New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 7

» (Mail and Phone Orders Promptly Filled) Each Week We Offer You The Wednesday Aisle Specials Each a Value Worth Noting, RUFFLED CURTAINS Of dot or figured marquisette, white | only, with tie backs, 38 inch width. Wed- | nesday price, $1.49 yard, KRINKLE CREPE Regular 35¢ grade in white for un- derwear, Wednesday price, 17c yard. RUFFLED SPREADS Flowered dimity, for full size beds, rose, blue, lavender, etc., $4.50 kind. Wed- nesday price, $2.69 each. SILK SPECIAL tural color pongee of good quality. | Wednesday price, 89¢ yard. WASH SUITS For boys of 3 to 8 years though worth more. $1.79 each. 40 INCH PONGEE Natural color, silk and cotton, nice for curtains &nd found at washing goods de- portment. Wednesday, 50c yard. Reg. 59¢. RAYON HALF HOSE A good assortment of jacquard pat- | terns. Wednesday price, 25¢ pair. FOUR-IN-HANDS Silk and knit ones, value to $1.00 for men. Wednesday price, 25¢ each. of age, Wednesday price, With Profit to All Who Buy ! BREAKFAST CLOTHS Size 50x50 inch, all linen, with colored border, regular price $1.39 each. Wed- nesday price, $1.00 each. DISH TOWELS All linen, stripe effect, regular price Wednesday price, 21c. 5 for $1.00, COATINGS AND SUITINGS 56 inch, all wool basket weaves, best fashion of spring, regular $3.50 value. Wednesday price, $1.95 yard. BAND APRONS Made of good grade percale, rick rack trimmed. Wednesday, Four for $1.00, BOYS' SWEATERS Slip-on style, in sizes 30 to 36, special. Wednesday price, $1.79 each. BOYS’ BLOUSES “Kaynee” make, sizes 6 to 11 only, big value at our boys’ section. Wednesday price, 69¢c each. STOCKING BOXES Having space for dozen pairs, at gift shop. Wednesday price, 69c each. MEN'S SHORTS Fancy madras, stripes, jacquards and plain colors. Wednesday price, 55¢ pair. 39c. Plainville News OFFIGERS ELECTED BY CEMETERY ASSN. Charles B, Norton Is Again Chosen as Presideat TRUSTEES ARE APPOINTED Chamber of Commerce Mecting Tostponed — Appeal Made For Shade Trees—Trout Season Opens on April 15—Bowling. At the annual meeting of the | Plainville Cemetery association held |of the selectmen, Charies H. Norton i was releccted president for the com- car. Harry A. Castle wan n as vice president and the Plainville Trust Co. was elected to Iserve as secretary and treasurer. | The entire hoard of trustees was |reelected to serve for another term. This board consists of M. O. Ryder, | E. B. Baker, C. R. ¥. L. [ Benzon, James | Trumbull, Charles H. Norton, H. A. astle and the Plainville Trust Co. | Georze W. Taylor, whose work has [been the subject of considerable |favorable comment, was again choten to act as superintendent of Ithe West cemetery. The exccutive | committee will consist of the officers | luck. are under the impression that | | €2 the association. | The officers reported that the en- tire cemetery is being taken care of |and that the people of the town [have responded whole heartedly to {the work, thereby enabling the asso- | ciation to carry on its work more | efficiently. 1t was also reported thal the cemetery now contains 170 en |dowed public plots. | A report on the Kast cemetery last night at 8 e'clock in the office | spots in town and President A. A. MacLeod of the Chamber of Com- merce has issued an appeal to the people of the town to assist in the mavement to be fostered by the or- ganization for the planting of new trees this spring. President MacLeod states that the months of April and May are the two best months in the year to do this work. According to the cham ber official, any officer or director of the organization will be willing to assist any citizen in locating shade trees and help in any other way that may be necessary. A town is known for tlie number of shade trees it possesses. Shade trees and shrubs not only beautify the home but make the property more valuable, It is expected that the project of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with approval and cooperation by the gencral public and that many people will take steps in the next few days to improve their property fronts by planting shade trees. Mr. Macleod also announced to- jday that the Chamber of Commerce: will again conduct a clean-up week this year. Military Whist Wednesday Pythian Temple, No. 29, will hold a military whist in Odd Fellows' hall temorrow cvening. The affair is open to the public and prizes will be awarded to the winners in all the games. Refreshments will also be served. Condition the Same The condition of Attorney Charles i onlon, who is ill at his home