New Britain herald., 1930-10-09

electors at the city hall at 8 o'siock tonight. when representatives, As judge of probate, eight justices of the peace. two selectmen. three con- stables and four registrars of voters will be nominated. G. o. r. leaderS tere express their belief that Attor-s ney Anthony J. Rich and Judgs
 Epaphroditus Peck. present assem- blymen, will be nominated again. to- gether with Judge s. Russell Mink
 of probate court.
 3l6 Applications Received
 The registrars of the city. in ses-3 sion for the purpose of receiving ap-
 plications from prospective voters Monday, have forwarded an aggre-@ gate of 3ls applications to the office
 of the city clerk. The largest num- Der, Ill, was submitted by the first district.
 The city clerk, Thomas B. Steele. and selectmen will be in session at the formers office in the city hall building on Saturday of this week.
 and Saturday, Oct. IS, from q. m.. to p. m.. and Wednesday, Oct. Is, at Foremen's hall, Forestville, from | to p. m., for the purpose of mak- ing new voters.
 Will Repair Toys It, has been announced by Presi-
 dent William R. Bowes of the Bris- tai Lions club that store 1t 24O Main street, in the Arcanum build ing, has been taken over by the or- ganization to be utilized as . repair shop for discarded Christmas toys.
 which will be distributed among the poor children this winter after they
 have been fixed up. Repairing will
 be done by Boy Scouts from the
 local council. whose services were
 acquired by Scout Executive Alfred i H. Breckbill.
 Persons having toys which they may wish to donate toward this cause are requested to telephons
 either Mir. Breckbill, President
 Bowes or the Bristol Visiting Nurse 1 association. A car will be sent for 1 them.
 Many Advocate Changes At a meeting of the city council
 to be held On Tuesday. October 2l,
 any citizen of Bristol may appear and advocate any changes in the i city charter he desires, it has been
 learned. This is provided in Sec 1 tion 5S of the charter, which reads: Tn the year preceding any regu- lar session of the Connecticut legis-
 lature, the city council shall, dur ing the month of October. advertise
 in one or more newspapers publish ed in the city of Bristol . notice of | special meeting in said month of October of said council at which any
 elector may appear and advocate
 any changes in the Bristol city char. | ter"
 It is not probable, however. that revisions will be advocated by local | citizenry even though this opportu-
 nifty will be extended. In case a
 change is agreed upon. the problem
 must be carried to the state legisla-
 ture, which usually turns 1t back
 to the people of the city whence 1t
 came for decision by vote. Treasurer's Daughter to Wed | City Clerk Thomas B. Steele to- udS STduleu d marriage uCeukc 10 Charles S. Parker, a manufacturer
 of so Parker avenue. Meriden, and
 Virginia Beach of 52 High street.
 this city. Miss Beach is tho daugh-
 ter of City Treasurer and Mrs
 George S. Beach.
 Judge Changes Charge A charge of reckless driving pre-.
 ferred by the state against Paul Per-
 cival, 1s, of this city, was changed
 to one of violation of the rules of
 the road by Judge Donovan in po- l lice court this morning and . fine 1 of s5 and costs was imposed. It ia | believed that the action was taken
 in order to retain the operators H. cense of the young man, who drives
 motor truck for a local coal dis tributing firm.
 l Percival was arrested shortly aft
 CT 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Officer William Thompson. who tes- tifed in court today that the defend-
 ant was driving at an excessive rate 1 of speed at the Maple End corner
 where he was on traffic duty. The | (Continued on Page Nine1