New Britain herald., 1924-08-18
PainpiM News
HARRY MILLS GETS
 ELECTRIC CONTRACT
Michael ]. Fitzgerald Appointed
 JanllOr ol Linden Street School
CLARENCE C. ROBERTS DIES

CLARENCE C. ROBERTS DIES
 Engagement Announeed-sn,ali Dos
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 The Plain,ille t0sn school commit
 lee al special meeting held on Sat,
 nrdaS, voted 10 award the contract
 for electrical fixtures al ihs Linden street school 10 Harry Mills of rnion. vile, The committee had nine bids from six different companies and that Of Mr, Mills was the lowest.
 The bids for the contract and the 1 companies offering them are an- nouneed by Secretary l.. 8. Mills as follows; Bauer < Co. f5ti; Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. 4s6; Spring & Buckley Electric co,, Holophane. st3tss: pay-Ray sfl7,:s' ivanhoe Trojan. ss94.li; MonaX. fss4.G5; Southern New England Electric Co, stb:..o: Barry & Rsmforth Electric O., sesSi and Harry Mills siaO. Spring < Buckley 70. nf New Britain entered bids on four different kind of fixtures.
 Members Of tho committee visited several schools where fixtures have been installed hy the companies sub mitting bids and those installed in the sI0.b00 addition 10 the Pennington Center school were especially pleasing 10 the members.
 Appointed Jnnitor.
 The question of appointing a ian itor for the Linden stree. cshoo. was also settled at the special meeting Of the committee Saturday when the unanimous choice fell on Michael l. Fitzgerald. His duties will begin to' day, August IS. 1924. Mfr. Fitzgerald is one of the best known residents of tho town and his many friends will be pleased that he has been so fa- yored by the school committee and the committee may rest essnr"d that the building will be In capable hands during Mir. Fitzgerald's term Of office.
 Schools Opening Datr
 All Painville schools Including the Broad street, Linden street anI high | schools. are scheduled 10 open Mon day morning. September $, 1921. of the teachers will be held | the Saturday preceding the opening date or on September 6, l9?4. ln- less there is an unexpected delay, the Linden street school will be ready for opening on that date, as all the work is being completed at the present time and the contractors figure that inc school will be ready for occupanc! within the next two weeks
 Clarence (. Roberts.
 Clarence C. Roberts, age ss years, ,f East street, died yesterday after noon in St. Francis hospital, Hart ord. He had been ill for long ime and had undergone several oper- tions in various hospitals
 MT. Roberts was one of the best !, .nowr of the men in Plainvile. He vas the father of one of the Plain- file boys who died in France. Leon : ,oberts. and was active in all things
  cath will come as shock to his ,any friends who were hoping for is recovery. He had lived in Plain . He for a long number of years com V lg originally from Providence. \ u He is survived by his wife and one ', aughter. Mrs Leo St. Thomas. of V tanley street, New Britain. The Il neral will be held tomorrow after oon at o:3o o'clock from the under u king parlors of w. A. Bailey X Co.,, , Broad street and will be strictly tt rivate. Rev. Samuel Sutclffe, rec S' r of St. Marks Episcopal church of II CIV Britain, will officiate. The serv- r.. es will be conducted also by the ,,', ew Britain Commandery of the P. ., a' S. of A., in charge of Captain Ed v, ~, ard Parker, and they will furnish LII bearers. Burial will be in West ,,',, ''
 Engagement Announced. '' Cards are being received in town lnounclng the engagement of Miss V; OTIS GWillim, daughter of Stanley $. Q, willim of Hough street to Theodore ,,,
 Rogers of Middletown. Miss "' nillim is popular member of the unger set in Plainyille. ,.
 Left Out to Staryc. '' One of the most cruel and in .. Inlane acts of an unknown person Sp $ come to light from Mountain CIV when Saturday, a small dog was gu und tied to a tree in the woods, sp parently left there 10 starve by the :, -ner Dog Warden Philip Marine cn s the dog in custody and is seeking at ies as to the owner in an effort to a' ing him to justice. .. People living along Ledge Road in IS 2 Mountain View section were con- TO erably bothered Thursday and iday by the pitifu crying and ol fling of 8 dog in the vicinity. Not tu' owing where the sounds were con- [ from, some of the residents start Pf an investigate Saturday with the as ;ult that they came upon a gauut '" q starved little puppy tied to e in a dense part Of the woods str c little animal was so weak that sta could not stand on its feet and mo ,th was not very far away. Its pa * wns all chsfed where the rope in l held it against its struggles to
 loose and 1t vent unconscious Of en loosed from its leash. fro The dog was taken to Dog Warden