New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1923, Page 7

pecial Sale OFFER RUGS FOR LIVI CAN SAVE DY BUYING NOW, Seamless Wilton Rugs, iz 5.3 priced at $90,00, Seamless Axminster Rugs, best regular price $65.00, ! Seamless Royal Axminster Rugs, size regular selling price $560,00. Sale price $39.50. . Scamless Royal Axminster, size 8-3 x 10-6, regular price $42.60. Sale price $35.00, ‘ dnlaid Linoleum colors through sular price $3.00 square yard. yard, ] Berlin ”ews IS152016 1S ASHED . INBERLIN BUDGET,. ‘Chiel Item of lfiojréase Is for New Heating Plants in Two Schools E_XPENSES ARE $185,367.18 Community Association Will Give En- tertainment October 5—Meeting of " Foresters Scheduled For Tonight— Election Day is October 1—Items. ‘The finance committee and Town Clerk A. L. Woodruff, have prepared a budget for the flscal year 1923-1924 calling for appropriations of $152,- 016:76, the chief increase being in the school department funds, where heat- ing plants in the Kensington and Hub- bard schools are contemplated. In conngction with the announce- ment of a new budget, the expendi- Auwes for the present fiscal year have been calculated at $136,267.78. It has also been announced that the town debt is now $74,000, $64,000 of which ’is- represented in outstanding bonds and $10,000 in a loan from the €émniercial. Trust Co. Estimated re- ceipts for the year of 1923-1924 are as follows:” Balance in bank, $2, 398.57; cash from state for schools, $3,600; cash for tuition from Crom- well and Rocky Hill, $400; stock tax distribution, $2,500; library - grant, $85; cash from back taxes, $18,000; cash to be raised by taxes, personal and - property, $125,016.76. Total, $152,016.76. The expenses of the general town government for this year with the budget figures for next follows: Auditors, $70, $70; assessors, $475, $475; board of relief, $75, §75; health officer, $832,50, $350; registrars, $361.50, $200; selectmen’s salaries, $950, $1,150; town clerk fees and sup- plies,’ $180.14, $250; town treasurer, $600, $800; personal tax enrollment, $125, $125; rate book, $40, $40; mill- tary enrollment, $20, $20; tax collec- tor, $1,209.69, $1,250; fire warden, $50 for next year tree warden, $100 for| next year. Expenses of general gov- ernment, $4,438.83; budget for gen- erdl government, $4,955. his year $14,927.32 was spent on the highway and bridges account and next! year $16,300 is sought. This| yeur‘a expenses with those proposed ! for nq'xt year follow: Bridge material, $564.75, $600; road material, $712.87, $1,000; ‘one qudrter of the cost for re- pair to state aid roads, 81,700, $1,700; repair fo town roads, $8,999.98, $10,- 000; | repair ‘te bridges, $2,049.67, $3,000. : For gharities; $4,500 is asked for next;year. last year $3,673.42 was spent. Following are the comparative | figures, the expenses of this year! showing first: Almshouse board, $165, | $200; almshouse supplies and repairs, $93.13, $200; outside poor, $2,044, $3,- 500: inside poor, $469.29, $600. Tax items of this year and for next are; State, $3,615.56, $3,600; military, $400.29, $600; county, $1,344.71, $1,- 400; Middletown, $5.10, $25. Totals, ‘5,363,&5,/.'5.5!5. Expenses precede amounts asked in budget, in each item. Bondd ! $2,000.00 Interest on bonds Interest on Loans Insurance Electric Lights $2,000.00 2,640.00 2,560.00 1,737.98 1,040.78 2,000,00 1,000.00 IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SHABBY ON 5, DINING OR REDROOM OR LINOI PANTRY AT SUBSTANTIAL PRICE CUTS FROM OUR ALRFADY LOW \\'Wer Wilton Rugs—5§-3 x 10.6, regularly priced $140, oftared for one week at §120,00, Sale price $79.50, Sale price $55.00, Sale price $2.59 sq. 100,00 30.00 | 30,00 | 30.00 100.00 | Town Hall .. 96.46 nsington ¢ erlin . .5 . act Rerlin Telephepes Prioting .. Rugs and Linoleum | Comes Now Most Opportunely COMING AT A TIME WHEN FALL HOUSE CLEANING NECESSITATES NEW FALL COVERINGS 8 YOU ARE 5O TIRED OF, WE WILL, FOR ONE WEEK AR} $150, X 10.6, regularly grade, 9x12 feet, $105.00, feet, | price $97.50, to the back, reg- Sundries Town hall ex- penses an d supplies .... Selectmen's ex- penses 30.00 Town court ... 7,800.76 (Receipts $11,143.85) Library dona- tions .... erlin Veter- ans asso, Return of births and deaths .. Rent of voting places ...... Premium on town officers’ bonds ...... Traffic officer . Probate court expenses Clerk-of finance board Dog damage .. Care of monu- ment .... Guide hoards Honor roll me- morial tablet Loans ........ Past due bills . 861.76 Emergency 000,00 Insurance on Boilers $213.05; Sal- aries, teachers, $37,728.05, $39,000; substitutes, $827.75, $800; music, $731.57, $800; superintendent, $3,500, $3,000; janitors, $3,344.93, $3,600; school supplies, $589.97, $1,600; office supplies, $227.33, $300; text books, $1,419.73, $2,000; library, $1.34, $160; telephone, $106.39, $150; fuel, $4,- 485.77, 3,5600; feight and cartage, 309.39, 300; enumeration, $84.80, $9 repairs, $3,198.55, $3,200; specifica- tions and plans for new building, $1,- 700; local transportation, $2,681.77, $3,000; high school tuition, $11,742, $12,000; high school transportation, $1,334.02, $1,400; night school, $5633, $650; financial secretary, $100, $250; replace heating plants at Kensington and Hubbard schools, $8,000; totals, $73,159.41; $97,300. FWRANCIS DEMING, ERNEST W. MILDRUM, JAMES FITZSIMONS, ' CLAUDE W. STEVENS, JAMES C. HART, BERNARD P. MOORE, A. L. Woodruff, Clerk. Will Present Entertainment A variety entertainment presented for the benefit of the Worthington Community Center association will be the next event of interest to Berlin people. This affair will take place in the town hall on the evening of Oc- tober 5. Miss Helen Rohm is in charge of the program. She announces that there will be several acts with a one- act play concluding the evening. Girl Scouts, the Berlin orchestra, Grange and several people giving vo- cal and instrumental numbers will take part in the activities, The name of the one-act play is “Mrs,.Tubb's Telegram,” by Catherine MacDowell Rice. 'This play is well known in amateur circles and the cast com- posed of Berlin men and women is expected to present it in excellent style. Several jtems are yet to be ar- ranged, the sale of candy and the final arrangement of the program being among them. It is expected that the residents will give this event their hearty support, since the money 357.84 500,00 30.00 200,00 150,00 150,00 40,00 40.00 80,00 25.00 125.00 200.00 25.00 50.00 25.00 30.00 115.60 200,00 50.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 9,167.10 15,000,00 1,200.00 is to go to such a worthy organiza- | tion. Election Coming Soon The annual election will take place | Coglidge and Mr. Amster, president of in Hartford yesterday. Worsted Wilton Rugs, 9 x 12 size, regular price Speclal price $127.50, Seamless Wilton Ru $97.50, for $85.00, . Fine Wilton Rugs 9 x 12 foot size, regular price Special for one week at $80.50, ne Wilton Rugs, size 8.3 x 10.6, regular selling Our one week's price $85.00, Seamless Axminster Rugs, best quality, 8.3 x 10-6, regular price $60, Royal Axminster Rugs, size 9x12 feet, regular price $65.00, for one week at $17.50, Inlaid¢ Linoleum in tile and regular price $2.50, 400,00 [+ the | FOR KITCHEN, BATHROOM OR PRICES, NOTE HOW YouU slze 0x12 feel, regular price 00, Sale price $52.50, hardwood patterns, Sale price $2.10 sq. yard, Birth Is Recorded A birth certificate has been filed in the office of the town clerk, an- nouncing the birth of a daughter, Genefefa, to Mr. and Mrs. Johann Sodat of Berlin, on September 13. Foresters' Meeting An important meeting of Court| Mattabessett of the Foresters will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the hall on Farmington road. The matter of improvements which has been hanging fire for some time, will be disposed of. This will include the renovation of the interior of the building and the installing of modern improvements, The vote of the court is needed to carry this measure through. Items of Interest. The football squad will report this evening on the Percival avenue field for practice, after which a meeting will be held at T. A. B. hall, The mid-week service at the Kens- ington Methodist church will be held this evening at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Ellen Westcott is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. Smith, in Clinton. Mrs. William Shepard is entertain- ing her father, Dr. Bowser, of Bridge- port. East Berlin Items. There will be a meeting of the Modern Woodmen at their Athletic building this evening. Mrs. E. Gladding of New Britain was the guest of relatives in town Wednesday. The library will be open Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 and in the evening from 7:30 to 9:30 oclock | for the exchange of books. { Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Steed of New Britain have been the guests of Miss Georgia Kelsey at her home on Main street. There will be the regular weekly prayer meeting at the Methodist church this evening at the usual hour. Ernest Bourgeois is confined to his | home on Main street with a broken | shoulder blade, as the résult of being | thrown from his bicycle while riding from his house to the railroad station on his way to school. Dr, Bush of Cromwell attended him. Mrs. Agnes Delforrest of New Hav- en is spending a.few days as the guest of her sister Mrs. J. Rose Belden at her home on Wilcox avenue, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Oderman, re- cently returned from their wedding trip, were tendered a serenade last night by a number of their friends. Victrolas, Edisons, Sonoras, Planos, at C. L. Pierce & Co., opposite Monu- ment, New Britain.—advt, Put But Half of Gold in Bridges, He Sold the Rest Washington, Sept. .~ Harry P. Clayton, a negro employed as a derftal mechanic at the Mount Alto Veterans bureau hospital, was said by the police here today to have confessed that in working on the bridgework of former servicemen he had heen putting only | half the gold ordered into the bridges (and selling the rest, Government loss probably will IMPOSES FINE FOR Plainville News REGHLES DRIVING Judge Assesses Hartlord Man lor “Cutting In" on Road LEGION JUDGES ARE NAMED Library to Be Closed Natuniay—=Sow- ing Class to Meet=—Political Outlook s Quict=—Attend Maeting in Hart- ford=—hricls, Michael Morley of Hartford was fined $25 and costs in the town court lust evening by Justice Merritt O, Ryder on the charge of reckless driv. | ing., It was brought out at the trial that he had cut in on Thomas Hoyt of North Balum, N, Y., causing the New York state man to drive into @ diteh at the side of the rond, Al- though the New York car came out of the affair without any damage, the | possibliities of serious acecldent to | either parties was so great that J tice Ryder felt that the Hartford man was gullty of carelessness, Mr, Hoyt was so incensed at the actions of Morley that he asserted that he would appear at the trial and when summoned, he made the trip from New York state to Plainville nrriving here yesterduy. Grand Jur- | or Willlam Foran prosecu the case and recommended the fine, Legion Committee Named Brock-Barnes post, American lLe- gion, has appointed James Usher chairman of the committee which will have charge of the essay contest which will be launched among the graded school ehildren of Plalnville within a short time. Thomas Prior and Cecil Bedford have been appoint- ed to work along with him ag mem- bers of the committee. The judges of the essays have been picked from | among the members of the woman's auxiliary and when the contest is fin- ished, the following will choose the essays for first, second and third prize:—Miss Helen Brock, Miss Helen Itisher and Mrs, Lillian Kunne, It is planned to have the contest end so that the awards can be announced on Armistice Day. Library to Close 1. E. Bunnell, librarian at Plainville public library, stated morning that the library wi closed Saturday, September 22, ofi ac- count of the Firemen's Field Day. It is expected that the parade and the events to be staged in connection with the day will be such an attraction that all those who patronize the lhibrary will be present. Sewing Class Meets Pythian Sisters sewing class will meet at the home of Mrs. Edward Aspinall on Broad street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Plans will be made for the winter months and work will be started on new lines of endeavor. the this be Political Quiet Little interest is being manifested in the coming election in Plainville. Although both major parties are carrying on a silent campaign, the voters do not seem to be stirred up over any of the,candffiates. Unless things can be different and some of the candidates start campaigning, it is expected that the local G. O. P, will re-elect its candidates for the coming year, Some dissatisfaction has been expressed by younger members of the republigan party, but from their state- ments, does not seem that they will bolt the party. Attend Hartford Meeting A large number of Plainville mem- bers of the Baptist church attended the meeting in the Baptist Blue Hills church yesterday afternoon. Noted speakers were present and the Plain- ville attendants report that some in- teresting work was carried out, Episcopal Notes The opening meeting of the Parish Guild for the fall session will be held thi sevening at 7:30 o'clock. Al members are urged to attend. The church school will reopen next Sun- day at 10 a. m,, and attention of the parents is especially directed to this. Firemen's Carnival Probahly the largest crowd of the week attended the Firemen's carnival at the Towu lot at the ecorner of Whiting and Maple streets last even- ing Dare Devil Oliver made his spec- tacular leap at 10 o'clock and as he hurtled himself backwards off his 110 foot ladder turning three back somersaults on the descént downward, the gasps of the spectators could be heard for some distance: The feats of physical skill exhibited by the young woman on the trapeze brought forth rounds of applause and re- marks heurd upon leaving the lot were that the two acts constituted one of the best shows secn here in years, | The booths were well patronized throughout the evening and success seems to be spelled already for the efforts of the local “fire caters," Saturday, the biggest day that Plain- ville has ever had, will bring to- gether members of fire departments from all over the state. Preparations have been made to give the visitors| & royal welcome and an |mmemw! parade will be staged. | |egents say the lamount to $5,000, Clayton is in JB".| | Thinks Coolidge Favors i ! Railroad Consolidation | i Washington, Sept. 20.—The general | railroad situation was discussed at a' | conference today between President| The women of the town are prepar- | ing tasty dishes for the marchers and | athletic events will be run off during | the afternoon. In Superior Court. Two cases which are of unusual in- terest to people of DPlainville were tried before Judge Kellogg in the| September term of the superior court | The first was | Monday, October 1. There should be | ypo Citizen Railroad league. Mr. Am. ! that of Paul Cromier, charged with | Satn F i He was a great deal of interest manifested in the election this year, as the demo- cratic party has again come to life | soiqated plan outlined by President| Mier was caught in and is booming its candidates for the respective offices. Court Session Postponed. The weekly session of the Berlin town court scheduled for last eve- ning was postponed until next Wed- nesday .on account of the absence of Judge George Griswold. The judge expects to return home Several cases were on the last evening and one Hartford Jaw- yer cafme to town it is saig, but find- ing everything locked up, immediate- 1¥ returned to Ha-tord L expressing | surprised that he had not been noti- | 600.00 | fled. | ster gained the impression the presi- | dent wonld favor the railroad con- Harding in an address on his western | | trip. | i ———— | |League Will Study Treaty Regarding Disarmament Geneva, Sept. 20.