New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1923, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN D‘.AILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923, One of the largest parties of the spring season to be held in Berlin will be the Fancy Dress Ball which will be held In the Grapge Hall on the ovening of April 13th under the aus- pices of the Worthington Community Center assoclation, Fred 8, Troupe who Is general chalrman has an- nounced his committees as follows: Pardon C. Rickey, ticket distribution; Francls Deming, ticket window; George E. Prentice, ticket taker; Mrs. Pardon C, Rickey, ice cream money; Mrs, SBamuel A, Fiske, cakes; Mrs, George E. Prentice, Mrs. 8, Chase Coale, candy girls and candy table; Mrs, Garner C. Goodwin, flower girls and flower table; Mrs, C. Board- man, Garner C. Goodwin, ice cream girls and cake table; Mrs, Charles Pratt and Mrs, Lester Deming, punch table; 8. Chase Coale, prizes; Willlam Scott, W. A. Meagley and Henry Deming, check room; Frank L. Wil- cox, master-of.ceremonies; Mrs, John Pinches, Miss Fannle Griswold and D, T. C. Hodgson, judges; Lo Hi club and Older Boys' class, hall decora- tions; Mrs. 8. Chase Coale, posters; Lawrence Southard, paper cups and dishes; Mrs, Alice Huston, publicity. v 0. Howard Platt of Lincoln road has returned from Miami, Florida. Mrs. Platt and son and daughter will re- turr early next month. o« .0 Mr. and Mrs. Willlam E. Beers of Pearl street have returned to town after spending several weeks in St. Petershurg, Florida, Cuba and Pine- hurst, N. C. 80 ' successful was the BShuttle Meadow Cabaret, as given at the Shuttle Meadow club last Saturday evening that It is a foregone conclu« slon that such an event will become an annual affair on the club pro- gram, Much credit is due to those Who appeared on the program and to A: G, Kimhall who made arrange- ments for the affair and was placed in charge by House Committee Chalr- Howard Humphrey, The nov- elty of the occasion attracted a large number of guests, there being nearly | 200 in the audience, Appreciation of the efforts of the amateurs, prac- tically all of whom were members of the club, was liberally voided by the, Company H and Headquarters com- entire group of diners. Professional ' pany, 1st battalion, 169th infantry, the finlsh was, of course, lacking in some two New Britain National Guard com- of the acts but the performers made panies, have combined to hold a mili- up for this with the willingness with tary ball at the state army on Arch Wwhich they undertook to do their|street, Monday evening, April 2nd. It parts. is expected that Governor Charles A. The first act, “The Tonsorial Quar-|Templeton will be present as the guest tet,”” was what its name implies, that|of honor, also Adjutant General is, what the word quartet Implies. George M. Cole of Hartford, Colonel The singers carried various imple-| James A. Haggerty of New Haven, ments of the barber's trade, much|p[jeut, Colonel D, Gordon Hunter of burlesqued. ' They rendered several | Hartford, Major Frank Mahlin, regu- selections, with their voices, not the||gp army, Major Clarence Scarborough implements. The four were, Clesson|o¢ Hatrtford and Major Lewis Fields Parker, Ward Maler and Valentine|o¢ New Haven. and Stanley Hart. The patronesses include Mrs, A, G. Lady Billle," or Miss Dorothy Bill | gymbpail, Mrs, Morris D. Saxe, Mrs, B, of Hartford, sang two ballads in &l Gagney, Mrs, L. A. Sprague, Mrs, very bleasing manner. P. F. McDonough, Mrs, J. C. Loomis, Rhubarb and Endive Vaselino,”| ayy “w, J. Farley, Frs, G. T, Kimball otherwise Wesley Parker and Miss|npe 1. G, Hungerford, Mrs. James Dorothy Booth, danced a Spanish|, “yroccerty of New Haven, Mrs. D, Tango in the most approved fashion, ordon” Hunter - of Hartford, ‘and Tioslving, fencll kpeleust. Hre, Frank Mahin of Hartiord. proved thet Hams aer o is Y| The Baccanalian orchestra of Trin- y r 18 & Verylity college will furnish the music. good actor by showing how casy it is e o s to “murder” hig stuff. The kindness Miss Jane Clark, who has been 4 of the audience in applauding Was| ;g ecent guest of Miss Flora Hum- much appreciated. "Pmr:nj:or Spiko Zilch and May- phrey of West Maln strest has