New Britain herald., 1928-06-13

Burgess. will be held at ! e'clock Thursday afternoon at her late homa on Amber road. Rev. Char1es H. Monbleau. pastor of the Advent Christian church will conduct the service and burial will be in West cemetery.
 l. 0. o. F. Meeting
 A meeting of Pequabuck lodge, l. O. o. F.. will be held at 2 o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall.
 Flag Day Observance
 Flag Day will be observed with special exercises on Thursday eve ming at o'clock by the Bristol Lodge of Elks. The Elks Flag Dav ritual will be exemplified by the of- hcers Of the lodge. Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche will de- ilNer the Flag Day address and vo- cal solos will be rendered by Mrs. A. r. Paderewski and James J. Dunn of this city.
 The exercises will be held in Elks hall on South street,
 Two members of the city fire dc. partment are off duty because of in- lurles received while fighting the Ilre sunday afternoon in the I.a- course block at l32-l4e North Main street. Fireman John Mullins of Hose to. No, . was treated yester day hy Dr NJ. F. Claffy. eye special ISL Who removed small piece of glass from his right eve. Fireman James McDermott of Hose Co. No Is also suffering from the effects of the smoke, which penetrated his lungs and affected his sight. He is now wearing smoked glasses and VIII probably be of duty the re mander Of the week.
 Squad \ was called ont apan ueSaay afternoon to wet down tn, Smoulderlns mass which has broken into flames several times since Sun- day, The debris in the basemen of the building Is gradually being cleared away by the tenants.
 While the store tenants suffered heavily, the one that possibly takes her loss the hardest is mother cat Nhose litter of six kittens wer. burned 10 death, The cat is contin- Galiy roaming about the ruins, seek. Ing her offsprines and although chased away on several occasion always returns.
 peculiar feature of the fire was that, In spite of the intense heat, th. Ice in large refrigerator in tn. Garden of Italy restaurant did no, melt and large amount of edible, were found to have escaped dam age from both the fire and water
 The basement of the building was pumped out after midnight last night. suction pump being used by the tiremen.
 Board of Education
 The June meeting of the board Of education will he held at s o'clock this evening in the office of Super lntendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche.
 Consider Smallpox Bills
 The committee, appointed at the last council meeting by Mayor w. Raymond Crumb. consisting of Councilman Homer H. Judd, chair man. Willard E. Hough and Frank Dutton. to investigate the expense incurred in connection with the re- cent outbreak of smallpox in the city, has approvel bills totaling $2,- 4S.l9. according to statement made by MT. Judd this morn- ing. These have been passed along to the city clerk for payment.
 Bills totalng s1,734, covering the maintenance of the city clinic. have been held up for further investiga- ton.
 No Bouts This Week
 No amateur bouts will be staged this week. according to an an- nouncement made Tuesday by Matchmaker Tommy. Hinchcliffe of he Park Athletic club. It is under stood that arrangements are now being made for the staging of pro- fessional boxing shows to replace he amateur bouts. due to the diff 'ulty experienced in securing capa- ole "Simon-pures."
 A permit to stage such profess 'lonal bouts has been requested Of State Boxing Commissioner Thomas Donohue. with whom the local pro- noters have conferred durfinE the