New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1920, Page 7

Store Closes All Day Mondays, During July and August SALE PRICES QN WHITE FOOTWEAR -ADD INTEREST TO JULY OFFERINGS IF GOING AWAY FOR YOUR SUMMER'S OUTING, AS MOST OF US ARE AT THIS SEASON, TO REALLY ENJOY YOURSELF YOU WA IN YOUR OUTFIT. UNDER VALUE. T TO INCLUDE AT LEAST O THIS SPECIAL SELLING GIVES YOU YOU CAN SEE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES BY READING ON: A CHANCE E PAIR OF WHITE SHOES TO GET THEM WAY WOMEN'S WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS AND PUMPS, with light soles, Cuban, Louis and low heels, were $6.00 July Sale price $3.50 pair. WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS for Women's wear with white welt soles and military heels, a remrak- ably good value, wWOoM for $5.00 Pair. COLONIAL TIES, also white kid Theo Tieg with Louis heels, for $6.85 Pair. WOMEN'S SPORT OXFORDS of White Canvas, trimmed with white kid, with rubber soles, and low heels, sale price $5.00 Pair. .. RUBBER SOLED sk “KEDS” of white canvas with military heels, sale price $3.00 Pair. SPECIAL LOT of white canvad and white kid Pumps and Low Shoes, broken lots, $2.00 Pair. Plaids, all Wool Sponged and Shrunk Offered Special at Dress AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. We have just received a Plaids that if we had had earlier would have cost we offer them to you at practically their wholesale cost. Goods Dept. shipment you from $6.00 to $7.00 yard. of beautiful all wool new Coming in so late Th&'e are navy blue effects, brown grounds, Copen and tan grounds. some in shadow plaids and some block designs, width is 56 inches, the price $4.25 yard. These are all wool. ANOTHER GOOD OFFER is gli.l you in 40 inch inations that should Your chance now to secure them at wool plains o fgood color com bring $2.25. $1 Yard. STRIPED SILVERBLOOMS, we have a small lot in stock of 32 inch silverblooms, at real valués $1.00, while lot lasts, we offer them to you at only 59c¢ HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US, BERLIN NEWS SICAN PAPER (0. (NQUET A SUCCESS New" York Directors Meet Local Factory Officials OMPANY'S OUTING PLANNED BA- Bridge Nuisance Doomed by Visit of Engincers—Can't Reach Cherries, Boys Chop Tree Down— Other Items of Interest, The foremen of the |American F per Goods company gathered in Lioyd all, Kensington, last night with the New York directors of the and_all enjoyed & dinner following a busiNess meeting. It has been the custom of the com- pany to have gatherings of this kind as it cements the relations between he heads of the firm and the men ho have the task of its daily man- sgement. Several banquetls have been held} all of which were as successful L L) one last night A very interesting business meeting was the first order of the evening. The local officials reported the condition of the factory here and the New York men were gratified throughout the ports. Many wsuggesSions of im- Rrovement were also given by the di- oftgs with an aim to increasing the mm of the loeal plant The local factory Is now enjoying a rlod of prosperity. There are 375 nds employed and although a small lattory, there Is a personal interest ttached to It by all the employes frhe officials are not bothered by labor roubles and several times have al- owed their workers to join in their hrofits and business matters. AJow days ago a restaurant was arté at the factory, under the man- gement of the plan. Although a few ys i _existence its patronage seems o assure its success. Several busi ess men In Kensington have peti- foned to be permitted use of the res- aursnt and this may be granted Funeral of H. 0. Porter. funeral of Henry L. Porter, n of the Civil war and long- postmaster in Berlin, who died t Als home on Hudson wtreet Mon. ay night, will be held tomorrow af- rnoon -at 3 o'clock from the Berlin ‘ongrogational church. Rev Samuel juk I8 now on vacation but tele raphed that he would be able to ar- tve time for the funeral services. Bfombers of the Sons of Veterans of Berlin will act as pallbearers Whittaker's Ford Does Stunts. . Norman Whittaker of Worthing.- on Ridge owns a Ford. He took it ith him to the A. P. G. banquet last \shi snd invited Messrs Kenny and uthard to accompany him. All was Il until after the banquet. Whitta- #r started his car, climbed In, and arted homeward. But be dida’t proceed far for near Lioyd hall there s & telegraph pole which resents be- ng attacked. The Ford made & trefiuous effort to climb the pole nd, falling, decided to go Into the tch. As & result Kenny and South- concern ard have ordered new straw hats ana have cancelled future engagements for the Ford. The car was taken trom the ditch and taken home. The accident was due to the failure of the lighting system, which confused Mr. Whittaker. Factory Outing Plans. Arrangements are almost completed for the unnual outing of the employes of the Americur Paper Goods com- pany which