return- belle,”. Sturman Dyson. and Mrs, How-| ¢d to her homf In. N:w York city. ard Parsons used t o pision 1n A Miss Ruby Andrews, daughter of Miss Eleanor Lewls of R street has returned from New eity where she spent the early part the week, 4 .. v Mr. and Mrs. Edward Loomis of @ = Chestnut street have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Elsle May Loomis to Fred J, C, Ens worth of Wallace stroet, y . .. Another engagement of interest an~ nounced during the week is that of Miss Myrtle Dunham, daughter of Mrs. Mary Dunham of Shuttle Meadow avenue, and Melville M. Stickels, son of Mis, M. A, Stickels of Bradley street. i . . EASTER VACATIONISTS HOME FROM SCHOOL ’—’ Woman’s Club Annual Meeting Held, Mrs. Bassett Re-elected President—D. A. R. Meeting Next Friday at Mrs. Stanley’s—Many Engagements Announced During Week The*final “New Britain Club Night" of a series of three was held last eve- ning in the rooms of the club, The attendance was not as great as that present on other Friday avonings, pos- sibly because of the holiday. Contests in bridge, pitch and billiards were held and a lunch was gerved, In the pitch tournament C. B, Old- ershaw captured the first prize for the evening and also the first prize for the highest“score for the three eve- . |nings of play, George Corbin was second high for the three evenings. W. Stevens won the low score prize for last evening. At bridge J. H. Robinson was high for the three evenings and Judge G. W. Klett was second high. Jullus Pease was high for the evening and E. W, Pelton low, E. E. Baldwin and A. L. Mackay met in the finals of a handicap bil- llard tournament, Mr. Baldwin finally winnidg out. Hubert Williams, son of Mr. and Mra. A. W. Williams of Corbin ave« nue, who is working in Boston this winter, Is home for the week end, e The New Britain Woman's club held held its 47th annual meeting and election of officers at the First Church chapel on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Buell B. Bassette was re-elected presi- dent of the club. Mro. John H. Kirk- ham was elected first vice-president, Mrs. Louis W. Young, second = vice- president; Miss Jennie Wessel, records ing secretary; Mrs. Willlam Judd, cor- responding secretary; Mrs. Willlam E. Parker, treasurer, and Mrs. George W. Traut, auditor. Reports of the various committees of the club were submitted by Mrs, Ada Burr and twen- ty-four new members were voted: into the club, including, Mrs. Raymond P. Babcock, Mrs, Laurie B. Banford, Mrs. E. M. Beals, Mrs. F. W. Bea- ham, Miss Ruth E. Bristoll, Mise Grace E. Coholan, Mrs. W. T. Coho- lan, Mrs. Parker W. Fairbanks, Mre Douglas A. Johnston, Mrs. George E. Hoyle, Mrs. W. L. Humason, Mrs, Harold Ingraham, Mrs. A. R. Lamb, Mrs. A. H. Oldershaw, Mrs. H. BE. Parker, Mrs. Edward H. Peck, Mrs. Richard E. Prichard, Mrs. Frederick. W. Scheidler, Mrs. Henry G. Schau L Miss Minnie Pease of Court street has for her house guest Miss Anne Holmes of Winsted, Conn. . s 0 Frank Delaney, son of Postmaster W. F. and Mrs. Delaney of Bassett street, has returned from Yale Uni- versity to spend the spring vacation in town. L Mrs. A. B. Alderson and daughter Miss Alice Alderson of Lake street have returned from Philadelphia where they have spent the past two weeks visiting friends. ¢« .. The wedding of Miss Adra L. Mar- tin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Martin of Washington, D. C., and burlésque duo-recital which was very good. .“Virgiska and Francisco,” the Misses Virginia and Dorothy Bill, gave a variation of a tango which they had put together themselves. The two dainty misses received much favorable comment. 