New Britain herald., 1915-09-23
PiafFlV5ne News NORMAL INCREASE
 IN TOWNS GROWTH But TWenty-Siz Names Added to
 List Of School Children WILL MOVE KINDERGARTEN


 In Fined-Per!Sinson Guilty As A Common Dru111ard-Nelson Makes Brilliant I7light-Othcr Briefs According to the report of Harry Fisher, who has completed the ] school enrolment there are 713 children in Plainville between the ages of four and sixteen years, a gain of twenty-six over last years enum- eration. The report has been pre- sented to the school boards secre- ! tary and will be considered at the October meeting of the committee. The figures shown by the enumera- tion indicate that the towns growth during the past year has been about normal and that there is no occasion for special worry over the matter of school accommodations
 Rev. F. l.. Grant, the retiring sec- retarv of the school committee, eX- 1 pressed the belief today that the h portable school building, recently i purchased, will prove a solution of 1 the school accomrn odation problem 1 for the next few years and will make ] it apparent that the investment was ! we'll warranted.
 The building is now being prepared for occupancy and it is expected that ! early next week the kindergarten 1 will be moved from it's temporary 1 quarters in the Grange building. MT. 1 Grant pointed out that by purchasing the little building the town gained an extra room for it's school. Without it crowded conditions would exist in many of the grades and the conditions 1 under which the children would be taught would be most unsatisfactor l The new building will make it pos 1 sible to relieve the congestion and for some time will make adequate l room for the needs of the town. 1 Under present conditions members 1 of the school board argue it would l not be advisa ble to go to any great l expense in putting an addition to the 1 brick building. By investing a small amount in a scnoolhouse of 1 the portable type suitable accommo- dations will be provided for the 1 next few years. By that time the ] l known and it can readily be deter 1 mined whether an addition or a new l building in some other section of the l town is most needed
 l The opinion prevails in some quar- 1 ters that the town did not act wisely | in ordering the portable building as, 1 owing to it's size, some believe it will l be of little service. The school committeeman, however, advance the l claim that it will satisfy the require ments of the town for at least two l years and when crowded conditions l again prevail the voters will be bet ter able to act intelligently on the | question.
 Rhodes Changes Mind.
 Carl Rhodes of Unionville, who en- tered a plea of not guilty to charges of violating the autom obile laws when arraigned in the superior court Tues
 day, changed his mind about facing a. jury yesterday and through his at torney secured the permission of Judge Futile to admit his guilt. The court had arranged to have him tried
 tomorrow but Rhodes made up his
 mind to throw himself on Judge Tuttle's mercy After he had changed
 his plea the court imposed fine of
 s25 and costs. The accused was ar
 rested here by Officer Marine and ap
 pealed from Justice Condelps decision
 by which he was fined on two counts.
 Harry Parkinson, bound over by Justice Condell Sunday as a common drunkard, was arraigned in the higher court yesterday afternoon. His case was to have been put off until the December term but States Attorney Acorn advanced it to tho Septembe- session. Parkinson entered a plea of guilty Sentence will probably be imposed in his case lace today.
 Bernard Levoff of South Washing
 ton street, fined hero several weeks pgo for striking a boy. was before the
 court yesterday on an appeal from his
 conviction. He denied his guilt and
 his counsel was instructed to prepare
 his case for the jury. It was expected
 that it would be reached before this
 evening.
 l Fred F. Foster, an autost, dis
 satisfied with the action of Justice
 Condell in fining him for failing to
 have lights or his machine, was also
 put to plea al yesterdays session. He
 responded guilty when the charge
 was read. Tho imposing of a, penalty
 was put off until later.
 Aeroplane Flights Common.
 Plainvillc is no longer disturbed or
 excited over aviatorS, flights of bird men becoming common here that they attract but passing notice. The ! exhibitions have lost their novel char
 acteristics as a result of the numerous l flights given by Nels !. Nelson, who
 has had his hiplano at the Allen field
 for the past few days.
 The young aviator has given several