mm m t^W-i v ,: B ' ' -'Siiv i(^'' Wmm^ •:-.jm§sm ">fM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, CONN FORfY-NINTB YEAR—NO*. 43. THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPYSc. HEARING ON FISHING BILL Well-Known Citizen 11 CONFERENCE TOMORROW Will Be Held At the State Capitol in m FINANCE BOARD OPPOSED TO S : Hartford; Next Wednesday. » Observes Birthday Selectmen _ and New Haven Officials There will be a hearing on the bill [if? Will Discuss Grade Crossings./ to prohibit fishing through the ice on Henry Davis of Franklin Street Sur­ TO HOLD MEETING The selectmen and the officials of CHANGING OF Pine Point Pond next Wednesday, at prised by Family Tuesday in Hon­ the "New Haven" Road will hold a Mb the State Capitol in Hartford. The or of 84th Event—Has Long Been conference here tomorrow on the Prominent Resident of Town. question of the changes that are be­ hearing will be held before the.com- NEXT WEDNESDAY ing urged by Thompsonville Board of DISTRICT LINE „_ . •, mittee on fish and game and will take .JBggsu*HfH A very pleasant birthday anniver­ • y; •• e n he sary, although quietly celebrated, was Trade in two grade crossings in the facers to Be Asked P^ * * Senate chamber >t Health Conditions in the that of Henry Davis it his home on east part of the town. These cross­ . T , T. .... 1:30 P. M. The bill which was m- Session To Fix Tax Rate ings have been the scene of fatal ac­ Enfield Voters Appoint tO Indorse the Petition I produced by Representative J. Fran-> Franklin street Tuesday. As a sur­ -« if.5*1 Schools Forces Action prise to him the family gathered for Will Follow Adjourn­ cidents during the past year, and Committee to Object to members of the Enfield Pish and a birthday supper, those present be­ their elimination or some improve­ Which Seeks State Aid j to Be Taken Up Im­ ing the daughters of Mr. Davis, Mrs. ment of Board of Re­ ment that will make them less of a s t0 0 fl Passage of Bill Now in the Upkeep of Elm fSeh ai S^n Ptae ^L 'Sl mediately—Meeting of Tudor Gowdy and Mrs. Frederick E. hazard to the traveling public is be­ Hunter and their husbands, and Miss lief—Rate Will Very ing urged. The meeting tomorrow Before the General As­ * StrPft.' for a period of five years. Many of was postponed from last week owing mm y.'rWSt the local soovtsmen are nlanninar to Board Held Tuesday. Edna Davis and Mrs. Carrie Pease, Likely Be 23 Mills. sister of Mrs. Davis. Many gifts, to the inability of some of the rail­ sembly. ; A special town meeting is to be At a special meeting of the Town flowers and cards added' to the pleas­ road officials to attend. ure of the day for Mr. Davis. The executive session of the board Strong opposition to the proposed ;fe|held next Tuesday evening in the A. School Committee last Tuesday af­ i B|D. Higgins School Auditorium, for He was born in Warrert, Mass., 84 of finance will be held next Wednes­ change in the district line between ;|^the purpose of taking action on the A ternoon it was voted, after a lengthy years ago, and as he came" with his day evening in the town building. Thompsonville and Enfield, was voic­ ia^^^pfttition now before the general as- discussion, that the board take steps parents to Scitico when two years of OLDEST SOCIETY ed at the special meeting of the vot­ The meeting will follow the final ses­ ers of District No. 1, held in the p^^psembly to make Elm street a state for the installation of a school nurse age, he is practically a lifelong resi­ dent of this town. His- marriage to sion of the Board of Relief which Hose House on Enfield street last , v V '' aid road. The petition was introduc- for the remainder of the school year. I i, *ed in the assembly by Representa- Miss Adelaide Van Horn, daughter of ends the same day at 5 P. M. The CELEBRATES ITS evening. The meeting was held for The school board went on record the late Sylvester Van Horn, who the purpose of determining what ac­ ftHSfStive J. Francis Browne at the request some months ago as being unani­ finance board will have as its only tion the voters of the district would ?k%7 of Martin E. Brodrick. Mr. Brodrick HELD YESTERDAY was local station agent for the New :; mously in favor of a school nurse and Haven Road for many years, and duty at this meeting the laying of ANNIVERSARY take in regard, to the bill now before SS * m had been urged to interest himself in it was understood that this addition BKgpSithe project by a number of property Mrs. Ellen Sweet Van Horn, took the tax rate for the present fiscal the general assembly for the exten­ to the school staff would not be made place here. Mr. Van Horn was suc­ year. The rate must be