New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1929, Page 9

JANUARY COST SALE IN FULL FORCE WITH BIG VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT ONE OF THE HIGH SPOTS IS ur Whittall Rug Offering All discontinued patterns and slightly soiled rugs are to be sold at remarkable reductions from regular prices. From January 7th to Febru- ary 2nd, the sale holds good. First comers get best choice. WHITTALLS ANGLO PERSIAN RUGS, room size, price $150.00. Our Sale Price, VHITTALLS ANGLO PERSIAN RUGS, price $138.00. Our Sale Price, WHITTALLS ANGLO PERSIAN RUGS, price $97.50. Our Sale price, VHITTALLS BODY BRUSSELS RUGS, was $70.00, Our Sale price, was $64.50. Our Sale price, WHITTALLS ANGLO PERSIAN RUG was $25.00. Our Sale price, was $10.75. Our Sale Price, each ... each . % S, 36xi T e each .. WHITTALLS ANGLO PERSIAN RUGS, 22! 9x12 feet, regular size 8-3x10-6, their regular e $11040 sive 6x9 feet, regular ling .. $78.00 sized 9x12 feet, regular price ... $56.00 WHITTALLS BODY BRUSSELS RUGS, 88x10-6 size, regular price $51.60 63 inches, regular price .. $20.00 2x36 inches, regular price xsirs it asiereris RO Many Other Rug Bargains That Are Offered at Mark Downs That You Berlin News OFFICERS LECTED FOR COMING TERMS Derlin Farmers' Club and Italian Sociely M Leaders POLIGE ARE KEPT BUSY Hrwthorne Inn Ralded by State Po- lice—Hartford Man Arrested for Reckless Driving — ‘Meeting of Amcrican Legion Auxiliary, Philo Dutton was elected president of the Berlin Farmers” club for the coming year at the annual meeting of the organization held Saturday evening at the home of Carl Lund. Due to the bad weather, the attend- ance was not as large as expected. Each member gave an interesting re- port on the work accomplished dur- ing the summer along farming lines. Mr. Dutton will be assisted in office by the following: Vice presi- dent, Myron J, Morse and secretary and treasurer, Lloyd Carter. The next meeting of the club will be held in two weeks at a date to be un- mounced later. At a special meeting of the gen- eral council of the Italian society of New Britain, held last evening in Kensington, Peter Georgina of Ber- lin was installed as president for the coming term, He was be assisted fn office by the following: Vice presi- dent, Charles Cosimo of Hartford; financial secretary, Dominick Donalo of New Britain; recording sccretary, Fioiavanti Diana of Bristol and treasurcr, Adolf Mariene of Berlin. Raid Hawthorne Inn Four state policemen and Con- stable Frank Brown raided the Haw- thorne Inn in Berlin about 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening on a war- rant issued by complaint. Fred El. lison, alleged proprietor of the inn, ‘was placed under arrest and was re- leased on bonds of $300. He will ap- pear for trial in the Berlin town court on Tuesday evening. ‘When the policemen broke into the place, Ellison grabbed a bottle of alleged liquor and attempted to break it outside a window. He suc- ceeded in smashing the top of the boitle but the police recovered about a quarter of the contents. According to Constable Frank Brown, several complaints have been received dur. ing the past month that the Haw- thorne Inn waa selling liquor and the raid resulted. This will be the first liquor case to appear before the Berlin court in over a year. Targe Attendance Expected A .large attendance is expected at the illustrated lecture to be given on Friday evening, January 11, at §:00 o'clock in the chapel of the Berlin Congregational church by Professor anley L. Galpin of Trinity cellege, Hartford. The lecture is being con- ducted under the auspices of the Woman's Aid society. Following Mr. Galpin's lecture a social hour will be held. All are invited to attend. Professor Galpin spent the summer months in France and succeeded in collecting a fine assortment of slides. Arrested By Stanley Maljesky of East Berlin was arrested last evening at §:30 o'clock by Constable Frank Brown and lodged in a cell in the New Brit- ain police station on charges of breach of the peace and assault. Maljesky had heep drinking and was later in a fight with his wife, ac- cording to the offi 1t is allegeq that he struck her over the head . He will be tried in the Berlin te @ourt on Tuesdhy evening. Will Appreciate Two Year Old Case ‘The case of Peter Balvad: of Meriden va, Irving Suprenant of Berlin in a suit for $26,000 will be called in the Hartford county au. perfor court on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The ault grew out of an accident two Years ago when a car driven by $a|- vadore struck the Buprenant boy whilp he was riding a bicyele, The boy Was 16 years of age at the time of the accident, Balvadare was held by the police at the time but records of the towy court show that he was discharged, | Judge William Mangan of New Brit. | ain’is counsel for Suprenant. Hartford Man Held Constable Frank Brown arrested John T. Taylor of 25 1.2 Douglas | street. Hartford, last evening on » reckless driving churge after he was Alleged to have forced two cars o the roud on the Berlin turnpike near Bruce's farm. He will appesr In_court Tueaday evening. Taylor is said to have heen trav- | A, clling north on the turnpike and as!