New Britain herald., 1927-02-01
FATHER THREATENS
 SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Angefed at Order to Make Boy
 Attend Glasses
JAIL TERM OVER HEAD
Terryyiue Holdup Men Bound Over to Superior Court-Rev. l.. l.. Wis Mer Leaves For Rhode Island Meeting of Council.

A suspended Jail sentence Of GU days was meted out in police court this morning by Judge Joseph M. Donovan to Henry Nontell Of 51 North Pond street on charges of fail- ing to send his II year old son to school and of writing threatening letters to Principal French of the John Jennings school.
 Evidence in the case was furnish ed by Attendance Officer Rolfe l.. Rowe and Principal French. Two letters addressed 10 the school orin- cipal. one in which Vontell suggest cd to the teacher that he could go in the event he touched his boy, he tthe father), would pay the teacher q visit.
 During November and December the boy was absent from school for seven weeks and since the first of the year has attended only a few sessions. For those which he did at tend. he arrived late. according 10 the principal. Nontell informed he court that he understood the boy was not wanted in school and for that reason he had made no effort to send him.
 Prosecuting Attorney James T. Mather recommended that either a jail sentence be given Nontell or that he be instructed to return to his native town in New Hampshire, eX- pressing the belief that Bristol was bearing too much of the burdens of the state of New Hampshire and Vermont.
 Hold-up Men Bound Over.
 William Carton of Cossett street, Waterbury and Fred Mcclellan of 9 Cook street, Waterbury. were bound over to the April term of the superior court by Justice Charles I. Allen in the Terryville town court yesterday on charges of attempting to hold up Eugene Plieboski, who conducts a gas station on Main street, Terryville. The men pleaded not guilty and were taken to the Litchfield county jail when unable to furnish bonds of 5000.
 The attempted holdup was un- successful and the arrest of the two men followed complaint made tc Deputy Sheriff George Buckley by Plieboski. Grand Juror William B. Futile prosecuted the cases.
 D. of |. Y. Meeting.
 The regular meeting of Sarah E. Reynolds Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans will be held at o'clock tomorrow evening. Two officers will be installed and a class of candi- dates initiated.
 Funeral of Fred McGar.
 The funeral of Fred McGar of 140 o'clock this afternoon from his late home. The Masonic service was ex- omplified by the officers of Franklin Lodge, A. F. & 4. NJ. Rev. John Wilkins, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, officiated and the body was placed in the vault at West cemetery for interment in the spring.
 Seicheprey Post Meeting.
 A meeting of Seicheprey Post No. 2, American Legion will be held at s o'clock this evening in Legion headquarters in city hall. Final plans will be made for attending the banquet to the National Commander Howard P. Savage. at the Hotel Bond on Wednesday evening.
 Personal Tax Bills Mailed.
 1t,500 personal tax bills were mailed yesterday by Tax Collector Frank B. Riley. These bills are pay able during the present month.
 Red Mems Meeting.
 Compounce Tride, I. o. R. NJ, will hold their regular meeting at $ o'clock this evening on the wigwam on Prospect street. The hunters and warriors degree will be conferred on class of braves.
 Council Meeting.
 The regular monthly meeting Of the city council will be held at 7:30 o'clock this evening in city hall.
 Neighborhood Prayer Meeting.
 The Neighborhood Prayer meeting will be held at &30 o'clock tomorl row morning at the home of Mrs Victor Johnson of POT Goodwin street.
 Called to PittsfieId.
 Daniel J. and Timothy Donovan of the public works department have been called to Pittsfield by the death of their father, Patrick Dono- van.
 Jailed for Non Support
 Earl Young Of East Bristol was given the alternative of spending the next two months in jail or furnishing a bond of $500 to guarantee the pay ment of s10 week toward the sup port of his wife and two months old