New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1919, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, . PLAINVILLE NI TOWN MEETING Wl[l BE HELD SATURDAY, “To Act on Increase o $10 Rental for Each Fire Hydrant 'PRESENT CHARGE IS BUT $15 SALE. NOW ON | FARSIGHTED AND THRIFTY I7C r)J\‘S ARE THRONGING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPECIAL SALE PRICES ON DAM- ASKS, NAPKINS, TOWIELS, RASH and LLINENS OF ALL KINDS AS WELL AS BLANKETS, QUILTS, WHITE GOODS | tor each hydrant el e =i ot The meet S 1S OF BVERY DISCRIPTION. COME COMPARE | A AND COTTONS OF BV 1)'1‘ Set e e 7‘4 | action toward instructing PRICES AND MAKE THE SAVINGS e S e A | perbaps appoint a committee &wv{h the selectmen to bring it before the public-utility commission, or to do whatever is best in the judgment the voters in rranging with the Plainville Water company as regards rdrants. The Red Cross Gets Call. Plainville branch of the Red 'ross has veceived an urgent request for flannel waists to be shipped to refugees in the allied countries. There will be plenty of work at the Red Cross rooms for all women who have any leisure time to spend In doing the work. The need for the refugee gar- ments is known to be great and the women of Plamville will appreclate this fact and are expected to give their ald. Amer | Stores’ The twe ! the Amerid emrployes, ong Park stre ington street stand, opened inspection, and’ soveral hundred § of tho finest ston The stores will of all the emplo; Hardware ecrporati rection of George B, be open daily from s} D. M., with the excaptid evening when the stores: and Saturday when thel closing will be 10. A for j twelve clerks is emploved places and goods are sold cash-and-ca tem. All g8 sold mu s than the n £00ds can be purchased elsewhere, The }Im street store is electrically cauipped throughont and the coffee grinding machines and mieat cutters are r by niotors In the rear of | ) the meat counter is the largest re- | | trizerator in tha city, eabipped with the Hartford automatic cooler, which not only cools the meat but the butter box, meat display case, the fish dis- play case, and the corn heef box. On | the m street side near the end of | the store Is a rocelving room where all goods will be received and cirried on the elavator to the hasement Near the elevator in the ceilar is a fish bex and lobstoy hox. These boxes are automatically cooled, by the cool ing plant which in the adjoin- ineg room Two compartments have off in the basement, one to br @ rest room for the young ia and one as a rest room and room for the male clerks. Both the main floor and the basement are cool, airy, lghi, and while well stocked do not bear the appearance of a crowd ed store. While the their beginning the American Hardwars corporation. it is the em- ployes of these factories who are r sponsible for their presence. The | stores are owned and operated by the employes and foy the employe. no profit being made, with the exception of a small rgin over cost to pay overhend oxpanses of conducting the store. and The voters of the town of Plainville are notified that there will be a spe- cial town meeting on Saturday at 7 m. for the following purposes: [ The Plainville Water company . Pocts to ask the town for an increasc { ! in the price for each hydrant for fire | [ purposes from $15 to $26 yearly rental I p. ox- for take select- matter and to act s called the ¢ ” being suitable for REGULAR AND SALH s Very YOURSELF e Our January Sa'e of Coat We have still a remarkably most. popular ‘materials in the for every individual taste. Our January Coat Sale we have had occasion Had a greater number of ( All the leading colors and in the prices are: $11.95, $18.75, $22.50, attractive o WeRr, 4 N of tock of and complete wanted colors has heen one of the that to conduct Vriets models of-the and _$39.00. ts—Bigger o SHOULD BE CAREFULLY NOTED these cold winter days to realize the special bargains offered in verious Iines, Keep in touch with the daily news to bo fully posted on the speclal males and if you are a good judge of values, compare our merchandise with that offered elsewhere. Compariean Ik the hest test and we invite It nart $ Put in a Stock of Underwear AT THE REDUCTION SALE PRICES all the popt ight below {hat ¢ ot} and complete assori: IT UNDERWEA sale pric » Drawers and Ti is set been used set as of valuae clovks, noking Only standard makes in Women, and at prices way the regular and extra sizes, WOMEN'S K Women's Underwear, Vests, Bands, ribbed cotton. Women's Funcral of Benjamin Lamb. The funeral of Benjamin Lamb died Friday at his home on Crown street. was held yesterday afternoon | at 2:30 e’clock at his late home. The pall bearers wera Joseph White, J Benjamin White, Edward Sechrest, William Lamb. Walter Dexter and HMugh M. Charlton. The first four | namad wera in nniform, heing enlisted men, and the first five are grandsons of Mr. Lamb. The services were con- dycted by Rev. C. R. Strobel, pastor of the Methodist Tpiscopal church Burial was in West cemetery. Conforti Sclls His Store, T.oufs Conforti, who for the past two vears and a half has conducted tho | Plainville Cash Market on West Main street, has sold the market to Levin and Meyerowitz, of Meriden. Mr. Con- forti conducts.a confeotionery and fruit business also on West Main street. Mr. Levin has fer some time been In business in Southington and Meriden. The transfer was made this morning. Private Cassidy Home. Private Frank Cassidy, son Sprah Cessidy of Cafial stroet, arriv- ed at his home Saturday night on a surprise visit to his family. He ar- rived at Norfolk, Va., several days ago and was sent to Camp Devens. Private Cassidy enlisted in the en- gineering cor of the army on Oc- tober 11, 1817. Previous to his enlist. ment he was yardmaster at the freight station. He was an expert rail- road man and telegraph operator and so was a valuable addition to that branch of the service. He was sent overseas shortly after his enlistment and was in France for 11 months, see- Ing active service for more than eight months. He passed through several battles safely and wrote home to hi relatives saying that he had not re- ceived § scratch. But his good for- tune could not endure forever, and one day the company of which he was a member went over the top five times and the last tima bullet plerced Cassidy’s helmet and fractured a boae fn his skull. The bone was taken out of his head at the base hospital. He value of HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY VING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US, his med res financed in by sto are Underwear, sale te Vests, Bands, Drawers and mercerized and wool mixed Women's Underwear, sale price 0 Vests, Bands, Drawers and Tights of Unfon Buits of heavy fleaced Women's Underwear, sale pr Vests, Bands, Drawers and Ti cotton. Wornen's [Underwear, Vosts, Bands, Drawers wool. Women's Unlon Suits, Union Sults of medium Women’'s Union Buits, Uinion Sults of medium weight price $1.69, Tights and and Butler Roach, the latter ks reported on his way home. ‘ratuman Instantly Killed. Edward Kelloy. aged 50 years, was almost instantly killed Saturday after- near the Norton bridge, whila s riding a freight car Kelley na?i\v of Hartford and was em- the New York, New Haven ford Raflroad company on switcher ag a brakeman. cident, when ques ad authorities who to investigate the case fhis morning, stated that Kelley had ! heen riding on the freight ear from { the Berlin depot towards Molumphy's switch, which is about half mile iiw STED TEAM HERE a2 feames s B TOMORRGW INIGEE and was struck in the fore- | one of the beama supporting | He was thrown from the | le a pile of stones receiving a | fractured skull and died almost in- | | stantly after being picked up. i ‘,‘ Medical Examiner R. M. Griswold. | | Hartford were guests of frieads Kensington for the week-end. Mrs. BEdwin Loiselle of Berlin street and daughter are visiting friends at Hartford. K. Raymond Austia, who was discharged from tho Naval Re- serve force, statoned at Pelham bay, has taken a position as traveling salosman and at the present time is on his way to California James Conley of the Naval Re- serves, Btationed af Pelham Bay, was R guest of friends in Kensington yes- terday. eeon ribbed BERL!N NEWS ILVER WEDDING OF RERLIN ST, EIJUPIE fiir. and Mrs. Frank Vile Married | 26 YflflTS Ago CELEBRATI DN QUIEl AFFATR hein i white ribbed cotton $1.00, hts of values to ribbed s heavy | noon, recently fiiset was 8 [ proves .