New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-07


the office of the city clerk ~
stenographer and clerk. She was
married Is years ago to William
Kelvie and a few years later re-
moved to Torringtcn. where she had
since resided.
Surviving are her husband; three
sons, William. Thomas ard John
Kelvie: one daughter. Jean Kelvie:
her father: four trothers. John.
Henry and James Murphy Of Bristol
and William Murphy OF Arizona:
two sisters, Mrs. Charles Roberts nf
Forestville and Miss Lillian MUIR
ply of Bristol.
The funeral, in charge Of Under
taker Thomas P. O'Brien. will prob
ably be held Monday morning at st.
Joseph's church.
Car Stolen and Returned
At 1:25 n m. today. S. B. Hoiley
reported to the police department
that his automobile, which he had
parked in front of his home early in
the evening. had been stolen. About
an i'OuI ldtCl' upoii lcoNli6 ouN Wv
window he found that the car had
been returned. 1t is the opinion Of
the police that someone took the car
as joke but later realizing the seri-
BUSINESS Of the offense. returned IT
before the police investigation was
under way.
High School Basketball
The Bristol High school basket
ball team will officially open its
192s-29 season this evening in the
local gym with the Terryville High
quintet furnishing the opposition. A
preliminary game will be played be-
tween the second teams Of the two
schools.
The Bristol team. last years state
/ champions. will start the season with
| five veterans in the lineup. Captain
Goodrich and Roberts will appear
in the forward positions, White will
Jump center and Allaire and Ear
wolski will be seen in the hack
court positions. Albertelli and
Laponte will be held in reserve.
! The absence of any tall players on
the squad has necessitated q change
in the passing style Of the team BY
Coach Tommy Monahan with the ~.
suit that the type OF play tonight
will be mostly experimental.
r. o. S. OF A. Meeting
The regular meeting Of Camh No.
Is. P. Q. 8. of A, will be held at 8
o'clock this evening in Arcanum
hall. Officers for the ensuing year
will be nominated and other i'm
portant business transacted.
OFFICER Strup III
Policeman Joseph Strip. who
| checks up parking violations on
Main and North Main streets, in con.
fined to his home with q slight at.
tack Of the grip.
OIL Burner Fire
Squad A and Hose Co. No. 3 were
called out at $3.50 o'clock last eve
ming for fire at the home Of Mrx,
Edward Rockwell at the corner Of
Oakland and Woodland streets. The
blaze was caused by pipe line lead.
ing to the oil burner becoming
plugged. Chemicals were used to
extinguish the fire. The damars
was slight.
Many Medical Inspections Made
| During the month OF November, a
total of 1851 inspections were made
| by DR.. A. s. Bracket. school physi-
clan. and the three school nurses
Seven hundred and sixty-nine Dress
ings were also attended. eight emer-
gency calls answered and II home
visits made by the nurses. One
hundred and twenty-five pupils were
excluded during the month for con-
tagious causes.
Attendance Dept. Report
The report OF the attendance de-
partment Of the public schools for
the month OF November show that
during that period there were -four
cases Of legal absence: II pupils
were legitimately absent: 10 pupila
were illegitimately excused: and "a
absentees were classed al truants.
Funeral OF William n. Parsous
The funeral OF William H. Par.
sons of $50 North Main street, who
died at his home Wednesday nish,
following a long illness with com.
pllcations, will be held at his late
home at ? o'clock Saturday after.
noon. Rev. Hubert D. Jones, paste,
OF the Prospect Methodist church
will ofticiate and burial will be II
the family lot in Pennington.
l. o. o. r. Meeting
A meeting OF Stephen Terry lodkb
I, O. o. f., will be held 1T 3 o'elecl
this evening in Stephen Terry hail
Christmas Postal Deliveries
There will be no mail delivery o,
any sort, except special delivery, OF
Christmas Day. according to n
/, announcement made Thursday b,
Postmaster Frank Merrill. He sls,
points out that. in view OF the fac
that the 23rd falls on Sunday, Il n
, imperative, in order to have mai
, delivered at its destination by tn,
24th. that all Christmas mail be de-
posted at the local post office II
, accordance with the followinl
schedule:
. Nail intended for states web o.
the Rockies, not later than Deem
. Der 10.
Mail for east OF the Rockies ant
, west OF the Mississippi, not late
than December IS.
Mail for the middle west an
? southern states, not later than De
, Gem Der H.
Mail for all other destinations no
later than December 10.
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