating the | family and a few friends being prg robberies. The signs pointing so con- | M. Rev. Leonard Melville, recior | clusively to the “inside job” theory | Of the Church of our Saviour, offici- that Constable Schubert said, “There | 4t¢d. The body was shipped to 1510 question about 1t,” an effort was | Mount Vernon, N. Y., for burial, made to hush up the affair as much | First High School Play. is possible in the hope that this The first play to be oftered by the might aid in apprehending the guilty , Masque and Gown, the dramatic person or persons. The inve fion | society at the high school, will be is still being carrfed on, and with | Presented tomorrow night at § several clies to work upon the po- [0'clock in the school auditorium. Tt ea e ianatTor aitare et tiat | wilf be the three-act comedy, “Noth. | Mrs. Peter Brock Die ing but the Truth.” The cast has i Mre Susan McGuire Brock, 76, a | been rehearsing under Vice Prine | resident of Plainville for almost her | pail Douglas MacDonald for sever: entire life, dicd at 7:30 o'clock last | weeks and a fine production is as- night at her home on South Wash- | sured. The characters are as fol- ington atreet. Her husband, Peter | lows: Rrock, i critically {1l and his death | Robert Bennett ... . Milton Kramer rentarily expected. %, M. Ralston Harlowe $mith Brock was born in Dick Donnelly . Martin Conlin Springs on July 12, 1851, Her family | Clarence Von D H. Downham moved to Plainville when she was | Bishop Doran mpson enly three years old and she had | Gwendolyn Ralston Hills Jlived here sinee that time. She was| Mrs, E. M, Ralston . ... irastow in 1873, the couple obsery- | Ethel Clark . . Dorothy Jves th wedding anniversary | Mabel Jackson .. Virginia Conforti r. Mrs, Brock had been i1l | Sabls Jackson .. Speneer Ifor the past five weeks and her | Martha 5 Rapacky death had been anticipated Between the first and second acts Longtime Resident Dead, Husband | Dying—Heavy Penalty for Reck- fford last ! Viola; a, to apply this restric- | and Carmy Boeco, and Miss Fsther Sneideman will play plano selcotions between the second and third acts. Brock was | Dancing will follow the performance | The proceeds will bo used for [ basketball and for the senior class. As both are in needs of funds, the school authorities are hopeful of a ! §ood crowd. | On Frijay, December 16, the members of the Jocal dramatic elub will be guests of the Bristol High sehool club at its production 1n Dristol. Bad Washout. A bad washout. occurred early this i morning on Foreat street, along the town line, where the U. G. 1. has been laying gas mains. A large hole was opened in the roadbed and one automobile was trapped in ir. The | machine was lifted out by the work- imen of the gas company. Weil Child Conference. A well child conference will be held tomorrow aftcrnoon in the visiting nurse's rooms in the Nerl block under the auspices of the Plainville Public Health Nursing ns- £oclation and the state department of health. Mothers desiring trans- { portation may secure it by telephon- {ing Mrs. Frank Usher of Farmington I".\\wn\w Last Chance to Get Bonus. | Postmaster Jomes E, Usher has “recefved notice from Congressman | E. Hart Fenn, chairman of the com- i mittee on the census, asking him to make it plain to all e that they must file applications for adfusted compensation before Janu- jary 1, 1928 Application may be made with the regional manager of the U, 8 Veterans' Bureau, 853 Main street, Hartford, Secking Harvey Catelet YTocal authoritice are seeking to get in fouch with Harvey Catelet, said te reside on Linden street Word has been received of a death in his family in New Bedford, Mass. Constable George Schubert and unable to locate Mr. Catelet, Notes Washington-Trumbull circle, Com- pamons of the Forest, will hold Its rigular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in Legion hall. All officers are re- quested to be present at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Slater of IFarmington avi nue is a nephew of the late Willlam ater and