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„:\r}^} y;: k §*: • ••>•' ^;'y THE PRESS Ad- : A Home Town Paper For li^ 4pi^WW i?;:4^f-— - w .- - -..- Home Town • -;,;,;.-,-.J.r,.,i.,^. .-7.^ • ) ;....,,p. ; .. ... ^. •,,. :^J:>.fi\A. v : 7 ;•,. • Vv,: - j , v^ : :f'v >.!:-'"'-.'-:Kt' ; : ; ; ; ' '•.'\:--\i- !W' <'7 .~ ':.*U'WvWO.-Y.-V- - v-" V..'•-* ;k;:-;'rK' & Folks. THE ONLY NEWSPAPM PUBIJBHEID tN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, CONN. mj ' • The "Press" Covers More Than Twefcty-Two Suburban Districts, GombiniiiB a Population of Over Thirty Thousand Between Hartford & Springfield ^OKTY-FiFTH YEAR—NO. 3». THOMPSONYILLB, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPY Re A^^RCE EDITORIAL St! is OTHING quite so amusing as the raids single conviction they will at least be do- : N perpetrated last Friday and Saturday ihg their duty so far as it is possible for evenings has been enacted locally for them in the suppression of lawlessness. ; Let them close down the number of "Cfoverning Board of the Board of Trade Gives Its many years. It was in truth a perfect gambling joints that are running in the Located Well Within the Shadow, the Spectacle J Endorsement To the Movement To Divide Dis- farce-comedy, with several amusing fea town under the guise of clubs, stores and Of A Lifetime, Can Be Observed By Every | trict No; 2 Into Voting Precincts and the Crea tures, which almost tempt us to assume other varied establishments. Let them the role of a dramatic critic, and point make the attempt at least to clean up Resident Here—^Totality of the Eclipse Witt 3mm.tion Of A Police Commission. , them out. But it strikes us that if the some of the notorious "private homes" Be Very Brief Here As We Are Near the ,*r-. police were serious in their effort the at that are known to be veritable "dens of I' Unanimous approval was given to tempt was perfectly farcial. On the oth iniquity." When they have done these Northern Rim of the Shadow. "'the two measures of special interest, SPLENDID REPORT er hand if the thing was forwarned, as things, no matter how little or great the "to, the electors of Enfield that seem many citizens are convinced that it was, measure of success they meet with, our Unless the scientists have badly ^certain to be introduced at the pre OF SL PATRICK'S the affair had all the elements of a lively faith in the department will again be re Will Stop To See It miscalculated, the town of Enfield sent sitting of the General Assem comedy. But even though it may have stored. As things stand now it is tremb will be well within the shadow cast bly by "the Governing Board of the ; been play acting, it might not have been ling in the balance and was we must con UPERINTENDENT John W. by the moon next Saturday morn IBoard of Trade at its monthly FOR PAST YEAR entirely purposeless. What better way S Pierce of the local plant of ing, and will therefore have the op •aneeting Tuesday evening. The pro fess considerably shaken by the incidents the Bigelow-Hartford Car portunity of a lifetime to see that posed bills are an act creating a could the futility of such endeavors by of last week. pet Company stated this morn 3>olice commission for the purpose of Receipts Total $50,247, Cthe local department be proved, than by / The police of course know that these ing that every opportunity rare phenoma—a total eclipse of the .administering the affairs of the loc- a fruitless effort of this character. It would be afforded the employes | sun. The width of the shadow, ml police department and one to With Expenditures of places exist, but getting evidence to con of the company to view the ; which will be cast Saturday morn- -divideDis trict No. 2 into two voting might at least serve to strengthen the vict them is admittedly-another matter. eclipse next Saturday morning. ling is estimated to be 120 miles. -precincta with Asnuntuck Brook as $32,872, Leaving Bal contention of the department that "it But it is not conviction that it being Only a small portion of the jThis calculation as well as the exact "the dividing line. The action taken ance of $17,375—Par ] .can't be done so what's the use of try- sought—it is suppression. An aggres plant would be running Satur spots where it touches can vary not r3)y the Board was in connection with ,. ing." We cannot believe that it was an sive policy on the part of the department day, but the officials plan to more than a mile. As the calcula the report of the. special legislative ish Is Free of Debt, gg suspend operations about 9 tions call for the northern line to