New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1920, Page 9

Merry Christmas to You All It is a very short message, but we will feel satisfied if it conveys even a small part of the great good will we hold toward our patrons. Again, “Merry Christmas.” OUR GREAT JANUARY SALE WILL BE- GIN AS USUAL ON MONDAY, JANUARY THIRD, WITH THE GREATEST VALUES YOU HAVE HAD IN YEARS. REMEMBER THE DATE, JANUARY THIRD. k] —_— HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW .mu CAN DEPEND ON PROMFILY RECEIVING AL DRY GOODS - PLAINVILLE NEWS NEW OWNERS FOR UARAGE BUSINESS g Bloodgood and Berthieume New 83| Managers of Whiting St. Place (HANSON ~ FUNERAL TODAY bration Tonight—Legion -Contest Ends Tomorrow—Methodist Cele- bration—Marriage License. ‘The Whiting street garage, gener- ally known as the Mack garage, has been sold. Edward Root of Southing- ton, was the former owner and has transferred the entire business to George Bloodgood and Frank Ber- thieume. Mr. Bloodgood is a resi- dent of Plainville, while his partner comes from Bristol. . The deal in- volves the gartge and automobile bus- & iness only. James J. McNailly owns the building which the garage is lo- B4 [catea in and leased it to Mr. Root. The new owners have secured a lease on it for one year. The present own- ers will conduct the business on a larger scale than before and will en- deavor to cover a larger field in the repairing line. Both have had con- siderable experience in the automo- bile trade and are expert mechanics. Mr. Berthieume had formerly worked for the Moran garage at Bristol, as well as the Steele garage. Mr. Blood- good learned the business with the Bence Auto Sales company of New Britain where he had lived for some time. A full and complete line of auto- mobile accessories will be carried while a large stock of tires will be found at the garage. Gasoline tanks for filling purposcs are at the sta- tion- The garage is situated in an ideal place as there is heavy traffic constantly. Mr. Root found business very encouraging during the time he had it He has made no plans for the future, but will probably start an- ‘ther garage of his own soon. The new owners are confident of a good & ed and he also complained of internal injuries. The accident was the worst which has happened here in quite some time. It so happened that such a fatality occured on the first day that this mllon of the newly completed road was opened to traffic. The driver of the New Mald bakery truck of New 'BERLIN NEWS MARLES PRATT JR. | Christmas music. portion of the local trade. John Hanson. The funeral of John Hanson of Southington Road was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from his home. with | Rev. T. A. Nordberg, pastor of the Swedish Congregational church, offi- ciated. Burial was in the West Cem- the Kensington Conzregational church | etery. will give a short-talk, and possibly Miss Maude Slaght will tell a few children’s stories. The regular Christ- mas exercises will be oba-rved in the church on Sunday morning Christmas exercisaqs will be held at DIES AT HOSPITAL 4 Result of Being Struck by » Truck Last Saturday HRISTMAS IN CHURCHE P Exercises Will be Held This Sunday—Holiday Offices—Berlin Evening and Hours at the Post Kernels, Charles Pratt Jr, the nine year old of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pratt of Berlin road, dled at the New tain Genoral hospital last night, as result of being struck by an auto- | Hle truck on Saturday afternoon trdnt of the John H. Webber place sides his parents he leaves a four r old sister, Winifred. The boy died from a fractured skuill. he child also sustained a broken leg two places. This was caused by the r-whéel of the truck running over affer he had been knocked to the vement. His face was badly batter- | tunera Britain who s being hejd responsible for the child's death, appeared in town court on Tuesday evening and pleaded not gullty, As has been previously stated in these columns, he claims the aceldent was unavoidable as the boy was playing in the road and should not have made the attempt to cross it when his automobile was so near to hom The young lad will be m'\urnnd hv many as he was popular with the school children of Berlin and with many of the grown ups also, The I will be held from the Berlin Congregational church tomorrow