New Britain herald., 1918-10-09

scheduled for Saturday of this week.
Desiring to cooperate with the health
officials who are discouraging public
meetings. and feeling that to ask their
bands to stand outside and play would
be subjecting them to colds, it has
been decided not to hold any celebra-
ton at all this year. This will be the
first time in many years that the local
Italians have not observed Columbus
Day.
City Guard Drills Suspended.
All drills of the New Britain City
Guard have been indefinitely sus-
pended, by order of the commanding
officer because of the epidemic and
the request that no public meetings be
held.
Holds Up Doctor.
An Intensely dramatic incident oc-
CURED on ain street last evening
when a man who was unable to Sc
cure the services of a physician Great
ed a scene and for Il time refused to
let a doctor proceed on his other
duties.
According to the story told by the
man, on returning from his work last
evening he found his wife and child
seriously i'll and without the services
of q physician. He rushed SHOWN to
secure a doctor and went to the Of
flee of the physician who had attend
ed his family for the past four years
1t was 10 p. m. before he could locate
the doctor and the latter was just
emerging from his office building,
preparatory to entering his car to
make further visits
The doctor told the man it would
be absolutely impossible for him to
visit the house that night, as he had
too many other calls to make. The
man poured forth his pitiful tale, but
the doctor remained obdurate and
stepped into his car when the man
grimly planted himself in front of the
machine, saying: you've got to come
to my house. AS the motor whirred
and buzzed the grief stricken man
sobbed: GO ahead, you might just
as well run me down and kill me too,
my wife and baby are dying"
Quite a crowd had collected and
among them was Mayor Quigley who,
apprising the situation, took charge
of the man and led him across the
street to where Dr. E. J. Dray was
about to stxrt away in his machine.
The doctor took the man into his car
and away they went to the bedside of
the sick mother and baby.
Miss Anna X Crosby.
Miss Anna K. Crosby, teacher of
English at the New Britain High
school, died this forenoon at the home
of Mrs. Charles Emmons at As Camp
street, where she lived during her
stay here. Miss Crosby was a victim
re
fuenza. She was i'll less than q week.
Miss Crosby was held in high esteem
by her pupils and associates at the
High school She was So years of
age She was born at North Walpole,
n. H., and was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. e. A. Crosby. She moved
with her parents to Bellows Falls
Mass, and attended the High school
of that place. Later she graduated
from the Greenfield, Mass, High
school. Miss Crosby attended Smith
college, graduating in 1900. After |
teaching for several years in district |
schools at Bellows Falls she became !
teacher of English at the Bellows
Falls, Mass High school. Three |
years ago she came to New Britain. |
Besides her mother she leaves one |
sister, Mrs. Fl. NJ. Bean of Somerville, |
Mass, and two brothers, John III. of |
SomerVille, and Allen, of Wolfboro, |
n. Fl. The funeral will be held at st. |
Joseph's church Friday morning at |
o'clock and the remains will be |
taken to Greenville, N. H, for burial. |
Thomas w. Cashen.
Thomas w. Cashen, aged SIS years,
died this morning at his home at $50 I
East Main street of pneumonia. &c |
was i'll for only u week. Mr.. CO nen {
was employed as a buffer at n eth &, !
Judd Mfg. Co. plant for sever 4 years. !
He was born at Nasht " y H., and |
came to New Britain II years ago. |
Besides his wife he leaves four daugh- |
ters, Florence, Claire. arion and |
Eleanor; two brothers, Michael and |
John Cashen of East Hampton, and |
three sisters, Mrs. Mary Carney and |
Mrs. Elizabeth McCarroll of East |
Hampton and Mrs. Ellen Kiley of |
Moodus. The funeral will be held |
Friday morning at o'clock at st. |
Mary's church. Burial will be in the |
Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Jeanette Irene Thiede.
Mrs. Jeanette Irene Thiede, 81 |
years DID, wife of William p. Thiede of |
Beuna Vista avenue, died today. She |
was the daughter of the late Dwight |
Steele and besides her husband leaves |
four children. the oldest of whom is 2 |
years old.
The funeral will be held Friday af- |
ternoon, Rev. DR.. G. w. c. Hill off, |
ciatinG. and interment will be in Fair |
view cemetery
Katherine Pattcn Cook.
Katherine Patten Cook, / months |
old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Warren |
f. Cook of Az Cedar street, died at 1
o'clock last night. Besides her
parents she leaves q sister, Caroline, |
and brother, Warren.
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