—The elaboration tomorrow. | of a treaty under which the principles | bile while docket for|of the Washington convention for the | liquor. | reduction of naval armament be accepted by the countries which did not sign that agreement will be studied hy the League of Nations. This was'decided upon by the league council today. | would f theft of an automobile. sentenced to one yeur in jail. Cro-| Rumford, Me., after an automobile had been stolen from Gridley's garage in Plainville. He was brought back by members of the state police, tried in Plainville and bound over to the superior court. The other Plainville case on the docket *was that of John Skibe, | charged with operating an automo- under the inflwsence of He had appealed from a fine of $100 in the Plainville town court | |ham e | necessitated a |fere his lineup will be complete, prosecutor whe made the seatence 0 low | Grange 1o Bebstol, | Members of Plainville Grange will | g0 1o Bristel tamerrew aight 1o &t tend “Nejghbers' Night" under the auspices “Hiviste! Grange. The local members will furnish twe uunn-l hers on the program and preparations have been made by the local dele. gation 1o perform in eacellent manner Interest in Game The announcement in last night's | Herald of the coming game belween the Plainville businessmen and the | elerks has stirred interest up 1o a high piteh in the contest Already the businessmen have taken exception 1o the statement that the clerks are get ng ready te dine gt their employer espensesand they te that they will | have a different tale to tell when Ihrl game is over, Manager Billy Dunham of the Husinessm team points with pride to the presence in his lineup of sueh celebrities as A, J. Hordeau, one time star of the old Hiristol team and Dan Collins, star socond sacker, Dun- ims that his second haseman is distantly related to Eddle Collins, | the best in the game and says that| some of his talent is there in the re lationship, Then Dr. Frost, one of | the hest college short stops ever turn. | ed out on the diamend will eavert on the infield, He Is a tower of strength on both the defense and the offense, | Others on the team will make the| clerks step to put over a win, Mana. | ger John Valentine of the clerks nine ated today that several small detalls it of A few days be. He states that the clerks have the game sewed up already and feels confident that his backers will be sure of their money, Plainville Briefs Sequassen lodge, 1. O, O, will meet this evening at a regular wegqkly session In Odd Pellows hall, Pythian lodge, K. of P, will meet tomorrow evening in the Odd Fellows hall, | Flags and Bunting at .hnmt’ Dry | Goods Store, West Main street.—advt, | FOR SALE-—5 plece leather set.| Price reasonable., 55 DPierce Street, Plainville, Conn. Mrs, J. Robidoux,— advt, Fire- Plain- Watch our windows during men’'s Week. Special prices. ville Eng. & Supply Co.—advt, Piano Teach Mrs, Adella Nor- ton, pupil of L. Leslie Toth, Studio, 141 West Main street; day or evening periods. Apply Mondays.—advt, Baby carriage and stroller for sale, Fred Smith, 19 Park street.— advt. Victrolas, Edisons, Sonoras, Pianos, at C. L. Plerce & Co., opposite Monu- ment, New Britaln.—advt. Baby carrlage for sale. Reasonable. 18 Hough street, Plainville, Conn.— SOUTHINGTON NEWS _ Selectmen .-\tlr'mpllnz\ To Lower Taxes—To Organize Bowling League —Items of Interest: The board of sclectmen in a state- ment issued last evening said that if the grand list totals the same amount this year as it did‘last, that it might be possible to lower the tax rate by one mill and if the grand list shows an increase, it will beé possible to low- er it more than that amount. Aside from the announcement that the tax rate may be lowered, it was also stated that the cash balance of town on hdnd 18 $52,000 to $18,000 a few years ago. This is one of the best showings ever made by town officials in the history of the town and the hoards and various committees of the town government have cooperated to keep expenses down, Arrangements have been made to organize a bowling league from among factory and other organization