New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1928, Page 11

o - .~ DIESINVERMONT \ e 3 FORTIS H. ALLIS Former Clothier Cbarter Member of New Britain Club ¢ Fortis H. Allls, a business man on Main street for many years and one of & amall group of chatter members of the New Britain club, died Satur- day in Brattleboro, Vt. Mr. Allis was one of the foremost leaders in the social life of New Britain when he lived here about 20 years ago. He conducted a clothing store at the site which is now occu- pied by the New Britain Trust Co. He came to this city in 1871 and entered the employ of H. B. Smith, clothier, in his store in the old Hart block. The store stood where Kresge's store is'now located. After working there for a time, he suc- ceeded to the ownership of the store on the death of Mr. Smith. Later he moved his business to the corner of Maln and Church streets and was in business about eight or 10 years. It was about this time that he and a gvoup of prominent men in the city tormed the New Britain club. Two or three of the original group are now living. Mr. Allis later went into the brick business and conducted the Berlin Pressed Brick Co. with his father. The concern occupied the site where the Berlin Construction Co. is now located. ” After leaving New Britain, - Mr. Allis opened a clothing store in Haverhfll, Mam., but of late years he had been connected with the Bridge- port Coach and Lace Co. as sales manager. This concern had an of- fice in Detroit and he was in close touch with the automobile industry. He was an exceptional salesman and was decidedly successful. He is survived by his wite, Mrs Anna (Yale) Allis. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in New Haven. Y. M. C. A. NOTES Newell W. Banks, national check- er champion, will give an exhibition, at the Y. M. C. A. this evening. Mr, Banks will play 20 boards simul- taneously, and some boards blind- folded. This event is open to the pub- lic, The city wide checker tournament which has been conducted at the Y. M. C. A. will be brought to a close this week. Nathan Stephenson is well on the road to the champlon- ship. Mr, Stephenson was the cham- plon in 1926. 4 Julius Augur of Meriden, will give an fllustrated lecturs on the Philip- pine Islands, to the Y. M. C. A. Dible class on Thursday, February 9. Mr. Augur has just returned from a tour of the Islands, andgthe pic- tures' which he will use were taken by him while -there. ‘ In the last play in the first round of the men's games in the *dusty league"” the following teams will play on Tuesday: Stanley Works vs. Tanders, Frary & Clark; and Corbin Screw vs. New Britain Machine. Preliminary to these games, the following girls teams will play: P. & F. Corbin va. New Britain Machine. Johnny Regazio will entertain in the men's lobby at 9:30 p. m. on Friday. Mr. Regasio is an accordion- 18t of rare abllity. Refreshments will be served after the show. . Monday: The educational class in ‘aviation will meet at 7:46 p. m. The Junior Achievement sign painting class will meet at 7:30 p. m. The fol- lowing classes will be conducted by the physical department; junior A class at 4:15 p. m.; younger business men at 5:30 p. m.; beginners class in boxing and fencing at $:16 p.m. Tuesday: The educational class in accountancy will meet at 7:46 p. m. ‘The Iroquols Tribe of the Friendly Indlans will meet at 4:16 p. m. The Boy Scouts will meet at 7:30 p. m. Gym classes as follows; morning class at 9:30 & m.; junior B class at 4:15 p. m.; employed B-class at 7 m. ‘Wednesday: There will be a meet- ing of the Senior HI-Y group at noon. The Mehawk tribe of the Friendly Indians will meet at ¢:15 p. m. The Pioneers club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Physical department program as follows: younger busi- ness men at 5:30 p. m.; intermedi- ates at 7 p. m.; church A class at 4:15 p. m.; swimming at 8:30)p. m. Thursday: The educational class in sign writing will meet at 7:45 p. m. A meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Bible class will be held in the ban- quet hall at 6:30 p. m. Julius Augur will speak. Classes in the Gym as follows; older business men at 5:30 P. m.; employed B class at 7 p. m.; church B class at ¢:15 p. m.; senfor leaders at § p. m. Friday: The educational class in public speaking will meet at 7:45 p. m. Johnny Regasio will entertain in the men's lobby at 9:30 p. m. There ‘will be & meeting of the junior HI-Y club at 7:30 p. m.; physical depart- ment program follows; junior A class at 4:15 p. m.; younger business men at 5:30 p. m.; intermediates (senior) at 7 p. m.; wrestling class § enough for the photographer to There seems