New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1915, Page 7

’Phone Number “Charter” 5200- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 9, 1915. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. If You Want a Coat, Come Saturday and You Will Get Every one who has visited our Garment section this week has greatly enthused Wonderful Value been by the style quality and worth of the Coats We are offering for Women and Misses. They must be seen to be fully appreciated. AMONG THE MATERIALS—You have choice of Coats of Plush, Corduroy, of Velour, of Mixtures of Broadcloths, of Velvets, of I-ur of the very newest. Kinds for both women and misses. plainer make. have a look at ou $27.50 to $45.00. of , of Tweeds, of Homespuns, of Diagonals, abrics, with choice of many styles, all others in the want Coat. trimmed, 1t you Some of the Coa are Fur a rs at $10.00, $12:50, $15.00, $1 Don’t buy a Coat without looking at ours. SPECIAL MARK DOWNS ON SUITS—The first of the season, so youn get choice of a much larger and better showing than usual so early in the season- colorings in plain They are our own regular goods in a splendid range of cloths and tailored or semi-dress styles. Kinds worth up to $25.00 new reduced to $18.50 each. Others that were priced up to $32.50 reduced to $25.00 each. And Suits that sold up to $45.00 are offered now at $32.50 each. Buy your s IT IS FUR TIME—And we have the Furs for all. uit now with the whole ¢f Winter in which to wear it- Best of all we bought our stock of Furs before prices advanced, and you know how they have al- most doubled because of the great demand of fashion for Furs. See what we are offering in FUR COATS, it will pay you well if you are thinking of buy- ing one. In FUR SETS as well as separate pieces, also in CHILDREN'S FURS we are offering values that, in view of the advance in the price of furs, are simply astonishing. kinds. MAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY CEIVING ALL DRY GOODS P'Ui. of all Take time to look at our big stock of FURS AN D ON PROMPTLY RE- “D OF FOR NEW ERITA! Berlin News _ MEMBERSHIP DRIVE "BY BERLIN ‘SUFFS’ Sides to be Chosen and Contest to Be Inaugurated FAYOR ANTHONY AWENDHENT ! Kensington Grammar School Teachers Coming will commence new icehouse for E. E. Austin on the Norton place. 64 feet by several new such a building ed and avill test his theor plant. rially Very Busy Preparing for 7 Entertainment—Lyccum Debate To- night—Church News—Briefs. The members of the Berlin Equal Suffrage League are making plans to | increase the mesgbership of the or- ganization and in a few days sides will be chosen to compete in a contest, the purpose of which is to interest the inhabitants in the movement and their support, either active or moral. The town will be thoroughly canvassed and an effort will be made to bring the membership up to 100. At a meeting of the executive board, held at the residence of Mrs. Samuel A. Fiske, it was decided the dues of th# organization would be fifty cents payable annually. Every person in the town who is over twenty:one years old is eligible for membership and all are invited to join. The board also decided that the Berlin Equal Suffrage League should ve its support to the proposed amendment of the constitution of the United States, mamely the Susan B. Anthony amendment, This amend- ment, if passed, will confer the right of suffrage on the women of the country, The members are very en- thusiastic over the movement and feel sure it will pass both houses of congrass at the next session. meeting of all the members of League will be held on Friday evening, January 14. A petition was recently sent to the selectmen asking for the rental of the town court room for the League's meeting place and it is possible the next gathering will be held in that place. Arrangements are being made to bring noted suf- rage speakers from Hartford and otlfer places, who will give addresses ‘partinent to the suffrage cause. ¥ since the initial meeting of the organization, four new members have joined. They are Mrs. George Grif- fith, Miss Mary Carbo and the Misses Katherine and Bertha Ryan. The Teague confidently expects to enroll many more before the January imeet- Ing. 4 Planning The teachers of Grammar school are bus making plans for the annual entertainment, which will be given at St. Paul's hall, ghortly before the holiday vacation. The program will consist, as in for- mer years, of exhibition of work by the children. The idea of the enter- :afirnenf is to show the residemts the work accomplished ard the methods mployed in the school. There will e singing and dancing by the pupils, s well as an exhibition of Folk danc- jng by Miss Agnes Carlson. The pro- iceds from the entertainment will be gain “or Entertainment, the Kensington for the gue for the affirmative while the neg- ative disputants will be C. W. Stevens and Harold Aspinwall. Briefs H. H. Spooner of livered an address used in beautifying the