New Britain herald., 1929-07-27

previous years, the mayor and mem- bers of the board of fire commits sioners will make an inspection of the various firehouses in the city before adjCurning to the lake for the barbecue.
 To Finish Grading
 The work of grading the grounds around the new fire station at the corner of Pennington avenue and Lewis street will be done by fire men stationed at that point Chief John H. Hayes informed the mem- bcrs of the fire board that this could be done and requested that several loads of loam be furnished. Mayor w. Raymond Crumb advised that the loam could be furnished by the park department and that he would make the necessary arrange ments.
 Bills Approved
 Bills totaling S62.7S were approved by the board of fire commissioners at last nights meeting and bills sub mitted last month when no meeting was held due to a lack of the nec- essary quorum were also approved and ordered paid.
 The meeting East night was opened by Commissioner Frank Dutton due 10 the late arrival of Mayor w. Raymond Crumb.
 
 The work of digging out the bed of the proposed lagoon at the south east end of the Memorial boulevard will be completed next week. ac- cording to a statement made by Mayor W. Raymond Crumb last eve- ming. The lagoon is to be consider ably larger than was originally in tended and is planned along the lines originally proposed by the late AL bert F. Rockwell. The dam at the east end was completed about a week ago.
 Signal Repairs Made
 Repairs to the electromatic traf- fic signal at the corner of Main and North Main streets were made last night by employees of the Automatic Signal company of New Haven. The signal. which had been turned off all day, refused to function when the switch was turned on late Friday afternoon. The failure of the signal necessitated the placing of traffic officer at the intersection until re- pairs were completed.
 Quarterly Communion
 The men of St. Matthew's parish, Forestville will receive holy com munion at the s o'clock mass Sun day morning. Confessions will be heard this afternoon and evening.
 DevOtiOnS to st. Anne Devotions in honor of St, Anne will be held at St Joseph's church at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Daylight Robbery Complaint was made to police headquarters Friday afternoon by Arthur Droheim. proprietor of the | Bristol Wholesale Beef and Provis- ion company of 22 Laurel street, that his cash register had been rifed anc ! approximately $10O taken. The loss was not discovered until shortly be. l fore p. m.. and MT. Droheim ex, | pressed the opinion that the theft mad been committed some time be- | tween 1l:30 a. m., and l D. m. | It is believed that the thief gain ed entrance 10 the store by way ot | locked. It is also thought that the guilty person is a resident of the city and one familiar with the layout and 1 the practice of the store employees tc close during the noon hour. Several suspects were questioned during the afternoon by Detective ! Sergeant Daniel McGillicuddy. who was assigned to the case by Chief Ernest T. Belden. No arrests had been made however, up to late | hour this morning.
 Boy Struck By Auto | Dr. R. J. Boyle reported to the police department last night that while proceeding along Prospect street shortly after 9 D. m., his auto mobile struck boy riding on a 1 bicycle The bicycle was dem olish- | cd but the boy. whose name was not asccrtained by the police, escaped injury.
 Auto Strikes Dog X report was made to police head quarters last night by Carroll V. Clark of Waterbury that his auto- mobile struck dog shortly after ' o'clock on Pine street. The animal apparently was uninjured as it disap- peared Immediately alter being hit. City Laguc Baseball
 The first game in the final round of the City Baseball League sched- ule will be played at Muzzy Field tomorrow afternoon when the Ma pie Ends clash with the league lead ing Forstville team. Art Reeves ot Unionville, who baffled the New De- parture team last Wednesday eve ming. will be called upon to pitch by Manager John Fortin of Forest vile. while Walter Berg of Hartford, will toe the slab for the Maple Ends. The game will start promptly at 1 3 o'clock. Clyde Waters and Bob 1 Coughlin will umpire.
 To Attend Field Day
 X large delegations from Com bounce tribe, l. c. R, NJ. of this;