New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1928, Page 7

s Mail Orders Filled ing Center: Closed Good Friday IVING respectful heed to the Governor’s Proclama- tion, our store willingly closes its doors on Good Friday according to the time honored traditions of our state. A custom never once broken by us since we be- gan business. This action we feel confident receives the hearty approval of our patrons. Berlin News GOOD FRIDAY WILL BE HOLIDAY HERE Spcial Services Scheduled in| the Charches PST OFFICE T0 BE OPEN | T A. R. Annual Mceting to be Held 7 May—Well Child Conference Jext Week — College Students Jome from School—IJtems, | Good Friday will be serred tomorrow with special serv- icet in all the churches. Business will cone to a standstill with the closing of ‘he factories, post oflices, storcs | and bank. | The Berlin and Kensington post offtes will be open until 10 o'clock in e morning and will remain clos- ed for the rest of the day. There Wil be a rural delivery in Kensing- tor but no village delivery. The Ber- Jin Savings bank will be closed for th: entirc day while most of the siness places in the town will close at 12 o'clgck. A mass of the pre-sanctified will B celebrated at St. Paul's church at 8 o'clock by Rev. John C. Brennan vith the assistance of Rev. Thomas Prennan of St. Thomas seminary, ¥artford. In the evening there will Te stations of the cross at 7:30 oclock. There will also be stations oY 11e cross at the Sacred Heart church, Iast Berlin, st 3 o'clock. The Kensington Methodist and Congregational churches will hold wion ices at the Congregational thurch in the afternoon from 1:30 y'clock to 3 o'clock, The services will consist of worship and devotion with a sermon, “The Place of Sacrifice in Life” by Rev. Vernon L. Phillips. The services will be in charge of Rev. May B. Lord and Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, At the Berlin Congregational church there will be Good Friday services in the ladies room at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske will deliver the sermon. Many members of the church are planning to attend the noon hour services at the First church in New Britain. Rev. Theodore & Dunn will deliver the sermon using for his top- ic “The Two Thieves.” Schools Close Todcy Schools were elosed this after. noon for the Easter recess and will reopen on next Monday morning. The vacation is not as long as usual becausc of the week's vacation glven the children about a month ago. Grange Party A card party scheduled for Thurs. day evening, April 12, ander the au- &pices of the Berlin Grange has been postponed until April 19 because the Legion is planning to hold a fair on the 12th. The committee fn charge of the card party is: Card committee, Mr. and Mrs. James Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. William Sheldoon, Mrs. R. DeWolfe and A. Holmquist; refreshment committee, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hartley, At the Tuesday mecting of the Grange the competitive night pro- gram to be given by the men was postponed until a later date. Talks were given by various members as follows: Chickens, Leon Hall: farm flocks and flowers, Mrs. George B. Carter: readings, Miss Crane, Mrs. Harold Skinner and Mrs. L. W. Grif- fith. The women of the organiza- tions discussed easy ways to make housekeeping easy. Annual Meeting in May generally ob- meeting May 17. A report of the “Continental Congress” will be made. The committee in charge of the luncheon that will be given by the chapter at its April meeting is as follows: Mrs, Damon, Mrs. E. O. Shjerden and Mrs. Phelps. Meeting Postponed The regular meeting of the M. V. Klef club scheduled for tomorrow evening has been postponed until Friday, April 13. It will be held at the home of Miss Virginia Bushnell of Farmington avenue. Yunerals Today The funcral of Mrs. Susan Maguire McClosky, formerly of Kensington, who died in New Britain Tuesda was held this afternoon at 1:4 o'clock from the funeral parlors of Joseph Haffey and at 2 o'clock from the chapel of §t. Mary's church. No mass of requiem could be celebrated because of Holy week. Burial was in New Haven. The funeral of Fred Roberts, who was burned to death in the Berlin turnpike last Monday, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the fu- neral parlors of B. C. Porter Sons. Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe officiated. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery. Interesting Items About Town Fred Bertoline of Troy college is visiting his parents in Kensington during the spring vacation. Mrs. G. L. Stone has returned to her home on Farmington avenue aft- | er spending a short time with frien in Middletown The pageant, “Girls of Ameri will be given in Westfield this eve- ning by members of the Berlin grange. Mias Natalie Gwatkin is spending her Spring revess from Russell Sage college with her paren! Mr. and Mrs. Leland Gwatkin of Worthington ridge. Bamuel Fiske Jr. has returned to Deerfield academy and Victoria Fiske to 8mith college after spending the past two wecks %m. their par- ents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel A. Fiske. Miss Esther D. Griswold of the New York High school of commerce is spending her | er vacation with her father, Dr. R. M. Griswold of Kensington. Mrs. William €. Shepard has re- turned from Alabama after an ex- tended visit in the south. Arthur Wilcox is visiting relations in Berlin after being absent during the past winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dodd have returned home after spending the winter in the south. The well child conference in Ken. sington will be held in the T. A, B. hall on Friday afternoon., April 13, from 2 te 4 o'clock. Benefit Dance Saturd A benefit dance will be given at the Fraternal hall in Berlin on Sat- urday evening by a few girls from the Prentice Manufacturing com- pany for the bencfit of a crippled man. Herald Tomorrow as Usual The Herald will publish a paper tomorrow, Good Friday, as is their usual custom. Taking Census At the present time a man is tak- ing a census of the residents in Ber- lin and Kensington and a directory will be published in a short time. The i jat and work will be rushed as fast a possible, s Choir Rechearsal There will be a rehearsal of the choir at the Kensington Methodist church tomorrow evening at o'clock. All members are asked to 1 present, Library to Close The Kensington it Wil be closed during the entire day tomo: Tow bhecause of Good Friday. will be open next week as usual, East Berlin Items The Community club will sponsor a vaudeville performance to be held at Community hall either in April | or May. There will be at Jeast six acts on the program. The proceeds of the show will be used to carry on the work of the club. Louis Schwartz is chairman of the committee. Prizes will be a nd girls disposing the most tickets for the event. | The usual Lenten service which | has been held on Thursday evening | at Gabriel's Episcopal church | will be omitted this cvening. There will be a Good Friday service in the It 1 d of | aigns of |and { M | of the meeting was { plaining the various mome church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock: On Sunday morning holy communion will be administered by Rev. A. L. Burton of Hartford. | There will be no church sghool Sun- day morning but on Sunddy evening 7:30 o'clock there will be a chil- dren’s service conducted by Re muel A. Suteliffe of $t. Mark iscopal church of New Britain, | Miss Winifred Barnes is spending | the weck-end in Orange, N. I, as the guest o Mr. and Mrs. William Hazen, former resident of this place. | Arnother get-to-gether supper will | be held at the Community club next Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. The social committee will be in | charge of the event. Commitiees have been appointed to take charge of the mectings for the next six month. The Fife and Drom Corps will | hold a rehearsal in the Community hall basement this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Lafanso club enjoved a thea- ter party in Hartford last evenin; Following the party the group was entertained by Mrs. Arthur Law- rence at a buffet lunch. Témorrow being Good Friday the | library will not be open during the afternoon. | The Methodist church choir will hold their final rehearsal of Easter music tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'¢lock in the church. Gaylord Read is spending ths | week-end as the guest of his grand- mother in West Cromwell. Sessions will be resumed at the | Hubbard school on Monday morn- ing. Mrs. Clinton Taylor Britain visitor today. The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Aid rociety of the Methodist church was held yesterday afternoon in the was a New | | pleasantly surprised 1 have charge | orzani; | boys in the s ! Lund acted- NEW DRITZIN Plainville News MRS, HARRIS 70 00 HISTORIGAL BATIK Receives Commission (o Work on Revolutionary Sheet WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING| Sees Art Work and Hears * Music Appreciation Talk — Glee Club Concert April 13—Good 1'riday Hours—Cosmopolitan Bowling— A commission to do an historical batik has e ceived by Mrs. Theona Peck Hurris of Redstone hill and the Plainville woman has been given a valuable old flax sheet upon which te curry out her work. The shect was once the property of General Gansvoort, who defended Fort Stanwix against the British in the Burzoyne camp 1777, and it rs his in- on the hem. The flax for the sheet was grown on the gener own farm. Mrs. H will pamt | a battle or other historical scinc upon it, and the tinished picce will then bLe displayed in a New York musecum, Plainville has known for a number of years without re izing