on Linden street, remains unchanged. It is reported that he will not be &ble to resume his practice or dutics as grand juror for at lcast two weeks. Trout Season Not Open Many anglers, eager to try their | the law for trout beginning April 1 still prevails. In order to correct this idea, John W, Titcombh, super- | intendent of the state board of fish | and game, announced today that the | trout fishing scason opens on April | 15 and not on Moday, April 1. “cording to the state law, fisher- men are limited to 10 pounds of rout or 20 fish for one expedition Chamber Toastmaster CHILDREN'S PLAY SHOES was made by a committee consist. leader in his community at the time of peace. *“Attendance at a C. M. T. U. camp does not in any way obligate a young man to further attendance in one of these camps and absolutely does not obligate & young man to service in any component of the army of the United States. “For further information on C. post, No. 33. American Legion or telephone to T. E. Fanion, 582-3 or H. C. Simonsen, 508. Boys between the ages of 17 and 24 can enroll in the C. M. T. U. All applications must be madg bofore April 15" Plainville Briefs A prayer meeting of the Hartford home of Russell D. 8§ Hopkins at 14 Crown street, Plainviile, tomor- row evening at 7:45 o'clock. The parish guild of the Church of house on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. given Saturday evening. April 6, by the Tonic club on West Main street The weekly rehearsal of Plainville American band will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the {town hall. Individual instructions will be given every Thursday evening Ly James C. Lentini of New Britain. special Bowling Match | TIn a special | Hart's alleys last evening, J. Salzillo and E. White captured five out of seven games from E. Heinzmann and E. Andcrson. These were the first seven games of a 15 game rolled on Thursday evening. The results: J. Salzillo—124, 124 119, 159—866. 101, 124, 115, 118, 103, 103, i 98, 100—7 E. Heinzmann—s6, 88. 129, 108— E. Anderson 105, 101, 138—788. Mrs. Louls L. I 126. 104, ntonio D'Antonio of 65 East Main street were held this morning at 9 o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Rev. Austin F. Munich was the cele- brant of a solemn high mass of re- quiem. Rev. John Keane of New M. T. U. write to the Brock-Barnes | Our Saviour wil meet in the parish | A whist party and dance will be | the | match held at the | match. The next eight games will be | T'uncral services for Mrs. Jennie | Tan and smoked elk, with leather and crepe rubber soles. 11 and 1145 to 2. ing of A. A. MaclLeod. I. L. Benzon, nd . R. Sherman. The committee Clarcence Hubbard, who will be the | toastmaster at the Plainville Cham- | | ber of Commeice banquet to be held | Dritain was deacon and Rev. Stephen Carr of Bristol was sub-deacon. Specially priced for Berlin News WALLINGFORD MAN HELD AFTER CRASH Charged With Driving Autom bile While “Under Tnfluence” COURT SESSION TONIGHT Scveral Cases (o be Heard—Driver Has Narrow Escapc From Acci- dent — Grange Meeting — Prom- | inent East Berlin Resident Dies. Following an accident this morn- ing at 3 o’clock near the site of the ilver Lake inn in Berlin, Carrell J. Cooke of Wallingford was arrest- ed by Constable Frank Brown of Berlin and was lodged in the New Britain police station until this norning when he was rcleased on bonds for appearance in the Berlin town court tonight. He was charg- ed with drunken driving. The car in which he was operating crashed into the rear of a New Eng- land bus and badly damaged it, ac- cording to the officer. Cooke's car also was badly damaged and ncither auto involved could proceed under its own power. No one was injured i the crash. The case against Julius Gibson of New Britain will also be before the Berlin court tonight. Gibson was arrested followi an accident on Berlin street Sunday, when the auto which he was driving struck an- other car that was parked on the strect. He is out on bonds tor up- pearance in the court tonight. There will be several drivers in court tonight whom the state police bave arrested for violutions of the overloading laws and fc obtain driving licenses for 1 Narrowly Averts Ace Clever driving on the nman whose nume could not he learned averted today what might have been a serious accident ction of Hudson and Two cars were on the blocking all traffic, when a high-powered roadster came from Meriden and evidently did not notice the cars in <o short a distance. Tl arivers of the cars on the road saw the auto approaching them and with good judgment the driver of oie-car drove it forward up on the sidesalk and the other driver backed part of a Berlin main s from the road, leaving an cpen- | ing for the roadster to pass hetween the two. This he did without scrap- mg cither car although there was not a foot clearance on either side. The driver of the roadster stopped, looked back. grinned. and continued | on his way toward Hartford, none the worse for hi narrow escape. Mrs. Pauline Lyons Mrs. Pauline Lyons, formerly of Berlin, died at her home in Middle- town Sunday afternoon at the age ©! 