New Britain herald., 1928-01-26
Bri,tol Mlos
NEW SCH00LH0USE
 NEARLY COMPLETED
District No. IS Building to Be
 Dedicated Next Month
FIRE DEPT. KEPT BUSY

FIRE DEPT. KEPT BUSY
 Apparatus Called Out Twice We'd
 neaday-Rod Meas Building Com. pany Stockholders to Meet - Othcr News Items About the City. Bristol. Jan. zS.-The new school house in District No. l2. built to supplant its antiquated predecessor,
 is almost completed. but the formal opening is not expected until after February l. according to the report of Fall Mountain residents who have been following the progress of the structure long before the actual con- sent 10 construct was received. Contractors are now working on
 the cellar. but it was learned that the cement will first have to dry , completely before occupancy will be allowed. Most of the interior wood
 work on both rooms has been fin-
 ished. but floors still remain to be laid.
 When the new building is ready for it's opening, there will be a for
 mai opening attended by the board
 of education and other city officials. School children will participate with
 exercises and several speeches arc expected.
 Children now occupying the kero- sene-lighted. stove.heated wooden structure on the slope Of the moun- tain are expected to welcome their 1 entrance into the new structure glee- fully. as they have been forced to
 double up" in the old building be. : cause Of the limited seating capacity. Because of differences of opinion. several prominent Fall Mountain residents, including Mir. and Mrs. D. Clarke Hare have retired from ac- ! tive participation in the Fighting Twelfth" districts affairs. They
 did not say whether they would at- 1 tend the school opening. but Mir. and Mrs. Hare were among the
 foremost proponents for a new schoolhouse.
 Stockholders Meeting The annual meeting of the stock
 holders of the Red Mems Building company will be held this evening
 in the lodge room of Compounce
 Tride, I. o. F. M., on Prospect street. Directors will be elected for the en-
 suing year and the annual reports of the officers submitted. Fire Board Meeting The monthly meeting of the board
 of fire commissioners will be held
 at o'clock Friday evening in the
 city council chamber. Plans and es.
 timates for the new hrehouse at the
 corner of Pennington avenue and Lewis street will be gone over iu detail.
 To Confer Degree The degree team of Compounce Tribe. I. o. R. M., will trail to Manchester to confer the degree on
 | class of warriors of the tribe of
 that city. A number of members
 will accompany the team. K. Of F. Meeting A meeting Of Ethan lodge. Knights
 of Pythias, will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in Arcanum hall. A
 meeting of Rockwell Temple, i Pythian Sisters, will also be held | after the lodge session.
 Meeting of Compounce Oomnandery Next Monday evening at g o'clock, Compounce Commandery. Order of | Golden Cross will hold It's regular ] meeting in the Arcanum hall. After
 the business session. there will be
 a card party and "bingo" tourna- ! ment. All members have been i, asked to attend.
 Clarence NJ. Knox Speaks City councilmen. manufacturers rs i and persons interested in the de- i velopment of an airport here at- tended a meeting at the Elks club 7, this noon to listen to a speech by !, Clarence M. Knox. commissioner of aviation in behalf of an airport in i, this city. The commissioner listed
 the advantages of the project in this
 city and cited the several instances ! where cities of this size had devcl. oped one to advantage. The meet ! ing was held under the auspices of i the Chamber of Commerce. Two Fires Yesterday Two small fires called out the city
 fire department at 5 and 6 o'clock
 respectively last night.
 Squad A and Company No. |: bat
 tied strong grass fire at the cor
 ner of Summer and Center streets
 with chemicals. The flames were
 subdued despite the high wind with six gallons of chemicals.
 A telephone call at 6 p. m. called out Squad A and Company No. to
 the home of Gustave Zaynke of II 1 Divinity street A small chimney i lire was extinguished with chemicals i; and damage was slight.
 One of the city's biggest pine