teams, Tecams will be picked from the indus- trial league of last season and other organizations have been invited to join, . Invitations have been sent to 60| drum corps to attend the field day to be staged by Shanley's Advanced Fife and Drum Corps on September 28 and | 29, It will, according to the commit- | tee, be the biggest fleld day yet staged | in the toWn. The Milldale baseball team will play the (J‘lon A. 0. team of New Haven on th® Milldale school grounds Sun- day afternoon. The visitors have won the last 11 games which they have played. Eureka.lodge, 1. O. O, K., will hold a smoker and rehearsal of degree work in Odd IFellows hall on Tuesday evening. SARG T WILL FILED Tounder of. American Academy of | the s birthday gifts were sent to the Home Dramatic Arts Divides Holdings New York, Sept. 20.—The wiil of | Franklin Sargent, founder of the| American Academy of dramatic arts who committed suicide at mamhurg,;‘ Y., on August 28, has been filed, 1t | directed that his holdings in the| academy be held in trust and the in- come be divided. equally among his friends, Emil E. Diestel, of San Fran- clsco, and Charles J. Ehlinger and| Benj. I*. Roeder of this city. | Mr. Sargent left $500 to Arthur W. Sargent, a half brother of Avon Park, Fla., and family papers and personal belongings to Edward H. Sargent, a nephew of Lexington, M Books and sermons of Mr. Sargent's father and al! books referring to the family were left to the Sargent-Murray-Gil- | man house association of Gloucester, | Mass. His country home at Merrill, N. Y., automobile and some stock Mr. Sar- gent left to Sadie Walker of this city. | | Community Theater | TODAY AT 8 P. M. { George Fitzmaurice Production || “KICK IN“ | Betty Compson, Bert and May McAvoy Crammed with excitement, bristling with thrills—the ace || with Lytell and yesterday changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. He was sentenced to thirty days in’ jail. by Judge Kel- logg, who remarked that he was sor to accept the recommendation of the of all crook melodramas. Torchy Comedy “Orange Blossoms™ | of America, Oliver Dives 110 Feet Into 6 Feet of Water Corner of Whiting and Maple Sts. Plainville Auspices of Plainville Hose Co. AT PLAINVILLE HOSE (0. CARNIVAL AND FIELD DAY JURYMAN IS GUILTY Blizzard Pancl | West Virginian Took $600—Briber Also to be Put| on on Trial, [ Lewisburg, W. Va,, Sept. 20.—How- ard R, Harrah, foreman of the jury which failed to agree last July in the murder accessory trial of William Blizzard, mine union official was found guilty today on an indictment charg- | ing that he received $600 from G. C.| Hickey, a union man who was a de- fense witness in the Blizzard case. Hickey, charged with bribery, was to be placed on trial later in the day. Committees Are Cl;)sen By. Sunshine Society Committee chairmen were elected | at the regular meeting of the Sun- shine society held Monday afternoon. The committees and the women at the head of them are: Notices, Mrs. George W. Corbin and Mrs. John Pinches, Sr.; program, Mrs. W. W, Marshall; decorating, Mrs. John A, Andrews; reception, Mrs. John Pinches, Sr.; badges, Mrs. George H. Dyson; music, Mrs. 5. B. Proudman; | ushers, Mrs. Leslie 1", Brotherton; luncheon, Mrs. George I3, Christ; reg- istrar, MY, H. W. Thompson, | Committees repored on their sum-| mer activities. One hundred calls| were made on sick and shut-ins. Twenty oranges were sent to - the hospital. Twenty-five bouquets of flowers were sent to the sick. Forty for Crippled Children in Newington. | The annual state convention of the| society will be held in this city on| Tuesday, October 2. | CITY ITEMS. The following marriage licenses opened this afternoon will have been issued at the office of City Clerk A. L. Thompson: Ldward H. | Christ of 58 Garden street, and Miss | Francine Wachter of 104 Harrison street; Arthur Le Blond of 176 West | street; and Ethel Winger of 224 Brook street. Dance with De Vito's Orch., State Armory, Iriday night. Adm. advt. tadio supplies reduced at Morans’ —advt. “Hey! You Want any comedy song, Columbia reeord. A. Andrews & Co.