New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1919, Page 2

tationery THE ckinson Drug Co. 163-171 Main Street For Fall Wear! We are head- quarters for TREFOUSSE GLOVES Made by France’s most famous makers. Luke Horsfall Co. HARTFORD “It Pays to Buy Our “CITY ITEMS e regular meeting of Martha ter No. 2F O. . S, will be held hurs, evening, Hept. 25. Visit- fratrons from various parts of the will occupy the officers’ stations. grand matron and grand patron e grand chapter of the state will r the degrees on a class of can- ex. Supper will be served at 6:30 e local branch of the American r Party, has arranged for a mass meeting to be held at the Yy theater Sunday, October 5. The ers will be Mr. and Mrs. M. n Bennett of Hartford. hlliam Pease, of Court Dr. Frank Zwick Scotia on a They will s e Passionist street, have gone to moose hunting be away about two Iathers will con- a two weeks' imission at 5t. s church commencing Octobe The first week will be for ladies the second for men. There will horning and evening services. 7 o'clock tomorrow morning wiil be a anniversary mass at fary's church for Corporal Fred \ton. I'riday morning there will month’s 1d mass for the late Martin Murphy. On Saturday ing at o'clock there will be nths' mind for the late Ann Barry at 7:30 (here e an mass for Pri- Joseph J. Moriarty. e Unity Rebce o their 9th annive Junior O, U M. hall with ntertainment and refreshments the regular meeting mass and anniversary will ob- wry this eve- e Makes You Cough (D HEALING HONEY Stops Tickle, Ilecals Throat and s the Cough. d5c. A free box of VE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Colds, ilead Colds and Croup every bottle the he HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MiLK void Imitations & Substitutes Prugs | The report MAN JOINS FORCES Stanley Kania Ealist io Ordnance g Gorps ‘ Stanley Kania of 39 Silver street, who served 12 months overseas as L member of a veterinary hospital outfit has re-enlisted atthe local recruiting | station. He has joined the ordnance corps for work at the Raritan arsenal | at Raritan, N. J r cruiting Sergeant Baudoin is par- | ticularly anxious to quartermaster corps and to bring out | his paint, tells the following story of one Jim McConnell | i et men for the “Jim McConnell was born ed in Stone’s Crossing. His was the village storekecper and Jim fol- | lowed in his footsteps, not because he | wanted to keep the but be it was the only thing to do. He didn't 1 want to go to the big cily as so many | small town hoys do; he had been {here once ar twice and was always glad lo | get back to § but he wasn't just satisfied after he got back. | He didn’t want to spend the rest of his | life measuring a yard of for Mrs. Brown or weighing a half pound | of sugar for Mrs. Smith “The world war came and Jim made | up his mind to enlist. But he didn't | know what branch of the service to go | into. He decided on the qu i ter corps because it is the ‘big ness' branch of the army, and he felt | that he could make a this | field. “Jim was sent to camp and there he learned drill and the other beginnings | of the game. He took the business course in a quartermaster school and | three months later he was sent over- seas. Jim didn't deal in little amounts any more for he was stationed of the big government food ware- houses. Here he helped to send out the supplies to troops at the front: br 1, sugar, bacon, canned goods millions of pounds, millions of cans “This sure is big business, said Jim. | The size of the organization, the ro- mance af big figures set his Imagina- tion working. At last he was satis- fled for he wasn't selling vards of cali- co or half pounds of sugar. Now he was part of big busin . “When the war was over Jim want- ed to get home. Tie eagerly awaited embarkation for the states. And when he was given his discharge and his bonus he let no g row under his feet as he made for Stone's Cross- ing. My, but he was glad to be there! “Jim tried to get back into his old life. After a few dayvs spent on the front porch, the center of an admiring group of his family and friends, went behind the counter at the Once more he was measuring E calico and weighing half pounds of s, But he was discontented with this lot. He wanted a field with large scope. He wanted ‘hig hu, with unlimited chance for ®Mvance- ment. He couldn't see any chance to grow in this little village stor “One day when he couldn't stand it any longer, he beat it for the nearest town to look for a recruiting officer. A poster caught his eve, he read, ‘Keep the Stars Shining for Uncle Sam—Join the Quartermaster Corps.’ Jim did. After he had been sworn in, he told the recruiting officer that he to get into the ‘big busine: of the army. quartermaster nd her tore s one's Crossing. calico rmas- busi- | success in at one is wanted hranch ‘T want to work up to ha Serg nt. senior grade,’ Jim said, ‘they have more money left on pay day than T saved in a vear In Stone’s Crossing. T worked under one of ’em at Bordeaux: he wasn’'t more than 45 and he told that he only had three vears more to serve in the army and then he gets his of $90 2 month which the he etired pay overnment gives him for the rest of his life. The sergeant said he had figured it out and it is the same as having $27,000 in the bank, drawing 4 per cent. interest. And in those 30 years he is in the army, Uncle Sam foots all hills, pays for his clothes, food and shelter and his pay is just clear cash. Is the army life the life for me? 1| it is!’ “And his say Tim started on his COURT EXTENSION WOULD BE BENEFIT career.” If Street Was Cut Through to South High It Would Give Anoth Outlet. Benefits and damages resulting from the proposed extension of Court street through to South High street to give a new outlet from the center of the city have heen compiled by the board of compensation and sessment. The damages total $12 property owners are benefited amount of $6,729.11, the the city by the opening et heing estimated at is as follows: Damages, English Luther 00; New Britain trustee of alien property, $15; Bgan, $1,000; Masonic Temple yoration, $6,000. Benefits, Roalty Co., $278.80; D. McMillan, S160; A. Mills, $10.99: Y. M. C. A., $208.80; People’s church, $222.60; R Judd, $32: Inglish Lutheran church, $2,100; property, $200; . M. C 5 $.40; William H. Hart, $115: Julius H. Pease, $68 Southern New Enzland Telephone Co. §117; Philip $100; Henry T. i $100 w an, $114; English Lutheran church, $2,100; Ma- Temple corpors $93; Wil- ilam 1. Cadwell, $13.50; Tizzie M Christensen, $9.9 W. Williams, | $16.50: Joseph Peters, $12 Bridget | Muivihill, $9; Grace M. Coholan, d Susic Middlemas, $17.95; stman, $28.30; Lyman s J $131 Curtis Sheldon 20.8 Harriet Ball of New Rritain, 7 15, to benefit the th to st Nation cor Rogers alien Corbin, Rozer tion, bhnson The estimated cost of grading the | street is $4.300. ! ANOTHER OVERSEAS PERSONALS Howard street, has university. Krick, of returned to Ahlgren thi Canada. 450 Main after a Herbert C. street, returned ~ month'® stay in morning rick hoklyn of Mrs, street. John itz Robert Carberry of 1 iting at the Martin of Tremont home John . Leonard will leave next W Arizona, where home. Mr. Cott nesday for they will make and Mrs Place, Tucson, their Hanna gone Samuel and Mon- Stephen Hiam 1, Canada TRobb, e to na Mrs. Fred J Catherine Ryan Mrs. Margarvet strect, Thomas J. Crowley returned Be Melknroe and Tremant Keough M Miss strect North Main vacation a n of from a West- Rev. formerly Joseph' Cipher have Chapn the stre n h, hrook were Francis Keouph « this city and of Jewett party Meriden, itev. City of man Mrs. T from Iteeks, in Dr. and returned Hampshire ha 15hen © t New eation Among during the J. Leo Fol forme English at Columbia and Mrs. James Maloney and ter Maisie, of Norwich, and Mrs. Michael J. Fleming and James Fleming, of Stamford. the to ihis city celebration i ok were uctor of sity; M daugh- Mr. and hrother, ficaman Felix Jorse street spent the week-er of Clark 1 at his home. Henry Shine, seaman in the regular navy, has a 72-hour Lome. returned furlough to his spent ship at afte Miss Myrtlo Boyington a 1Wo wee vacation at of Miss Myrtle Carroll of 1s spending the home Taple street. Maple { Hartford | the Seaman avenue was end ot for B. Contc in the city week- 1 stanley ara epent the week-end Looby enterbrook, this city:, George of « in E. Wetmore and family of | formerly of this city, have | from Il.ake Placid the son. | | e © | viarttora, returned they where spent MORE AUTO (Ol ASTONS, iwee Minor Accidents Arve Called to the Attention of the Police. Three auto accidents were | reported to the police yesterday minor none which resulted in any serious damage, either to the vehicles or the | parties fnvolved. John Ladinig, aged | 15 years, of Seymour taken to the New Britain the result of a collision mobile owned by Arnour & Company wagon in which he was ridir corner of Blm and about 5 o'clock. The were going in different directio when the rear ends ¢ other. The wheels were knocked off, and thrown into the street pital he was found to he unhurt An automobile operated by Aug hed info a North Stanley street The wheels of hecame canght in t nd hefore Park, was hospital 1S and a at the street Seymour vehiel ed into the Liadiy At the of hos- J. Scheyd, c trolley car last evenin automobile trolley driver troiley « of lcen on the car tracks th smashin w caped could free the ar crashed into the wheel up, but The wheels | automobile by were smashed on Park of P. & Corbin's factory Berlin trolley car struck the ma it, one heyd otherwise ¢ deliver Iis in front when a of a Joseph | injury. owned hi, stre machine POLICEMAN WEDS MeAvay McNamee as B TODAY. 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