New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 7

¢ Sauce Pan Sets, $2.35, set, Medium size, regular $1.39 for $1.39. sale is on. Berlin News TOWN FLOODED BY HEAVY RAIN STORM Trallic and Business Tied Up During the Day DAMAGE 1S CONSIDERABLE Regular Busincss Meeting of Amer- toan Legion—Rapp Bound Over to Supcrior Court—Local Basket- ball Team Wins—Briefs. The heavy rain storm this morn- tng struck Berlin in all its force and residents awoke to find the town under lakes and ponds. It was with- out doubt the worst storm in Berlin in years. Ponds and lakes overflow- ed thelr banks and awept onto the highways, making traffic practically impossible. Places of husiness were virlually at a standstill during the day because of the inability of the employes to reach them. As the storm continued unabated during the morning, school children were sent home. Kensington was the acene of (he greatest damage, especially the un- derpass under the railroad bridge. A miniature lake was formed th as the water swept under the bridge in torrents. ‘The drainage system proved to bo useless and the water steadily mounted. The water reached & depth of about 10 feet and was within three yards of the bridge it- melf. Countless automobiles were stalled under the bridge as they attempted to get by and had to he towed out One car was practically submerged under the water and only the top of | the roof could be secn. It was impos- | sible to draw the machine out. The pond extended to the Kilby Junch! room and about 20 feet up Main atreet. All traffic was forced to de- tour around the back roads early in the morning but these passages be- | came impassable shortly after, 9| o'clock. | Bus service to Meriden was dis- continued as fur as New Tritain peo- | i ple were concerned. Buses were tak- en (o Kensington as usual whils the Meriden buses ran from the mder. pass to Meriden. PPassengers wishing to g0 to New Rritain were fowced to | ot off at the underpass and trans- fer to Kensington buses. Early this meorning there was practically no bus merviee at all and Berlin emsloyes in New Britain concerns were forced to remain at home, . The Beach Swamp roal and the | nearby district was a sold lake of water. Starting from the neighbor- hood of the Arute garaze. nothing but water could be meen, The Arute garage and the Rosso Ao Parts Co. were flooded, the water Teaching up to the handles on the dsor. The cars in the yard of the Reso Co. were almost hidden fra maight. Houses in almost hidden from sitht. Houses in Ly water and the restlents were un- able to leave them. ¢ne man had a | dog tied in the res of the house and in order to wswe the creature trom drowning. he var forced to put on a batning suit ind awim out to the animal. Water swept over the | highway In the diatrict of Willow Brook park and rached a level of six inches. Many cars were unable to drive through the flood and were forced to turn hack The sewers were of no nuse arfd ov spouted from the manholes on | 1he New Britain voud two and three feet in the air. Bundreds of resi-| dents reported” thit goods in their | cellars had been distroyed by water. ' WEAR EVER ALUMINUM quarts, 2 qw sizes, regular $1.75 WILLOW CLOTHES BASKETS smooth finish, $1.00 Large size, regular $1.75 for ! tai Our Febuary Houseware Sale - Offers Big Savings 1 quart, 11 e roll, 10 special, each Hundreds and hundreds of items throughout our big Housewares Section at special sale prices. Fill in your needs now while our February DOWNSTAIRS SECTION It was without doubt the largest flood that ever visited Berlin, old | timers stating that they had never | seen a storia that so completely tied up business and caused so much damage. Rapp Bound Over George I'. Rapp of 30 High street, Middletown, waived examination on charge of criminal negligence in connection with the death of Hubert Williams of New Britain and was Lound over to the superior court by George G. Griswold at a spe- fon of the Berlin town court last evening. Ronds were set ut $1.000, He cntered a plea of not guiity. . It was bron<it out statement of Officer Frank Rrown. who investigated the accident and | placed Rapp under arrest, that the |car had left no skid marks on the toad fo indicate the sudden appli- during the h. Accerding to the officer, he found Rapp she 'y after the acci- dent in’ an intoxicated conditica. RApp showed two deep gashes on s face when first scen by the offi- Officer