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THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPY 5c liffiss Lyman A. Upson, One of Enfield's Foremost Vote On v*!' ;-V '•W ^ sftS Citizens, Who Died This Morning. «Pl ... School Problem o Take Hand -At the Special Electors Meeting Which Is To Be ^ Held Next Tuesday Might in the Auditorium— Law and Order The Appropriation of $250,000 To Be Asked, •vi According To the Finance Board Recommen- Aroused By the Frank Analysis of Local Conditions, They Are Now Com­ A. datiori, And Also Authority To Borrow Money. ing Forward and Demanding That the Law Enforcement Agencies of Three articles appear in the warn­ the Town Clean It Up—Parents In Panic Over the Danger To Which ing for the Special Town Meeting Is This True? Their Children Are Exposed—Opinion Devided As To Who Is Respon­ <-• "which has -been officially posted by sible, But It Generally Agreed That AH Officials Are Somewhat To the Board of Selectmen today. In LEADING citizen of the addition to'asking for an appropria­ town, a man whose honesty Blame—A Clean Up Campaign Promised. tion of $250,000 for the construction A and integrity is beyond -and equipment of a new high school question, and who is thorough­ Not in years without number have the selectmen ask authority to bor­ ly familiar with local condi­ the townspeople been so thoroughly row that amount "or such part tions made this statement on aroused as they were by the frank thereof as may be necessary" to fi­ the street this morning: "I Civil Service Commission nance the high school project. This firmly believe that, so far as discussion of the liquor situation and second article is made necessary by 'booze' is concerned, we are the law enforcement in the town. Scores the fact that the new building must worst town of our size in New of influential citizens who have Acts on Crime Conditions he temporary financed, by borrowing England today. There are at hitherto kept aloof from this subject on short term notes, such ambunt of least 100/ places that sell liquor are now coming forward ready to the entire appropriation as will be that could and should be closed T the regular meeting of the Civil Service Commission of the Tequired for the work that is to be up." express their views and willing to Town of Enfield, held at the Town Building, Wednesday even­ done until the next annual town take a hand in the restoration of law A ing, January 23, 1924, the following resolution was introduced •meeting. While authority is asked and order in the community. One and adopted by the Commission: to borrow the entire sum it is not of the effects of this attitude on the -expected that even a major fractional part of many of the citizens of the RESOLVED: That crime conditions are more deplorable in the part'of it will be used in the period town is the volunteering of much Town of Enfield at the present time, than at any time during the mentioned. Browne Buys valuable information regarding con­ knowledge of the "Police Commission," and in order to correct these The entire obligation will, in ac­ ditions, which had. previously been conditions, this Commission shall take immediate action in whatever cordance with the financial policy of withheld because of the reluctance of manner they deem best, to improve local conditions, with respect to the town, be turned into a bond is­ the average citizen to be mixed up law and order. sue following the approval of such in affairs of this kind. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we call upon the appoint­ -a plan by the annual town meeting. Heads of families, especially the ing power of Enfield, the Chief of Police, and the State's Attorney This will increase the bonded in­ fathers and mothers of young boys of Hartford County, to place the -town again within the law and debtedness of the town to $707,000. Purchases Two Large and girls are aroused to the dangers peace. "There will also be an increase in the that is lurking in every corner of ..sinking fund at the annual meeting Dwelling Houses At the town and to which their child­ RESOLVED, that the secretary of this Commission be instruct­ to take care of the new bond issue ren are continuously exposed. They ed to send a copy of these Resolutions to the Selectmen of Enfield, "when it matures. Even with the the Corner of Spring Lyman A. Upson Dies are no longer safe at any public Chief of Police, and State's Attorney's Office at Hartford, for their large increase, in the bonded indebt­ and High Streets From gathering. The pocket bootlegger is immediate attention and action. Signed, edness that the building of a new on hand to tempt the thoughless J. L. BODLEY, high school will occasion, the town, Carpet Company. youth in developing the misguided A. P. PRICKETT, 3>rgviding that the issue will be for : Suddenly This Morning notion that to be bibulously inclined M. W. HULLIVAN. -$250,000, will still be within the lim­ is real smart. If by any chance the J. Francis Browne, the town's hip pocket peddler should overlook it of the indebtedness that is legally largest individual taxpayer, added to" At this meeting also the Commission organized by the election •permissable by a margin of approx- Leader in Town Affairs For Many Years, Both In being present at any of these affairs, of Joseph L. Bodley chairman and Earl Reed was appointed Clerk. his realty holdings today by the the joint, where something can be umately $150,000. This amount is purchase of the two frame dwelling Hikely to increase at least another Its Civic and Industrial Life, Passes Away Sud­ had, is conveniently located not very houses at the corner of Spiring and far away. Both ply their trade un­ "$50,000 before the actual issue of the High streets from the Bigelow-Hart­ 3>onds takes place, by the anticipat- denly This Morning—Heart Failure Is Given molested and the distressing effect ford Carpet Company* of their activity is readily noticeable -ed increase in the property valuation The sale of the Carpet Company As Cause of Death—Had Retired From Active Man's Death May Lead afttl will take full the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Com­ unhesitatingly condemn the author- ! Police Are Investigating the Story That Michael Much interest is being taken in title to it in a few days. suddenly at his home on North Main pany. During his connection with ; the make up of the building com­ street at 5 A. M. today. Up to the the Hartford Carpet Company many rdin them the mittee, the selection of which will be proper°protection!° *' i Shultas Was Taken From A North Main St. moment of his death, Mr. Upson, changes took place and he saw many A check up on the situation in the duty of the special meeting. despite his advanced age had enjoy­ great gains in growth during his "Joint" In A Stupified Condition and Deposit­ Following the usual custom: it will general during the past week indi­ MAIL SCHEDULE ed -exceptionally good health. He term as superintendent, as well as cates that there was a slight improve­ ' ?be composed of representatives of was about town yesterday, and made many changes in the carpet business ed in the Detention Room at the Police Station the School Board, the Selectmen and his customary call at the post office generally. ment. Anticipating greater police • the taxpayers at large. In official activity some of the more timid Where He Died In A Few Hours. WILL NOT CHANGE for his mail. He retired at his us­ In 1902 MF. Upson with Henry G. bootleggers temporarily suspended , -circles it is stated that flVe members ual time last evening, apparently in T. Martin of New York, then a mem­ of the School Board, two of the business. In the north part of the The mystery as to how a man who his usual health. Just before five ber of the firm of Reune Martin & village it was said by some of the Uoard of Selectmen and .two citizens Last Southbound Mail o'clock this morning he awoke and Sons, New York selling agents for Efficiency had been only in town for a few "will comprise the committee. business men there that the supply went to the basement of his home the Hartford Carpet Company,-estab­ was somewhat curtailed. By a hours was found dying in the deten­ The following members of the Train Will Leave At to attend to the furnace. Returning lished the Upson-Martin Company tion room of the police station/ is ^School Committee are most promi- to his room Mrs. Upson noticed that strange contradiction however the 8:50 P. M. As At Pre which they successfully conducted number of "drunks," so the business S an example of business very likely to be cleared up in a few . nently mentioned to represent that he was breathing heavily and sug­ until a few years ago, when Mr. Up­ enterprise nothing that has men of that section, state seemed hours. The police are making a rig­ .-body: Dr. Thomas G. Alcorn, M. J. sent. gested that his physician be called, son retired from active " 'work. more numerous than ever. For sev­ Acome to our notice recently •Connor, Henry R. Cooper, Frederick but he did not think it necessary. Mr. Upson was a member of the eral months "rolling" drunks has be­ can quite surpass the efficiency id investigation and it now looks as R. Furey and George E. Allen. The Postmaster Gourlie yesterday re­ Shortly afterwards his condition be­ Town School Board for 25 years, and come a favorite pastime and the us­ of the Bottlegger who saw to though somebody will be held re­ Board of Selectmen will very likely ceived word from the chief clerk of coming worse a doctor was called but had much to do with the establish­ it that his patrons were not name First Selectman James T. Mur­ Mr. Upson had passed away before ual number reported their "roll" i sponsible for the man's death. rThe the railway mail service at New ment of the schools' grade of study missing as the result of Saturday away from their base of sup­ police have already traced the man's ray and George H. Payne, who is Haven that the 8:50 train would con­ his arrival. Death was due to heart and of the high school, and much of plies during the skating on the the second member of the board. Of failure. and Sunday orgies. An encouraging movements from the time he arriv­ tinue, as at present, to stop at the excellence of the present system incident of the past week was the pond each evening last week. ed in town until he was taken from the citizens at large the most prom­ Thompsonville to take on mail and Besides his wife, Mr. Upson is sur­ in other details as well is due to his Such a thing as having to park inently mentioned are Louis Burns vived by three daughters, Mrs. R. raid made by the police department a North Main street "Joint," in an the clerk also stated that no further efforts. The hydrant fire extinguish­ early Sunday morning which resulted his car within a few feet of the almost unconscious condition. Just •and J. Francis Browne. In some action will be taken with regard to K. Blair of Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. ing system was also installed during police station did not interfere quarters it is intimated that there is in a conviction which brought a large how he came to be found several discontinuing the stop in question. Brewer Corcoran and Mrs. Ralph K. his term of office, he being active in fine and a substantial jail sentence. with him in the least. hours afterwards in the detention a feeling that the School Committee This was in reply to a protest for­ Safford of Springfield, and four the work. representation should be reduced to grandchildren. This is the first raid made in the [ room at police headquarters in a warded by Postmaster Gourlie, which Mr. Upson represented the town town in nearly three months. | dying condition, without the know­ iour members, and thereby permit­ he had received from the governing Mr. Upson was born in Westfield, in the General Assembly during the ting an additional representative Many citizens who are at last I ledge of the police is not quite clear. board of the Thompsonville Board of Mass., July 23, 1841, and after at­ session of 1875, being a prominent aroused to the seriousness of the sit-1 BOARD OT TRADE It is supposed that the day being ex­ irom the taxpayers. Should this Trade against the change in the dis­ tending the schools in that city grad­ factor in the deliberations of that lineup be adopted the names of John uation have given considerable i tremely cold his companions took patch of mail, which the railroad uated from the State Normal School body. He was Commander of Sam­ thought during the past week to j him to the warm room at police head­ W. Pierce, superintendent of the company endeavored to have put in­ in 1860, followed by a post graduate uel Brown Grand Army Post and he Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co., or course preparatory to entering col­ where the actual responsibility lies. MAKE PLANS FOR quarters. It appears that they, or to effect in this place. It was the had also served as postal inspector As might be expected there is a somebody took the pains to relieve "Walter P. Schwabe, general manager desire of the officials of the New lege. Instead he entered the army, on the state commander's staff. sharp division of opinion. It is gen­ him of a considerable sum of money of the Northern Conn. Light and York, New Haven and Hartford rail­ enlisting in the 62d New York An­ Mr. Upson was an attendant of erally agreed however, that there ANNUAL BANQUET before doing this. .Power Co. is considered by many for road to make the 7:11 train, instead derson's Zouaves, named for Major the First Presbyterian Church and has been to some degree a laxity on I The Medical Examiner gave his •the additional citizen representative. of the 8:50, the last southbound mail Anderson of Fort Sumpter fame, had been connected with the Eccles­ the part of all officials connected train. This change would necessitate June 29, 1861, at New York. He iastical society of the church. He with law enforcement in the town. was discharged with rank of corpor­ Will Be Held Thursday , holism, but the police are inclined the closing of the mail at the local was also an honorary member of the For the Selectmen, the chairman of T^vphitio* 1in to the opinion that a man who had office shortly after 6:30 o'clock, al June 29, 1864. Calumet Club and was president of which is at least the nominal head PRESBYTERIANS After his discharge Mr. Upson re­ the Enfield cemetery association. a A . « -T • • apparently been drinking only a few which is altogether too early for the of the police department, it is stat­ Auditorium of Hlggins il°.urs rnust have gotten hold of some- closing of the last mail south and turned to Westfield and came to The funeral will be held Saturday ed that a non-interference with the rj •, I ° thing more deadly than the ordinary VOTE TO INCREASE would have been detrimental to the Thompsonville August 15 of the same afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house police department policy has been OCnOOl. imixture to cause his death in that business interests of the community. year, being employed in