New Britain herald., 1930-03-07

tam parcel, or piece Ot land, Qeede1 by the city of New Britain, and an additional consideration of one or more dollars, the above corporation would release and forever discharge claims against the city of New Brit ain.'
 To Test Validity
 The validity of these deeds will be tested within a few weeks when a suit instituted by. Arthur E. Bow CTS of East BerliH against the city of New Britain for damages to the amount of s15,000. caused, it is claimed, by the acids from the river accommodating at and emanating from the present sewer beds and damaging the land of ths plaintiff to that amount. The suit is beine watched with intere1t by the hun- drcds of property owners along ths banks of the Mattabesctt river. To them the outcome of the suit is very important. for in case Bowers wins the fight the residents will collobor- ate in an attempt to make New Brit ain keep it's sewer beds in con- dition SO as not to harm the prop erty, as it is alleged the city is do- ing at the present time.
 Engagement Announced
 Announcement has been made of tho engagement of Miss Minna Ian. zoni, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nj cola Lanzoni of New Britain road kensington. to Frank Malagoli of Brook street. New Britain. No date has been set for the wedding.
 Scouts to Meet
 Troop 1, Boy Scouts of America will meet this evening in the scout rooms of the Berlin Conversations church. As this will be a special meeting, all scouts are urged to at tend
 Funeral ot George Griffith
 Funeral services for George S Griffith of Peck street, kensington who died at his home yesterda, afternoon following a four-day ill ness. will be held at l:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from his late home. Rev. Allan l.. Dodd of the kensington Methodist church will of, ticiatC. Following services at the home the body will be taken to Co. pcnhasen, N. Y. where services will be held at the Copenhagen Congre. Satlonal church and burial will be in the Riverside cemetery. II was of this church that Mir. Grif. fith's father. the late Rev. Joseph Kirby Griffith, was pastor for al. most 10 years.
 Mir. Griffith was born in Hamilton Ontario, on November :. 1882. 6 descendant of the venerable Lloyd family of England. Els father helt degrees from McGill and Oxford universities. His mother the late Mrs. Georsina Dickinson Griffith, [ direct descendant of the Stuarts O. Scotland. and of Mary. Queen ot Scots. was born in Coburc. Canada MT. Griffith was graduate of tho Copenhagen high school of com. merce, Copenhagen. N. Y. and nov, cd to kensington 70 years ago. es tabllshing a print shop in New Brit ain. X year later he entered the em. ploy Of the American Paper Good. company, and he had been witt that company for the last 19 years.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs Florence Griffith; one brother. A. II Griffith, president of the Townsville National bank of Townsville. N. Y, and one sister, Mrs. F. J. Jones O Grandville, \. '. Both brother anc sister were present at his bedside a the time of his death yesterday.
 Legion Loses
 Proving themselves almost help less against the different style o play used by the Conln aggregation of card players from Blue Hills, tht members of the setback team of tn, American Legion went down to de feat when they stacked up agains 1 the Conlinmen last night. The SCOT, at the close of the game was 16 tt 20. with the hill dwellers ahead 1 During the course of the evening re ! treatments were served. Preceding the card games, which lasted unti | early this morning, the Lcgionnaire held their regular bi-monthly meet 1 ing. The results Of the minstrel ahov were discussed. but, as all of 1h. | tickets and reports were not read, 10 hand in, no definite announce