2 “A Night at the Show, With Ruff and Reddy,” as presented by Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Kimball, proved to con- tain a good many laughs. They car- ried the audience through a whole performance at a movie-vaudeville house, imitating the “Mooneys” and showing the “Pathetic News,” whose subtitles as recited by Mrs. Kimball at the piano were apt hits at mem- bers of the club and their pastimes. “The Harmony Four,” Louis Jones, Judge J. E. Cooper, E. M. Hayden and Henry G. Schauffer, gave an en- joyable rendition of some old-time songs. **Doc Gallagher and Bill Sween,” or Willjam* T. Coholan ‘and William Sweeney, had put the music of Galla- gher and Shean to words that were Iocal in their application. Needless to say their act was popular. “The Sick Brown Brothers,” Clif- ton Wilson, Howard Parsons, Harold Hateh, Carl Messenger, Stanley Eddy and Ma_xwell Porter, performed upon “saxopHones” in imitation of the act Wwhich #heir billing almost copled. Their Jazz was appreciated. John Thomas Charles & Co., in “Glorifying the Shuttle Meadow Girl,” swas the last number .on the yrogram. Louis Jones carried the s8lo work, assisted by a chorus com- posed of Miss Virginia Hart, Miss Dorothy Bill, Miss Dorothy Booth, Miss Jlorence Mouat, Miss Lois Kirkham and Miss Margaret Foster Who wore charming old-fashioned costumes. Dinner was served during the per- formance and dancing took place be- tween the acts and after the show. DR Miss Ingeborg Fromen, duugflter of Dr. E. T. and Mrs. Fromen of West Main street who has been playing in “stock” in New York city during the winter is in town to spend the Easter holidays with her parents. « s Valentine Hart son of Mrs, and Mrs. ‘Walter Hart of Hart street is home from Yale University. . . Sturman Dyson of Harrison street is spending the weck-end in New York city. . Mrs. J. Palmer and her son John Palmer who have been the gucsts of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Kimball of Lex- ington street for the past week re. turn on Monday to their home in Chi. cago. . . Mrs. A, J. Sloper and son Erwin, and Miss May Wilcox of Grove Hill were in New York city the carly part of the week. . Stanley Oldershaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oldershaw of Corbin avenue has heen spending the past week with his parents. Mr. Oldershaw is a student at Trinity college, P Miss FFlorence Trumbull and Miss Esther Trumbull, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Trumbull of Plainville return Monday to Bradford Academy after spending the Easter holidays with their parents. e Miss Laurene Mouat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Mouat of Grove Hill came home from Port- chester, N. Y. on Friday to spend her spring recess with her parents. LR Mrs. Ira Hicks and son Ira of West Main street and Mrs. A. J. Sloper and son Erwin of Grove Hill will leave on Monday for Washington, D. C. where they will spend the week. . .. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. McDonough and daughter Helen of West Main street returned on Tuesday from Atlantic City. S . « Miss Irene Swift, daughter of Tal- madge Swift of Cedar street, returned Friday from Germantown, Penn, to spend a few days in town. s Miss Ruth North, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James North of Sunnyledge has been spending her Easter recess visiting friends in Clinton, N. Y. D) Mrs. Howard Humphrey of Russell street who has been visiting her mother Mrs. Converse of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is expected home on Mon- day. Among the New Britain girls re- turning to Putnam Hall early next week will be Miss Barbara Swift, daughter of Talmadge Swith of Cedar street and Miss Lois Kirkham, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kirkham of Cedar street. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Bas- sett street will return on Tuesday to | Russenl Sage University, Iroy, N, Y. o v e | Miss Doris Willlams, daughter. of i{ Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Willlams of Cor- bin avenue has been home from Vassar College for her Easter vaca- tion. . s, F. Elllott of Newington Center has been spending the past week with his sister, Mrs, Justin Fearing of Jamai- ca, Long Island. . 