The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-07

cS4 Broad street, Forestville, earned his daily bread on Monday night when he scared away two youthful chicken thieves from Serra's yard as they were about to enter his chicken coop in search of poultry. This is the second time within a month that he has been so bothered according to Serra's report to the police yesterday.
 MT Serra states that he lost IT chickens on Christmas eve and, last night, but for the intercession of the barking dog. he would undoubtedly have lost more. The thieves had just left a car they had driven up in to enter the chicken yard when the barking of Serra's dog so discon- Ierted them that they moved on in haste.
 To Present Plays
 Two plays, one in English and the other in Polish will be presented to the congregation of St Stanislau Po- fish church in this city on next Sum day afternoon. The plays will be pre- sented in the school hall and there will be two performances, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. The afternoon performance will be for the children of the school and the evening performance will be devoted 10 the adults. The Sisters of Mercy who teach in the St Stanislaus church school directed the play.
 Report of Bristol Hospital
 According to report made public to-day by Superintendent of the Bristol hospital, Fife Simpson, there were four hundred patients entered at the hospital during the past three months. During that period, there were 66 babies born, 193 operations performed, 152 X-ray examinations Tnade, and 1257 laboratory examin- ations made. Further along, the re- port states that it Is planned to have a member of the State Board of Health address the student nurses at the hospital in the near future.
 Church Meeting
 A meeting of the Methodist Epis- copal churches in this vicinity is scheduled for the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church on Monday even ing. Rev pr William l.. Beach, super intendent of the local district, will be in charge The subject of the meeting will be religious education. After the business of the meeting. supper will be served under the supervision of the Ladies' Aid Society.
 To Circulate Petition
 The residents of WolcOtt road and Cedar Lake are going to present q
 
 partment requesting that department to provide in its appropriation for 1881. funds for building a new state road from Bristol Town line to Vol colt center. It Is understod that the general assembly voted several terms ago to put through trunk line but su far as Bristol is concerned no further work has been done on this road.
 Births For The Year
 According to a report of vital clerks office to-day, there were 625 births in the city during the past year. This is slight decrease from the preceding year when 671 chil- dren were born. Deaths for the year amounted to 229 as compared to 261 for 229.
 OfIicers Installed
 At a meeting of the Spanish War Veterans held in their headquarters on Monday night of this week, of fcers of both the order and it's aux Hilary were installed for the coming year, State Commander John A. White of Waterbury installed the officers of the Veterans, and Mrs Gray of Hartford, department presi- dent, installed the officers of the Auxiliary.
 Warranty Deed
 Land and buildings on Murray road have been transferred from Frank c. Helm, to Nellie Long Helm according to q warranty deed hled with the city clerk Monday.
 Plan For Auto Show
 Plans are getting under way rapidly for the auto show to be held in this city on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 29, 30, and 3lst' All the committees have been ap- pointed and are now busy with the duties of arranging the details over which they have specific charge Ac- cording to present indications, this will be one of the best, biggest, and finest auto shows ever held Tn thlS city.
 Four Arrested For Burglary
 As the result of searching in restigation that has been going on ever since the Treadway summer home on Chippens Hill was broken into and robbed of valuable antiques on the night of December 14th, Ser geant Jeglinski of the local police force and Chief George F. Buckley. of the Terryville department, yester- day arrested John Ciechoski 25 and Edmund Ciechoski, IS, of West Main street, Terryviile; Gilbert Dupree, IS of Union street, Terryville; and John Donovan, alias DZanovinski of Grey stone. According to the police the quartet stole goods to the value of S968 during their brief visit to the 'rreadway homestead on December 18th.
 The men were brought to the To- cal police station about three o'clock or Tuesday morning, and were i'm 1nediately presented in court before Judge William J. Malone. Prosecut- ing Attorney Rich then asked that the case be postponed until this morning so that he muster together all the alent facts of the investiga- lion, In his investigation which he conducted for two weeks prior to ary important clue, Sergeant Jaglin- ski found out that some of the an- tiuues were on sale and for display A. Shanley's on the Thomaston- Tor rington road. Working from that source, he found out where they had purchased the antiques and with the assistance of Chief Buckley, of the ,rerryville police force, he rounded up the four alleged thieves
 According to q statement issued from the the local station tonight the four men are also wanted for burglaries committed in the town of Terryville.
 High School Pool In Good
 Condition
 According to the report of Jan nary 2d, from the Bureau of Labor atories, Connecticut State Depart ment of Health, the water in the swimming pool at the high school was safe for bathing at the purposes at the time the samples were collect ed.
 RuiIdinv parnitS IsSupI
 The following building permits have been issued from the office of Superintendent of Public Works Oscar AnderSOn: