New Britain herald., 1927-11-03

of the board of water commissioners
 during an inspection tour of the various reservoirs yesterday after noon. The various water sheds were found in excellent condition. Nichols Case Again Continued The case Of Albert Nichols, charg- ed with theft. was again continued in the city court today until Satur- day morning upon request of Attor-
 ney Anthony J. Rich, counsel for the accused.
 Nichols was arrested upon com plaint of Conrad Millette who claims that the defendant stole his watch and s6.
 Not Long Enough for Gallagher An hour in which to leave town,
 which was granted Peter Gallagher by Judge William J. Malone in the city court yesterday morning upon the formers request. proved entire ! iy inadequate and as a result Gal lagher found himself in court again
 this morning on d charge Of drunk enness, the same offense to which he pleaded guilty yesterday.
 i Gallagher informed the police last evening, after he had been arrested ! shortly after s o'clock, that after leaving the court room he had taken one little nip which apparently led to several more. In court this morn Ing he stated that in another ten minutes he would have been gone,
 but unluckily he happened to meet Officer Connolly, who had made the arrest the previous evening. Judge Malone. to make sure that
 he would leave town this time, sen fenced him to 60 days in jail.
 Welch Fire Company Meeting
 A meeting of the volunteer mem
 bcrs Of Welch Fire company will be held in tho club rooms on Church
 avenue. forestville this evening. Following the business session, buffet luncheon will be served under
 the direction of the recently elected officers.
 Ethan Lodge, K. of P. Ethan lodge. Knights of Pythias. will hold their regular meeting at \
 o'clock this evening in Arcanum
 hall. The second degree will be conferred on a class Of candidates.
 Attending Wedding Mrs. Annie O'Hara and two daughters, Misses Mona and Dorothy O'Hara, and Postmaster James F..
 Holden of Eorestvile left last eve
 ming for Northampton, where they attended the wedding of Miss Dor othv Gillern this morning. Miss Gill Tern is the daughter of MT and Mrs. William Gillern, former residents ol the Forestville section.
 Local Woman Installed State Pres.
 Mrs. Ruth E. pfennig Of this city was installed as president Of the
 state department of the American Legion Auxiliary at the exercises
 held last evening at the New Haven Lawn club. Appointments made by Mrs. Pfennie include the following;
 Mrs. Helen P. Wasley of this city as
 sergeant at arms: Mrs. Ruth Gill ot Terryville on the committee on leg islation; Mrs. Amos Lister of Terry
 vile on the radio committee: Mrs Nora Beaucar Of this city on the
 banquet committee: Mrs. Ruth D. Sessions of this city on the commit tee on trophy and awards. Mrs.
 Pfcnnig will serve as chairman o'
 the finance committee.
 To Address Ncighborhood Club Edward Ingraham, president of ] the Bristol Boys club, will be the ] speaker at a meeting Of the south Chjnpins Hill Neighborhood club to
 be held this evening in the school l house. His subject will he The ! Boys Club.'
 To Address Loyal Workers society Miss Bertha Cassidy, a missionary | from Wuhu, China, and Miss Helen | r. Seery of Epson street. also mis-
 sionary workers in China, will be the speakers at meeting of the | oval Workers society of the Ad- vent Christian church on West street this evening.
 To Consider Immunization Campaign At meeting of the board of edu
 cation last evening, Dr. B. E. Rob bins, city health officer, briefly out ! lined his plans for the immunization of diphthnria. This was the subject discussed at q public health meet ing two weeks ago and one which has created q considerable amount of interest in the city. Judge Newell Jennings, chairman Of the board, and Karl 4. ReiChc, perintendent or schools. were appointed q com- mittee to look into the situation further. It is the intent 10 call q special meeting Of the teachers, at which time Dr. Robhips will out line the plan. following which cards
 will be sent to the parents Of all of the school children asking permis- sion to apply the Schick test and
 later 10 use toxin anti-toNin in cases where children arc found 10 be sus- ceptbie to the disease.
 Armisticc Day in Schools All schools in the city will remain
 in session on Armistice day, No vembcr II. according to d decision reached last evening by the board of education. Appropriate exercises, however, in honor Of the end Of the World War will be held In the vari- ous classrooms.
 To Assist in Athletic Field Upkccp Commissioners Joseph F. O'Con- nell and Arthur C. Hitchcock, to-
 gether with Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reichc. were ap-
 pointed a committee 10 assist the High School Athletic association in the upkecp of the athletic field. Worlimen are now engaged in the laying out Of a running track. the ! IL. h.. g.1t