New Britain herald., 1929-02-28
PainuiM Me,ps
BOSWELL TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION
Fire Commissioner Notifies Sc
leCtmtn Of His Decision

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EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Meeting OF Interest to Poultry Rats.
eu-I,ocai Man Taken TO JAIL
Measles Prevalent Here 1t Pres.
ent Tin,e-IntercstinE Items.
The resignation Of James n. Bos-
well as q member of the fire com.
mission was received this morning
by First Selectman James Simpson.
This brings to q close the contro-
versy which has been going on for
tho past month. The resignation
goes into effect at once.
Steps were taken a little over 4
months ago to have Mr.. Boswell re-
moved rs a fire commissioner. 4
petition signed by 2s members Of
the fire department was sent to the
selectmen requesting that Boswell
| be removed from Office for the good
OF the department" No special
complaint or charges were made
against Boswell at the time.
A meeting Of the selectmen. to.
sether with the fremen and Boa
we'll, was held and after 4 long dis
cussion, the selectmen announced
that they would not remove Boswell
from Office because of the lack Of
sufficient reasons. 1t was constant
ly rumored that the members Of the
fire department would resign from
their positions unless Boswell was
removed.
MIR. Boswell's letter to the select
man was as follows:
Board of Selectmen.
Town Of Plainville.
"Gentlemen:
please accept this letter as my
resignation from the board Of IRE
commissioners, effective at once.
"Yours truly.
JAMES r. BOSWELL"
New Post Offices Recommended
In a report transmitted to con-
gress yesterday by the inter-depart-
ment government public building
committee. new post offices at
Plainville, Winsted and Westport
we're recommended. The need OF =
lnew building in Plainville 10 very
urgent and Postmaster James Usher
expressed himself as being pleased
to hear that the recommendation
had been made. Further Informs
ton concerning the new buildings
in the state can be found in another
section of this issue.
Awarded Damages
At a session of Judge Newell
Jennings branch Of the superior
court held yesterday In Hartford.
Mrs. Helina Toscano Of Bristol was
awarded Judgment Of $4,000 dam
ages against Leland c. Hart OF
Plainville. Her husband. Frank Tos-
cano. recovered $3.50 damages.
The former brought an action for
$4,000 damages and the latter an
action for 5000 damages against
Hart. The suits were an aftermath
of a collision between sedan own
cd by the plaintiffs and heavy
truck owned by the defendant In
Forestville on October S. 1928.
Attorney James T. Mather Of
Bristol represented the plaintiffs.
Ralph o. Wells Of Hartford was
counsel for Mr.. Hart.
The case was opened up In su-
perior court last Thursday before a
jury. After an hour and half ses-
sion Tuesday morning. the jury was
unable to agree on a verdict and
Judge Jennings ordered 1t to con-
tinue its deliberations yesterday.
To Serve Jail Sentence
Duffy Gnazzo was taken to the
county Jail at Hartford yesterday
to complete 10 days sentence i'm
posed by Judge NJ. o. Ryder In De-
cember. He was arrested by Con-
stable George Schubert on charge
of breach OF the peace and damag"
to private property.
He took an appeal after the SEN
tence had been impoced In the 10.
cal court and was scheduled to be
tried in superior court next month.
Yesterday he surrendered to Con-
stable Schubert, withdrawing his ap-
peal.
| Receive Scout f2Onors
Two members of Plainville Scout
troops were awarded honors at the
court of honor session held in New
Britain last evening.
| The names of the successful scouts
and the division in which they re-
ceivcd honors are as follows: Will
liam d. Barraclough. Troop ~.
handicraft and carpentry: Roy We'll
don. Troop /. first aid to animals,
bookbinding and safety.
Many Cases Of Measles
Health Officer DR.. George +.
Cook reported today that there are
so cases of measles in town at the
present time. This is the largest
number of cases that has been re-
ported here in some time. Most Of
the cases are very mild. he said.
Important Meeting
The W. c. r. U. will hold its regu-