New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
PainriM News
DEATH TAKES AGED
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 BORN IN NAPLES, N. Y.

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 Meeting of ". c. T. U. Tensorrov- Warrant Ready for Arrest Of A. leged Hit-and-Run Driver ] Heass Slightly Damaged by Fire. Mrs. Laura LaChance. aged 75, wife of Adolph LaChance of 1ss Unionville avenue. died late yester- day afternoon at her home. She was born in Naples. N. Y., in Octo- Der. 1853, and has resided in Plain- vile for the past five years.
 Besides her husband she is sur- vived by son. geffe Cornish of Plainville, and three brothers, John c. Bailey of Florida, and Charles and Rather Bailey of Naples N. Y.
 Funeral services will be held Fri- day at o'slock at the w. A. Bailey l. Company funeral rooms on Broad street. Rev. Arthur A. Ball. pastor of the Plainville M. E. church, will offfficiate. Burial will be in West cemetery.
 Fire Damages House Fire broke out on the roof of . house owned by Dennis Herlihy on East street. shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sparks from 2 chimney are believed to have start ed the blaze. Damage estimated at about $50 was done. Promptness of the firemen in answering the alarm prevented q more serious blaze. Episcopal Church Notes
 Rev. P. r. Rex will preach at the first of 8 series of Lenten services at the Church of Our Saviour this eve- ming at 7:30 o'clock. After the serv- ice there will be a choir rehearsal. The vestrymen will also hold brief session.
 There will be celebration of holy communion on Friday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Rev. Donald Greene of Wallingford will be the celebrant.
 Local Team Defeated
 A whirlwind attack by the New Britain South church basketball five in the first half proved too much for the Plainville "" team to stop and the Hardware City hoopsters ran up a lead that was too big for the To- calls to overcome in the final period. The final score found the South church on top by a s7 to 27 count, and with 1t went Plainville's hope of capturing the championship of the Hartford County "YY" league.
 The teams had ended up their schedule in the league in a tie, and last nights battle was staged to de- termine tho winner of the league title. The South church aggregation was in great form and scored almost at will in the first half. Plainville came back strongly against g changed South church lineup in the second half, but the New Britain crew succeeded in holding to it's early lead. The game was staged on the Hartford Y. M. c. A. floor.
 Caulfield and Miller were the best men on the floor for the locals. SCOT ing 26 points between them
 Whist Party Successful
 The public military whist held last evening at Legion hall under the auspices of the Washington Trum- bull circle. Companions of the For est, was largely attended and proved to be a decided success.
 Prizes were captured by the fol- lowing: Mrs. Clarence Gustavson, Mrs. Frank O'Brien, Mrs. Alice Hat field, Miss E. Collenback, Mrs. Jo- seph Fanion, Miss Helen Conlin. Mrs. Arthur Fargar and Mrs. Anna Conlin.
 A regular meeting of the circle will be held this evening at 7:3O o'clock at the Legion hall. There will be initiation exercises for two new candidates for membership. All are requested to make returns of the whist party tickets at the meeting to the committee in charge of the af- | fair.
 Few Seek Reduction
 With Saturday being the last day for property owners seeking & re- duction in the tax rate to appear be- fore the board of relief, less than 75 | persons have 50 far presented re- quests. At the session yesterday aftrnoon, 12 property owners pre- Eented petitions for reductions.
 Early next week the board of re- lief will meet in session for final action on the requests for reductions. Last year the number of protests made by property owners amounted to about 200 which was the peak of the town.
 Warrant Is Prepared
 The warrant for the arrest of John R. Babson of Springfield. Mass. on 2 charge of evading responsibil- ity. has been completed by Grand Juror Charles F. Conlon. Babson is alleged to have been the driver of a car that struck Anthony Santucci of South avenue on Whiting street last Saturday evening and seriously injured him. The driver sped to- ward Bristol following the accideat IFS FRIENDS .sx..