New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1921, Page 7

. ~ é ‘NEW BRITAIN- DAILY HERALD. THURSDAY, APRIL. 21, 1921 25% OFF REGULAR PRICES ON COMMUNITY PAR PLATE TABLE SILVERWARE, with ten year guarantee for service, holds zood for some time longer. Better get Ir » and make the' savings. A Visit to Out Millinery Section Will Show You the Beauty of Our Hats SMARTLY TAILORED SAILORS are shown in all the wanted sweater colors. band and bow, others with the new crush scarf of georgette or crepe de chine RIBBON SPORT HATS aro something new. wn ordinary purse. Come in regimental colors and fine for golf, tennis or auto wear ..... Some with grosgrain ribbon $1.75 to $15.00 each Soft crush effects that can be folded small enough to carry +. $4.98 each Exquisite. Madeira Embroidered Linens A Timely Sale at Moderate Prices PLE!/ EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN NE EWORK THAT WILL MAKE CHARMING GIFTS TO THE NEW BRIDE, OR NICE TO GIVE TO A HOUSEKEEPING FRIEND. OUR RECENT SALE WAS SUCH A SUCCESS WE AGAIN OFFER VALUES LIKE THESE WHICH WILL BE QUICKLY PICKED UP BY THE KNOWING ONES. COUNT YOURSELF ONE. DRESSER SCARFS—Madeira hand embroidered Size 18x45 inches 5 each. 1 'TERS iced for 24 inch $2.25, $2.75 and n 27 inch for §3.50, $4.50 and $6. pieces. IN NEWS RESSION FELT PUBLIC SCHOOLS s Conditdns Force: pils-to-Withdraw Money BRIDGE IS CLOSE Carter Does Not Believe -Cromwell Bridge to Be Trafic—Minister Wil Not in Bits. intendent of Schools B, R. jor has flled a report showing Its of the second month’ in banking and thrift plan in the public schools. It is ing to note however, that de- he business depression there y been a falling off of $32,84 mount saved by .the school In the first month of the tem $211.656 was saved com- to $178.81 for the second The system has met with proval of 'the fajority of the in the town who have given jdren a few of their extra to put in the school bank. ollowing is the report of the onth in the various schools: $27.26; Selden, $7.13; hgton, $44.08; South $10.02; , $16.00; Kensington Gram- .51 ‘and the Junior High 26.00. A great deal of credit given to Miss Honlas, the first grade in the Ken- PUgsmmar school Inasmuch for both months Has 0/ third of the amount in the hool: ) " Depression Felt werit cofditions in the busi- 1d con ue it is not expected sy will be as large next “past two. In some t! here have not been ‘themw, gefew wof the pupils m oblged to withdraw a part thelf savings to -udd to the ome, P system is a regd., ing one and therefore, al- . (0 withdraw their money mo. ! atendent’s Report. last meeting of the school srintendent Showalter made ting report showing the on in the Berlin schools at nt time. e registration showing the endance, and does not in- attending the New Brit- school. The report for reg- Was as follows: Hubbard 4; Selden, 63; Worthington, th, 41; Percival, 68; Blue Ledg 78 Kensington 333, and Junior High, 113. ore’s room at the Ken- prammar and Mrs. Bacen’s he Selden schools lead with ttendance of 97 per cent. 28 rooms In the town, nine ttendance which dropped ‘per cent. This was due o loitbri; of _th ch hand in matching sets. in many beautiful patterns, Soe The report includes | scalloped and 18x36 inches $6.00 each. The in each corner. each. $3.25 each. Others .00 each. Beautiful tion. HANDSOME SCARFS-with basket design embroidered Size 18x36 for $5.50 each, inch for $6.50 each and 18x54 inch selling for $7.00 18x45 MADEIRA CLOTHS, round ones in 54 inch size and excellent showing of attractive designs, priced $7-50 and $9.50 up to $18.00 each. Don’'t fail to make selec- caseseee. §9.50, $11.00, $12.00 dozen tardiness in the whole town. The Hubbard school had the largest num- ber and the Kensington school the second largest. A special effort is being made by the teachers to have the tardiness mark down to zero and all of the children are urged to come to school on time. ‘Will Not Stay. Rey. F. L. Lounsbury, former pas- ktor of - the Kensington Metbodist' district superintendent of the New: York _ JFastesn. conference board, to preach’ at the local church until a jnew minister has beem. sent here. There have beerr several rumors heard about town, in. regards to the .local congregation asking Mr. Lounsbury to stay. When seen ih regards to the matter Mr. Lounsbury stated that it | was true he has retired but a retired minister is subject to an appointment. He has made plans to move away from here and he is now waiting for the coming Sunday when it s ex- pected that he will hear whether or not a new minister has been ap- pointed to fill in his vacancy. Bridge Closed. First Selectman George B. Carter announced this morning that the old bridge which is situated on the line between East Berlin and Cromwell has been closed because it is unsafe for traffic. The bridge is also on the county line of Middlesex and Hart. ford. Selectman Frazier of Cromwell and Selectman Carter from this'town visited the bridge.’ yesterday after Hearing a number of complaints. It is probable that repairs will be made on the bridge or a new one built. The eéxpense of either would be borne jointly by the towns of Crom- well and Berlin. Mr. Carter also said that inasmuch as the bridge was on the boundary line of the counties he thinks he may be able to receive aid trom both counties and stated that he would start an investigation of the matter immediately. The public is warned to use a detour from KEast Berlin to Cromwell. Winners at Whist. There was a large attendance at the third of the series of whists given at St. Paul's T. A. B. society in Kens- ington last evening. Margaret Corr won the first ladies' prize and W..J. Fagan won the first gentlemen’s. The two consolation prizes were won by Helen Dalton and Tom Malarney, both of grhom won the first prizes w The faurth of the series will | bagblayed in the hall on next Wednes- night. 4 Bowling Games. ne of the fastest bowling games “the season ls expected to be rolled the Rogers’ alleys in New Britain grgridw night when the Kensington Bottle Alley Five will stack against | the, Berlin Construction company { team. The former team recently won | the Doyle cup and it is expected that | there will be many local fans go to see the games LOMOIrTrow. American Legion The Bolon-Kasica American Legion will give its first | dance of the year at Foresters’ hall | this evening. with McKeon's orchestra furnishing the music. The dance will be a masquerade and prizes will be nw;:,.-u for the best ladies and gentle- men’ cosiumies Brotherhood Meeting The Brotherhood club of the Ken- sington Congregational church will hold & meeting at he home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Sheldon tonight at $ o'clock. Rev. John L. Davis from New Hritain will talk and & musical program bas_ been arranged. The meeting is open to any one, Berlin Bits Dance post of the d Gorthan " row eveming at .7:86 .o’clock. last | Lucius Dean of Kensington was out of town todayion a business trip. The Sewing. Soclety of the Berlin Grange met with Mrs. Edwin Adams this afternoon. . ‘. N . £ F.. Walker .of . Beglin igtreet has ‘'moved to Middletown. yhere he wilk make hig, home. in e future.in - ¢ The regular weekly prayer, meéting will, be c‘nld At:.the Berlin Congrega- tional church this evening at 7:30 o'clock. | e ] The Boy; Scouts pf-Berlin 'Will meet at the Congregational church tomor- There was & large attendance. at the meeting of the Epworth league in Kensington ‘1ast night. - i East' Berlin Items. The town teams -were-in this end of the town for the past few days repairing the road between Kelseys Corner and Willow Bridge. George Stepler is having his resi- dence repainted. Mrs. James Holigan- was visiting relatives in Middletown Wednesday. There will. be a choir rehearsal at the Methodist church this evening at 7:30 p. m. . Regular meeting of Woodmen society -at building this evening, The library will be open Friday afternoop for tite exchange of books. Miss “Blahche, Scrgen of New Brit< ain was the guest of her sister Mrs. Ella Lawrence, Wednesday. Mrs. George Pollard who.has been confined to the house by illness for several weeks is again able to be out. Mrs. Frank Cobey . and , children were visiting Mrs. Charles. Fisk in Berlin Wednesday. 1 Mrs. Dellis Lord and daughter of Middletown were visiting relatives in town yesterday. The regular weekly prayer meeting will be omitted at the Methodist church this week. Anton Taft's dancing classes were opened at Athletic hall this afternoon and evening. The friends of Dr. Adolph Benson will be pleased.to .hear of. his im- provement after: an operation at the New Haven hospital. ... - The district -schools held. only half a day !ewi,gfl_WEdfl,Hd&Y ‘on acceuit of a eeaoh.rg’}_-qbumg et Kensington. will dt- the the Modern Athletic A numberofron ‘this.plage tend the mi;n::lrel gl-fl],,b’fe of Eastern Star at' R Cromwell this evening. eres’ are several from here tdking part and a number of automobiles will go over. Word has been' received of the marriage of Milton T. Gaines.to Miss Olive May Sibon both of FHartforad, which occurred in Hartford Sunday. Mr. Gaines is a former resident of this place. A number from here will attend the masquerade to be given by the Amer- fcan Legion at Berlin this evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Hazen were vis- iting in Hartford Wednesday. TG RENF—A s~ apartment, modern im- provements. Neri Block. Central Square, Plainville 3.25-t¢ NOTICE—Boston Garage, Berlin Ave., Kensington. Repairing. Taxi cab serv- Ice. Day and night. Tel. 1641-2, Sam Carpenter. 4-13-1wx STEAMSHIP NEWS Rotterdam, April 19.—Arrived: Rotterdam, New York: Copenhagen, April 20,—Arrived: United States, New York. Southampton, April Adriatic, New York. e .2 0.