New Britain herald., 1928-04-09

The grammar and high schools. which closed for Good Friday ealy. also resumed sesdons today.
 Vital Statistics
 There were 26 deaths recorded at the ofSce Of the city clerk during the month of March. This number is slightly in excess of the previous month.
 To Address Rotarians
 Frederick G. Hughes, vice-pres. ident of the New Departure Manu- featuring company of this city. was the speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Hartford Rotary club held at the Hotel Bond today. Mr. Hughes spoke on Employment Relations"
 Glee Club Concert
 The Cpsala Glee club. composed of 24 college men. and which is making a two weeks tour Of the New Eng land states, will give a concert this evening In the Bethesda Lutheran church on Academy street. Forest vile. The club is directed by Con- cord Forsberg, who is widely known IS an organist and pianist of note. Miss Margaret Olsen, lyric soprano of New York city. is the assisting artist.
 Bluejays Elect
 Al a meeting of the Bristol Blue. jays Sunday afternoon. Dillon Tratte was elected coach. Oscar Vanasse, captain and William A. Tratte. man. ager of the baseball team for the coming season. The BluejayS held their first practice session at Muzzy field on last Saturday afternoon.
 Sentenced to Jail
 The selection of Shady Dell" for sleeping quarters Saturday night proved an unwlse move on the part Of Paul Hilllnan. who was booked in court this morning on a charge of drunkenness. A suspended Jail seu- tece, which has been hanging over him for several weeks was put into effect by Judge Joseph M. Donovan.
 Saturday night scout Executive A. H. Breckhill. who is also fire war. den, received notification that . brush fire was burning in the Shady Delf' section. He immediately gath cred together group of Boy Scouts and went to the scene. where ef- forts were immediately made to stem the blaze. While working through the woods, one of the scouts tripped over Hillmar. who was sleeping soundly. oblivious to the fire which was raging all about him. Breckbill. with the assistance of several others. got Hillman to his feet, placed him into an automobile and escorted him to headquarters.
 It was at first thought that Hill man might have been responsible for the fire. but later investigation proved this was not so. He did ad- init to the court that he had . couple of drinks and had simply lain down for a sleep.
 The fire, which for a time threat ened to reach several buildings near by, was extinguished after a hard fight by the scouts and a group of men drafted for service by Fire Warden Breckbill.
 Two Grass Fires
 The fire department was called upon to extinguish two grass fires over the week end. both of which were put out before any damage re- suited.
 At 1 p. m. Saturday. Welch Fire company responded to call from East Main street. Forestville, and at 3:45 p. m. Sunday. Squad A was called to Cottage street. Pupil Steals Money A thirteen-year-o boy was be- fore Judge Joseph M Donovan in ! juvenile court this morning. charged with the theft of a small sum of money from the desk of Principal Ralph $. Strong of the south Side school. He admitted his guilt anl after being lectured by the court. was placed on probation for an in- determinate period.
 Librarian Has Rig Month The month of March was the busiest at tho Bristol public library since the institution was founded. according to the report of Librarian | Charles l.. Nooding submitted at a meeting of the board of library di- rectors held last Saturday evening The meeting, which was scheduled for tonight, was advanced to insure full attendance of the board. 1 The total number of books issued during the month was 17,4Sl. . gain of 49l over March, 1921, the largest month previously. A comparhon ! with the same month a year ago. there was a gain of 565 in the adult department. III at the Forestvnle branch. 49 at the Endee branch, le3 at the John J. Jennings school. 1S5 at the Park street school. and 77 at the East Brostol school. There was ! a loss of 54S from the childreif's room at the main library and s7 at the North Side school.
 1 The classification of the total cir culation was as follows: Juvenile fic- ton. 4,5cl: adult fiction. s.so5: gen. cral. l philosophy. 113: religion. 13l: sociology. 4s7: philology. 5: natural science 449; useful arts. s1s; fine arts. S53; literature. 669: hiss tory. 7o1: travel, 500: biography. 46o; magazines l6o. 1o6 books in French. 70 in Polish. .S in German. a in Italian. l 5 in Lithuanian. 1 in Greek 19c mounted pictures, and 50 stereoscopes are included in the above classification.
 Forty-eight per cent of the total circulation was Classed as adult prose and 26 per cent as juvenile fiction. making the total fiction is- sued two per cent greater than year ago.
 Books Added
 45o books were added to the H. 1 Continued on Page III