New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1918, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1918, and spring headre: rolled edge mattre Upholstered B: and green, blue suspension springs. white, fitting and white in each. Shade Curtain with 8 foot drop a foot drop, for $4.50. Some sized Call at our Du: summer comforts, the 1 Special new Shoe Repai work, Attention Called to with latest machiner; Prompt attention to order To the Motorists—You will find it, Chain Hanging. Priced at $11.98. ss. Priced at $18.00. ack Couch Hammocks made of xtra gray. $22.00, $23.50 and $29. Couch Hammocks complete with stand, canopy, pil The whole outfit for $42.50. windows from 2 feet 6 in. to those 4 feet wide. You have choice of all sizes at $2.2 feet width only. nd 6 foot width, for $3.59 each. 8x8 feet, for $6.00 each. apery Dept. for any of the above and our in Our Auto Sa g Dept "‘lt(‘tl Official 1918 Blue Ho TG e Uk Maps. Larger and for $2.69 each. Hammocks Add to Summer Comfort We're Offering a Big Variety at Our Drapery Department You will find Couch Hammocks in Khaki, priced from $8.98 to A$21.50, Very Special are the Khaki Hammocks with Steel Frame, Soft Cushion A Good One in Couch Style of heavy Khaki, with National Spring and heavy duck, in lows aad four Palmer Swing Hammocks with Some Yard Stuffs in white and valance, pillow and wood Dbar cream Scrim with colored border, spreader, g choice from $1.98 on 25¢ grade, for 17¢ yard, A and up to $10.50 cach. Marquisette ‘with hemstitch Accessories such as chains, hooks, border in green, blue. rose and springs, pillows and standards are brown, 39c grade, 29¢ yard. all found here. Cretonnes, 25c to $2.50 yard. Awnings for Your Windows. Choice of brown and white, tan and Some in blue for Veranda in tan and white and blue and white, In 8 foot width and 8 1.75 each, .Others of grecn painted stripe, size 6x8 feet, for other desirable the Book with Road better than ever, ales Room ALD DRY GOODS PUR! HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY fOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING CHASED OF US. BERLIN NEWS BERLIN REPUBLICAN CAUCUS ON JUNE 12 Delegates to Three Fall Conven- tions Will Be Elected NEW RAILROAD RATES ommuters Living Here and Working in ®ther Places Must Pay More for Railroad Tickets=-Boardman Back From Hospital. ! Boy Notices of the Republican o1 the town of Berlin have been osted throughout the town an- ouncing the annual meeting which vill be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. he caucus will be held in the Town all. At this meeting delegates will @ c¥ésen from among the electors to ct at the state republican convention hich will be held at the state capitol r Hartford for the purpose of choos- g candidates to represent arty for the state offices. ¢ the republican congressional caucus their Delegates and POST ARPET CO. 219 Asylum Street, HARTFORD. A RELIABLE | MERCHANDISE | AT WAR-THRIFT PRICES Dependable merchandise at all seasons, is found at this well established and reliable estab- lisdyment. RUGS FOR PIAZZAS INTERIOR DECORATIONS THE These two features are to be considered at this season and we are at your service to show and advise, Summer comfort knows no bounds when we turn your plazza into an outdoor room. Let us prove how reasonably this can be accomplished. FCo) | which will be furnished by the young county conventions will also be chosen. William H. Webster, chairman of the republican town committee, will be in charge of the meeting. New Railroad Rates. The commuters of Berlin using the railroad daily will be hit by the new railroad regulations quite hard. There a large number of commuters in the town using this means of travel, some of them several times a day. | The new regulations call for an in- crease on all lines to three cents a umiile. Under this ruling all those gcing to the factories in Meriden will be assessed 30 cents, while those going to New Britain will pay nine cents. The former charge for tickets tc New Britain was six cents. ig Picnic Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock the employes of the Awmerican Paper Geods Co. will meet at the factory to gc on their first