af- ternoon at two o'clock. Rev. Samuel Fiske, pastor of the Berlin church and Rev. Henry Maler, pastor of the Center church of New Britain will officiate. Burial will be in the Maple Hill cemetery in Berlin. Given Surprise Party Miss Florence Bailey of East Ber- lin was tendered a surprise party at her home last evening. About 25 guests were in attendance, including some from Berlin and New Britain. Christmas in the Churches. The Sunday school classes at the Berlin Congregational church will hoid special exercises this evening at 7:30 | o'clock. WA large treo has been set up | in the parish house, around which the children will gather. At the exercises two short Christmas plays will be pre- sented by the children of the school. Another feature of the party will be a grab bag from which each child will receive a present worth while. Rev. Samuel Fiske, pastor of the church, BETTY AND HER BEAU WAIT JUST A MINUTE BiLL ] SiLK 13 SO HIGH WAS WONDERING IF ) COULD MANAGE TO GET A WAIST OUT OF A YARD AWRIGH YT BUT WHATSA MATTER ‘TALL DEPENDS WHOSE YARD |nn Sunday morning ad evening. In | the evening the Kensington Methodist church will hold united services and a cantata will be presented. The can- tata is entitled “Prophecy and Fulfill- ment,” in which the choir will be as- sisted hy Mrs. S. M. Cowles as organ- ist and George Ward as violinist. The .evening services will begin at 7 o'clock. The : Christmas exercises of the Sunday ‘school of the Kensington Methodist chuireh will be held in the church parlors this evening at 7:30 o'clock. A large tree will be the fea- ture of the evening and after gifts have been exchanged the children will sing Christmas carols and recite Christmas pieces. A’ tablold showng the scene of the angels appearing at the home of the shepherds will also be given followed by a shepherd's sonz All those taking part are asked to re. port at the church by 7 o’'clock. Spec- { fal Christmas services will be held in | the church at 6 oclock Saturday morning. Committee to Méet. The committee of the Congregation- al church of Kensington will meet this evening at the pastor's home at § o'clock. Any who' desire to lycome members of the church are invited to come at this time. Accident After Midnight. An accident which might have end- | €d with fatal results occurred in front of the John Connelly home on Berlin | street between one and two o’clock this moring. A touring car coming from Hartford, due to the icy pave- ment of last night, skidded near the Connelly place, turned around, went backwards into a ditch and struck a telephone pole, Telephone and tele- graph as well as well as electric light wires were snapped when the machine struck the pole. No serious damage was done and the automobile was able ! to get out of its trouble and was; starting on its way when two more machines, aiso coming from Hartford, stopped and approached the driver of the damaged car. The three machines then proceeded towards Berlin cen- ter. When about 500 feet from the spot of the accideny, stayed there for about a half an hour when they again went on their way to Meriden Holiday Hours. Holiday hours will be in vogue in the local postoflices on Christmas day. The Berlin postoffice will be open from 7 until 9 in the morning and from 4 to 5 in the afternoon. This announce- ment was made by Postmaster Barrett | this morning. At the Kensington office, Postmastbr Fagan announced that tho 'Of"(fl would be open from 7 9:30 in the morning and from 4 to in the afternoon. He { there will be a rural and villz livery on Saturday morning in Berlin and Kensington. At the ington office, C. Thompson been engaged to assist in delivery rural mail on Friday and Saturd mornings of this week. The holid rush been felt both of the offices and it was 1 that vester day was the busiest to date although FOR SALE—Groceries, flour, leed, shoes, bbers, boots. dry goods, @ty 5D. . 