| he tricd to pass an autemebile In front of him. met with another ma-~ (chine coming in the opposite direc- {tion. It Is claimed that he con- tinued to pass the car on his right, hewever, thus forcing both cars off the road. No damage was receivad by the cars and the passengers ¢s- caped injuries, Scout Meetings Troop 1. Boy Scouts, will meet In the scout rooms at the Berlin Con- &regational church on Friday eve- ning dt 7:30 o'clock. The Cub Scouts | will meet at 6:30 o'clock the same evening. Scoutmaster E. 0. Shjjer- den will be in charge of both meet- ings. All members of the twe troops are expected to be present, | Troop 4, Girl 8couts, met this aft- | ernoon at 4 o'clock at the Berlin | | | in | B cf Congregational church. Captain Mrs. 8. Chase Coale was in charge. ‘Win Another Game The Konsington Boys' club inter- mediate basketball team scored an- | other victory in the Hartford county | 'Y" league when it traveled to West Avon and defeated the West Avon Boys' club intermediate five by a| 24 to 14 score. Nelther team made | & substitution during the entire| game and only one foul was called. The game was clean and fast throughout. Chotkowski led the locals' ll(lc\c,’ throwing in six baskets from the Kensington will B. 11, from 2 to 4 o'clock. the auxiliary of th will be held Thursd froze on the about 11 e'clock and caused minor accidents along ded along the highway, |being powerless. At one portion of |the road about a town hall n the direction of M {den. 20 cars were In distress at same time, jdriven by Ernest Nyack of of many accidents. and New Britain road was especially dangerous and driver | after driver lost control of his ma- chine at this peint. While proceeding north of the street near residence a small coupe attempted to squeeze its way between a tele- phone pole and a bus and was sand- wiched there. from all mections of the town but all cases the drivers were found to be the victims of the icy pavement. Around 13 o'clack, the ice turned to athi i strat slush and automobiles were able to UreAthing and found him prostrate Pproceed without fear of skiddiny confined to his home with illness, James Hart has returned to Brown after spending the holidays Kensington with his parents, The Well Child Conference in be held in the T. A hall on Friday atternoon, January Lloyd Minor has returned to the Yalé Medical school after spending the holidays wit Leon G. Hall h his sister, Mrs. The Wednesday Night Whist club X1 meet this week with Mrs, Min- nie Schrump at her home on Cher- Ty street in New Britain. The regular monthly meeting of e American Leglon lay evening at 7 clock in the Legion hall in Ken- sington. Havec Raised by Tce ‘The heavy highways in Berlin many the turnpike. utomobiles, trucks an, their drivers mile from the eri- the A Connecticut company New ritaln, came along in the midst of the excitement and crashed into the ’rear of a car. The driver attempted to stop his machine but the wheels skidded. Although there were many narrow escaps during the general ex- tement, no cars were badly dam.! aged and all occupants escaped in- | Juries. Berlin street wus also the scene The M.ddletown intersection the G Constables reported accidents Berlin tionl Notes The Men's Bible Clase ¢c- the Ber- fleld. The summary: lin Congregational church will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Community house on Worthingto: Kensington Intermediates Fid. i chaas Lewis, rt ...... Gottowala, 1f Chetkowski, ¢ B. Clark, rg .. Isaaceen, Ig . pl 12 o West Avon Intermediates Fld. Lamonica, rf Siver, 1t Longli, ¢ Burnham, rg Pelham, Ig Tabs Whist Party A whist party will be given to- morrow evening at the T. A. B. hall in Kensington under the auspices of 8t. Paul's T. A. B. soctety. This will be the opening. whist party of the year. Prizes will bs awarded the. winners in both the men's and ladies’ games. Refreghiionts will be served. The general public is invited. - Items Eddy N. 8mith ef Berlin has en- tered the New Britaln General hos- pital for treatment. Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodruft R S T STEINITE RADIO On Demonstration At My Store 338 ARCH STHEET New Britain Dependable Radio Sérvios G. BURTON WELLS Tel. 5108.3 meet Wednesday afternoon {o’clock at the home of Mrs. Leland Gwatkin of Worthington Ridge. A delegation from the Young Peo- | the Young People’s Ridge on Wednesday evening at o'clock. The Woman's Aid society will at 3 society attended the meeting of society of the (Continued on Page 16) Plainville News FLAMES THREATEN RECREATION BLOG. Legion Rooms Damaged by Fire—Discovered in Time (LOUIS W. HIGGINS DEAD Heart Discase Claims Lifelong Resi- dent — Gnazo Released Under Bond—Mrs. Gillettc 73 Years Old —Bowling League Reorganised. Fire which broke out -about 1 | o'clock this morning did approxi- | mately 8500 damage to the Amen- !can Legion rooms and the Recrea- |tion billard parlors at 65 Whiting street and was prevented from de- {stroying the whole Recreation | building only by timely discovery | which nipped it almest at fts in- | ception. The origin of the blase | was undetermined today, but it is | believed that it started in a basket !or box of waste paper alongside the gas stove In the Leglon kitchen. A large hole was burned through the +double hardwood floor underneath this and through the celling into the {lavatory below. while the flames spread along the partitioning under [the fleor and ate their way along | beneath the Leglon hall. A large | steel beam prevented them from | spreading in the other direction and | endangering the bowling alleys in | the rear of the building. Constable George Schubert had | passed the building only a few min. | | utes before the fire was discovered i but had not seen any signs of flames | then. Donald Freeman, who lives in {the house next to the Recreation | building. came home from Hartford |at 1 o'clock and, as he was leaving | the garage after putting up his car, he thought he saw aparks flying past an upper window. He hurried up- stairs to his own room and looked across. Then he could sec the flames burning briskly, and he quickly sent in an alarm, The fire company made a quick {run to the spot. 18 men responding. i Among them was Chicf Edward P. | Prior, who come in spite of fliness. | For fear of doing great water dam- ‘age to the bowling alleys below, the large hose was used for only a few |aeconds, and the fire was fought | with the small hese and a chemical line, about 40 gallons of chemicaln being poured upon the flames and | putting them out within 15 minutes, Shortly afterward it was found that the flames were still smoldering in the partitioning ahove the billiard | room, and holes were torn through this and the floor above to extim- guish the last sparks. Fearful lest there be &till another outbreak, the firemen stayed on the job until 3:30 o'clock, and two men were left to watch until 6 o'clock. The building s | composcd of John J. Murphy and Charles W. Hird. The ground floor is used for a billiard and pool room d buses skid- |and for bowling alleys, while Brock. | PUdd. near | Barnes Post, American Legion, rents the second story, on which there is a large hall in addition to | the regular post headquarters. | The kitchen and lavatory below were nearly gutted by the flames, | hus, ' while further damage was done in | the hail and billiard parlor by the Ispread of flames under the floor. | The thoughtfulness in not using the |large hose kept the ,water damage unchanged. Mr. Murphy today said |the damage would be about $500. [ Wholly covered hy Insurance. 1es when he did. they would | have spread rapidly and, it is be- | lleved, would have gutted the whole | structure, 1 Tonls W. Higxins Dies Tonis W. Higgins, 53. n native and |lifelong resident of Plainville, died | suddenly at his home. 66 East strect, old [at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. | Parish Guild Officers |Higgins had been troubled with | rheumatism for many years but for |the past year had sufficiently re. covered to he around once more. He retired at 11:30 o'clock Bature night. apparently in fine health. Ahou 4 o'clock Mrs. Higgins was | attracted to his room by his heavy TONIGHT—TUES. TONEL BARRYMORE and MAY McAVOY in “THE LION and the MOUSE" The Great Drama BILLY DOOLEY in “A SHE-GOING SAILOR" EATIN' SOME OF MY ORANGES THAT 1 60T FOR CHRISTMAS = 1 BZEN SO BuUsY WITH vy owned by the rain Raturday evening | Plainville Recreation Co. which i DU and