Brown testified that the road at the tin a d place of the awccident was free from ice and snow - that there were no marks on he right side of the car to show | that it was struck by another ma- chine previous to ity ing the road. He further testified that Rapp made the statement that his car was had ‘seen the robin on the property of the Norton fce pond in Berlin. Business Meeting A regular business meeting of the Bolton-Kasica post, American Le- will be held tomorrow evening 5 o'clock “at the Legion Lall in Commander Howard | Bunce urges all Legionnaires to be present. Berlin Grange Activities ! Berlin Grange will hold another | one of its popular card parties on | IFriday evening. February 15. There will be tables for pinochle, whist | and bridge. The aftair is opencd to | the public and prizes will be! awarded. Ly The committee in charge of the afair consists of Howard Hall, ! chairn.an; Frances Wallace, Gustave Lindquist, Virginia liushnell, H. 1 I Dickson, Viola lioardman | Marion Whitman. | The next meeting of the Gerlin | \ge will be held on Tuesday evening, February 19. It will be Known as “Patriotic” night and the Grange will have as its guests the merican Legion and ita auxiliary. plans are being made for an enter- ng program. Itefreshments will be served. On the sick list of Grange mem- bers, it is reported that Ruth Gra- ham is Il with appendicitis and Miss Viola Boardman is confined to her home with the grip. ~ Tabs' Whist A large attendance is expected at the weekly whist party of 8t. Paul's T. A. . soclety to be held this eve- ring in the Tabs' hall in Kensington. Prizes will be awarded the winners in all the games and refreshments will be served. The public fs in- vited. Finance Merting Tt is expected that the Town hall Will be packed tomorrow evening when the finance board mects to give the school board a hearing on its petition for $130.00Q for the con- struction of a school building, in the Kensington district. The scheel hoard has preparcd an estimate of | the proposition and ix ready to pre- | sent it to the finance committee, Gonter For sandwiches, etc., regular STRAIGHT SAUCE PANS Wear Ever Aluminum, cover, 3 quart size, regular $1.49, $1.00 Genuine Liske Garbage Cans, taper shape, easy to clean, extra heavy 14 quart regular $1.98 for $1.59. 12 quart regular $1.59 for $1.25 each. 10 quart size, regular price $1.35 for 98c each. !’laiuvill‘e News SELECTHEN REFUSE 10 0UST BOSWEL siooer Deemed Insullcient {TOWN FLOODED BY STORM Toads asd Fields Under Water— | Autcs Used as Ferries—C. of C. | | Mects Tonight—Child Dies—White | Favors Proposed Change—Tiriels. “At & regular meeting of the board of sclectmen held last night the | | charges against Iire Commissioner | | James R. Boawell were heard and, | after consideration, were found to be ! without enough foundation to war- ! rant his dismissal.” | Such was the text of a statement ! | Which was issued by the selectmen | this morning and which exonerated | Commissioner Boswell from the | ! charges made against him by 28 members of the fire company who i had petitioned the selectmen to re- {mové him “for the good of the de- | | partment.” | ‘ Mr. Boswell. who is driver of the, | department’s largest truck, was ele- | vated to the rank of commissioner 'a year ago. Recently dissension broke out in the department. it being | claimed by the members of the com- pany that the commissioner failed to | cooperate with them and that he as- sumed too much authority. particu- larly in going to small tires alone. | Mr. Boswell's defense was that it | | would be a ncedless waste of moncy | | to call out the whole department for | these little blazes. | Members of the department pe- i titioned the selectmen to remove the | | commissioner and. at a meeting ¥ri- | day night. appointed a committee of | six to present their case. Yesterday| | the selectmen spent \practically the | Whole day in conferences with the | two sides in an effort to arrive at a | fair solution of the problem. At the regular sclectmen's meet- WAX LUNCH PAPER 25¢ rolls for with {10ar which resounded ‘ils usual size and was covered” with Bristal News Escapes Drowning—Lower Grades I School Closed—Lases Out in Suit for Tnjuries—William | H. Dutton Teadered Party—liems | at White Oak vose gradually Juring The East strect raiiroad crossing nearly the entire stretch. The fam- rond e nc'na ot " i of eveased o Rrins Gourf house and neighborhood. 