New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1923, Page 7

Last Chance Saturday For Easter Fixings Which You Will Find Here in Plenty CHOOSING MUST BE QUICK—You’ll want Shoes, Hosiery, Millinery, Gloves, Neckwear, Jewelry, Hand Bags, Dainty Undies and all the costume essentials to make you look your best. Every- thing that’s correct is here and priced right. Come’ Saturday for selection. BIG DOWNSTAIRS SALE ends Saturday night—don’t miss its values and Lamps. - Berlin New. 400D BUSINESS | REPORTED IN TOWN Factories Working Full Time and Output Is Satisfactowy QOULD - USE MORE LABOR Amcrican Legion Meeting in. Two Wecks—Road to Be Part of Trunk Lin¢ System—New Tank Erected— Other Items About Town, Business conditions in the factories of Berlin are good ,according to re- ports, The Berlin Construction Co. is working full time and an official at 1he factory stated yesterday afternoon that conditions are extremely satis- factory. The factory could use more help if it could get mor The labor supply is not in keeping with the de- mand. Much work for public utilities is being done by the construction com- pany, although building steel and iron is not in great Jemand. The railroads are also taking much of the supply,of the plant. At the American Paper Goods con- pany conditions were also reported to be good. 'The plant is alsé working tull time, although here too is noticed & slight shortage of labor, it being said that more men could be used. The output is also increasing. As in the other factories, the Mosel Manufacturing Co. is finding difficulty in securing cars to ship out the finish- ed products. - The railroad supply them in proportion need. The Mosel Co, cannot secure enough raw material to supply the de- mand and is also having difficulty in sccuring labor. “We could use a lot more help if we could get it,” was the statement of an official at the Prentice Manu- facturing Co. The plant is working to capacity. Regarding transporta- tion of products it was said that al- though it has been slow during the winter it is now picking up and there is little trouble from this source. Storekeepers are not complaining and trade is good. The brickyards are working full time. One yard is reported to have enough orders to keep going until next fall, All jof them are getting ready for the spring and Lusiness. American Legion Meeting, Bolton-Ka post, American Legion, will met Thursday evening, April 12, at the T. A, B hall in Ken- sington. I'he post will discuss the ¢ispozal of the present honor roll in front of the Town hall. Names are still be solicited by the committee on revision of the honor roll and they have sent out a call for the names to be in as soon as possible. prm——— Women Should Act Quickly. When a woman finds hersell afflict- ed with backache, headaches, nerv- ‘ousness, dragging-down pains, pain in her side, irregularities and firrit- ability, dark circles appear under the eyes and her complexion gets sallow, she may be sure the underlying cause is some ailment peculiar to her sex. Such women should act quickly and take the great American remedy for such conditions, Lydia I3 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and they may be saved years of suffering. For generations this old-fashioned root and herb medicine has been restor- ing ailing women to health, and it may be relied upon with perfect con- fidence. to SHRl.IBS 2o in Glass, China out for it People knowing- of ex-servicemen whose names should be on the tablet are asked to communicate with some member of the committee at once, T'he members of the committee ar Charles I", Lewis, chairman; James E. Corr of Kensington, commander of the Berlin post of the American Legion; Miss Alice Huston of Berlin and Oscar Benson of East Berlin. Another Tank Erected. The Go Gas company of Boston hag had another supply tank brought |to the station in Kensington and it will be erected by the side of the | 20,000 gallon container that has al- | ready Dbeen placed in position. The | new tank is a smaller one and men |are raising it to a place a short dis- | tance from the big one. Rogds in Bad Condition, { Rural Carrier Hiram Hurlburt | stated this morning that the roads talong his route are still in bad con- | dition, deep ruts making travelling | difficult. He said that there are | still huge drifts along the road, some | of them being nearly three feet deep. | A new wagon was recently secured | for the Kensington rural route, Mr. | Hurlburt saying that a wagon s much better in weather like this and | with roads the way they are. | Several property owners | sington have taken it upon them- selves to level off the trenches left when the ground sunk over the watermains. ‘Will Begin Work on Road. Tt is expected that immediately |after the passage of the bill through the senate making that section of road from Sandbank Hill to Upson's corner a part of the trunk line high- way, men will start work upon it to make it more passable. This bill { has