will be held at Savin Rock on Saturday, July 24. The coin- mittee in charge has arranged tor buses to convey the party to the re- sort. ‘They will leave Kensington at 7:30 in the morning and return home about the same hour that night. A shore dinner and tickets to the amusements at the resort will be the gifts of the company to the excur- wionis! Doing Some Good ork. Engineer of the state highway de- partment were in town this morning and news of their work will be re- ceived with joy by residents of the town. The men are making a survey of the district about the Berlin bridge, preparatory to changing the entire drainage system in that vicinity. Resi- dents for years have read and read of trolleys being stopped, autos un- able to proceed and various other in- | conveniences when it rained and wa- | ter got under the bridge. Sometimes the water stood as high as a car floor. The same conditions still exist and each rain storm sees trouble started. One of the engineers stated this morn- ing that no trouble will result after the change because there will he two separate drains installed One will drain the portion west of the tracks and the other that east of the tracks. Both drains will meet and empty into the stream a few hundred feet south of the bridge. There is a natural spring right near the bridge which causes trouble. It may bhe climinated by the new system, completed soon. George Washington Living? There are a number of large cherry trees on the Isaac Dunham farm in Berlin. One of the trees s now num- bered among the slain while the locn1 constables are searching for the cul- prits who are reported as known. A number of boys from New Britain came to town and seeing the cherries decided to eat some. But climbing the tree and wasting precious time waliting for them did not appeal to the youths. They secured an axe, chopped the tree down and ihen icis- urely picked the cherries. Neighbors are indignant and watch of trees In that territory Is being dutifully main- tained News Notes of Interest. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Johnson of East Berlin are enjoying an auto trip. They will tour the Mohawk trail be- fore returning. Miss Mabel Barnes of East Berlin is teaching in the Baptist summer school in Meriden John Hutchinson of Kensington, employed at the American Paper Goods plant, Is reported as improved at the New Britain hospital where he s a patient Fred Hubbard of East Berlin is on a fishing party at Lake Bubago in Maine The loeal niinrod reports a two and one-half and a three-pound bass. R. H. Graham of Kensington, jur- chasing agent at the American Paper Goods company, is enjoving his an- nual vacation. He is on a fishing trip in Maine. Miss Marjorie More has returned to her home in Kensington after wis- iting relatives in Waterbury. Rev. Henry Medd of Waterbury is the guest of L. A. Wescott at his home in East Berlin. The Misses Aspinwall and Eiton | Wesleyan which should be | were in charge of the outing of the Berlin Girl Scouts held at Sunset Rock in Pla‘nville yesterday. About 25 at tended. - Howard Hall of Hudson street, Ber- lin, hds purchased a new Indian wo- toreycle. The Ladies' Sewing circle of the Berlin Granga will meet in the Grange hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Six rew mammoth oil trucks be- longing to the Standard Oil company stopped in town this morning on their way to New York. Lounsbury-Lewis. Elford F. Lounsbury, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Lounsbury of Ken- sington and Miss Eleanor Page Lewis of Unionville were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Lewis, on Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. F. Louns- bury, pastor of the Kensington Metho- dist church, father of the bridegroom. Following a reception at the home of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Louns- bury left on a wedding trip to Boston and New Hampshire Mr. Lounsbury is a university, usually high honors. of graduate of attaining un- He is principal the Portland high school, having been appointed a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lounsbury will make their fu- ture home in Portland Cast Berlin Items. At the annual meeting of the East Berlin Improvement company held last evening the following officers were elected for the o Max Sugenhime, presiden rence, vice-president; George DeMore, secretary, and M. H. Hazen, treasurer. The following constitute the board of directors for the vear Max Sugen- hime, Arthur Lawrence, George De- More, Mahlon H. Hazen, »hn Walms- ley, Amos Case and John P. DeMore. Plans were put under way for inten- sive development this fall. Mrs. E. G Hazelwood of West Cromwell was visiting relatives in town yesterday. Mrs. E. V. Read and son, Gaylord, spent yesterday in Meriden with Mrs. Read's sister, Mrs. J. I. Bottrell. Mrs. James Holigan spent yester- day with relatives in Middietown. Arrangements are now under way for an ice cream festival to be held in the grove in August under the aus- pices of the Library association. Several local farmers are taking ad- vantage of the warm weather and have commenced the cutting of their hay crops. Despite the extreme heat of vesterday more than 50 acres were mowed over. A heavy rain would spoil part of the crop. Mrs. J. R. Belden returned last eve- ning trom a short visit spent out of town with friends. Special trimmed hats, worth up to $12.50, special, $4.95. Goldenblum Millinery. Co., M. C. A. Bldg. —advt KILLS SIX BULLS Madrid, July 14.