New Britain herald., 1927-07-07

school property is given the neces
sary repairs during the summer.
The office of Superintendent
Staples will be closed for a briel
period this summer. he announced
today. The period will probably be
from July Is to August 10.
Funeral OF Mr.. Mastin
The funeral OF George d. Mastin,
who died yesterday morning at his
! home on Last Main street. will be
held tomorrow afternoon. At 3
o'clock Rev. Charles S. Wyckoff.
pastor of the Congregational church.
will conduct the ceremony. Burial
will be in West cemetery.
Shed Hit By Lightning
A shed in Mountain View was
struck by lightning about 6:15
o'clock this morning during the Sc
we're thunderstorm and was de-
stroyed by fire. An alarm was sent
in and the fire department made a
quick run through the driving rain.
but the presence of hay in the shed
| fed the fire so fast that the
firemen could not do anything with
it. Barn. hay, and some tools were
lost. The name of the owner could
, not be learned.
Baseball Tonight
The Businessmen, now leading the
/ Tn fria oSahall 1eapna will face
the coming Peck Spring Plain
vile Casting team tonight at $50
o'clock at the high school field. The
merchants lead is SO slight that a
defeat at the hands of the SPRING
Casters, who have won their last
two games, will topple them from
first place. The Businessmen are
confident of winning. however. as
Left Fielder Brnbaum will not have
an opportunity to display his foot
ball tactics Of falling on the ball. lie
will be replaced by a baseball play
er, it was announced today.
Bowling Match
Another important bowling match
will be rolled at the Recreation al
leys tonight at o'clock, when
Thompson and Rejune of the Stand
ard Steel factory will meet the Sill
verio-Lemeris due from Harris al
leys. The Harris alley team recent
" defeated the Recreation alley rep
resentatives and claimed the cham
pionship of the town, and the Bear
irg Makers want a crack at the title
| themselves. A large crowd is ex-
pected.
AM-Plainvilles Have Game
The -Plainvilles have lined up
the Torestville town team for a
game here Sunday afternoon. Tracy.
former Choate and Dartmouth
pitcher, will be in the box for the
visitors and give Plainville some In
teresting curves to look over. Kalish
or Datoli will work for the locals.
NJ. E. Church Notes
The regular prayer meeting will
be held at 7:45 o'clock this evening
at the Plainville NJ. E. church.
! On Saturday the annual Sunday
school picnic will be held at Lake
Compounce. The children will meet
at the church at 1890 o'clock in
! the morning. Dinner will be served
at 1880 o'clock.
/ Dimeo Fined
! James Dimeo OF Whiting street
was fined $25 and costs by Justice
L. s. Mills on a charge of reckless
driving last night in the local court.
Dimeo was arrested following an
accident at White Oak Saturday. He
was prosecuted by Grand Juror c.
, F. Conlon and defended by Attorney
Cornelius Prior,
To Sell Auto
Deputy Sheriff E. w. Furrey will
sell a sedan at public auction at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. July
| 20, at Parselle's garage. The sale
is to satisfy a judgment.
Car Smashes Door
An automobile owned by Harry
Warner of Southington went for a
drive by itself on Pierce street yes
terday afternoon when Mr.. Warner
parked it with the motor running
near the office Of the Plainville
Lumber & Coal Co. While its owner
talked with some men, the machine
rolled across the street, climbed the
curb, and smashed the door of the
Plainville Water Co. office.
Governor to be Scout
Governor John H. Trumbull is one
of a group of prominent men who
will be sworn IN as Boy Scouts to-
morrow at the annual inspection
day ceremonies of the scout camp at
Bear mountain. Among the others
will be Governor Moore of New Jer-
sey. Governor Matineau of Arkansas.
Senator Copeland of New York. Cen
eraI Bullard, Sir Thomas Upton.
W. L. Mellon and George F. Baker.
Jr.
The condition of Mrs. Mary Biers
of West Queen street. Southington.
was reported today as about the
same. She was severely burned
while lighting a bonfire yesterday
morning.
Miss Mildred Shaw of Pennington
roaG cut her leg with an axe yester-
day while hacking up brush. DR..
George f. Cook was called and was
forced to take several stitches to
close the wound.
The Plainville Y. NJ. c. A. baseball
team will play a County "Y" league
game at kensington Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock against the Ken
sington Congregational church team.
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