63 years. She was the widow of William L. Lyong. well known in Berlin and Kensington, who ran a barber shop in Kensington for many years. Mrs. Lyons is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Edward Collins of Hart- ford, Mrs. Margaret Lacroix of Mer- iden and Mrs. Joseph Moran of Boston. The funeral will funerals parlors of V. Hall in Meriden at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. Jurial will be in Walnut Grove cemetery in Meriden. Rev. George L. Barnes of the M. E. church will officiate. Wind Damagé Shight The strong winds that hit Berhin last night playc © pranks with all movable signs and other ol i« *did no great property damage. tree limbs were blown across the ‘ Vendrillo Suit Settled it the | be held at the Wednesday at, pair ...oovveviinvrnnes [s(l‘f(‘(! in Berlin and Kensington but | been going on for some time and the {no trees were reported blown down. |In the carly part of the evening the | presented here in sketch is said to be one vears. in the greater part Kelsey and Royal Morse who have They were restored |appeared in a number of plays pre- regular power at about nine | sented here in the past several ycars gus at the larmington are among those in the cast. > blown down and scat-| Despite the heavy wind of last [tered about the yard in various cvening no damage has been report- | places. Several limbs were blown | cd from this area. A few broken idoz\n on Berlin and Hudson streets. | limbs of trees were scattered about morning but no damage lights were out 10 the town. [to the | o'clock. garage we | this The suit against Salvatore Ven- | done. drillo for $8,000 as the result of an| The Hartford County Y | automobile «- vident last Tl\unkszh‘-{qm\m.-)lj entries for the coming out- ing day been settled out of |door field meet to be held next court, according to information given month at Willow TBrook park. lout by A. 8. Aharonian, attorney for | Among those who will enter from Ithe defendant, | aettlement was not made public. The | cipate in the mil | suit was brought by Irene Zilinskas, |are to b | George Doolady and Francis M. Nolan, all of Waterbury, following a collision between two cars which resulted in the turning over of the car containing the Waterbury party. | In police court Vendrillo was found not guilty on a charge of reckless driving. The case was to have come {up in superior court last week but | was postponed s0 as to allow the |defense to produce additional wit- nesses was has re- run received. Other entries I'M ALONE REPORT MADE London, April 2 P —The dep: tion of ptain John Thomas Ran- | dal. master o fthe I'm Alone, has {been received i Downing street and !hux been considered by the British |8overnment. It is understood tie Canadian minister in Washington, | Vincent Massey, will handle the case | primarily n- consultation with Si Esme Howard, British ambassador ASSIFIED ADS Grange Mecting Tonight | The regular meeting of Berlin| Grange will he held at Grange hall | tonight at 8 o'clock. The program ‘s | in charge of Claude cns and will |take the form of an illustrated talk {on a trip to Alaska made by Joseph |Tamb of New Britain. Mr. Lamb, |who is connected with Landers, {1 & Clark, will show motion | | picturcs. The program tonight will |be furnished by the past masters of | Berlin Grange. There will P o s LS = REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF PLAINVILLE TRUST CO. AL the close of busines: i day of March, 19 on the ISOURC LS Loans and Discounts Overdrats : Fundes set aside for s Depositors be 4 meeting of the | Other Securitios S supper conumittee of the ”°“°""\‘r:“?y"";im'"}' ':]':‘[“" | Kasica post banquet at Grapge hall [ st ol Foate o tonight at 7 o’clock. All members of | ue from B the commitiee asked to be at the | Cash hand 4 i final | Checks, e i ¥e hall at the hour specified so final|Checks Cash items and £ Larrangements can made before S14.918 84 [T 1.116.57 43451 1.00 500.00 1 on 65,045.52 changes be irar Total Aswt | » X LIABILITIES & | Capital sto ¢ I Mrs. Enrikata Musso. sy old, died at the home of Ler daugh- Cudisided [ter, Mrs. Lena Amadeo of Penficld | s < a javenue, East Berlin, yost noon at 4:30 o'clock ay at had b |a resident of st Berlin §155 “ ior Surviving here are her husband, firans two sons, Louis of Jtaly | Certified lived with her in| Chiristmas Savings and 1 granddaughter. f will be held at the morning at §:3 .00 o'clock st the in Iast Berlin golo o Conneeticut. County of St Mary's comie \ Tada Macleod, Treasurer of the ivitle Trust Company, o that the foregoing state the best of my knowledge Pusquale; lana Joln | Lsust Berling { () fl r [ home tomorrow lo'clock and cred Heart ol | Burial will be in tery, New Brituin Iteturns from Boston Mrs, Cha hm of Kensinzton has returned Ler home after pending two ks in Boston. April Vool Party Miss Marion Norion of Kensington first day of ined a number of friends at fil 100l party at her home who me - nireh Mart aud belicl A A MaclEOD, Treasurer tibed and n to before me, tiis April . W_OLIVER, Notary Public. The amount of the!here is Jack Walsh who will parti- | recommended that a hedge of trees be plented around the border of the cemietery and that additional shad. trees be planted within it vecommended that the g plots be mowed regularly. | The East cemetery is practically | bnaquet of abandoned and no graves have been | Commerce. | dug in it for at least 40 years. Most of the graves in it are very old any many of them date back to a period | and deep thinking. His part of the |of 150 years ago. No close relatives | program ought to attract a full | of any living persons are buried in | capacity audience. [the cemetery The local Chamber of Commerce | Mecting Postponed | states that all who have heard Mr. The annual meeting of the Cham. Hubbard will b: anxious to hear him ber of Commerce scheduled to be | again and those who have not heard {held Thursday evening has been | him should realize that this is a postponed until April 11, duc to the | rare opportunity of hearing one of !fact tha* Plainville Hose (‘o. No. 1|(onnecticul's hest known after-din- is holding its annual ball and dance | ner speake on that evening. | C. M. T. C. Campaign In a letter to the members of the | Information concerning the citi- chamber, Secretary George A. Case | zens' military training camps was states that the members of the hose | released today by the Lrock-Barnes company have been working hard | post, American Legion. According for the deserved success of this| (o the post, the Plainville quota is dance, at which many of the mem- | rapidly heing filled and the full bers of the chamber would like 10| quota is expected to be reached. be present, | In view of the excellent services ! which the firemen have rendered to | the town and to show the chamber's |appreciation to them, Mr. Case states that the chamber is postpon- ing its annual meeting out of | courtesy to the firemen. Superintendents Convene | Seventy-five superintendents {assistant superintendents were attendance at the opening of on April 18, “»any of Hartford, He is one of the jand has served as toastmaster at the the State of slight-of-hand. gibes and jokes. Commander Theodore Fanion of ing story about the activities of the camps: “An opoprtunity for a month's | free scholarship will again be af- { forded the young men of the nation | this year in the . M. T. C. and! “The one month of training really in . amounts to approximately $150 to the | one who cnrolls. This is the amount nd annual conference of the|that one wouid have to pay for a |Uonnecticut Fuperintendent of similar course in a private academy. {Schools association in Danbury yes- | “The C. M. T. C. is conducted by |terday. Plainvilie was represented the United States government in | by Leon C. Staples. | various parts of the country and en- ! Having divided their sessions and | tirely without expense to those who | classified them according to a phasc | attend. of cducational work. the superin.