school anid the surrounding grounds. Mrs, Adolph Johnson has kindly loaned her Victrola to the school for rehearsal of the different parts of the program. A meeting of the teachers was held this afternoon at the ¢ CaSEean piration of classes to decide on a def- e v‘m inite date and make all arrangements A coming event Kensington de- on ‘‘Cleanliness and Christian of the Hartford in that city vesterday ne members at 1 letters Isvelyn advertised oflice for There is the Beerlin Summers. The members of the Berlin Congre- gational church choir have received invitations to join the newly formed Choral union in New Britain Miss K. B. Dr. and Mrs sington, has r Westerly, R 1 her parents. Iceliouse. post To Build New Plans have been drawn and work | in a few days on a The building will be ! Mr. Austin has | the manne be construct- on this has mate- 20 feet. idea: on hould of Griswold, daughter R. M. Griswold af Ker umed her studi at business « : after a short visit with increased during the past years and the addition is neces to hold the winter's harvest. merly he did not harvest all Wecn or iioiiitgton bave crops, with the result that his supply | from a trip to New York. became small during the fall but vow | o 5Bl 0L rennan he plans to take full adantage of | ¢'N(\ aven spent the Thanksgivir (00 s CLARCID holidays at the Richard Murray home- stead. Berlin Congregational Church. The Lady Minstrels of St. There will Fo a special maeting of ; the Boy Scouts this evening at 7:30 | parish, Kensington, will hold o'clock. hearsal this evening in the hall, The W #.an’'s Foreign M ihnarg o society will meet Thursday after- —_— noon at 3 o'clock with the Misses MUCH ‘VEIGHT LAID ON BETHMANN- HOLLWEG’S WORDS His ice Russel Dick- returned Gustave Warner and Paul’s a re- Parish Roys. The subject for the meeting | is the second chapter of the study book “The King's Highwa Hattie Roys will be the le Frank E. Jenkins, pre Piedmont college, Demor Georgia, will be the speaker at thc regular mid-week prayer meeting on Thurs- day evening at 7:30 o’clock. His subject will be “Side-Tracked Amer- icans.” Piedmont college is in the mountains of Georgia and gets its student enrollment from the white mountaineers of the district. He | will tell of the life of these people and the work of the school. There is no doubt the subject will prove very interesting aad it is hoped many will be present. The members of Troup I, Berlin Boy Scouts of America, will give an entertainment in the church on Fri- day evening at 8 o'clock. They ill demonstrate the work of scoutcraft strenuously, examine Tenderfoot can- didates and administer the oath of the order. This will give the par- ents and friends of the boys an op- portunity to sce what is being ac- complished by the Scouts. Kensington Congregational Church. The Woman’'s Missionary society will meet in the church parlors to- morrow afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. A cattage prayer meeting will be held Thursday evening at 7:45 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Upson. The Wigwam club will meet at the parsonage on I'riday evening. Kensington M. E, Church, The Epworth league will meet to- morrow evening. The Ladies’ Aid society will hold its annual sale Wednesday afternoon and evening from 3 until 9 o’clack. A sup- per will be served at 6:30 o’clock. The ladies of the church will meet with- Mrs. Henry Coby Friday after- | noon. There will be a meeting of the ex- ecutive board of the church on Friday evening. Men’s Lyceum- The Kensington Men's Lyceum will hold its annual debate of the season at the Congregational church tonight at 8 o’clock. The question for debate is “Resolved: That, the Demand for an Eight Hour Working Day withoat Reductions in Wages is Justifiable.”” 4, L. Moffitt and John Shorey will ar- The of the German reich- stag in beginning November 30, is exvected to develop important features in connection with the war and Germany's part therein, Ger- session Berlin | tiled |3 Piainville News B PAPERS PASSED FOR FACTORY SITE SALE Rockwell Will Start Work on New Plant in Few Weeks 'PLANS REMAIN A SECRET Reported That New Company Win | Compete With New Departure in Producing Ball Bearings—White Ribboners to Pray for Prohibition. Completion have been in of negotiations which progress for several | days for the purchase of land in the | eastern scction of the town for ! factory site is indicated in the deed in the town clerk’s office for record showing the transfer to A. . Rockwell of Bristol of a tract owned by G. Clifford Woodford. Approxi- mately ten acres of land is included in the sale. The announcement in Saturday's Herald of Mr. Rockwell's action in buying property here for a factory lo- cation was a most agreeable surprise te the townspeople and the prospects of a boom in real estate which is cxpected to be a sequel to the pur- chase were freely discussed. If Mr. Rockwell’s latest manufacturing ven- | ture is attended with success