0. Miss Agnes Hitchcock of Maple Hill has returne@ to Northfield Seminary, after spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hitch- cock. « s e Mr. and Mrs. Darrow Scattergood of Golf street, Maple Hill, entertain- ed the Hartford Bridge club at their home, Tuesday evening. . s 0 Mrs. Lou C. Stevens of New Haven, Conn., is one of the candidates for president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the an- nual congress of the society which is to be held in Washington, D. C., the week of April 16th, P Mrs. Robert Martindell and daugh- ter, Miss Helen Martindell of Hamil- ton street, will leave this week to spend the month of April in New York city. 4 ¢ s Miss Milda Andzulatis, daughter of Mrs. Emily Andzulatis of Chestnut street will return this evening from a three week visit with friends in Scran- ton, Pa., Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Bing- hampton, N. Y. “ s Robert Peplau, son of Mr, and Mrs. E. R. Péplau of Stanley street, is spending his spring vacation from Choate school, Wallingford, in Day- tona, Florida, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Blodgett. e & @ Royal Heineck is home from school spending the Easter vacation with his parents. o s e Mrs. Amanda Kallgren of Dwight street announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Jennie A. Kall- gren to Malcolm Ekstrand of Provi- dence, R. 1. Miss Kallgren is em- ployed at the Stanley Works office. Mr. Ekstrand is employed in the phy- sio therapy department of the United States Veterans' bureau of Providence, R I. . s w Miss Marjorie Hart is home from Mt. Ida school to spend her spring vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hart of Kensington ave- nue. . s e Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hemenway of Lexington street left Friday for New York city to spend a few days. .« s o Mrs. Herbert Swift of Park place returned this week from Porto Rico. . o » Miss Julius Gold of Stanley street is spending the week-end ip Beston, Mass. LI Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Kimball of Lexington street will leave on Mon- day for California to wspend several weeks., . o Mrs, Herbert Wheeler of Forest street is entertaining her sister, Miss Deming of Winsted, Conn, over the week-end. v e ® Mrs. Willlam Nickerson of Chatam, Mass,, is the guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Burckhardt of Black Rock Avenue, s . The nkulnr meeting of the New Britain Musical club has been post. poned from April 2nd to April 9th. « o o Leroy Fleisher;, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleisher of Black Kock Ave- nue is home from Syracuse University for his spring vacation. o s e Miss Eloise Unkelbach daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Unkelbach of Black Rock Avenue has returned from Boston University for the Easter holidays. . .. Sldney Carlson is home from Dean Academy for the Easter recess. . s Leo and Cyral Gaffney, sons of Judge and Mrs. B. F. GaXaey of Vine stre re home from Yale university for the spring nce‘ss.. . Miss Lilllan Fleisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleisher of Willlam P. Felt of Curtls street is from Perry Kindergarten S8chool, Boston, Mass.,, for her Easter vaca- tion. MISS IRENE ANDREWS Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews of Bassett street, Her engagemént to Lucian Henry Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson Stevens of Lexington, Okla., was announced Wednesday Those who have enjoyed the enter. tainments given by the McAll Auxil- iary in the past are looking forward eagerly to the concert which Miss Mil- dred Dilling, harpist, will give next Friday evening, April 6th at the Camp school auditorium. Miss Dilling returns to New Britain at the urgent request of those who heard her last year. She comes at considerable inconvenience to herself owing to the pressure of other en- gagements and hep friendship for Mrs. Rodman Chamberlain of Lincoln | Road whose guest she will be, was not the least of the inducements that impelled her to accept the sincere in- vitation to play hero at considerable financial sacrifice. LY Major F. L. and Mrs. Wilcox of Berlin announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margaret Wilcox to J. Edgar Hunnicutt, Jr.,, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hunnicutt of Atlanta, Georgia. Miss Wilcox has several friends in town, she is a’graduate of Rye Seminary, Rye, N. Y,, and of Wellesley college. Mr, Hunnicutt is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The wedding will take place in June, . v e The wedding of William J. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Walker of Hartford, formerly of Forest street, this city, and Miss Dorothy Wallace, daughter ofy Mn. and Mrs. M. T. Wal- lace, Short Beach, Branford, Conn, will take place Saturday, June 9th. . o s The Alpha Iota Epsilon fraternity will hold its annual Easter dance at the Shuttle Meadow club Monday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. Music will be fur- nished by the Tasker-Clyne orchestra of Hartford. The committee in charge are expecting to make this dance the best ever held by the fra- ternity and indications are that it will be. The orchestra is well known in Hartford, having several excellent solo musicians. A large number of New Britaln and Hartford home frpm school are planning to attend. . v Lewis Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Chapman of South High street is home from the University of Pennsylvania for the Easter holidays L) James Donahue, a student at Yale School of Music, is spending the Easter vaaction at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Donahue of Sefton drive. “« % Miss Florence Jones of West. bourne Parkway, Hartford, entertain- ed on Monday evening at a miscella- neous shower in honor of Miss Agnes M. McCarthy of 33 Connecticut ave- nue, this city. The house was pret- tily decorated in pink and white. A delightful luncheon was served. Miss McCarthy received many pretty gifts, She will be married in May to Lester B. Williams of this city. “ . Miss Virginia Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hart of Hart street, who has been home from Smith col- lege for the past week, is spending the week.end in New York city the guest of Miss Eleanor Lowther. e Mrs. Earle K. Bishop ot West Main street is visiting friends in New York city. . . Mrs. Philip Stanley will open her home on Shuttle Meadow avenue next Friday afternoon to a meeting of the Esther Stanley chapter, D, A. R. Professor Shepard of Trinity college will be the speaker for the afternoon. Robert Hamilton of Farmington will sing. . o0 Miss Dotha White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Marcus ‘White of Forest street, is spending her spring vacation from Connecticut college with Miss Winifred Smith of Germantown, Pa. five Ten, Ten, Ten system. from ten people in ten weeks. April , 1st, Connecticut college wllx| launeh an endowment effort to obtain Mundred thousand dollars by the Ten dollars .+ 0 A silk chapel flag was presented to thd Children’s Home on Rackliffe Heights Thursday afternoon by the Sons of Veterans, Auxiliary No. 1, The flag was presented by Mrs. Hattic Buckley. « o Miss Ruth Larson was given a mis- cellaneous shower at her home on Lake street Monday evening by a number of her friends in the Corbin Cabinet Screw corporation office. Miss Larson and Albret Nygren were mar- ried today. ¢ s e Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Walker will entertain three tables of bridge at their home on Roberts street this eve- ning. . . Mrs. B. K. Coriover and daughter, Janet, of New York city are the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Platt of Trinity street. PRI Morgan Felt, son of Mr and Mrs. William P. Felt of Curtiss street is home from the Wharton school of Finance, Penn., for his Easter vaca- people | Miss Olive Littlehales, daughter of Mrs. H. A. Littlehales of West Main ! street has been named district chair- man for the territory including New Britain, Southington, Berlin, East| Berlin, Bristol, Plantsville, Meriden, Forestville and Middletown. L) The New Britain public is looking |forward with much pleasure to the “Open House Night” which is to be held at the Young Women's Christian association next Wednesday evening, April 4th. The entire bullding, in- |eluding the gymnasium and the swim- ming pool will be open to the pub- lic. In the gymnasium there will be an exhibition of work done in the are and millinery classes. The Girl Re- serves have arranged an interesting pageant which they will present. Miss Magery Norris, Miss Lillian Ashworth and Miss Edith Holmgren will give a musical program. The cafeteria committee in charge of Mrs. W. H. Judd will serve refreshments. . v Lars Fromen, son of Dr. E. T. Fro- men of West Main street, returns early next week to Williston Academy after spending his spring vacation in town. « Miss Miriam