5. | Negri . g3-15-a8x also stated that de- Kens- Pianos, Vietrolas, Pierce & Co., Ne) all stopped and | 15 until| both | has ' Marriage License Issued. A ‘marriage license has been issued to Cecil Bedford and Miss Inez Glad- win. Both are residents of Plainville. Miss Gladwin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bardwell E. Gladwin of Maple street. She is well known lo- it was expected today would be the greatest day of them all. Leaves for Ohio. Frank Palasic, who has been living at t Rawskoskl home in Kensington tor the nast three years left vesterday for Cleveland, Ohio where she will make her home in the future. The Christinas party held last eve- at the home of Mrs. Edson | Maine by the Mothers' Sewing club was largely attended. Each member was the recipient of a present from a sister member, the idea of the gift being to point to some particular hobb; M Esther Bowers is confined to her home by illness. Miss Georgianna Kelsey is spending ! the week-end and | holidays with friends in New Britain. Another car of coal has been re- ceived here to relieve the present shortage. There are a2 number of families here with scarcely a hufidred pounds available. Mahlon Hazen ex- pects to have the distribution com- pleted by tomorrow evening. Athletic hall will be open every afternoon and evening next week. Heretofore the rooms have been open (only in the evening. There has been a { large attendance at the hall for the past several months and the innova- tion of the afternoon opening is ex- pected to prove popular with the young people. { _ BEdward McCorkle is confined to his home with an injury to his back re- ceived yesterday when be fell. The usual weekly dance at Athletic hall will be omitted this week, but { will be continued as usual next Fri- day. The local boys have received a challenge from the Berlin boys' basket ball team, but as yet the locals have not formed a team. The hall is not available for practice and it is prob- able that there will be no acceptance to the *‘defi.” The Girls’ club of the Methodist church met last evening at the home of Mabel Barnes to complete arrange- ments for their sale in the church parlors tomorrow afternoon. There will be candy and novelties distribut- ed. Mrs, E. | Cromwell Mrs. E. \ G. Hazelwood of West is visiting her daughter, Read today Berlin Bits, The Men's Bible ciass of the Berlin | Congregational church will hold a | meeting Sunday at noon Mrs. T. C. Hodgson is confined to | her home on Berlin street due to 23, 1920. cally and is a teacher in the Plainvile Grammar school where she teaches the eighth grade. Mr. Bedford is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bedford of West Main strect. He is employed at the Trumbull Manufacturing com- pany The wedding will take place shortly. Advent Church Celebration. The special Christmas celebration and exercises will take place at the Advent Christian church at 7:30 this eveninz. The public has been extend- ed a cordial invitation to attend. The Sunday school pupils will render a pPageant. Recitations and Christmas carol singing will also be on the pro- gram. The Rev. Tyler will deliver a short address of greeting. Gifts will be distributed among the children as is the usu«l Christmas custom, and a large Christmas tree will be appro- priately decorated. Contest to End. Tomorrow will be the iast day the popularity contest under the pices of the Brock-Barnes post, Amc - ican Legion. The contest has been in progress for several weeks. It will be for the four most popular young ladies in Plainville. There are eight contestants. Four of these, having the lanzest number of votes, will be selected by the post. Each will re- ceive an award of a five pound box of candy. The contest will come to an end at 12 o'clock tomorrow noon. All votes returned later than that time will be void and not acceptable. winners will be presented with their candy at the post headquarters at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. The post will award the other prizes of five five-pound boxes of candy tomor- row evening also. Thesa will be awarded at 7:30 o'clock at the rooms on Pierce street. The popularity con- test has afforded a great deal of inter- est to the people of the town, and the outcome is looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure. Methodist Church Observance. A caniata, entitled ,“The Coming of Santa Claus, public at the i ot 1s- Plainville Methodist | relief. The | will be presented to the | church tomorrow evening. It will com- mence at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. James Tranmer will give a brief message of Christmas greeting. A huge sled, with Santa Claus riding on it, will be the feature of the evening. The choir will render