her exceptional artistic ability, the woman herself 100 modest to admit her own talent and attempt to convince the wold of it. | She is an art school graduate and| has done much painting in water) and oil colors, while for the jast few years she has taken up the butik work. Urged to have her work ¢x- hibited in New York, Mrs. Hurvis for a while declined, believing that the art connoisseurs would not interested in her pieces. Finally she was prevailed upon and a private showing was recently held fn New York. Art enthusiusts there Immediately became enthusi- astic about her work, and she hs been asked to rescrve space at the Industrial Arts exposition to L held at the Hotel Astor in Octobs She will also be guest of honor at there next month, when another private exhibition of her paintings | and batik work will be given. Belated appreciation was accorded Harris by her Plainville friends terday afternoon at the meeting Plainville Women's club at of Mrs. Stanely S Gwillim ave The subject “Music and Art,” and both the attendance and the program wer Mrs. Frank Usher read a under- standable paper on “Music Apprec- | iation,” and her points were illus trated by Miss Joscphine Kendriek of Hartford. Miss Kendrick played Rachmaninofi’s “Prelnde in € Sharp Minor” and MacDowell's *To a Wild Lo and ‘To Water Lily,” ex- 5. Mrs. her scene in work re- Mrs. Tarris | was 3 of the the home on Iarmington nue. batik work Mrs. Harris exhibited more than a scorc of paintings. These were Jandscapes and deal largely with New Hampshire scenes ly in the White mountains., In their familiar New England surroundings she has found a great variety of ma- church parlors for the coming President, M Mrs. 1. M. Root; . Clinton 1°. Taylor; . A. A. Barnes. Mildred Williams, danghter of Mr. aud Mrs. Alec Williams, w by a number of her friends vesterday, the occ sion being her 12th birthday- She received many pleasing remem- brances of the occasion. Games were played after which refreshments were served. An enjoyable time was had by all. vice- secre- treas- as taken leave of from his duties with the ife and Drum Corps for the next two nionths. Ralph Gamble will of the activities of the tion during Mr. Lund’s ab- scnee, The work of the corps has been developed to a very high de- grce under Mr. Lund's leadership. Mr. Gamble will be in charge of the me capacity that Mr. a ~TONIGHT— 40,000 Miles with LINDBERGH RED GRANGE in “THE RACING ROMEO” —FRIDAY— TOM MIX in “ARIZONA WILDCAT” FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS last census was taken two years ago. | Spring Signs Here A sure sign that spring is here to stay can be readily seen by the groups of men and boys travelling | along the state highways bumming | rides to the nearest towns. An un- usual number of gentlemen of lel- sure have passed through town yes- terday and today, and next to the gay robins, they are the surest signs of spring. One Way Traffic at Bridge Work was started this morning at the new bridge on Farmington ave- nue to pave the road on both sides for stretches of about 30 feet. It has been found necessary to put the onc way traffic law back in use again but it will net be neccssary to de- tour. One side of the road will be paved and thén the other so that traffic can be The Emma Hart Willlard chap- ter, D. A. R, will held its annual cement mixer and steam roller to be used on the job arrived this morning kept opened. The | GUESS IN A MILLION DAILY ITERALD, | superstitious is” proved by the fact |l | busin. {stores will remain open tonight un- terial, and every canvass hag own pagticulur charm. The largest one, “The Frogpond,” has caught the fancy of many Plainville people. It is u generally dralp picture of bare woods in the carly ring, but the first evidences of fresh green grass arc discerned and give the painting a special charm at this ason of the ycar. Some of her paintings arc | somber in tone, while in others there is 4 gorgeous riot of color, but all are pleasing and appealing becaus of botl: subjects and treatment. | The batik work is even more won- derful thun the paintings. These are done on both linen and silk, and the colors are Lrilliant and marvel. The subjects are largely her own and ine 1 peacock, a Chi- nese mandarin, young Lochinvar, a medicval flower girl, a skulking tger in the jungle, and others as varied and o~ teeming with action and color. }er touch is not mod- cruistic but gavors rather of the tapestries of olden days, and, indeed, these batiks are d 1ed for wall It is these which have * funcy of the New York enthusiasts, and Mrs. Harris vms about to be forced out of he modest shell of retirement into the limelight of the art world. Glee Club Concert Plainville students That are not the the t the Dig big annual glee musical event enoset for separate club concert, of the year, Iriday. April 13. numbers sung lee club. a special