daughter Florence and John ! | Had not Freeman discovered the on the bed. She summoned Dr. George F. Cook, but Mr. Higgins died before the physician arrived. A heart attack was the cause of the sudden death. Mr. Higgins was bhorn here on July 30, 1875, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Higgins Ile is survived by his wife and by a brother in Hartford. Funeral services will be held st his late residence at 2 o'clock tymor- Tow afternoon. Rev. Theodcre A. Greene, pastor of the First Cangre- gational church, New Britari, will officlate. RBurial will be In Fai:view cemetery, New Britain, Mrs, Gillette 78 Mrs. I'red A. Gillette of 13 Canal street quictly observed her 72nd ! birthday anniversary Saturday. Dur- | ing the afternoon she was host te | her daughter, Mrs. R. H. Boardman "of New Britain, and family. Gnaxzo cleased ! Duffy Gnasro, who appealed a 10. | day jail sentence for intaxication Saturduy morning. has hean released under bonds of $100 for eppearance 1 in the superior court. Dogs Causing I'ronble Stray dogs have yeen killing num- crous chickens in the Redstone hill scctidn lately, and yesterday Dog Warden Marino shot one which had been raiding Fgbert “caly's hen- | yard. Healy, who had lost maey | chickens, caught the dog killing an- other yesterday and took a shot at it but missed. He called Deputy |Sherift E. W. Furrey, and Furrey |summoned Marino. who disgatched the animal. The warden also picked | ur another wandering dog, n vellow | and white canine with about 20 feet of chain attached to hin collar. Sammy Spring Dance A Bammy Spring dange will he | held under the auapices of the Odd Pellows and Martha Rebeliahs in the Plainville high achooi gymnas. [fum on Wednesday evening. hegin. ing at 8:30 o'clock. The publie Is (invited to attend. Slippery Roads Wretched — highway conditions | were created Saturday night by a { fall of rain which freze upen strik- ing the ground and made a glassy | conting which hampered vehicular |and pedestrian traffic allke. ‘The | | motor coach service of ihe New | England Transportation Co. suf- fered from the necessity of siow travel, and the last bus thvouch | | Plainville was an 1our and 20 min- | | utes Jate. Drivers exercis>] great | {care with their machines and no iaccidenta were reported to Con- able George Schuhert, Funeral of Mra. Temple Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet A. Temple, who died early Saturday | morning at the home of Mrs. Alice Cooke on Whiting street, will he held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Baptist church. Rev. Dr. A. D. | Kendrick. pastor, will officiate | Burial will be in Rridgewater. Tegion Will Meet | Brock-Barnes post. American Le- gion. will hold its regular meeting in | its rooms tonight in spite of the fire which damaged them this morning. County Commander Earl Panzer will | talk on an interesting subject and | the entertainment committee outline its program for the com- ing few months. Refreshments will | be served. | Trumbulls in Berkshires Governor and Mrs. John H. Trum- | | Coolidge apent the week-end at a house party at Helenscourt, the | estate of Col. and Mra. Arthur D.| Pittsfield, Mass. The | weather prevented the anticipated enjoyment of winter sports. Stock of Ktore Sold The entire stock of the Plainville | Engineering & Supply Co. was sold | [to Morris Reeber of 166 Magnolia |street, Hartford, late Saturday {morning at a public auction con- | ducted by Deputy Sheriff 1. W. Fur- |rey. Tt brought $560. The store was | recently attached on a tax warrant !issued by the tewn against its pro- | prietor. Louis W. Fodt, | neral of Mr. Frishie | The funeral of Franklin P. Frisbie, retired merchant who dled at the Hartford hospital Friday night, | was held this afternoon, with serv- |ices at 2 o'clock at his late resi- | dence, 122 West Main street. Rev. | 1. Roy Wilkerson, pastor of the Con- gregational church, was in charge. Burial was made in West Ceme- | tery. | The newly elected officers -of the | Parish guild of the Church of Our Saviour are the following: President, | Mra. Robert White; vice president. Mrs. Charles ¥, Brainard; secretary. Mrs. R. F. Bugbee; treasurer, Mrs, | Elberme B. Moore. Committees wilt |be announced at the meeting on | Thursday, January 17. Baptist Missionary Mecting The Missionary soclety of the !Baptist church wil hold a meeting |at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon {In the church parlors. The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. Emma |1 Wood, who will also read a paper lon the