New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
SCHOOL ARCHITECT
NOT Yet SELECTED
Special Committee Holds First
Mccarthy Chairman
PRIEST FOR % YEARS
Plainville Native Said First Mass
Here-COurt Lcnient With Ma
Man-Storcs Open Nights-Eight-
crs Fined-Bowllng Results.

No decision in the selection of an
architect for the addition to the Lin
den street school was reached last
night at the first meeting OF the
special building committee appoint
ed at the town meeting last week
and adjournment was made until 8
o'clock Thursday night. Sketches for
the addition had been prepared by
several architects before the town
meeting and the estimate of the cost
was based on these. but the commit
| tee has not finished the process of
narrowing down the field and max
ing a definite choice of the archi-
| tect
Joseph r, Mccarthy, chairman Of
the school committee, was elected
chairman Of the special building
committee. and Miss Nathalie Case.
school committee secretary, was
named as secretary Of the new body.
When the architect has been Sc
lected and full building details pre-
pared. contractors. bids will be call
ed for and the work will proceed.
Meanwhile the committee in charge
Of the bond issut is taking steps to
insure the legality of the authorize
ton Of the issue and to obtain the
sos. which will be needed for the
extra IL rooms.
Priest for rs Years
Rev. Thomas Rooney of Farrell.
Pa, a native of Plainville today OBJ
served the 25th anniversary of his
ordination into the priesthood.
Father Rooney was ordained on De-
cember is. 1903. at Niagara univer-
sity, Erie, Pa. Two days later he
celebrated his first mass at the
Church OF Our Saviour here. The
pastor of the local church at that
time was Father Walsh. another
Niagara gyaduate.
Father Rooney is the son of the
late Timothy j. Rooney. Shortly be-
fore his ordination his brother. DR..
Joseph +. Rooney. was graduated
from medical school and became To-
Gated in Hartford. where he still re-
mains. Two sisters, the Misses Mary
and Susan Rooney Of Grown street,
are widely known in PlainvilIe. while
q third sister. Miss katherine Roo
ney. died in January.
Father Rooney was the third
Plainville boy to become a priest.
He is n frequent visitor at his sis
ters' home and has many friends
here.
Naaman Escapes Lightly
Irving Naaman. colored, charged
with misconduct with a white wom
an, escaped with a fine of SO and
costs of 1851 yesterday afternoon
when the woman did not appear
against him. The woman. a Mrs.
Young Of Meriden, was in court a
month ago and admitted relations
with Naaman, being placed on pro-
baton for a. month in her fathers
care. Saturday the authorities were
notified that she had disappeared.
Naaman pleaded guilty to the
charge. Justice NJ. 0. Ryder was on
the bench, and Grand Juror Charles
+. Conlon prosecuted.
Efforts are being made to locate
Mrs. Young. 1t was the original in
tention of the authorities to release
her after yesterdays trial, but now
it is thought that. because Of her
violation OF probation. she will be
committed to a. state home.
"Pceper" Reported
Another ''peeper" has been re-
ported as frequenting East street
on recent nights. but Constable
George Schubert. who has investi-
gated. is inclined to doubt the story.
He spent night watching the
house from which complaints had
been made and found that a drive
way led close alongside the house
to garage in the rear. He believes
that the occupants of the house
have seen the forms of the car driv-
ers passing the windows after lock-
ing up their machines and have
mistaken them for peppers"
Stores Open Nights
The local stores will remain open