—advt, Edison talking machines at Picrce's —advt., | B | i Codfish ?” | John | Noonday luncheons at Crowell's.— | ° advt, } “Oh Harold,” special fox trot, Vo- calion. John A. Andrews & Co.—| adyt. | Large shipment Sonora "Talking ina- | chines. C. L. Pierce.—advt. | Hear “Love Tales,” Victor fox trot. C. 1. Pierce & Co.—advt. ! See Axelrod's Ad on Page 14.—advt, Hear *No No Nora,” Victor fox trot. 1. Plerce & Co.—advt. | The condition of Mrs. John L. Han- son, who is ill at her home on Stan- ley street, is reported as serious. The regular quarterl¥ meeting of | Court Charter Oak, No. 36, Foresters will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Grotton hall. Grand | Court bfficers will be in attendance | and a report of the supreme conven- | tion recently held at Cleveland, Ohio, | will be given. | New records every Friday, Morans'. —advt, : | Mr. and Mfs, George Baldwin and daughter of Kensington and Mrs, Herbent Heath of West Main street, this city, have returned from an auto trip to Niagara Falls, Canada, and Pennsylvania, taking in the Lacka- wanna Trail and the Delaware Water Gap on their way home. Vietrolas, Edisons, Sonoras, Pianos at C. 1. Pierce & Co., opposite Monu- ment, New Britain.—advt. C PURSUE “PRAYING BANDIT" Puebla, Mexico, Sept. 20.— Pest known for his unfailing custom of dropping to his knees daily when the Angelus sounds, and praying for the souls of 20 persons he has killed, Feli- ciano Machorro, 19 year old outlaw, is being pursued through the moun- tains by a special squad of police agents detailed to the chase. In two days Machorro is eredited with having | | suspendea murdered four persons and escaping with many thousands of pesos. MAPLE HILL NEWS The Newington Grange falr which contihue through Saturday evening. There will be domestic, candy and fancy work beoths and a poultry exhibit. There will be an entertainment every *even- ing which will be followed by dancing, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel B. Otsoff and daughter, Barbara, of Bridgepont, bave returned home after spending two weeks with Mr, and. Mrs. D. K. Perry. Mr. and Mrs, E. B. Proudman and Donald Proudman motored to Han- over, N. H., the early part of the ® week where the latter has entered the* freshman class at Dartmouth college. George C..Root of Golf street at- tended the 54th reunion of the Bighth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers in Meriden, Monday. Misses Eleanor Proudman, Elinor Pond, Harriet Sprague and Nancy Doane are members of the New Brit- ain Girl Scout drum corps which took part in the junior musical festival at the Idastern States exposition in Springfield, Tuesday. Mrs. William Pond of Hillside ave- nue is in South Attleboro, Mass., hav- ing been called there by the iliness of her mother, Mrs, Alice Carrier of Orlando, Flo- rida, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs., E. J. Skinner for a few days last week. Miss Arline week-end in friends, Root will spend the Springfleld visiting Mr. and Mrs, Charles I:‘ce, Mr, and Mrs, Clinton Barrows and Mr, and Mrs. Woodruff of Newington attended the Eastern States exposition in Springfield, Tuesday. I'IR ENDED William J, r, 4 member of En- gine Co. No. 2 is alleged to have re- ported to work at 6 o'clock last even- ing in an intoxicated condition, = Cap- tain Kugene Porter reported the mat- ter to ~Chief Wiliam J. Noble who The matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the board of fire commissioners on October 17, " NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE, Chicago, Sept., 20.—The case against J. J. Smith, alleged to hive compelled an 11 year old girl to live in a hen- coop, was dismissed at Lagrange yes- terday by Judge Walter Hamilton on the grounds there was not sufficient evidence to hold him. DANCING Every Friday Evening, 8to 12 At The Community Theater Musié¢ by AL PARRY of Hartford Farms For Sale Read the REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Ads on the Want Ad . Pages