New Britain herald., 1926-12-20
Placed On Probation

l Placed On Probation
 The two youths, one aged 15 and the other IT, charged with breaking into the grocery store and meat market of Mike Paradowski of 23 South Elm street last week and stealing approximately s25 from tho cash register, were placed on proba- i ton for one year by Judge William J. Malone in the city court this morning. During the 19 month per- iod they will be required to report to Probation Officer ThomN A. Tracy once a week. The costs of | the case were also assessed against them.
 Case Continued
 The case of William Aubin of Pennington avenue. charged with ing, was continued until January 31. 1927 under bonds of $500. Aubin was arrested Saturday morning by Supernumerary Policeman John Bachman after the car which he was operating had struck Edgar Simp- son of Burlington avenue. and ac- cording to the officers statement Aubin was operating at a reckless rate of speed and without chains. The Simpson boy was taken to the i hospital. where was found that he had double compound fracture of the leg and would be unable to ap- pear in court for at least six weeks. |. S. W. V. To Elect. | Election Of officers will be held 1 this evening by G. A. Hadsell Camp, U. s. W. ". and the Ladies' Auxil- iary in their headquarters in Ar canum hall
 K. of c. Christmas Tree. A Christmas tree party will be held by Palos council, Knights of Colum- bus, in their rooms on North Main street on Wednesday evening, De- cenlber 22. All the members and their families have received invita- tions to be present.
 Attending Brothers Funeral. 1 Officer Arthur Messier of the To- cal police department left this morning for Providence, R. l. where i he will attend the funeral of his ! brother tomorrow.
 1 Tree Catches Fire. l Squad A was called to Blakeslee street at 5;50 o'clock last evening and upon their arrival found a large elm tree burning. A number Of boys 1 had been skating in the swamp near by and had startedf a small fire, which got away from them and ig- nited the tree. The blaze was extin- guished with chemicals
 i To Reside in Corinth, \. Y. Assessor Sidney M. Barnard will leave on Wednesday morning for l Corinth, N. r., where he will make l his future home
 Christmas at St. Joscph's. On Saturday morning, Christmas 1 Day. masses at St. Joseph's church will be celebrated at 6. 7:15, S:15, i 9:15 and 10:15. The 10:15 will be a solemn high mass and will be follow- | ed by benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. There will pe special mu- sic at the 6, S:15, 9:15 and 1o:15 o'clock masses and a vested sanctu- ary choir of 80 voices will sing l Christmas carols. Processional and l recessional hymns will be sung at the last mass. At the S:15 o'clock mass the children's choir will be heard in several numbers appropri- ate to the sermon.
 Car S!xids Into Tree. A roadster bearing New York li- cense plates skidded on the icy pave- ment near Pierce's bridge and 1 crashed into a tree in front of the office of the Beace Lumber Co. Sun day. The rear left wheel was broken off at the hub and the rear fender on the same side considerably dam aged. The car was toEed to a local garage and repairs made.
 Endees-Watcrbury T. A. B.'s Split
 The New Departure basketball team and the St. Joseph's T. A. B. team of Waterbury split even on 1 their two engagements over the weekend, the Endee boys winning l Saturday night in the local high school gym 30 to 29 in an overtime game and losing Sunday afternoon | in Waterbury 20 to II.
 The engagement Saturday night afforded local basketball fans a number of thrills and it was not until the final whistle was blown at the end of the five minute overtime period that the issue was definitely decided. The contest was marred by considerable roughness. both Dono- hue and McGran, opposing centers, i being forced to leave the floor by the personal foul route. Feldman was high scorer for Bristol with a total of 19 points and Heinie Darlington led his team with five field goals and one foul. The floor work of Donohue. local center was outstand- ing. as it has been all season. The summary:
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