New Britain herald., 1926-06-07
ID ERECT MODERN l PICTURE THEATER
John GlaCken Of New Britain
 Plans Building for Center
WOMAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Mrs. Staub Struck By Brakeless Machine-Local Baseball Teams Win Their Gamcs-James Lee Arrested By Mistake-Briefs.

| Arrested By Mistake-Briefs. 4 modern theater building cost ing approximately S40,0o0 will be erected In the center of Plainville this summer by John s. r. GIacken of S1 Cottage place. New Britain. | The building will be of either hol- low brick or stucco construction and will be freproof throughout. In addition to the motion picture the ater, which will seat between $50 and GOO people, there will be two stores on the ground floor. The lo- cation has been selected by Mir Glacken but has not yet been an nounced.
 Mir. Glacxen believes that Plain vile would support an up-to-dato motion picture theater. It is the largest of the small manufacturing towns in the state which does not have one, he says. and he believes his venture will be paying one. He plans to have performances both afternoons and evenings. Work on the theater will begin about July 1 and 1t is hoped to have it ready | for the opening by October 1. | Mir. Glacken has been associated with the motion picture business for l i , years. He was once an operator for Frank A. Keeney in Brooklyn and New York city and then work ed for the late r. s. McMahon at the Empire theater in Hartford. thecoming manager there. He also managed the LyCeum theater in New Britain for the late Thomas J. ing motion pictures. vaudeville, and .stock companies with success. He was also emTloyed by Mir, Levitt as manager Of his Liberty theater in Hartford. With this background of experience. Mir. Glacken now plans to start in for himself and has selected this town as the scene of his project.
 Struck By Auto
 Mrs. Elizabeth Staub of Tcrry- vile. aged "A was struck hy ar automobile yesterday afternoon as she alighted from trolley car at the corner of West Main and Wash ,ington streets 10 visit her daughter. Mrs. Edgar Harlow of 149 West Main street She was knocked down and bruised considerably but did not appear at the time to be seri- ously injured; there is, however. 4 possibility of internal injuries.
 According to those who witness "d the accident. the driver of the automobile, a Forestville man, was at fault. Constable Fred Callon in- vestigated and formed the opinion that the brakes on the auto were not in proper shape. He tried the i car out and found that 1t might as well have had none at all
 Sewers Arc Necessary
 That the installation of sewers will be a necessity in the early future is the opinion of Dr. George F. Cook. who is advocating this measure both ny virtue of his position as health officer and as chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee on sewers and sanitation. pr. Cook, who is acting in conjunction with the town and chamber, said today that il is time that something was done, at least in regard 10 q surface sewer for storm water in the east end.
 This should he in by next win ter" he said, and hoped that action would be taken at the next town meeting. AS a health measure for the school children it is an absolute necessity. With the high school built. there will be more traffic than before in the eastern section, and we don't want another inundation Of { Great Lakes We want the children to attend high school and not stay home because of illness contracted from wet feet or because their par cnts were afraid to let them go