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Plaids, Plaids, Plaids. Imported and Domestic WIDTHS LOVERS OF ND OF CHAN AUTIFUL AND WHITE, ‘SPONGED AND SHRUNK. The New Cheney Foulards are Here Never More Beautiful Than These Femous and Fashlon Wonderful patterns, beautiful Popular printings all 18 56 INCHES, PRIC AIDs WILL MENT WHERE SHOWING BEAUTIFUL BLUE AND MANY in clever and appropriate for Makes THE OF PLAIDS AND TAN. MOST DISCRIMID IN NEWE BROWN D Silks are offered all-over the blou by us effects, s, in all the floral wants to have in her summer outfit. There no comfortable, do not shopping, driving, theater, are garbed for any occasion. 40 inches, at $2.59 yard. is It will be good news to the fond mother, in a good variety in combinations are very handsome. Finest Collection of ‘A\ A2 they are now here ones. Some are that wooden learn have look over our showing of the N AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN silk that gives better crush or muss, church Come tisfaction than the “Cheney” do not hold the dust or show dinner ‘br home wear. give personal inspection 1921 BABY CARRIAGES who 1921 combination of If interested it reed and wood will pay .75 TO $6.00 YARD FIND OUR DRESS GOODS SECTION A VERITABLE WON- ATID COMBI TAN, OTHER BLENDINGS THAT new designs, afternoon gowns Foulards. water Dressed in of our showing bas been anxiously waiting for the of kinds and colorings. The styles, you to visit our Down Stairs Section and 1921 styles to be found anywhere. TESTE WILL BF ATIONS OF TH BLUE AND WILL DELIGHT YOU. PII-ASED Now colorings endorsed by Dame also the curious geometrical and skirts that every woman They are so cool and Smart for traveling, a gown of Cheney Foulard you of Cheney Foulards, spots. 1921 styles, to Some with reed bodi some colorings and color YOI CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. BERLIN NEWS VELY SESSION AT TOWN MEETING xpected by Several Promi- nent Business men. ANBATE 1S BI6 QUESTION re Districts May Have o Stand Additional Tax of from Four ta Five Mills—Street Conditions Re- ported Poor—Berlin Items, Many are walting for the adjourned | wn meeting which will be held " town hall Wednesday cven rch 2 Tho biggest question me before town at this timu il be the present wed valuation property and levying of the There has much discus- n among the officiala as to at the rate for the coming yoar 1 be Selectman o B. arter, on interviewed a short tim ago, d that he thought it would be ut 22 mills. Upder no eonditions Il the town be ablé to clear e nses If the rate Is 20 mills or le sald Tho mill tax rate normal expenses of is expected that trouble will arise en a borough tax of from five to .Illl» is 1ajd on the two fire d:s- n the town to bear tho ex- ses of the doings of those districts ich are responsible for new lights, ewalks and the long argued water The borough rate bbably be used this year for new swalks and street electric lights will not include anything for the ter as this will not, even though bill should be passed by the leg ture, be brought to Berlin or Kens- ton with the next year t will he recalled that at the last eting of the Worthington Fire dis- t the following resolution, which introduced by Francls Deming, andopted: “Resolved. That a tax mills on the dollar Me laid taxable property (within that rict). the same to be on the grand of October, 1920, and that tho \@ bo due and collected on the t. Monday in May.”” This means t the taxpayers Iin the Worthing- district will probably have to 1 7.0r 28.mill tax rate, including the ourh and town tax. They will, receive for this extra bor- twelve new street lights and for the 30 new ones recently in- in ny, to the ns the been town 22 would the cover town but pution | ble will | prea. well as a few sundry ex- wes. How About Kensington? he Qquestion has been asked by 'on people after notie. need of sidewalks and lights. The present lighting system was fostered by the American Paper Gooda company. The lorough ! Kensington is much larger than the Worthington district and I8, more thickly inhabited. It is thought I several people that if an extra tux must be laid for thesc improvements it will not need be as large as the one in Berlin. A prominent Kensiugton resident said morning thut he thought that the Kensington residen would be willing to pay the extra ¢ sessment if they could have tho provements ‘ | The whole story will be retold at tho town meeting and it is expectel that thia will on of tho largest therings of townspeople cver held. street fi- | the Condition of Strects. The selectmen have had seveial teams and carts about the town filling in the bad spota of the different roads and at times comp y repairing the entire road bed vertheless, thera re several roads in Kensington that have not been touched and with the muddy condition that is prevalent *at present the roads are almost Lups able. On Maple street it is not possi- to drive an This is considered one of the main streets in the town and the people residing on the strect feel that the town should make an attempt to remedy condi- tions. Other streets, in addition to all outlying streets which in need of repair, are Four Rod highway ana the lower end of Main streect On some of