New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY RERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1999, ° Plainville News REPAIR CONMITTEE 70 VISIT SCHoOLS Teachers' Contracts Approved; All Positions Filled LA BONNE IS PRONOTED Bristol News ! morning (Joseph I Strup. This date was def- TOBEREARRANGED ning in the mto';r‘m;l:“m ‘Names to Be Listed by Address,| Not Alpbabetically .banqunt. NMembers of the Junior Y. M.-C. A. of Plainville have orga ized to assisi in various ways at the ’blnquel. Monday, the thermometer in the window of Thrall's drug store which indicates the progress of the Ameni- can Legion drive for new members took & jump today and advanced a few points. Two new members have been added to Brock-Barnes post. making the total membership 62 The new members are Dr. L. H. Frost and Albert H. Veitch. The Legior post, according !0 Commander Theodore Fanion, is en- deavoring o enlist every ex-service- man in Plainville, 'with the inten- tion of having a 100 per cent mei. bership in the post. Before the drive started last Monday, the post had a membership of 60, which rcp. resented 53 per cent of the &x-serv- icemen in town. Fosts throughout To Hike to Rock i The Girl Scout troop will meet to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock at the lathletic field in the rear of the Plainville high school for a hike to Pinnacle rock. Each girl may bring her own lunch. Hot dogs and rolls| iwlll be served at 1 o'clock. Play Terryville Following its victory over the strong New Britain Trade school baseball aggregation, the Plainville high school team was confident that it will take the Terryville high school team into camp this after- {noon when they clashed on the local Tax Collector Frank B. Riley has completed his list of personal tax delinquents and this will be turned over this afternoon to Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Rich. Thoee who have not as yet paid the tax may save themselves the sum of $5.80 by doing so before the war- rants are served. Youthful Wanderers Caught Raymond Gallant, 21, and Philip MAIL AND PHONE ORDERS FILLED Women's and Misses’ NEW FASHIONS IN . Spring and Summer COATS Models smart and most in demand with tHe chic young people and youthful matrons shown here. fabrics, dress and sport styles, with or without fur, in new Wool and silk colors including black. Very moderately priced, beginning at $15.00 $25.00 $39.50 " $75.00 m Berlin News BERLIN GONSTABLE 15 HOSPITALIZED William Cole Injured in Auto Crash in East Berlin ROAD WORK PROGRESS Better Weather Alds Repairing—Le- _&ion Meets Tonight—Local Girl (o Graduate As Nurse—All-Konslug- tons to Start—$1,000 Suit, Constable William Cole of East Borlin was taken to the Middlesex hospital this morning for an X-ray of his back, which was believed to be injured when the car which he was driving was smashed in & col- lision with a-car driven by Victor Facca of New Britain last night in Rast Berlin. Last night Cole was taken to a doctor who treated vari- ous cuts and bruises, He was cut about the face and hands besides re- ceiving the injury to his back. It was thought this morning by members of his family that there would be a civil suit growing from the accident, Constable Frank Brown investigated the affair last night and stated that thcre was no cause for arrest. The accident happened at the Monument corner in East Berlin. Cole was going toward Berlin and was approaching the corner from the Middletown road. Facca was going straight past the corner to the Last Berlin depot and said to have been on the left side of the road. Cole’s car was forced up the bank in an effort to escape being hit but there was not enough room to elear the left side of the New Brit- ain machine. Cole was thrown from the chr as & result of the 4mpact. His car is damaged beyond repair, the frame being badly bent and ths top and doors being smashed. Road Progress Considerable progress has been reported on thc repairing of the dirt roads in the town of Bertin as & result of the work of the town teams. The clear weather is an im- portant factor in the work. At tire start of spring the rains were hold- ing up the repairs to a great extcnt and several times it was neccessary to repeat the work, as the rains had washed Lhe roads out. It is thought that the work will be completed in the near future. , Amertcan Legion Meeting Bolton-Kasica post will meet to- night at the Legion hall in Kensing- ton at 8 o'clock. All members are asked to be at the business meeting as there will be several importaut items up for action. - Boy Scout Meetings Troop 