New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1928, Page 15

g SCHOOL BOARD REPLIES T0 BUDGET CRITICISM (Continued from Nirst Page) “lI—The fund for buildings. “The fund for new school build- ings 1s created by provision of the | eity charter and is made up of moneys raised by bonds issued to purchase land, erect new schools, or enlarge existing schools, and to furnish and equip the same, It is| a fund which does not expire with the close of each municipal finan- cial year, but continues from year to year. The charter provision estab- lishing this funds reads as follows “City charter, chapter XII, sec- tion 7. “The avails of such honds shall | be paid into the city treasury and credited to the school committec on the books of the treasurer to the | &ccount of new school buildings and no portion of the money raised by | the sale of bonds shall he used for any purpose or paid out of the treas- | new school | ury except for obtaining land, or for | defraying the expense of the coh- | struction or enlargement of such new school buildings and for fur- | niching and equipping such new | buildings or extensions, and any bal- | ance remaining after payment of bills be available only for the purpose of the construction of new or the extension or enlargement of existing school buildings or the pur- ehase of land for school buildings. | careful reading of the forcgo- | ing extract from the city charter should make it plain that the fund for new school buildings has no eon- nection whatever with the annual school department budget. “The annual school department budget is a yearly allowance composed of moneys received from the state of Connecticut and other moneys raised by annual taxation for payment of running expenses | for the schools from financial year to April 1 of the next| year. Any balance that may he left in the annual budget on April 1 at the end of any financial year coases to be available for use for school| expenses and is turned back into the general funds of the city treasury. | The fund for new school mnu-’ ings is a fund distinet and s te from the funds of the annual school | department budget. Unlike the funds of the annual school depart- ment budget, (1) the money in this fund is securcd by issue of bonds (2y the fund is a fund which dos not expire each year but continues from year to year indefinitely, pril 1 of each | | school buildings. certain It may be noted further that transfers of funds from the annual school department budget to the fund for new buildings, or from the fund for new buildings to the an- nual school department budget are not permitted under_the provision of the city charter referred to ahove. “At this date, June 8, 1928, there is a balance in the fund for new school buildings of $3,986.51. “Bills and obligations from the fund for new school build- ings are as follows: To complete the Benjamin Franklin school, $29,691.. 3¢; to complete the Israel Putnam school, $21,331.44; to complete the Vance school, $986.58: to complete the Lincoln school, $757.83; total, $52.766.94 Subtracting the balance, $3.986.- 51 from the total amount still to be paid, leaves a shortage of $48,780.- 43, :: Why the Shortage “In a statement of the condition of the fund for new school buildings made June §, 1428, we find that be. tween December, 1919, and June §, 1928, there has been paid into this fund money received from sale of bonds, from insurance money for the loss on the Israel Putnam hool, and from the sale of the old Lincoln of $3,334,470.19. “We also find that expenditures have been made from the fund for| | new school butldings for the follow- | A1C® Was paid amounting to $73,754. | ing purposes: For new buildings and enlargement and improvement of existing Luild- ings, and furniture and equipment for same, $3,251,921.72; for purchase of land, $24.668.2 of bonds, $48,493.71; expenses of en-| gineer, making maps of senior high school plot, ete., $405; legal services, sale of Old Lincoln school, $187. salary of