the streets the town has scrapped the dirt from the gutter up into the center of the street but when a storm came it washed it back into the gutter and the conditions are the same. Near Sceond Class Mark. The Kensir post office, now rated as a third class office is grad- ually working towards the second class mark. Latest post office bulle- tins shows that when an office re- ports a sale of $8,000 a year in stamps the office becomes listed as second class. The business done in the Ken- | sington office year through the of stamps only amounted to $6,- 740. Parcel post es in the offices are not listed in unting towards the change It is interesting offices who handle incss sales a fourth class office $8,000 a third class $8.000 to $40,000 second offices selling more than $40,000 a year In stamps ix a first class office. Basketball Game, The second team the ton Athletic assoclation won its fifth consecutfVe game last night at the Town Hall, by a score of 24-20, when they defeated the Comets team of the New Britain Boy club. C© the star player for the wutomobile are ston last that all 00 bus- listed as £1,500 to nd from class. All to note below a $1, stamps Is From office in of Worthing= of lo- Children Carcless. There have been several complaints of late In regards to the children of the town playing in the various streets and gutters. Going to and coming from school the children are | seen to stop in the road, wlhich often times is on the main highway, to play | in some small puddle or something ; of that sort and will ignore the blow- ! that PLAINVILLE NEWS CARTER FOUNDRY ON THREE DAYS A WEEK Lack of Orders »Gauses Shorter Time Schedule NEWTON MFG. CO. CUTS TIME Hills Plant Reduces Wages 10 Per Centi—Factory Ofticials Are Opti- mistic, Nevertheless—Local Man Receives Medal—Other News. The I’ T. Carter Brass foundry on Washington street has gone on three-day-a-week ‘vorking schedu with nine hours a d This new r took effect this week and |the plant stopped operations today for the bal- ance of the week. It will run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There upwards of some dozen or more affected by this new time. Edward and Irving Carter, senior and junior members of the plant, were out of town tocay and their views on the present situation regarding long shorter hours would be fect could not be learned moulding is the main output plant and during the war working steadily a week overtime. the place employs but since necessary force. The Hills Manufacturing company, across from the foundry, has posted to tho effect that all wages reuced approximately 10 per This ruling took effect Monday. On ptece work. prices are adiisted separately. Certain workers in this line are to be subject to cuts in com- parison to the estimated number of picces mad There arc about 30 emplores affected. The plant enor- ally operates with double this num- ber. The factory works on a sched- ule of five day week and nine hours a day Mr. Hi's said to. v there is no immediate need for shorter hours. He is optimistic i1e- garding the present situation, and small orders are forthcoming in larz- er numbers than had been accus- tomed to for some time. The Newion Manufac/ »ing com- pany, which has been operating on 40 hours a week, will now be run on hours. This will mean working four Are men in ef- ot the had been with several night In normal tim some 20 hands the depression it has been to gradually lessen this a notice are ent - M. T. A. & B. whist First ladies, Mar- ners at the Y. held last evening: garet Corr; second, Lena Padelli. The first gentleman's was won by James O’Brien and the second by W. W. Fagan. Mr. and Mrs. | Newton feels. | not | gradually come on until the plant will { work on the usual 55 hour schedule. | sort hcw ¢ Brass | days a week, eight hours & day. the week ending on a Thursday. Some 20 hands are emploved there. Mr. however, that this will last long, and longer hours will Orders have been coming in much faster than before, but they have been smaller ones. a comparison, he { said that the first two weeks’ orders of this month were just twice as iarge those of the entire month of Janu- ary. However, during the past few days there has been a decided slump in these, and it was necessary to re- to shorter working hours that work on present orders may be made to continue on longer. He is inclined to feel optimistic about conditions, as the majority of the factory officials are, and although he does not think that factories will start up all of a sudden, he is of the opinion that bet- ter times are forthcoming soon. Receives Medal. Peter Dalena of "Southington Road h received a Victory Medal from the war department. The medal has a ance clasp on it and is made of bronze. Dr. Dalena served across the water for almost two years. He was connected with a hospital unit. New Window. A new window has been put in the Ryders stationery store, replacing the one which was broken recently by a stone flying up from under the wheels of a passing auto. The pane was in- sured and replaced by the company. Realty Deals Made, Four land sales were recorded the ™ town clerk’s office vesterday They are William J. Dent sold prep- v on Crown street to George R ington; the Gridley Real