some slight inconsistency in the costumes here. M: shoot them. aybe it's because the girl in the bathing suit, Elsie Morris, posed for this picture the other day at Ogden, Utah, where she won ia beauty prize, while the twb in wintry raiment stopped skating at Lake Placid, N. Y., long On the left is Mrs. Albert Winger of New York City, on the right Miss Thibaut. at 8:15 p. m. | | Saturday: The physical depart. | ment program will be as follows; practice from 5-6:30 p. m. The gy | will be reserved in the evening for | the church league games. | BRISTOL NEWS (Continued from Page Seven) taken into custody and admitted that he had failed to make full pay~ ment on the car purchased in Hyan- nis but did not think he was doing wrong. It is understood that ar- rangements have been made to re- imburse the Peters Company of this clty for their joss and for that rea- son, the local charges were dropped. Two Small Fires, 8quad A and Engine Company-No. |1 were called out’ at 1:40 o'clock | Baturday afternoon to extinguish a | | fire which had broken Gut*in some | tar bafrels adjoining a stucco gar- age In the rear of the South Side hotel. The blaze was put out with | chemicals without damage. | A chimney fire at the home of | Thomas Dibiase of Muzzy street call | ed out 8quad A and Engine Com- pany No. 1 at 5:38 o'clock Sunday afternoon. This blaze was exlln-; guished with chemicaly without damage. Faints When Told of Fire, ! Returning from a shopping trip | S8aturday and finding two fire com- | panies engaged in extinguishing a | [!lu in his home proved too much | | for Ferdinand Dayne of Grace ave- | | nue, Forestville, to stand and he | | immeddately swooned. He was taken | to & netghboring house where he was | | attended by a physician. His con- | | dition this morning was considerably improved. Both Dayné and his wife had | gone out during the afternoon, leav- ing an ofl water heater burning which apparently became overheated and & nearby partition caught fire. Employes of Thomas N. Ryan en- gaged in cutting ice on a nearby pond, noticing smoke pouring from | the windows, sent in an alarm and Welch Fire company and Squad A | responded. It wis necessary to break in three windows to gain entrance | to the home and although a line of | hose was laid, it was not necessary o use water, the blaze being ex- tinguished by chemicals. The dam- age was estimatoed ot approximately $400 by fire department officials this morning. Y. W. C. A. NOTES Girl Reserve Notes Sunset, Sunshine clubs will make valentines this week on Monday and Tuesday. Owakeya club will have a | supper party on Tuesday and con- ference experiences will be discussed. On Monday the cooking group will #neet with Mrs. Fred Teich to plan a Valentine tea. On Wednesday Mrs. Louis Barker, who is a trained nurse, will begin the first aid course and on Friday lamp shades will be made under the direction of Mrs. Henry Teich. Physical Department New swimming classes start to- | | day. The schedule for swimming wilt be as follows: Monday—6:00, ‘ad-| vanced life saying: 6:30, interme- diate deep water and shallow; 7:00, life saving: 7:30, new life saving; 8:00, beginners; 8:30, advanced, igtermediate, degp and shallow; Friday—7:00, intermediate deep water; 7:30, intermediate _shallow., |o'clock Wednesday morning. junior leaders at 9 a. m.; junior B |talk will be followed by a talk on | class at 10 a. m.; junior class swim 'the Briand treaty by Mrs. Clarence | Will need its help when d: {at 11 a. m. Junior Hi-Y basketball F. Bennett. This is an 6pen meeting | movics pale, who are fnterested | trip at the meeting of the board of directors of the ¥. W. C. A, at 10 This and all those are invited. MAN OPPOSES BOOK CENSORSHIP Barnes Says Police Cannot In- terfere With His Reading Speaking before the Young Peo- ple's society of St. Mark's Episcopal church last night, Clarence H. Barnes, general secretary of the lo- jcal Y. M. C.. A, said that young folks arc missing one of the pleas- ures of life if they do not read books. He said that one of the chief occu- pations of youth is pleasure-seeking, and in a world where there is 50 much woe, one is entitled to get all the joy he can, “When some killjoy would take that Jesus proved that he was pot Galilee. When the wine ran out he worked His first miracle to give His friends a fresh supply of the liquid that geemed 50 essential to the gai- ety of the occasion. Not that this episode condones the current cus- tom of calling on the bootlegger to break the law of the land, but it shows a tolerance on Jesus' part, that we have not alvays imitated,” said the speaker. Mr. Barnes explained his attitude toward