annual picnic. A | large number of the young people have signed up to attend and a gay time anticipated. The picnic will be in the form of a basket Ilunch women who will attend, the young men having secured the use of the Mattabassett Fishing Association bun- galow as their share of the arrgnge- ments. The party will remain at the res- ervoir the entire day and will return in the evening. During the afternoon, swimming, boating and dancing will make up the amusements of the pic- nic. Miss Anna Alberts is head of the committee on arrangements, and by a vote of those attending, L. Gouler Williams will lead the assault of the dish-washing, brigade. As a special ‘ feature, the committee has secured the services of August Alberts who | will entertain with jig dancing Franklin Boardman Home Boardman of Berlin | street, who was struck by an automo- : | bile several weeks, ago has returned | | to his home here. Boardman was dis- | | i | Franklin ion | weeks of | broken leg. | home afte ed from the hospital after seven treatment there for a He was returning to his a scout attending meet- | ing in New Britain, and was alight- | ling from the trolley when he was { run down. TFor the present he will | | be unable to leave his home without tches. Ventres-Benjamin Tonight. Alva Ventres of this town will meet | F. Iven “Kid” Benjamin, the French | Whirlwind, of Plainville tonight in a kandicap wrestling match in Plain- ville. The gym run by the “kid” in Plainville will be the scene of | mateh. This is the second time that | the two have met, the last meeting | ending in an easy victory for Ventres, The agreement signed by the two wrestlers is that Ventres must throw | his opponent three times within a half hour or be deglared the loser of the match. If Ventres succeeds in doing this he will recelve one-halt the gate receipts, if not he recelves rothing, and forfeits $15 to Benja- { min. A large number of the local friends of Ventres are planning to at- tend the match. In addition to this Fout. there will be several others, but the Ventres-Benjamin fray is adver- tised as the headliner. Children’s Day. Children's Day will be celebrated in the Kensington Methodist church to- { mcrrow. In the morning at 10:45 |a m. there will be regular preach- |ing service by the pastor, C. F. Lounsberry. The baptismal service wil] be used, and there will be spe- clal music by the church cholr, Sun- day school will convene at the regu- lar time. In the evening the Children's Day { WANTED—Painting the | exercises will be held at 6 o'clock. A very interesting program has been prepared for the children consisting of songs and recitations. During these services a collection will be taken for the Methodist Educational fund. In the Berlin Congregational church special services will also be held. At the usual morning services the program prepared by the Sunday school class will be carried out. In- stead of the regular morning service sre Wwill be a special union service of the Sunday school and the congre- gation. Methodist Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Ken- sington Methodist church will be held Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 p. m. An informal supper will be served, and will be followed by a so- cial hour. Following the business of the meeting will be an address by a prominent speaker on some timely subjects. This is a very important as the reports of the vear's work will te read. All the membe of the church as well as their friends are cerdially invited to come to this mecting. Mission Closes Tomorrow. The missions which have been held in St. Paul’s and the Sacred Heart church, East Berlin, during the past week will come to a :lose tomorrow. The two missions were conducted by Rev. Hi Welch, and Rev. Father ephen of the Passionist Order. The niission at St. Paul's began last Sun- aay morning at the 10 o’clock mass, while the Fast Berlin church meeting began their mission last Thursday. The masses in St. Paul's will be Leld at 7 and 9 tomorrow morning, and the closing services of the mis- sion will be carried cut at 30 in the evening. In the Sacred Heart church, East Berlin, the morning mass will be sung at 9, and the