the office of and will be private. Burial will be the rule. Chairman Murray stated the old Hartford Carpet Company as in the family plot in the Thompson­ I brief period. The police are round­ It would also mean that registered that it has been felt that this was With Thursday evening, Feb. 14, ing up his companions today and PASTOR'S SALARY mail for the south would have to be assistant paymaster and later as as­ ville Cemetery. The members of what the citizens desired, that the questioning them, in the hope of se in the post office shortly after 5 P. sistant to the superintendent, John Samuel Brown Post, G. A. R., will police be given a free hand by the already selected as the date for the curing the evidence to prove the M., if the proposed change became L. Houston, Mr. Upson's brother-in- have charge of the services. The administrative authorities of the annual banquet of the Thompsonville charge of manslaughter against the effective. Under the present system law. In 1878 when Mr. Houston was family of the deceased request that town in the discharge of their duty. Board of Trade, in the auditorium of Annual Meeting Held— made president of the company, Mr. no flowers be sent. proprietor of the place where he is of forwarding mail on the 8:50 train Many citizens however are not in ac­ the A. D. Higgins school, the gen­ said to have procured the poisoned Most Successful Year the townspeople are allowed until 8 cord with this view, and they are out­ liquor. In History of Church— the closing hour of the post office, spoken in their opinion that this pol­ eral arrangements committee will to deposit southbound mail. WOMEN VOTERS icy has been carried to an extreme meet this evening in the office of Zoning Commission Effects Organiza­ Receipts of $6,200.78. CHURCH OFFICERS that has broken down the discipline President Walter P. Schwabe to ar­ tion. MERVIN T. RUSSELL and destroyed the aggressiveness of range further details of the event. William Landry, Main street mer­ The annual meeting of the First . LEAGUE MEETS ARE ELECTED the department, and that this condi­ At a joint meeting last week of the chant, was elected chairman of the Presbyterian Church Society was Dies in Philadelphia—Nephew of Mr. tion is in no small measure respon­ Governing Board and social activi­ Zoning Commission and D. William and Mrs. M. E. Brodrick. sible for the present state of things. ties committee, preliminary arrange­ Brainard of the Enfield Lumber and "held last Thursday evening, and re­ Lack of aggressiveness and in­ ments for the banquet were made, ports of the officers showed that the Mervin T. Russell of Philadelphia, Interesting Address By Annual Meeting of En­ Coal Co., was made clerk at a meet­ •church had a very successful year. passed away late Saturday night at itiative on the part of the Chief of and it was decided to again have the ing of the Commission held this the Jefferson Hospital in that city Miss Julia M. Hicks— field Congregatio n a 1 the department is held by many to affair open to wives and women week. At this meeting also the com­ . The treasurer, Leslie C. Brainard, re­ be one of the contributing causes of friends of the members, in addition ported receipts of $6,200.78, with ex­ from heart failure, following a seige mission conferred with Robert Whit- of pneumonia. Mr. Russell was a Work of Past Year Is Church Held Thursday the present state of things. That to which each member will have the on of Providence, R. I., an expert on penditures of $6,060.74. leaving a bal­ this is true to some extent is evi­ privilege of inviting one male guest ance on hand of $140.04. Among graduate of the Aetna Life Insur­ Commended. Afternoon. zoning work. He is at present en­ ance Company of Hartford, going to dent from the statement of Chief as well. The latter action will make gaged in working out the zoning / -the extraordinary expenses of the Harris during the past week that it possible for many who have here­ plan of West Hartford. Further : year were $751.48 for church repairs Philadelphia about 12 years ago and The January meeting of the En­ The annual church meeting of the engaged in the insurance brokerage "things were going along all right tofore been unable to attend the conferences of this character are & ' -and $802.35 for painting the- church, field League of Women Voters was Enfield Congregational Church was and the town was in better condition banquet to be present this year, as planned by the commission each ji'^Contributions to benevolences business, in which he was very suc­ cessful. Mr. Russell will be remem­ held Thursday evening, Jan. 17, at held last Thursday afternoon in the than ever," an opinion which but previous banquets have been for week until they familiarize them­ ' amounted to $583.03, while an addi- very few citizens will be found in members only, and is expected to selves with the full details of the g -: tional $101.10 was contributed to the bered by many in this village, where the Public Library hall. Miss Julia church parlors. The reports of the he spent many of his boyhood days accord with at the present time. create much additional interest in work and the manner in which it can - Near East Relief Work. M. Hicks, executive secretary of The officers showed the church to have Prosecuting Attorney Bostick stat­ the affair. be applied to this town. The ladies aid society reported visiting with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brodrick. Connecticut League, spoke on "Why had a successful year, financially and ed during the past week that lack As in previous years, the general Slaving expended more than $500 for of evidence was the only thing that arrangements committee will com­ The ladies' aid society of the First - - .redecorating the chapel and parlors. He leaves besides ^his wife, Lillian You Should Be A Voting Party religiously. The treasurer reported Craig Russell, two sisters, Margaret Member," and her reason was:»Tp prevented the issuing of warrants by prise the members of the Governing Presbyterian Church were entertain­ 1! It 'has a balance on hand of $911.- ail bills paid with a small balance on his office. Unless that was forthcom­ Board, together with the chairmen ed at a silver tea this afternoon in -43. of which $700 is in • Liberty and Daisy Russell, who made their guide' the political machine which hand. Eight members joined the home in this village for several regulates. the nominations. Miss ing from the police department he of the several sub-committees, and the home of Mrs. Harvey C. Brain­ .Bonds. The - North Neighborhood church during the year, five by pro­ was powerless to act. He admitted organization has been affected yrith ard on Franklin street. Mrs. Brain- feClub of the church purchased ,100 years with Mr. and Mrs. Brodrick. Hicks explained the working of the Mr. Russell's funeral . took place in political machine and one way in fession of faith and three by letter having received several anonymous Charles F. Romieu as chairman of ard was assisted in serving by Mrs. >•:* mew chairs for the chapel, contrib- and eight were- lost from the roll, communication regarding local con­ the general committee and . Harvey J. Hamilton. Potter, Miss Mabelle vted $75 toward the expenses of his adopted city, yesterday. Burial which an unscrupulous boss, by con­ trolling only a few votes, can swing two by death and six letters to other ditions, which contained information . Brainard, secretary. An array of Tibbetts and Miss Elizabeth WqwU. arenovating the chapel and has a sub- was in the family lot at Arlington, (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on 1Page 4) ' . worth. (Continued on Page 8) West Philadelphia. .. (Continued

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-'• •3 • The same agency meeting at the home of Mrs. George sold three lots on Woodward S. Bridge on Enfield street last concert and dance to be given in the Avenue this week to Amos White week. The old board of officers Higgins School Auditorium, Friday of. Garden street. were re-elected as follows: President evening, Feb. 1, by obtaining the Mrs. Richiard Elliott has returned Miss Elizabeth J. Epstein; senior services of Mr. Cochrane's famous to her home in New York city ,after vice-president, Mrs. Howard Pease; BOARD OF j Mohawk orchestra of Springfield, un- being the guest for a few days of junior vice-president, Mrs. Sadie -.Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24-25 \ der the personal direction of Ernest Miss Mabel Tibbetts of Franklin Keeler; chaplain, Mrs. Samuel Neel- All persons arehesreby Notified that there""m. Will be a meet­ E. Cochrane, and also the two well- street. ans; secretary, Miss Mabel Davis; ing of the Board of Relief of the Town of Enfield, at the known local singers, Peter and Wal- The prize of $10 offered by the treasurer, Mrs. Gertrude Weising; jter Shields. Enfield League of Women Voters to conductor, Mrs. George King; guard,' Town Building, Thompsonville, in said Enfield, ; ! Supreme President, George Tuck- pupils in the Enfield High School Mrs. Carroll Reid^ delegates to de-! ' er of the American Order, Sons of for the best essay submitted to the partment convention, Mrs. Howard | Wk^Friday, Feb. 1st, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ^ J-,... "DADDY" Pease; press correspondent, Mrs. i St. Geofge, is visiting Springfield League on "Peace" has been award­ Lodge next Tuesday, Jan. 28th, and ed to Miss Ruth Greer, daughter of George S. Bridge. A social hour! Saturday, Feb. 2nd; from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.g Featuring Jackie Coogan Thompsonville members who wish to Rev. Jerome Greer, pastor of the followed the business session with hear this gifted brother should make Methodist Episcopal Church. Honor­ refreshments served by the hostess. Monday, Feb. 4th, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. every effort, and put aside all or any ary mention was given to Miss Mil­ supper ' will be served this '.MATINEE FRIDAY AT 3:15 O'CLOCK previous engagements, in order to dred Wilson and Charles Libby. evening at Masonic Hall, Ware­ Tuesday, Feb. 5th, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.jjg meet this talented Supreme officer The annual meeting of the H. C. house Point, by Evening Star j of the order. Members of Sir Row­ C. Club will be held Saturday even­ .Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, i Wednesday, Feb. 6th, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. land Hill Lodge are requestde to no- ing in Recreation Hall in Asnuntuck A small fee will be charged and all I Saturday, Jan. 26th—Metro j tify secretary early. street. Preceding the business ses­ members are urged to be present. I Thursday, Feb. 7th, fr0m9 A. M. to 5 P. M.I I The tickets for the plan, "Fanny sion, which will include reports and The bus service will replace trol-! I and the Servant Problem," to be election of officers, a supper for mem­ leys on the west side division of the; Friday, Feb. 8th, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. presented by the High School Dram­ bers will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Hartford and Springfield street rail-: 1 99 atic Association, will go on sale at way beginning today. The bus will Saturday, Feb. 9th, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. Miss Lois Peirce has returned to % Soul of the Beast the high school on Friday, Feb. 1. connect at Windsor Locks every trip Noble Hospital, Westfield, Mass., with trolley' to and from Windsor ; The school will be open to the pub­ Also on other days to which the board shall adjourn, no­ Serial, "Days of Daniel Boone" lic. where she is training to be a nurse, and Hartford, after spending the week-end with her The Woman's Club of Willimantic tice of which will be hereafter given pursuant to Chapter I Mrs. Frank F. Simonton entertain­ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter " H. 65, Section 1230, General Statutes of Connecticut, Revis­ ed the ladies' aid society of the Peirce of.River Boulevard, Suffield. has invited the Connecticut Federa­ j Methodist Church at a well attended Word has been received of the tion of Women's Clubs to hold its ion of 1918, at which meetings and the adjournments there­ Sunday, Jan. 27th—Paramount meeting held in her home on North death of Dr. Charles A. Knight, one annual luncheon in Willimantic on of, appeals from the doings of the Assessors of said town Main street this afternoon at 2:30 f the best-known physicians of Thursday, January 31, 1924. Lunch G will be served at one o'clock. The will be heard by the said board. The time for appeal is o'clock. Tea was served. Peekskill, N. Y. He was the son of price is two dollars. Mrs. Rose V. limited by law to twenty days from and after the first bus­ 111 "The Glimpses of Palisado Lodge, I. O. O. F., of the late Dr. Charles C. Knight of S. Berry of New York will give the iness day of February. Windsor, assisted by Rebekah mem- Peekskill and nephew of the late Jane " j "a delightful bers of that place, will present the Belcher Knight of Enfield. musical program has been arranged. comedy, "Mrs. Briggs of the* Poul- A large congregation attended the All who wish to attend please notify PER ORDER, v •I: the Moon" try Yard" next Thursday evening, anniversary mass held in St. Pat- Mrs. Homer Bridge of Hazardville at Jan. 31st in the auditorium of the rick's church Tuesday morning at 8 once. iA. D. Higgins School. The play is o'clock in observance of the third JAMES T. BURGESS, Featuring Bebe Daniels ! under the auspices of Friendship anniversary of the death of -Rev. SETH H. PHELPS, j Lodge of this village, the proceeds to Thomas J. Preston, who was pastor :: COMEDIES AND WEEKLY NEWS be for the fund for the grand lodge of St. Patrick's" parish over 25 years. "r M. J. LIBERTY, • / j session to be held in May. Judging Carpet City Camp, Modern Wood- i from the large amount of tickets men of America, installed its new Board of Relief. ] sold, there will be a good attendance, officers last evening before a large Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28-29 | Mrs. Leon R. Abbe, regent and attendance of members. A social Enfield, Conn., Jan. 17, 1924. ; Mrs. Frederick E. Hunter, treasurer hour followed the business meeting. | of Penelope Terry Abbe Chapter, D. The board of relief will hold sev- First National Feature j A. R., represented tjie chapter at the eral meetings during next month to j regents and treasurers' meeting of hear complaints of property owners ' the Connecticut Daughters of the against the board of assessors. uauiiinaauminiiniiiMii«iii!triple hair, velour, tapestry, English price $49.50. an example in a compilation o£ what ror dressing table.ta $225 is cretonne and combination effect he regards the essential parts of the artjgular price. upholsteries. Floor) Bible, now being published in the on which he has: asked the to use an attractive bind- _ The book is compiled from the v * t American revised version and .r1 > •/ & WALLACE senta work in spare evenings for Motor Cd past twenty years.