Christmas songs. Gifts will be distributed among the children of the Sunday school. Christmas Secals The Christmas seals for the rellef of the Tuberculosis patients, have been { selling at a good rate in the town, and reports given by John Lamb, who is at the head of the local sale, show a marked increase over last year’s sale. ! The school childfen alone, under the direction of Principal Orrin L. Judd have done well towards selling and a total of more than $100 has been realized from their efforts. It is esti- mated, to date, that there has been about $270 worth of seals sold. A final report will be given within a day or so. All proceeds of the sale will be used entirely for the local fuberculosis This will aid greatly in reduc- ing the expenses of the local Red Cross branch and the Visiting Nurse Sta- tion. The people have responded splendidly to the urgent need of this drive, and packages sent out, give a silent message of this fact as they are practically covered with the Red Cross seals. Busy Bee Meets. The Busy Bee Sewing society held a " meeting and social at the home Irene Foran of Whiting s night. There were about 11 members present. A Christm bag was the feature of the Fach member was given a pi rather took ome, from the b society has enrolled a numbe members recently and is gro idly. Congregational Chu The usual Christmas exerd the Consregational church will] tomorrow evening at the chapel. The Sunday school pi take part in the exercises. propriate program has been aj for the occasion. Gifts will be uted among the children. Christmas tree will be prettil; ated. The public is invited to Town Talk. Beatrice Benzon is spand Christmas holidays with her on Whiting street. Miss Ben: student at Rusgell Sage coli Troy, N. Y. Hanson Brothers Screw P company closed down tonight annual Christmas holiday. TH will resume operations as usi day. Edward Judson of Park s Edward Sechrest of East Mai (Continued to Tenth 20% SERVICE A SENSATIONAL SALE—Something STOCK consistinz of HARDWARE, STOVES, FLASHLIGHTS, PYREX, TOOLS, A Fine Chance to Buy Your Presents at COST—Get Prices OFF : new — OUR_COMP HITCHEN WA RAZORS. where—Then See Us For BARGAINS. PAINT NOW—$1.00 OFF PER GALION. A COMBINATION RANGE to be sold at COST.—Wonderful gains in Gal. Ware, Brooms, Roofing, Wash Boilers, Tin Ware, ers, Wire Fencing, Washboards, Pails, Barbed Wire, Etc. Plainville Eng. & Suppl CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO OUR THOUSANDS OF FAITHFUL CUSTOMERS AND TO AS MANY PROSPECTIVE WE EXTEND THE SEASON’S GREETINGS FANCY Ducks FRESH YOUNG AND TENDER ‘'OUNG FRESH Pork FRESH SHOULDEDS Ib 18¢c »n28c LEGS YOUNG SHOULDERS BEST MOH. CREAMERY Ib BEST PURE LARD ........ 210 39c¢ PEANUT BUTTER .. Ib 20c Coffee FAMOUS DINNER BLEND Ib 25¢ .. b 27c 12c¢ OUR SHREDDED COCOANUT .. CAMPBELL'S SOUP, Asst’d, can Oranges LARGE SWEET JUICY doz 29c FRESH CUT SPINACT { illness. ! S. Norton, are spending tige ter, Mass. \nd family have Mass., for the hol- Mrs. W, and Barbara, and daughter, holidays in Worce R. M. Lippard gone to Marlboro, idays. sliss Ruth a student at the Conne home for the holi =, The Scldon,school in will hold a Christmas evening. { The Pock M gton wil 1 Bacon of East Berlin, | Derlin this E party orial library of Ken- ed t- scticut college, is | Pk 3OC 45c¢ 22c¢ BEST MAIN POTATCES 15 1b pk NEW LAR! LAYER .FIGS Fresh LLED ROASTERS Al THE MOHICAN MAR 367 MAIN YOUNG PL[ MT Geese BEST LONG ISLAND 40c¢ 1b FOWL Pork FRESH ROASTS Ib 23c FRESH ALL pom{ SAUSAGE ... » 25¢ v .. 2OC SHOULDERS Eggs ALL GUARANTEED doz 65c¢ SNOW WHITE COMPOUND .. 2 1b 31c 1b 20c APPLE BUTTER .. Tea RED BUTTERFLY ALL KINDS 1-2 Ib pkg 25¢ A(R:((;t\) STARCH pkg 7c 16¢ MOHICAN Cranberries MINCE MEAT pkg BEST CAPE COD 2 gts 25¢ C'’KING or TABLE 45c AVPLES pk HALLOWEI DATES ters and Clams KET FRESH KILLED FOR FRICASSEE WE SAVE * YOU MONEY ON EVERY STREET ITEM TURKEYS Ib 55c¢ Cbickens FATTED YOUNG ROASTERS Ib 48c 34c 1b Pork SMALL FRESH HAMS FRESH FRANKFORTS .. SUGAR CURED BACON I 20c » 35¢ OLE MILK Ib 32¢ STR'B’Y OR RASP, WAM . ... b 25¢ STUFFED OLIVES pt 42¢c Cocoa b 15¢c VABOB CANNED . PUMPKIN large can 150 N. B. C. - 34c SPICE DROPS .. Mixed Nuts VERY FINE ASSORTMENT Ib 25¢ FANCY NEW LARGE YELLOW ONIONS 10 1b LARGE HEAVY GRAPE FRUIT each 25c¢ 6¢c TRY SOME OF OUR SOLID MEAT OYSTERS—FRESH- LY OPENED.