1 waters pourcd over the dam in al- | Boy cans, cakes of ice, and other flotsam to be a brook at all and broadened | Who dicd on Junuary 27, will be con. | even increascd area the ‘“great | téined by Mrs Jonnie Lind Umphrey water, and the 1and surrounding the | | MPIFeY wan loft 3500 in cash of kn of water. ithe will is one 10 George Thomas the worning and bLefore noon had strctehed arus out across the ligh- was under water, while the stretch of track frou: there to the East Main | qg F street crossing was converted into w | o, [ i ous low spot at the trolley switeh on the Forestville town line also pushed in the cellar windows, then | A i Es pourcd into the bascment with & % c‘mm ule ¢ i 7y i Plainville pond was mnearly mcwsm“ IHUNDATB c"Y\ | i most urprecedented volume and the | P'equaLuck river became a swirling | were borne along and whirled wbout at a great pace. The brook In the out into a great swamp which cov- | tested, according to an announce- ! ered the entire expanse of low flelds | Wient made this morning by Judge | lakes” of former years. |of 142 South street. a niece of the The high school athletic ficld be. | 4¢Cea8¢d With whem Mrs. Kead re- Trumbull Electric M(g. Co. and the | poi'® ‘8lued al upproximately §3- Standard Steel and eurings, Inc., | "% ' Daggs. & member of the Salvation ! Army formerly stationed in this city way. canal, with the raits out of sight for % i T0 BE CONTESTED went under and stayed there. : T through the rctic-appearing ice flocs. The | torrent on the top of which logs, eastern section of the town ceased | The will of Mrs. A. Alletta Read, | “way down cast” and recreated in|Willlam J. Malone, who has been re. | came a mass of nud. slush und | 5d°d Or @ number of years. Mr was lost to view under several inch:s | The largest bequest contained fn but now located in New York city. There were no sessions in the ele- mentary schools, and only half of the high school pupils attended o fi- | sses Superinterdent Leon o, | ic 18 8l80 bequeuthed all of the sil- verware of the deceased. The house- | old and personal effects are left to! he local branch of the Salvation | Army. Other bequests contained in the will are as follows: Forestville Cem- etery association, $100; Hristol hos- Staples reported that all schools had weathered the storm and Were water tight. Thete were no washouts along the Iroad lines and all trains were on time, but they were placed on slow | time schedule about daylight. The |5 500: C division wery able to continue with- |1 BAL* P 0 B0 e, out delay. $500; Paul Umphrey, grandnephew, Some criticism was levelied at the [$100; Newington Home for ¢'rippled selectmen becuuse of the fact that,Children. $1.000: May Hitchkiss, were blacked by snow and ice. The $500; Olivet Chapter, Order selectmen stated, however, that | Eastcrn Star, $30; Manross Wom- | these had becn cleaned after the |en's Relief Corps, $50. The residue 1 last storm and must have been re. |left to Jennie Lind Umphrey. closed by constant melting and freer- | The will drawn on January | ing or by snow pushed aside by au- |17, 1929, Ly George S. Beach, vice- tomobiles. Karly today a force of | president and treasurer of the Bris- | men. léd in person by Third Select- | (o] Trust company, und witnessed man Edward P. Prior, set about|py Iithel V. Leishman, Bsther A. taxpayers are invited to attend and | they will be given an opportunity to | ask any questions that they muy sce ing last night a formal hearing uaxj‘*‘l"flri"l them and the waters were granted to the committec, which was 8001 receding rapidly as the sewers chairmaned by IFercman William | Sucked them in and conveyed them Cooke, and to Mr. Roswell. At its to the rivers, Peterson and Veronica M. Beaucar. | Judge Matone appearcd thi | morning at a hearing in the oftice of |the judge of probate in behalf of | | vation of brakes prior to the fatal | This will be an open mecting and | fit. |termination the selectmen weighed | ithe evidence and found it insufficicnt Boy Scout Meetings f ,to warrant the commissioner's dis- Troop 1, Boy 8couts of the Rerlin { Congregational church, will meet to. Missal. , | jmorrow cvening at 7:30 o'clock. | Storm Drowns Town Scoutmaster E. 0. Shjerden will be | The most torrential rain storm in in charge. The Cub Scouts will mect Scveral years descended upon Plain- i at 6:30 o'clock {ville during the night and morning Entertaing Friends and practically drowned the town | Miss Sophie Drust ted as hos. | Under water which in pla ces N.l!