. .-A?' ,, i&iw&a §i$$*i i JANUARY 214, 1924 «SKs I is relatively cheap, and much more readily obtainable than is us­ ually the case during a period when production has been declining for several months. INDUSTRIES ARE There is a large volume of new mm-M construction under way, and the re­ Will Need LOW RECORD cent tendency has been toward an in- j Hi BACK TO NORMAL crease rather than a curtailment, j Renewed building activity was one' SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Rate Falls Below 20 Per Retail Trade Much Im­ of the foundations upon which the 1,000 Population—Fall­ proved — Commodity business recovery of 1922 was based. I The present irregularity in the i GOOD TOOLS ing Off of 226 Over Price Trend Lower— general situation is apt to continue, j however, until some of the factors—. For a Good Job of Repairing In Your Home - The Legal Voters of the Town of Enfield, in the State 1922 Period Production On the In­ whether those working for good or j of Connecticut, are hereby warned to meet at bad cannot now be foretold—operate, 1 t«- *,••••: ws^M, ' ' $$% Last October for the first time crease. • more forcefully than they do at pre- We can supply you with the best standard: since 1918 the birth rate per 1,000 sent. ! IS© Auditorium of the A. D. Higgins nnoulpt.ion in Connecticut fell below The usual autumn peak of manu­ make of Tools such as Hammers, Saws,. Bits* as fO, £he figure for that month, just facturing activity has been passed, With a cargo of 100 tons of school &*&•£ mmm Bitstocks, Chisels and Screw Drivers. School, North Main Streetl|f|I| publisned in me monthly '"Health so that some of the reports of cur­ supplies, the auxiliary power schoon­ Bulletin" of the state department of er Boxer has sailed from Seattle for In Thompsonville In Said Enfield, on health, was 18.9 per 1,000 population. tailed production which were receiv­ Southeastern Alaska, equipped as a Winchester Barney & Berry Skates m -V.- W'A \rr. The month also showed the small­ ed during December were not unex­ floating school. Her officers will un­ &&s$ est number of total births for any pected. In certain industries, such dertake to teach the natives various Flashlights and Hockey Sticks !1||k! Tuesday, January 29,1924 previous month during last yeas, TKf ;s cotton manufacturing, the report­ trades, including wireless telegraphy ¥0 total was 2,320; 226 less than Octo­ ed curtailment was even more than and navigation. ."-T * iiliaissai at 8:00 p. . - ber 1922 and 5/5 below the average seasonal. "V-'j.V;; number for the month in a five year Taking manufacturing establish­ W. H. "Coin" Harvey starts the *f-V^'i' The objects for which said meeting „ , i" period. ments in New England as a whole, New Year by mailing 200,000 pack­ Thompsonville Hardware Cot ?*?.-/ l t AH through 1923 the number of .iowever, the rate of production is ages of five copies each of The Pal­ '" • - is to be held are as follows: i:fe births fell below the average and the j apparently not far from what might ladium for free distribution to a se­ 112-114 Main St., Thompsonville, Conn. s; ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will authorize an record for 1922, which means that be termed "normal"—that is, average lect list of his supporters. The pub­ the complete figijfes for the year will or part way between the peak reach­ lication is devoted to financial re­ appropriation of $250,000, for the construction and equip­ show a considerable decline from re­ ed in times of prosperity and the form. ment of a new High School. cent years. Sixteen towns of more bottom reached during a depression. than 5,000 population registered in­ There is little * unemployment, and • -> ARTICLE 2. To take action relative to authorizing creases during last October, but only wages are high. The purchasing the Selectmen and Treasurer to borrow $250,000, or so three had increases of more than ten. power of the people is good in rela­ much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of con­ These are Middletown, 22, New Lon­ tion to commodity prices, although don, 21, and Norwich, 17. the "standard of living" seems now­ struction and equipment of a New High School. But if births have decreased, so adays to require so many extra have deaths. The total of 1,252 re­ things formerly classed as luxuries "ARTICLE 3. To authorize the additional appropria­ ported for October is the lowest for that trade in some "necessities" has tion of $2,500 for Interest Account. that month in six years, and is sev­ suffered. V enty-one below the figures fop Octo­ Retail Trade Much Improved. -r-r- JAMES T, MURRAY, > ber 1922 and fifty-one below the av­ While the seasonal peak of pro­ The Sale That erage. The death rate was 10.2 per duction is past, December is usually 1,000 population. The greatest toll the month of the largest volume of GEORGE H. PAYNE, > ' was taken by diseases of the heart sales of the year in retail stores. which accounted for 166 deaths, sev- Department store sales in this dis­ 5*&-; C ^^ EDWIN OATES, enty-nine more than the correspond­ trict were larger this autumn than ing month last year. a year ago, and in so far as this is 1 Selectmen of the Town of Enfield, Conn. tuberculosis and cancer, scourges typical of retail trade as a whole, SAVES DOLLARS of the race, both show decreases in the results are encouraging. number of deaths during the month The increase compared with last as compared with October 1922. Pul­ year is not as large as most mer­ Dated at Enfield, Conn., this 24th day of January, 1924. monary tuberculosis accounted of chants expected, nor, perhaps, as eighty-three deaths, as against nine­ large as they were entitled to make, For Every Man Woman and Child in ty-three and other forms of the dis­ in view of the slightly higher prices ease took seventeen lives as compar­ this year than last and the normal the Town that has the sense to take advantage ed with fifteen. The total decrease growth of the stores. is eight. December sales of the Boston de­ Cancer Death 106. partment stores prior to Christmas of it is still going on at the— Cancer caused 106 deaths, compar­ showed an increase of about 4 per ed with 124 in 1922. Pneumonias cent over those in the corresponding also shows better control by physic­ period in 1922. This may not be ians. Broncho-pneumonia claimed very encouraging to the merchant, thirty-seven victims, as compared but nevertheless indicates a volume with sixty-seven in October, 1922. of trade that is really large as com­ PUTNAM & Lobar-pneumonia took twenty-seven pared with manufacturing output. C. Misuraca Store lives, against thirty-nine the prev­ Commodity Price Trend Lower. ious year. Accidents took two more Price changes in the various com­ COMPANY lives than in October 1922, the total modities have nearly counterbalanced being ninety-three. There were two one another during the past few Members New York & Hartford Stock Exchanges less suicides and two more murders. weeks so that the general average Diphthreia is the only one of the 32 Pearl Street has been more or less static, with a common, so-called children's diseases, tendency toward a slightly lower 6 CENTRAL ROW, HARTFORD. which shows better control. Deaths rather than a higher level. In fact, from this disease were cut from the business situation as a whole is There never has been such a sacrifice in the price of Shoes: 2-1141 :^a:; twenty-four to eight, while those in a somewhat similar condition. from typhoid fever (nine) increased At such times it is quite difficult and Furnishings for the entire family as has been made to move one; measles (four) increased two; to forecast the direction of the next NEW BRITAIN OFFICE 31 WEST MAIN STREET and whooping cough (six) increased general major trend, because it is this stock, for it simply must be moved at all cost.. two. There were no fatalities from hard to foretell which of the factors scarlet fever and one in 1922. already at work will become so im­ The infant mortality, rate is 65.9 portant that they in time will pro­ Every article in this immense stock is of the finest quality.. '... ,. WE OFFER: .. , , , .. per 1,000 living births. During Oc­ vide the impetus to turn conflicting There is no possibility that anything like it will ever be offered?' tober last 167 infants under one year tendencies into a broad general move­ old died, a decrease of seventeen Irom ment of the business trend. again. , ^ American Hardware Corp. 1922, and forty-five below the four Production On the Increase. year average. The present situation is therefore There were 1,462 marriages re­ one of a relatively large volume of Take advantage of these wonderful bargains for the next, Fafnir Bearing Co. •; ported, an increase of eighteen over distribution of goods to the ultimate October 1922, which is an encourag­ consumer, a negligible amount of un­ few days, the chance will never come again. REMEMBER THE:- ing sign for the future. However, employment, and production reduced the number is still below average for to nearly or even below the require­ LOCATION AND THE LIMITED TIME. s Hart & Cooley i ^: October. This average, for four ments of shipments. Then, too, ered- years, is 1,505, forty-three above the North & Judd Mfg. Co. 1923 figures. LIMITATION OF CLAIMS Complete Stanley Works AT A COURT OF PROBATE hold- en at Enfield, within and for the HOME District of Enfield, on the 17th C. MISURACA Thompsonville day of January, A. D. 1924. Present, Charles J. Fowler, Judge. On motion of Arthur J. King, Haz- ardville, Conn., administrator on the estate of George A. King, late of the -> Town of Enlieid within said district, deceased. This court doth decree that six Your Home Is Not months be allowed and limited xor the creditors of said estate to ex­ hibit their claims against the same Complete Without to the administrator and directs that public notice be given of this order A Radio. S by advertising in a newspaper hav­ ing a circulation in said district and Let us make it a complete by posting a copy thereof on the pub­ show house. We can do so lic sign-post in said town of Enfield by installing for you a rad­ nearest the place where the deceas­ io outfit that will let you Special ed last dwelt. Certified from Record. listen in at will to a night­ CHARLES J. FOWLER, Judge. ly show. Sale of EGYPT and the Furniture MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK MEDITERRANEAN RALEIGH B.BROWN ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES & SERVICE Beds and Fittings Living Room Sets; (Incorporated 1861) In Suites, U9 MAIN ST. PH0N&82-5 You will be amazed at the bar­ Living Room Sets and pieces? 44 Pearl St, Hartford, Conn. gains in new beds and fittings Sets Or are lower in this sale than thex that is offered in this sale. This bank is a strictly MUTUAL SAVINGS Single Pieces have ever been offered before.-- 45 — II BANK, with ASSETS over $14,000,000. day cruisekOQup 2o day cruis^325up Quick ^lieffor 'j . At A We Have No Stockholders One-way bookings COLDS to aoyport Thousands of strong mtn and weno DEPOSITS made during the first five calendar mil victim* to cough, and eolda avair Remarkable Madeira, Gibraltar, roar. At the Brat symptom take days of any month, will draw interest from the first Algiers, Monaco (Monte WILLIAMS* day of that month. Carlo), Naples, Athens, c Reduction 4 / Haifa, Alexandria—die White Pine, HONEY and Tar for Concha and Colda and Bronohhla. glamorous cities of color^ Williams' tones up tha irritated and charm and mystery. p Inflamed mnooui membrane and The simple truth of Present Rate of Interest . . ..