New Britain herald., 1927-02-03
K. of r. Meeting

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 will hold a regular meeting at
 o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall. There will be setback tournament
 between members of the local lodge and the New Britain lodge.
 :kieNs. P;.wfCCIl pParsfi. Moo aog Skating at Park
 Skating will be permitted on the
 lagoon at Rockwell Park this even- ing. according to an announcement
 of Caretaker Joseph Civizzio.
 Arrested for Massachusetts
 Charles LePine, aged 24. was ar
 rested yesterday by Sergeant Daniel
 McGillicuddy, Officer Joseph Strup
 and Constable Lawrence Hogan in
 Plainville, charged with violation of parole from the Massachusetts Re- formatory at Concord Junction.
 Mass. He was taken back to Con- cord Junction today in the custody of an officer from that city. Real Estate Deal Closed
 A formal transfer of land and buildings on lower Main street was made yesterday by John E. Condon to the Colonial Theaters, Inc. The property in question adjoins the land on which the new theater is to be erected and for which the basement ! is now being excavated. It Is un- derstood that the property in ques- tion will be improved within the next few months by the purchasers. | Fined For Reel 'ess Driving l 1 yln r,,- street, charged wi,h reckless driv- ing, was fined $50 and costs in the police court this morning by Judge | William J. Malone. Barnett was ar rested following a complaint receiv- Jed at he, lqu2r,ers from pr. Joseph 1 l. Woisard, wh" stated that the ac- cused Lad deliberately run over his i dog, killing the animal. Prosecuting Attorney James T. Mather present ed the case for the city.
 1 Arrested For reach of tho Peace Michael Ott, arrested last evening Tor committing a breach of the peace in his own home. was fined S10 ana costs by Judge Malone.
 Loughlin Building Leased i Announcement was made yester- day afternoon by Martin A. Lough- lin, that he had leased to the S. | s Kresge Co.,. his three story build | ing at lS1 Main street for 20 years at an aggregate rental of s200,00o. 1 The kresge Co.,. will during the term of their terlncy. pay all taxes and keep the kluld in good repair. A brick addition will be built by the lessors and alterations will be made at an esti ted expense of 0,0O0. | The leaTo was executed through the agency of Rabinow & Raschkow real estate agency of New Britain. i The entire stocl ia the Loughlin store was disposed of yesterday to fishman and Goldsmith of Hartford. | The store will be closed for a few days 10 prepart for the retail dis | pcsal of the stock.
 i MT. Loughlin. who has conducted T retail dry goods store for the past 8 years, announced about month ago that he planned to retire and enjoy an .Xtended vacation. William loughlin, son, also interested in the management of the store for a number of yecrs. has as yet made no announcement of his future plans.
 Rabbi Hadas Speaks
 An interesting lecture on Peace" was given last evening in the Beth
 Israel Synagogue by Rabbi Hadas of New Britain.
 School Board Meeting The February meeting of the ! board of education was held fin the 1 board of education office last night. i The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as recorded.
 The bills for the following depart ments were approved and ordered paid: Board of education s53.23. CO., operative course $5.13. drawing 6S cents, health school s27.9S, music s1.90, home economies 50 cents. eve ming school sl2.50, manual training 1 s65.39, high school s10492, making a total Of s27222.
 | The matter of arranging for the refinishing of three rooms at the old high school was discussed and it was the unanimous opinion of the commissioners that this work be ar ranged for and that such arrange ment be completed by MT. Barnes i of the high school committee and i Mr. Hitchcock, chairman of the ! committed.
 The matter of the high school course Of study for the next school year was considered and it was vot- f ed to drop Spanish with the end Of | the school year in June; to drop commerce and commercial law from the third year of the business curri- i culum as the elements of commer- cial law will be taken up in senior l business: to add elementary mech anics to the third year of the CO., ] operative course.
 1 With the above mentioned 1 changes as indicated it was voted to adopt the High school course of i study for the school year 1927-2S as presented.
 1 It was voted that the board ac- cept with thanks the receipt of the letter from the state board of edu- caion concerning the investigation l of the twelfth school district. | A communication was read from l Professor Knowlton concerning the l passage of a bill which has recently 1 been submitted to the state legisla- | ture permitting the use of certain l types of projectors in classrooms without requiring moving picture | booth. The communication was re- | ferred to Commissioner Barnes and was tabled until the March meeting | of the board.
 A communication was read from (Continued on Page Nine)