supervisor of conslrm(lufl $4, Total expended, $3,330,- 68, the total amount expended, 0.483.68 is subtracted from the total amount received, $3,334,470.19, a balance remains of $3,986.51 in “1f | the building fund. “Attention is here called to the fact that in the above distribution of cxpenditure for the fund for new items ap- pear for the payment of which no specific provision was cver made. In every instance, the board of finance taxation or its chairman and the vor of the city at the particular tune were fully aware of all the eir- cumstances and advised the school committee as to its procedure. These particular instances are as follows: Purchase of land, Stanley school, $4.500.00; purchase of Jand, Osgood Hill school, $4,000.00; purchase of land, Oak strect, $9,208.00; purchase “I am a Switchboard Operator and my very best numbers are those that appear on my Sav- ings account.” Have You a Savings Account Here? Burritt Mutual Savings Bank Notice payable | school to the total amount, ; expenses for sale | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1928, SELLING PRESSURE of land, Hunter road, $6,610.00; pur- chese of land, Chapman street, $360.25; repairs, Walnut Hill school, $20,000.00. Total, $44,668.25. “Furthermore, please note the item for the sale of bonds, $48, 493.71, for payment of which no spe- was paid from the tund for new school buildings the amount available for erecting new schools or enlarging schools by $48,493.71. 1f we add | this expenditure of $438.493.71 to the $44,6658.25 as shown above, we get a total of $93,161.96 which might reasonably be expected as the total amount of the deficit in the building fund. “It is fair to state what has been a well-known fact to all who have tion of the fund for new achool buildings, that while there has a ways been in the treasury a work- ing balance credited to the fund, at the same time there has been for yeurs an actual shortage if all obl gations and expected obligations were paid. In fact, attention of the mayor and chairman of the board of | finance and taxation was called in | December, 1926, to an actual short- |age of $77,173.94 in the building fund, which shortage has since been reduced to $48,780.43 as of June 8, 1928, “Following the partial destruction of the Tsrael Putnam school insur- As fast as the checks in payment of |the insurance were received, they Iwerc sent to the city treasurer and | receipts were received from the treasurer. “In all, the school department has received seven such receipts cover- received from insurance on the Is- rael Putnam school, “The destruction of the Isracl Put. nam school left approximately children without a school. At the same time there were approximate- ly 200 children at the Washington school who had been in portable | buildings since September, 1927, waiting for the Benjamin Franklin school to open when it.should be completed Arrangements were made for the use by the Israel | school puplls of four portables which had been erected at the Washington school, and with the exception of the Kindergarten pupils, the children of the Israel Putnam school were these portables. necessarily forced the placing of vight classes or approximately 230 | children of the Washington school district upon half time, making a total of 525 pupils at the Washing- Washington school grounds were then upon half time, “Here was an acute situation which demanded a decisive policy of relict. To delay progress on the | Franklin school would have kept ;«"l) children on half time for a long | period. To complete the Franklin school at the earliest pos meant the reduction of the number |of pupils on half-time to appro: {mately 250. Under the stances, therefore, and neccssary to make all possible progress on the Franklin wio the Following the Easter reces Franklin school was occupied and approximately 200 pupils were transferred to it from the Washing- ton school. This made it possible to restore all pupils who properly be- longed in the Washington district to I“ full time school day. “It should be noted that there “.