New Britain herald., 1928-06-27

found the house filled with snoks. A member of the family had ignitsd quantity of papers in an opsn Ire place and neglected to open the damper. There was no damage. | Case Continued The case of Francis Cooney of Wallingford. charged with permit ting his truck to coast on . hill and breach of the peace. was continued until Saturday. June 20. by Prosecut- ing Attorney James T. Mather today. ! Cooney. who was arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Edgar Norton last Sunday evening, was involved in an accident in Cheshire shortly after being released from local headquar-. Iters and he will appear before the court authorities of that town on Tuesday evening. July 8. While 1 driving down an incline in Cheshire, he collided with an automobile owned by Harry H. Porter of 5s Cpson street, this city. causing con- siderable damage. Mrs. Porter, who Was riding with her husband at the . tilIic. "dS SpSlltlS illJul tU. Quit Claim Deed 4 quit claim deed was filed in the office of the city clerk Tuesday after. noon. transferring land and build ings located on Broad street. Forest vile from Mrs. Idella G. Flint to AL bert Josolowitz. The property in question is bounded on the east by 1 land of MT JosoloNltz and on the west by property of Mary A. Shrahan and assigns. The sale price was not divulged.
 Tax Collector To Retire | It was learned last evening that Charles H. Cook, for the past sever- al years tax collector of School Dis- trlct No. l, will decline reelection | to that post when the annual meet ing of the voters is held this evening in the Federal Hill school. It is understood that Frank E. Riley, the present city tax collector, is favored 1 by a majority of the voters to suc- ceed MT. Cook
 At the meeting tonight, aside from the election of officers, the voters will be asked to consider the pro- posal to increase the present facil- ties al the John Jennings school.
 Other School Meetings l Two other school meetings will le | held this evening. The voters of | District No. 3 will meet in the schoolhouse on Church street to elect officers and to consider the ad- visibility of purchasing additional 1 land for fltura eynopsinr
 The meeting of District No. 13 will be held in the Forestville school house on Academy street to elect of- ficers for the ensuing year and to lay tax.
 Boy Cuts Foot
 Kenneth Reed. eight year old son of Mir. and Mrs. Harold E. Reed of kenney street. Forestville suffered a deep gash on the sole of his foot while bathing Tuesday afternoon in Malone Lake in Forestville. He was attended by Dr. F. M. Hamblin and later removed to the Bristol hospital. His condition is not regarded as serious unless complications develop. It is believed that the boy cut his foot on the broken edge of . bottle which had been thrown into the lake by some careless party. The dump , ing of rubbish in the lake has been prohibited for years and large quan- titles of sand have been dumped into the lake bed near the eastern shore.
 Preparing Fairgrounds
 The work of cleaning up the East Bristol and Forestville playgrounds has been started by the public works department, 50 that both spoks will be available for the chil- dren in those sections of the city in the near future.
 Miss Cecelia Croze. a junior at the Bristol High school. has been en- gagged as supervisor of the Forest ville playground and Miss Gladys Rowe will be in charge of the East Bristol grounds.
 Fireworks Sale Starts l Fireworks for July were placed on sale today, the city charter pro- viding that dealers may start dis playing and selling their stocks one week before the 4th. No stock may be displayed on the sidewalks. however.
 The setting off of fireworks prior to 1 o'clock on the morning of July 4, will not be tolerated by the au- thorities this year and anyone violat- ing this ruling will be arrested and | brought before the court.