-.-.I The luxury of bar­ gives nurveloualr qaiek relief to the ing a famous ocean " suffering patient. Williams' la not like this remarkable ••Mp.v* BnerforyourhoteL other preparations. The inaredlenta are plalnlr printed on tha label and sale is that we have 4V4% per annum. ADRIATIC , everybody knows it. (from New Yo«k) Ftk. 22 V*// two store houses Carleton OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M., and LAPLAND / ford, Conneotleu;—a: loaded with this (from Near York) M»*ch 4 , prescription. Ask for at yotor on THURSDAYS until 8:00 P. M. SATURDAYS, I Bkutraud Iwililif oat re* cejy or general store. Do not accept furniture and we meal at No. 1 BwaJm lor enbstitatse. Bedroom Suites 9:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon. ^ i 1 * New York, or local at OTHER must dispose of the Dining Room Sets? {McMffaft- We have a particularly fine lot most of it at once. Dining Room Sets are hose iip Open an account with 91.00 or more and secure (•fa&ary of bedroom suites for this sale This is the reason Spirits of Ntlya dollar saving values, tbat ifeve? a LIBERTY BELL BANK. « Spirits of Campfcor —they are great values for the for this sacrifice never before been attempted im WMTlSTARUNS Wh. lt|y CarapkefsWil OB this town. %rr* rp»> WIntsigiasiit price we are asking. sale. H : "A STRONG BANK AND GETTING STRC w *. i * ! PeppsiuJnt Red Stag. ims. Hiiniin'mu umrmnmm i 1 ' ^ " " u v c, „ * ass&mv... .••rves •ssafe J $ THtiftSOAY, :» .- . m *1 «double quartet kri . t .... if k -- ' fSSIi® Office, 27-29 High St. Tel. No. 50 prano solo. Morning service at 10.30 ^ tire ring stock. We S-» n'~'.7£i from St. John's Congregational o'clock, evening service at 7:00 Church, Springfield. The affair is < have any stone that 3 A year ago you would have laughed at OUR MOTIVE o'clock. under the auspices of the Men's : taste may dictate, the idea of recreating a Paris gown at V action last week and what will im­ the regular C. E. topic. school at 11:45, Epworth League at ...•if •. .. pel us to continue until local condi­ 6:15. Rev. George Whiteside discussed k tions are improved. In the first at the morning service Sunday some ' First Presbyterian > Diamond We are sole agents for Butterick Pat­ place let us make it clear that we of the questions of the present con- i At the First Presbyterian church Rings terns in Thompsonville and vicinity, and don't give a continental who is to be troversy stirring religious circles. Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. First Selectman, Judge of Probate, "Fundamentalists, Conservatives or Alfred T. Barr, will take for the styles and sizes. However any pattern : or Representatives to the General Liberalists—Which?" was the sub­ subject of his sermon, "The Secret $25.00 Up ject of his instructive sermon, in of Perpetual Youth." At the even­ not in stick can be ordered for you in Assembly next fall, or who .is to be which he held steadfastly to the ac­ ing service the fourth lecture in the the candidates for the most exalted cepted Biblical teachings of the series on "The Ages of Man" will endeavor to carry a complete range of or minor offices in the town now or Diety, Virgin Birth and Incarnation be given. The subject will be "Man­ three to four days. 3 V at any other time. of Christ. The pastor stated the hood." The Men's Class will meet at This we trust will disabuse the terms fundamentalists, modernists, 12 noon and will discuss the subject minds of the people of this commun­ liberalists, etc., are all old terms but "Providence and the Weather." Sun­ ARTHUR H. LEE ity of the idea that our action has are now being used in a new sense. day evening the young people will a political purpose, which is the one They mark the classes into which meet at 6 o'clock, the meeting to be Pearl St, Thompsonville thing that some have been ungracious many of the outstanding leaders of preceded by a social hour. A. F. JAVORSKI enough to accuse us of during the past week. Our publication is dedi­ "While you properly express a state facetiously treated by the local jest­ ers. It was such a small accomplish­ TELEPHONE 160-2 cated to one purpose and one pur­ of affairs that no doubt exists no remedy was offered in your article." ment that it was summarily treated 41 PLEASANT ST., THOMPSONVILLE pose only—to serve the best interest as a joke, but it proved to be a big of this community and its people. We did at least by inference offer a remedy, and the only one that can thing after all. Which further prov­ When a condition arises or a situa­ es that it is the little things that tion is developing that is contrary really be applied. We pointed out that th e sit uatio n was count. to all the laws of decency, that is, . , 1 , Permitted to contaminating_ our youth,^ impairing• ...... exist largely because our local the health and finances of an unbe­ authorities were not in accord as to Board of Trade Make lievable number of more mature cit­ who was responsible in the matter. Wrecking Crane—Day or Night izens, as well as creating a danger­ We inferred of course that if the Plans For Banquet Makes ous disrespect for law and authority authorities would wake to their re­ (Continued from Page 1) sponsibilities and do their duty the Dodge Cars Kelly-Springfield Tires in the community in general, there well-known speakers and singing by is only one course open to this pub­ situation would be readily straight­ k male quartet are features being lication, and that is to expose it. ened out. That is the remedy—let planned for the after-dinner pro­ By keeping this in mind, that we are the local authorities do their duty. gram. The complete list of commit­ Old Eyes simply living up to the traditional It is a simple matter after all, tees appointed to arrange for the AUTO REPAIRING policy of this paper, what has gone which requires neither outside help banquet is as follows: before and what is to follow will be or local assistance. Let those whose General Arrangements (Governing GEORGE S. BRIDGE better understood. We are not pos­ business it is to look after this thing Board and chairmen of committees) ing as a crusader, nor do we want do it. This is the remedy for this Charles F. Romieu, chairman H. C. REAR—174 ENFIELD STREET to be understood as being a common crying evil, and it should be applied <32£ I Residence Phone 343-3 Shop Phone 461 scold, but when an evil is known to without fear or favor. (l6r, Louis B. Van Doren, George E. Grandma or •wrist, we believe that we are doing Allen, Leslie C. Brainard, Antonio mother will en­ our plain duty, and also an import­ THE IRONY OF IT j Gannuscio, John W. Pierce, J. Fran- ant service to the community, by tcis Browne, James S. Brown, George joy every hour- throwing the light of publicity on it. Not even the imagination of q S. Phelps, Philip J. Sullivan, Wil­ liam P. Gourlie, Chester F. Brain­ of the day if Henry could concieve of a ~ mortf ard, Mark W. Bushnell. WHERE IT STANDS ironical situation than to have an un- Rnpfllrprc—.WflltAi' P she has the fortunate victim of local law break-; chairman, J. Francis Browne, Louis' proper Glasses So far as solving the school prob­ ing, deposited in the police head- Burns, Rep. Samuel Sisisky. THE CHARLES ALAIMO CO'S lem, the School Committee may be quarters to die. The sordid incident Dinner—-James S. Brown, chai#-. to help her see is one of the most nauseating trag- man, Harry Squirsky, J. Hamilton; said to have completed its work. It i:#' her work. has placed the school needs before edies that has occurred locally in Potter, Clarence L. Martin, Raleigh. MODERN MARKETING SYSTEM years. It appeared as though the B. Brown. the Finance Board which is the leg­ Entertainment—George S. Phelpfe, ally constituted board to consider bootlegging fraternity desired that chairman, Albert Mitchell, Samuel J. The expert care which we use in test­ Housewives who wish to buy economi­ them. It has stated specifically the the police should be presented with Magill, George W. Stuart, John A. ing the eyes and grinding the lenses requirements and the cost. Here its an example of their dastardly handi­ Ryan. j ,, cally should read this list of duties end. The responsibility from work. The fact that this unfortun­ Publicity—Philip J. Sullivan, chair­ makes Old Eyes like New. now on rests with the Finance ate victim was there without the man, William J. Hughes, Harvey C. Board. Functioning true to its pre­ knowledge of the police for several Brainard, M. W. Hullivan, George ,, Spectacles with gold filled or light shell rogatives it has set the figures at precious hours, when something E. Allen. ' ' frames complete with lenses from $5.00 Specials for Friday which a high school can be built. might have been done to save his Program—William P. Gourlie, chairman, Arthur E. Barney, Martin up, including examination. ! The fact that these figures do not life, is accepted by the citizens in J. Gorman. > agree with the recommendations of general as additional proof that the Decorating—Chester F. Brainard, the School Committee has little bear­ attitude of indifference of the de­ chairman, Allyn J. Woodwdrth, Oliri and Saturday ing on the question at this stage. It partment which is said to exist, is E. Woodward. may influence the situation some­ actually true. Much as we want to Ticket—Louis B. Van Doren, chair­ S A.»B. Mitchell what, later, but not now. For the be fair with our local officials we can­ man, Harvey C. Brainard, John A. present the School Committee fades not blind our eyes to the fact that Ryan, William H. Braginton, Freder­ REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST ick R. Furey, Antonio Gannuscio. MEAT DEPT. from the picture. It will be the the coming of this unfortunate 12 PEARL STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. Finance Board that will have to place stranger into our midst and the des­ Reception—Mark W. Bushnell, chairman, George C. Rising, Tudor Fresh Pork Loins 18c lb the decision reached as to cost be­ troying of his life, under the circum­ Gowdy, Olin E. Woodward, John W. fore the town meeting and tell the stances whereby it was accomplish­ Pierce, Guy F. Bushnell, Frederick Fresh Shoulders 14c lb whys and wherefores for its action. ed, is chargable directly to the de­ R. Furey, Robert F. Kelly, Harrison Even there the School Committee plorable condition into which the B. Freeman, William H. Leete, Les­ Lean Daisy Hams 19c lb will not figure, for the amount re­ local law enforcement has fallen. lie C. Brainard, James T. Murray, commended cannot be increased, and M. J. Connor, Anson B. Handy, Round Steak, by the slice 22c lb it is not very likely that the com­ VOTE IT Frank A. Stuart, H. Stephen Bridge, mittee will want to decrease it. When Edwin Oates. Small Armour Hams 18c lb the town meeting has acted and the It seems incredible that any siz­ Lean Smoked Slioulders I2V2C lb Building Committee has reached the able group of citizens will be found Sugar Cured Bacon - - 18c lb point where a decision as to the to array themselves against the DRESSMAKING Sensational Rib Roasts of Beef 18c lb plans is to be made, the School Com­ building of a new high school, at the High Grade Work Pot Roasts of Beef ! 