sufficient to sion of the line of the Thompsonville owners on this highway, who feel Program Featuring the until the beginning of the next school , -'"v'-that thfe state should at least continue ceeded in this position by Mr. Davis, raise the sum of $434,949.00, which Annual Reunion of the Fire and Sewer District, so as to in­ year. who had previously been connected is the net amount that must be rea­ clude the Hathaway tract of land part to care for this thoroughfare Philharmonic Quartet The unfavorable health conditions Society For Detection ,_ which was for a number of years a with the T. Pease & Sons Lumber lized from the property tax this year. which is now in the course of devel­ Is Thoroughly Enjoyed that exists among the school child­ Company on High street; The grand list as left by the As­ opment as a residential section. -• ^ {"state highway and under complete ren of the town, which has developed of Thieves and Robbers The bill would make thg new divid­ control of the state. Mr. Davis has always been active sessors last month was $18,667,850. At the Home of Mrs, into a serious epidemic of measles ly interested in the affairs of the There is no indication so far in the Held at the Enfield Inn ing line of the district run parallel The road reverted back to the town and troubles peculiar to children, has to the north line of the Spier prop­ "• T t when the new highway to Hazardville Gordon A. Scott. town, serving it in many capacities, sessions of the Board of Relief that impressed the board with the neces­ among them as selectman, tax col­ these figures will be materially Tuesday Evening.. erty from Enfield street to the rail­ ; il v ^ by way of Hazard Avenue was com­ sity of, taking immediate action. The road track. It was introduced in the pleted. Town officials are very much lector and auditor for many years, changed. In fact reports from that The annual musical of the Wom­ matter' was discussed at the regular and merits the highest esteem of his body indicate that comparatively few Enfield's oldest organization, the present session of the assembly by *•" in sympathy with the movement and an's Club of Enfield was held at the meeting of the board last week and people approached the board with a Representative J. Francis Browne at are doing all in their power to fur- fellow townsmen. He enjoys good Society for the Detection of Thieves home of Mrs. Gordon A. Scott on action was deferred until the special health and is active for a man of his request that the figures of the As­ the request of the District Committee ther it. This is particularly true of meeting Tuesday, which was called sessors be changed. This is about and Robbers, held its 106th annual of the Thompsonville Fire and Sewer v the selectmen, who find themselves Bridge Lane, Enfield, yesterday af­ years, rarely failing to take a walk especially for the consideration of the about town twice a day. Mr. Davis' what was expected as the assessors reunion with a banquet at the En­ District. The action of the district , • burdened with an additional highway ternoon, and was-one of the most en­ question. changed considerably less than the committee was in response to a peti­ responsibility. The highway, accord­ many friends take this occasion to field Inn Tuesday evening. About 100 joyable of similar events sponsored By "the action of the board appli­ offer to him their congratulations usual) valuations this year. tion which was signed by 30 of the ing to the selectmen, will require a cations for the position will be re­ Anticipating that the grand list of the 250 members of this ancient S8 property owners in the Hathaway considerable outlay to restore it to by the club. In introducing the en­ and best wishes. tertainers, the Philharmonic male ceived by Superintendent Edgar H. will be left approximately as quoted association were present. The exer­ tract. the condition that the traffic on it de­ Parkman for consideration by the above,, the board of finance will very cises consisted of a dinner which was At the meeting of the Enfield dis­ mands, and, according to Chairman quartet of Springfield, Mrs. Frank F. : Simonton, jthe president, spoke of the board, and because of the urgent likely place the tax rate for the year served by Joseph Arnold of the Inn, trict last evening, several of these Murray, its annual cost to the to^n need it is expected that the appoint­ at 23 mills, or an increase of one mill and a program of literary exercises property owners spoke in favor of for upkeep would be approximately good fortune of the music committee EDUCATIONAL in being able to secure so noted an ment will be made by March 1.