already passed the lower house. | Senator Trumbull and Senator Co- | vert have been working to get the | bill through and others interested in | its passage and who have been work- ing in its interests are ex-Senator Claude . W. Stevens, Representative | Arthur Benson of Eust Berlin and Pardon C. Rickey of Berlin, It is thought that cfforts wiil also i be made to make the road from Up- {von's Corner to Berlin street a part {of the trunk line highway when the | first bill passes the senate.. Both of these roads are in bad condition, the | former being familiarly known as ;“\\'ashhmlrrl alley.” Farmington ave- | nue has suffered through the winter |and the road is filled with holes | which make traffic conditions bad. | 'To Present Entertainment. | The Black and White minstrel troupe of Fast Berlin will present jan entertainment at Foresters' hall next ,T. A, and B. jociety of Kensington. The troupe made a hit when it ap- peared in #ast Berlin a few weeks lago, the house being packed ror tha | performance, | Ttems of Interest. A meeting of the general commit- | | summer- tee in_charge of the community fancy | Hemingway dress ball was held last cvening at the comraunity house for the purpose }nr hearing suggestions regarding the i carrying out of plans. . ' Eact Berlin Items The library will be open this eve- (ning from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock for the exchange of bpoks. Philip Nasc of Middietown is vis- 'Mnk at his home on Wilcox avenue. 1 Mrs. Walter Squires of Cromwell |spent Thursday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Balley of Main street, Miss Mildred Harrington is spend- ing a few days as the guest of friends in New oYrk city. H. Batley, who hae been spend- ing the past two weeks with relatives in town, left today for Boston, Mass. The Faster service at St Gabriel's jchurch will be held at 10:45 a. m. and Ithe children’s service will bé held in |the evening at 7:30 o'clock. | Miss Bertha Trevethan has accept- T BIG—D A N C E-BIG Music Furnished By TABS' ORCHESTRA SATURDAY NIGHT { | IFORESTERS HALL, BERLIN | ROSE BUSHES AND as weather permits, | in Ken- “‘hursday evening for St. Paul's| on sale as soon Watch cd a posiuon witu the Co., in Berlin, Prof. Adolph Benson of New Haven is spending a few days as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Ben. son of this place. Maple Hill ;’ews The Newington schools closed yes- terday for the spring vacation. They will open again Monday, April 9. Balley mig. Mrs, Frank B. Rau and daughter, Gladys, are spending the week with relatives in Westfield, Mass, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moody of Goif street left Wednesday by auto for Washington, D. C., where they will attend the wedding of their son, Ralph Moody and Miss Adra Martin lon Saturday. Miss Catherine,Wells of Newington Center is home from Connecticut col- lege for the Easter recess, James Powell and family of Hart- ford have moved into George Cor- bin's house on Robbins avenue. Harold R. Skinner, a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is spending a week’s vacation! with his parents on Thompson street. F. Elliott of Newington Center is spending his vacation with his sister, Mrs. Justin Iearing in Jamaica, Long Island. _Mrs, Myrtie Van Veen is in York studying voice culture Herbert Witherspoon, New with Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Law of Fred- erick street have taken up their resi- dence in E. A, Elliot's new hous . B e ¢ Newington Center, B Miss Agnes Hitchcock of M Maple street has returned to Northfield aerr,n-‘ Ipary after spending a week with her parlcnts, Mr. and Mrs, E. R, Hitch- cock. Mr. and Mrs, T ¢ Sce | | Mrs. Darrow Scattergood | |of Golf street entertained their Hart- ford Bridge club at their home Tues- day evening. —_——— HER FIFTH BIRTHDAY A number of little triénds of Kthe Mary Sokolsky, daughter of ‘\lr.l !n):nll Mrs. Sokolsky of 147 Tremont street, tendered her a party yesterday afternoon in honor of her fifth birth- day, The house wag prettily dec-| orated in pink and green for the oc-| ‘("uslon. About 20 guests were present from Brooklyn, Worcester, Springfield \H'arltord, Plainvilie and this L‘it' | William Boyle, Jr., Margaret . Heath {and Sophie Bolek executed fancy jdances. Frances, Heclen and Shirley of Plainville rendered| jvocal selcetions, Marian Heath recited and Norman Marshal favored with | plano selections. The little hostess re- |ceived many pretty gifts, ' D 1 CENTS, IS FIN $25 | Turnstile New York, March 30.