New Britain herald., 1928-01-09

this evening. The annual reDQsA C Librarian Charles L. Woeding Wal1.bs submitted at this meeting. - Funeral of Mrs. Jeanic V. Deaca
 The funeral of MrA Jeants ". Beach of ss4 West street, who AlsA last Friday. was held It , o'caesk this afternoon at her honas. Rev. Hubert D. Jones. pastor Of the Pre- pect Methodist church. conducted the service and burial was tn West cemetery. Plymouth.
 Eighteen Deaths Eighteen deaths were recorded in the office of City Clerk Thomas B. Steele during December. This is three more than for November. Engagement Announced
 MT. and MrA Albert Wentland of l54 Divinity street have announced the engagement of their daughter. Helen Bertha. to Robert Adam Vance, son of MT. and Mrs. William IS. Vance of Plainville.
 Louis Napoaean Dubo
 Louis Napolean Dube. aged 60 years, of 36 Ward street died Satur- day at his home following 8 tive weeks illness.
 Born at Sandy Bay. P. o.. Canada. the son of Francis Xavier and Cectls Dube, he spent the early years of his life in that place. As young man he moved to New Bedford. Mass. where he remained for 20 years, coming to this city in 1s13. He was for several years employed as . carpenter at the plant of the New Departure Manufacturing company and later worked for C. Funk and Son, Inc. as a janitor.
 Surviving are his wife, three eonG Louis. Alphonse and Omer Dubs: one daughter. Miss Yvonns Dubs: two stepdaughters, Mrs Victor Le. gasse of this city and Sister Luciose of Lowell. Mass; one stepson. Al. fred Myers: and one granddaughter.
 The funeral will be held 1t 500 o'clock tomorrow morning at ct. Anne's church. A high mase of re- quiem will be celebrated by Rev. J. F. Perreault and burial will be in the new St. Joseph's cemetery.
 Tllalia Club Meeting
 A meeting of the Thalia Rea d:ng club will be held at the homo of Miss Emma Fish of 1es Kenney street to- morrow evening. Mrs, Ella Wood will assist the hostess.
 Funeral of Louis IAGaaac.
 The funeral of Louis M. LaGasse of 102 Central street, Forestvilles who died last Friday night fcllow- ing four months illne1 with com. rlications, was held at . o'clock this morning at St. Matthew's church. Rev. William P. I-aflin celebrated the high mass of requiem and burial was in the new St. Gabriel's cems. tery.
 Mir. LaGasse was born in Pike'o River, Quebec. in 1853. He was married forty-six years ago to Mis- Rose Myers at Waterbury. Vermont coming to this city about thirty three years ago. For twenty-five years he conducted . largs farm ID the Chippins Hill section. For the past eight years he has been . sest- dent or tOreStVIue.
 Surviving him are his wife: foup sons, Wilbur of New Haven. Harvey of Bristol, Oscar and Walter of For cstville; one daughter. Mrs. Edgap Hamel of this city: two brothers, Jo- seph LaGasse of Plainville and l Frank I.aGasse of Bristol: also by i four grandchildren.
 Endees Lose to Renaissance.
 In a nip and tuck battle. tho En- dees were defeated at tho local high school gym Saturday evening by the Renaissance basketball team Of Nov York by a score of SS to 3s. Ihs visitors. who are recognized as the worlds colored champions. were leading the locals 15 to ! at the end of the first half. The Endees staged a comeback in the second half and with but one minute to % were trailing S2 to 31. Tho colored boys by speedy teamwork tossed In two baskets during the final sixty sec- onds. Jankins and Faitch starred for the Renaissance while Malcolm and Johnson played we'll for Bristol. Discharged From Hcapital Oliver Bailey, rural mail carrier. whose right arm was amputated as the Bristol hospital several wseka ago as a result of injuries received from a fall from . tree, was taken i to his home on Fall Mountain yes- terday by Dr. B. B. Robbins, the at- tending physician. His condition \ reported as very satisfactory by Df. Robbins.
 Cutting Ice.
 Thomas Ryan. Forestvills ies dsaI- CT, has started to harvest the crop of ice from his pond on Brook street. The ice on Saturday WAS eight inches thick. but the weather during the past two days has reduced the thick ness almost two inches. No ether dealers have started to full their storage houses as yet. although some ice has been cut for immediate use. V.F. w. to Install. The recently elected ofIicers of Harold F. Emmett Post, No. es4. Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary. will be installed ., exercises to be held this evening The new commander of the pest is Leon Loomis of Plainville, . Spantsh , War veteran. The auxiliary will h headed during the coming year b. Mrs. George R. Stanwood. SAVINGS BANK MEETING The annual meeting of the tncor porators of the Savings Bank Of Nev Britain will be held at tho bank or