New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-23
DAUGHTER dies ON
WAY TO HOSPITAL
Five. Year.Old Child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Skinner SuCCumbs
SONS CONDITION CRITICAL
burlington Man Fined IN Caurt--fa se
Is confiaued - Railraad suneriRr
tendept 90 Confer With Plan CONF
missian--poultry Farm Sold,

Mary Skinner, i've year old dangh-
ter Of Mr., and Mrs, John skinner Of
I isT Broad street, died last evening
about Q o'clock while her parents
were taking her to the Isolation hos
pital in Hartford She had been III
for some time when II was discovered
that she had a complication Of diph-
iberia and laryngitis, The doctors az
Z tending advised her immediate re-
moyal 10 the Hartford hospital, but
her condition had become 80 bad that
she was unable 10 rally enough 10 sur
vive the trip,
Another member of the family,
John. Jr,, Is a patient In tho Hartford
Isolation hospital, suffering from the
same maiady and his condition ~ re'
ported as being critical
The deceased child Is survived by
her parents and two brothers. John,
IT.. and Thomas skinner Of Plain
vile. The funeral was held this AIT
ernoon at 2:S0 O'Clock and burial was
In New Haven. James Dunn Of Bris-
tol was In charge OF the arrangement
Fined in Court
Alfred Winery Of burlington was
fined SO and costs In the town court
hy Justice Prior last evening on the
charge of driving an automohil" with
o,,t an operator's license. He was mr.
rosted nv officer Andrew Hogan. The
,tate's case was presented by Prose
ou,or william Foran and Attorney
char,es II. Conlon appeared for the
accused. Of the fine. 81 was rem''teh
and the total costs amounted 10
sl7.n6.
Case Continued
| Tho case of G. l.. Barnes of Lincoln
6, rect New Britain. arrested Monday
afternoon in New Britain by Sergeant
George G. Ellinger on A warrant
charging reckless driving, was contin-
ned last evening until Tuesday eve
sing Mr., Barnes vehemently denied
Tho ACCUSE ton and stated that his au-
tomob,Ie was not out last Sunday
when the offense was said to nave
been committed. Several Witnesses
anpeared for the state. but 1t was telt
that a further investigation OF the
matter was necessary.
Conference on Crossing
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:So oclock'
Superintendent Egan of the Ne"
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
! road will confer with Judge b. f.
Gaffney and members of the Town
plan commission regarding the widen
ing of the railroad crossing at west
Main street. The commission mas
drawn plans to straighten out the
sharn turn at this point and an EFFORT
will he made to come to some agree
n,ent with the railroad officials Inc
street along this section Is 10 pc DO
feet wide. It Is planned TO make me
.urn on the street start about at the
corner of the fence of the Bristol Mfg.
20 eliminating a great deal of the
traffic congestion when the ''o'ley
cars are IN On the rallroads part
This will necessitate the use OF donple
gates at the crossing instead OF the
ei,ele gates which are now in use ana
the operators stand will probably be
at the north side Of the street.
Poultry Farm Sold
The poultry farm which has been
the property of Nicholas DlVenere at
Harris Corners has been sold through
the agency of Cunningham & Winin-
ger. to Pearl and Mabel Haley of New
Britain. It is understood that the
new proprietors intend to enter the
business on a large scale.
Contest Nets 500
The popularity contest conducted
wv the We-uns club in connection with
the carnival of the Plainville knights
of Pythias a few weeks ago. netted
500 FOR the club in It's drive for an
autom ohile for the visiting nurses
The money has been presented to the
club by the members of the carnival
committee of the X. of P. and Will go
a long way towards completing the
fund for the worthy cause.
Dog In Pound
Dog Warden Schubert has a brindle
and white female dog In the pound
which is minus collar and tag. The