clos- ing services held at 4 in the after- noon. On Business Trip. Rev. 8. A. Fiske, pastor of the Perlin Congregational church, is spending the day in West Brookfleld, { where he is attending to some busi- ne pertaining to the church. Mr. | Fiske will return home in time for | the Sunday services. and decorating, | carpenter and mason jobbing. H, J. | Fovien, Kensington, Conn. 4-5-tf il’(Vl( SALE—7-room cottage, large { lot. Near American Paper Goods | Co. Gas, electricity, furnace. J. J. Fitzsimons, Kensington, Conn. 6-4-6d ! CAMP FOR CHAIRMAN, There will be a meeting of the health department commissioners at 5 o'clock next Tuesday afternoon and the most important item of business will be the election ofa chairman to succeed Dr. George H. Bodley, who declines to serve another term. In- asmuch as both Dr. Henry T. Bray and Dr. T. E. Reeks have been un- able to serve, it is obvious that a medical man cannot be selected this time. Lawyer Mortimer H, Camp is being mentioned as a possible candl- date for chairman. SOLDIER TAKES BRIDE, Fred Thoma, a member of Com- pany D, 301st Machine Gun Battallon, stationed at Camp Devens, and Miss Ellen Meskill, were married Thurs- day afternoon at Sti Mary's rectory by Rev. John T. Winters, Jnmes Roche was best man and Miss Mary Meskill, sister of the bride, wns bridesmaid. Following the ceremony. a dinner was served at the Hotel Bond. PLAINVILLE NEWS NELSON WRITES HE IS NOT PRISONER [ Company DkSOIfliGl‘ Reported in | Grip of Germans EARL ~ MEDELEY T Man Company Who Has Rececived Two Medals, Awaiting Chance To Go Back to Huns—Democratic Cau- cus June 11, been Teceived from of John Nelson of who was reported by the Huns Nelson doc s cap- 4 to Letters have Carl Nelson, Forestville av to have been captured on April 21. 1In his lette not say anything concerning h ture and his parents are forc son e, s i believe that he was out on a scouting tour and lost his way rather than was captured by the enemy. Nelson tells of some of his undertakir and also says that he is fighting with his own company, D, of Bristol. Democratic Caucus, The democrats will hold their an- nual tcaucus next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock in Grange hall on Pierce street. The purpose of the caucus is to elect delegates to the state, con- gressional and county conventions. War Saving Stamps Lecture. Few of the towns people attended the war saving stamps meeting which was held in the Grange hall on Pierce last evening. Postmaster Feirgraves of Bantam nvas the speaker of the evening and a very interesting lesture was given concerning the work which every person should do in war times. It wag thought that a large number of the townspeople would be present at the meeting in hopes of finding some way In which more subscriptions could be made. The committee fears that Plainville will not subscribe its allotment, Medeley in Hospital. Earl Medeley, a member of Com- pany I, New Britain, is reported to be in a base hospital in France. Mede- ley was gassed in the big drive which took place in the early part of April. Since his enlistment he has had some exclting times. He was sent to M ieo with his company in 1916 and wasg one of the first to offer to go across the ocean to fight the Germans. Mede ley’s folks received a letter yesterday in which he es that he well again and awaiting his chance to get back on the line. It is interesting to know that Medeley h received two medals for bravery since his arrival in France. Ball Game. Tomorrow afternoon the Rockwell- Drake team will play the Oaklands of Bloomfield at the Rockwell-Drake field. The management says that the Bloomfield team is a fast one and guarantees a good game. Church Notes. Congregational Church The annual Children’s Day service, with songs and recitations by the children of the Primary and Junior departments of the Sunday school, will be held to- morrow morning at 10:45 o'clock. There will be baptism of infants, a cradle roll exercise and an offering for the Beverly school in India.! The Young People’s meeting will be held at o’clock The topic for the meet- ing will be “Progressing Christians.” The leader will be Miss Marjorie Fisher. iscopal