not a brother, as stated in the Herald last evening. i The Home Economics club at the | High school will hold a fair, enter- fainment, and dance in the school gym on Thursday, December 15, The Women's IFederation of the :f‘mwrr"gmhmm church will serve a public supper at 6:30 o'clock this ' ng in tha parish house. i Skyscrapers to Tumble In 40 Years, Is Report New York, Dec. 8 (P—American crapers if allowed to stand more an 40 years will certainly tumble says fir Edwin Lutyens, Brit- hitect. iing the steel only a oating of where the danger chiefly lies as it gives little protection from atmos- | pheric penetration READ HERALD () “GREAT SUCCESS IN OUR HOME" Father John's Medicine Again Proves Its Value—For Colds, i Coughs and Body Building IFTED ADS She was a member of the ladies” | there will be songs by Edmund TolMi | auxiliary to Brock-Barnes American Legion. Her Mies Monica Brock, died in the sery- | ice of her country as a nurse during the World war, and Brock-Barnes post was named in her honor. Mrs. | Brock was also a member and | prominent worker in the Church of | Our Lady of Merey. During her jactive life she did many acts of | charity in a quict faehion, and her | passing will be mourned by a host of | friends. | vost, | _ daughter, | TONIGH BUCK JONES in “CHAIN LIGHTNING” Will Give You the Theill of & Lifetime Brock is survived by her | i five daughters, the Mlisses FRIDAY ONLY Anna V., Helen and Mary . Brock | NORMAN KERRY and -of Plainvills, Mrs, Augustine Greene CLAIRE WINDSOR in of Willimantic ani Mrs. Perey | “THE cLAW" Smith of Hartford; one son, John Brock of Nyack, N. Y. and one | Jealousy—Love—War—Adyentars grandson and one granddaughter. | T Two other daughters are no longer | living. ! The funeral will e held Saturday ! imorning from the late residence and | ithe Church of Our Lady of Merey, | | “ALIAS THE DEACON" TFAN HERSHOLT—RALPH GRAV ALWAYS A BIG SHOW at the Jewish H. Coyle of | o E. Dall l Yale Fa ( R AN ENTIRE DAY AND AIGAT LAVE PASSED WITL No CLVUE 7O | THE || \WHEREARBOUTS] | OF 7A6'S PONY LINDY! SEARCIING PARTIES ARE SCOURING || 7ME eNTIRE | communiry [\ PSRN ) division of the | of Mining En- Dalbey is a | FOR of the Kensing. will be rolled at the 1 Brit The into a tight | ng an automo- ler against le of New by Judge case had been Casale had Menace. of last night ol | Ior water and brous o ugain left the underpass FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS \NELL-IT LOOKS To ME LIKE WED AAVE TO GIVE UP=1 GUESS LINDY'S GOAE T“\A(/ o THE OMLY PLACE 1 CAN DANK OF NOW ZUAT WE AINT LOOKED 6INE UP YET- IS THE CIDER HB MUST BE | ALL! SOMEWHERE ' 1 I 7RINK SOMEBODY SPLE 7AGS PoAY! SURE WE \NONT “We use I'ather John's Medicine with great success continually in our home™” writes Miss Helen Boles of 1024 Fourth eet, Minneapolis, Minn,, In a recent letter. Ior colds and as a preventive of the more serious ailments which so often develop from the colds Iather | 's Madicine has come to he the istandard home medicine in count- |less homes from coast to coast. For over 70 years this medicine has proved its value and it is worth knowing that there is absolutely no alcohol nor nerve deadening drugs of any kind in any form in Father John's Medicine, Tts food elements jstrength. huild new Only One Lindy! SRR DONT cRY, LINDY servicemen | Grand Juror ¢\ I, Conlon have been | He says the methods employed in | structural steel construction of giv- | | paint or one of mud and water" is| I KAOW You JAG=WELL )FEELBAD,7AG, FIND OUR (BUT \NELL BLY YoU ANOTHER . Bristol New. this evening at St. Joseph's ehurch, there will be benediction eof the Blessed Bacrament. All of the parochial schools were closed for the day, Fourtcen Deaths in November Fourteen deaths were recorded in the office of the eity clerk during the month of November. The num- ber is remarkably low. 