New Britain herald., 1928-08-06

| 1ilICSo WIFI CCItlpllCdtlOuS.
Mr.. Moore was a native of Bur-
lington. Vt. coming to this city sew
eral years go. He is survived y
his wife and three small children.
The neral will be he1. Tuesday
morning at o'clock at ST Joseph S
church. A high mass CT requiem
will be celebrated by Rev. Oliver T.
Magnet and burial will be in St
Joseph's cemetery
Settle Tax Bills
Mrs. Rosanna Morrison, who
caused an adjournment of court Sat
urday morning when she tainted
when presented on a charge of fail
ure to pay her persona, appear
4 Cd It police hea lquarters this morn
ing and paid both her own and her
husbands tax for 1927. The charges
against both Of them were oiled on
payment of costs.
| Ten other personal tax delnquents
were summoned today before Prose-
cutir ttcrney James T. Mather
and settled in full
Council Meeting
| The August meeting of the. city
council will be held at 1880 O'Clock
| Tuesday evening. August 18th. in the
city council chamber A number of
routine matters will be disposed of
at that time.
No Auto Accidents
In spite of the heavy automobile
traffic in the city over the weekend,
there were no accidents reported to
the police department. No arrests
for motor vehicle violations were
made by the motorcycle squad
which, however, was kept busy
keeping traffic moving particularly
on the main highway leading from
Plainville to Terryville and to and
from Lake Compounce.
Hot Spell Broken
A heavy rainstorm, accompanied
| by vivid flashes of lightning. hit
Bristol shortly before 10 O'CLOCK last
night to break the hot spell which
has held the city in its grip for the
past several days. So heavy was the
rainfall that the streets in the CEN
ter of the city were flooded. part,cu-
larly Main, School. North Main
| Laurel and Meadow streets. With
the exception of a few small wash
outs on several of the country roads.
no damage was done by the storm.
With the mercury soaring 10 81
! degrees Saturday afternoon, thou
sands from Bristol AMI neighboring
cities rushed to either Lake Com
pounce or Rockwell Park where
they donned bathing suits and re-
manned either in the water or on the
beaches until late at night. Larger
crowds were in evidence at both
places on Sunday and the bathing
house facilities proved entirely ade-
quate to care TO, the demand for
those seeking admission. Many
bathers arriving in automobiles were
clad in bathing suits.
In spite of the enormous crowds
at both bathing places, there we're
no fatalities. Several persons Were
helped from the Rockwell Park La
COON by Lifeguards O'Connell and
Wade after they had ventureI TOO
far out. None of these, however,
required medical attention.
| Malone Lake in Forestville was
also crowded with bathers, most Of
whom We're youngsters residing in
| that end of the city. Other small
ponds and rivers were also used by
the younger element because in such
MI pnSsiI1n iiS1,b nc a
with the conventional attire of the
well dressed bather.
| No prostrations from heat were
ported in the city during the not
spell.
Democratic Committee Meeting
A special meeting of the demo-
cratic town committee will be held
al o'clock this evening in the city
court room.
Chairman Joseph +. Dutton. who
sponsored the formation of the
Smith For President club of the
fifth senatorial district, in discussing
the matter Sunday. minated that
the employment of three or four So
licitors would be asked when the
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solicitors would be assigned differ
ent sections of the city. which would
be thoroughly canvassed for the par
pose of securing new voters. y
plications would be taken from ;.i.
non-voters found to be eligible re-
gardless of their political affiliations.
In addition to the paid solicitors. the
would be accepted when offered.
A check of the situation shows
that there are a large number OF
persons residing in the city. many
of them women, who have never
been made voters. 1t is the{deslre
of the committee to secu4 the
names of such persons and. if posi-
bic. to prevail on such persons to
appear before the board of select
men when that body meets to make
new voters. At the present. TIME
there are approximately 1l,ooO Vot-
ers registered in the city.
On Vacation
Motorcycle Policeman Edgar Nor
ton and Mrs. Norton, accompanied
by Dr. and Mrs. l. r. Vail left TINS
morning for an automobile trip
through New England and points OF
interest in Canada. They expect to
be gone two weeks.
DR.. Vail is the city herd, food.
and milk inspector.
A Correction
Last week an article appeared IN
the Herald announcing The fact that
Or. p. A. Nestos of North Dakota
had arrived in the city and that he
would be connected with the hos
pital staff of the New Departure"
Manufacturing Company under DR.. |
F. Parker Sanborn. This informa
ton, which was furnished to the
reporter covering the city in the alb
sence of the regular representative,