New Britain herald., 1930-02-15
COUNCIL MAY VOTE
 FOR MORE POLICE
F0IcstyiIle and West Side Sec,
 ticnS Seek Added Safety
70 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
IN"nin@ school Graduation INcr- rj7cs Are I'cld-Community Chc-t Drive tU Ntari TomorroW- nl Guard Companies Inspected.

nl Guard Companies Inspected. When the members Of the city counciI meet ,n the council chamber it. the city hall building on Tucs- . e"E night II is generally vNpccl' | that so2uo definite action will loz taken on thr appointment of rcglr- Iar officers to tha present force. Nothins of m@ definite nature counl be learned from police officials COL ccrnng the appointment, but it is thought probable that because a. the alleged need of additional pro- lection in I'orcslville and the as- |Ennont of q sup.rnumvrary Of ficer 10 h" newly established west side beat tba, luoro regular mon will he added. Officer John NJ .- l,aushm has been patrolliny tns new north side beat.
 Ever since the siayng Of the late Officer James NcNamcc in Forest vile it has been the contention ot the residents of that district thtt two officers should patrol il. AL though no petition for q second o. 1iccr in the suburban village hts been made, if is believed that one Will be prepared for the sanction Of the residents soou
 Chief of Police Ernest r. Beld dan does not seem to favor the appoinc- mcnt of q night sergeant. Eumors have ii that q sergeant will be ap- pointed to check up on the officers Fho haTr been assigned 10 night work, but Chief BcIdcu recently stated that the Gambol signal SIS tenn, which the locaI department uiIIizes, is much better than ser &"9ut for chcck-up work. OnN about q week ago one of the Supc,- numcrary officers uaS Slspend-d from tue fore" for failure to ring at one Of the signal stations on two different occasions.
 To Check school Bud@ct
 Prior to the holding of thc regular council meeting, one will be held jointly with tho board of education at 7;&0 o'clock for the purpose of checking the lHttrr's budget for the year,
 Al the regular meeting the claims comnjltc" will report on the results oi the recent meeting at which sey- cral claimants for damages from the city were heard. Only three appeared at tho hearing The remaining four were unable 10 be. present because oi the injuries which they sustained as the result Of falls on slippery side walks.
 Other important business will come up before the council to be considered
 "Ntatc .,diutants Night
 Tn" state adjutant of the Amcri- can Legion. William |. Murray, will be the guest of the local Scichcprey post at its annual observance of State Adjutants Night" next Tues day Complete details of the nation al Legion convention which takes plar" in Boston in October will be explained io those present The chairman of the entertainment com mlttc" has arranged to have q spo- cial program presented. after which 't smoker will be held and rcfrcSh- l mcuts served.
 Folk Songs Feature
 A number Of folk songs. sang by more than n of the evening school ! pupils divided into groups reprcsent- ing each nation, featured the gradu- ltion exercises of the Bristol evening | schools in the South Side school au- lltorium last night. These songs Of | the various homclands were received . very Wcll
 Athur <. Barnes, chairman of the . school committee. acted as master of ceremonies and introduced the numbers as they were presented. iu"sts Vcr" present from the Daughters of the American Eevolu- ion, American Legion ladies' auNil- arN, and the Womon's Christian Union. The members of he organizations mentioned present. Il t5 of the students with badges md books in recognition of their york during tho school season.
 After the awards had been made md inc entertainment finished, the 'upils exhibited dreaSmahiug and mechanical drawing in the manual raining rooms in the basement Of he school to those who were pres mt,
 The largest crowd ever to attend .raduation ceremonies of the evening choolS was on hand.
 A large number of the graduates istcd the Federal IIill school audi orium after the exercises and listen 'd to q talk given by Miss Lcla 1'Comnelj before members of the