—Sailed: PLAINVILLE NEWS CONSTABLE INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION| Accident SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS Albert Oakes Signs Up With Water- bury Regulars—Funeral of Mrs, Tinker—Factory Work Starts—For- estville News—Other Items. Constable Henry Davids of Park street and Constable Phillip; Marino of East Main street were injured yes- terday afternoon in a freak accident which happened at Central Square. The two officers were talking near the curbing opposite the Neri block. Constable Davids was seated in his wagon and Constable Marino was standing on the ground next to the wagon. An automobile, coming from the direction of Whiting street, being ven by a Mrs. Cooley, who is said o come from New Britain, struck’ the wagon in the rear. Davids was thrown backwards and in doing so, struck against severa] prongs which were protruding from ja harrow in the back of the wagon. !?e fell out and the horse bolted. Marino, - standing next to the wagon, attempted to help Davids and as the horse ran away, the wheels of the vehicle passed over his toes and struck his knees. | Davids was taken to the office of | Dr. J. C. Tanner where he was found *to have been cut on scaip and to have several lacerations in the legs. His injuries were not serious but painful. Mrs. Cooley was said to have been driving a car which she was consider- ing purchasing and was just learping | to drive. Ladies’ Benevolent Officers The Ladies’ Benevolent society of the Congregational church, held its annual business meeting yesterday afternoon at the church parlors. The reports of the various committees | showed the society to have had an active season and the treasur- er's report shows it to be in an ex- cellent financial condition. It is the aim of the officials to ‘expand the organization and new members will be secured. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Walter Older- shaw; vice-president, Mrs. Hiram P. Lowry; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. ‘William Eaton; directors, Mrs. F. G. Stevenson. Mrs. James Webster, Mrs. Walter Calor, Mrs, 'A. H. Dresser and Mrs. Leroy B. Warren. Three delegates were also appeinted to attend the state ,meeting at the South Congregaiona church at New Britain next week Wednesday. -They are; Mrs. H. P. Lowry, Mrs. William Eaton and Mrs. Walter Olderghaw. Mrs. Mary A. Tinker “The funerallof Mrs. Mary A Tinker, who died at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. William Jamieson of Spring- field, Mass, Tuesday morning, was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Burial was in the West cemetery. Aces Enter League Sal Marino, manager of the Aces baseball team, attended a meeting last night at the Hartford Y. M. C. A. which managers of six other teams were' present. A league was formed and it was called the Central Con- neeticut league. The six teams which entered it are; West Hartford, Elm- wood, East Glastonbury, Newington, East Hartford and the local team. This is purely an amateur league. A, G. Kamm- of Hartford was ap- pointed president and each manager of the various teams were elected di- rectors to form a board. The Aces have the material to form a fast ama- teur team. The diamond at Rockwell's field is being put into first class shape and a new wire backing for the caich- er has been erected. Raymond Neff, coach, is whipping the player into form for the first game of thg sea- son, This will be held on May 15 at the home grounds when they will play Newington. The league will ar- range to piay Saturday and Sunday games and the schedule will be formed so as not to conflict with that of the Plainville Athietic club. Factory Works Starts. Material for the new factory, The Plainville Casting company, is being drawn to the proposed building site by the Torrington Construction com- pany which will have charge of the work. The final deal was closed yes- |terday when the property, owned by Edward Bennett, was purchased by the company. The tract covers about nine and seven-tenths acres and has ‘a frontage of 716 feet on the railroad track ' and a depth .of 600 feet. A “siding will' be made about 300 feet long. The proposed plant has been staked out and.within a few weeks the foundation will be laid. Suit Case Heard. The case of the suit of Constable Henry Davids, against Mrs. Charles Roberts of Park street, for damages amounting to $43 for back rent, was heard in the Plainville town court yes- terday afternoon. Justice Meritt O. Ryder presided. Attorney Joseph Donovan of Bristol appeared for Mrs. Roberts while Lawyer Gtorge LeWitt of New Britain represented Davids. | Justice Ryder reserved decision. Mrs. toberts is a tenant in Davids’ home. Oak: Signs With Team. Albert Oakes, the speedy southpaw | pitcher has been signed for the sea= son with the Waterbury regulars. Dakes was taken to Waterbury yester- } day by Newton Palmer, ex-pugilist of that place, and given a tryout with ! the team. Manager Joseph Cosgrove was satisfied with the showing of the m local boy and the contract was signed. e e e————————wy THE OLD HOME TOWN l ! [ ~l l///V/AV///’ ZA WHEN JEFF SACKETT APPEARED AT THE MILL Tonay HIS FACE WAS BADLY SCRATCMED UP— Oakes pitched some good games for the Plainville Athletic club and played fast ball on several league teams. Church Services. The regular mid-week services of the Advent Christian church will be held this evening at the usual _time. The Baptist church will hold