—Mrs. An- |toinette Scottl, 43 years old, who said she lived at 226 East 116th street, was sentenced to the Tombs for one day and fined $25 when she pleaded guilty in special session yesterday to dropping a slug for a nickel in a sub- way turnstile. She was the first wom- an arrested for the offense. Interborough Rapid Transitg em- iployes told the justices that th aw the woman drop a cent, which had |heen hammered to the size of a nickel in the turnstile at Lexington avenue and 116th street on March 16. They added that similarly disfigured cents had been dropped in the turnstile on’ two preceding days. ! A probation officer reported that | the prisoner and her husband worked MRS, ANDREWS 15 | work making necessary repairs. | Woman Dropped Battered Penny Into 3 PR UEAD IN PLAINVILLE Church Street Resident Passes Away at Age of 87 Years TAKEN ILL AT CHRISTMAS Mr, and Mrs, Fred Hastings Return From Florida—Church Services — Accidents on Southington Road — Court Cases Next Weck—Briefs, Mrs, Sarah Andrews of 27 Church street, died this morning at 2:30 o'clock at her home. She was 87 years old and had lived in Plainville all her life. She was taken il at Christmas last year, but seemed to be on the road to recovery. A week ago last Tuesday she suffered a shock. She is survived, by one son, Charles Andrews of Plainville, a granddaugh- ter, Mrs. Edward Lindstrom and two great grandchildren, Russell and Kel- sey Lindstrom of Plainville, The fu- neral will be held from the under- taking parlors of W. A. Bailey & Co,, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial will be in West cemetery. Rev. A. B. Dubarry of the M. E. church will officiate. Return ¥rom Florida Mr, and Mrs. Fred Hastings return- ed yesterday from St. Petersburgh, Tla,, where they have been spending the winter, Mr, Hastings stated that he enjoyed his vacation immensely. He sald that there were a large num- ber of people in St. Petersburg from towns surrounding Plainville and there was something going on all the time. He said that some remarkable catches of fish had been made while he was there, and spoke of a shark that he had seen which measured 11 teet long. He stated that in St. Pet- ersburg, last week, a parade consist- ing of floats, representing each state in the union was held, and on each float, the number of people from each state was shown. The Connecticut float showed that there were 896 resi- dents of Connecticut spending the winter in the Florida city. Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Good Friday services will be held in the church of Our Lady of Mercy this evening at 7:30 o'clock. A ser- mon on “The Passion” will be de- livered by Rev. Willlam A. Downey of St. Thomas' Seminary, Hartford. The stations of the cross will be said also. Holy Saturday services will be held in the church Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock. On Easter Sunday, the masses will be held at the usual hours of 8 and 10 o'clock. The 10 o'clock mass will be a high one and special Faster music will, be rendered by the choir. Congregational Notes. This evening at 7:30 o'clock, there will be a unlon service of the Metho- dist, Baptist and Advent churches at the Congregational church. The va- rious pastors of the churches will speak and appropriate service will be held. K. of P. Notes, Pythian lodge, K. of P., will meet this evening in I. 0. O. F. hall and the third rank will be worked on a large class of candidates. Monday evening, the degree team will leave Plainville in automobiles at 6:30 o'clock and will journey to Nauga- tuck to work the rank of page on a large class of candidates for the Pythian lodge in that town. Preparing to Move H. Garfield Jones, manager of the Hutton and Jones Co.,, Inc, is pre- paring to start the first of next week and move the fixtures and his stock of goods into the new store erected on Whiting street. The store which he will occupy, is entirely finished, and work will be started later on in the week in razing the present wood- en building to make way for the new structure which will go up in its place, Minor Accidents Reported. Several minor accidents to automo- biles and trucks have been reported from autoists traveling between here and Southington. The road is as bad at the present time as it ever has been and employes of the state highway commission have already started to Ef- forts to put the road into perfect con- dition will not be made because of the plans of the commission to make | a new amesite road between the two towns, but to avoid serfous accilents, | a scraper and a number of men have| been stationed at the bad spots along the line. Work On the Legion Rooms. Work on the new quarters Brock-Barnes Post, American Legion, has progressed ' rapidly within the past few days, and it will not be long | Lefore the rooms will be ready for occupancy. The local servicemen's post is planning to celebrate the apen- 'inz in a fiitting manner, and as soon | as a definite date can be set, concrete plans Wwill be made. Court Cases Next Week. Several more court heard in the town court next week, among which are several which have been postponed. So far, the most ser- | jous are those of driving under the influence of liquor and driving after a license had been suspended for fivel REGULAR DANCE at Community Theater Plainville, Conn. The regular weekly dance will be held TONIGHT and a bigger crowd than ever will be on hand for a night of fun. Music