censorship of books. “I tdon't admit that any police power has the moral right to tell me what books I shall not read, mor am I willing for any committee of seview- ers to select the book that I shall read in January or July.” He sald that books are like friends to be chosen according to one's taste. “Mistakes will be made in but unless people are allowed to do their own selecting they will be for- ever at the mercy of those who de- light to regulate the affairs of others, “One's taste in friends mproves as one goes along in life, though surprising qualities are often discov- ered in strange dress. It is one of the delights of reading to find some excellent writing where you least ex- pect it, just as it is a pleasure to find the choicest human attributes in a person whom others have judg- ed and found wanting. e “English is your most important study in high school and college, but it is a rare tdacher who can do for you what he would like to do, cres jate in you a Wove for good books. For the most part your taste in lit- | erature will be acquired after your | school days. Now you are too prone to look upon all books as text-books, and you miss the pleasure which they might give you. . “You can never get to know a hu- man friend as you can know your friends in books. Actual friends sur- prise you by the unexpected things | they do. You can’t imagine how they get that way. In books the inner- most feelings that control the ac- tions of the hero and villain are ex- plained to the rcader by the author. ““Friends are facts, fastened to everyday life. They are mo more romantic nor heroic than yourself. At times you want to get away from that. Books will take you anywhere, By them you can worship strange £ods with your ancestors, fight with 18:00, beginners. Basketball and gym classes on | Tucsday evenings. Senior plunges on Tuesday and Thursday |from 6:00 to 9:00. ‘; Industrial and Busincss | evenings | The Business Girls' club will meet on Thursday evening at 7:30 The girls are making Srgandie bou- | | doir pillows. Pinnacle club basket- | | ball practice in the gym at 7 o'clock | tonight. Sneakers or soft-soled shoes are essential in order to play. A| | Valentine party will be held Feb- | ruary 13. | Miss Allen to Speak t | Miss Mary Louise Allen, who re- | |cently visited Constantinojte. will | ‘give an account of her interesting {Arthur’s knights at Camelot, fly with .indy across the seas, be Helen elop- ‘ivvz with Paris to Troy, or bury pi- e treasure with Captain Kidd. Fairies may dance a spell over you, | v Sherlock Holmes will solve a | crime that has you mystified. Fact or | ction, take your pleasure aacording | to your fancy. “Read and the work-a-day world | fades away and another appears, nni real as a vivil dream. The hero fights more skilfully and more ro- mantically than you had hoped for. Before you know it you are the fighter and the 16ver. It is vou that | performs the valorous decds and it| is yourself who loves so gallantly.| Until the end of the tale the spell all your pleasures away, remind him | that type at the wedding party fn| the choice of both friends and hooks | remains unbroken. choos: {the magic of another book. Then, 1t you cing and a taste for books you can call them {would renew your youth.” Voters Steadfast in Few applications have cefved by the registrars of voters for | changes in party registration and | they. are of the opinion that shitting from one party to another will be | less this year than in previous elec- | tions. Friday is the last day for ap- | plying to be changed. Applications | for admission as voters will be re- | celved up to March 15, and the se- | {lectmen’s. meetings to administer the oath will be held March 24 and 26. MASS SUNG FOR FR. DALY A third anniversary solemn high | mass of requiem was celebrated this morning at 8 o'clock at St. Joseph's church for the late Rev. Patrick Daly, former pastor. Rev. Peter Daly of Waterbury, a nephew of the | deceased, was celebrant; Rev. John F. Donohue, pastor of the church, was deacon, and Rev. John J. Keane ‘was sub-deacon. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS An old-fashioned WHAT DO YOU THINK it can be woven again by “Investigate this magic, for yow If you have cultivated | to your aid that day when life must | be made worth living again and you | Political Allegiance been re- City Items The police were notified today of the return of the right to operate, in the case of Ralph Sanda of 291 Lasalle street. Try our Special Breakfast. Dix Lunch, 57 Church street.