‘n no possibility of completing the ‘wconslructlon of the Israel Putnam school at such time that it would be | 1528 |Outlaw Leader Lays Managua, Nicaragua, June 9 (@ — Another outlaw leader and eight of| his men have laid down their arms and has been granted amnesty by the Nicaraguan government, Marcelino Hernandez who surren- \dt—red to Captain Francis 8. Kieren i of Anchorage, Ky., commanding th marine detachment at Estell, is the third outlaw leader to peaceful pursuits within the last few | weeks. Hernandez had raided some of | the aparsely scttled districts habit- ‘ua"). As fast as these ou'l.u\n |come in from the field, they are | restored to citizenship and' given |safe conduct to their homes by | marines, SPEAKS ON CALIFORNIA Miss E. Gertrude Rogers, presi- dent of the Y. W. C. A, gave an illustrated talk on California to the girls of the 8miling Workers club with the business and industrial de- partment of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Frances Greco, a student at the Sen- ior High school, is president of the club. clal provision was made, but which | and thus reduced | existing | been at all familiar with the condi- | |ing “the entire amount of $73,754, | 300 | Putnam | cared for upon a part time basis in | This arrangement , ton school and the portables on the ! circum-% {avaflable for use before September, | Down Arms in Nicaragua | return to | g last evening. This club is connected | City Items Mrs. Wal of 71 street complained to the | evening that her § y was bitten on the e led by the ramily livi next to her Iris blossom tinie at Blossoms Cor- ner. Iris Gardens. Visitors come. Frank P. Ushe Farming- ton Ave., Plainville.—Advt. Cleveland police last ar old daughter by a dog own- in the house receiving gratulations on the hirth of a so the Wesson Maternity hospital, nigh street, Springficld yesterday. Mrs. ! Johnson was formerly Miss Margarct | Lewis. daughter of Mr. W. Lewis of 3 Harrison strect. Il Funerals Edward ¥. Funeral services for s of 45 Maple street, an employe of the N, Y., N. railroad, will be held \lux\rLAy v H. fternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev, Wil- liam H. Alderson, pastor of Trinity | Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in airview cemeter; | Mrs. George H. Billings | Funeral services for Mrs. Emma V. Billings, wife of Geor H. Bil- lings of 148 Chestnut st held at her home this afternoon o'clock. Rev. ‘Theodore cene, pastor of the First Congr gational church, will officiate. Burial il be in Fairview cemetery. Frank Sanford Funeral services tor ford of 151 Muain street jtomorrow afternoon at | at the funcral parlors of B. C. Por- {ter Sons at 19 Court strect. Rev Mr. Wilkinson of Bristol will of- ficiate. Burial will be in Bristol, | LRt | Mrs. dames Boyle tuneral of Mrs. Jumes of 6u Smalley street will b Monday morning at §:30 o'cl the funeral parlors of J. M. & Co. on Main street and at ¢ at the Church of Jolin ngelist. Burial be in cometery. Adam Franckowski Funeral services for Adam Frane- Frank San- will be he'd 30 o'clock Boyle K will the kowski of 22 Oakland avenue were held this morning at o'clock at the home where Rev. Victor D kowski conducted a short p! land at 8 o'clock at Holy Cr rs at the uni-| e i tephen Tart. | Yersity Legat has taken very promi- | Fieischms kowski colebrated a requiem high |MCAL parts In its activitics, He is | jorecport . itor-in-chict of the Cardinal year|Gonl Asphs m R Genl Asphalt . CATETS WOr o 100K of the senior class. business | enl Elee 4 | The pall bearers were Joseph La- {000 con “or the Tower weekly, one | Motors . 1501 1881 | gienza, Adam Turanowicz, Frank i s b i L1801 1881 cpanik, Albert Barnef, Leon et~ | Glidden 2% 2 Kryzanowski, and Frank Cielazewicz, | The flower bearers were John Lick- | wala and Ed d Reis Father Piaskowski conducted com- mittal services. Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery, CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and sighbors for their kindness and | sympathy shown us during our r | cent bercavement in the death of our beloved father. Also for tiful floral offerings received, | (Signed) | Raymond Franckowski and F | | columbine. ( Bollerer's Posy Shop Joseph A. Haffey UNDERTARER Phone 1625-2 Opposite 8t. Mary’s Church Residence 17 Swmmer 6t.—1623-3 wel- | Wall Street Briefs May was a recor building and in the | mount: month for new ring cout the engine amounting to $665.- Corporation the April by about $25.- ligh record of and Mrs. B. | held | i Curtin | o'clock | _ |tion excreises beau- | mily. | ' POLICEMEN ARRANGING | FOR STATE CONVENTION| | —— { Connecticut Assoctation to Hawve 5 Business Meeting and Sports | Program Here On Aug. 8 At @ mecting liceen sterd discussed ot the regular po- ¥ afternoon, plans or the annual con- onnccticut State Po- lce association, which will be held | AsPhit ers on August 5. - Jts Intonded to 200 Reading ratlsead., | have the business session in the! e ’;n” ey ..(], i ,\m:v’ | morning in & hall to be selected, s e and in the afternoon there will be |to0 of rubber sharcs, L. % Hubler |athletic events at Willow T e S B | park, and « bascball game between 110 VA5 TOTURIE THACE 3 | £he Meriden aild New: Britain de. | Feacl RIS S SO e partment teams. I the evening a | oo National ran up card of Loxing bouts will be held, H St attan Ele i1 Sup- | also at the park. et ely pre | The ranking officers of the de- | “Genaral Eloctric and Radi DAriment were ‘named 4 general|sjimbea 4 moint or move, committee on arrangements, and | Foreign Exchange trading was | the following were uppointed a com- "‘mv“! with quotati steady, Storling mitte on entertainuient: William | danles were quoted around $4.851 O'Mara, chairman, Michacl Masscy, | S Clarence Lanpher, Jgmes Suilivan, | THE MARKET AT 11 AR Thomas C. Dolan, William §. Strolls, | (¥urnished by Putnam & Co.) M. J. Moore. Anthony Koslauskas, | MBI | Anthony Milewski, Sergeant T, Mo nlpsilh | Feeney. The committer to handle |AM A& Chie pd- - » the souvenir program consists of | Merican Can - Deteetive rgeant W. P. MecCue, [ Loco . Thomas Tee and Thomas €. Dolan, |AN Sumatri tOfficer Dolan was reappointed man. |M Sm & R {ager of the basehall team, a posi. |1 Suxar tion lie has filled with completa sat- | % Tebacco . s on for the past few o | Am Woolen . Years i Woolen | Anaconda Cop #8'z Legat to Be Graduated |:tclison it T 3alt & .110 By Catholic Unive |t 5 Robirt C. Li sol HRLAE. ol and Mrs, Robert C zat of 87 Li l_:'. rro De lu\.n’~ coln street will be graduated from |CN53 & Ohio 183 Catholic university, Washington, D, |Chrysier Corp . C. with an A, B degroe pext|Colo Fuel Wednesday. | Congoleum 158 Mr. and Mrs. Legat and family |Consoli Gas . .150 Y1eft this morning where they for will attend and sev functions which pr During his four ) grad of and treasurer of the ' societ vice-president of the Ac- countants socicty and a member of the Dramatic socloty. He is a graduate of 1. Mary's parochial school with the class of | 1520 and the Senior High school with ! the June class of 1924 | MISS HESLIN A ki SHOW hen shower RED Lome of her sister, Mrs. Peter Kelly of Cherry street. Al»oln 20 guests were present and the home was pret tily decorated in a color scheme of pink and white. The guests re nl\xd bouquets of pink sweet peas and | apdragons. “\;yt Julins Grindrod mwv..mulHhflhw Pet a tray th an impersonation of ling | Gretta icned cake Following luncheon w walk. the “ entertainment . Miss Heslin will become the bride of Frank Bohnau of Meriden on { “The Telegraph Floriat of New Britain | junc 83 W ST.. PROF. BLDG. | e YLVEPRONE b OB | e 3 i Greenhouses Maple Hill ARCHERY CONTEST IS OFF The archery contest scheduled 1o ‘h ave been held this morning in con- jon with the annual Boy Scout field day was postponed until next | week because of the rain. Decision lon the holding or postponement of the regular events which were to be Ineld at