15c lb mittee may have its inning again. special town meeting next Tuesday. Reasonable Prices Milk Fed Veal a specialty—Legs of Veal 22c lb Should the committee's contention, The need of it is so obvious that the Pot Roast of Veal 14c lb that it will require $300,000 to pro­ meeting next week ought to be a 38 LINCOLN ST. vide adequate capacity and equip­ mere formality. It seems clear that Veal Stew 2 lbs for 25c ment in the new high school, be found there is no other solution of the loc­ Genuine Spring Legs of Lamb 35c lb correct, then will the School Commit­ SHOE Fores of Lamb 22c lb al school problem. This fact has tee not only be vindicated but will been driven home to us repeatedly by Loins of Lamb 30c lb have an opportunity to again make the school committee and the school its appearance on the scene. It is authorities, and surely their state­ Classified assumed of course that there will be ments should be jgiven credence, for GROCERIES no need of stressing the actual need if they do not know what the school of a school at the forthcoming town conditions are who does. It will be Advertising SALE Seeded Raisins ! 3 pkgs for 25c meeting. The only question at issue the electors right to inquire into Classified Advertising must here­ Campbell's Tomato Soup - 3 cans for 25c is whether it should be a $250,000 or the question, and discuss it at any after be paid for in advance, in Large Cans Very Best Peaches 21c a $300,000 building. The Finance length that it may require, but hav­ accordance with newspaper rules Sweet Corn ! —— 2 cans for 25c "Board say? one thing, the School and regulations. Shoes^—For Men and Women— w ing done this, their duty to the com­ Pork and Beans - 3 cans for 25c 3oard the other. munity, both present and future, is Just now the decision rests with A that sell for from $4.00 to $6.00 National Biscuit Crackers 2 lbs for 25c to vote the appropriation asked. Dis­ FOR SALE—Black plush coat with >.y- Strictly Fresh Eggs 69c dozen the former. It will have to prove its cuss the detaila of the problem to new big black fur collar. Will sell case, and no doubt stands ready to their hearts content, but the main • for less than half of value. 8 —for the NEXT TEN DAYS— do so, when the plans for the build­ fact should not be lost sight of, that Cottage Green, . Thompsonville, Ct. W'V!' ing required are completed. It is the school is Enfield's greatest need needless to add that the taxpayers WANTED—Lady smsistant to under­ Fruits And Vegetables at the present time and that it should taker would like position. Has if. will be perfectly satisfied if the be built without further parley or had experience in this line of Large Grape Frfcit ~ 4 for 25c theory of 'the Finance Board works delay. work. For particulars call Tele­ Baldwin Pie Apples 6 lbs for 25c to out, and so'will the School Board too, phone 488-2. d40 ; Onions :—— 10 lbs for 25c for that matter, for it is :not to be s~ --" ,r. WHAT COUNTS TO RENT-^On Or about Feb. 1st. Pair Yellow Globe Tumipg ft lbs for 25c thought for a moment that the com­ Tenement of 7 rooms. Modern im­ mittee is. anxious to impose any It is an axiomatic truth, proven provements. Steam beat. Inquire more of a burden on the taxpayers on divers occasions, that it. is the 129 Spring Street. " *d39 Don't fail^^ take- advantage of this Blite: than is absolutely necessary. little things that count. Just the simple provision of a board a few FOR SALE—A piano. Inquire F. greatest shoe bargain ever offered. THE REMEDY, feet iiT length with a tope attached J. Sheldon, Enneld street. *d39 to it, and placed conveniently at the FOR RENT—Garage. Apply Rob­ s ,.;Alaimo™ Among the many comments and edge of the pond was the means, last ert F. King, Enfield St. Phone communications received during the week, of saving the lives of at least 92-2. d39 past week regarding oar article on two of the six boys that broke FOR SALE—1-tfify * chestnut wo<5d, the local liquor situation, the fol­ through the ice. We recall that at sawed in foot lengths, $12 per cord lowing from one of the foremost cit­ the time these boards were placed rnd split wood, $16 per cord. M. 98 HEASANT SlCfll taOMPS&NVHXE, tONS. 40PEML STREET izens of the community merits a re- there by the town at the request of" K«>eney. Somersville, Conn., 'r"1 «Iy. He sa>» Miuon$ other things: the Board of Trade, the incident waa i «-».48-8. . a«id41 jh " '• attitefecsaeraagcsaaan

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\i*.'^vv"v ^i--.*,-.. -.- ---«irr'..-» •,'• ; susgeMed the jail senl:ence ^mposed ^H>V;ry"v3r^*y"r^^v ' -s if^j~^"?T'>:>vr''{>:-*' for reputation. Arnone was taken to Hartford jail to serve one month TAKE A HAND on the keeping charge. Afty. Sam­ Jti, SENTENCE FOR uel Sisisky appeared for him. The There Isn't Any 1 police raided the store of Arnone (Continued from^Page 1) Sunday morning at 2 o'clock and but not evidence.^ He was positive B BOOZE DEALER found several men in the place and that it was the work of the "police i.. seized about live quarts of moon­ U n department to supply the information North Main Street Mer­ shine. • ' "j. vjj •&w that would be sufficient evidence that A - hifo- a warrant could be issued. He was chant Victim of Suc­ Teachers Hold Successful Card Party reminded of the rule o£ ,the depart­ The card party and dance given'by bm ment that required! the "department cessful Raid by Local the Enfield Teachers' Association1 in to repbrt any appearance 4>f law Police Officers. the A. D. Higgins' School Auditor­ 5SSSS breaking on thei£ beats, and he stat­ _ ium last Tuesday evening was well About Insurance ed .that no doubt'^they were- doing attended and a very pleasant social this but it Sever reached him. The Joseph Awjone, proprietor of a success 17 tables were in play, 15 prosecutor reiterated his statement candy store in North Main street, for whist, one for bridge and one for $«ESf that every means at hand so far as was found guilty on two counts for Mah Jong. Miss Catherine Sullivan If it isn't "Right," you are go­ his office was concerned would be violation of the liquor laws -in the and John Kaskie were awarded prizes 0&«*&& used to improve conditions. town court Monday morning. He for high scores in whist and Miss ing to be "Left." Let us write 8^$? 1 There is a widespread conviction was fined $100 and costs, amounting Betty Cook received the consolation i ^- ^ among those .who are most familiar to $19.16 for keeping liquor with in­ favor. Refreshments were served at your policies "Right." k'-^-V'i. with the status of this deplorable tent to sell and $100 for keeping a the tables, Misses Alice Liberty, £ * condition in the community, that place where liquor was reputed to be Esther Liberty, Ella Love, Mae Dav­ ••• ---:-"i w^V'S'V' while the almosspheie is b..u liuzy, sold. He also was given a sentence ison, Ora Spidel, Eleanor C. Hines it is clearing and that the author­ of 30 days in Hartford jail on each acting as hostesses. SspWv — ••feSip" ities are about ready to acknowledge their full "responsibility in the mat ter and act accordingly. Brainard-Ahrens, ihc« Women Voters ^ Largest Insurance Agency ' We are making- an additional and final : W League Meets In Northern Connecticut reduction on our Suits and Overcoats that (Continued from Page 1) > Suffield Office" in his candidate, owing to the ex­ Heavy Thompsonville Office is the last word in our marvelous money- treme -laxity and indifference of the Phone 45-2 Phone 222r2: average voter. It is, then, the duty saving Clearance Sale, which has been in of each citizen to acquaint himself 1 y with the possible candidates, join a progress for the past two weeks. ' • • party, get his name on the caucus list, and especially, attend the cau­ Winter 1! HERE IT IS ! t cus, with a plan, arguments, and a following—or a leader, to obtain the right candidate's nomination. Miss $35.00 Suits and Hicks showed that the caucus, and before, was the voter's chance to get Overcoats the right candidate up for office. $25 The election time is too late to begin. Shoes There followed what seemed to all $30.00 Suits and present, a valuab1 e : ' interesting A STOCKING informal discussioa * town ques­ Overcoats tions, including the coming town $20 meeting about a high school. The president, Mrs. Frederick W. Winter-time is always hard on Shoes—so SALE Swindells, read the report of the En­ Come in and examine the exceptional field League's work in 1923, which why not safeguard your Footwear ex­ quality of these Suits, even though you do was highly praised at the County penditures by coming here and getting a For Your Boys League meeting at Hartford, Jan. not buy. It will pay you to know such val­ 14. The program for this year was good big value for your money. Solid i announced. It includes the study, Boys 35c Heavy Black Cotton Stockings,.. ues are being offered. through lectures and discussions, of: leather, through and through, and at the For Friday and Saturday - 19c: (1) Newer forms of town govern­ following prices that are easily within The reductions that we have been mak­ ment; (2) local courts. your reach. SHOE SALE CONTINUES ing on the remainder of our stock of Cloth­ Church Officers We are still offering those lots of Men's Shoes, mt ing, Shoes and Furnishings for the past Are Elected black and mahogany calf at $3.50 a pair, and that: two weeks will remain in force for the re­ $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.,«$5. choice lot of Ladies Shoes, in black vici kid and browns (Continued from Page 1) mahogany calf at $2.50 per pair. They are wonder­ mainder of the month. X : ;s churches. The present membership ful values. is 230. It was voted to publish a new Don't Fail To Look Them Over manual of the church. The meeting elected the pastor, Rev. Robert M. French, the deacons of the church and Wm. Landry George H. Cunningham Mrs. Leon R. Abbe and Miss Mary E. Parsons to supervise the work. 12$) Main St., Thompsonville, Conn. 55 PEARL STREET Atty. Terry J. Chapin was re­ F. J. SOUTHIERE elected clerk and treasurer and the other officers chosen are as follows: t 108 Main St, Thompsonvillet Conn. Standing committee, Frank H. Abbe, Charles C. Chapin, Samuel H. Neel- ans, Mrs. William K. Henry, Mrs. A. Storrs Campbell; auditor, Frank H. Abbe; trustee of Wright, Reynolds and Lusk funds, Harlan P. Parsons; chairman of visiting committee, Mrs. NtWHStl William A,. Abbe; chairman of flow­ er committee, Miss Agnes M. Henry; chairman of music committee, Mrs. Frank H. Abbe. William Steele was elected to the board of deacons for a term of five years. The following officers of the Sun­ Rugs day school also were elected: Super­ WOULD YOU WIN SUCCESS? intendent, Rev. Robert M. French; /F.RTNGS assistant, Harold J. Stewart; prim­ arid FLOOR COVERINGS YOU CAN, but not without effort. The man or woman who will ary superintendent, Miss Agnes M. WORK and SAVE can have success just as surely as two plus two Brainard; assistant, Mrs. Herbert Y makes four. While the person who spends all is as sure to stay Carson; superintendent of home de­ broke as two minus two leaves nothing. This institution is a friend partment, Mrs. Carlos A. Watt; sup­ to savers. erintendent of cradle roll, Mrs. Ed­ ward Hopkins; secretary, Miss Ag- Begin Now and Keep It Up—Safety and 5 Vz % ttes M. Henry; treasurer, Miss Bessie Hunt; chairman of music commit­ THE THOMPSONVILLE BUILDING tee, Mrs. Carlos