‘u' 0 tess to a group of her fricnds at a |® dePth of several fect. \<‘huula; bridge party at her home on the |\Faffic was greatly hampered —an New Britain road last evening, The |2Utomobiles with - soaked —batterics house was decorated in mnile green | WETE Stretched in long lincs ulm'\l and white. Virst prize was awarded | (¢ r0ads and highnays about { to Miss J. airwood and second |tOWM While many persons were prize to Miss Adelle Szymanowsky, | 1211y imprisoned in their homes by Miss Josephine Karnosiewicz cap. | {0 rose of waters in the e Al tured the c h % | Many of the cntrances to the Adhe convisbion aract fstorm sewers were blocked with Speaks This Fvening . |snow and ice, and the water failed to | |drain oft properly. foruing sreat | | pools which extended across East | |and Broad streets and rose to the | | doorsteps of the houses in many | | places.The lawns along East strect The intermediate feam (he | WoTe Under several inches of water, Kensingtan Rovs' ehub went ines iy | While the road lay under water for wlace i tha Hartford county ~y- | Dlocks Automobiles were called into | baskethall league last cvening by de. [80TVice as fereies and made many feating the Senthington “Y~ five i |(FIPS 10 carry people from their | Southington by # 23 10 26 score. | | houses to the nearcst dry land or to |take high school pupils from shore The local team ran up a big lead 1 in the first half and although South. |t &chool acress the intervening | stretches of water. At one time | |ington spurted in the final half. the locals managed to keep ahsad, Chot. | Rearly 25 cars were stalled along th Toward a thin line of road Rev. Vernon L. Phillips of the Kensington Congregational church will speak this evening at 7 o'clock at the devotional service at the Kensington M. E. church. Toval Team Wins stelen o+ tier in e eveing, al- | Kowskl wasm the star of the game, |Strect. | though he admitted he was the |scoring 16 points. |in the center of the street ap-! driver of the overturned car. | The summary: :prar;\ldnm\e the waters as the flood ‘ Larly Spriu | Kensington recedcd. i In spite of i m'fi,,l Srounas | M n g0, | Both sides of Broad street l;u‘ hog duy has passed jwith its per- Lewis rt o o g decp under the surface, while n.; dictions of a late spring. local resi- | Mevers. rf 1 2 4| waters coversd the southern cnds o dents are confident that spring is | Gotonalo, 1t 4 o glPierce and Canal streets and near on account of the arcival of the | Chotkowski, 6 4 16| hemmed in houses and the Methodirt | years first robin. William Wiedi- | Clark. rg ... 0 o 0|and Catholic churches. A group of | | Witcrk reported yesterday that he | 15aacson, g 0 1 1!men engaged in freeing the storm | | sewers were called upon to act as emergency pall bearers at a funeral | | held from the latter chureh. | n t1 | Blossom's corner was inundated. | s wore numerous stretches of the 1 ew Dritain road The worst place 3 5 |on that highway was along the hiil 0§ |eastof Cooke street, where the water ‘ 0 1 7 | Southington “y* | | Albright, rf | Watts, re | Mongillo, 1t | DePaulo, ¢ .. | Bradley, rg . | Glannotti, 1g 4 |swept down the grade with consid- o |crable depth and force. 9 8 26! Where played. Southington: score at half time, 15-5, (Kensington), referee, Cavanaugh, Items H. C Hurbert, rural carrier, confined to his home with illness. Leroy Thompson is taking care ofl Lis dutics during his iliness. The. Well Child conference in | Kensington will be held in the Le- | {gion hall on Wednesday afternoon, | ‘The ponis - —— e e {Feb. 13, from 2 to 4 o'clock. | ST BERLIN ITEMS AGHUR A packed house at Community | WARNER BAXT | ANGER ¥ (Continued on Page Nine) 1 il |t Chamber of Commerce will M C. of C. Mecting Mrs. Umphrey and Charles N. Gor The regular monthly mecting of |don represented the Hristol be |company, named administrator of held in the club room at 8 o'clock the will. The will was not admitted tonight. The committce on ar-|to probate this morning. Probate rangements for the annual banguet |Judge 8. Russcll Mink continuing will be appointed and other im- the hearing for two wecks. portant matters discussed. | Judge Malone. in discussing the| White Favors Change casc this morning, stated that his! epresentative RRobert It Wiita |client’s claim was bascd on the care | today expressed himself as in favor | of the