feature cort will the cantata, | " presemted by the com- Th 1 b bass, rom Columbus, bined clul C: sung by Harry Coe who will also sing i group of songs. Mr. Olmstead is Well known as the hass of the popu- Coloniul guartet of Hartford. Good Friday Closing Good Friday will be oh morrow with a gencral shutdown of Plainyille Only one tactory, the Stapdard Steel & Bear- Inc., will remain open, this plant being husy with orders at the present time. The Trumbull Electric g. Co., Newton Mfg. Co. Ideal Machiner Coi Landers, Frary &| Clark branch; Peck Spring Co. Plainville Electrical Products Co., Plainville I tro-Plating Co.,, and IT. C. Baum Co. will shut down for| the day only. At the Plainville Cast- ing Co. and Peck-Harris Co. opera-| tions were suspended tonight until| Monday morning. The A. & and Economy stores will be open until 1 o'clock tomor- row ernoon. The majority of ved to- ssin | til 10 o'clock and be closed all day toniorrow. while the barber shops will observe the same schedule. The post office will celebrate by merely closing its windows at 7 instead of 7:30 p. m., while there will be enly | clivery. The Plainville Trust | will not be open. The office of the town clerk will be closed. The one Co. public schools let out this afternoon | until Monday morning. Good Friday Services | A union Good lriday service of | the Protestant churches will be held at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow evening ing the Advent Christian church, Each of the ministers of the cooperating | churches will give a brief talk on “What the Cross of Christ Means to Me” and the Advent Christian church choir will sing. An offering will be taken up for charitable pur- poses. | The mass of the pre-sanctified will said at 7:30 o'clock tomor- row morning at the Church of Our Lady of Mcrey, with unvelling and veneration of the cross. A service will be held at 10:30 o'clock in the morning at the Church of Our Saviour, and there will be meditations from 12 noon to 3 p. m. C. of C. Annual | The annual meeting of the Plain- | ville Chamber of Commerce will be held in the chamber rooms on Plerce street tonight. This will be a com- bined gathering of the directors and members, and officers for the com- ing year will be clected. Tt is alse | expected that the town display com- mittee will make a report, s this | group i$ now nearing a final pro- position which it will put to the townspeople. i ‘W. C. T. U. Meeting The regular W. C. T. U. mceting will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, April 10, with Mrs. Wil- bur Stoddard of Cook strcet. Those wishing accommodations in a taxi for a small sum each are requested to notify Mrs. Hyde as soon as pos- sible, Pythian Sisters’ Whist Ten tables of whist were played at the social conducted by the Pythian Sisters {n Odd Fellows® hall last evening. The prizes were awarded | as follows: Ladies’ first, Mre. A. Askme; second, Mrs. M. Dutton; third, Mrs. J. Fanjon. Men's first, J. Conlon; second, E. Wilcox; third, A. Askme. There will be two more solo parts of this|® THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1928, Bristol News | SCHOOL LiSTRIGT VOTERS ASSEMBLE | Hine '8 12 Mill Tax Levied in First zchoo and Four in Third AUTOMOBILE IS STOLE Machine Owned By Harry L. Pete —Elks Work Install Bids Ashed—Bashetball Victory Cechraged—Other Items, Two school nual meetings last nig The gath- ering of District No. 1 at the South Side was very poorly attended, only twelve vote A three and one-half mill tax was laid, rep- | resenting an incr of one and| onc-half mills over last year's r The increase was 1made necessary, it ned, by the expenditure of $37.500 for the addition to the Iurk strect sehool, which comes und the j diction of the district to- gether with the South Side sehool. The question of securing addition- al lund for futnre requirements was brought up but the committee ap- pointed some tinie uzo to look into the matter hud no detinite report to make. A further st is to be made of the situution and it {8 probabl additional wifl be avas- at a later mecting. 14 their an- appearing 180 able A tax of four mills was laid at a meeting of the Third school district| on Vederal Hill. This is a decrea of one-quarter of a mill over lust | year. Last year the higher rate was | made necessary by repairs and altey- ations to both the Federal Hill and John Jennines schools, hoth of which are included in the distriet. The matter of additional school facilities tor the John Jennings chool was the subject of consider- ble discussion last year but no ac-| tion was taken on the matter last M. Church 8¢ 86 S0 102 105 Thomas H. Rog Sharples . M. Rogers Chamberlain Low Man . 143 Musketeers s 3 91 91 445 Rozukers E. Anderson .. S¢ 103 . White .....108 92 Morris Hart . 101 E. White .. 