New Britain herald., 1929-03-04

mobile about four weeks ago on Whiting street and is still confined to the New Britain General hospital where he was ordered by Dr. George F. Cook. According to witnesses. Babson was the owner Of the car that struck Santucci.
 Pythian Sisters' Whist Pythian Temple. No. 1s. Pythian Sisters. will hold . public military whist Wednesday evening in I. o. o. F. hall. Prizes will be awarded the winners and refreshments served. The public ts cordially invited. On March 1s the grand officers of the Pythian Sisters will make their official visit to the local temple. An entertainment for the evening is be- ing arranged. A supper will also be served at 6:s0 p. m. Further plans concerning progam will be announc- cd in the near future.
 Building Committee to Meet The building committee of the school board in charge of the erec- tion of the proposed addition to the Linden street school will meet morrow evening to discuss the pl and specifications for the building. It is likely that the committee will ark for bids.
 It is hoped that the bidders will have their figures in the hands Of the committee within two weeks in order that building operations may be started about the last of the month.
 Appoint Banquet Committee
 President A. A. Mcleod of the Chamber Of Commerce has complet- ed the selection of the membership Of the annual banquet committee. The committee consists Of Leon C. Staples. chairman; W. J. Wasley, Caesar Neri, Howard s. Smith. and w. E. Vincent.
 The banquet will be held on April IS in the gymnasium of the Plain- vile high school. The first meeting of the banquet committee will be held on Wednesday evening. ihe iS6 diol iHottlly iiCStlil6 oi the Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday evening. Routine mat ters will come up for discussion. Among them will be the Salvation Army campaign. This year. through an agreement with the officials of the Salvation army. one-auarter Of the total amount collected here in the campaign will be left in Plainville for Salvation Army work.
 storm Hampers Service
 The blindins snow storm that struck the entire state Saturday afternon and evening hampered the passage of westbound trains in Plainville. The trains were temporarily blocked when wires. heavily laden with ice and snow. dragged telephone poles down across the railroad tracks between Plain- vile and Forestville. It was neces- sary to switch the trains over to the i eastbound track in Plainville and in most cases they were at least half an hour late running into Bristol. hiil6 tO lllC Uy tI1c officials of the train crews. nearly 35 poles toppled across the tracks in a tangle Of wires and cross pieceA A crew of men were stationed near the fallen poles and work of clearing away the debris to free the rails was started early Saturday evening. Re- pair and replacement work was started yesterday.
 ! Autoists experienced all sorts of wild times while driving in the storm but no serious accidents were report ed to the police. One woman driver skidded on East Main street near l Blossoms corner and crashed into a tree. It was necessary to saw away part of the tree in order to free the car which was imbedded in it. Cars travelling between Plainyille and New Britain reported that 1t was practically impossible to keep on the road and in many cases drivers stated that they had continu- ally skidded into fences. Cooke Receives Endorsement Members of the fire department have endorsed William ;. Cooke, a captain in the department. for the vacancy on the board of fire com- missioEers caused by the resignation of James F. Boswell. A recommen- dation for the appointment of Cap- tain Cooke will be submitted to the selectmen. who makes appointments to the board.
 Herbert Ewald submitted his resignation as secretary-treasurer of the department to the fire depart ment at the meeting Friday evening He will remain as a fireman in the department.
 Plans are practically completed for the annual concert and ball of the department which will be held on April 5. The affair will be held in the auditorium of the Planville High school and it is expected that Governor John H. TrumbuIl will be enc of the guests of honor at the l ball.
 Nsrantec Deeds
 Two warrantee deeds have been filed at the office of the town clerk. 1 Peter J. Zaccagnino of Hartford , has sold piece of property on the | Stanley tract to Dimi;ri Liven of New Britain.
 Stanley $. GWillim and John H. Trumbull have sold a piece of land on the Robert Usher estate on Pennington avenue 10 Charles E. Hanny of Pennington. Baptist Church Notes The regular meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church will be held Wednesday afternoon at .:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Austin McDunnah on 4S Park street.
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