Mouat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Mouat of | Grove Hill, is home from New York city for the holidays. « oo Miss Julie Russell, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Russell of Grove Hill, | who is spending the winter in New York city is in town for the week- end. v o John Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes of Murray street, has re- | turned from Choate school to spend | his Easter vacation in town. U Announcement has been made of | the engagement of Miss Catherine T. | Gilbert, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert of High street, and Hobart| H. Corridan, son of Mr. and Mrs.| Richard Corridan of Jerome street.| Mr. Corridan is a veteran of For- eign Wars and is employed at the! Staniey Works office. . .0 A recent announcement of interest is the betrothal of Miss Irene An- drews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Andrews of Bassett street to Lucian Henry Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs, James Jackson Stevens of Lexington, Oklahoma. Announcement of the engagement was made at a tea which Miss Andrews gave at her home Wed- nesday afternoon to several of her friends. Tea was served in the dining room with Mrs. Victor Poindexter of Hartford and Mrs. Johnstone Vance presiding at the charming tea table. Miss Carlyn Kingsley, Miss Harriet Reynal and Miss Ruby Andrews as- sisted with the serving. Among the guests were Mrs. William Peace, Mrs. Leland Hoar, Miss Corinne Goodwin, Miss Francine Wachter, Miss Elsie Collingwood, Miss Hazel Egan, Miss Leonie Crowe, Miss Ethel Littlehales, Miss Florence Mouat, Miss Beatrice Reynal, Miss Corinne Erickson and Miss Beatrice Magnuson of Hartford. Miss Andrews is among the popular younger set in town, she was grad- uated from the New Britain High school in the class of 1917 and from Beechwood Seminary in the class of 1919, Mr. Stevens is a member of Pst Upsilon and Is a graduate of Wes- leyan university in the class of/ 1920. He is now connected with the Stanley Works. . Henry Mildrum, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mildrum of Berlin, {8 home from the Polytechnie Institute, Worcester, Mass., for the Easter holi- | days. children, formerly of street, have moved to New Jersey. Dartmouth college, spring tour. given in Melrose, day evening. as St. Louis before returning to col- lege. street has announced ment of her sister Miss Ada GouM to Carl Munson of Gould is very well known in town. She is a graduate of the General school. in October. Mrs. A. G. Kimball street gave a dance at his home Tues- day evening for his guest, John Pal« mer of Chicago. Among the guests were Miss Natalle Case, Mjss Car- lotta and Miss Emily Sloper, Miss Fay Rattenbury, Miss Peggy Zimmerman, Miss Kathryn Clark, gan, Miss Elva McKirdy, Miss Jean Sloper of Hartford, Richard House, Harold Rossberg, John Andrews, Gra- ham Maziene, Henry Martindel!, Don- ald Moore and John Wolfe. Miss Agnes Vance of will return the early part of week from Washington, D. C, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, where have months. and Miss Fannie Holmes street who have been spending the past week in Washington, D. C., the| house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hartshorn, will return to town Monday. tion. . . Miss Pihl, daughter of the Rever- . end G. H. Pihl of Franklin Square is home from Mt. Holyoke College for ‘her spring recess. . Mrs. Bennet Nelson of Harrison street left Wednesday to spend two months with her daughter :n Cleve- land, Ohie. « v Miss Alice Jester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Irving Jester of Harri- son street has returned from Con- necticut college for her Easter vaca- tion. Mr. and Mrs. W, D. Lent-Koop and 61 Harrison The Dartmouth Musical club of has left on its The first concert was Mass, on Thurs- They will tour as far « & e Mrs, George H. Bodley of Harrison the engage- Forestville. Miss New Britain Hospital Nurses' Training Her wedding will take place Thomas E. Maloney is home from the Wharton School of Finance, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ralph Cooley of Grand street has been visiting friends in Spring- field, Mass. . . Mrs. Anna R. Savage of 14 