|H<) price $2.39, Tights sale values to § BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES, Brotherhood Meeting Tomorrow— Pastor's Committee Chosen. - and of heavy ribbed silk and hy m. price $1.50, weight white ribbed sale price $2.69, values to white 1 mixed sale values to §2.2 sed wool [ tioned by the r sent her. will he there a meeting at.& o'clock of the will be | will be | On Tuesday were of the Men’s Brotherhood Francis P. O'Brien, chairman Americanization, Refreshments Wednesday the Woman's society will hold a meet- tng at o'clock in the parlor of the church. The meeting wlll be in charge of Mrs. Cora Hunn Bddy, whose subject {s “In Lumber Camps and Mines.” All women of the church and congregation are invited Thursday evening’ midweek er mervices at 7T Lender Frederick Keese Tt is announced that the the committee for securing pastor resulted as follow Wightman, E. C. Connolly, A. Parker, A Sloper, J. R. Andrew; H. W. Eddy, Mrs. D. A. Niven, E. R. Hitchcock, Geo. P. Spear, James A. Coates. committee of fhe speaker. served. On Missionary enough head by { the bridge. Goldenrods Will Stack Up Against of Mrs. A—Athletic )wing to Recent Death of Mrs. Vile's - onto 15 local Y. M. C, 35 West Main Street, Plainville. Business will be conducted under new manage- ment, beginning Monday. Will sell for cash only and at greatly reduced prices. SPECIALS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY STEAKS Potatoes per pk 49c¢ Sirloin ... .. per Ib 42¢ 10¢ Pgrterhouse per “l; 50¢ il Short per b 48c ) 30¢ Round per 1b 40c Ll o Shoulder per 1b 33c Corned Beef per 1b 15¢ Prices on other Meat reduced in proportion Father—Privato McPherson Dis. Activitics at Association. pray- Man Rov. charged—Railroad Instantly who viewed the remains, stated that death was almost instantancous. Little is known of Kelley here and the | funeral was held this afternoon from the home of his relatives at Hartford, | interment was in that eity. honor of X h e C rhes, anniversary of their In the Churche S Owing to the recent death | ReY: Samuel A. Fiske announced EEIR N s s eCEn e itnis o Eninw Ehai thiskwilIibe eiivery, ¢ Mrs. Vile's father the late George |husy week at the local church. To- Sheldon, the celebration ! morrow evening State Farcster W. inek’ among | 0. Filley will give an illustrated le : ; s ture o2 forestry in this state under mlaiives. A dinner was served and &1\ pices! of the Berlin Literarysoci: e Dy D | sty liThisl is the Hrstiiccturaiothiiis . &rd Jrs Bilehave threesebl l kindinelal herefinlanumber ot vears iren, two sons. Harry and Merwin |, .4 4 jarge audience Is wanted. e Do i b iy Admissien free. Following the lecture | “orce, stationed at Pelham Bay, and program will he delivered and a h daughter, Hazel, a school : social hour eajoyed Voa(ch('r in the neighboring The regular monthly owns. A treat promised for basketball fang tomorrow night when the Gold- enrods of Winsted and the Y. M. C. A | team meot on fha floor of the locals. The Goldenrods are perhaps better known to fans of this clty than is any other out of town team, because of the interesting games played be- tween the two teams last year. Through defeating the Goldenrods Iast year, the local team was able to claim the state champlonship, A pre- liminary game will be plaved at 7:45 between the Y. M. C. A. Leaders and the Terryville town team. This is the second game of the series between the Terryville team and tlie Teader: A line-up of the Goldenreds has been recefved by Physical Director Warren §. Slater, as follows: forwards Carroll, Brown, Manchester; guard, McMahon, Adams, Bradley; center, £ 5 Killed—Brief Items of News. £ for new M. votes Mr. Mrs. Vile street held a quiet celebration Berlin at their and Frank of home Saturday evening in the twenty-fifth b < 8 Swt Potatoes per 1b per 1b BACK FROM FRANCE. Iynch Gets Back Country Again. is back S, was con- - a few close friends and Michael to God's in this city France as ixth aivi- he met Michael after six months spent in a member of the Sevent sion. While “over there Tieutenants James Dobson, George H. Dalton and John O'Brien. The latter Lynch a a Miss one of meeting of the | be held Thu |l herhc 3 W %6 Biold Benefit Dande. Motherhood club will Norman Whitaker of Berlin will give a benefit dance