New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAli « HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925, WED. JAN. 2nd, STARTS IT— OUR GREAT YEARLY COST SALE THAT THOUSANDS WAIT FOR The Old, Old Story That, Retold Over and Over, Never Loses It’s Thrill. BROWN THOMSON & COMPANY’S ANNUAL This COST SALE a Traditional Event that gives every patron wonderful opportunities for bargain getting. Great plans have been made for this sale, making it an occasion no one can afford to let go by. Everything At Cost, Barring A Few Restrictions Over Which We Have No Control. SALE BEGINS WEDNESDA Berlin News CAR TURNS TURTL ON SCHOOL STREET New Britain People Escape Un- injured After Automobile Skids N0 CAUSE PR ARREST Engagement i~ announced —Married Men Won't Play ketball League is Organized—New Y < Day in Berlin—Other A sorious accident was narrowly rted yesterday afternoon at about o'clock, when large touring car driven by Oscar Westerberg of W iritain turned turtlc on the new streteh of concrete road on School strect, Berlin, The car containing Westerherg, two brothers, August and Albert Mr, and Mre, Carlson of Danbury, turned down from the turnpike from the direction of Hartford he road was slippery and Mr. Westerberg ap plicd the brakes, The car imm lately started slid It skidded in a straight direction fol a few feet and then gathering speed on the hill, turned sideways and completely over. yple living in neighboring houses ha 1 to the resaie of the impris- oned occupants of the car and extri cated them, Mrs, Carlson suffcred ingured arm, but the other passengers escaped without injuries « shaking up Constable I'rosceutor gated the Ttems, v his ane w ene any beyond Ventres Lewis but found assing the unayoidabiv e and was towed to the g I'he New Biritain nt Announced John Runde « Kensiy Announ th Anna Orville Charles ¥, accident, arrest, investt no oceut car was Monn took a wrecked ment ol occupants to ¥ ongagew Mr., and Mrs amngdon court the engagement Merz to Herman A 202 Sevmonr aveni ements for the heen completed Won't Vlay The ma ey apparently and weak thusiastic Lasketball young fellows with ders Franklin Boardma bers of the Worthington approached scveral and asked them were, They hemmed uround and finally decided didn't want to. Poor old fellows. Ar not ye riv ear for their rheumatism olnts, as they were not en ihout playi - with the single m were andous me 1o mor 1he ‘e ol ir ¢ onee one of Ath of the at 1) ‘ and mem cluh mer w the old year out the New Year in tonight at Forres- ters hall Ken: ty Dance and Mardi gton Novel- given by Court Mattabes- sett, No. 137 F. of A. Basketbhall—Bas- . Basketball League Il league, to Berlin teams, is be ing formed in town for th winter, The league will include a team from the rlin Construction company, the Triangles of Kensington, the Worth- ington “Athletic association and an- other squad made up of t Berlin young men. It was thought that the town hall could he secured for the games, but here the boys ran uinst L NN 18 IMirst Scleetman George declined to let them Porn A sketl Kensington. and inelude ug, “urter lall The follows are and will not echedule uatil The boys of use the luck™ %o to to begin they can get & the Worthington district out this year 1o bring the title to Berlin strect, as are the other teams and it iy expected that a lively sries I this winter, practice in the districts, Will Obs Al business ‘out of their hall will saged will sturt in their of games All teams futue car respective ¢ Holiday houscs and factories Berlin and Kensington will observe advent the New Year tomor- The offices 1 both Ber- and Kensington will be open une their customary holiduy They will be open from 7:1 0 o'clock in the morning and in the afternoon in Kensington will be open in the morning only, and it probable that the Berlin will this example. The f tories will ol the entire and the Berlin Savings observe the holiday by closing. This evening there will Night service at th Methodist church, Carlos Hartford will begin th §:30 o'clock. He will recite original po Following the recitations Miss Lord, of the chureh, win Christmas story A nl from 10 1 parlors and from service will be Brennan will this service feature of Malt wold thet from 1 i the row, 1n Ior ule sched- to om b o'clock ol the 1 until Most I8 stores follow w Kensington Day of program at a number be eh me May read a hour will I o'cloek in the 1MMto12a held ey detiver the Sy