New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-29
BANKERS DISPUTE
PRICE OF SLAVES
Refuse to Honor BARRIERS Bill
Against Neal Estate
FAIT VALUES VISIT AT 81

During His Illness Itemized as $50
| Expense-Commission to Elk
anime C1aim-Odd Fellows Elect.
The high cost Of shaving has dis
| turbed the equilibr of the direc-
| tors of the Plainville Trust company
who not only have cast aside the time
| honored custom Of tipping the barber
| but have refused to honor his bill for
| services, preferring if necessary to
| have the courts decide what fees
| should be collected for beautifying the
! faces Of mere man. The boards at
| titude on the tonsorial question be-
came public when George Fait, Plain
| ville's veteran haircutter, appealed TO
| the probate court to appoint commits
sioners to hear his claim against the
estate Of Frank s. Neal the Trust
! company, acting as executor under the,
will, having refused to pay the bflS
which he submitted.
Some interesting testimony regard
ing the barber business is expected to
develop when the bill of Mr.. Fait
is dtssected by the commission
ers. George has asked for $50
for services rendered to Mr. Neal
during the several weeks he was
Ill at his home. He considers
81 a visit anything but an exorbitant
charge for, professional men and he
has persistently and consistently re-
fused to change the items in his &C
count.
George was Judge Meals barber for
q number Of years and when the lat
ter was taken Ill he sent for him
frequently to shave him. According
%~ ~ No., 49, III
| come regularly and promised to see
| that he was paid for each visit, even
| when the judges condition made his
services unnecessary. 1t was reported
| at the time that the barber was to be
remembered in the pudges will and
| for that reason it was said Mr.. Fait
| had not presented a bill.
Plain shaves without messages or
| other fancy frills were all Judge
! Neal required but Mr.. Fait figures that
| he gave up at least a dollars worth
! of his time and skill each time he re-
moved the fringe from the sick mans
face.
The Trust company officials seem to
have calculated differently and they
| refused to honor the bill without
changes. 1t was reported they wanted
it cut in two, estimated so cents a
was obdurate, however, and he pro-
poses to submit his claims to three
commissioners.
The probate court has set January
as the date for the hearing Of the
| application. The commissioners Will
| meet at some later date to examine
| the bill and give a formal opinion as
| to the real value Of shave
This is the second claim against
| Judge Meals estate which the execu-
| tors have regused to acknowledge.
| The claim of DR. J. c.. Tanner for
medical services was cut by commits
sioners named by the probate court
| before it was paid.
Judge Meals estate, the large part
| of which goes to cousins, WILL soon be
| settled by the executors. His real
estate holdings have been converted
| into cash in accordance with his
! wishes and the Trust company pro-
poses to make arrangements in the
! spring for following out his instruc-
| lions regarding the erection Of q
! memorial chapel in West Cemetery,
| $1,000 having been mentioned in his
! will to be used for that purpose.
Cosgrove Estate Insolvent
! After a hearing held in the pro-
| bate court this morning before Judge
George R. Byington the estate Of
| Stephen Cosgrove was declared in
solvent and arrangements were made
| for settling it Without the appointment
! of commissioners.
There were but few claims against
the estate and none Of them amounted
to q great deal. Although creditors
| had been notified Of the hearing this
morning none of them entered an ap-
pearance and the applicat ton for set
tlement of the estate was granted
without objection.
Odd Fellows Elect.
Seuuassen lodge, l. O. 0. F., held
it's annual meeting last evening In I.
O. O. F. hall. That the lodge has ex-
perienced an encouraging growth dur
ing the year was evidenced from the
reports of the officers which showed
it's condition, financial as Well as nu-
merical to be satisfactory
The election for the ensuing term
resulted as follows:
Noble grand-BurtOn S. Norton.
Vice grand-Morris n. Green.
Recording ecretary-William J.
Mckee.
Financial ecretary-Franly G.. Os- |
borne.
Treasurer-Ralph E. Morrill,.
Trustee for three years-F. G. o.
borne.
The officers will probably be seated
at the meeting Of the lodge to be held
next Thursday night. The exercises
will be in charge of F. G. Osborne,
who is now serving as deputy for this |
district.
Win Easy Victory.
The Plainville Young Mems clubs !
basketball team had an easy time
with the quintet selected from the |
hoop shooters of the New Britain |
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