and soclal omorrow evening at the Berlin irangd hall for the benefit of a sick member of the A. of A. club which was recently formed Wright's or- hestra has been secured to furnish he gausic Private McPherson Discharged. Private James McPhergon of the U. army, stationed at Camp Upton for he past yvear has received his dis street harge and will return to his homa in ! cast Berlin in the near future. Mc- fternoon at the home of Mrs. G. | on Berlin street. promptly at | All members are request- | present. i Red Cross rooms at the Berlin | church will be open | only, from 10 a. m._til | day Goodwin 3 o'clack ed to The Congregational on Wednesday 5. p.om, The w he cekly prayer meecting will be | {held on Wednesday evening at 7:30 | o'clock instead of Thursday eveaing, as in the past Friday evening at dies’ Aid society of gregational church will § o'clock the La- the Berlin Con- hold an enter- Ilayes. The local team will line-up as in last Thursday's game with John- son, Slater, Stepanian, Duvall and Dudjak. The team has received the Jerseys recently orderéd and will ap- pear tomorrow - night in their new outfits. The }erseys are orange colored and have a four-inch, black “Y.” All rounds &t the Y. M. . A. will begin today. vents will be held for the High school classes this after- noon, and this evening, the employed boyvs® A, will begin their contests. MEN RELEASED FROM | Corporal Harlan Burgess are at Camp was also wounded in the leg by shrapnel and wears two wound stripes for his injuries. He brought home his helmet with the bullet hole ia it, and he prizes it highly as a souvenir af his experience. Private Cassidy is home on a five day leave Other Soldiers Back. Tt ig reported that Privates Ran- dolph Stewart and Ward Tuttle and Devens. Private Steward was re- cently released from a German prison camp, having been captured at the battle of Seichepre Burgess arriv- officer planned to meet his brother on two occasions only o be - disap- pointed. At the timo of the s armistice, Tynch was on the front lines to take of taming the Huns. He reports that in many towns, placards have been put up in thanks to the Americans for the fine work rendered S —— ing of the the way to up the work seas but a short time and was not ex- pected to retfurn so soon Early Morning Fire. $40,000 Worth of Furs to Be Sold at Haif Price "herson is one of the best known men I n the town and for a number of years has been in the employ of R. O. Clark hs a chauffeur Raval Reserve Mai of the loc serve Force have r heir discharge and a large numher of hem have written home with the ex lectation of an early discharge any of the local boys in this branch ? the service have been doing duty in nrn"gn waters and some of them are xtill’ on the the other side Among those who are still s are Kdwin Adams, H MecKeon, Frank M (ed at Norfolk, Va., Saturday and it Is thought propable that he is at Camp Devens. He was with Company I, 11024 U. s infantry and was badly gassed and spent several months in the base hospital. It is thought that it is imprabable that Ward Tuttle is in this country, as he has heen ove tainment and food sale parlo A social hour progr On the A small fire brake out at 4 this morning in the tenement over the postoffice, occupled by Joseph Keefe. The origin of the blaze is un- known. The fire department was called out and extinguished the blaze qulckly. The damage was slight The building is the property of Myron E. Rogers, who is also proprietor af the Plainvilla Baking company. The bakery was badly damaged by fire in the Alderidge block sad Mr. Rogers | was forced to remove his business across the street Library Now Open. The Plainville Public Library is in its new quarters in the new town hall and the following schedmle has been arranged. The library will ope of lon Manday and Wedneaday aftor- | ia|noons from 2 to 5 o'clock aad on Sat- | at the Model Speciaity Shop 86 West Main Street will follow tho f { Washington, Jan Names of enlisted men returned to France from German were announced ment toady as follows zold “lorence, M 5 Trussell, Springfield, Mas: Whitn Wayland, Mass Sheehan, Peabody, Kroll, Whitinsville, M Ballardvale Rochester, m. Thursday Kensiagton church will hold their ing at the church parlors the past 3 will