music be of stor enjoyed chureh religions H 1 sermon at faul will be servic tt of the rdi Kensingtor Conrt ot sters gras and dance this ¢ at ing will be p ttend o gements have trolley o'clock, There ties for t tim been who good it p \rra he ymis company to convey ave 4 fal late ear vl from New Britais people w back to t mlay Mr. & Farmington a rkin N vis morning Mis Mary 1 arrled 1 Mar cir Angelo Lu and Wiss aln, wers o'clock at Beitain, On { ding trip they Wr. Lucco store on Fa 1t n ' <t ureh et from side myloyed wiil in Are L nt Care to min vtes late mes swoep r of 1 feut company was Fept b going t and this morning to keep tracks Trains to thei of road road brid y No Dram Corps Mecting will b n meeting of 1 B, drom cotps th ning etl, due to v t that it is New nr's ¢ Ther e & rohes The wil rsal Mondasy ning. New Yewr's Fve partics witl be ¥ “ti W Fast Berlin Ites Mr, and Mrs, William Fogette have returned to their home on Cottage street after spending the past week as the guests of their daughter, Mys, I, Risley, at her home in Hartford, 1. Burns, former resident of this place, has retarned 1o Worcester, Mass,, after spending a few the guest of fricads in town The Epworth league of the dist church will give Progossise flineh party in the basement of he church neat Friday evening at 8 ock Miss Minnie spent the week-cnd tives In New Diritain, he annual meeting and of office the Progressive Cirele will held at the hom Mrs. H. W, Dowd Muin Wednesday evening Mr. and Mres, Albert Hubbard Higganum were the guests of tives in town over the week.ong A very enjoyable time was | the whist ul given the Order of Eastern Star, Friday cvening and the following were the prize winner Ladies’ first, Mrs, Garde of Cromwell; sceond, Mrs, Charles Nelson; entle men's first, 1, Morgan and second, Pollard, S The ochal 1Mive the home Mrs, A Wednesday atternoon A wateh night eervie the Methodist churcl Henry Mildrum spending the holidays ents, Mr. and Mrs, 1. W, Mildrum, a their home on Main street, peturne to his studics at Wercester, Mass SOUTHINGTON NEWS New Year wi this evening with the the days as Meth Kahms of th this wuest o lection 8 of e ading of on trect P by George ub Wil wmeet & of MaeKendriek will he this o ning. has been with his par at who The 1 be ughered hoiding number ot will be d ¥ up the unong 1h and in town anerd and socials, A family town reunions thus keepin which prevailed families of the town The Pexto ketball team ing brilliant v and g ha ittle tr cating time A O ord 21 Towr ) night T Hartior th custom Veurs lisplay strong uble de Wallin, Saturday the Connors and ithing wind promise the comi &% ATs party 'y ng. A intere Saturd turkey ndid en- marks w officers of the 1 tertainment furmishe by 1 plans made which tim. in t ereascd Watchy « pre his evening made or the coming it i expe «hip he club will estant chur M chir atholic k tomorre nagement roads open daring the mor Wild West Manager Shot And Killed During Show Montren), Dee, 21 manager was accidentally s night Ihomas Tresior of & “wild west ot ol Montrea show and kil by Fravcis Dotham " the during a bur rlkemane 8t ot the 9 Pi'ne éws SUSPEND BUSINESS - ONNEW YEAR'S DAY Plinils o Usher n 1924 With Observance in Church and Lodge INCREASE, , Annual Meeting of Martha Rebekah Sewing Circle — on Banquet a ecess — Catholic Serviees — Py- th to Celchrate—RBriefs, Day will he observed | in Plainville with a general suspen- 'sion of husiness, according to varions announceme made this morning. Officially, all offices in the town will be closed, the Plainville Tr Co., Wil not be open and all th | stoces with common agreement of the owners will be closed for the day. The barbershops will be closed tomorrow ¢ad for that reason will be opencd tonight until 10 o'clock. Generally, the factories closed, giving the employes a three day rest from Suturds until W nesday morning. Although some de- partments 1 the various plants are workin, busin as a general rule will be suspended. Tuventories will be taken within a short time a veral of the churches will watch night scrvices tonight with rious serviees in the churches tomor- row morning. st Oftice Ty at the inville been exesptic ¥ past year New Year's wiil be 0. hold va- paSe Busine has throughout the ement 5K, Us post fice an annom PPostmas ter Jame ing. T ss has cent past during the pa tor th tWo years there wh increase cont ness durind the Christmas this year exceeded that of previous years by