E: pany, d including two lots = ley p . to Morris Hart of this town; Charlea Klarich has purchased prop- at Victory terrace from the East- Land and Trust company, and Koswell C. Hart of Plainville, haa purchased lot No. 112 at Gridley place, from the Gridley Realty com- pany. Holy Name Meeting. The Holy Name society of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy will hold an important meeting this even. ing at the home of Charles Conlon of Central! Square. All members are urged to attend as plans will be made for the entertainment to be held March 1 Building Goes Up. Regardless oif tho number of citi- zens who have felt inelined to resent the new addition on the Tani block ! on Whiting street, the owner intends to build and carry on the work. Con- tractor John Legrandi is in charge, and already the roof and front is erected. The Town Plan commission will hold a public meeting on AMon- day, February to hear any argu- ments concerning the matter and the possibility of establishing a' building line. By the appearance of the front, which is beginning to look finished, the place will undoubtedly add a sreat deal to the making of a husi- ness-like center for tha town. New plate zlass windows will replace tha old four-pane ones and better display space. for the store will he had. Forestville News, J. Reynolds of Bingham at the late homa of her brother-in-law, on West Main street, New Britain She was taken sick while at the home Monday, after at- tending the funeral. The Forestville Athletic club will journey to Bellows Falls, Vermont, to class with tha basketball team there. The game between the West Hart- ford players tomorrow night has been postponed on this account and in all probability will be Teld Sat. urday night. The team left on the 11 o'clock trmin today for that place. Eas: Berlin Items. Mr. and Mrs. Gustay Hanson are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Philip Por- ter of Higganum and Miss Jane Ry- erson of Poauonnock, N. J., at their home over the week-end. Mrs. Por- t - is a sister of Mrs. Hanson. Miss Hulda Carlson of Middletown pending the week with her sister Mrs. Frank Potts. Miss Georgianna Kelsey returned home today from a several days' visit with friends in New Britain. Miss Virginia and Master iy Walsh are spending the week-end with Miss Madge Bragg of Kensing- ton. Jarvis Dowd is away cn a businnss trip through New York state and the Central States in the interests of the Aetna Insurance company. Clifford Dodge is confined to home with an attack of measles. A week from Friday evening the third entertainment of the Lyceum series will be given at Athletic hall. The program at this time will be en- tirely musical. Mrs. Edson Maine and son, Vernon, have returned from a visit with rela- tives in Middletown M W. MgcKendrick spent day with friends in New Britaip. Mrs. Oreste Guiliana is out of town on a business trip. The mild weather of the past eral days has resulted in poor road conditions. Several streets in this sec tion of the town are now nothi more than mud holes where traflic is an impossibility. Little can be done to remedy the trouble. The outbreak of measles in this ‘section of the town is causing alarm. One or more new cases are being re- ported every day and there is no pros- pect of the disease being checked for the time being. It is estimated that there are more than a dozen cases here. Special Lenten services will be held at St. John’s chapel every Wed- nesday evening during Lent. They will start at 7:45 o'clock. Rev. Wil- liam Downs, pastor of the church, will talk on missionary work. Rev. Mrs. C. street, is ill is his the sev- Mr. Downs spoke on the work in ruary 22, at the church. drama will be presented. will participate in the Mrs. Aiznes Porter, Mrs. A two act | choir. Those who Dorothy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. play are:!Howard T. Sharpe of M street, Dora Law- has returned from tho incis rence, Mrs. Ethel Johnson, Miss Amy hospital after undergoing opera- Johnson, Mrs. Catherine Downes, , tion for adenoids and tonsilitis. Mrs. Bessic Reynolds, Claude Law- Charles Bronson, a patient at the rence and Fred Downs. Hartford hospital, is reported as Tonight the New Departure girls' rapidly recovering from an opera- basketball (eam will play the fast tion when a mastoid was removed Russell & Erwin girls team of New from his right ear. Britain at the Red Men's hall in Services will be held Bristol. The West End team will Church of Our Lady clash with the Yale second team. 30 o’clock tonight. Plainville Bricfs. | The members of tne M. E. Zion cottage prayer will he held at church will enjoy a soc this ove- home of Alfred Stewart of West | ning at the home of Clifton John- this cvening at 7:30 json of 203 Whiting street. at the of Mercy at A the Busy Bee a meeting last held of road sewing circle night at the home Katie Hogan, of Southington Services will he Theld at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening at the Church of Our Saviour. Alfter serv- ice: there willi be a rehearsal of the " COME TO HARTFORD CLOCK REPAIRIN bring them to 60 First class work Clocks out of order, Whiting St., up stlirs, guarantecd. 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