New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 4

TENDER BAQUET " FOR . GRADEGK Priest at St. Andrew's Church Presented With $100 Purse The American Lithuanian Wom- an's association tendered a supper in honor of Rev. Edward A. Gradeck at the Park street hall on Sunday eve- ning. Before the supper, Misses Helen Greas and Anita Kadziauskas | danced. Miss Mary Chaponis, as- sisted by Leon Vasaitis of Hartford, sang. As a surprise event the Misses Plekunas and Bokus of Hart- jord delighted the audience with some old folk songs. The guthering REV. EDWARD GRADECK then procecded fo the hanquet hall John Skiitulshy welcomed Father Gradeck. The foastmaster was Rev. | | Mrs. Bidwel B. Barnes of Wood-|opera. 1 John J. Bukevs of Hartford. He delighted all with his wit and humor. Mrs. Tomosaitis, president of the as- sociation, was chairman of the oc- don but being mcapacitated, she introduced John Macuinas, who car- ried on the events of the evening to a fitting finish. Tather i was presented with a heant tet of Ameri- an heauties and a purse of $100 in gold. He extended his thanks to the sponsors of the cvening for their Kindness to him. John Mikala gave a lengthy talk and was largely wpplauded at the end of his addre Short talks followed by Dr. Tutles, Mrs. o of g <, a sister of Father Gradeck. Following the speeches voc: tions were given by the Guzas s ters, Miss Anna R Miss Mary Anthony Broz: present from Chicopee, | ' Thorndike and Springfield, Mass. The | gathering numbered well over 250. S PISO'S for FLU-COUGHS Day Tomorrow Wednesday Satin Metallic 30 Styles For All Types Every New Winter BARBER WHO MURDERED NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929, WOMAN GOES T0 CHAIR OPERA SINGERS IN Salem Man, Denied New Trial by Supreme Court, Will Be Sen. tenced to Chair, Salem, Mass, Jan. 8 UP—George Elmer Harrison Taylor, itinerant barber, who was convicted of the FPomikala of Lawrence, will be sen- | tenced to death in the electric chair PRACTICAL JOKES Desire Defrere Paid Back lor Putting Water in Hat Chicago, Jan. § UP—The role of murder on June 5 1927, of Btella|p " a1 Twrn s Barber of Se- | ville” s, as everyone knows, mot to n Essex county superior court herc | be sneezed at, even by such an government has announced. | Taylor was recently refused a new at 3:45 p. m., Iriday, January 25, the artist as Desire Defrere of the Chi- | cago Civic Opera company. A great joker, M. Defrere. It was |trial by the supreme court. Miss|he who poured water in Edouard | | Pomikala was found slain on Salis- | Coutreuil's silk hat in the caf:| | bury beach where she had been em- |gcene of *“La Boheme, causing ployed as a photographer’s assistant. | A pair of sun glasses discovered near | grage girections said nething of any | ‘outreuil to get wet, though the, |the body eventually fastened suspi-|gych business. The prank, which | cion on Taylor who was traced to | Hyde Park, Vi, where he was ar- irested. Subsequently he was con- {victed of murder in the first degree. | At the same time the government will move for sentence of Harold Congdon and other selectmen and officials of Salisbury convicted of various rum running charges. Cong- was side-splitting to Defrere, was a washout to Coutreuil. | Opera is not an enterprise much | inclined toward foolishness, but as Coutreuil &plained, even opera of | fers avenues of revenge upon prac- tical jokers. It was only with Cou- treuil's explanation today that don was a former police chief of the |OPera-goers learned why Defrere | town but resigned after heing sen- went through an epidemic of sneez- | tenced in federal court on similar |ing during a special performance of ‘«'hm‘gvs several years ago | o l | City Items | 8t. Eimo lodge. Knights of Pyth. ias, will have a regular meeting to- morrow evening to discuss arrange- “The Barber of Seville” Saturday | | night. The finale of the second act finds Dr. Bartolo (played by Defrere) | standing quiet amid general tumult {until finally Figaro lightly tickes his nose with a feather. Giacomo Remini was playing Fi- garo. He agreed with Coutreuil that ments for transporting members 0 the scene offered a chance to turn Waterbury Thursday evening when officers of Theodore Roosevelt lodge of that city will be installed by a local team. The installing team will arse after the meefing. od Coal MakeS Warm Friends. the tables on Defrere. Thus, in stead of using a feather, Figaro held a handful of pepper under Dr. Bartolo's nose, and Defrere, who used to. love jokes, finished the !scene in a paroxysm of sneezing and |« Uity Coal and Wood. Tel. 217.— |coughing without precedent in the Advt. bine, Georgia, who lost a race with long and dignified history of grand {death when she arrived in New ‘ | Britain sevcral hours toa late to pe | SteVens Becomes Member t the bedside of her father, Patrick . McMahon of 60 Thorniley street, Of Finance Board Hartford, Jan. 8 (UP—Ex-Mayor ! will leave tomorrow morning for her | Norman C. Stevens of Hartford will home after spending more than a become a member of the state board month with her mother, Mrs. Mar-|of finance and control by appoint- 1 ha Featherstone McMahon. ment of Gov. Trumbull, it was an- | The police were notified today of |nounced today. the suspension of the operator's li- cense of Walenty Pasionek of 41 Mr. Stevens-will take the place of Samuel R. Spencer of Suffield, who Clinton street, and the return of the tomorrow will become state treas- licenses of Vincent Squillaciote of |urer and thereby an ex-officio mem- 16 Maple street, Konstanty Ame. |ber of the board. The Spencer term amczyk of 96 Gold street and Ver- non Arnold of 397 Burritt street. to which Mr. Stevens will succeed. will expire une 7, 1931. State | Sergeant John J. King of the po-|Treasurer Ernest E. Rogers will re- |Tice department was off duty today tire from the :board tomorrow when on account of illness. |Alleged Good Samaritan Milford, Mass., Jan. 8 (P —Pas- qual De Loia was arrested last night | charged with operating an automo- he becomes licutenant governor. Mr. Stevens was mayor of Hart. ford from 1924 to 1928, Arrested as Poor Driver Aghes From Pine Set Fire to Bed; Man Dies Philadelphia, Jan. 8 (®—Too bile 50 as to endanger the lives and | feebls to cry out or to leave his bed safety of the public after an all day |when it caught fire from ashes dron- investigation of the finding of Gia-|ped from his pipe, Robert Hart, 79 como Pagliaroli in an unconscious|was burned to death at his home to- condition on the Medway road late day. Sunday afternoon. De Loia told the His wife tried to extinguish th police Sunday he found the man ly- |blaze but when the flames gain:’ ing in the road and took him to the | headway she called a fire company Milford hospital. Pagliaroli is in a By this time the upper portion of | critical condition. Sii 500 HIGH GRADE ELT VALUES UP TO . the house was ablaze. v Day WQneday Special Velvet Velowr ordan’s. 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