Church—Morning services will be held at 10:45 o'clock with a sermon by the pastor. Sunday school will meet at noon. Baptist Church Morning worship will be held at 10: o'clock, and the pastor will speak on “The Light of the World.” Sunday school will meet at noon and the Young People’s serv- ice will be held at 6 o’clock. The theme for the evening services will be “The Sons of God.” Advent Church—Rev. J. M. Blan- chard of Worcester, Mass., will occupy the pulpit at the morning services tomorrow. Morning worship will be held at 10:45 and the subjec will be “Looking Towards Morning.” Sunday school will meet at noon and and social services will be held pra at 6:00. Evening services will be held at 7 o'clock and the sermon will be “Elements of Christian Hopes.” Wagner Arrested. Charles Wagner was arrested ves- terday by Officer Philip Marino on the ————— WHEN IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE MONEY On what you think is your limited income, look around and you will find some of your friecnds with smaller incomes who save money regularly. Maybe you will have the courage to try it for yourself, You will need a real determination to save if you cver expect to accom- plish anything In that way, and the first important thing s to realizo the necessity for it. Then open a savings account here ns soon as you can. BANKING HOURS: 9 a m to3d3p m and gaturday—9 n, m, to 12 m, 7 p.m. to THE Plainville Trust Co. | 9 p.m. GASSED BRITISH SIGNAL STATION E Members of the British Signal corps have been cited many times for coolness while under fi | XPOSED TO ENEMY stations not very far behind the fight- ing lines are entirely exposed and at the mercy of enemy air raiders. H y artillery has been very often brought into play by the enemy, but 7 AIR RAIDERS these doughty Tommies have won rel [n_n\\'n by sticking to their posts. Thil | picture gives an idea of the signa | station that 1is often seen in th | Somme district. charge of breaking dog laws and failing Lo register his dog. He will be given a hearing late this afternoon before Justice P. Prior. Bi Items, Pomeroy Wilcox has resigned his ! position at the local post office and has accepted a position with the C H. Newton Mfg. Co. The following is a list of adver- tised lette at the local post office: Theodore Olson, Miss Edna Frazier, A. Bell, William Calon. Miss Margaret Farrer, who has been visiting rclatives in Pittsfield has returned to her home on North | Washington street FOR SALE—One Mimeograph with tirve Chean if taken at once. Call Cheap if taken at once. 10 Church street, Plainviile, Conn, 6-7-31x FOR SALE—Furniture, five rooms, including range. Bought last win- ! ter. Will be sold at half price. Call: after 6 p. m., Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, 111 West Maih street, Plainvill 3d CAMPAIGN AMONG JEWS. $1,500 Alveady ing Stamps. The Hebrews the war 20 to 28 are takin s campa already making ments for a big Jewish rally, will be held probably next eveninz gt the synagogue. date will be decided, + soon arrangements can be completed the speaker. Efforts are being made to securt Hon. Joseph Barondess of New York, a former member of the New York board of education and one of the leading FHebrew speakers in this country. All the local Hebrew sovieties will unite in the big rally A preliminary meeting was held last night and the following organization was effected—Chairman of organiza- tion, Dr. Morris Dunn; chairman of arrangements. Benjamin Clark: of finance, Constable Tred Winkle; of publicity, Miss Anna Goldsmith. At the big rally two flags will be dedicated, so that it will be an unusually impressiv, Pledges for the campaign lead June ange which Sunday The exw:t a savin by from arr just for servi Pledged For War Sav- | | | | in | led for at the meeting, Last night the few who got together pledged | — $1,500 among themselves as a start. ! Bvery Jewish society in New Bri | wIl pledge itself to buy Babhy Bonds. ‘All the city officials nd the organ- | izers of the War Savings campaisn | will be invited to attend the rally | R IS NAMED. Women Stockholders RECE of Trap Rock Co. to Make Request. New Britain On the request of Mrs. Rhoda It Davenport and