New Britain herald., 1927-12-14

burial will be in the family lot in Wolcott cemetery.
 l. o. 0. F. Meeting
 Pequabuck Lodge. r. O. o. F., will
 hold it's regular meeting at o'clock
 this evening in Arcanum hall. The
 first nomination of officers will take
 place and the second degree will be 1 conferred on class of candidates. V. F. W. to Elect Tomorrow evening, Harold F. Em- ! melt Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will elect officers for the ensuing i year at meeting to be held in their
 hall in the city building. The an- l nual reports of the present officers will also be submitted.
 Addresses Parent Teacher Asso. James Dobson. superintendent of the Bristol Boys club, was the i speaker at meeting of the Federal | Hill Parent Teacher Association held in the school auditorium last even-
 ing. His subject was Respect for 1 Other Peoples Property" Dancing i was enjoyed at the close of the bus 1 mess sessicn.
 Auto Recovered l The touring car of Henry Fox of i l1 Central street, stolen from the | Memorial boulevard on Monday 1 night, was found yesterday morning
 by the police about 100 yards from l the point where it was parked by the owner the preceding night. It is be-
 lieyed that several youths took the car for q joy ride and abandoned it | yesterday morning.
 Runaway Boy Returned Norman Wheelock. aged 15, who
 was picked up in this city last Sun day night after he was discovered on the steps of the Prospect Methodist church by Rev, H. D. Jones. was
 returned 10 the Berkshire Industrial Farm at Canaan. x. Y, last night after a telegram had been received from F. J. Wheelock of Plattsburs, N. T.. father of the boy. advising that the son had run away from that institution several days ago. Superintendent A. c. Johnson of the industrial farm came to this city for the runaway.
 Young Whcelock, who was well dressed and mentally bright, kept the police guessing as to his real
 identity for number of hours.
 When discovered by Rev. Mir. Jones he gave an address in the Bronx, New York. but telegram to the police of that place brought back the information that it was ficti- tious. Following the receipt of the telegram from the boys father yes tcrday afternoon. the youngster told enc officer that he had run away from the industrial farm two weeks ago, while only a short time later he told another officer that he left that institution last Sunday night To Play in NIiddletown
 The Bristol High school basket of the season in Middletown next
 Friday evening. The locals made an suspicious start last Friday night when it swamped the Terryville High five in the local gym.
 The next home game will be play ed on December a3d with the Bris- tol High alumni.
 Inventory Valuations Increased
 For the past several years the land on which the city hall stands has been listed in the city's inven- | tory at S45.o0o. Property. however, 1 has rapidly increased in value in the
 center of the city and at the sug- gestion of the board of assessors, the
 city council last evening voted to in-
 clude in the inventory now being prepared at s50,000. The building. iinvontoried at s55,00O. will remain at the same figure.
 But two other changes were voted. The land. on which the old town hall stands, will be listed at s30,o0O on the new inventory or for s6,o0o more than last years figure. The building will remain at s5.000. The land on which the Uncas Hose com pany stands will also show an in creased value OH the new inventory. the new figure to be SS.oo0. an in crease of Sl,Oo0 over last year. The building will be listed at 5000. the same as last year.
 school Meeting A special meeting of the voters Of
 school District No. has been called
 for 7:S0 o'clock Wednesday evening,
 December ol by the district commit
 tee consisting of G. II. Elton. Mrs,
 Mae c. Spring and Frank s. Merrill
 The purpose of the meeting IS ,o
 consider and act upon the proposa
 to borrow the sum of $40.0o0 to take up outstanding notes totalllng tnat
 amount and 10 authorize the district officers to execute negotiable notes for that amount.
 Wills VI. Ilagg Willis M. l7lagg of West Hartford died suddenly at the home oe hH son, Marshall Flagg of c44 Summer street. at o'clock yesterday after. noon. He was found dead i'll q chair by Mrs. Flagg upon her return from q shopping trip. Dr. \. s. Brackett,
 medical examiner. was called In ana ] pronounced death due to heart fail 1 urc.
 Mr. Flagg was native of West
 Hartford and until short time age
 conducted a farm in that town. For the past several weeks he has been living with his son in this city. He
 is survived by two sons. Marshall
 Flagg of this city and Howard Flagg of West Virginia: also by one
 daughter who resides in New York
 city.
 The remains were taken to Hart
 ford last evening. Funeral arrange 1ments are as yet incomplete.
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