92 J. Pavano . . Mastriana .. A. Carpenter.. s 457 471 Smoke Eaters M. Hart 9 85 W. Cunningh’'m S7 85 C. Smith 72 85 N. Willard 107 §5 B. Willard 101 97 81— 253 84— 241 T6— 268 98— 271 461 417 414—1292 Pythian Sisters’ Meeting Pythian Temple, No. 2%, P. 8, will hold its regular meeting in Odd Iellows’ hall next Wednesday night. All members are requested to be present at this meeting. Funeral of Mr. Plers Funeral services for Frederick Piers of Central square will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the undertaking parlors of W. A. Bailey & Co., Rev. L. 0. Melville of. ficiating. Burial will be in cemetery, Notes There will be a meeting at the Plainville Recreation bowling alleys Sunday to organize a baseball team. Mrs. Adrian Parsells entertained the Wednesday club at an Easter party yesterday afternoon at her home at 15 Church street. The color scheme of the deccorations was the seasonal one of vcllow. John E. Houlihan of North Wash- ington street is seriously ill. 8ee the choice selection of Faster flowers at our miniature greenhouse, corner East Main St. and Norton Pl. Branch of Bollerer's Greenhouse, Maple Hill.—advt. For sale—Furniture. Mrs, Joseph Wwhists in the series. | Cosmopolitan Bowling | The under dogs had their day in| the Cosmopolitan bowling league at | Hart's alleys when the M. E. church | team cleaned up four points at the | expense of the Musketeers, while the = Bozukers came through with a Wininger, §0 Broad street.—advt, three-to-one win over the Smoke Eaters. Mr. Rogers of the M., E.| church was high man for the night. The scores: Quick « Safe - —————Sr_° DUTE teared for at Teder {tertainm {dered and refreshments sery {the night. When the voters convened in 1927 it was poiuted out that at that time (i number of pupils who should at- tend the Jennings school were being al Hill due to in- H it the former place. Aater it was suggested that a new school be built on Farmington ave. nue near Jerome avenue and it was also proposed at one time that pu. pils residing east of “Tom Martin's be assigned to the Stafford district. Such action, how- cver, would mean that an additional school on Farmington avenue west of Mine Brook would have to be built by that district. This problem was discussed by the Stafford voters last year and while 2 number fav. at spact jored such action, the move was op- | posed by a second faction Meaded ty Altred {mecting of that district is to be held Officers—Sewer Within the next several days, how- {rver, and it Is thought probable that H. Tallis. An adjourned discussion will be resumed. D. of P. Meeting A mecting of Kitchewan Council, D. of P., will be held this evening in Red Men's hall on Prospect street. Ilic degree will be conferred on a cluss of candidates and a supper will ‘rved at the conclusion of the iness scssion. Elks Installation Installation exercises will be held by Pristol lodge of Elks at its meet- 1his cvening. Past Exalted Ruler D. F'rauk Cunningham of Williman- tic lodge. No. 1311, will be in charge the exercises. The officers to b as follow ~alted J. Flynn; « od it Dr. J: P, instalied ar ruler, Henry leading knigh stein; ester Kuppe esteemed lecturing knight, sceretary, reasnrer, Hil . William P, Hynds, I. Linstead and Joseph P, tyler, Edward Nelson; grand lodge representative, Lobert Harris, Following the installation an en- nt program will be ren- d. St. Joseph's Church Today, Holy Thursday, observed with special exercises at St. Joseph’s church. Following the $ o'clock mass this morning, a pro- cession of the Blessed Sacrament teok place and the exposition for veneration will continue throughout day. Holy hour will be ob- served from § to 9 o'clock tonight. Toniorrow, Good Friday, the ma of the pre-sanctified will be cele- brated at § o'clock. There will stations of the cross at 3 p. m. and again at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. | Car Stolen An Essex coach, bearing Connec- ticut registration K-8143 and owned by H L. Peters of 33 Monroe road, was reported stolen to the police department last night. The car was taken from its parking plice on lower Main street Tune of Charles W. Daniels The funeral of Charles W. Danie superintendent of the Forestville Cemetery association, who died yes- terday morning, will be held at his late home, 27 Pleasant strect at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. B. B. Styring, rector of the South- ington Lpiscopal church, will con- duct the service and burial will be in the Forcstville cemetery. Congregational Church. pecial service will be held at ngregational church at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Rev. Francis T. Cooke, pastor of the church, will preach and communion will be ecele- brated. Mrs. L. L. Beach, organis play as the prelude “Good Friday Spell” Ly Patrik Vretblad, and “Postlude in D" by Gustav Merkel. ‘Jesus of Nazarcth” by Hamblem will be sung by Harry (oe Olmstead. Reiche Broadcasts, tol was tuned