New Britain herald., 1927-10-21
GAS PUMPS SAVED AS CAR IS BURNED Lighted Lantern Starts Blaze Which Ruins Unregistered Auto HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL New Basis Established For Honors- Plainville Grange to Preeent Two
 Phy-F1remen's Outing Sunday
 Dusty League Bowling-Briefs.

held near the gasoline tank of an automobile while the tank was being filled is held responsible for a fire which threatened to destroy John Groses filling station on East Main street last evening and resulted in the reducing of the auto to ruin. The car. which was an unregistered ! vehicle belonging to Joseph Casclel- 1 To, had been out of condition for some time and last night neighbor lowed 1t to Grose's station for first tankful of gasoline. Two of Casciel- los younger brothers were in the car at the time. and one of them was holding the lantern.
 The fire from the lantern ignited the gas fumes and flames spouted from the gasoline tank of the car in an instant. Only quick action by 1 Grose saved his pumps. He quick ly pushed the car away from the pumps and then used dirt to clog up the end of the hose with which he had been filling the tank. The flames were already inside the hose but were smothered when the air was cut off.
 The auto was ruined, the metal being twisted out of shape and the windshield glass melted by the heat. Ii was said today that an arrest might be made because of the pres ence of the unregistered car on the road.
 High School Honor Roll
 Eight pupils are listed on the first honor roll issued at Plainville High school this year, the roll being an- nounced today, This is much smaller number than were on the roll last year, but this is due to a new system. Formerly general average of so per cent entitled a student to being listed on the roll, but this year the pupil must obtain tS5 per cent, and that In every sub- kct and not as an average.
 The honor roll covers the first six weeks of the school year. The list of pupils is as follows:
 Senior class--Nirgiria Conforti, Beatrice Easton, Victor Hurtado, Helen Ostman, Marjorie Rutland.
 Junior class--Betty Brastow, Ruth Tyler.
 Sophomore class-Norc.
 Freshman class-Horace French.
 Grange to Present Plays
 Plainville Grange will present tive plays as features of it's annual fail on November 17 and IS. "Aaror Slick of Punkin Crick" will be pro , 1 jol hnrS n the Grange on the first night of tht fair. The following is a list Of tho players:
 Aaron Slick (not as green as he
 looks) ...... Homer Grifflr Wilbur Merridew Ca crooked specu'
 lator) ........ Verne Wymar Clarence Greene Ca mysterious
 young mam .... Russell Scovi'l' Mrs Rosy Berry Gan Oklahoma
 Widow) .......... Esther Smltf Gladys May Mcrridcw Ca swee young thing) .,.... Ruth Levi: Little Sis Riggs Ca regular tomboy) , ........ Gladys Hiltbrant The Girl in Red ... Emma Rcdmar , On the second night the married
  Maine" with the following cast o characters:
 ; Zeph Cummings (owner of Hard scrabble Farm) .,.. C, H. Curtl' ! Ralph. his brother Ga New 1ort
 Millionaire) ....... T. A. I.ymaI Neil Wentworth Ca young inventor.
 ........ Hovward Martin h, oII Err ...... Winfield II. Loomi s Tomps Ghe hired man) ..... ........ Edward $. Lacke. 7. Mfr. Holden Ca lawycr) ........ ............ Harold Newcl , Ji!nsey Ca fresh air kid) ...... , ...... Charles NJ. Weldon Nose Gossin Ca stuttering suitor)
 I. B. Carte Susie Cummings tRalph's daughter
 ......... Win,fred Kensel Ma Cummings, Zeph's wife =.
 ....... Mrs. Cappa Cornin kcsah "forty-three and desperate ......... Mrs. Lucy Loomi Betsy Tomps .... Mrs. Bessie liar Firemcn's Outing Sunday Plainville Hose Co.,, No. vii hold an all-day outing Sunday a Gubbins' grove near the freight sta tion A roast chicken dinner wit all tho "fXings" will be served a l. p. m. There will he a program of sports. including baseball gam y and quoit tournament, and prize : will be awarded the winners in th = various events.
 D Grange Notes ? On Monday evening the ladies dc n gress team of Plainville Grange wi c hold q rehearsal in Grange hall a