cormn- parable to that which he has achiev- ed in Bristol during the past twenty | years, Plainville is promised a move | conspicuous place on the map as tho addition of a new concern to the ranks of manufacturing establish- ments will give impetus to its growth. The land purchased by Mr. Rock- well is ideally located for manufac- turing purposes. It is close to the railroad and near enough to the cen- ter of the town to make the journey to and from work easy for its em- ployes. While Mr. Rockwell said Saturday that his plans had not matured suffi- ciently to warrant an announcement as to what use the land will be put to, men in Plainville who claim to be well acquainted with his intentions state that within a short time, possi- Ply next month, ground will be broken for a factory building to be owned by a newly organized com- pany in which the Bristol man eis inte sted. Mr. Rockwell is number of patents, receiving royalties from the New D. parture company and it is thought that they will be turned over to the new concern. Ball bearings will he one of the principal products of the plant, according to rumor, and the | concern will be a rival of the Bristol | corporation of which Mr. Rockwell outbreak of war in | IZurope there has heen an astounding growth in the ball and roller bear- ing business in this country. In the Tnited States it is said 15,000,000 ball bearings and 15,000 roller bearings are used every day. Prior to the war Germany shipped large orders of bearings to this country but since the fighting began American manufactur- ers have gained practically a monc- poly on the business. The new corporation which is backed, according to report, by Mr Rockwell wll have a most auspicious start and it is expected that it will make rapid strides after it begins op- erations. a aid to control a on which he ‘s | president | the Since the Pray for Prohibition. At the national W. C. T. U. conven- tion held recently at Seattle, Wash., it was voted to designate December 2 as a day of prayer for national pro- hibition, and consequently every White Ribboner in the United States will be called on Thursday to appeal to God to make the campaign against the liquor traffic a success, Tn accordance with the orders is- sued by the convention, Mrs. A. I. Burt, president of the local union, has called a special meeting for Thurs- day afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. Charles Bunnell of Broad street. At this session the members will hold a prohibition ser- vice. Boynton’s Will Filed. The will of Arthur E. Boynton has been offered for probate and Judge Byington has arranged to give a hearing on Saturday on the applica~ tion for its admission. Mr. Bovnton's estate consists of | property on Broad street and an in- terest in Boynton & Simpson's groce § store. Funeral of H. A. Fisher. The office of the Trumbull Electric company and Frederick lodge, A. I, A. M. were well represented at the | funeral of Harry A. Fisher, held yes terday afternoon from his home on Maple street. Members of the Ma- | sonic lodge turned out in a body pay their last respects to Mr. Fisher's memory. Rev. F. L. Grant officiated at the obscquies at the house and at the grave in West cemetery the ser- vices were Masonic in character. Priest to Leave Bristol. Local people are interested in the transfer to Norwich of Rev. Peter Cuny, who for years has been pastor of St. John’s church in Bristol. Father Cuny will leave Wednesday for his new pastorate. | Father Cuny has many friends in Plainville who are pleased over his promotion. Exhibition of Pictures. The Plainville Camera club will give a public cxhibition of photographs many and the rest of the world have been awaiting with extraordinary in- | terest the opening addr: of Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-Mollweg, declaring Germany’s policies and ex- operation. and paintings Thursday and Frh].‘\l in the library quarters in the town | building. The club has secured a good collection of pictures and an in- { teresting exhibit is promised. ¥ The exhibition will he open to the { public Thursday evening from 7 to u] o’clock and Friday from 3 to 5 in the afternoon and 7 to 9 in the evening. ken to Hospital. Augustus Hitchcock of New BEritain avenue, an old and well known resi- dent of Plainville, was taken to the New Britain hospital yesterday for treatment. Mr. Hitchcock is suffering | from intestinal B-ouble, and it is prob- able that he will have to undergo ! | | i | | g His removal to the hospital was rec- | ommended by his physicial, Dr. C. W, | Moody. | Brief Ttems. | Singers from Tuskegee institute gave a most enjoyable entertainment ! Saturday evening in the Congrega- | tional church. There was a good at- tendency and the program, which | consisted of plantation melodies and dialect readings, was greatly appre- ciated. A substantial amount was se- cured from the collection taken up during the evening. The money will | e turned over to the college. ‘ Rev. Samuel