by the for Willlam M. Asner, a drees manu- facturer, at 237 West Thirty-seventh street, and that her average weekly income was $56. COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA Come One—Come All for | cases will be| The state poll have heen in th off for the past few da; have not raade many arrests, which ia due, probably to the fact that erring auto drivers have been keeping under cov- | er, A large number of local people will have their cars out after Sunday un-! der the markers which are issued and | dated April 1, A number of new cars have been bought in Plalnville, ehief | among which are twe Ford coupes owned by two prominent men, Sprains Afdkle i Joseph Neri able to be out after spraining his ankle last Monday in the Neri block, He was in the candy shop, and went to go down the cellar when he stepped on a plece of coal and twisted his foot, Faster Cantata The Christlan Endeavor soclety of the Congregational church will give selections from an Easter cantata en- titled “Redemption's Song,” Sunday evening in conjunction with the reg- ular C. E, meeting at 6 o'clock. The music will he rendered by a double quartet and choir, under the direction of Albert White, chairman of the music committee, The meeting will be open to anyone interested in music, Pythian Sisters Notes The Pythian Sisters held a most successful food sale in the vacant store in the Odd Fellows block yes- terday. Next Wednesday cvening the temple will hold a public whist in I. 0. O. F, hall, At The Community The regular Friday night dance will be held at the Community theater this week and a larger crowd than ever is expected when the doors are thrown open. The musie, as usual, will be furnished by the Community orchestra. Many out of town visitors have signified their intention of being present. Plainville Briefs Sidney Cowles has resigned his po- sition at Collins' lunch and has re- turned to Litchfield. Sequassen lodge, 1. O, 0. F., held a regular meeting last evening and routine business was transacted, Fownes gloves, silk, filosotte and kid. Gordon hose, Model Shop, Whit- ing street.—advt. . SOUTHINGTON NEWS Mrs. Emma Kenyon Dies—Selectinan Sells Coal—School House Insurance —Ttems, Word has been received here of the death in Ocean Beach, Cal, of Mrs, Fzmmn. Kenyon, widow of Jeremiah Kenyon, a former resident of this town. Her death occurred yesterday. The Best is Always = 300 Delicious the Most Economical Cups to a Pound - BLACK (Orange Pekoo Blend) MIXED and GREEN Sold in Sealed Metal PacKkets Only. The funeral will be held with services in the Baptist church on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock., Rev. G. C. Laudenslager will officiate and burial will be in Quinniplack cemetery, Selectman William Foley stated yes- terday that the coal which he re- celved recently, has been going read- i1y, despite that fact that the cost of it has been $18.50 per ton, He reports that the local coal dealers still say that there is a shortage of coal here, but that they expected that the sit- uation would be relieved within a short time. Owing to the fact that the insur- ance on the schools in Southington is covered by a blanket policy, it is not known just what insurance will be pald for the Flanders building. Only about $1,000 is expected, while it will cost about twice that much to rebuild it. There has been a general observ- ance of Good Friday in Southington. All the business places, the factories in general, are closed for the day. The merchants kept open last evening for the accommodation of the public. Eden in Mrs. Charles Brooks of avenue is spending the week-end New York city. St. Anne's Guild will hold an Eas- ter card party in St. Thomas' com- munity home, Monday evening. as well as| FIND CARS W Greenwich Residents, Who Bought in Good Faith, Are Surprised. Greenwich, Conn, March 30— I'T‘hlrty-!hree Ford automobiles have | been located here by the police which |are found to have been stolen. They were being operated by local resi- dents, all of whom had bought them in good faith, Some of the owners have already identified them. Among the stolen | cars seized by the police are those of Mrs. I. N. Lewis, Constable George Jones, Willlam C. Rongee, J. R. | Spencer and Henry Weltz, | The cars were stolen in New York {and most of them were sald to have been sold to Harry Goldy, who | operated a garage in Bridgeport. He was arrested two months ago and is now held under bail of $10,000 awaiting trial and also under a fed- {eral bond of $75,000. Many of the | Greenwich residents purchased their cars from dealers who had bought them from Goldy. Morris Nordstrom is home from | Wesleyan college for the spring re- cess, Notice Supper and food sale given at the Daughters of Isabella club rooms, 166 Main strcet, Saturday, March 31st. Home made food sale from 2 to 8. |Supper served from 5 to 8 o'clock. 26¢. Special With DOROTHY GISH The Big 9 Reel Drama Easter Offer! 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