New Britain herald., 1923-05-11
TOWN MEETING TONIGHT
Assessed Costs OF County, Group
Notes-Episeopai Notes-siiss YER
ma Saunders Leads In Contest
baseball Notes-Tlain,ille Briefs.


Is stated that IL has been offered 70
q reasonable amount, Tho member
OF the committee who have seleetet
the site arc First selcctman william
J. Johnson. l.. $, Mills, secretary o
! tho school committee, and John II
| Minor. A large number of the voter
are expected 10 hear the report o
the committee MS the matter is a vita
one for the town,
According TO the members OF III
school committee and the principa
OF the schools. Painvlle is facing
crisis In its school accommodation
| There is need Immediately OF
school building OF at least three room
and four could be we'll used Til
question that is most bothering tn,
school officials is the high school
Both New Britain and Bristol schoo
boards have notified the committe,
! that no more high school pupils vii
he accepted by those two cities
Bristol. however, has agreed to at
tempt to accommodate tho Plainvill
pupils for another year on conditio,
high school Of its own. This is tn
most serious problem that has beef
before the voters of the town II
many years and It is expected that {
vote on the matter will be taken a
a meeting to be called soon. 1t Is
costing about $4,000 for transporta.
ton and tuition of pupils and this
I, f,,r inf ,,r
Assessed Court Costs.
James Lee and Ernest Heleback,
both charged with breach of the
peace, were assessed the costs of
court at session OF the town court
over which Justice Merritt O. Ryder
presided last evening. Buck" May,
charged with refusing to aid Officer
f. w. Furrey in making the arrests
was let go with warning. Attorney
Charles +. Conlon represented the &C
cused in the three cases. This was
his first case since the recent action
of the superior court in reinstatine
him.
"Y" Group Notes.
The Plainvile junior group of the
u NouHtS AI. y. ~. bdst-
ball team will be called the S. and
G. team, it was decided at a meeting
last evening. The most important
question decided upon was the en-
trance of the group into the Hart
ford county field to be held in Ber-
lin, May II. Smith was elected cap
tain of the track team and Mr.. Cheet-
l. Ioo Il liei< rs
testants who will represent the Junior
group in the meet. The list is as
follows:
Class A 75-yard dash, r. Getchell,
l.. Smith and ID. Sneideman; running
high jump, T. Getchell, l.. Smith and
d. Sneideman; running broad jump,
T. Getchell, l.. Smith and d. Sneide-
man; baseball throw, l.. Smith, r.
Morrill,, and ], Madeley; class A re-
lay, l.. Smith, r. Morrill, or J. Made
ley, ID. Sneideman and #. Getchel
class B relay, d. Sneideman. ID. Mar
tin, r. Getchell, and II. Cheetham,
and special QUOT team for all classes,
r. Morrill, and H. Cheetham.
Episcopal Notes.
Friday: This afternoon and all day
tomorrow. the ladies of the parish
guild of the Episcopal church will
hold a rummage sale in Newton's
store near the A. & p. on West Main
street. All kinds of useful articles
and white elephants will be on sale
at remarkably low prices. Tomor-
row. Saturday, the church schools OF
the diocese will join in a united serv-
ice to be held in Christ church cathe-
dral, Hartford, for the presentation
of the Lenten offering. The children
from this parish will assemble at the
parish house and leave by auto at 9
o'clock noon, daylight saving time.
Parents are invited to accompany the
The service will begin at
1880 o'clock. The rector and the
vcstry would be glad to have any
quantity of ashes and other dry rub
bsh dumped on the vacant lot be-
hind the church.
Verna Saunders Leads.
Miss Nerna Saunders took the lead
in the popularity contest in connec-
ton with the *. of Z. carnival yes
terday with total OF $500 votes
Miss Ethel Teachman, who has led
all week, is a full thousand behind
her, her total being $500. The rival
ry between the leaders and other con-
testants is becoming more intense
every day and 1t is said that friends
OF all the contestants will make
last minute drive TO put their candi-
date ahead The contest will close
tomorrow night and the winner will
be announced at the grounds and will
be presented with a diamond ring
Childrcn's Day.
Yesterday, Young Painville reigned
supreme at the carnival. About 500
tickets had been distributed about the
schools, but over 300 children enjoyed
the rides and shows despite the raw
The carnival will come to
4 close tomorrow night.
Baseball Notes
The Plainville town team will pry
,ff the lid Sunday at Rocky ellis field
against a strong combination to be
picked today or tomorrow by Man
yer Roy French. The strongest line
ID that PlainvilIe has had in recent
ears will be put against the visiting
cam and a large crowd of fans is
,lanning TO attend. The team select
4 will be announced to the fans.
Auto Has Arrived
The auto which the We-uns club
as purchased for the visiting nurses.