be read of committees and the ensuing vear will be held served by the social evening at § o'clock Congregational regular meet- Reports for | and the officer Ro- Wo- | meet- prison camps and by the hospltals depart- Herman T. William D. Frank A. James as; Stu Mass.; Lewis N. Mass.; Harold Mass. Being Discharged. I boys in the Naval ady received i i | at the church | GERMAN PRISON CAMPS. | | 1 | | | | were war election for freshments will be man's Aid society and a |iag Wil follow the business transac- | {ions | Berlin Brief. | Maore, who has been Lome in Kensington | with a sever at- grip, is slowly recovering Scollen, principal of the \);oulh'.u hali n Grammar school who jruary 7 The Club members will also iI1 at her home on Berlin | enjoy smoker in the club rooms on has resumed her duties at the |Thursday evening, February 23. The nn banquet will likely be held tn March aad the annual formal bal some time in April sttlement of tion Account. District of Plainvllle, Court, Jaauary 11, 1919, Estate of Thomas C. Rus Plainville, be and the same is The administrator d. b. n., exhibited his administration with said estate to this Court lowance, it Ordered—That the 16th day { January, A. D. 1919, at 10 o'clock !the forenoon, at the Probate Office in §urday afternoon from 2 to | Plainville, be and the same & assigned | o’clock. It will also open on Saturday or a hearing on the allowance of sald | evening from 7 to 9 o'clock admialstration nr't‘;)lx;\l. and this el Tl | Court directs the administrator, d. 1 Hn_)‘l‘:vlr'ilvz- all persons interesicd there. board of directors of in to appeir at said time and place, club will hold fits o \m publishing this order once in some meetiag in the rooms F. block this evening at newspaper haviag a circulation in !said district, and by posting a ecopy on |the public sign-post In the Town of Plainville acarest Where the ac ceased last dwelt, at least three da | hefore said time assigned Certified from Record. GEORGE R. BYINGTON, 1 | Notice of Administra- & Probate Tson, | 1L, late o assigned having account for al- CLUB ACTIVITIES. committee of the Kenil has made arrangements and dance ta be held in on Friday evening, Feb- I KENILWORTH The socia] worth club for a social Ty Miss Mar conflned at | for the past tack of the | Miss Az Worthin, has been street, al. i Miss been il | for th jorie her week is Eyesight Specialist and Manufacturing \ Optician. ; A. PINKUS, EYE EXAMINATIONS ARE FREER Broken Lenses Duplicated. Office, 306 Main St "Phove 570 Satisfaction Guaranteed. a he end as the guest of friends in Water- bury. Stephen Terry Bristol will visit this town Thursday evening and confer the first degree on a class four candidates. Following the gree a banquet will be served. Major Augustine Green has been discharged from the United States army. He was stationed at the gov ernment proving grounds at Aber deen. Md Why not buy bulbs In town? line of Westinghouse the lamps made, ier's Store > of ot will of de- lodge, 1. O. O. F., pquassen lodge SUNRAY 'MILL WHITE SPRINGFIELD Brandegee, who on Berlin is recoveriag. Florence at her home past week Mrs. W. L. + her home in _PAINT AND | week's with CHEMICAL; CO: | The Berlin ey Bk A |team will hold at the town hall. James Hart of Kensington signed his pasition as man Tiger basketball team. Mr, and Mrs. James stroot the Se- regular the 8 i | The | auassen | | ; Lyons has returned to TWO SMALL seehml e Engine company No. friends in Flartford. [ out yesterc afternoon for a fire in a oy Scout basketball | chicken coop in the rear of 36 Lawlor practice this eveniag | street. Considerable lumber stored in the building was burned entailing a e ,An,l loss of about $200. The same com- the | pany responded to a still alarm for a | chimney fire in the house of Patrick | of Clark on Clark street this morning. | monthly 1600, o'clock. Miss visit TOMORROW NIGHTE T. A. B. DANCE Admission 35c. Blizabeth Hart of Church street s confined to her home as a rvesult of a painful accident on Sat- urday when she fell on the itc, break- ing one wrist and spraining the other. Miss Louise James spent the weck-j price vour clectric light We now have a full Mazda at Plain ¥ RACKLJFFE BROS, CO. New Britain Distributor lamps, staadard ville of R Sinclair Judge.