in on Sta- , Sears Roebuck station, Chicago, last evening to listen to a three minute talk by Karl A. Reich local superintendent of schools, who s with the Bristol high school bas. kethall team at the national tourn | received | persons were o'clock tonight for the accommoda~ tion of patrons, At the post office the stamp win- dow will remain open frgm 7 to 9 a. m, the registry window frem 3 L. M., und the money order de- partments will be closed all day. There will be no delivery by city carriers although rural carriers will make the usual delivery. Mails will be received and despatched as usual on holidays, the last mail closing at 7:30 p. m. Basketball Victory Celebrated, 8hould the Bristol high school basketball team win the national championship at Chicago, where they have now won two games, it is probable that every removable ob- ject in the center of the city would &0 up in smoke, if last night's cele- bration may be taken as & crite- tion. Although the game between the Pine Bluff, Ark,. team and the local quintet was not scheduled to start until 9 p. m. last night, the celebra- tion got under way as early ag 8 o'clock in the form of a parade through the main streets. Not only high school students and youngsters joined in the irregular line of march | but older persons also participated. Ex-Mayor Joseph F. Dutton an- nounced the rcturns as they were and fully two thousand lined up on Majn Street. When it was announced that Bristol had won by a 14 to 13 score, the roar was deafening. To d to the tumult, students had pro- vided themselves with tin pans, horns and every possible means of 3 result was 1 loyal knight, I'hilip | s w. | is Leing Rev. | whi | West | {ment being held in that city this| | week. Mr. Reiche mentioned the | rames of the various manufacturing | concerns of this city and the pro-! | ducts manufactured by them and! | also mentioned the fine condition and showing of the Bristol boys. While Mr. Reiche was supposed to speak at 7:15, he did not get on the air until 7:30. Bids Asked For. | Spaled bids for the construction of approximately 3,200 lineal feet of eight inch sanitary tile sewer with usual manholes and appurtenances on Brewster road, Belridge road and Lee street have been asked for by the city. Such bids must be accom- panied by a certified check of $1.- 000 and must be in the office of the city clerk not later than 7:30 p. m, April 17th, | It is believed that the job wiil | prove an expensive one due to the | large amount of rock and the neces. sity of dropping down in some places to a depth of at least 17 feet The elty council voted to have this | work done at its meeting on March | 20th. Woliday Tomorror Tomorrow, Good Friday. will be| generally observed throughout the | city as a holiday. Stores, hanks, city | and professional offices and the pub- | [lie library will be closed all day. | [ Stores will remain open until w{ | Worse Than Horseback jff:‘ ILL JAE To 60 BACK T0 OUR ACTEL NOW AND GET AT MY ! A wild scramble was then made to the high chool athlctic field where boxes, barrels and everything that would hurn was thrown into a huge pile and set afire. Noticed in the heap was an old wag h it is un- derstood belonzed to Dr. B. B. Reb- bins, city health officer. Joseph Pagliarule of South Elm street re- ported that lie had lost aboyt 87 feet of picket fence. which contrib- uted to the mounting flame was well past midnight before last reveler had left the streeta, More enthusiasm is being exhibit- ed by the people over the Bristol team’s possibility of winning the tournament this year than what pre- vailed last, when the local quintet was eliminated in the first game, In the event they succeed in capturing the coveted title, it is possible that the city fathers may declare a legal i boliday in the city Bristol will meet Carr Creek, Ky., in the third round of the tourna. ment tonight. Roy Breaks Arm. George Paradise, 14, sustained a fracture of the arm while playing on the ground adjoining the §t. Jo- seph’s parochial school Wednesflay afternoon. He was given medieal attention and then taken to his home, Harry's Smoke Shop Raided Harry's Smoke Shop on Center street was raided this noon by Ser. nt Henry Jeglinski and Officer William Thompson of the liquor squad and a quantity of alleged li- quor seized. Harry Mastrobuonie, who was in the place at the time, was arrested on a charge of keeping liquor with intent to sell. He will appear before the court tomorrow morning, ATHER'’S Like father like saxophone {s the way the old saying should be trans- lated for the purposes of the Mc- Elroy family of Zion, Il. For John W. McElroy, the father, leads his four sons with the biggest of the saxes, while the others range down in accordance with their ages. This saxophone quintet can be heard reg- ularly from station WCBD at Zion, where they have been broadcasting three vears.