New Britain herald., 1930-03-26
.I5 CENSUS TAKERS
 NAMED BY HARVEY
Will Begin Decennial Compila-
 ton Week From Today
DYKES RECEIVE TROPHY
City Basketball League Champions Arc Given Prizc-Razing Mcrri- man Characterization Elects Local Mcn-CIaims Disallowcd.

William NJ. Harncy, director oi enumerators in Hartford county, yesterday named those who are 10 take the census in this city. It is expected that the work will be com pleted within two weeks by the IT. persons who have been employed hcr". The necessary materials, en- closed in a portfolio will be sub mitcd to the various cnumerators in time to commence operations oil
 April ,.
 Mr. Harney stated when making the appointments that 1t was an enormous task, no person having been considered for the work who
 did not fill out and return one Of the application blanks and test schedules to Washington, and re- Ceivc satisfactory grading. Prefer encc, Mir, Harney stated, was given
 10 disabled war veterans, soldiers
 widows, and unemployed eX-service
 men because Of a law which com-
 pels the officials to do it, The only exceptions made were where for
 eign speaking persons had to be en-
 gaged to care for those who can
 not converse in the English lan-
 guagc.
 The appointments were based on quality Of work in tests submitted by applicants, party affiliations be- ing disrcSarded. The appointed cnumerators will have 10 finish the work assigned to them unless illness
 or other serious reasons interfere. X meeting at which instructions will
 be given will be held in the hall of the house of representatives, at the
 state capital in Hartford tomorrow
 evening at o'clock.
 The official seal Of a notary pub i lie must be affixed to oaths sworn in by applicants, or that of any
 authorized official. in which case a
 county clerks certificate must be attached.
 Inumcrators working within the districts Of city will be paid at the rate of four cents for each name ob- taincd. while those working in rural districts will be paid at rate of be-
 tween 50 and 40 cents each name. The population Of Bristol, accord 1 ing 10 figures obtained by the school enumerator. was S0145. The federal census, local officials believe. will show about tho same number. Hart | ford, with & districts. is the largest
 city in tho county. New Britain is second with 42 and Bristol third with 1 l5.
 Local Census Taken 1 Those who were appointed to ac- ! complish the work in this city were 1 Raphael G. Fitzpatrick. Forcstvillc; ! Thomas H. Hart 12i Federal street: George T. kavanaugh. @42 High
 street; Levi l.. Glassou. 90 Union street; Roscoe L. Sessions, 4oG Farm
 ington avenue: James F. Donohuc,
 IT,. 2t Pleasant street; X. J. Dou- yard. S6 Burlington avenue: Clarence
 J. Morgan, 70 Murray road Arthur | A. Griffin, 4 George street; Mary L. | Ildridec. 49 Sigourney street: John | w. Semrau. IS Park street; Thomas
 l.. Carey, Forestyillc; William R. i Blank, 6 Buckingham street; Robert ! H. Goodrich S9 Judd street and Mrs. | NlVi Cote, 70 sherman street. Cup Presented to DiNics At meeting of the managers of the teams in the City Basketball league held in the library of the Boys club last night an official presentation of the Savitt trophy, a handsome silver plated miniature of q player jumping into the air for a | ball. was made 10 the victorious , DiNics. who won f straight contests
 in circuit competition. by President William F. Tracy. in behalf of the , league. Coach Thomas NJ. Nonahan of the Bristol high school athletic i teams, a league official. impressed
 tho gathering with a brief ak. The trophy, fought for hy eight ! clubs, will remain in tho Boys
 club for all time. X three time [ champion wilt have permanent pos
 session o( it by name only, The Quintcts which contested for loon honors were the Bristol and Terry 1 vile Maple Ends, Ia aSlcs, Hortons, . MaCCabcCs, Older Members and the i New Departures. The Eagles placed second in the initial round and the 1 Bristol Maple Ends succeeded them 1 in the second.
 Rahing Old Homestead
 The building located at Merriman. 1 Federal and Maple streets, known as 1 the old Merriman homestead, which l has caused so much discussion dur | Ing the past month is being razed l 10 hc rrnnnd h, q c.rnl1rn of n.n1l.-