attempt to throw dust in the eyes of an and the Prosecuting Attorney's office will o'clock and permit the em pass over Pecowsic Hill, at about the committee appointed at the last f -tmeejbmg of the Board of Trade. The , impatient citizenry, and expect that they suppress it sufficiently to at least bring ployes to take convenient posi dividing line between the City of The annual statement of the finan tions to see the spectacle. Springfield and the town of Long- comiMttee reported that the two cial affairs of St. Patrick's parish - will be content with this feeble effort. conditions under reasonable control. All measures in question had been tak- We are willing, for the present at this could be accomplished without a meadow, even though the miscalcul Si -«n up with the representatives to for the past year was read at the ation of a mile may bring it further the Assembly as was also several masses on Sunday by the pastor, / least, to accept the effort as a bona fide single conviction. When however, not a this way, the town will easily come III -"Other general legislative matters Rev. Daniel J. O'Connor. The re -one. Its true character can only be de move has been made for months, not STANDARD METAL four or five miles within the outer -which are likely to come up for ac termined by the future actions of the de- rim of the shadow. Jfi ceipts from all sources amounted to even such a feint effort as last week, it Being close to the rim of the tion at the present session and would partment. If they were really sincere is not surprising that things have got K- •effect the town of Enfield. $50,247, and the expenditures, totaled PLANT IS BOUGHT shadow the period of totality Among them were the Stream pol $32,873, leaving a balance in' the let them continue the work. Let them ten out of hand with the authorities and will be considerably lessened M lution problem, the new transporta church treasury of $17,375. The re raid the scores of other places reputed that the raids of Friday and Saturday here. The longest period will be tion company and the expected gen- port was the best. ever given by a to sell liquor in the "town. Even though provoke ridicule and make the police de BY LUMBER CORP. !two minutes at New Haven, which sn ••eral zoning act. The committee re pastor of St. Patrick's parish and they are unsuccessful they will win the partment and the Prosecuting Attorney's is the center of the shadow, the ported that the representatives had was most gratifying to the members . ..respect of the community. Regardless southern line running across New f| i&iven assurance that the town's in- of. the congregation. The pastor office the laughing stock of the com- Will Remove Present York City at about 110th street. "ierest would be carefully watched in thanked the people for their gener of the fact that they may riot secure a •munity. ./ Lumber Yards on High While no exact figure is obtainable, fill =these matters. An informal discus ous cooperation. the people of Enfield are not likely Sis sion was also held, at the suggestion During the year, St. Joseph's Hall, Street To New Loca to have an opportunity to observe •»of the legislative committee, on the used^ partly for school purposes, was the total eclipse for more than one incorporating of a Sanitary Code, badly damaged by fire but the re tion and Also Operate minute. The partial eclipse will -either in the Zoning Ordinance or pairs to the building have been near MASONIC CLUB begin , about 8 o'clock. The curved "sfche district building code, or in any ly completed and the building is in GEORGE S. PHELPS ENFIELD PLAYERS Box Factory. shadow will begin to steal across m better condition than ever before. the face of the sun until the period; -^unification of these acts which might ^be carried out, and on the possibil The building will be used for school RE-ELECT HANDY A VICE-PRESIDENT A real estate transaction of inter of the total eclipse, which for this MM ity of consolidating of the fire fight- purposes until a more, favorable time SELECT CAST FOR est to the townspeople took place immediate vicinity is calculated to riing forces of the town under some to start the construction of the new last week when the Thompsonville take place at 9:12. Following the ^such manner as the town school de- school. • minute of total eclipse the shadow Sis St. Patrick's* parish has acquired , j FOR PRESIDENT- Local Business Man Is BROADWAY JONES Lumber Corporation purchased the will gradually pass until about 10:30 §Mr:y-apartment is conducted at the Resent considerable new, property during •- ' _ 1 - •.