| “There are four courses which one |tendents considered the presentation | can take. The first course is the in school programs and text books | basic one. It consists of preliminary |of controversial matters, particular- | trainin physical development, ly the historical. Maurice . Sherman | athletics, military drill. rifle marks- of Hartford was the only speaker manship, citizenship training and {on this phase, his topic being “World | other subjecta of interest. The phy- Peace and its LEducation Implica- | sical examination alone might mean tions.” | the health of the youth in years to ‘ The conference will continue-10- | come and the smallest physical de- ' day and tomorrow. | fect would be detected as seven doc- Appeal for Tree Plang tors are required for this examina- larly last fali, the Chamber of | ion. Commerce advocated the planting of | new trees on highways and | | streets in Plainville where the trees !have been Killed by grass and other vacant spots have re- There is probably nothing so vital to the future of this country | as the training of its youth to make ®good citizcns. People must ask the | following questions. ‘What consti- .o | tutes good citizenship? and ‘What . |are its attributes?’ "he answers are as follows: first a sound body and a second. an appreciation of the dig- | nity of labor and the happiness of industry; third, mastery and control fourth, the point of view of feliow and fith, appreciation s fellow and fifth. appreciation |and our obligations to them. “In the camps. the student learns obedience, self-discipline, selt-con- | fidence, promptness, hygiene, order liness, poise and has an oppo to develop qualities of cit | with an understanding of its r sibilities. He reccives that m physical and moral devclopmer fits him to become an infl shade | means and I sulted. rent investigation many of losed th vacant | i th INVILLE'_ TONIGHT Herae o NA SMITH” 0od Show TWED.—THURS. E MUTINYT A smashing Thriller of the Sea s asmistant secretary | !to the Autemobile Insurance com- | | best known orators of Connccticut | Chamber of | His performance is & combination | the Legion has prepared the follow- | sound mind; | 'KNOWLTON'S LAST HOPE IS EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY Condemued Slayer of Beverly Teach- er Must Dic in May Unless Bay State Governor Interferes, [ Ccambridge, Mass, April 2 B — Intervention by Governor Frank G. | Allen today appearcd to be the only source ot hope for IFrederick Hin- man Knowlton, jr., of Framingham, condemned slayer, under sentence of electrocution the week of May 12. | The time limit in which his at- torneys could perfect their latest | late yesterday without any action on | their part to overturn the denial by iJudge Wilford D. Gray of their mo- {tion for 4 new trial. Knowlton, 34 year old Framing- ham eclectrical supply dealer, was convicted of slaying Miss Marguerite Stewart, supervisor of the Bever: {1y School for the Deaf, whose body ! was discovered by the roadside at | Concord in March, 1928. | Motions for a new trial were | based on allegedly newly discovered levidence that Miss Stewart had been seen with another man shortly be- fore she met her death. Tt was also |contended that a member of the | Jury which convicted him had form- jed an opinion of the casc before it/ | was tricd. ' Lightning in Maine Wrecks Lumber Mill | North Anson, Mec., April 2 (UP)— | A bolt of lightning was blamed to- | day for fire which destroyed the | main plant of the North Anson |manufacturing company here night causing loss estimated at $200.000 and throwing 100 persons out of work. With aid from Madison, local fire- men succeeded in saving several |smaller buildings connected with the plant, but much valuable ma- chinery, a large quantity of lumber, and two freight cars on a nearby siding were destroyed. The plant was owned by John P ton of Waterbury, Conn Count Tries to Kill | His Family Doctor Budapest, Hungary, April 2 (®— |Count Paul Keglevie, wealthy land- lowner and member of one of the oldest families in Hungary, was held today for attempting the life of his tamily doctor. whom he accused of !visiting the countess “entirely too often.” The police charged that the count | fired several shots at the doctor, but all went wild. After a terrific uggle with the count, the phy to 1 _square or rule used by car- | penters when exactitude is required appeal 10 the supreme court expired | last | Bristcl News ROADS IMPASSABLE IN COUNTRY AREAS (Rural Mail Service Suspended Due to Spring Mud 'WIND PLAYS WITH TREES | Blows Branches and Signs About— Council Meeting Tonight—Thous- ands Pay Personal Tax—ILormer Stars to Play—State Buys Land. Roads m the rural scciions of city, due to the recent rains, are al- most impassable because of the deep mud, and in the towns of Harwinton land Burlington it has heen |sary for rural mail carriers to dis- | continue service on certain portions neces- of their routes. The road leading to ;Johnnzv'ak» mountain is in worse and recently it was nee | hlock and tackle 1o extricate a horse |#nd wagon. owned by Krnest Woll- man, which