proposal to have the general <embly meet on five days a week ead of less, as is the present cus- tom. Not only would such a change allow the assembly 1o finish its ses- Josepl's cemetery. Notes Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murphy of 9 Ithodes stroet, New Hritain, are receiving congratulations sions at an earlicr date. he said, but | ' ol e a considerable amoun: would be|Pirth of a son. Robert James. on saved the state by the lessening of | February 1. Mr. Murphy. son of the payments for the travelling ex- | M #nd Mrs. John Murphy, was penses of the legislators. until recently a resident of this Child Dles town. A well child conference held from 2 to 4 o'clock tomorrow #fternoon in the nurse’s rooms in the Neri block, Mr. and Mrs. Leon- Knibbs of Unfonville are receiving congratula- tions on the birth of u daughter, Fmily Lorrain; the Bristol hos- Mrs. Knibbs The two-year-old child of Mr. and miils be Howard Radeliffc died ). night at the Hartford hespital after a long illness. Kuneral arrange- bents, which are incomplete, are in the hands of W. A. Railey & Co. Board of Relief | The board of relief will meet from 1 to 5 o'clock tomorrow and Satur day afternoons to hear 2ppeals from the figures placed on property by th board of assessors. Not many re- pital on Iebruary 1. efore her marriage was Miss Edna { Gleason of Plainville. | The regular mid-week prayer quests for reductions have been re- | M¢€!in& will be held from 7:30 to ccived. A few complaints have been | ¥ 0'¢lock this evening at the Baptist found due to crrors in the originai | hurch: he iLp ainescine DUl meet “ K, an e8¢ i Lt - & o o e e MK RUNENL S vold Mty aid Difant Ladies' Akl Mecting son are spending several weeks at A well attended meeting of the | the home of Mrr. Hanmer's parents, Ladies’ Aid society of the Baptist| M- and Mrs. Albin Johnson of church was held yesterday atternoon | Woadford avenue. at the home of Mrs. James Webster. Losmepoll Scveral activities were planned. A social hour followed the business meeting, and a lunch was served. A birthday cake in honor of Mrs. H. B. Sardines Rookies Buccaneers 9 o 5 § Norsemen . 9 Stillman was l‘;‘;‘f‘::".‘l feature. Capitol Plllk‘kl 35 ! 12 Tuneral services for Mrs. Theresa | M. E. Church ... 7 13 Willan, 57, who died yesterday at|lucky Strikes . ¢ 16 her home on East Broad street, will | Dod&es 4 16 200 be held at §:30 o'clock tomorrow [ The Rookies blanked the Lucky worning at the' home and at 9 |Strikes in a Cosmopolitan bowling league match at Hart's alleys ast night. 8. Pasano’ starred with .a brilliant 361, while R. 8coville and E. White also bowled well. None of the losers was able to hit '300. o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy Burial will be in 8t Jo- scph’s cemetery. Mrs. Willan was born in England but had lived in Flainville for several years. She 18 survived by her husband and one| The scores: o daughter. Lucky Strikes o The funeral of Thomas Conlin was|H. Voisard .... 92° % ."49— 258 held this morning with services at | wWillard 1 §8— 256 9 o'clack at the Church of Our Lady |Goodall - 1 of Mer Interment was in 8t |Lewis .. 98— e—— | **2"500 90— 279 T ——— AT 452 1373] PUBLIC DANCE "A. Gnazze {C. Yaccobellix ’)'7 White |8 Pasuno R. Scoville Behont VK, FEB. )1 Aw ot 044 Tellons and Rebekahs f Painville 1562 | administered by her to Mrs. Rcad for & number . of years Mrs. Jiead, although feeble and afilicted with| infirmities incident to old age. had during the past few ycurs taken an active intercst in the affairs of the Salvation Army. . Sarects Tuumiaied Sristol stiects were inundated. one Loy nartowly cscaped Jrowning on Mcadow strcet. und huddreds of do lurs worth of damage were caused by the heavy rainsterm Swhich started i night and was’ continuing un- abited this morning. Meadow street was impassable this morning Jue to the North Cree overflowing it bunhs and the Cen tral Fire Station was entirely su rounded by water, waking it im possible for persens to emter the Luilding untit & small plank bridge hud been erected en the east side of the building. In the rear of the firchousc the water was about thr- feet deep and was pouring rapi into the basement of the building, « great deal faster than the syphon pump could throw it out. At 10 o'clock there was, several feet of water in the cellar and it was still rising. On Meadow sircet in front of the building the water was about four feet