New Britain herald., 1928-04-21
SERVICE TO CITY |. GIVEN GENEROUSLY Many Citizens Have Striking Records in Public Office
Serving the municipality through

Serving the municipality througl
 membership on appointive commits sions has characterized the lives O
 d number of New Britain men some of whom have answered thu
 call more than once, while other: would not consider reappointmen'
 or transfer to departments other
 than those in which they begar
 their period of public service, after
 completing a single term or part oi
 a term. It is a fact that in the his tory of the city government of New Britain there are instances in which valuable commissioners were sum- marily forced out of office at times when they should have been left to carry on the work in hand, and quite frequently it has been proven that the appointccs selected for the places thus vacated were far inferior to their predecessors in every re- spect. Men who, prior 10 their be- ing appointed to responsible com- missioncrships, held high hopes for q future of service even at the ex-
 pcnse of their own valuable time, frequently have come into possession of sufficint experience in a few short months 10 sour them on every
 thing connected with municipal af. fairs for the remainder of thci, lives.
 According 10 available records Virgil NJ. Palmer and Judge William F. Mangan have held membership | on a greater number of commissions in New Britain than have any othe, residents who are still living. Mir
 Palmer was q member of the board
 of finance and taxation in 19O7-S.9
 and again in 1922 and 1923. From 1917 to 1921 he was q police com- missioner and from 1918 to 1919 and
 from 1923 to 1927 he served on the municipal garage commission. In 1918 and 1919 and in 1923 and 1924
 he was a member of the cemetery
 committee. and in 1924 he was q
 ny uibFi ol tIl- SNIOOl bOdI lOI i
 short time.
 Judge Mangan was a member oi
 the board of health in 1910 and 1911 and from Nov. 10. 1911 to May l. 1912 he was a member of tht public amusement commission. H'
 was rcappointed April oS, 1915 ane
 served until 1919. when he resigned
 In 1919 he served on the board O compensation and assessment and 1T 1322-2S he was chairman Of tn,
 board of public charities. Two year. ago he was appointed to the parl commission and is still member Tn 1913 and 1914 he was assistan judge o! the police court. Neither Judge Mangan nor Mir. Palmer evcl served in the common council. Sloper On Four Boards
 Andrew J. Sloper. one of the city:
 most distinguished residents. served
 on the board of park commission CTS. the sewer commission. the boarc
 of police commissioners and th' N'Ilt'i'lN tVItIlFlIlt'' I1' Ia S'ItI ( member of tho last named. i1avin, 1 received his first appointment il
 1906 and served continuously sine ! then. He also served as an alderman and q councilman.
 Frank l.. Conlon. fin addition t'
 being q councilman and an alder l man, has served on the board 0 ! public charities. the board of fir
 commissioners. and inc board Q
 public works, having filled th' ] chairmanship of the latter board un ! der Mayor 4. NJ. PaoneSsa
 l Michael F. King has been {:
 2 member of the municipal garag' | commission: Frederick A. Parson l has served on the fire. finance an' i taxation, and health commissions
 Burton C. Mercy has been a council
 man, a member of the board of re [ lief and a member Of the board o ! public charities; Johnstonc Nanc
 has served on the public anus"
 ment commission. the board of pub | lie charities and the city, plHnnin;
 commissions: Emil G. Hicrpc ha ! been q member of the common council. a health commissioner an, 1 was chairman of tht. board of fir
 commissioners under Mayor O.
 Curtis.
 ! Attorney Patrick F. McDonousll present chairman of the board o | compensation and assessment, i
 also a member of the board of ad l lustrneut. and for four years was 1 health commissioner. Ernest \ ] Humphrey. who has not been activ' { i'll a public way for the past S.vcra | years, was a member Of the boar, of financ. and taXtion from 1907 |. 1 1919, and from 1910 10 1921 he wa
 Il lt,nl,r of ,hr board Of publi,
 works. having been chairman fo ! several vcYrs. Prom 1915 to 1919 l'
 was ! member of th" board of va fer commissioners llo also served a