New Britain herald., 1928-01-05
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 will be held at s o'clock this evening in the schoolhouse. An entertain ment program will be rendered and refreshments served.
 To Piay In Meriden
 The Bristol High school basketball team will journey to Meriden to- morrow evening for game with the high school team of that city. The locals have won all of their games so far this season and are now lead ing the Central Connecticut Basket , ball league.
 Corporation Papers Filed A certificate of incorporation of the Sandwich Shoppe. Inc. located at the corner Of Main street and the Memorial Boulevard. has been filed with the office of City Clerk Thomas B. Steele. The capital stock Is list ed at $l0.000 covering 100 shares with a par value of $lOO. The new company is starting business with $A.0O0 paid in.
 The incorporators are Robert M. and Mae M. Sitney of 150 George Street and James Finnegan of A Oakland street. Mir. Sitney is pro- prietor of the Central Drug Co. on Main street.
 Vaxrancy Case Continued The case of Albert Dingwell. , charged with vagrancy, was con- tinued until January 2l by Judge William J. Malone in police court today. Dingwell, who was arrested last night by Officer William Thomp- son on complaint of the proprietor of d North Main street restaurant, l was advised to secure job before i the date of the continuance. Hearing On Sewer Assessments ! Hearings on assessments for sew CTS laid on South street extension, Allen street and Gcary avenue will be held at an adjourned meeting of i the city council on Tuesday evening, January IT.
 The report of the sewer commit tee shows that during 1927 $500 i feet of sewer was laid at total cost of $7,0a3.60.
 Swimming Tournament The inter-class swimming tourna- ment at the Bristol High school will open this afternoon when the fresh- men and sophomores will meet in the High school swimming pool. To- morrow afternoon the juniors and seniors will meet and on next Mon- day afternoon the winners of the two meets will fight it out for the school championship.
 The list of events include a 20 yard dash. 70 yard dash 60 yard dash, 100 yard swim, 20 yard breast stroke. 20 yard back stroke. fancy diving and 160 yard relay race.
 Board of Education Meeting
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of education was held last evening in the office of Superintend- ent of Schools Karl A. Reiche. Bills for the following departments were approved and ordered paid: Board of education. $22.47; High school. $273.96: cooperative course, tS7.31; evening school, $69.64: health school. , BAGS: manual training, S4s.46: mu- sic, $3.74: physical education, $4.4S. l MAuy uCdItu lustNCtOuS
 The report of Dr. A. s. Bracket. school health officer. showed that during the month of December 1,05S inspections were made by him and the two school nurses and 62 dress ings attended. Nine pupils were ex- cluded for contagious diseases.
 Superintendent Karl Reiche re- ported on the campaign against djphtheria. Out of total of 5,560 children in the schools of the city. 2,627 are now immune from the dis ease as result of the Schich tests and toxin -antitoxin treatments. To this number are added approximate ly 500 additional children some of whom have received immunity family physician and others by hav- ing had either in severe or mild form diphtheria in past years.
 Attendance Report
 During the month of December 31 cases were investigated by the at- tendance department and were listed as follows: Two pupils not legally absent. g pupils had legitimate ex- cuse for absence. II pupils had no legitimate excuse for absence and 9 were truants.
 New Teacher Appointed Miss Genevieve Anderson has been appointed supervisor of drawing to succeed Mrs. Maebelle Brooks Judd. whose resignation becomes effective this month. Miss Anderson is a graduate of Skidmore college and for the past three years has been teach ing at Fort Henry. N. Y.
 German Textbooks Adopted ! The adoption of three German textbooks was recommended for the 1 second year German class by Super intendent Reiche. This was made necessary by the fact that this is the first year there has been a second year class in German at the High school since the war. The three l books adopted were Bacon's German Grammar. Drei Kleine Lustspiele by Wells and Jrrfahrten by Gerstacker
 To Purchase Nfimcostopc
 The superintendent was authorized to purchase d mimeoscope for use in the cooperative industrial depart- ment and the manual training de- partment. The cost of the machine is to be divided between the two de- partments.
 Bathing Suit Discussed
 The type of bathing suit used in the high school pool was brought before the board of education by Superintendent Reiche. Originally the vote of the board was to the ef- feet that only cotton suits. gray in color. should be used as advice at that time indicated that other kinds