Hun- gerford Court has announced the en- gagement of her daughter Miss Ann- ette Savage to Sheldon 8. Roby. Miss Savage is a graduate of the Britain High school and of the State Normal school. For the past two years she has taught in the city schools. Mr. Roby is a graduate of Sheffield | Scientific school and is now with the Edward Miller Co. of Meriden, Conn. New George Kimball, son of of Mr. and Lexington Miss Alice Re- .. Miss Jean Sloper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Sloper of Bloom- field avenue, Hartford, was the guest; of Miss Elizabeth Kimball, daughter | of Mr. and Lexington street on Tuesday and Wed- nesday 'of this week. Mrs. A. G. Kimball of . . Mrs. Robert J. Vance and daughter Maple street next they been spending the winter Miss Marion Hoar of Arch street of Hart| on Ralph Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Moody of Maple Hill, took place today in Washington at the home of the bride's parents. The bride was attended by Mrs. Willlam Ramer of Baltimore as mald of honor, and her bridesmaids were Miss Anna Lippert of Washington, D. C., and Miss Beatrice Moody of Maple Hill, a sister of the bridegroom. Wil- liam Ramer of Baltimore was Mr. Moody’s best man. Mr. and Mrs. Moody will make their home in New Britain, . .. Mayor A. M. and Mrs. Paonessa, Dr. W. T. Morrissey of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Prior of Plain- is fler, Mrs, C. F. Stanley, Mrs. 8. Strople, Mrs. Roger W. Whitman. the business meeting afternoon tea was served. e Mrs. Austin L. Stowell an Following L I Dudley P. Fely, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fely of Curtiss street, home from Amherst college to spend his Easter vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Holmes u‘ family left yesterday for Tampay- Florida. ' e s o Waldo E. Gilbert of this city is spending the week-end with his son ville have been named as patrons and | Harry W. Gilbert of North Brookfield, patronesses for the dansante which |35 the Hartford Undergraduate club of o 0 & W. H. Rattenbury was added to the Holy Cross college will hold Tuesday board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. evening at the Hotel Bond. . o 0 Miss Nellie LeWitt, daughter Mr. and Mrs. M. C. LeWitt of Russell street has returned from Connecticut college to spend her spring recess in town. . A rehearsal of the New Britain Choral society will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. A company of 100 is preparing for the annual recital. “ e Miss Harriet E. Welsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Walsh of Meri- den, who is well known in this city, left Friday for Kansas City, Missouri, to visit relatives. Miss Welsh has been assoclated with the editorial staff of the Meriden Journal and re- signed her position two weeks ago. PR Harold Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Skinner of Maple Hill is home from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to spend the Easter holie days with his parents. " e o The engagement of Miss Anna Knaus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Knaus of Arch street, and Theodore Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louls Miller of Pond street, has recently been announced. The wedding will take place June 2 . TFormer Counciiman Willis H. Ro- den of Stanley street observed his 76th birthday anniversary on Wednes- day. Miss Anna Crowley was given a farewell party at her home on Con- necticut avenue Tuesday evening. Miss Crowley will leave April 1 for Waterbury where she will enter the nurses’ training school at St. Mary's hospital. . . Dr. Peter W. Fox and Harold Dick- inson have been spending the week in Atlantic City. . Mrs. Tyron Smith and daughters, Marcella and Barbaras, have been the guests of Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. M. T. Crean, of Summer strect during| the week. | ¢« o 0 | An Easter musical by the quartet of the First Congregational church under the leadership of Theron W. Hart, will be given Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as follow: Ruth Goodrich Horton, soprano: Charles J. Stuhlman, tenor; Jane 8.