1. Boy Scouts, will meet to- night at the sdout rooms of the Berlin Congregational church at 'll o'clock. Scoutmaster E. O. Shjerden will be in charge of the meeting. The club scouts will meet at the church at 6:30 o'clock. All mem- bers of the troop ar» asked to be at the meetings tonight. Slight Frost Last Night With the thermometer showing three degrees below freezing this morning, strawberry growers are wondering it the berries were de- stroyed last night. Many growers reported that the entire crop was slightly fresz~n, it being impossinle o tell definitely just how much dam- age was done. If early berries wern frozen, it is sure that the high price of the wouthern berries will con- tinue for some weeks later than usual. Marriage Liconse A marriage license was issued yes- terday by Town Clerk Arthur L. Woodru Cedar Crest, Hartford, and Miss Germaine Mecilland, also of Cedar Crest, Hartford. To Graduate Miss Lilllan Ashworth will be graduated from the Grace hospital, New Haven, Saturday, having coni- pleted her truining in that hospitul. Miss Ashworth is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harold Ashworth of Worthington ridge. She is a grad- uate of the local schools and of New Britaln high school. Several of her friends plan to attend the gradua- tion exercises at New Haven in com- pany with her parents. Kensington to Play Sunday The Kensington baseball team will open its season in Kensington 8un- day afternoon with a game with the Willimantic All-8tars. A fast game is promised the local fans as the Willimantic team has a good record behind it. 8pecial buses will run from Upson's corner to the -ball grounds for the accommodation of ithe fans. The game will start at 3:15 o'clock. School Dentist Busy Dr. Andrew Zwick, the dentist in the schools of the town, is being kept busy with work for the pupils. There is a great appreciation of his work by the parents of children and the work as a whole is very success- ful in that it is greatly needed in the schools, Condition Improved The condition of S8amuel Coale is reported as being improved at the Lawrence Memorial hospital, where ke will be confined for the next six or eight weeks. He is resting us comfortatly as is possible with such injuries. Expected Home Dr. T. C. Hodgson is expected to return from the Hartford hosepital in tke near future. He has been con- tined there for the past few weeks and underwent an operation several days ago. . Young Sued for $1,000 Suit for $1,000 was brought today by Arthur D. Bradley of Chicopee Falls, Mass.. against William Cov- eras of Wallingford and Earl P. Young of Berlin through Attorney Leo' V. Gaffney of New Britain. The plaintiff alleges that on No- vember 22, last, while traveling in his automobile on the College High- way in Granby, he was struck by another machine owned by Coveras and operated by Young. The plain- tift attributes the collision to reck- less driving and negligent manner of operating the vehicle and failure to keep proper lookout for other ma- chines as well as traveling at a high rate of speed and on the wrong side of the highway. As a result of the accident. the plaintift claims that his car suffered damage to the extent of $309 and that he lost use of the machine for a considerable length of time. Pa- pers were served by Deputy Sheriff ')'lfl"\ Horwitz. The action is re- jturnable in the court of common pleas on the first Tuesday in June. East Berlin Ttems A whist social will be held tonight at 8t. Gabriel's Episcopal church at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be | served. Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Burgreen of Grace church, New Haven, visited friends in town yesterda: Rev. L. E. Adkins was a New Britain® visitor yesterday. The Methodist church choir will hold a rehearsal this evening in the church at 7:30 o'clock. Members of the male quartet are asked to be present. The prize winners at the Sacred Heart whist were as follows: Philip Bourgeols, Mrs. L. Arel, Mrs. F. Hall, Miss Mary Cote, Mrs. L. Raigue, Mrs. J. Corr. L. Raigue, Mrs. J. Donovan, Charles Giana, Miss Mary Frank, Mrs. Joseph Ringwood, Mrs. I.. Gandette, Mra. Donovan, Mrs. P. Carey, Mrs. i ff to James I. Moriarty of | !G. Hambach, Mrs. William Fagan, Miss Amy Barnett and Louis Cote. The annual Rotary club banquet will be held at the Community ban- quet hall Thursday evening, May 23. Mrs. Charles Pratt was a local visitor yesterday. A car driven by Howard Brainard | of West Cromwell went through the fence near Paddock’s farm at the ‘Poot of Ralph’'s Hill Wednesday ‘e\'enln‘ resulting in serious