New Britain herald., 1925-05-22

amounting to hDoul SloVtVuV bt lne present time.
 John B. Minor followed Mir. Wheeler on the floor. He also was n member of the committee 10 se- lect q site, He spoke of tho pro posed sale of lots on the property ,n the East street front and said that he was opposed to such a pro- oedure, He said that the town could get back only sS,000 and for such sum. the movement was not worth while. Don't" he said, have our high school facing row Of back yards, but let us have the building where everyone can sec it, an added beauty 10 the town" His remarks were received with spontaneous ap- plause.
 s, P. Williams principal Of the first high school Plainvlle has ever had, endorsed the remarks Of MT. Minor, He highly compimcnted Mir, Wheeler on the manner and quality Of his report,
 l.. s, Mills introduced a resolution 10 accept the recommendation of the committee and purchase the prop crty for s22,50o. He spoke Of the state engineer from the department Of education and said that after a visit of inspection the engineer said that the site proposed was the most economical.
 The resolution was then put to A vote, A motion to vote by ballot vas lost on a yiya-Voce vote and the resolution was carried. There was a small chorus of feminine voices when the noes" were called explained that she voted no because, being a married woman without children she could not see why she should be paying taxes for the next % years 10 put up q high school | building and educate some other woman's children.
 Mir. Wheeler told about the his l tory of the Broad street school l NutIt III ll| OIl udSoi It IVOh U town meetings before the school was located on Broad street and i even at that, a meeting had 10 rescind all previous votes and had the New Britain school board come to Plainville and select the site. He expressed the hope that no 16 meetings would be required for the | building of a high school.
 The committees report was then accepted and the committee was discharged with vote Of thanks 1 from the town.
 ! It is interesting 10 note that the site for tho new high school az com pared with the brick school on Broad street is not far from the 1 central stores Of the town. The dis lance via Whiting, Maple and East streets from the post office to the site of the now high school is four 1 tcnths of a mile. The distance from f the post office via Whiting and Broad streets 10 the brick school on Broad street is exactly the same. 1 NCNcrny Funeral
 The funeral of Mrs Mary McNer- ] ny of Pennington avenue was held this morning at o'clock from the church of Our Lady of Mercy on Broad street. Rev John F, Fay, pastor of the church, officiatcd at the requiem nigh mass. The pail bearers were Hugh Flood of PIain- vile, Daniel NJ. Collins of Plainville, Anthony Contois, John McNerny, Michael McNcrny and William Geary of New Britain.
 During the mass Mrs. Mary r. Crean Of New Britain sang the Gre gorlan chant requiem and al the of. fortory she rendered Pie Jesu," A: the body was being borne from tho church she sang Some Sweet Day This was on request of the dcCeaaed who asked as onn of her last re- quests that Mrs Cream sing at her funeral Burial was in St. Josoph's g cemetery on Pennington avenue and l arrangements were CtEFI lOI ny J' N. Curtin <, Co. of New Britain,
 Marriage Announcement
 Announcement is mado Of the coming marriage Of Miss Irene G. ! Smith, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John J. Smith Of Park street, to Carroll C. Cutting, son of Mir and Mrs. George Cutting Of South Paris, Me. The ceremony will he per 1 formed al the church of Our Lady of Mercy on June 10.
 Miss Smith is employed al the i Burgess Knitting Go. in Bristol. 1 Mir Cutting is adJutant of Brock Barnes post, American Legion, and 1 is employed at the Peek, Stow X Wilcox plant in Southinston.
 Holy Name social
 The social conducted by tho Holy Name society of the church of Our Lady Of Mercy in the American Le- zion rooms last night was an i'm mcnse success. The prizHe for tho season were awarded last night, ! Mrs. A. Arcl taking the woman's and Milton Kramer the mems, The evening prizes for card playing were awarded as follows: Men, George l Griffin. Harry Turner and Milton