—Sanchez Mejias is Spain’s latest hero. In recent bull- fighting at Barcelona, performing alone, he killed six bulls. He was accorded bulls' ears and tails and made his exit from the ring mounted on the shoulders of admirers. Burritt Savings Bank. In accordance with Section 3997, General Statutes of the State of Con- necticut, the Burritt hereby reports that it has an account with J. 8. Gott showine a balance of $10.75 to his credit, and that no entry has been made on said account for the past twenty years. His present address is not known to this bank.— advt, | Peck Spring Co. | mont Savings Bank | PLAINVILLE NEWS COMPLETED REPORT ON HOSPITAL FUND Treasurer Cafferty Gives Final Figures in St. Francis’ Drive SCOUT DRIVE FOR MEMBERS Plainville to Take Active Part in Campaign—Dance a Church Picnic Saturday—Town Items. Acting upon requests made by a number of people throughout the town regarding the donations of various factories and the amounts collected by the teams and captains in their assigned districts, for the St. Francis’ hospital fund drive, Treas- urer William L. Cafferty has com- pleted a list giving the names,of the factories and the team captains as well as the amounts collected by them. They follow: Trumbull Electric Co. Standard Steel & Bearings, Inc. Newton Manufacturing Co E. T. Carter Co. ... . Edwin Hills Co. Hanson Bros. Electric Co. Whitall Manufacturing Co. ... Empire Electric Co. H. C. Baum Co. ... Business Men Success—Advent $460.00 500.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 8.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Plainville Trust Co. ... . 25.00 ‘The Foresters of America .... 10.00 The sums given by the factory em- ployes are: = Trumbull Electric Co. ... Bristol Manufacturing Co .... Edwin Hills Co. . cesesese E. T. Carter Co. ... Peck Spring Co. . 9.50 Newton Manufacturing Co. 11.00 The team captains and donations secured by them. No. 1, Capt. R. J. Skelly No. 2, Capt. W. J. Foran No. 3, Capt. H. C. Baum ..... No. 4, Capt. L. U. Giannettino No. 5 and 6, Capt. C. R. Clark No. 7, Capt. E. P. Prior ...... No. 8, Capt. Peter Duffy No. 9, Capt. Miss Fitzgerald .. No. 10, Captain E. J. Dwyer .. 30.00 No. 11, Capt. J. J. Graham ... 15.45 The money collected at the booths and stores by several young ladies amounted to $169.64. They were in charge of Mrs. H. C. Baum. The en- tire collection totals $2,607.85, which represents the sum sent in by Plain- ville towards their quota of $3,000. Although the teams and solicitors made every effort to obtain the entire quota, the sum raised compares favor- ably with other towns and apprecia- tion was extended to the captains and teams for their work in making the drive a success. Boy Scout’s Drive. At the rezular meeiing of the Boy Scouts last evening, p.ans for their drive for honorary members were completed. The troop had left on a hike to Norton's field earlier in the evening and made a temporary camp there where they held their meeting. Scout Master Merton Lamb was in charge. The Plainville Business and Improvement association is taking an active part in the drive, while Charles R. Sherman, William Cafferty and John E. Lamb have been appointed as a committee in charge of the so- licitors. Membership cards are be- ing printed and the honorary mem- bers receive one of these with their pledges. The drive was scheduled to commence today but has been held off until next Monday. Two hundred new members are wanted to pledge support of the work of the scouts. The scouts will con- duct a house to house canvass. Daunce a Success. The dance at Lake Compounce last evening given by the Plainville Ath- letic club was a success. Gurleys and Brewsters’ orchestra furnished i The prize waltz was won by Swanson of Bristol and Mason Andrews of New .Britain. A gold piece was the prize. A sum of $50 realized - from the dance will be contributed to the baseball team. Picnic Sunday. The Sunday school of the Advent Christian church will enjoy its an- nual picnic and outing Saturday morning when members will journey to Rockwell’'s park, Bristol. More than 50 are expected to attend and will leave the center at 9 a. m. A special car has been chartered. Brief Items. Dr. Raymond C. Moody of Middle- town, N. Y., is spending a few days visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Moody of West Main street. Mrs. Edward Linstrum with her son, Russell, after a few days’ visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews, will return to Short Beach, where she is spending the summer. There will be a monthly collection taken up at the masses at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy this Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Gillette and family of West Main street have left for a seven weeks' vacation at Twin Lakes. Cornelius Buys of Woodford ave- nue and Rodney Hart, Jr.. of East street, have left on a fishing trip to Moodus. They will camp there for a week. The Misses Amelia and Florence Schwenk have returned from Wood- where they have been spend- ing their vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lebreck of Whiting street are receiving congrat- ulations on the birth of a son, bora to them yesterday afternoon. Miss Mary Lacey has returned to her duties at the Trumbull Electric Co. office after enjoying a two weeks’ vacation. Special trimmed hats, worth up to $12.50, special, $4.95 Goldenblum Millinery Co.. Y. M. C. A. Bldg. —advt. If you want quality seed, Rackliffe’s bulk seeds.—Advt. $89.46 45.00 10.00 7.00 ...$202.75 315.30 123.00 144.50 16.20 180.25 71.80 241.75 plant | trom the British island of Bimini to | AIRMEN ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING LIQUOR Admit They May Have Had Booze; But Don't Know New York, July 14.—Ensigns Frank Lamb and Windsor H. Cushing of Beaplane 3,606, Jhaving transported. via that good | ship of the air, twelve dozen botllesl‘ of the Haig & Haig Scotch whiske)'$ who are accused of their air station at Key West, Fla,, had their turn yesterday before the | naval court martial at the New York yard. Did they admit the aerial transport of hootch? They did not! Did they admit even there was hootch in their ship? such thing! Did they admit buying it, or order- ing anybody to load it into No. 3,606 while she was beached at Bimini? Not for a moment! Their story was this: There being a trifie of engine trou- ble about 3,606, they took her out for a spin to locate the difficulty. They didn’t start for anywhere in particu- lar. They just flew around and found themselves at Bimini, which is forty miles off the Florida coast. While their crew of three non-coms worked on the ship, the officers paid their re- spects to their British colleagues, had some luncheon and flew home. On the Florida beach they were met by Lieut. Hugh Cuthrell, who said to Cushing: “Taxi your ship offshore a couple of hundred yards, and if there's any- thing on her that shouldn’'t be, dump it overboard.” “What did you dump overboard?"” Cushing was asked: “More than 100 articles that seem- ed to be bottles,” he replied. “They knowing No were encased in straw and seemed to be about eight inches long.” “Did you see any labels on these packages " “No, sir; I didn’t took for any.” ““Were there any wooden cases with names on them ™ “No, sir; the packages I threw over were lying in the gunpit of the ship. “Did you have any agreement with Mr. Lamb to go to Bimini for whis- key?"” “No, sir; we didn’'t know where we were going when we started. We took the plane out to lacate engine troubld. Nothing was said about Bimini. We might have gone any- where.” “How much money did you have when you started for Bimini “Only $5.” “Did you tell Lisut. had v hiskey abo a7 “No, sir; I didn't know what was aboard.” ‘Then why did you throw over- board what was in *he gunpit?” “Because Lieut. Cuthrell told me to. I'd have surk the plane if he had told me to do so.” RESUME WHEAT TRADING Chicago Market Opens Tomorrow— December Wheat Prices Vary From $2.50 to $2.75, Brokers Predict. (’hi(‘n.g_o, July 14.—Plans for the resumption of trading in wheat fu- tures commencing tomorrow were announced today by the board of trade. The probable opening price for De- cember wheat varies from $2.50 to $2.75 in the opinion of traders. De- liveries will be quoted for December and March. Members have been notified that as the Lever act continues in force Cuthrell yoa until the termination of a state of war with Germany the war-time supervision of contracts for future delivery will be continued. Officials of the board ‘are empowered to order curtailments or adjustments whenever the public welfare or the best inter- ests of the board of trade seem to so require. HINDENBURG ATTACKED. Supposed Burglar Grapples With Him and Then Escapes. Berlin, July 14.—Search was made | today for an intruder who broke into Field Marshal Hindenburg’s house and fired a shot at him. The field marshal was alone and attempted to call a servant. The in- truder grappled with the field mar- shal and during the struggle fired his Tevolver. The culprit then broke away and escaped. He is supposed to have been a burglar. von LAUNL 16 WHITING S Under New FIRST CLASS GUARAN WORK CALLEIL AND DELIVE GIVE US A Pride In Achieveme RIDE in achievement makes for pro It has bro developed better tires. It brought the Cord. 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