New Britain herald., 1928-12-13
PuinuiM News
SCHOOL ADDITION BONDS AUTHORIZED Committees Named for $95,OOO
 Linden Street Construction HARDWARE STORE CLOSED

Plainville Engineering X Supply Co. Failed to Pay Taxes-Mrs. Aspin- all Heads Pythian Tcmple-Stan- Icy Smith Sued-Bowling-B The construction and equipping of Linden street school and the issuing of bonds to finance 1t were author- ized with slight opposition at a spe- cial town meeting held in the High school auditorium last night. There | were only about 60 voters present to vote for the spending of this sum. but less than half a dozen were op- posed to the plan which had been put forward by the school depart ment and authorized by the town | board of finance.
 First Selectman James Simpson called the meeting to order promptly at 8 o'clock and Frank T. Wheeler was chosen chairman, with Town Clerk William H. Wilson as treasur- . CT.
 1 Joseph T. Mccarthy. chairman of the school committee, introduced a resolution calling for the erection of the $95,O0O addition to the east end school. He explained that at the opening of school next September five or six extra school rooms would 1 be needed. To forestall a question as to why the addition should not contain only those rooms needed, Mir. Mccarthy went on to say that the balance would be needed in 1930 and that it would be much more economical to build the whole 12 rooms at once. He read the figures of the growth of Plainvilles schools during the past dozen years. from 776 pupils in 1917 to 1858 in 1928, a l10) per cent increase.
 John Skinner asked if there were
 any unoccupied rooms at the Broad
 street school and Mir. Mccarthy re.
 piled that there was one, portable
 building which "can be used but which should be and isn't fit to be
 used" John I. Robbins inquired if
 an addition to the High school was
 contemplated in the near future Superintendent of Schools Leon C.
 Staples said that the building was
 meant for 800 but now housed 435
 pupils, but there would be some
 to transfer the seventh grade into
 the proposed addition. However, he
 concluded, continued growth would
 mean a high school addition within 10 years.
 Plain,iIIc a Bedroom"
 Plainville is being used as bed
 room by many families, Mr. Wheele said, temporarily relinquishing th' chair to MT. Wilson. During the das summer it was found that 52 chil . dren had moved here from othel
 towns. Many new families are com ing her to live. he went on, whil' the husbands work in neighborint l seek this type of growth it must pro
 vide adequate school accommoda |tions for these children, he claimed
 At present Plainville is spending 6f per cent of it's total expense fol
 schools.
 A. A. Macleod asked how the fig ure of $95.000 was reached and wal told by Mir. Mccarthy and MT , Staples that architects and builders had been consulted and that the fig ure was also based on costs of recen ] scvhool construction in other Con necticut towns.
 Then began a little tilt which wa
 renewed all through the evening. A l.. Rogers inquired as to whether th' s95, 900 included equipping the build ing. MT. Mccarthy said 1t would equip only the five or six rooms Henry S. Washburn and MT. Wheel fer doubted whether this was GOV cred by the resolution, and MT Staples amended it to 1nclud' "equipping." This was adopted, bu