New Britain herald., 1923-12-19
TWO ARE FINED FOR TAKING EVERGREENS Forestry Agent Arrests New
 Britain Man for Theft SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FRIDAY
Amerigo Collella Bitten by Dog Drives Truck Into Telephone Pole Bishop 10 Make Official Visitation
 Sunday Morning-Plain,ilIc Briefs.

Bishop to Make Official Visitation Sunday Morning-PlainyilIc Briefs
 Two men who gave their residences as New Britain were fined $50 and costs each in the town court by Jus tice E. P. Prior on the charge Of theft of Christmas trees and eNergreens brought against them by Edson Stock ing of Granby, an agent for the state forestry department. This is the first case of it's kind to come up in the To- cal town court and the prosecutions were severe because of the practice of parties of destroying trees and ever greens on private property. Grand Juror William J. Foran handled the cases for the state.
 Agent Stocking, who is patroling ' the section between Plainville and Granby over the Talcott mountain, was driving along the New Britain read when he came across the New Britain men at Cook street. They had driven their automobile around the corner and had hit the fence | there. MT. Stocking intended to aid them to get on the road but on hp- preaching their car, he saw num- 1 Ter of Christmas trees and evergreens. He questioned the men, but was un- able to get a satisfactory answer as to where they had procured the trees so he placed them under arrest
 He stated that great many parties have been in the habit of going into | the woods and on private property and cutting down as many as five trees before they could get one to satisfy their taste. There has been a great waste of the eyergreens in this manner and state law covers it now.
 Schools Close Friday. The Plainville public schools will close Friday afternoon for the Christ mas vacation and will open again on Wednesday, January ?. The vacation will be for 10 days, All of the out-of- town teachers plan to spend their ya- tions at their homes.
 Last week Principal orrin l.. Judd showed the film at the morning pie lures entitled "Allce in lungerland" to all the pupils above the first grade. The picture depicts tho snfferings and the needs of the children in the Far East One meal costs four cents for child and nearly 2oo,o00 orphan children are crying and extending their arms to America for help. The pupils contributed pennies for the Near East Relief as they filed into the room and a sum of s32.25 was real izcd. This was sent to the treasurer of the fund in Hartford for these starving children in the Near East.
 The schools were recently photo- graphed and 10 per cent of the pro- ceeds Of the sale of the pictures was given to the school to be appropriat- cd tor moving pictures or other school needs. The total amounted to over s3o.
 The pupils of the eighth grade are selling popcorn balls this week to in- crease their graduation fund. Last years class bought all of their gradu- ation music with money they earned in various ways, besides paying their l expenses to Hartford in visit 10 the | legislature,
 Miss Esther Tappert. former teacher. was visitor at the schools yesterday.
 Bitten By Dog
 Amerigo Collella was able to be out | today for the first time since suffer- l ing a dog bite on West Main street l Monday. He was walkink up the | street when he was attacked by a | fcrocious hound which bit him on | the right leg, inficting an ugly gash on the limb. He applied first aid and | no serious results are expected.
 Breaks Telephone Pole
 Thomas Matted, driver for the New Britain Machine O., narrowly es. caped serious injury on the New Britain road opposite Norton's ice house yesterday afternoon shortly after { o'clock when the steering gear on the truck he was driving became locked and the vehicle hit a telephone pole at the side Of the road. breaking t off near the bottom and wrecking Inc machine. ATatteo held on 10 the truck and saved himself from being thrown out. but sustained a cut on his forehead. He was attended by Dr. J. C. Tanner.
 Bishop Coming Sunday !; EeV. George Hilton, rector Of tho Episcopal church of Our sa,ious. re- 1 ,eived a communication from Bishop ichcson this morning stating tltat he bishop would be able to be pres mt at the morning service next Sun lay. preferably to the afternoon. 1 The monthly leaaet contains mo- ] ice that the bishop would pay his of- i icial visitation to the church and ad-
  he afternoon. The hour of his vis- l tation has now been changed 10 the | i o'clock service on Sunday morning l, md the candidates will be confirmed S t this service.
 1r7ImiIuIl Bowling Notes
 The Temco bowling league held ifs \ weekly session at the Ideal alleys last voninr with the following individual