meeting of the state conven- {tion held In Stamord last October. |The women of the church are cor- | dially invited to attend. | Well Child Conference A well child conference will held in the public health nurse’s rooms in the Neri block on Friday atfernoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. All |mothers are requested to attend { . | Davidson will | with their babies and small chil- dren, Notes Mr. and Mrs. Sedergren of Tom- linson avenue entertained friends from West Hartford at dinner Sat- urday evening in honor of their [ninth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Charles Roberts, & nurse, is ill with influenza at her home on ‘West Main street. The ann meeting of the Plain- ville Public Health Nursing asso- clation will be held at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon in the domestic sclence rooms of the high school. All members—all who have paid the an- nual membership fee of one dollar— are urged to attend and participate in the meeting. The We-Uns club will meet this evening with Mra G. H. Nettleton of 7 Park street. Bristol News SOLD LIQUOR T0 " PAY SHALL BLS Judge Gives Levesque Another, 1 Account to Settle in Gourt \SEGOND CASE DISAL SSED F. and A. M.. will be held at o'clock this evening in the Masonic temple on Main street. Gasoline Explodes—Two Burned Hector Farrand of 121 Prospect strect and his duughter, Mrs. Annette Creel of Waterbury, were slightly burned Sunday afternoon when a ball of gasoline, in which the latter was cleaning a dvess, exploded. Mrs. Crecl was burned about the neck and face and her father's hands were scorched when he seized the pail and lurled it through the doorway onto the veranda. They were attended by | br. B. B. Robbins, | Squad A and Engine Company No. responded to the alarm and e: tinguished the fire with chemic The rear door and veranda wer Se all—Josc] an Dies Gumaged (o the extent of approxi The W. C. T. U, will meet at 2:30 | Sentenced 1o Jail—Joscph Ry S i S o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Minnie Hyde, 60 Maple street. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jones of North Attleboro, Mass.. have returned home after spending two weeks with Mrs. Jone's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rogera of Strong court. The Martha Rebekahs will install their newly elected officers this eve- ning in 1. 0. O. F. hall. Supper will be served from 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock, after which the installation will be conducted by Mrs, Nellie 8impson and staft of Bristol. Tho town plan commission will hold a regular mecting this evening, Martha 8ewing circle will hold a public social and whist at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Otto Frolich, The traffic light committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet to- night for a demonstration by the Automatic Light Co. of New Haven, aed Pet. 1.000 1.000 000 2000 000 000 000 . 4 .000 The Cosmopolitan bowling league has been completely reorganized with the entry of three new teams, and an eight-team circuit now faces & full achedule of three rounds which will carry it almost to the end of May. Games will be rolled on Tuesdays and Fridays on Hart's alley's A large cup will be awarded the winner, but must be placed in play again each ycar until some team has won it three times. Then it be- comes the permanent possession of that team. In the opening games the Rookies blanked the Dodges while the Buccaneers, who were leading the league before the reorganization, stayed ahead in the new lineup by sweeping through the Norsemen for four points. A. Gnazzo, R. Scoville, E. “'Mi?, 8am Pavano, E. and C. Heinzmhn, Davidson, Anderson, McNulty, Gustatson, Johnson, and Olander were all over 300. The scores: Rookies , Buccaneers . Buicks .... Lucky Strikes Sardines .. Norsemen Dodges . L 0 0 0 0 0 0 (] Buccancers 100 109 107 Eheinzman Anderson . McNulty 2108 119 C. Heinzman ...112 107 Totals ......532 542 Norsemen 112 111 117 . 87 92 3 97—316 6431617 Irv Johnson Goranson Gustafson Carlson . Olander (1] 100 108 111 93—318 §8—286 103—305 474-1515 Totals .... Wheeler A. Carlson . R, Btrom .. H. Meyers . C. Dalson . 85—268 92—285 179—269 S8—=276 87286 451-1404 89 111 Totals ......485 468 Rockies A. Gnazzo . 95 C. Yacobellis ... 91 E. White .. 90 Sam Pavano ... 