New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
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 Meadow street last evening present. ed the appearance of a miniature lake, the water rising to such a depth that 1t backed up to the front doors of the central fire station, which are 1 located about sixty feet from the curb. The water on School street was so deep that trolley cars of the Bristol and Plainville Electric con- ! pany were unable to receive or dis charge passengers for several blocks ! west of the Memorial Boulevard. 1 The cellar of the Center Building was flooded and firemen worked from 1V:30 last evening until 6:30 this morning in pumping out the ] water.
 Lower Main street was also under water patrons of the newly erected Cameo theater being obliged to 1 walk the plank 10 gain entrance ; 10 the lobby.
 | The new state road on Pennington 1 avenue. particularly on the Farming ton end, was badly washed ou. In places. In the vicinity of the new bridge at Eight Acres" there were several bad WaShouts along the side of the road, large quantities of dirt | being carried down the incline into , the swamp. There was some concern for a time about the bridge. because ot the amount of quicksand in the immediate vicinity. Employes of the i state highway department were , working at this point this morning.
 Building Fund Campaign 1 The first luncheon meeting of the workers of the Boys club Building ! Fund campaign. held yesterday, ] brought out q large mum Der of team { members. Team No. F under the . leadership of Mrs. A. J. Nelson se- , cured the leaders flag for having i the largest number of subscriptions for the day. This team brought in { 2l Individual pledges and nosed out . Team No. Il explained by Guy i Wright by one pledge. Team No. II, f however, brought in the largest sub Scrlpuons of. the day totaling S1,- 25G.50.
 Acting Chairman Raymond 1 trumb. who presided in the absence 1 ot Chairman C. T. Treadway. who 1 was m, reported for the Boys club four additional pledges amounting to l SN, bringing the amount of the Boys club pledges to $SgL75. The reports i Of all the teams for the first day of the campaign showed S05 pledges 1 made for q total Of S3,7"o.45.
 The next meeting of the workers will be on Tuesday noon of next l week in the gymnasium room of the . Boys club. At that time the Rotari- ans of Bristol will appear in public | m their costumes for the first time. | At that time they expect to stage a stunt event which will result in their winning the contest in which they are engaged with the Lions club.
 The Lions will hold forth at the tlnal luncheon meeting of the work l CTS to be held on Thursday noon, No- , Nelhher 10. The contest between the two service clubs is for the price of q dlMQer, which by mutual agree 1 ment is not 10 be eaten, but the money that would be spent for such an occasion is to be applied toward | the building fund.
 ! The total amount pledged Up to | me present time is $l1S,6S3, leaving SlV4,oH0 vet to be raised to reach the desired goal of $22S,000.
 Injured in Thomaston Smash Julius F.. Ostrom of 9 Frederick street, forestvillc received painful i injuries last evening in Thomaston, when his car, which was pdrked was . struck ny a state highway depart l l4ent truck and pushed distance of approximately 50 feet. Ostrom was l about 10 step out of his car when he ! notlccd headlight directly in his ! rear. The next instant his car was | hit and he was thrown against the Sldc of the car. He sustained a gash | over hls eye which required three stitches to close and numerous bruises. His sister, Mrs. Ada Smith and Mrs. George l.. koenig, both of Hartford, who were in the ear, also were slightly bruised and considerably shaken up. OStrom waS on his way home | from Waterbury and had detoured | through Watcrtown because of the ! other route being closed because of | the Nausatuck riyer having risen 10 i such an extent as to make the cross ] ing at Reynolds bridge dangerous. | Th" water on the Thomaston road ! Was so deep that the water pushed | through the floor boards of his car i and flooded his Carburetor. stalling the engine. He was lowed out by q state highway truck, which left [ him under q light some distance away 10 enable him 10 look over his engine. He had completed this work and started his motor, when he noticed smoke issuing from the hood. ! He Was just about to step out to look at the engine agaln when the | accident occurred.
 After receiving medical attention, he was taken to his home in For cstNillc. His condition is not serious.
 To Address Teachers
 The first step in the diphtheria | immunization campaign will be taken next Monday afternoon at f o'clock at which time Dr. Lamphier of the state board Of health will address the public school teachers . . of he pitN ,t1nptiyc- hn hold in the high school auditorium, This | announcement was made this morn- ing by pr. B.. E, Robbins, city health officer, who appeared before the , hoard ot education at it's meeting last Wednesday evening and out hink