New Britain herald., 1921-04-25
BROCK k-BARNES' POST
 BANQUET TONIGHT. Reunion of Ex-SerVice Men at
 ,>. Grange Hall i LEWIS B. TUCKER DIES

Auto Collision Near southinxton-
 qcer.Ur Day Tohnofro~-Meetins
 Tonight for Street Line Esta blish.
 ment-Othcr News.
 The Brock Barnes post, American Legion, will hold an entertainment. nanquet and reunion of ex-service men at the Grange Hall tonight. The Ladies' Auxiliary to the post will act as hosts during the evening and will furnish speaker. All ex-soldiers and sailors of the town have been ex- tended an invitation to attend tho so, clai time. and are requested to invite thelr mothers. wives brother5 and sisters. The entertainment commit tee,sheaded by John Pettinate, has ar ranged for a pleasing program which will be carried out.
 Thomas J. Bannigan of Hartford, state adjutant of the American Le- gion' will attend and be the principal speaker. Mir. Bannigan will address the people at s o'clock and will leave. infrfediately after. due to pressing husiness' pertaining to the state fund drive starting tomowow:' Miss Helen
 
 Auxn nA lies, will also speak, Several numbers wiIT' be on the program in- cludine vocal solos and musical se- lections, G. Ewald will render sew. eral violin selections while Oliver Robertsops will entertain with Scotch songs. Commander Harold Corning will give tho address of welcome. Dancing will follow the entertainment and a social time will be held. ' ~Thia'.is the first gathering of ex- serEicemen in the town and promises to be a success. The post is endeavor- ing to enlarge it's membership and some applicants arc expected at the affair this evening. -> "tt-: Lewis B. Tucker. :i:LeWis B. Tucker. aged 79. died sud- denly yesterday. morning at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Radcliffe Ii. Smith of East street. New Britain. from heart trouble. MT. Tucker was 'borf! ir Middlebury, Connecticut, March 31, 1942, and had been a resi- dent of Plainville for more than 45 years He had been living in New Britain for tho past two years. While in this town, MT Tucker conducted meat market on Church street, the property now owned by Daniel Col nrfs, sPIe sold his business to Hugh Simpson who has moved from that To- cation and sia now established on West Main street. He was 8 mem Der Of the Congregational. church and Served on the board of assessors, Re lief Board, and was a trustee of the Congregational church. His wifa died several years ago. Mrs. Smith is his only survivor The funeral will be held itomorrow' afternoon at o'clock from tffe.home of bis daughter on East street. Rev. Henry w. Maier will. yofficiate.. Burial will be.~in the West cenhetery,- Plainville. ! !. az. ,...:s Autos Collide.
 .. Joseph. tho, one and one-halt year old son. of MT. and: Mrs. Sylvester .Manulla, of g Kelsey street, is pa fcriug. from fractyre of the les as thu result .ot uar, automobile crash on the Southington road yesterday.
 The accident happened, it is said, when a car owned and driven by Jo- seph Campano of New Britain. com- ipgA ,bshtpk the one owned by Vito sMliaSa, ,atfea to pass .;and was over turned Both cars contained several men and. women. Mrs. Manuila sui tered injGriesfto her wrist which were not serious Others in the car were also badly shaken but not injured.
 Trumbun Proposes Board
 Senator John H.. Trumbull is re- ported as being in favor of creating a board of five men to take charge of the administration of the proposed s3O,OOO,Oo0 appropriation for the highways of Connecticut. Senator Trumbull feels that such an amount is. entirely too large for. any one ln- diyiduaI to handle. Senator Trum- hulrs suggestion will be. acted upon i'm the near future. Although a mem Der of the legislature but snort time. Senator Trumbul has intro duced some excellent bills. which have been looked upon with favor.
 Cleanup Tomorrow
 The annual cleanup for the town will be held tomorrow. All residents afe urged to. co-operete with the Chamber of Commerce in it's en- deavor and make the. town clean. Carts will be. sent around at the ex- pense of the town in order to col Iect therubbish left out on the streets. No ashes will be collected. The teams will be active the greater part of the day and the people are asked to leave their refuse on the curbing. Collec- tions will not be made after nightfall. Some of the block owners have al- ready started cleaning up the rear of the buildings. .
 Nesting Tonight
 There will be a meting at the town hall, in the court room ats o'clock tonight by the Town Plans Commis- sion. "A short town meeting will be ceed that of the Town Plans The