97 115 R. Scoville .....118 11§ 535 Industrial League w. T 14 14 15 16 17 22 113 e 105 99—284 90—302 573-1599 PC. 11 £11 583 556 528 389 Pusinessmen Standard Steel H. C., Baum Bristol Brass .... Plainville Casting t Ends 1. Electro Plating 2 261 American Legion 2% 361 The Fast Ends climbed out of the Industrial league ccllar ‘or the firat time when they won all three | strings from the Plainville Elcotro Plating team at the Recroation bowling alleys. Yacobellis, Smith, and Anderson atarred for the wine ners and O. Carucci and Jim Mas- trianni were best for the losers, who fell into last place. American Le- gion could not escape falling iuto a joint occupancy of the cellar, al- though it won two out of three points from the Plamville Casting team in a match featured hy the work of Bharples. C. Brooks, 8aumn- ders, Dave, Chester, and a hig 361 by Mastrianni. Mastrianni then fell off badly as his team recovered ground by cleaning up the danger« (Continued on Page 16) 138—346 | 112—348 ‘ i —Two Burned When Gasoline Ex- plodes—Defective Chimney Causes Firo—Plainville Pricst to Speak. “Here's another small bill for you to pay,” Judge William J. Malone | iformed Ludger Levesque of 177 Meadow street in police court this morning in imposing a fine of $100 |after Leseque had pleaded guilty to 'a charge of keeping liquor with in- tent to scll with the explanation that {he had dabbled in wet goods simpl: |to enable him to pay a few smal bills. The home of Levesque was paid an impromptu visit at 6:30 o'clock |Bunday evening by Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Officer William Thompson and two cans of slleged liquor confiscated. The officens tes- | tified that the fluid was found in & cache which had been built under one of the ateps leading to the cel- lar of the house, One of the cans, while being drawn from its hiding place, slipped from an officer's grasp and became lodge in a partition out of reach. Thirty-five empty pint and half pint bottles were also found in {the house. Levesque, after being hooked at police headquarters, fur- nished a bond of $600 for his re- lease until court this morning. Second Liquor Case Dismissed A charge of keeping Mquor with intent to sell against Louis Portney, who conducts a grocery store at the corner of Broad and King streets, was nolled without costs this morn- ing by Prosecuting Attorney Jamecs T. Mather due to lack of evidence. A small quantity of alleged liquor, seized by Sergeant Henry Jeglinaki and Officers Willlam Thompson and James Burns following & raid at Portnoy's residence Saturday evening was returned to Mr. Portnoy follow- ing the dismissal of the case. Mr. Porfnoy denied ever having #old any liquor, informing the police that it w being used by his wife | who is ill, and residents of that sec- ‘lion expressed surprise when they |learned of his arrest. The visit of | the police was the result of a com- plaint, the source of which was not divulged Given Jail Sentence Marek Osenkowski of 81 Seymour street, charged with breach of the cace, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge William J. Malone in police court this morning. Mra. Osenkowski, the complainant, testified in court that her husband came home intoxicated Saturday night and created a disturbance in | wpite of the fact that their young son is seriously ill. TIn reply to her remonstrances, her husband inform- ed her that he was boss of the house and “to let the son die,” she inform- ed the court. His ravings finally subsided about 5 o'clock Sunday morning and everything was peace- ful until Jate in the morning when |he again started to berate her and | the boy. The police were then sum- |{moned and Osenkowski was lodged {in a cell at headquarters where he remained until court this morning. Joscph Ryan Joseph Rvan, 53, of 82 Burlington avenue died Sunday at his home fol- lowing an illness of nine weeks. Born in Tipperary, Treland, Febru- ary 10, 1876. Mr. Ryan came to this country in 1902, settling in Bristol. He was married in this city to Miss Bridget M. Collins, who survives, to- gether with three daughters, Anna Mae, Catherine and Ellen Ryan, and one son, John Ryan, all of Bristol. | Mr. Ryan for a number of years | was employed at the New Departure | Mfg. Co., and for the last five years had been a watchman for the New | York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- |road company at Doolittle's crossing. |He was a "member of Brightwood {camp, Modern Woodmen of America. | The funeral will be held at St. }Joscnh'l church at 9 o'clock Wednes- day morning. Rev. William P. Laf- itn will celebrate the high mass of requiem and burial will be in the new St. Joseph's cemetery Mre. Edward W. Muzzy Mrs. Etta Fay Muzzy, wife of Fd- ward W. Muzzy, died at her home in Passaic, N. J., last night. 