Hart, D. D., dean of | Berkeley Divinity school in Middle- | town, gave a most interesting sermon | last evening in the Church of Our | Saviour. The rector, Rev. R. H. Bur- ton, has arranged to have special preachers for the Sunday evening ser- I vices during advent. Merton Lamb has returned to Gen- csee Wesleyan college at Lima, N. Y.. after having spent the Thanksgiving | recess with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lamb of Whiting street. The ladies of the Congregational church will have their annual Christ mas sale Wednesday. In the after- | noon food and fancy articles will be | sold and in the evening there will he an: entertainment. Miss Anna Murphy returned today Laurelton Hall, Milford, after | the holidays at her home to spending here. The funeral of Miss Bridget Brady, whose death occurred in Norwich on Thanksgiving day, was held yesterday afternoon from the home of her sis- ter, Mrs. Thomas Conlon of Pierce street. Services were held in St. Jo- seph’s church in Southington, Miss Brady's former home. The funeral mass was celebrated in that church this- morning at 7:36. Mrs. W. W. Brown of Washington street was tendered a birthday sur- prise Friday night by about twenty of her friends who called to assist in ob- serving the anniversary. They were entertained in delightful fashion dur- ing the evening. Mrs. Brown was presented with a number of gifts s tokens of good will. J. W the Beach and | in W mond rry Tyler erbury spent | week-end A M of Whiting has returned from Athol, Mass., he spent a few days’ visit. | Mr. and Mrs. David Gould of Whir- | ing strect celebrated their silver wed- ding anniversary in a quiet manner last week There was a family union in observance of the event Abhout Saturday strect where twenty-five young people en siraw ride to New Britain night Mr. and Mrs, H, T. Sharpe of Ma- [vlvt‘ street attended the Ola Home Week celebration in Waterbury as the | guest of Mrs. Sharpe’s brother, Char- les Royce, of Watertown. e CONGESTION OF FREIGHT. Washington, Nov. 2¢ C. C. Mc- Kain, representing the ys east of Buffalo and Pittshurg in what is officially known as trunk line terri- tory, conferred today with interstate commerce commission off Is over (EIE congestion of freight at New ‘vnx'kA. Further efforts to relieve the situation were expected as a result. WILSON HOST TO CLASSMA Washington, Nov. 29 Pr Wilson will entertain members the Princeton class of '79 of he one, at dinner at the White House tomorrow night. Between fif- ty and sixty classmates have acceptcd invitations. sident of which holiday season. e — THE C. 246 Main Street, “Will there be a Victrola The Hartford Silk Store. Agents For Standard Patte We Are Exclusive Selling Agents for Hartford for “American and “Madame Lyra” Corsets. " Holiday UMBRELLA For Men Women and Child Our Holiday Lines of Umbrellas for Men, Women and Ch were placed with the leading Manufacturers months ago. The carefully selected and the prices we were able to secure af time were very much less than the same goods can be boug now. We belleve that we have a Stock that will appeal most conservative. An Umbrella makes a very satisfactory G MEN’S AND WOMEN’S RANGE FROM $1.00 TO $10.00 Covers of dependable quality, imported English Gloria, Silk and All Pure 8ilk, regular sizes, long and short handles, n woods, mission and ebonoid, plain handles, sterling silver tip: gold mounted, in black, plain colors and two-tone, a very lar sortment and at all prices from $1.00 to $10.00. We offer a very complete line of Children’s Umbrellas for and $1.00. Also Suit Case and Grip Umbrellas. 75¢ GREAT CLEARANCE SALE( MILLINERY to Make Room for Holiday Goc One would do well to consider carefully the sweeping re tions we are making in Untrimmed Hats, Trimmed Hats and T mings of all kinds. There is a chance for the greatest economy NTRIMMED HATS thatwere formerly from $1.98 to § now marked for clearance from 58c to $1.98. TRIMMED HATS that were formerly from $2.98 to $10.00, now marked from 98c to $4.98. Trimmings of all kinds at Children’s and Misses Furs different kinds of Furs are shown are sure will be speedily bought are Very Special Reductions. Some very Smart Sets in the Little Folks. This Line we as the Styles are right and the Prices very Reasonable They come in Moufflon, Imitation Leopard, Grey Ermine, Thibet, Squirrel, Natural Muskrat, Imitation ranging from $1.98 to $22.50. VELVET. CORDUROY, AND VELVETEEN Imported English Velveteen in green, navy and black, 27 inel wide, for $2.00 yard, in navy and brown; 32 inches wide, for $2. Imported Corduroy, navy and brown, 27 inches wide, $2.00 Panne Velvet, 21 inches wide, for $1.50 yard. Fox, Sum Ermine, Prices THE POPULAR SHOE STORE OSSO The Shos of Petes Comfor In just the style you want—all tha latest style features—all of fashiol change and fancies—ate reflected | the Red Cross models Come i and try on pair. PRICES, $1.00 and $4.50. 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