about 25 per cont, and the savin through the channels of the post of- fice also shows much improvement, Hold Annual Mceeting annual meeiing of Martha Sewing cirele will be held Wallace Brown Wednesday after- It is expected that be u full attendance members as officers for the coming term will be vleeted and various im portant matters wil he acted upos Legion Banquet Sucs i The annual banquet of Brock- Barnes post, American Legion, held in th rooms Saturday evening was ' a grand suce ehicken pie din served in Danicl M, Colling' in- “tyle enfoyed, T ovening stoyear and has been Th rush of 56 per busi The zekah the home Washington noon at 2 o'cloch there will Re- at'! M on post s A ner, comparabl us principal speaker of the John H. Trumbull, presid the Trumbull tric Mfg, « who spoke on the work being earvied in thix country by the American Leglon, Senator Trambull stated that the Amerd i« the biggest tuctors today, in fostering Am- erieanism and told the members that the Hd be continued it will e s of ting the to was nt ‘0. Senator of i ai Legion e of work she as the principles m prrpety the Ars 8. Wyckoff was introduced the he can. officers of and were Lation's in coms arles toustmaster other marks w post pin, of honor, cat Tomorrow, he only by It veterans, and speakers as the Cha- gursts Comrades nires Civil war olic Serviees New ¥ day, he observed the Cat churches thronghout the world frast of the Circumcision, ace rouncement by ey pustor, the masses wil holy masses heing Our Lady of Confessions ning at Next the cons with Ar will holic us th IHng to a4 John K. Fay, yest " day of obligaiion wit) sabd in the N e Merey at § and will be heard 0 e'vlock Friday will be the month and the w ing wass at win heard vening at rday. be n ehire this eve first Vriday of services nmunior be held Thursday at 4 and ¥ ol minis at 7 o'clock Con ssions will b ternoon and « p. m Pythians To Celebrate Pythian ) No. 4 ti Year with in the Making ¥ athoritics ar vestigati ares to t . Mountain Vies ~ighborhoo. ot Buciness Wore ed with i Opene Entertainment and Dance wt o Community i Onte. Sos 1500 awd b Pares o Orchedten jon 10 comts, including tas. 1 the Nori property adjoining the dard Oil Co. gasoline filling Mr. Colling is well known here A bright future is fore his new venture, schools To Open The Plainville public reopen gfter the Chri on ' Wednesday, to an announcement Judd, principal. Mos ars are spendin in ous places and the staff for the sc-hools by Orrin of the holidays at Lomes New Eng returned the next ind will in time term. Pla; The condition of East street improved. Mrs. James J. street will spend her sister, Mrs. of Morris Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Feed Washington strect have from Waterbury where Leen visiting relatives, Vineent D. Glynn of left to resume his university in New lle Briefs of Fred Callen, is reported as Murphy of the holidays Catherine Powers they Pieree Haven Las Yale Main St., Plainville, 4 1st floor, hot Phene advt hed room to rent, | Dt tenement, furnace, water -advt, TUT'S TOMB EVEN MORE WONDERFUL Further Investigations Disclose New Marvels with the pond as well as the line olden moved sewn grea with hung over a the shrine, The outer shrine still remain, able an idea not prodigious size of the but also of the remar of the second Were the yet seerct one would marvelous g shrine, good exquisit phics rack so as to sides of and only second to get of Able shri and hodily second contents tind lden large altar, Th with in oneselt chupel, enough namely outer sized walls Iy ightly ramed The sngthened “ankh’ of lite—which is painted in the where an altar econd shrir in Putankhamen ie al gold color the sides but gl and the two doors lish meta decorated hier incised dutl by thres simile of the by the symho and lines, chapet the appearance the so shrine would Th worthy in the It yellow 1 the Iite the samye the outer mentee orative « and gold, Th striking rep on Goddess N god Osiris, splendor an: young crown offering flower ATy 1 curve as the and the lid us but most sign o acel shrine, th eker A cur bourd d doors are ornamented sentations of T the eft panel hehind ittired the the reypt men, stands AT in em on the simitarly depicte ,.,mm the hawk-headed ed head is surmount the sun, ds 18 hamen ste i Carter wa “u 1 b d gold framework the paint which cracked My wrappi W (41 “Traumerei Tonw i §:4 Thomas Meigh na B Kyne Sty HOMEWARD BOUND Peter “dust PASSING