| Tuttle, contralto; Burton 8. Cornwall, o e e Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmer of| Belvidere have been entertaining | Miss Marguerite Wedd of Richmond, | Hill, Long Island, during the week. o v o Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hamilton who | have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ! Denis Trehy of Kensington for the past two months have returned to their home in Dundee, N. Y. . ov e baritone; Herman Slewert, flutist; Henry G. Schauffler ‘cellist; Theron | Wolcott Hart, organist and director. | Program (flute, ‘cello and organ) . Handel Offertoire (flute and organ)..Donjon Easter Carols— Alleluia! Sing to Jesus...Berwald God So Loved the World Huntington-Woodman Thy Redeemer Liveth (solo for soprano with flute and ‘cello obligato " Manney Easter Carols— The Strife is O'er Elliot-Hart Angel Bands in Strailns Upraise . .+ Baint-Baens| Agnes Dei (solo for contralto with flute and ‘cello)......Bizet Once the Lord of Glory Lay (quintet with flute obligato, Miss Doris Bradley, soprano assisting) . Bartlett | Angelus (organ) ... Massenet | Berceuse (‘cello and organ).... e ' Reissiger Largo J Serenade (flute, ‘cello an | Pease, John Humphrey, Pease, Sweeney, R. C. Merwin, M. K. Paseo, F. J. Mann, Earl V. Higbee, Stanley at the membership meeting held of | Thursday evening. E. M. Wightman, E. H. Camp were re-elected directors. « o 0 J. Skinner and Attorney Mortimer: Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Trewella of. Walnut street celebrated their 62nd! wedding anniversary yesterday. « ) . s William Kenney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kenney of Stanley street, is home from Fordham college’ for his spring recess. « s Mrs. Frank B, Rau and daughter, Gladys Rau of Maple Hill have been spending the week visiting relatives in Westfleld, Mass. . P 0 Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Moody of Maple Hill left Wednesday on a motor trip to Washington to attend the wedding of their son, Ralph Moody and Miss Adra Martin which took place today. Mr. and Mrs. Moody will return to Maple Hill the early part of the week. . o0 Miss Catherine Wells of Newington Center is home from Connecticut cols lege for her Easter vacation. NEW BRITAIN YALE EN PLAN DINNER Enthusiastic Meeting Held-To - Revive Spirit Here True Yale spirit dominated & |gathering of men formerly of that juniversity, held at the club Thursday evening for the pure pose of discussing plans for a Yale dinner to be held in this city next month with smokers to follow year. New Britain h’lfflfm'lil' the occasional throughout John H. Kirkham presided and there were present, either in person or through messages, some fifty for- mer men of Yale. phrey was elected chairman of a com- mittee to arrange which will bring together Yale men of this city and vicinity, given power to name sub-committees to assist him in making the first af- fair a spoke of the probability of his being able to get “Jack™ Blossom, the re- cently appointed coach for the Yale baseball team to come to speak at the dinner, dnd the pressed that some of the Yale under- graduates, members of the banjo clubs, might be persuaded to be guests at the dinner and bring with them some of the present Yale atmosphere. Howard 8. Hum- for the dinner and was success. Willilam Sweeney hope was e%- glee or zest of An interesting feature of the meet« ing was the introducing of himself by each man present. ous humor each spoke his little piece, telling, in a reminiscent vein, of the amusing things he remembered of his course at college ,and of his attempts to carry something of the breath of the elms into his life in New Britain, The athletic prowess of R. C. Merwin and H. H. Pease, and the intellectual |achievements were brought out only by casual re- | marks of others. characteristic, was in the alr, enthusiasm with which the plan for |the dinner and subsequent meetings was greeted, was unquestioned. With spontane- of Stanley Traceski Modesty, a Yale The Among those present were: Julius H. Kirkham, Howard 8 Harold Hateh, H. H. . B. Hungerford, William Traceski, N. C. Avery, Robert J. Frisbie, A. J. English, Robert Russell, | W. E. Fay, Alfred Beckwith, Henry . Moore, d organ). kelm, L. L. Harding, John P. “fl;-ln George Dalton, M. Volken<