Watt. AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS INSTALLED THE INSTITUTION OF THRIFT Mrs. Frank Connell of Somers Has Charge of Installation. Mrs. Frank Connell ,of Somers in­ m stalled the newly elected officers of Primrose Camp, Royal Neighbors of America, at a largely attended meet­ ing in Odd Fellows' Hall. The bus­ iness session was followed by whist They Make and a social hour, during which Mrs. m Connell was presented with a buffet Housework Easier set by Mrs. Samuel Humphries, in appreciation of her services and Mrs. m Frederick R. Furey, who has been FUST whisk a damp mop over the oracle of the camp ever since it was Cakes organized here, was given a hand­ j' smooth surface of a Bird's Nepon- some electric lamp. Both gifts came as a complete surprise to Mrs. Con­ set Rug and watch dirt and dust vanish like magic. nell, who is a past oracle of the camp, and Mrs. Furey, but in felici­ tous remarks they thanked the mem­ And these labor-saving rugs are handsome, inexpensive to Baked bers and stated that they were al­ buy, and extremely durable, with beautiful patterns printed ways willing to do their part for the best interests of the camp. in soft colors on a felt-base material that is waterproof, stain- The prizes for whist were awarded to Mrs. Mathew Patterson, Mrs. Wil­ proof and mothproof. to order liam Larrabee and Mrs. Harry For- tier. The committee in charge of Come in and let us show you these attractive modern floor arrangements were Miss Julia Man­ ning and Mrs. McGarr. Refresh­ coverings that are saving time and money for thousands of ments were served. Preceding the meeting, a commit­ busy women. The next time you plan to enter­ tee from the camp; consisting of tain, instead of spending hours Mrs. Furey, oracle, Mrs. Georgie Webster, Mrs. Edward Leete and bakifig cakes, 'phone us your or­ Mrs. Samuel Humphries went to the home of Mrs. Frank Stetson on Big- der for what you want. elow avenue, who has been ill for a J. Francis Browne few days, and presented her with a 1 handsome electric table lamp in ob­ We will do the work and deliver servance of her- 40th wedding anni­ versary. The camp is arranging for the Cakes ordered right on time. a Valentine social to be held Wed­ Pearl Street nesday evening, Feb. 13th in Odd Fellows Hall, and the committee in ***&£ charge of arrangements is Mrs. Thomas Hargrave and Mrs. Ray Purdy. CARD OF THANKS •; We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors jfor their sympathy aqd assistance This trade mark mams at the time of our: Recent bereave­ your satisfaction or yottt ment, at the death of our daughter. : i" Vv : We are' also grateful for the floral msMMm moncybadt, "offerings. PLEASANTSTRMET •% . . .. -M.- :\v MR. AND MRS. HAROLD = !• l.: V. HARDIMAN. i- i.?/ k-''« s.. w.-. •• SiSlf®6§lrftftrMtef

aiid Miss Jennie Holton;k\song, Ruth ward RobertsofSO Hazd^jrtreet, Doris and«Beatritfe Hamilton; read­ Hartford.'- Mrs. Robert! K#as 'fovin- ings, Elizabttyi Davis; soprano solo, erly Miss. Flavia Rockwell of this, iPl - Mrs. Bishop; clarinet solo, Edwin W. place. Davis; selection By orchestra/Miss' Miss Mary O'Brien, the new visit- , Mimmml rtilSUFFIELP Pauline Cooley of Rockville as the ing nurse for the local-.public health i I-'W^M accompanist for the soloists and nursing association, has arrived in' The Masonic Club of Apollo lodge Miss Mary Davis for the orchestra. town, and is ready for, calls of duty, S&i-J --lA held its annual meeting in the club She is at the home .of Mrs. Fred pPf® rooms Saturday evening with a turk­ Phelps on Dean avenue and the ey supper followed by the annual phone number is 327. election of club officers. Those elect­ WAREHOUSE POINT arms teiu ed at the meeting were: President, r 1351 Clifford H. Prior; vice-president, The ladies' aid society 'of St. John's wrvA-T..'!" ' 6 ROOM COTTAGE, all modern.; J , . Fred Scott; Edward M. White was church will give a public whist in the SOMERS JO* re-elected secretary and treasurer parish house tomorrow evening. Re­ 6 ROOM COTTAGE, brand newifcv : /V ; : k ———'••••':• and directors tor the year were all freshments will be served. The registrar of vital statistics reelected as follows: Samuel R. Spen­ The school teachers of this and has filed his report for 1923 at the 6 ROOM'HOUSE on Elm Street|j j r ^ ; • "*-' Every person residing in the Town of Enfield, Conn., cer, Howard F. Russell, John Noble, nearby towns attended the teachers' town clerk's office, showing 42 births, p between the ages of 20 and 60 years, shall, except as oth­ Gilbert Phelps. A social hour was convention held at Wa/ehouse Point 25 marriages and 25 deaths. 4 ROOM COTTAGE, price $2,500j part cash. erwise especially provided by law, be liable to pay a per­ enjoyed with music and a smoker. school last week. 2 FAMILY HOUSE, $2,500 down. 'Mlw$ sonal tax of $2.00 for Town and State Taxes. Antoine LaFoHntain and Frank A daughter, Jane Rockwell Roberts Gi'ade crossings , are , unknown in l©& Taylor were arrested Saturday after­ has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed- Great Britain. . / 3 FAMILY and 3 car garage. $ 2,500 down.- A St noon by Deputy Sheriff Greer and ^ . vgood investment. YOUR PERSONAL TAX IS Chief of Police Cooney on complaint •sfif ms of James Michaelson for assault. J1 IN SOMERS-—6 ROOM HOUSE, - ind 200; DUE FEBRUARY 1st, 1924 The two arrested were said to have Deposits made in the chickens. Very cheap. m been intoxicated at the time, attack­ TOBACCO AND DAIRY FARMS—large and small. I® And payable at my office, WATSON'S BLOCK, 85 ASNUN- ed a boy, about 16 years old and af­ 00 is ter beating him threw him into a Savings Department BUILDING LOT! ^ fr TUCK STREET, THOMPSONVILLE, where I will meet pond of water. Both pleaded not • mm places, *" -r '< V.fjp'i _ _ you to receive said Tax, as follows: guilty before Judge Sikes and Pros­ Deposits made in this Bank on or 'If® . \mm ecutor Goodacre but testimony of before the FIFTH draw interest at : witnesses was enough to find both the rate of 4%, from the FIRST of ISl Friday, February 1st, 1924 guilty of the assault and breach of each mOnth. List Y6itt PrdPtty With Me ' <' A'i ^i6l the peace charges that they were ar­ S BS From 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.—7 P. M. to 9 P. M. rested on. LaFountain, owing to the ; Banking by Mail is both safe and If You Want To Sell lit JlSf ' fact that he is the father of a large € convenient and this Bank gives spec­ family, was fined $15 and costs ial attention to out-of-fown deposit­ : vSvfe Monday, February 4th, 1924 amounting to $30 which he paid and ors. he was also given a suspended sen­ Write for ... booklet, "Banking by i From 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.—7 P. M. to 9 P. M. tence of thirty days. Taylor, an old Mail." offender who recently came out of jail and who has a bad record for Jr."Agents Wednesday, February 6th, 1924 these kind of acts, was dealt with From 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.—7 P. M. to 9 P. M. severely being fined $10 and costs ; The Travelers TELEPHONE 139-3 making $25 and given 90 days in jail And every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during also. Bank and Trust Cornpany Enfield St. : : Thompsonville William Hill, William Sullivan, February, March and April, 1924, in accordance with the Charles O'Brien, Stephen Golan, Jo­ Travelers Building Hariibrd.Ct.. hours as above stated. seph Brackoseski, Wadislaw Kulas, James Cain and frank Whalen, the Town Building, Church Street, Thompsonville, every eight youths charged with criminal Saturday during February, March and April from 1:00 to assault upon Mildred Francowski Ya- 5:00 P. M. cobini, a young girl, on December 8, last, were bound over to the March Past experience has shown that many wait for several sitting of the Superior Court at Hartford and their bonds increased notices before paying Personal Tax. This makes addi­ from $10,000 to $15,000, after a tional expense to your town. Will you help us save this hearing before Judge Howard D. expense by forwarding payment of this tax at once. Sikes in town court last Thursday. Attorney William J. Granfield, of Springfield, Mass., and Atty. James Teresio Marinaccio, A. Currier of Hartford represented PERSONAL TAX COLLECTOR. the defendents, who pleaded not guilty to the charge when arraigned. The defendants raised the increased bonds from their original bondsmen. . . a Dated at Enfield, Conn., this 24th day of January, 1924. Dr. W. E. Caldwell, who attended the t. Yacoboni girl after her experience with the youths was the first wit­ ness. The doctor explained her con­ is no measure of its value dition following the affair. The girl was then called. She testified that on the night of December 8, James Cain, one of the defendant youths, These are the things to consider forced her into an automobile in De­ pot street. She said that there was another' man in the machine at the time but she could not identify him. VHE cost of a car depends in large gineers, with our wealth of ex­ ations, including 15 coats of paint Here recess was called as the Ya­ A Firm With A Reputation coboni girl broke down completely part on volume and efficiency. perience, we probably know what is and varnish. & under the ordeal. TiIt is no criterion of value. best. Open cars have real leather ! of doing good work for the past 35 Postmaster Edward Perkins receiv­ Studebaker builds 150,000 fine cars We use 35 formulas for steels. cushions. They cost„ over imitation years can be of much value to you ed word last week from Harrison B. yearly. All of them are Sixes. The Each is best suited to certain parts, leather, about $25 per car. Freeman, receiver for the Hartford main costs are divided by that enor­ as proved by years of tests. '.€• & Springfield Street Railway Com­ mous output. Thus at prices of $975 , No closed cars could be more luxu­ in building your monument. pany, that the electric service between On some steels we pay the makers this town and Windsor Locks will and up we offer the utmost in quality. a bonus of 15% to get them exactly rious. That lining of Chase Mohair Thompsonville Monumental Works cease Jan. 27 and no mail would then ,We offer maximum values. right. There is no room to excel us is made from the soft fleece of An­ be carried to or from this place af­ Don't judge these cars by prices. there. gora goats. A velour lining would M. J. LIBERTY, Proprietor ter that date. Mr. Perkins has tak­ • * * Under other conditions they might / save about two-thirds that cost—up en up the matter with the postal cost twice as much, yet offer less than OFFICE, 97 Pearl St. TELEPHONE 403-4 authorities in Boston and hopes to We machine the entire surface of to $100 per car. have a star route established and the $hese. each crank shaft, as was done on Note how every detail denotes in­ mail carried by automobile. Gener­ Some major costs al Manager Hambleton of the street Liberty Airplane Motors. That ex­ finite care. That, as you know, is railway also has given notice that Quality cars require costly facili­ tra cost is heavy. But thus we get expensive. after today no electric trolly service ties. Studebaker has Notg the completeness will be available between Windsor $50,000,000 invested in of our larger models. The Locks and the Massachusetts state line. The addition of another pas­ modern plants and equip­ nickel - plated bumpers, senger bus at this date will carry ment. $8,000,000 in drop extra disc wheels with passengers from Windsor Locks to forge plants alone. $10,- cord tires, a steel trunks Springfield. 