injury to Merwin Liggett, who was riding with Brainard at the time. Riggott was removed to the Middlesex hos- pital in Middletown. The machine was badly damaged. Riggott and Brainard are well known here, both being employed at the Stanley Chemical plant. Meisners Observing Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meisner of 154 Curtis street are observing their Z4th wedding anniversary at their home today. They plan to be at home to their friends from 2 to 5 this afternoon and from 7 to 10 o'clock this evening. They were mar- ried by the late Dr. T. Edwin Brown, pastor of the First Baptist church, on May 10, 1905. They have two children, a son’ William, and a daughter, Helen. A Massachusetts trapper some- times finds a gun superfluous, Re- cently he brought in two fox skins, one slain by a wildcat and one a victim of starvation. !'during the summer months. |} calender for next year. Iings. | store. WILLIAMS' ?O"gee" EXTRACT Just get a bottle of Williams® mk E:mlnndum one bottle mak t Funcral of Miss Gertrude A. Wood- ruff—Girl Scouts To Hike to Pin- nacle Rock—Baptist. Church Notes Bowling scorcs—Items * At the regular monthly n\eelinx‘ of the scholl committee held last evening at the Plainvillahigh scholl, a special repair committee consist- ing of Superintendent of Schools ! Leon C. Staples, Joseph McCarthy, and Frederick Bullen was appoint- | ed. This committee was instructed | to visit the local school buildings | and make an inspection. A list of | the repairs necessary in the buildings ' will be made and the work done ! t The school committce approved the teacher's contracts for next year | and announced that every position in the local schools is filled at the present time, although there is a ! possibility that there will be a few changes in the teachers’ list before the opening of school next fall. The committee also adopted a school v Work on the new $95,000 addi- tion to the Linden street school is progressing very rapidly despite the inclement weather of the past month according to L.eon C. Staples, super- intendent of schools, who is chair- man of the building committee in |, charge of construction. Mr. Staples |¢ visits the new school daily. Preceding the meeting, the school committec were the guests of the domestic science class’ of the Plain- ville high school at 6:30 o'clock. The committee reported a very enjoyable dinner and spoke highly of the cooking ability of the high school class. t i C Lalonne is Promoted George T. LaBonne, better known, to his many friends in Plainville as | “Ted,” has received notice from the main cffice of the Economy Grocery , Co. of his promotion to be district manager of a chain of 15 stores. He has been manager of the local Eco- | nomy store on Whiting street for the past three and one-half years, and during his stay hcre has been | very successful and has made a; host of friends. Since Mr. LaBonne has been in. charge of the local store, which iy considered one of the most import- it Co. in the state, it has been enlarged three times because of the increase in business. Only recently, the store ‘was completely altered and the size of the place more than doubled, a tribute to Mr. LaBorne's manager- | ship. To Mr. LaBonne, more than any- one ecise, creait must be given for the establishment of shorter hours in the local stores. He worked hard to have clerks given the day off 0a holidays and finally put his idea over by closing his store on holiday+, getting away from the old custom of keeping open for a half day. Other stores followed his lead and today ks_in local stores are free on holidays. Mr. LaBonne is very popular with his fellow merchants and is respected for his businces ability and fairness. Desides being active In business, | Mr. LaBonne is well known for his baseball ability, being a member of the Businessmen's team in the In- dustrial league. Hec was a strong cog in the nine last year, being a good hitter and a strong defensive | man, He s & member of the Church of | Our Lady of Mercy, where he is a eoloict in the choir. He is also very | active in social affairs. His many friends will be pleased to hear of his promotion but will miss his friendly smiles and greet- As of yet, Mr. LaBonne has received no notice of the name of | his successor. He expects that Mon- | day will be his last day in the local [i Two New Mcmbers After remaining inactive since last Hobart Bosworth in “AFTER THE STORM" Lloyd Hamiiton in “BLAZING AWAY” SATURDAY May McAvoy and Conrad Nagel in “CAUGHT IN THE FOG" drives and the local~ organization hopes to remain up with the leading