'HOLD HEARING ON | to 30 days in jail by Judge Ermest {Electric Device Has Failed {0 C. Stmpson in the superior court at | iuamom vesterday. | | Liz was arrested by the local po- | Work as Well as Expeoted |, 1%, e arcested by the tocal vo. from the Harvest Bakery of North Main street, with which concern he was employed as a driver. Accord- irg to the complaint. he falled to turn in all of his collections, ap- propriat a portion of the comi- | pany’s money for Yis own use. He in \\'nlrrhur_v To- | was hound over when presented to | the local court, Fthan Lodge Meeting > regular ting of Ethan Knights of P'ythias and Rock- iple, Pythian Sisters, will eld at § o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall Boundary Line Re-cstablished The boundary line between Rock- well park and End Manor has neen definttely establi: 4, after a |conferencs City Engineer Carleton W, Buell and a representa- of New Departure Realty Co. inden establishing this jary has been signed by Mayor ymond Crumb and an agent realty cc ny To In: 1 Card Index 'MAYOR TO REPRESENT CITY | Audiano Case Again Continued—E: dees Tlaying night—ILeon Liz is Jailed For Em- bezzlement—Other Items, A hearing on {the New York, Haven and | Hartford Railroad company for applicati of oW be an amendment of the order of the pub c utilities commission the maintenance of an automati crossing signal at Doolittle’s cross- | Ing in this city has been set for 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the|: state capitol in Hartford. Mayor W. |, Raymond Cruwinb will attend to rep- | 1y resent the city's interests, Lot thia Several months ago an electric | signal system was i led at the rting Janoary 1st, 1928, a card crossing in question, after both the | j, will be d in use in the city council and the public utilities |office of Judge of Probate . Russell commissior «d approved the plana!ariy replacing the old system t¢d by the railroad engin | hias been in effect for a num- ignals, which of Ler of years. The new arrangement a horizo facilitate the searching of re- various approaches 1o |cords and can le installed at a cost the crossing on posts located on the | of approximately $106, right side of the These, | A roof vault for the storage however, have failed to work out as records is to be pur- well as was first expected because of an estimated cost of the fact that on occasions they s- liayetthe caped the notice of automobile op- crators unfamiliar with the signal \gement The . amendment which will be presented at tomor- {row's hearing, calls for the reloca- {tion of the signal lights to the cen- ter of the sireets, where they ot ML T QL s bt P T T notinslisxontihs tothersywill DO 0TV s e ey S il foim il by LS objection to the proposed arrange- i {H¥OF AT €Y COURCE bY, CIUCES et face water he called off through a Doolittle's crossing is one of thel ... i %0 vo 1aig across the Upson most dangerous in the state of Con-{ o0 i oy it reaches the holdings necticut_due to the fact that five pr@RFRLIR CH N0 streets, Burlington avenue, FATMINK- | "\, guggegtion, it is understood, iton avenue, North street, Maple |18 doemea impracticable by Superin- stroct and Judd street, converge atiy 4one of public Works Oscar An- the crossing. There have been NU-|goron” “The matter, however, has merous accidents at the pointin ques- [y 50 el o4 10 the street commit- tion in past years in spite of the fact |40 o jnvstigate the situation and that the crossing has been protect-lgypiig o report at a future council jed by a crossing flagman. Since the | yocting. inanguration of the signal system, American Legion Auxiliary these crossing men have been re-| o neeting of the American Leglon although, in the event the ayxjliary will be held at § o'clock relocation of lights 4s ap- | thig evening in Legion hall on North proved by the utilities commission, | Main street. Officers will be nomin- it {8 probable that their services will ated for the election, which will be i be discontinued. |held in Januar Case Again Continued i Boys' Club Exempt | The case of Irank Audiano,; According fo an opinion submit- | charged with thett of 38 boxes of (ted by Corporation Counsel William tomatoes and 30 boxes of mushrooms | N. DeRosier to the mayor and city ! trom John Mazzoni, who