New Britain herald., 1927-06-10

commence his duties sithes nsxt
Sunday or Monday.
Flag Day In Burlington
Tho 15oth anniversary OF the
adoption Of the Tag OF the United
States will be observed with special
exercises on the Burlington Green
Tuesday afternoon. June ~.
The graduation exercises Of the
Burlington school will be held In
the morning and will be followed
by the usual dinner, to be served On
the green. In the afternoon, there
will be . Flag Day address and .
ball game will be played At the con.
clusion Of tho exercises.
Cook-Riohtmye1.
Miss Velman Frances Richtmyer.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. c.
Richtmyer Of % Carlson Place, and
Harold A. Cook were married At
2:3o o'clock Thursday afternoon At
the homo Of the brides parents. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. l..
H. Dorchester OF West Hartford. as
sisted by Rev. Hubert D. Jones. pas
tor of the Prospect Methodist
church. Miss Frances Stots Of this
city was bridesmaid and Melvin A.
White. also Of Bristol, served toe
bridegroom as best man. The we'd
ding march was played by Miss
Doris Bennett.
The bride Is q graduate Of the
Bristol high school and has been
employed as clerk At the wallace
Barnes company. The bridegroom
also attended the Bristol schools
and is employed In the laboratory
OF the Bristol Brass corporation.
Election Postponed
Due to the small attendance at
the meeting Of Court Ever Welcome,
Foresters of America. held last eve
ming in Red Mems hall on Prospect
street, the annual election Of off,
GERS was postponed until the July
meeting.
Last Transformer Moved
The last OF four transformers,
each Of which weighed IS tons, was
today removed from the freight
yard to the sub-station OF the Bris-
tol and Plainville Electric Company
at Highland Court by employees Of
the r. N. Blakeslee Company Of
Waterbury. 1t was necessary to d.
vert traffic while the transformer
was being mover across North Main
street.
To Build Addition
c, Funk &: Son Of II Prospect
street arc preparing to build an
addition to their present store.
plans having been prepared BY
Sperry and Buell. OF this city. The
building on site adjoining the pres
cnt store is to be demolished and the
proposed addition will be 80 feet by
81 feet. of brick and steel construc-
ton and four stories high.
Auto Hits Bicycle
The case OF Benjamin r. winth.
rop charged with evading respon-
siblity, was continued by Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney Robert J.
Stack this morning until June Is.
1t is claimed that on last Tuesday,
Winthrop ran over a bicycle own
cd by John Ratkowski on North
Main street but failed to stop to as.
certain the amount Of damage.
Timetable Changes
The summer timetable of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company goes into effect
at 1c:o1 a. m. Sunday. June 18th.
Train 1910 which at the present
time leaves at sol a. m. for Hart
ford will leave at STA on the new
schedule; train lis. which now
leaves for Hartford at 1890 a. H.
will after Sunday leave at 1854 a.
M: train 1705. now reaching Bris-
tol at s:Ss q. m. will arrive at $40
a. M. and train 1909. now arriving
at $3.50 p. M. will reach Bristol on
the new schedule at 4:51 p. m.
r. o. s. Of A. Meeting
Camp No. Is. P. o. S. of A.. will
hold meeting at 1880 o'clock this
evening in Arcanum Hall. Follow
ing the business session, public
whist will be held in the club rooms.
Dcvotions This Evening
Special devotions will be held at
1880 o'clock this evening in st.
Joseph's church in honor Of the
Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
L. o. o. F. Meeting
The regular meeting Of Stephen
Terry Lodge, I. o. Q. F.. will be held
at s o'clock this evening in Stephen
Terry hall.
Civil War Veteran Seriously III
Fairfield Dresser, Civil war vet
eran and a resident of this town for
many years, is seriously Ill at his
home on Pine street, East Bristol.
Autos in Collision
Automobiles operated by Adolph
Deserno Of Hartford and Roy D.
Nelson Of this city collided at the
corner Of School and Main streets at
$50 last night. Both cars were
slightly damaged.
The drivers appeared before As
sistant Prosecuting Attorney Robert
J. Stack this morning and were told
to settle the matter civilly.
Caretaker's Store Entered
The store of Caretaker Joseph
Civizzio of Rockwell Park was
broken into some time last night and
a quantity Of cigarettes taken. The
police, who are investigating. be-
lieve the burglary to be the work Of
young boys who make the park 4
hangout after dark.
Attend Dedication Exercises
Past Exalted Rulers Thomas A.
Tracy, John E. Roberts, George L.
Fitzpatrick. Exalted Ruler Robert
w. Harris, Esteemed Leading
knight Henry J. Flynn. DR.. NJ. F.
Claffey. John E. Burns, H. Pelle-
GRIM and William O'Brien attended
the dedication exercises at the new