posts by increasing its membership. The drive will be May 18. drug store window is attracting con- siderable attention and many people | stop” daily to watch the progress in gion member has been placed on | the placard. Bristol, scheduled for trial in court of common pleas Wednesday, was postponed until next weck. The suit is based upon an accident in 1928. who died yesterday morning at the Hartford hospital, will be held to- and not at the home as previously announced by her death. the New the school staff in New 10 years and a teacher in Miss John- | son's =chool of organic education in Alabama for many years. charge of the banquet in connection with the 11th anniversary conventinn | of the Hartford county Y. M. C. A. | at church Monday. Rev. A. A, Ball, pas- ant establishments of the Economy (tor of the Plainville M. E. church, has accepted an invitation to take | part in the banquet program. The committee also plans to have Rev. Austin . 1 of Our Saviour, and Rev. | Kendrick, pastor of I banquet program, ‘of Plainville banquet committee. H. Trumbull will be guests at the — he state are conducting similar | continued until The novel arrangement in the| he drive. The name of every Le- To Hold Hearing A hearing will be held in probate court on May 18 at 1 o'clock to uct on the proposed adoption of Rose Mildred Richter, age 4z years, Charles B. and Axel Johnson is guardian of the at the present time. has been ordered by Probate Judge Meritt O. Ryder. child are dead. vy Sarah A. Morgan. 1 The hea The parents of the Case is Postponed The action of A. J. Grise of Plain- ille against Edward L. Dunn of the | automobvile Funeral of Miss Woodruft Funeral services for Miss Ger- rude A. Woodruff, 61. of 67 Whit- ng strect, retired school teacher norrow afternoon at o'clock at he Plainville Congregational church Rev. of the Charles 8. Wyckoff, family. chaplain Westminster school at Simsbury and former pastor of the Plainville Con- gregational Burial will he in West cemetery. | | church, will officiate. Stanley H, Holmes, superintendent | of schools in New Britain, paid u.vc"dwi“'- tribute to Mizs Woodruff's high abil- | ty and character when notified of | Miss Woodruff taught in | Britain schools for five fhe also was a member of | Haven for To Iuvite Clergy According to the committce in the Plainville Congregational Munich, curate at the Church of OQur Lady of Mercy; Rev. .incoln Frye, rector of the Church | Dr. A. D. | the Plainvilie Raptist church, take part fn the is chairman of The banquet committee has been | assured that Governor and Mrs. John Flowers For Mother's Day Mason the Florist | The Model Shop, Strand Bldg. | | REMEMBER! MOTHER’S DAY | i MAY 12th It's just as easy to he practical in your remembrance to Mother. A beautiful assortment of Hat» awaits her visit to this store. Bring her in with you, She’ll be pleascd. Beautiful HAT BOX ! FREE | Tomorrow, Saturday, With Each Purchase Paramount Millinery Co. 188 MAIN ST, COR. count New Rritain ' high school field. Coach Caulfield had not announced his selection for the starting pitcher but it was ex- pected that Peterson would get the call. Both tcams appeared evenly matched. Plans are being made for a game tamorrow afternoon between the high school team and the alumni. but no definite announcement has been made. Final decision concern- ing the game is expected to be made today. Looking For Game The Pirates of New Britain, who | finished up in a tie for first place in the City league last year, are anxious to be booked as the All Plainville’s pponent in the opening game next Sunday. The New Britain team, in five years of competition in the league, has captured the title twice, ended in a tie for first place twice, and in second,once. The local manager is asked to get in touch with Charles Miller of is street, New Britain. telephone 255-R. Plainville Briefs Miss Francis E. Bunnell of Church street is spending a few days with friends in New Haven. The Junior World Wide guild will | meet at the Baptist church Monday evening at T o'clock. Officers will be elected and other business trans- acted. Mrs. Eugene VForest of Maple street is reported to be resting com- fortably as can be expected after undergoing a serious operation at the Bristol hospital. Austin MacDonough and his fam- ily will move from 48 Park street to Maine. Mrs. John Mastrianna, daughter of Constable and Mrs. George Schu- bert of Canal street, is expected to leave the Bristol hospital Sunday after a successful operation for ap- Frank Reale, new owncr of the barber shop on Whiting street, lo- cated next to Trall's drug