New Britain herald., 1927-07-12
alumni OF SCHOOL
name COMMITTEES
Governor and Other Prominent
People Expected to Speak
DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED
Was Operator Of Car Which Hit
Trolley Express-Dusty League
Has Game Set For This Evening
Working ON East End Streets.

Committees for the annual re-
union of the Plainville Graded
School Alumni association. which
will be held at the Broad street
school on August 20. We're announc-
ed today along with the first plans
for this yearly gathering. The COM
mittees in charge will be as follows:
Invitation committee, James ]. Ora
ham: committee on grounds, decor
atoms and tables, Ralph Seymour,
Mrs. Anna Diggle Bailey, Mrs. Will
liam Cassidy and Cecil Bedford !;
publicity committee, Mrs. Howard
LaField and Mrs. Harry Castle: pic
ture committee, Vinton Knight:
nominating committee, Harry Castle,
Mrs. Charles Clark. and Mrs. Will
liam Eaton; hospitality committee,
Mrs. Harry Castle, Miss Julia Barnes
and John Lamb.
Special invitations have been sent
| to numerous prominent people who
attended the local grammar school
or taught in it, and many Of these
will be asked to speak. These speak
| ers include Governor John H. Trum-
| bull, Glover Hastings. Bishop
Charles Woodcock of Kentucky. Ed
ward Bristol. Z. C. North, Charles
Harrison. Charles l.. Ames of Hart
ford, James Cook Of Swampscott
f., Mass. DR.. James f. Prior of Bos,
ton, Mass, and Superintendent o.
Schools Leon C. Staples. Special in
vitations have also been extended tt
Edwin c. Tomlinson. Morton Barnes
Mrs. Nellie Terry Reed, Mrs. Pear
Frishe Smith and former Governor
Marcus II. Holcomb of Southington
Mrs. Smith was the originator o
the annual reunions. Mr.. Ames
Mrs. Reed and Ex-Governor Marcus
II. Holcomb formerly taught in thu
schools here.
Joseph Mccarthy, chairman of thu
school committee, will welcome thu
alumni, and lunch will be served a
| o'clock in the afternoon. JOIN
Pittinato, proprietor of the Rialtt
Soda shop, has been granted the re
treatment privileges. The Ladies
Aid society of the Plainville NJ. e
church will furnish coffee.
The association now has a balance
of $4,000 on hand, according t.
Treasurer Thomas Prior, and it ha!
been voted to continue the play
ground committee tor another year
500 For Drunken Driving
Frank Novak, q, of Southingtor
was fined 500 and costs Of Justice
L. S. Mills in court here last eve.
ming, being found guilty of driving
while under the influence of liquor
Justice Mills RENTED $50 and sus-
pended judgment on additions
counts Of reckless driving and driv.
ing without an operators license
Grand Juror William f, Foran
prosecuted.
Novak was the driver of the au-
tomobile which ran headlong into
the trolley express on Whiting street
early in the morning about two
weeks ago. His car was smashed tc
Junk and all of the occupants were
severely injured, being taken to the
! New britain \rcIleEdI llOSpltdl.
Baseball Tonight
The Peck Spring Plainvile Casting
/ baseball team will have a chance
to gain on the leaders in the Indus
trial league this evening, when it is
scheduled to play the last place
Standard Steel nine. The Spring
Casters have won their last two
games and were tied with the Bust
nessmen last week when rain stop
ped the game. They are considered
a menace to the two leading teams
and victory tonight will carry them
into the thick of the fight. The Stan
dard Steel team hopes to be back
at full strength for the game and
plans to upset the calculations of the
Whiting street aggregation.
On Thursday the leaders, the Bus
inessmen and Temcos, will clash.
Legion Auxiliary Meeting
The ladies' auxiliary to Brock