New Britain herald., 1930-10-09
WORDS FLOW FAST
 AT TOWN MEETING
1 Numerous Debates Over Various Important Issues
ATTENDANCE QUITE SMALL
Republican Caucus This Evening At ! oClock-Sophomore Hockey Team Defeats Freshman Aggrc- gatim-Democrats to Gather.

Team Defeats Freshman Aggrc-
 gation-Democrats to Gather. Countless debates, numerous per sonal verbal tilts, and a deluge of completing questions and answers marked the lively and lenthy ad- journed town meeting held last evening in the high school auditor ium. No trouble was experienced in accepting the reports of the town officers but the resolutions. concern /! ing the playground. a boulevard system on East street, and the state aid appropriation were discussed at length, suggestions made and dis approved, amendments proposed, and numerous criticisms voiced be- fore they were finally accepted. Town Clerk William H. Wilson was called upon time and time again to repeat the reading of the reso- lutions and he had little voice left when the meeting finally adjourned after a three hour session. The de- bates became intense at times and humorous on other occasions. A small but representative gathering was present at the meeting.
 Peter J. Prior. moderator at the town election Monday. acted as chairman of the meeting. Town Clerk Wilson was clerk. Upon a motion of First Selectman James Simpson. o. I. Cooley was re-elect- ed as a member of the building commission. Thomas Prior and Will liam Cassidy were reelected mem- bers of the town plan commissi on upon a motion made by Ole w. Robinson. candidate for representa- tive on the republican ticket These motions were passed without dis | cussion.
 A resolution was then passed au- thorizing the board of selectmen to borrow an amount not to exceed s1l0,00o to carry on the business of the town during the coming year. This motion was also passed with out trouble.
 The reports of the selectmen, town treasurer, school committee, library directors, public health of- 1 ficer, town plan commission, park commission and board of finances were adopted and approved without question. Stanley S. Gwillim, chair man of the town finance board. spoke to the gathering, giving in de- tail summary of the work doHe by the board in preparing the budget I Report On Schools
 In his third annual report, Super intendent of Schools Leon c. Staples stated that a period of expansion and development has been complet- ed which has placed the entire school system on a modern basic. From the kindergarten to the senior year at the. high school there has beens a complete reorganization cov- ering every phase of school work and in conformity with educational trends throughout the country.
 He called attention t~ the build ing situation at the Broad Street school. This school consists of 1s rooms In four different buildings, of | which two are wooden portables The brick building is we'll construct ed and can serve as the nucleus of a modern school plant. This year a | firm of school architects presented a preliminary plan of a complete building with all modern facilities. The town committee has adopted a policy regarding maintenance and repairs of this plant so that no large expenditure shall be made which does not incorporate the ideas of a completed modern school unit.
 The proposed remodeling is to take place in the following order: Construction of a central heating plant at total cost of about $l2,- 500, which has been already done: the erection at an carly date of a fireproof wing on the rear of the