store. has added Victor Coscina of New Brit- ain, well known barber, to his list of barbers and is ready to conduct his business on a wide scale. The We-Uns club will give a bene- fit dance this evening at the Plain- ville high school for social welfare work. Louis Dugo has resigned his po: tion at Frank Reale's barber shop and has accepted a position at Fred Weusion's. Public Social Martha Rebekah lodge will hold a public social and card party on Mon- day night at Odd Fellows hall at §:15 o'clock sharp. Refreshments will be served. Cosmopolitan League The Norsemen defeated the Sardines in a pgstponed Cosmo- politan bowling league match last evening at Hart's alleys. The re- sults: Norsemen 106 12 100 107 103 102 310 $8—317 101— 308 99— 312 97— 343 102 17 107 108 134 566 Sardines .83 113 99 109 94 104 M. Huston J. Goranson Carlson J. Gustafson . E. Anderson . 487—1581 3— 289 112— 307 109— 307 87— 276 119— 489 494 520—1505 Two Man League Napoleon and Livingston defeated Dave and Murphy in a two-man league match at the Recreation al- 93 Kallenbach 1. G .. M. Hart . T. B. .. J. Sirko . ' leys last evening. The results: Dave—89, 92, Murphy—105, 12 106, 96, 100. 100, 135, 113— | Total 1061. Napoleon—96, 1#5, 116, 126, 126. Livingston—112, 113, 139, 105, 109 Total—1167. Goats milk for sale. Very reason- able. Biehlor, Mountain View, Plainville.—ad\t. Gumprechts Celebrate 28th Wedding Milestone Mr. " and Mrs. Richard M. Gum- precht of 735 East street, observed their 28th wedding anniversary at their home vesterday. In the after- noon a reception was held at which a number of guests from this city and other places were present. They were married on May 8, 1901, at All Saint's church in Meri- den by Rev. Robert Tongue. - They are the parents of twe children, Dr. Walter R. Gumprecht, a surgeon in a Bangor. Me., hospital, and Mrs. T. R. Rrainerd of this city. They have also three grandchildren. The White House at Washington is considered the most valuable res- idence prop-rty in the world. | [ “TOMMY MONAHAN NIGHT” | West End Athletic Club Honors Coach — Blanket Salesmen Freed —Sporty Lavicro Dies—Mcmorial Dedicution September 21—Notes, Work on the revision of the vot- ing lists of the four voting districts will be started by the registrars ot voters within the next few days in order that such lists may be avi able for both the primary and city elections next fall. Under the new arrangement, the lists will be com- piled alphabctically as to streets and in accordance with street numbers instead of having the names listed Alphabeticaliy. Provision for the change was made by an act of the present legisiature and will place Bristol on the same standard as citics having a popula- tion of 50,000 or more. A meeting of the registrars, both republican and democratic, of the city will be held within the next few days to discuss ways and means of compiling the lists. It is also under- stood that the city council will be asked to sanction a special appro- priation to cover the additional work. At the election last year 10,318 voters were registered, 3,184 in the first district, 1,404 in the second distriet, 2,909 in the third district, nd 2,847 in the fourth district. Pres- ent indications are that many addi- fional names will be added prior to the city clection in November. Tommy Monahan Feted ‘Tommy Monahan Night” was ob- served last evening by the West End Athletic club, and the popular sports 11entor of the Bristol High schoo! was presented with a chest of silver by members of the organization. The sathering last night was attended by approximately 150 persons promi- nent in the business life of the city. Judge William J, Malone presided as master of cercmonies, and other speakers included Mcyor W: Ray- mond Crumb, members of the city council, Buperintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche, and Prosccuting At- torney Anthony J. Rich. Tommy for a number of years was | coach of both the basebzll and foot- ball teams of the West End club, and it was under his direction that many of the best football players in that end of the city were devcloped. Next September he will take over the dutics of sports mentor of the, public schools, and during the sum- mer scason will serve as an assistant supcrvisor of the city playgrounds. The entertainment prograrm con- | sisted of vocal solos by James Dunn, Harry Sergi, and Raymond Cantield and a number of amateur bouts. Nick Christy, local welterweight, referced and Charles R. Riley ani John Drizscoll served as judges. Case Nolled Charges of selling blankets in the city without a license brought