had become mired. Due to the heavy frosts and the small amount of snow during the winter months, the roads about the city will need extensive repairs dur- ing the spring months. Many hard- surfaced roads have sunk down and ary 10 usc | streets in good condition will be greater this year than ever before. Work has alrcady been started on i these repairs, and in order to keep up with the work of the public works department it is probable that the present forces will have to be materiaily increased. The program of work for strect department this year is heu ier than ever before, 33 new streets being lined up for grading and hard | surfacing for acceptance by the city as public highways. Heavy Windstorm So far as could be learncd this morning very little damage was done by the high winds which continued | from an carly hour last evening un- | til today. A large signboard located {en the Quinion property on | Main street was blown across I sidewalk and numerous street lights were reportcr out during the night. A mail box was blown from the Ward building on North Main strect and the window in the door leading 1o upstairs offices of the Tracy-Con- | don block on Main street was blown in. Branches of trees were strewn about the highways this morning and one from a large pine tree on Church street, was carried a tance of approximately l'lle wind and finally came to rest on top of electric light and telephone | wires. Many small signs were blown { down about the center of the city. | This morning pedestrians were kept | busy chasing hats lifted off by the <trong northwest wind. Funeral of William Thomas | The funeral of William H. Thoma jof 11 Iranklin street was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at his late home, Rev. Charles H. Mon- bleau, pastor of the Advent Christian church, conducted the services and | burial was in West cemetery. Meeting Postponed The meeting of the Calliope Read- ing club scheduled for this after- noon at the home of Mrs. 8. Russell Mink of ¢arleton place has hecn | postponed until Tuesday, April 9. Council Meeting The April meeting of the city council will be held at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the eity council chamber. Several hearings on pro- posed strcet improvements will be | held and other routine matters dis- poscd of. Apply For Marriage License James H. Elliott of North Wash- ington street, Plainville, and Miss Mabel E. henaille of Reservoir avenue, North Adams, Mass, have filed an application for a marriage license in the office of the city clerk | Few Compl Yew complaints were made to the police department during the month of March, but 57 being recorded in the monthly report of Chief Ernest T. Belden. Subsequent investigations dis- made by officers resulted in 25 ar- rests. During the month a total of 258 notices were served for the city by the department All of these for hearings on proposed wers str | were fc rned to parents and automobile accidents were investi- d. Twenty-two boys and two girls und rs age wor taken int i 3 v Pay Personal Tax 000 persons pres themselves at the office of City AX Collector Frank B. vesterday to pay personal tax e numiber remitting on Saturday and yester- day was estinated by tax officc employ figures, how will not tomorron of those 10 tax of able unt A st vet paid who | condition this year than ever before, the expense involved in putting the | the | “he | the property of Oscar Anderson on | 100 feet by during the week and will be turned over to the office of the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Riley intimated today. Delinquents will then be haled into {court and in addition to paying the {two dollar tax aud .the delinguency ¢ of one dollar, will also be as- scssed the additional costs. Former High Stars In we Basketball fans of the city will be given a treat on Saturday evening when the Bristol High school team of two years ago will meet the Tor- |rington High school team of the | same period on the floor of the iocal High school gymn. The visiting team | will appear as the Torrington Won- {der Five while the will be known as the Bristol High School { Alumni. The lineup of Bristol will include “Sugar” Hugret, “Tuz" Zetarski, “Benny” Riordan, “Andy™ {Comerford, and “Ruffy” Itao, whil zkowski, Briges, Benvenu James, and Dillon will dis Torrington High colors. All of the tive 1 basket winter. Hugret Dean academy ham, and Zetarski and Kao on log amateur ms. Auto Hit~ Boy Peter Vaderski, 14 |street was slightly i cvening when he School street by an automobile | erated by Harold Robbins of Stevens street. He ted at the officy Dr. H. C. Spring and later taken his honie Mr. Robbins rep police headquur | held. locals Con ured early la was struck tre o1 to secident rs. He was not Autend Police Ball Police and Mrs. Bruest tormer Mayor Joscph . Mrs. Charles Burn, - Norton, and the po- last | Chief of {7, Belden, | Dutton, Mr. and | Policenian and Court Clerk F Miss Margarct annual ball of Lee department evening. | Returns Fr Cosmo Vacea, al contractor, who lhas been spending several weeks with his mother in Italy. turned to his home in this city cvening. the Middl in that city own Abroad 1 I Men's Ladies’ Ladies’ Night will b | evening by Compoun R in the street. Peter sachem of New York, | principal speaker of | Voacal selections will be rendered hy Ithe Arcadia Ladies” quartet 0 Mect S, Dzkota Team Bristol high school hasketball which will represent s nnecticut in the national tour- | namen opening today in Chicago, Las distinction of being the only | team at the tournament which has | been entered ofr three consecutive | years. Vienni, Ga., has heen repre- sented in the classic for three ycars {but not consecutively | Bristol will play its first game to- | morrow afternoon at 1 o'cl Chi- go time, or 2 o'clock eastern time. The Yankton, South Dakota, team will furnish the opposition. A long telegram was received at he local Chaniber of Commerce of- | fices this morning from Karl A. Reiche, superintendent of schools. All of theboys are in the best of condition, he statcs, and they wiil | be given a real test by the South Da- | kota quintet, which is noted for its shooting ability | Forty teums. represent are entered in the tou State Purchases 1 | By a deed filed for record in the ice of the city clerk, this after noon. the of Connecticut has | acquired a larg: section of land near | Terryville avenue from Mary J. i . The acquisition of the prop- | erty will make possible a change in the present course of the highway. which is to be rebuilt by the state | The contract for the work has been {awarded the Suzio Construction Company of Meriden, which has al- | ready brought tools and o'her | Phernaiia to the scene o, = rations. Night observed this tribe, L O. on Prospect past great will be the the evening. M., wigwani Prouty | The g 37 states e [Storm Aids “Wets” | ’e . - In Wisconsin Vote | Milwaukee, April 2 (P—An April hlizzard was a factor in today's vole on the repeal of the Severson state prohibition enforcement act. Many communities were faced with bad roads and transportation troubles following the Sunday storm. The wets regarded this as favorab) to their canse, pointing out that the rural communitics generally vote dr; sven should repeal of the ac sarily mean re laws inasmuch merely ment the vote today favor t would not nec of th as the ba ssion of it w today's v state senti- regarded, would the an oxg Generaly 1at mar howeve with which 4 ply. hould rdum carry, either for ropeal or modification I islation pending would have Lo by lature < governor befors the refer now passed igned by t repeat would bocome effective Today's referendun two and t Lach voter ballot was in paris other for per- one « one fu. absolute modification. mitted to both questions. repeal was Ancient memorated the tives by p papcr eac ng h time ath o READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS last evening. Games were played and | refreshments were served. st Berlin Jtems The Girle’ Club will meet this eve- |ning at Community hall at 7:30 {o'clock instead of § o'clock. The hall is to be used for other purposes later "in the evening so that it was found necessary to hold the girls' class r ihan usual he Pythian Durham next T 1y evening which time two candidates for mission into the temple will be ini- |tiated. A large attendance from her: is anticipated. The usual weckly mecting of the Community club wili be held tomor- row evening at 8 o’clock. Announce- ment relative to the membership supper to be held next week will be made at this time. The standing of the two teams will be announced. A social time will follow the business session. The Community orchestra will play for dancing. On Thursday evening a comedy skit entitled “The New Minister will be presented at Community hall un- der the auspi- < of the Wesleyans AN mem ors of the cast are mem- {hers of the latier organization and are local people. Rehcarsals have to at ad- will go FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS TAE HANAIIAN ISLANDS! 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