New Britain herald., 1925-04-09
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
 PROJECT DOOMED
Council Not Convinced Institu-
 tiOn Is Needed Here
S1O,OOO FOR PAYEMENTS
Mrs. Rockwell Appointed to Park Commission Old Church Being Razed-Bristol Clubs Elects Of- flccrs-Fire on New Street.


 No necessity for a public sIaugh- ter house exists, according to the opinion Of the city council, so that the city board has tabled the recom- mendation of the health board until a later date. The health officials thought that a public slaughter house was necessary in order that protective measures relative to the local meat supply, might be employ ed! AS the greater part of that meat used in the city is bought from out of town packers, whose plants are government inspected, the local slaughtering does not cut big fig ure in the food requirements. The council does not believe that the amount of meat prepared for use in this city warrants the expense at this time for the erection of the structure.
 Raging Old Church
 Work of tearing down the old St. Joseph's church has been started so that the grounds may be prepared for the dedication of the new church which will take place in the early summer.
 Mrs, Rockwell Appointed Mrs. Albert r. Rockwell has been selected as a member of the park commission to succeed her late hus- | band, Albert F. Rockwell. She has always taken a deep interest in the park activities and one year gave S20,000 for equipment at Rockwell park. Through her efforts, recrea- tional instructors were maintained at the park for the benefit of the chil- dren during the summer.
 Paving Ordered Expenditure of S10,000 will be made this year by the city council for new paving, one of the import ant sections being the restricting of North Main street. The semi permanent paving of the street had failed to meet the demands of the extra heavy traffic and has cost the city a pretty penny, according to the | officials, for repairs. In no time, | the surface was filled with waves and l holes so that ride over the street suggested sail over the briny deep.
 Accordingly the council decided some time ago to change the surface material and a contract was closed for the laying of asphalt blocks from Laurel to Center streets. The re- mainder of the semi-permanent pay ing will be patched up until next year when the job will be completed.
 "The First Year"
 "The First Year." a comedy with many sparkling situations will be presented on April 16 at the Com munity theater by the Community Players as their last production of the season. RehearsaIs for the event indicate a finished presentation. r. Officers Elected Officers were elected at the meet ing of the Bristol club last night as follows: President, B. 0. Barnard; vice-president, Howard N. Wilcox; second president, Homer H. Judd; secretary and treasurer, J. Fayette Douglass; members of board of managers for three years, II. l. Ladd, Howard s, Peck and Erwin R. Rowe.
 Police Called in The local police were asked to do weighty detective business yesterday when a juvenile crime wave. appar- ently descended upon the city. The first complaint was for the theft of a scooter, which had been padlocke4 to a street lighting pole near the Princess theater by the owner, Clay ton Pratt, son of s. s. Pratt of S1 Putnam street. When the young ster emerged from the moving pie ture show a few hours later, the chain and lock were at the pole but no scooter.
 Joseph Florentina, clerk in Mitchelrs store, parked his bicycle 1 in front Of the store and live minutes later he returned to find 1t missing. Handbags Given Handsome monogrammed hand bags were given at the meeting of Gilbert W. Thompson Post, w. R. C., yesterday afternoon to the two de- partmental officers, who arc mem- bers of the post, Mrs Lillian Apel and Mrs, Addie Whitman. Mrs. Abel is president of the post as well as a departmental patriotic instructor while Mrs, Whitman is the secretary as well as departmental chairman of child welfare work.
 Mrs. Annie Hayiand, patriotic in- structor of inc post directed an elaborate program for the meeting yesterday afternoon, after the buSi-