Mrs. Annie M. Good- man, stockholders of the New Brit- | ain Trap Rock Co. the Industrial ! Realty Title and Guarantce Co. of Hartford has been appointed receiv- | er of the local company The New Britain Trap Rock Co. is | a joint stock corporation and is said to be solvent. It had a capital stock | of $73,000, divided into 730 shares, of which the above plaintiffs owned 305 shar The claim is that the con- cern has stopped business and the as- sets are being wasted by litigation. A request is made that the corporation be dissolved. T. D. BIRMINGHAM INJURED. | Thomas I). Birmingham of street was taken to the New General hospital yesterday afternoon | following an accident in which he | figured on Arch street. Birmingham, | who is employed by the H. R. Walker Co., was riding on the rear of the company's auto truck, and was jolted off when it struck a rock going into | the rear of the Taplin Mfg. Co. Birm- ingham was thrown to the sidewalk. i He was taken to the hospital in the ambulance. Dwight | Britain | JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE. Judge Lucian F. Burpee has grant- ed the right to foreclosure to Edward S. Minor against Mary U. Walsh and Bernard Lynch of this city. The principal sum of the mortgage was $2,200 and the owners are glven until | the first Monday of August o re- deem, John Sluserz also obtained | judgment against Helena Kurplew- ky et nl for foreclosure on n judge- ment llen of $2,4186.86, The defen- | PLAINVILLE, CONN, dants have until the first Monday of lat { Law school In the fall, PRESIDENT WlLéON DRIV'NG THE FIRST RIVET IN BIG CARGO CARRIER 10,000-ton cargo carrier, his being P'resident Wiison is here seen driv- | . o e stosl shipviii ing the first rivet in the keel of a | at Alexandria, Va. H. C. HUMASON CAL KERWIN REPRESENTS LABOR. S Michael Kerwin, councilman ‘o ¢ Sixth ward and one of Will Report to Aviation School | from the Sixth war 1 the 4 o prominent labor men in the ecity, has EsincetonionSduncios, | been named by M Q ; an- Howard C. Humason of Vine street, | Other member of tho special commit- connected with Landers, Frary & |tee to investigate the tenement short- Py : X ¢ | age and rent incr in this city ark’s, as eceived ¢ a1l to report | 28e and = 3 Glariis las pecehieia ereh Other members will be added ear HOWARD €. HUMASON. i the ground Corps, Aviation university on June Mr. Humason, went to France driver. He had periences in the quently under fire for | appointment to ‘the Aviation Section | several weeks ago. ! schoo! of the Signal Section, at Princetoi Ba rly the war, | ambulance | thrilling zone and in an as many war He applied ex- | fre- | (URTIN TO GRADUATL Willlam F. Curtin of this city member of the graduating class Georgetown university, the exercises of which will be held Monda Mr. and Mrs, James M. Curtin, his par- ents, left yesterday for 'Washington, | D, C. to attend the commencenient | The graduate wiil probably enter Yala | During hls four years at Georgetown, Mr. Curtin has been prominently identified in tha athletic world and last season he man- | is a | at | next week. City Advertisement Sewer in City Aver Clerk's office, City of New Conn., June 7, 1918 To whom it may concern Votice is hereby giv Board of Compensation ment of the City of made the following assessments of special benefi or betterments, caused by the construction o: ew- er in City Avenuc f T to Market Street, viz North Side. | Ista George Smith « Ande d An ierson, jointly 3 0.54 Larson and Anna Lar 1, jointi Iisther Croll 3 Phoenix Realty Co 3 Estate of Georgt L. Smith 3 Lillian M. Frecman 65.73 1 a Gorback 66.00 Phoenix Realty Co 198.00 South Side. Mungo Forbes and Lizzie G Forbes, jointly 31.56 Anton Goska Anna C. Smith Linus Anderson and Hilda T. Anderson, jointly Olof A. Peterson 3 Estate of George L. Smith Title Realty and Develop- ment Co. e .. John Nyquist and Annie N quist, jointly ...... John Nyquist FERSE Emil Bush and Rosa Bush, Jelotiy G i v aaiies 63.60 Linus . Deming ! 66.25 Title Realty and Develop- MISHL D o e e i i 265.00 $1,799.11 Accepted, Adopted, Certified from record and published twice, by order of the Common Council. Attest ALFRED L. THOMPSO City Clerk,