New Britain herald., 1930-05-24
LEVI norton, 70,
DIES At HIS HOME
Birch Street Resident Leaves
Wife, % Descendants
TO INITIATE GOVERNOR
Red Men Plan Celebration On June
3-To Examine Pre-Schoo1 Chill
dren-TwC Civil War Veterans
Lcft-nemorial Dav Service,


Levi O. Norton. r., 4 native of
this cj+v and reside,. bo,.. 1su
,,-a.,.;,,T,.. .,,
- 0~-'1"i'S d" HIS NE dled al ms
aIler Il Alonth illness With CompH-
I aitera months illness W tth compli-
cations. Mr.. Norton vas born al
the old Lee homestead on Riverside
avenue on September -. 1854. the
son o. William Q. and Martha Lee
Norton and lived in this city all his
HE WIN the exception Of few
Years spentsln Nolcott. He engaged
IN farming, trucking and Iandsca pc
gardening.
On July 81. 1873. Mr. Norton vas
married in Nolcott 10 Miss Bertha
Acct who survives him. together
WIN nine children, Henry Norton of
"aleott, Arthur L., William, George
O. and Levi l.. Norton Of Bristol.
Norman Norton Of Plalnville. Mrs.
}. Leon Barnum and Mrs. Martha
little OF Bristol, and Mrs. Ruth
Flelcher OF PlainYiIleiand 10 grand
chlIdren
Funeral arrangements. in charge
OF =. Funk o Son, are incomplete,
nut It IS known that services will
he held on Monday afternoon.
West Cromwell Man Fined
samuel HoIcomb Of West Crom-
We'll appeared in police court before
Judge Joseph NJ. Donovan this morn
ing and was fined So and costs on
charges Of reckless driving and driy-
ing without license. His automo-
pile colllded with that Of James Car
neIll Of this city at West and South
streets several weeks ago.
May Need New newer Beds
If is believed that the sewer com
mittoe, OF which Councilman Frank
w Durton is chairman, will recon-
mend 10 the city council at its next
meeting on Tuesday evening, June 3.
that two new sewer beds be con-
sjructed at the disposal plant in
Last Bristol. There are IS beds To-
Gated at the plant at the present
time but the greater number of them
are draining very slowly. 1t vas ex-
planned at a recent inspection by the
caretaker, Michael Mulhern. that AT
this time in previous years, the +
water inundating the beds has US
uallH been drained away.
As soon as the water disa ppears /
into the ground the plant employees |
Will pillow the surface Of the beds, /
and with the permission OF the city
council remove about two feet of
the surface soil This excavation
work, as has been stated by Coun-
Gilman Thomas A. Tracy. a. member
OF the committee, is merely an ex-
pertinent 10 determine whether it
Nil help the situation any.
The construction of a pair of new .
beds in East Bristol would finish
the covering OF the Sc acres allotted
for the sewage disposal system but
would facilitate the removal of all
refuse within d much shorter time
,han IS necessary nov. The Bristol
plant mas been called one of the fin
est systems IN this section due great
~ 1t is believed TO its location in a
.errltory rlch With the sand which
5 necessary Tor proper filtration of
~sl'
III llne, IL IS Claimed BRISTOL Will .
~ io' Ced 10 press a lahh system INTO
I ps' d l'0'', 'ouel d system would
:! an aa q ,'ls "a pendlluFe o. ABOUT
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consideration hv rhc snhrrb.s sen-or