mid- Wweek services tonight at 7:45 o’clock. | Rev. James N. Tranmer will con- duct the mid-week service at the Methodist church tonight after an ab- sence of more than a week as he had been attending the New York-East ! conference at Brooklyn. Rev. Mr. Tranmer will give an outline of the work accomplished at the conference at the services this evening. The next meeting of the Methodist denomina- | tion will be held mext year at the ! First church at Meriden, of which | Rev. Mr. .Brown is pastor. Mrs. Hayden Injured. Residents of the town will be grieved to learn that Mrs. Kathcrine Hayden, of Wallingford, sister to Mrs. Annie Conlon of Pierce street, this town, fell down a flight of stairs in her home Sunday and received a broken arm. The right arm was broken in three places and two fingers on her left hand were also broken. She was taken to the St. Francis hos- pital at Hartford where an X-ray pic- ture will be taken to ascertain furth- er injuries. Tendered Party. Mrs. Pomeroy Wilcox was tendered a surprise party at her home on Main street last evening by several of her friends. It was in honor of her 23rd birthday. Mrs. Pomeroy received sev- eral beautiful gifts. Forestvilloe News. Miss Lillian Amberman of Spring- field Gardens, Brooklyn, R. I., is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. William Giffin. George Young has moved from Birch street to Pine street. The members of the Asbury Meth- odist church Epworth League will leave the center at 7 o’clock tomor- row evening for Kensington. They will attend the group rally held at the Methodist church at that place. Plainville Briefs. . The Busy Bee Sewing circle held a meeting last evening at the home of Miss Irene Foran of Whiting street. Sequassen lodge, No. 74, 1. O. O. P, will hold its regular megting tonight. The W. C. T. U. will hold a meet- ing tomprrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Emma J. Arnold of Main street. Rev. Bernard McCarthy of Wash- ington, Conn., is visiting at the home of his brother and sister in Pearl street. & Charles McCall is in receipt of a letter from his son, James, who is sta- tioned at Cuba, stating that he will return home for a visit in about two weeks. There will be a meeting this eve- ning of the newly organized council for the Recognition of the Irish Re- public at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. b Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Tebbles of Winnipeg, Canada, are visiting Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Barrows of 160 Broad street. They plan to remain for the- balance of the week. LOST—Collie dog. Finder please notify Frank Cozy of Kensington. Reward will be paid to person who finds animal. 4-19-34 FOR SALE—Gasoline engine, saw rig, com- plete. Bargain. P. M. Freeman, 144 W. Main St., Plainville. 4-21-3dx WEATHER REPORT led COI]dl(lf)ns Tonight Probably Showers Tomorrow Umns and « New Haven, Apri! 21.—For New Haven and vicinity: Unsettled weather tonight and Friday; probably light showers. For Connectcut: Unsettled weather tonight and Friday; probably showers; not much change in temperature; in- creasing scouth and southwest winds. Weather conditions. The western disturbauce is central this morning over the upper Mississip- pi valley. It is causing unsettled weather with local showers in the northern districts from mountains eastward to New England. Areas of high pressure are central rising in the upper Mississipp Lake region and New England Conditions favor for this unsettied weather with mild t] ture. FLYNN ON THE JOB Will Take Personal Charge of Suspect in Bomb Case.| ‘Washington, April 21.—Tho; . vestigation into the case of Ti | beld at Scranton, Pa., on sus the . Rocky | over the South Atlantic and North: Pacific coasts. The temperature is How MuchTax DoYouPay - Your Stomach? Heavy foods, hastily eaten, < call for penalties some day. Often the penalty must be paid the same day; in a drowsy slowing complicity in the Wall street b plosion 'is being made_ by the ment of justice, William J. Filyi of the bureau of investigation, day. Luigo has been identif eral persons, Chief Flynn saidj driver of the wagon on which plosives were supposed to ha carried into Wall street, but fication is not regarded as enti isfactory and careful investigati ing made. Chief Flynn indicated he migj Scranton and take personal ¢if the matter. RACES ARE PERM| England Will Allow 2,000 Guineas Stakes April 28, London, April 21.—The go i has withdrawn its ban on racin as the two thousand guineas thousand guineas stakes are co Both races will be run at Ni on Friday, April-29 it was today. The ban was placed because coal strike as a measure to red way traffic, but government co the two stake events wasg cause of their importance to of blooded stock. These races throughout the war when &lmo the other great turf events wi celled. "They have been run for more than 100 years. “BEHOLD MY down of efficiency: shment needed for breakfast Grape-Nuts is the and malted the making barley. and is partly perfected nutriment of wheat pre-digestedin { 1