deep and Chiet John H Hayes stated that the enly piece o cquipped which could safely leave the building was ihe acrial truck. Boy Narrowly Lscapes Drowning A siall boy ou his way to school | the Wl (scaped crovning only by prompt action of Lieutenant dam Lamb of the central who, with othe. firemen, noticed the boy's plight. deayvoring 1o cross the street stepped into water above his wi' L and be- coming frightened, immediately sat down. Aside from a bad scare and « wetting. he was none the worse for his experience when taken (o his home by Licutenant Lamb. Lower Main street, Purk and School streets, and the Memorial boulevard were also flooded. in some places the water flowing over the curbing onto the sidewalks. The sidewalk on the west side of Main street was flooded to such an extent that it was impassable. River Rises The Pequabuck river was rising rapidly this morning and threatencd to overflow its banks in (he Vorest- by ladde: | station, | ' noon sension. The 7:30 whistie eloses all rural schools und the heaith schesl feog the day. “The 7:45 whistie closes kindere ,gartens and grades one. two, threg and four for the worning. rural “The 20 whistle clowes |schoeis. icalth school. kindergartens and the first four grades for the afternoon.” lLoses Sait Foe A verdict for the defendant was returned in the superioriscourt at Hartford Wednesday before Judge Newell Jennings in the actions ibrought by Jennie Kowalski. aged 12, and her father, John Kowslski of Forestville for $2.000 damages against William A. Drew and the Mutual Gas and Oil Co. of this city. | The civil suit grew out of injuries ireceived by Jennie on the afternoon {of July 11, 1928 on Pine street. The ilittle girl was riding a bicyele and according to police records, she be. {came confused and ran into the rear left wheel of the truck. She was |knocked to the pavement and the !truck passed over her left hand, !badly crushing two fingers. She al. |50 sustained other minor injuries. She was given first aid by Dr. L. H. Frost of Plainville and jater taken to the Bristol hospital. Drew, the driver of the truck. re. | ported the accident to the police but | was held blameless. Bachelor Party William H. Dutton, Jr. a fireman ,attached to the central fire station, vas tendered a bachelor party at ght's Tavern in Farmington last ning. He was presented with & handsome smoking set. Those ute tending were James Critchley, Frank Kirchgessner of Waterbury, Phil Sullivan and John McCarthy of- | Bristol. William Hickey and James |Carroll of Hartiord, und Frank | Meah of Waterbury. | Mr. Dutton will be married a. 9 |o'clock next Monday morning at st. | Anthony’s church to Miss Josephine | Mastrobattisto, daughter ¢f Mr. and {Mrs. Sperry Mastrobattisto of Di. | vinity street. | School Medical Tnspection ‘The report of the school medical inspection departinent, submitted at 4 mecting of the hoard of education last evening, showed 6.769 inspec- ville section if the rain continuetd.!lions made in January by Dr. A. 8. ‘'he center of Forestville was flooded this morning and Stafford venue at three school nurses. the corner of Brook and Fair streets | Were attended and 51 home leckelt. school physician, and the 1,353 dressings visits was impassable because of the high ,madu, making a total of 8,173 cases, water. Lower Grades Ulosed No session of the Lindergarten. health school, and tl.: first, second third and fourth grades w held this morning. 1t was originally in- tended to close only the rural and Lealth schools but due to the fact that the storm whistles blew at 7: instead of 7:3¢, there was somc con- tusion. To eliminate such confusion in the future, Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche this morning the following statement relative to school storm signals: “At the beginning of each school year in the fall all pupils are formed and notified as to the school signals for no school. During the first term thcee facts are referred to from time to time. At the high school Mr. Cottle has given the time for these signals at least three timas during the high school assembly since September, here however seem to be many misunderstandings on the purt of the pupils as to the time schedule. This was evident thia morning by the nany telephone calls which came to the different school officials. In fact. for a perind of time the ~all simply swamped the operators at the telephone office as they came ‘n ' so