000,000 in body plants, Just Go and See a courtesy light. These No trace has yet been found of to carry out the Stude­ the man and woman alleged to have Studebaker is today the leader in the are rare extras, even on committed the break in the home of baker standards. the costliest cars. Charles J. Kelly in this town last There are. 12,500 up- fine-car field. week- Several reports that the to-date machines em­ Studebaker builds more quality cars than Nothing is stinted couple were seen in different local­ ployed to build these ities last week are given no credence any other concern in the world. Compare part by part by the officers investigating. cars. Some are enor­ mously expensive. Buyers of fine cars last year spent over with any rival cars. Few outputs justify $200,000,000 for Studebaker models. Studebaker will show ELLINGTON such facilities. Then The demand for Studebakers has almost you some scores of ad­ parts must be bought out­ trebled in three years — as people found vantages. Miss Marjolaine Slade was home side, and profits paid to them out. Then consider Stude­ from Hartford and Kenneth Loveland others. from Springfield over Sunday. * * * Then go see them. Compare them with baker history. For 72 The board of assessors has com­ years this name has stood pleted its work on the tax books. Studebaker engineer­ any car you will. Don't spend $1,000 or Following is a recapitulation of the ing costs $500,000 per over without knowing what Studebaker for quality. When peo­ lists: Dwelling houses, $625,297; year. That to us is $3.33 offers. You owe that to yourself. ple rode in carriages, barns, sheds, etc., $329,429; house per car. Studebaker built the and building lots, $92,140; stores, best. Now those same shops, etc., $33,075; mills, etc., $19,- Our Department of Re­ Giving theTelephone Life 790; lands, $467,379; horses, $32,- search and Experiment traditions are applied to 835; neat cattle $45,790; swine and employs 125 skilled men. motor cars alone.' poultry, $5,260; wagons, $320; auto­ It makes 500,000 tests per year to that perfect balance, that absence at Consider Studebaker records. Mark "Y^HEREVER your thought goes your voice mobiles, $104,388; jewelry, $350; furniture and musical instruments, maintain our standards. vibration. how these cars in service have mul- may go. You can talk across she conti­ $11,615; farming implements, $10, Our Bureau of Methods and We use more Timken bearings tiplied demand, until people last year nent as if face to face. Your telephone is the 125; goods of merchants, $7,350; un Standards fixes the requirements for than any other car which costs un­ paid $200,000,000 for Studebaker latch to open for you any door in the land. derground mains and pipes, $500; r* every part and detail. 12,000 inspec­ der $5,600. They cost considerably1 cars. boats, $135; 10 per cent additional i.-- There is the web of wires. The many switch­ $9,214; exemption of forty-three vet­ tions are necessary for each car to .more than ball bearings. insure against flaws and mistakes. boards. The maze of apparatus. The millions erans and widows, $35,501, leaving a These facts apply to all Stude­ total grand list of $1,759,491. A i 3*. We employ 1,000 men to make them. bakers, of all styles and sizes. The Consider their service records. 5 - A I • • of telephones. All are parts of a country-wide general increase of 25 per cent has Cars like the Studebakers cannot materials used in all chasses are One Studebaker car, built in 1918,. mechanism for far-speaking. The equipment been made on real estate. be built without such facilities, such has run 475,000 miles. It is still in ­ A gospel team of young men from alike. has cost over two billion dollars, but more the Hartford Y. M. C. A. had charge research, such care. Yet enormous active service. It lately made a mid- ; than equipment is needed. of the Christian Endeavor Service If output alone makes them possible at Beauty—Luxury—Finish winter trip from Los Angeles to New Sunday evening in the church. Studebaker prices. York. That means 80 years of aver- - There must be the guardians of die wires ! fe Mr. and Mrs. Clifton W. Kibbe and i '%k The Studebaker coach work has age service, of 6,000 miles per year. rv;fc to keep them vital with speech-carrying elec­ two children, of Springfield, motored The best we know been famous for decades. No one What more can you dream of in down to the "Old Home Town" Fri­ can excel it. trical currents. There must be those who day evening and enjoyed the Bupper Studebakers represent the best we a motor car than the Studebakers watch the myriads of tiny switchboard lights and entertainment. know. And with our army of en- The finish is produced by 26 oper offer? VO ir.r- tf-rr?' •/-:> An open meeting of the Women's and answer your commands. There must be Club was held in the lecture room technicians of every sort to construct, repair of the church Monday afternoon. School Supervisor A. L. Young was JP and operate. present and talked on "Our Educa­ LIGHT-SIX SPECIAL-SIX B I G S I X A quarter of a million men and women are tional System." Mrs. Ruth McKin- 5-Pass. 112" W. B. 40 H. P. 5-Pass. 119" W. B. 50 H. P. 7-Pass. 126" W. B. 60 H. P. stry Cooley played and Miss Jennie Touring -----$ 995.00 Touring - - - - $1350.00 Touring - - N united to give nation-wide telephone service; C. Holton sang. Mrs. C. J. Clark - $1750.00 Roadster (3-Pass.) - - - 975.00 Roadster (2-Pass.) v?; - 1325.00 Speedster (5-Pass.) - With their brains and hands they make the was the hostess. Coupe-Roadster (2-Pass.) - - 1195.00 - 1835.00 ;-'Mv ; Coupe (5-Pass.) ; f - 1895.00 .Coupe (5-Pass.) -j&rx...,; Bell System live. There was an unusually large at­ Coupe (5-Pass.) - 1395.00 - 2495.00 c >.' •• ••'.v tendance at the supper and entertain­ Sedan -----1485.00 Sedan - - -4; - 1985.00 Sedan - -I - 2685.00 f ment given at the church Friday evening. One hundred and seventy- (Allprices /. o. b. factory. Terms to meet your convenience.) five suppers were served under the •H; i* V ' THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND capable management of Mrs. R. E 'j'tvur'. vC-W'Y Hyde. Following the supper a mus­ • - '• ; « TELEPHONE COMPANY ical and literary program of high MUNNELLY'S GARAGE "'1 order, arranged by 'Mrs. F. JL Hol­ ALDEN ATE. AND ENFIELD ST. : • - BELL SYSTEM ton, tow enjoyed. The program fol lows: Selection by the orchestra, Terms To Meet Tour Convenience „ One foliar • One System - VnirernmJ Service recitation "My Papa' Says So" by •',v'— • V' • Henry Efeyden, 3 years old: vocal H duet, Mrs. Bish«n>. p^rano soloist of W I s s uSS tne Tnompsonvuie AL«;tnom*t Cnurch M " V•'~ ters. The funeral was held from the Beaty home Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock with' Rev. Edward T. Bell of­ ficiating. Burial was in the Elm- WINDSOR LOCKS wood Cemetery in East Granby.

The board of assessors have com­ pleted their work on the tax lists and STATE'S WEALTH compared with last year's total grand BUSINESS DIRECTORY list there is an increase of $76,588. This man just bought one In the summary are included the ESTIMATED AT of our Used Cars and he is lists of Memorial hall for $27,000 and the Connecticut River Company mightily well pleased with for $312,161, which are exempt from $5,281,559,000 American Society for the Preservation of Public Health his bargain. We have a 'local taxation but upon which the William J. Mulligan Affiliated with International Alliance of Physicians and Surgeons number of others, one of. town is assessed in the state and Increase of 125.1 Per and National Association of Progressive Medicine. which may be interesting county; taxes when levied. -The prin­ Attorney At Law -to you. Let us demon- cipal increase in the past year was Cent Since 1912—Real Dr. E. H. Clough, Naturopath gPS under the heading of dwelling houses „ Member of National Association of Naturepaths #1 - >r$strate at your convenience. which jumped in value $58,810, and Estate Shows Gain of Thompsonville Office house lots increased $5,562. Store Sullivan Block—Tel. 168-4 Thompsonville, Conn. 1 1923 Ford Runabout^ self-starter, $250.00 values increased $8,725; land by the 94.4 Per Cent. 27 HIGH STREET Sft'TS acre, $2,904; automobiles, $3,083. Telephone 50 1 1922 Ford Runabout, self-starter, $150.00 The principal decrease was under the WASINGTON, D. C., January 7, item of barns and sheds, there being 1 Touring Car $ 85.00 1924.—The Department of Commerce Hartford Office a loss of six sheds and decreased announces, for the State of Connec­ 2-door Sedan, late model $250.00 values to the amount of $2,515. A ticut, its preliminary estimate of the 983 MAIN STREET THOMPSONVILLE ELECTRIC CO summary of the grand list is as fol­ Telephone 2-1412 1 142^ rnnnp S97R An lows: dwelling houses, $1,231,935; value, December 31, 1922, of the ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ; barns, etc., $277,260; house lots, principal forms of wealth, the total All kinds of Electrical Appliances & National Mazda Lamps p SEVERAL OTHERS NOT LISTED THAT MAY $606,847; stores, etc., $332,550; mills, amounting to $5,281,559,000, as com­ | .. BE BOUGHT AS LOW AS $25.00. - - - | etc., $2,088,789; land (acres) $254,- pared with $2,346,118,000 in 1912, an PHONE 84-4 77 HIGH STREET 028; horses, $17,000; meat cattle, increase of 125.1 per cent. Per cap­ SMALL WEEKLY PAYMENTS $6,025; carriages, etc., $5,200; auto­ ita values increased from $2,020 to mobiles, $153,856; watches, etc., $1,- $3,610, or 78.7 per cent. A. CASINGHINO 800; musical instruments, $601,675; All classes of property increased in fisheries, $300; cables, $31,000; ex­ value from 1912 to 1922, except live Expert Tailoring For ELMER AUTOMOBILE CO. cess of credits, $16,647; property not stock, which decreased from $22, Ladies & Gent* specifically mentioned $500; 10 per 977,000 to $22,608,000, or 1.6 per cent. BENJAMIN F. CARDINAL 56 MAIN STREET WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. cent addition, $28,720. The estimated value of taxed real 110 Main Street Miss Olive Dougherty has resigned property and improvements increased General Insurance A. B. JOHNSON, Manager her position as instructor in French from $1,320,072,000 to $2,580,042,000, and modern languages in the High or 95.4 per cent; exempt real prop­ TELEPHONE 285-4 THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. School to accept a similar position in erty from $131,943,000 to $444,441,- E. C. O'BRIEN the New Haven High School, where 000, or 236.8 per cent; farm imple­ she resides. For the vacant position ments" and machinery from $7,310,000 Plumbing, Heating here the school board has engaged to $9,025,000, or 23.5 per cent; man­ Miss Frances Burke of Springfield, ufacturing machinery, tools, and im­ and Tinning Mass., who will take hold Feb. 4th. plements from -$167,155,000 to $437,- 411 work guaranteed—Give Me A Miss Burke is a graduate of Trinity 195,000 or 161.6 per cent; and rail­ Trial—TELEPHONE 254-2 College, Washington, D. C., and has roads and their equipment from 9 WHITE STREET The "Pearl" Confectionery Store been teaching for several years $145,897,000 to $179,075,000, or 22.7 BARONIAN BROTHERS Preparations are being made by per cent. Privately owned transpor­ Riverside Council, K. of C., for con tation and transmission enterprises, A CHOCE LINE OF CONFECTIONERY. ferring the second degree on a class other than railroads, increased in A COMPLETE STOCK OF CIGARS AND „ CIGARETTES of twenty-five candidates at a spec­ value from $135,571,000 to $200,901,- S. FRAZIER Thoughts for the ial meeting which will be held on 000, or 48.2 per cent; and stocks of Try Our Ice Cream — It Is Delicious Wednesday evening, January 30, and goods, vehicles other than motor, Washing and Ironing exemplification of the third degree furniture, and clothing from $415,- Complete Electric Equipment 100 Pearl Street. Phone 333-3 Thompsonville, Conn. on the class on Sunday, February 3. 