conducts a 'council, the property recently ac- fruit store on School street, on No- quired by the Boys' club on Laurel Imm»—- 15, was again continued by |street is excmpt from taxation. The | Prosecuting Attorney James T.!matter was first brought up by Ed- | Mather today until tomorrow morn- | Ward Ingraham, president of the |Boys' club. The deed conveying the Iproperty to the club was passed on eptember 12th, so that it will be requiring between subm The red dises on placed at the rs. two L were | wi streets fire yrobate chased also, at Both expenditures approval of the city conneil. . through her ar- {torney, 1l Mink, has asked |that the use of the brook. which runs through her property on West street, for the carrying away of sur- be discontinued. In a of the !ing, at the request of the accused. | Tt is alleged in the warrant that e O e ot |necossary for the council to vote an | them without Mazzoni's lmowx.-dgc.; Dt Sgiope organization for Case Nolled | this year's taxes. i A charge of violation of the rules To Celebate Anniversacy (e e it ‘ The 20th anniversary of Court [ of the road against William Schnicir | The 25h annierssry, of Cove by Prosecuting Attormey James T. |\ iy will be observed at a meet- | Mather on payment of costs amount- {SREFCL W 1 FACIE L8 MR {ing to 85.80. Schnielr was arrested jyyog payy, " An elaborate entertain- atter he had disregarded a stop - | /RS TP S OO0 ranged dleation on the traffic standard at | ROV PEOEITEL 8, 5 ed dur- |the corner of West and Sehool [ (TR IR glaaleningt (BN onl b Parent-Teacher Ass'n Elects Loscs 0 New] Brltaing Gamp Mrs. Julian Norton was elected The sctback and pinochle teams | S0 85N U0 L Teacher as- of G. A. Hadsell Camp, U. §& W. V.. [gocjgtjon of the Last Bristol school [ of this city were defeated by Ham- | mocting held last eveniag. Other [ mond Camp of New Britain in the {ggicers clected were: Vice-president, | second sitting of the tournament be- William Hummell; secretary, {tween the town teams in New Rrit- | \figs May Ryan; treasurer, Miss May ain last night by seven points. The | Kegnedy local team, however, is still leading | During the evening, |the New Britain veterans by ten |were given by Karl A. Reiche, su- points. | perintendent of schools; Bliss Bur- | The next sitting will he played In |gess, principal of the school; Joseph this city on Monday evening, De-|l. MacDonald, a member of the dis- | comber 1 {trict committee; Mrs. Joseph Bowes Playing in Waterbury lof the Connecticut Parent-Teacher ! The New Departure basketball |association; Mrs. H. C. Spring, pres- team will play its third state leageu 'ident of the Northside Parent- game this evening in Waterbury Teacher assocation: and Mrs. Dwight when it will oppose the St. Joseph |Beach and Brayton H. Goodwin of T. A. B. team of that ci the Southside Parent-Teacher asso- On Saturday evening the Hart- |ciation. ford Yankees are scheduled for a ame at the local high school gym. Scthack Tournament | The second sitting of the setback | tournament between the New De- parture Manufacturing company fire department and the city fire fighters will be played at the central fire sta tion this evening at 8 o'clock. Mem- bers of the city fire department won | the first sitting last Thursday eve- ning by an eight-point margin, | Feast Day Obscrved The Feast of the Immaculate Con- ception was observed in all Catholic churches of the efty with special| masses this morning. At 7:30 o'clock | short talks River Rises The heavy rainfall of last night and this morning assisted materlally |in clearing the streets of the city of the snowfall of last Sunday and at {the same time resulting in the Pe- aabuck river rising several inches. No damage has been reported by the storm. D. A. R. Request Denied A request of the Daughters of American Revolution, that school children be urged to attend a show- ing of a patriotic motion picture at |a local theater, was denied by the board of education at its regular (Continued on Page 10) By BLOSSER TUERE ISNT ANY OTHER: PONY LIKE LINDY " AMTHATS