—advt. Albert Frefheit of 311 Church street complained to Officer Mich- |acl Massey that his pocketbook con- | taianing $12 was taken while he was at a local theater. He suspected that some one sitting near him stole it. Free examination, heart and lungs Tuesday and Friday afternoons. New Britain Clinie, Booth Block.—advt. All members of Court Golumba, No. 27, C. D. of A, planning to in. spect the Union Laundry on Arch street are requested to meet in front of the laundry Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr..and Mrs. Lekston of Winter street motored yesterday with some friends to Greenleld, Mass., to visit Dr. Lekston’s brother, the Rev. C. Lekston. / A. G. Hammond auxiliary, U. 8. friends Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to 5 o'clock at the state armory. The regular meeting will be held in the evening at 8 o'clock. W. V. will entertain members and | . Nash Co. Spring line Suits. Tuxedos, $§22.90, Joe Ryan, Phome 2909.—advt. Rev. William A. Harty branch, A. 0. H., will hold its regular meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in Judd’s hall. Johnston's clean coal is good coal. ‘('Ity Coal & Wood Co. Tel, 217.— advt. The regular monthly meeting of Dorcas Social Temple will be held [this evening at Odd Fellows' ha.l. Two candidates will be initiated. Mrs. August Voight of 361 South Main street is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. & D. Tracey of Stratford. ‘Walter E. Scott of 151 Smith street has entered the New -Britain General hospital where he will un- dergo an operation. Mr. Scott was formerly pitcher on the Besse-Le- land team. 8t. Joseph's cholr will hold a re- hearsal tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Daughters of Isabella will hold a regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at the club rooms, A Nash Co. spring line suits, Tux- edos, $22.90. McCabe. Tel. 464—adv Miss Dora Gordon is spending the The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion will bold a regular meeting | 1AM- A STOKER? 1/ g ST < Get some of the even tempera- tured all-fuel kind of coal that we sell. It meaps fewer trips to the furnace and a warmer house to live in. Try a ton today. [ | | | | I \ “I love you, Jill. you marry me?” this evening at 8 o'clock. | The W. C. T. U. will meet at the | Mcthodist church Tuesday after- |noon at 8 o'clock. Members are |asked to note the change in meeting place. Morris Katz, son of Mr. and Mrs. I Katz, is spending his vacation in | Washington, D. C. ‘The minstrel show recently given by the Boys' club will be repeated on Friday evening, February 17, at St. | Thomas' Commuaity house in South- | ington as the feature of a fair to be | given by St. Thomas' .church. This | will be the fourth performance of the show. | week in Bridgeport as the guest of Mrs. George Katz. A social will be held at the Boys' club Thursday night, when the win- ning team in the recent ticket-sell- ing contest will be guegts of the los- ing side. A new contdst is being | started for the big game of the sea- son with the Boston Boys' club. Mrs. Matthias F. Zimmerman will open her course on Interior Decor- ating tonight at the Y. W. C. A. at 7:30 o'clock. “Color Harmony"” will be the subject. Dr. J. J. O'Connell has moved his office to the Dr. W. O'Connell Bldg., corner Main and Commercial Sts.— advt, will GLITTER FOR GOLD IN THEIS SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS CENTRAL JR. H. 8. NOTES The elghth grade of the Central Junior High school met in the au torium this afternoon for the week- ly assembly. The seventh grade will meet Wednesday and the minth grade on Friday. The clubs will meet tomorrow in their regular club rooms. Most of the pupils whe ! did not have clubs last week have them this week as Miss Stearnes has |been working on the club lists. The Collegians basketball team of this school will play the Nathan Hale Jr. High team Wednesday night after school in the Hale gymnasium. Germs of Skin Diseases Transmitted by Unsterilized Bathtubs Germs can breed on the sides of the bathtub and in the drain pipes. ink how easily one could be in- fi 1 Soap alone won't sterilize your tub, But putting a little Sylpho-Na- tho! in the water you use to clean it wakes your work easier, insures hy- gienic cleantiness. Get Sylpho-Nathol at all dealers. A BREEZY, BRISKY ROMANCE OF AN EVERYDAY GIRL AND AN EVERYDAY BOY WHO MISTAKE Youthful Romance! ‘Whizzing Adventure! —And there is Nita Ravelle, the amazing love thief, who plots to steal Jack from Jill! Stealing other women’s husbands— that was her game. “All men are fools and fools are fair game,” she says. Is she right? Here is one man she has something to learn about. Read what happens. Begin This Great Serial 'Story February 8th in_ the HERALD