rapidly that it was simply phy cally imonspible to handje them “Another eonfusion occursred when the Plainville and Terryville whistl-s blew. * These whistles however. blew at a different time than the Bristol whistles. “The whistlies blew at 7:30 (his morning. indicating that there would be no school in the rural schools At about 18 minutes of eight another whistle blew, though not the Bris. tol scheel signal whistle, and this was interpreted by many as mean- ing that the kindergartens and first four grades were cloned. Conse- quently the superintendent informed all principals that due to the con- fusion, the kIndu-anm and first four grades would he considered closed this morning. |lllled‘op(~rl|'\e industrial course, $181.21; in- | Of this number 203 pupils were ex- cluded for contagious causes. Attendance Department Report During the month of January three pupils were not legally absent, ten pupils were absent with a legiti. mate excuse, six pupils were absent with an illigitimate excuse and 11 were classed as truants. Bills od { The following bills were approved by the board of education last night: |Board of education, $18.70; co- drawing, $15.76; evening school, $35.70; health school, $79.25; high |school, $32 : home economics, edical inspection. $9: med- mination, $10; total, $631.35. To Use Old High Nehos! When the neat fall term opens in September, it will be necessary to usc about six rooms in the old hish school building on Summer street o accommodate the inconiing fresh- {man class, Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche informed the mem- {bers of the board of education last night. This will leave but two or three vacant classrooms in the old building. At.the present time three rooms are being used to accomn date the health school. ' To Attend National Mecting Superintendent of Schools Karl A, Reiche was authorized by the coi | missioners to attend the ~National Education association meeting, to be held in Cleveland the week of Keb- ruary 5. The sum of $76 was ap- propriated by the board te defray his cxpenses on the trip. | To Trall to Southington | A large delegation of chiefs of Compounce Tribe, L. 0. R. M., wi trail to Southington this evening to attend a meeting of the Central | Connecticut Red Men's association |In the wigwam of Wenx tribe. The next meeting of the association will Le keld in the local wigwam on Tuesday evening, February 19, Funcral of Elwyn Sawyer The funeral of Elwyn S8awycr of 535 Droad strcet, Forestville, who died at his heme, will be held at 2 |o'clock Friday afternoon. at the “Owing to veyy deep water along | runcral home of Thomas P. O'Brien Divinity and 8chool streets, the Park street schoel was closed for the maerning ag it was simply impessible for pupils fo get to this building without. going through very deep water. The. high school ran ope session. “To assist in remeying much of this confusion and also avoiding the overloading of wire calls to the central telephone office, it is su gested that convenient place for future refer. ence in event of s*ormy weather on a school day. “The 2:15 whistle for the morning. “If on the day the whistles blow at 7 they blow again at 11:30. then all schools are again closed for the afternoon, ¢ “If on the day the whisties blew at.7:15, they do net blew at 11:35, then the scheola epen fer the after- loses all schools the following be cut from the paper «nd ssved in sorae | on Main street. West cemetery. Funeral of Mrs. Mauro Colictto The funeral of Mrs, Mauro Col- letto of 383 Park street was held at 9 o'clock this merning at St. An. thony's church. A high mass of re. quiem was celebrated by Rev. L. Beccaris and burial was in the new St. Joseph's cemetery. "'oy Scouts’ Ammual Diemer Bristol council. Boy Scouts of America, will hold its annual meet- ing and dinner Wednesday evening, February 13, at the EIks’ club on House street. Regional Director Ralph H. Nodine will be the prin. cipal speaker of the evening. Solicitors Ordered From Following an investigation by the { Chamber of Commerce and the po- lice department. four solicitors, who arrived in the city Wednesday morn- |ing, were instructed to discontinue Burial will be in (Continued on-page 16.) By BLOSSER e St cosn NICE T KM= UE'S HAD IN THE LOGPITAL =1 KAOW FLOWERS AN CANDY AN' IF IT WAS ME 1D 06 The mceting ia a puliticqne - and not a town meeting. All citizens and STUFF © BAT TAKEN T© AIM TILL NES SICK OF