New Britain herald., 1929-02-05

Apparatus. such a. the los'al de-
Lartment IL considering the purchase
OF, will cost approximately $40. &C
cording to figures pre- ,nted last
evening.
Must Duy Own Ra4lge
| Joseph Civizzio. caretaker OF
Rockwell park who was appointed .
special policeman with jurisdiction
within the park limits only. will be
obliged to purchase his own badge
in view of the fact that the one is
! sued to him at the time of his ap-
pointmeEt. has beer lost.
Council Meeting Tonight
The February meeting Of the city
council will be held at 7:3O o'clock
this evening in the city council
chamber. Estimates will be discuss
ed and other routine business dis
| posed Of.
Decrease In Library Circulation
| S44 less books were issued at the
Bristol public library during the
month of January than during the
same month last year, according a
the monthly report of Librarian
Charles l.. Wedding submitted at
the regular monthly meeting of the
board of library directors last night.
The children's department suffered
the greatest loss, which was attrib-
uted to the skating and coasting
! activities.
The total circulation for January
;,
year ago there was a loss at the
main library of 1926 from the adult
department and of sos from The
children's room. At the Forestville
branch there was loss of l61, at
the East Bristol 2s1. and at the
Park street school 176. There was
gain of 147 at the Endee branch,
1SS at the North Side school and
1873 at the John J. Jennings school.
! The total circulation for the
month was distributed as follows:
Main library. adult department, s.
437; children's room. 3.1O9; Forest
willie branch. 500: Endee branch.
$50: John J. Jennings school. 724:
East Bristol school, SIS: Park street
| school. 494: North Side school, IA.
The circulation for the month was
classified as follows: Juvenile fic-
ton. 4.134; adult fiction. 1870: gen.
eral. 4: religion. 70; philosophy. Sc:
sociology, 81: philology, 9: natural
science. $40: useful arts. 2S2: fine
arts. 227: literature, 6l2: history,
400: travel, +3S; biography. $40:
magazines, 9S. Included In the above
were French. SO: Italian. 40: Ger
man. rs: Polish. %: Lithuanian. 9.
fifty-one per cent of the total cir
culation was classed as adult prose
fiction and 27h per cent as juvenile
fiction.
The total number of volumes in
the library on February l was ST.
$50. There were 1913 volumes added
during the month. including 233 by
purchase and 100 by gift from the
following sources: Judge Newell
Jennings. 81: state grant. IS: trans
ferred from school library, 5; Kath-
crime Gaylord chapter. d. A. r., 2;
and federal documents. 1.
30 volumes were withdrawn dur
ing the month. including seven dis
carded. two lost and paid for, and
.o1 worn out after having had an
average circulation OF 81 since bind.
ing.
Tuskcgcc Singers to Appear Herr
The Tuskegee Institute Jubilee
singers from Booker Washington s
famous Alabama school will render
program of negro spirituals at a
union meeting to be held in the
First Congregational church at 1880
o'clock Thursday evening, February
!. This will be the regular Thurs
day night meeting of the Bristol
Baptist. the First Congregational and
the Prospect Methodist churches.
The program will include such
numbers as steal Away to Jesus, >
Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and
Deep River" This will be the
first public appearance in Bristol Of
he Tuskesee singers.
Tuskegee Institute is located at
Tuskegee. Alabama. 1t has an en-
rollment OF 1900 students and a
teaching staff Of 260. Pupils are
trained as teachers. skilled workers
and in practical farming. The
Tuskegee program Of racial amity
was considerable factor in reduc-
ing lynchin1s from 30 in 1926 to 16
in 1897 and to only eight in 1928.
Rev. Francis T. Cooke. pastor Of
the First Congregational church.
will preside at the meeting Thurs
day night.
Case NolIcd
The case of George Benoit,
charged with intoxication, was nolled
this morning bv Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney Robert J. Stack on pay
ment OF costs. Benoit was arrested
Monday afternoon in East Bristol by
Officer Edgar Norton following ii
complaint.
To Attend S. r. A. Meeting
Chief Ernest T. Belden of the local
police department will attend q
meeting of the executive committee
of the State Police association to
be held at the Hotel Garde in Hart
ford at II a. m. Wednesday, Feb
ruary s.
Bristol Woman Granted Divorce
Mrs. Sophy Lyon Main was grant
ed divorce in the superior court at
Hartford Monday from her hus-
band. Arthur George Main. local
butcher, on the grounds OF adultery.
Judge Allyn Brown fixed alimony at