Willow Brook park this afternoon, was held up until noon by Scout Executive 0. A. Erickson. For the convenience of many customers, who have asked that we begin our Vacation Club in June, we will start the 1928-1929 Club on June 16th this year. Classes will be the same-- 50 weeks instead of 40. Plan to start your Vacation Club early and have all in readiness for next year's vacation. | ¢L per cent of the previousy| 1 RENEWED TODAY Market thei ovious resi huad a bearish « sentiment ¥ { Prices Driit Lower on the Stock < - - | V00,060, The increase over May ‘)\rl’illrfil’?l{s olollil V\l\xll(l~ll|(l;?\Jhr\‘\|!I :wlgrl' last year was U1 per cent. The total | New York, June B—selling e b ) for five months of 1828 also is a | pressure was ewed at t en- : ressure was renewed at the op an anniversary supper for members | 07 O17 MOMIT o rspewed atiihe op| only. Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock e Reol o Slops MR AL L at Jr. 0. U. A, M. hall. <= prices drifted lower. Western Mary- 7 P Meltings of fifteen sugar refineries | jand fell back 2 points and initial l’-‘*\l’l' Auit was brought ']°‘Jl"‘ é" [in the Unitca States this yvear 10|declines of a point or more were crptmirldinela s INOEET 1 0t 4118501914 | rccorded by Consolidated Gas, Gene madom and Anna Cimadem through | {0 = 1t PAced at 4. o Py s Attorney J. H. Kirkham. Papers | henints 4 ips sonas Gor: InStitute,feral Motors, International el o i > capera | against 30 from January|and Sears Roebuck. Greene Can B rved today by Constable Fred | | rq fup,. e T Vinkle. | anea Coppe ] | | i 110, & new low for the year. Radio ) ants at spla S xo:‘d(:“w\tm : :;:.:l‘r;\r]q I.J,’.c',,h’ ' Conmereial fuilures in the United | ops 1 fractionally higher. Ste maes sl Tll N (; avt States Iast week inereased to 488| Heavy liquidation was believed to "”\M e "h Tay vour | TOM 344 the week befoge, and com- [he due, in part, to a growing desire T "y. Ay Mhor | PATCA With 441 in the same week |on many traders to reduce commit- | B0008, 8 Bl Josephia: ciren OF | last year, R. G. Dun & Co. reports. | ments until after the presidential space rates call Tel. No. 4.—advt. | e e S L e Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Johnson | heein BEl et b ik of Springficld arc con- It ; ¢ also culative a sharp | 4 or for wh there is ‘n‘ in m expericnced som ks, Burns Bros. A quickly dro e ‘x 6 point nd American Beet Sugar and American Republics 3 1- leach. Farly declines of a point |two were recorded by a long list of {issues inclnding such recent favor- ites as American Kxpress, American I Smelting, American Washington | Corn he the { Dodg: Columbi Houston Chrysler, Prot ... 78 Johns % | Dav Chem 467 16 1 Bros A 15% nn ! {Int | Ken Cop | was tendered fyjone Miss Loretta Heslin last night at the |20 " tinker and Mrs. Leo Fortier and Miss | Pullman Quirk danced an old fash- | Radio Corp | i | | | | Phoenix Fire ... ;Conn Gen um & Cooley . Hudson Motors Hers Comb, Int Nic Int Harv Int Paper Mack Truck Marland il I Mo Kan & Ward I NE NYNIN&H North Am¢ Central Pac Mot Am Pet {North Pack Car B n tiere R4 mington ading Re Sears Rocbuck 103 Sinclair il Southern Pac . N g v std std Oil 0il stewart Warn tud ehaker It Sulph 1 Bear Underwood "nion .e Union Carbide lU's 1nd A1 . |t 8 Rubber .. [U 8 Steel ..o 143 | West Elee Willys Over Woolworth 15 179 181 Wright Acro . Am Tel & Tel Ny " 145 Louis Coyne, 1780 180 s (Furnished by Putnam & Co.) 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Segar, Manager Price on Application. New Britain Phone 2580 Hydraulic EDDY BROTHERS & & Members Hartford Stock Exchange * : NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel Bldg We Offer: HARTFORD Hartford Conn. Trust Bidg. 20 Shares Hartford Electric Light 20 Shares Connecticut Power Burritt Bldg.—69 We Donald R. We Offer: IN B Gas ‘wu hern N SEUUTS EAT AND TALK CAMP LIFE 80 187 Reglslly Growing for Summer Season at Keemosahbee and partook of a dinner ent A. H. ott acted a toastmaster and iroduced forwer |Scout Exceutive W AH.