193,000 to $1,349,951,000, or 225.1 per cent. No comparison is possible Enfield St.—Opposite P. O. As a means of adding to the ef­ for the value of motor vehicles, Enfield, Conn. New Year ficiency of the police department, the which was estimated in 1922 at $58,- Police Commissioners are installing 321,000, because no separate esti­ Every mar. who earns money and is thrifty enough some key boxes in different sections mate was made in 1912. to accumulate it in amounts of $100 and upwards, can in­ of the town to be used by the night In making these estimates the De­ crease his income steadily and surely by investing in high patrolmen. Boxes have been set up partment followed in general the BRAINARD-AHRENS, INC. in Pleasant street in the North End grade 6^% First Mortgage Bonds. methods employed in making the es­ LARGEST; INSURANCE AGENCY IN NORTHERN CONN. and at Memorial Hall in Main street timates for 1912, though it is be­ S. L. Mitchell ] and at the corner of School and lieved that in some respects the work PLUMBING AND HEADING Suffield Office Thompsonville Office The Parker-Smith Company South Center street. in 1922 has been more thorough, It . COOPER BLOCK 1 - 106 MAIN STREET Hereafter the post office will close should be borne in mind that the in­ 40 HIGH STREET Phong W. Locks Div. 222-2 Telephone 45 offers you the benefit of many years' experience and the every Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. creases in money value are to a large PHONE 196-3 counsel of its experts to aid in the selection of Mortgage The new change has been made by extent due to the rise in prices which Bonds suitable to your requirements and circumstances. Postmaster Oates with the approval has taken place in recent years, and J of the post office department at so far as that is* the case they do not The Company's sole business is the purchase and distribu­ Washington. represent corresponding increases in tion of carefully selected First Mortgages on income pro­ William Beaty, a resident of this the quantity of wealth. ducing real estate. Before it buys Mortgages, it carefully town for a number of years, died The estimated values of gold and J. D'AVERSA ALPHONSE TRUDEAU investigates them. In selling them, it gives investors the Sunday afternoon at the Granby silver coin and bullion, the vessels service of an experienced organization. Hospital from burns received Satur­ of the Navy, and privately owned Expert Tailor GROCERIES, CONFECTIONARY, day night at his home near East waterworks will appear only in tot­ ALL KINDS OF TAILORING Hurlburt A. Armstrong, Local Representative—Tel. 94-12 Granby town line. While working als for the United States. FOR LADIES AND GENTS CIGARS AND TOBACCO under his automobile by the light of 77 PEARL STREET 115 HIGH ST., THOMPSONVILLE TELEPHONE 246 a lantern he took a drain plug out CLEANING and PRESSING from the bottom of the gas tank. Flood Warnings The fumes became ignited and he j was burned all over his body. No Of Weather Bureau I one was aware of the man's predica- INCORPORATED 1 ment until they saw him running Save Livestock ,49 Pearl Street 153 Courtv-uuri Streetjirtrcri I from his garage in a mass of flames, THERMOMETERS EDWARD LEETE iiartford-Conn. NewHavenConrv i The car and also the garage burned Reported flood losses during the OF ALL KINDS. For the house, abaumBRANCH OFFICEAr«#r .. kjAiyMAIN Arei/»eOFFICE, jto the ground. The loss was about dairy and the hot-house. FUNERAL DIRECTOR year ending June 30, 1923, totaled Cameras and Photo Supplies • $400. Mr. Beaty was a tobacco work­ $36,591,362 while the value of port­ 20 WASHINGTON STREET — PHONE 197. er and he leaves a wife and four sis- able property saved by flood warn­ C. ROGERS & CO. OFFICE 46 MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 1M 471 Main St., Spritogfield ings was given in admittedly incom­ plete returns as $4,240,465, according to the Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture. giiiiininiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiB The outstanding floods .of the year were those in the Arkansas River P. VERDIGUO General Contractor and Builder from eastern Kansas to the mouth, THERE IS NOTHING TOO LARGE OR SMALL FOR US the Neosho River of Kansas and Ok­ COAL AND WOOD lahoma, and the Cimarron and North TO HANDLE IN THE BUILDING LINE. Canadian Rivers of Oklahoma. Four LEHIGH A SPECIALTY Telephone Connections weeks of almost continuous and fre­ Phone Connection THOMAS SAVAGE & SONS quently excessive rains brought about these floods, and the crest stages were, as a rule, higher than any Hartford's Shopping (Senten previously recorded. Coming as they did at a season of matured wheat and growing corn and other crops, William E. Gavin and covering Oklahoma alone nearly PLUMBING, TINNING GEORGE M. MOORE 300,000 acres of highly productive HEATING AND GAS lands, the floods caused loss and dam­ GARAGE age, very incompletely reported, to Tel. 199-2 Thompsonville SHOP, 19 Lincoln Street. 16 PEARL ST. THOMPSONVILLE. CONN. the value of $27,844,200, of which by FOR SALE—Dodge Car in first class condition. Telephone 483-3 Our January Sale of Shoes far the greater portion was in crops Residence, 27 Alden Avenue matured and prospective. During the great Mississippi Valley floods of 2 STALLS TO RENT 1922 the total losses as reported were Accessories Of AH Kinds For the Car $17,087,790, nearly $11,000,000 less Only Soconv Gasoline For Sale Offers Extraordinary Values than in the Arkansas and Canadian Aristide J. Larrabee Valley floods, but the former flood SANITARY BARBER SHOP YOU HAVE CHOICE OF WOMENS, MISSES AND CHILDRENS SHOES came before the planting season had well set in, and, furthermore, the Sullivan Block SOME IN THE NEWEST UP TO THE MINUTE STYLES INCLUDED, lands were protected by high levees. No flood warnings however accur­ 39 PEARL STREET AT REMARKABLE SAVINGS. AN EVENT THAT IS GREATEST OF ate and timely, can prevent loss of ITS KIND. ALSO BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS ON LOW SHOES AND crops and damage to fixed property, FRANK P. SMYTH but movable property, especially live­ STRAP PUMPS. WE WISH TO CLOSE OUT. AN OPPORTUNE TIME stock, can be secured, and during this COAL AND WOOD Arkansas Valley flood livestock and TO GET STOCKED UP ON FINE FOOTWEAR. Contracting Jobbing Our coal is the kind that sparkles with pent UD heat. It other property to the value of $1,- is well screened and in every way satisfactory. BLACK SATIN PUMPS, low heels 350,000 were reported as having been L. H. DAVIS ONE STRAP PUMPS, black suede, saved by the flood warning of the OFFICE. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE CONNECTION turn soles, low heels, regular price turn soles, were priced originally Weather Bureau. Carpenter and Builder $6.50 and $7.00, priced at $5.50. Our sale price is Estimates Furnished Enfield Street. Thompsonville. Conn. $4.50 pair $4.50 pair. BROAD BROOK 255 Enfield Street, Thompsonville STRAP PUMPS, black suede, turn Rt. Rev. Bishop J. J. Nilan of the soles, Baby Louis heels, regular STRAP PUMPS, novelty style, Hartford Roman Catholic Diocese price $7.00. Sale price is black suede, kid trimmed, turn has transferred Rev. Andrew F. EPSTEIN'S EXPRESS $4.50 pair. soles, Spanish heels, regular price Carrigan from the pastorate of St. A. COOK, Jr. Catherine's Church here to the par­ Local and Long Distance Furniture and Piano Moving is $8.50. Our sale price $5.50. ish at Portland, to succeed the Rev. CROSS STRAP PUMPS, brown Farrell Martin who has been pro­ Builder and General suede, turn soles, cuban' heels, reg­ moted to a parish in New Haven. Contractor Daily Express—Springfield, Worcester THE NEW SANDAL for early The many local friends of Mrs. C. ular price $8.50. Our sale price W. Robertson, wife of Dr. Charles 103 Enfield St. Phone 33-3 and Boston ^ is $5.50 pair Spring wear, in the following W. Robertson of Tariffville, former­ ! ly of this place were sorry to hear LONG DISTANCE HAULING leathers, are big values. Black of her death last week. STORAGE WAREHOUSE KID STRAP PUMPS, fawn color­ suesde, airdale and grey suede, pat­ The Visiting Nurse Association Office Phone 82-5 119 Main Street ed kid, Sandal effect, turn soles, ent colt. This is a new Sandal will hold a whist party and enter­ Spanish heels, regular price $8.50. tainment on February 16th. GUS QUICK House Phone 182 —— 39 Central Street with cut outs, turn soles, medium Lieut. John W. Middleton has re­ turned to Fort Screven, Ga., after CONTRACTOR Spfd. Office, 36 Lyman St. Boston Office, 9 Otis St. Offered at this sale for $5.00 pair. and low heels, very smart shoe. spending a months' leave at his home FRENCH TOE PUMPS, black and Regular price $7.50 and $8.00. here. Painter, fawn suede, Spanish heels, regu­ The Broad Brook Athletic Club is Our sale price $6.50 arranging for a three nights' baz­ Decorator lar $8.00 value, $5.00 pair. aar to be held in the opera house on AND SILVER AND GOLD CLOTH the evenings of February 23, 27 and PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS STRAP PUMPS with Louis heels, March 1st. The club is installing Paperhanger I turn soles, patent colt, regular Strap Pumps, very stylish pat­ shower baths in the basement of the price $6.50 and $7.00, for tern, with Spanish heels, $8.50 building where the rooms are locat­ 107 PROSPECT STREET The Advance Printing & Publishing Company ed and the boys are taking hold with Thompsonville, Conn. $4.50 pair. value, our sale price —$5.50 pair. much of the work connected with 27-29 HIGH STREET the outfitting of the rooms, and from Special prices for winter monthB ••••••nimunnnnniuninnnHmiK the proceeds hope to bay furnishings.

.A:- ' |Vi .r,v. . — ry "-'»fr. North district To marriages in the parish last year; MeetJariaary 30th. Presbyterians Edgar H. Parkman was re-elected Wdl-Known Old ' Residencies At and sHe ifaa „ „.. _ A special meeting of the North : ] Vote To Increase president of the church society and ^ . Home in SuffieltL:; ' leaves&netfaugliter, •S.-iBabel Thompsonville Fire District 1b call­ ; the other officers chosen are asfqU hter, g§ ^ ^ Pastor's Salary lows:' Secretary, Miss Ml^li^*Snmnf IfciV Abbifegaie^E. ainaW&orf of S APPLY A1MJALREP0RT ed for next Wednesday evening at of the late Nelson Cole, died Tiles- (Continued from Page 1) financial secretaries, Henry R. Coop­ and €wo great grandsons. 8 o'clock in the Brainard School, at er and Laurence Klein; treasurer, day night at her home on the River funeral was held this ,. afternoon at ^ stantial balance on hand. Encour­ Boulevard, Suffield, following a long 2:30 at the home. Rev. . Al£re

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