8he is survived by her husband, | who wus born in this city and lived here for a number of years: also by a daughter, a student in Byracuse university, and one brother and one sister. The remains will be brought to this city for interment in the Lake avenue cemctery. Committal serv- ices will be held Wednesday after- noen. Franklin Lodge Meeting A meeting of Franklin lodge, A. | mately $100. Mre. Creel was unable to account for the explosion of the gasoline Fire department officials. however | believe ™ that it caught fire from a | #park yroduced by @ piece of metal | accidentally rubbed agafnst the side of the container. | Defective Chimney Causes Fire Sparks from a defective chimney | dropping into a pile of woed in the | cellar of Gustav Jabs of 79 Lawn- dale avenue shortly after 8 eo'clock last evening caused a fire which | called out Engine Company No, 1 nd Squad A and the necessitated sed of a considerable amount of | chemical before it was subdued. The fire just reaching the first floor | when the firemen arrived and their | prompt work prevented the flames | from reaching the living quarters. The damage to the building was slight. School Attendance Report The report of the attendance de- |partment of the public schools for |the month of December indicates | that during that period three puplis were illegally absent, four were ab- sent who had a legitimate excuse, | seven were absent without proper ex- | cuse and ten were elassed as truauts. Beveral cases were brought to the at- tention of the prosecuting attorsey during the month and in each in- | stance the responsibllity for the ab- sence lay with the parents. Medical I Department During the month of Decembar a tota} of 4,435 inspections were made in the publie schools by Dr. A. 8. Brackett and the three scheel nurses. 1,084 dressings were attend- ed by the nurses and 30 home visits made. During the menth 160 chil- dren wers excluded for contagious disease causes. Essay Contest Favorable action has been taken by the board of education on the re- quest of Mrs. Helen B. Cook, chair- man of the committes of the Wom- en’s Christian Temperance Union, 10 offer a prize of $2.50 in‘yold for the best essay submitted in each of the three classes of the adult educa- | tional department of the evening 1school. This contest will he conducted {under the supervision of the board | of education and the superintendent | of schools. | Plainville Priest to ak | Rev. Austin F. Munich, assistant lat the Church ~of Our Lady o | Mercy in Plainville, will be the | speaker at a smoker of the Rev. M. B. Roddan Assembly. Knights of |Columbus, to be held Friday eve- ning, January 11th, in K. of C. hall on North Main street. An entertain- ment program has also been arrang- ed. The committee in charge of the {affair consists of Joseph L. Mac- Donald, Daniel J. Donovan, Donald Brown and Richard L. Lambert. Heavy Rain Causes Much Damage Much damage was caused to beth |the city streets and the state highe | ways by the heavy rainfall, which | started shortly after 10 o'clock Sat- |urday night and continued until early Sunday afternoon. Early Bunday morning Meadow and Bchool streets were flooded {When surface water sewers proved {inadequate to care for the large jamount of water. Large quantities jof dirt were carried into the street |and a force of street department | men were busy this morning in clean. ing vp the center. A number of the | roads lrading to the outlying districts |were badly washed by the heavy | downfail, Workmen of the state highway de- partment, under the supervision of | Foreman Patrick J. Collins, were | busy all day Sunday in cleaning up the state highways within the city limits, The surface water sewer at |the coener of Mellen street and | Riverside avenue became plugged {with a large amount of dirt and re- quired several hours work before it was opened up. Endoes Win Easily | In spite of the fact that the score | would indicate a close game, the | Bristol Endees experienced no dif- ficulty in clipping the wings of the Eagles of Pittsficld Saturduy night jin the local armory. The final score was 36 to 32. The visitors in the first half were | outclassed in every department of | play, the locals leading at half tinic 17 to 8. To make tha game more interesting in the last half., Bristol shot a number of substitutes into the lincup. When the Pittsfeld |team threatened. the Endees bora down and ran up a sufticient lead to (Continued on Page 16) By BLOSSER \NELL-IT WAS AS ‘BlG AS A \NATERMELON, IF \NATERMELONS \WAS