against Isracl Slonim, 36 Vine street, {Hartford, and Abraham Goodman, 54 Vine street, were nolled this| morning by Prosccuting Attorney ' Anthony J. Rich. The two men were arrested yesterday afternoon by De- tective Sergeant Daniel McGillicuddy following a complaint from a woman resident in the northern section of the city. Both men presented honorable dis- charge papers irom the army and | for this reason the cases were not prosecuted. Slonim informed, the police that he is a brother of the assistant prosecuting attorney of the Hartford police court. “%airSeca..cYai"muarAn.v rd dl al 1 sporty J. Laviero Sporty J. Laviero 23, died at § o'clock this morning at the Char- Ilone Hungerford hospital, Torring- |ten. from complications. He under- went a major operation a few days ago and pneumonia and empyema Iset in. Mr. Laviero was born in Bristol on September 10, 1905, the son of Joseph and Rose Laviero. He attend- c¢d the South Side and Bristol high schools, later taking a course at the |Shield's Business college. He then attended the Detroit ‘Technical school for two years. Following his igraduation, he returned to Bristol and entered the grocery business with his father on Divinity street. Surviving are his parents; six sis- ters, Mrs. Margaret Lombard, Ter- esa, Mary, Catherine, Antoinette and Mildred Laviero; and one brother, John Laviero. all of Bristol. The funeral will be hed at 9 o'clock Monday morning at 8t. An- thony's church. Rev. L. Beccaris will celebrate the high mass of requiem, and burial will be in 8t. Thomas’ cemetery. Dedication Date Sclected The memorial to the Spanish War veterans, to be placed in the park at YOU HAPPEN B2 Swew o M0 US ) 7, gy uas RIDE ON A any charges against | Lo o r. Mullette, 19, of Gardner, Mass, vere arrested in this city late yesterday afternoon at the request of the au- thorities of the Massachusetts city. Gallant's father came to Bristel this morning and took the twe youths back home. According to the police, Gallant borrowed his father's car a week ago with the express purpose of coming to this city to visit a girl and ar- range for a wedding. He arrived here two days ago and had already fled an application for a marriage license. Both of the vouths had se- cured positions in a local factory and were planning to go to work re-t Monday. The elder Gallant refused to press the boys for taking his automobile without per- mission, and nolles were entered in both cases this morning by Prose- cuting Attorney Anthony J. Rich. 1. 0. 0. V. Meeting A meeting of Stephen Terry lodge. will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in Stenhen Terry hall. Sunday Baschall The West Fnd Athletic club base-- ball team will officially open its sea- son at Muzzy field Sundav afternoon against the strong Holy Name team tof Hartford. The starting lineup of the locals will show Zetarski at first base, Funk at shortstop. Joe Coughlin at second, Howard McHngh at thirl, tand John McHugh, King. and nn- other former school star fin the outfield. Ahmand Brooks will do the hurling and Ryan will catch. Boh Coughlin will officiate. The gam~ is scheduled to =start promptly at 3 p. m. Chimmey Tire S8quad A and Engine Company No. 1 were called out yesterday after- rioon for a chimney fire ot 222 Park street. The blaze was extinguished with chemical Miss Farrell Joins Blair & Brodrib Co. Miss Laura P. Farrell hos become affiliated with the Blair & Brodrib Music Co. according to an announce- ment made by George D. Noel, man- ager of the local branch store. Re- cently Miss Farrell disposed of her stock of musical insiruments to the company. She has had an extensive experi- ence in connection with music. 8he is known as an accomplished sing- MISS LAURA P. FARRELL er and is well-versed in every angle of the musical world. She was con- nected with the C, L. Plerce Co. for 18 years. When that concera was sold she engaged in the music business for herself. 8he is treasurer of the New Brit- ain Musical club and is a member of the executive committee of the New Britain Choral club. She wus soprano soloist =2t 8. Joseph's church for a number of years. Miss Farrell. in her assoclation with the Blair & Brodrib Co, store here, will have charge of the musi- cal instruments department and wiil supervise the sheet music and rec- ord departments. With Miss Farrell's acceptance of the position, the Blair & Brodrib Co. has also added the Schirmer edi- tion to its present Century edition of shect music.—advt, BENEFIT DANCE Given by the WEE-UNS CLUB At Plamville Righ School FRIDAY, MAY 10—8 P. M. Nutmeg Orchestra—$1.00 Couple