‘ r 0. ng of the acquisition of the mosahbee camp and wished it 2 [success Charles E Commissioner Morgzan was asked to introduce the camp | ! and those present responded ! They are Camp Director Frickson Minor, Yale Medi- Al school seach of only absen- | “onv who is th camp athletic and water man and 1‘\;,,, was unable to be pres {made 34 last year's cumpers happy {t] received the new nsigni rom the commission ire Albert Loomis, Donald Bartl {on Howard Robert Taylor, Hume, Richard Burns, [#urns, Charles B | turtine, Lawrene Charles Pape, {Dary, Duane Halverson, James |Sicklick, Roger Morse, Dudley | Kaharl, Louis Coyne, William Fow- William Crowley, $herwood F Duane Steinle, Kenneth Harold and Alden Keeling Danis Ry- A fin 5. John Smith, Robert |Ciark, Winthrop Warren, Louis {Teich. Franklin Atwater, George Cotrell, David Dary, Robert and Gordon Guiberson, and John Gris- | wold. The emblem was also awarded to following Scouts not present: Jr., Harry Hall, Frank O'Brien, Richard Merwin Wellins, James Dona- Ray and Walter McKinney, ncis McAloon, Carlton Anderson, lmhm Tyle ] | | simon Lake, jman Ellms, L.ord, Yvu.» » Leon Corbett, Henry “H Augns t Pepla Wesle Mainer, Merrill Hobart, iordon Ely, Leon Dickenson, Wil- liam Baker. Walter Zuk and Robert ndon. A total of 53 emblems were awarded 10 1927 campers. Mr. Scott next called on Sherwood Raymond of the council camp com- mittee who spoke for the chairman of the committee, Logan Pa Prince & Whitely Established 1878, Members New York, Chicago and Cleveland Stock Exchanges. Phoenix Fire Insurance Company Nor- | st Main St.—Tel. 5405 Hart, Mgr. ! was unable to be present. He said {that the new site was one of the | most beoutiful prospective camp |sites in the state and prophesied | that it wouud grow in favor with parents and scouts. P'res<ident Scott spoke briefly state ing that already early enrollment of scouts in the new Keemosahbee pree aged a wonderful season and urged carly enrollment lest there be dise \y[rmmwl scouts in the council, Nearly 100 scout weeks are already, hooks ager campers and last year's total will be exceeded very, !soon. crowning feature of the evee ning was the act put on by Waltee Schwartz, assisted by his wife. His magical tricks and sleight-of-hand performance captured his audience who gave liberal applause, The reunion was brought to & close with the singing of the camp song “Keemosahbee” written by Charles Vibberts. ' Driver Escapes Trolley | But Hits Another Auto coming excited on discovering that & trolley car turning the corner of Washington and Broad streets did not have sufficient room to pass on aceou of the position in which his car was standing while waiting for the signal light to turn, about J:05 last mght, Ralph Follo of 408 Ellis strect tried to drive out of the «th of the trolley and in so doing caused a collision with an automoe nie owned by John Manczuk of 329 South Main street, which was parke cd at the curb, Officer George Collins reported the accident and found no catse for police action, Follo was driving east on Broad street when he stopped for the light. He agreed to settle for the anage to Manczuk's machine, MRS, l?l SHAW HOME. Mrs. Georse Renshaw ol Resers voir Road, Shuttle Meadow, was discharged from New Britain Gene ral hospital today, having been une ler treatment for pneumonia for the past few weeks, Her dsughter jeft the hospital a few days ago, having recovered from the same alle Iment. The fact that Mrs. Renshaw's son died, at the hospital was net ie knéwn to her immediately, on ccount of other condition, FORECLOSURE JUDGMENTS Two foreclosure judgments werdl granted vesterday in superior cousé of Hartford to Henry Moraig | against properties of Angele Strang of Wethersfield, One judgment was for $3,983.04 against property & Linden street and the othet fe® $6,312.09 against property en Highe view street. The date of Mfi'fi- was set a8 June 18. Tsadlore Finkelstein of Hartford, mr.‘\‘l who' the plaintiff.