New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-25
BROTHER FOLLOWS
SISTER IN DEATH
John Skinner, Jrp Three Years
Old SaccnnNs 10 Identical Nalady
MOTHER is FRUSTRATED
ilailF"ad nhicisis CanIer NTH Plan
CnmmissisHlr=ln Institute nFiAn far
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i'iaiHlille RTiefs.

one If the sadAesi eases ihai has
happened In plainAille for sanc time,
is the death 0f John skinner. three
| N6ar-pii son Of Mr.. and Nrs jain
skinner If lsf Rraal stree, yesterday
afternoon az the Hartford Isolation
hospital The hnN's death follows
that Of his ilye.YeaF-a'i sister hY Two
days, as the older child died Tuesday
evening, Both children were suffer
ing from complication Of diph
liberia and lar,Hgi'is
The mother OF the children Is pros
trated by her double loa-. one cor,
Thomas, younger than The other two,
survives, The children were healthy.
sturdy youngsters until the fatal mai
ally seized them. and according 90
many 81 the neighhnrs of the hessft
4 family, they were loved by an who
knew them,
The ehild's body was taken 10 New
Haven this noon NJ !. o'clock Tor
burial beside his little sister ~ n
/ cemetery there, James Dunn. under
taker from Bristol. has charge Of the .
arrangements.
Conference On Crossing,
Messrs, Curtis, lIoyi and Eaton ~
tho New York. New Haven a Hart.
ford railroad conferred with tho
members Of tho town plan commits.
sion yesterday relative 10 widening
the railroad crossing on West Main
street. A general discussion Of tho
matter took place without any definite
arrangements being made by either
party, The street lines call for
width of IS feet mt this point and Il
was shown that the crossing measures
only slightly over A. feet. The stand
from which the railroad gates arc ,
hoisted or lowered Is on the thor
oughfare and is termed an ohstruc-
ton to traffic. Tho railroad mon ,
claim that the expense should not he
borne by their company. They ,
pointed out that they have two /
switches in the path Of the proposed /
new Walk and rearrangement Of their
system will necessitate an expenditure .,
of at least $1,000. They stated that
they thought that tho town should !
pay the expenses, but the members of ;
the commission failed TO agree with !
them.
Judge Bernard +. Gaffney, repre- :
senting the town of Plainviile. stated ,
that the matter could be taken I'D -,
with the public utilities commission :
and he believed that it would rule
that the change should be made The
officials stated that they did I
not wish to make a statement at this r
lime, but would rather wait until the ,
natter could be gone into thoroughly.
Another meeting on the subject will Il
probably be arranged within a short
ime.
Drive for "Y" Groups 9,
Plans are being laid by the execti- r.
i've board of Painville of the Y. NJ.
:. A. to raise $3.50 by popular sub .,
cription to carry on the work of the u
enior and junior groups of the Hart
ord County 7. NJ. G.. A. The money 81
REQUIRED will be used by the local u
roups consisting of over 40 boys. p,
9th groups have baseball teams and
order to get these started prop
rly. and to pay other small Incl a
entail expenses connected with the nj
ork, It has been found necessary to
Use money.
A short while ago Plainville raised
HHotd IuI llle hartford county \.
. c. a. This money was turned
'er to the executive hoard with ~.
'adquarters in Hartford. Plainyile ~
Is received, and will continue to re-
i've, valuable instruction and infor-
alton from this source. None of!
is money however, remained here,
ID the local executive board has g,
und 1t necessary to appeal to the ~
for the necessary funds w.,
The Plainville executive board will H.
We the management of all funds h,.
d will take care of the expenditures al,
oich will be made entirely on the njr
ainvilIe groups. The executive board to
insists of s. s. Gwillim. chairman: thr
". Charles s. Wyckoff, Rev. A. =. IIat,
lberry. j. Il. Lamb, r. A. Hart. +. sta
Ruddock, +. r. Brastow, A. T.. sta
eethanl, r. l.. Seymour and c. II. wa
erman. Su,