New Britain herald., 1915-03-31

J. Madden. and KxH &Uul
 socket k. l., where he wfI.l
 home in future.
 Mr. Bull is a foreman for theB<4T1 rngton Constructor company and m Woonsocket he will superintend big contract which his firm recently took
 services in Parish House.
 Union Holy week services will be held this evening at 7:45 in the parish house of the Church Of Our Saviour. Rev. F. l.. Grant, pastor of the Con gregational church, will preach.
 The services last evening were held | in the. chapel of the Congregational church and were we'll attended An | interesting sermon was given by Rev. J. w Denton, pastor of the Advent l church.
 The last of the series of services i will be held tomorrow night in the l Methodist church. Rev R. H. Bur ton will preach
 Miss Katherine Gillern Dead.
 Miss Katherine Gillern of Forest 1Nille, died yesterday at St. Francis l hospital after an illness of several
 Weeks with a complication of diseases.
 oheswas well known In Plainville,
 "here she had many friends.
 MISS syGillern was born 1859 in
 forestVfNe. She was the daughter of
 Ar. and Mrs. James Gillern. Two
 sisters, Mrs James F. Holden and
 Mrs. Arthu1NO'H Hara, both of Forest ] Nliie, ana three brothers; James of ! Bristol, Edward of New Haven and
 William Gillern of Nortnampton sur
 vive her. .
 The funeral arrangements have not 1 as yet been completed
 Praise for Court Officials. Criticism of court officials and the l police authorities as a whole is heard
 frequently in every community, par
 ticularly small towns, where as a rule.
 the incumbents of positions of this
 character are personally acquainted
 with either the prisoners themselves
 Or their relatives and close friends.
 of the Note Book man of the Bristol
 Press concerning the court in Plain vile provides a pleasant contrast and ! furnishes food for rehcction
 q deem it a proviege to say a word l
 hejng done in Plainville by Justice of the Piece A H. CondelI, a busy busi- ness man is also willing to fill an , irksome and disagreeable position for the sake of assisting his comm unity l For years a justice of the peace in a country town has been pictured as 5 ar acqulsitlve person more anxious } about fees coming to him than any : thing else. In my experience that
 point of view is often justified
 However, MT, Condell is not of that
 sort. A man at the head of an i'm : ; portant industry does not give up his time in return for the little fee to be
 earned. Some other motive must be sought. In this case it is a genuine , de sire of a loyal citizen to better con
 ditions. Those who know him dc y I not need to be told ths but d littl. | incident of d day or two ago is of in 3 tcrest. fellow in New Britain wal Q l fined by Justice Condell on Monday ? for illegal deliveries of beer. The ac. count came to s20. The man cam.
 CNer Tuesday with the twenty and t then discovered he had given IT l all his money and did not have l enough to. get home with. Justice Condell cheerfully and generously 7 turned over his fees in the case two dollars to the man. That is not q common practice for lawyers or jus tices, but it does not surprise MT. Con Z delPs friends that his feelings about fees are different.
 , z Grand Juror Stanley Gwillm i. another man actuated by good citi 3 zenship who is serving from wholly | unselfish motives. He also is a busy = business man and has plenty to do 1T - his own line. but a c1Izen is will . ing to assume his share of the re- , sponsibility for good government and
 impartial enforcement of the laws r even at considerable personal sacri flee. l insist that MT. Condell and MT. GWillim are setting a fine example and doing good work. If all citizcrs |, ! especially those who are inhuentia , and prominent, would take a part ir , active affairs wherever they saw ar > 1 ....