THROUGH™ Comeds will vacation opy roscttes, wh surround the is the exterior shring dimensions one with tankha the the Stan station and for him in | wecording teach- the throughout e s 1yp- gold hlack is o0 returned have opening of Sr. Whiting with meron street at room heat 68 Whiting. arther lis its a removed standing in ¢ the to contain Ned Key outer stand itael magni- du ming ¥ o ik h top o ie orna- dec black pharaoh, double about the m Bris{ol News | FIREMEN WORK ON IGE COVERED ROOF Endangered Dy Sleet Figh[ing% Flames in Orchard St. House MUST KEEP WALKS CLEAN Polie Will Eafor Law for Bene- fit of Pedestrians — Quict New Year's Fae Porecast=<Ten Arrests Made Over Week-Fnd, a roof, mude the firemen of Company No. 1 prevented serions damage this morning from a chimney fire at the of Goptlies Ksauke at 36 Orel street. The flames were going i shape, when the alarm was rung in and indications that the house wonld be badly damaged. The fire fighters did splen- did work and cleaned the chimney out in quick time, so that no appreei- able damage by the blaze. The Central house firemen led out still rm at 2:12 lock this morning for a fire under- ath the floor in the Missal block in the heart of North Main busi- ss district. Suwdust under the quar- Victory Lunch was ablaze when the firemen arvived, After pry- ing up a few the tflames were quickly extinguished, before any great amount of damage had heen done M. G Giamma Battling on the sleet H \gerois by quad A and home rd were was done were by a ala strect e ters of the boar mmatteo Speaks supervisor public scl the Cor teo, traini th He t the elements in « speaker delivered a talk the from his obsery school teacher and Americanizatio he been many years Ke Walks Clean tuilure to clean off walks will be the arder of the duy the local police court unless greater promptuess is shown by the property in removing the snow and ice, to the police department council has ordered that the Ations on the which tine $5 costs to clean walks within six after a not counting the hours, and the police depart- ment will enforce the rules to the letter, Notices were sent out on Sat day to property had by the whom sections men, The several lg has been many snow ol in the will Americar assimilation o population highly in- “melting pot” tions and in work, closcly ton The teresting id taken experiences efforts in the with which dentified Must Arrest for im on as in. has ror sides pwners according The eity city regu provides a failure hours night subject of and for the storm, walks unsatisfactory against made in patrol- owners, whose been checked patroimen and to those, had been not traversed the city was compelled to pay claims last year and each bothered by the care- owners, who leave the year until it spring. This gross be a thing of the will be haled into with the complaints by year lossness the first melts away delinquency past as the ccurt to explain his timidity snowshovel, Quict Years Eve tonight about programs of ywner Observance be quietly the city have been The majority of the celeh the incoming v, will out of hotels, according to Watch night servi will be held in several of the churche New Year's Dauy will not marke by any great festivity, The and business houses will be while the will offer spec Masses will be celebrated at the morning. The it 8t. Joseph's Church will| take ple no Ne served extensive W will tors of do = at announ town rments e factories theaters al ! bills Catholic Churches in the masses at & o'clock and will 7 ock Play Alvwmni Wi West 14 Bl P spons Storm Grips City is mainta Will Aid Fund. v ations have been begun by Palos couneil, K, of €., for a concert by metropolitan artists in the near future for the benefit of the building fund of St. Joseph's church. A com- mittee appointed at meeting yesterday follows: Charles J. Drury, James E. Butler, Jr., Philip H. L.eary, Joseph L. McDonald and John H. Hayes. ' This committce will make arrangements for the appearance of the artists, who are expected here in the early spring. Installation Tonight, Installation of the recently elected oificers of Franklin Lodge, A. F. and A. M, will take place at the meeting tonight in Masonic temple. Other im- portant business will also be transacte d. special Trolley Car Running. A special trolley car for Forestville will leave the center tonight at to accommodate attend- watch night services in the The car will start from Prospect Methodist church at 20 o'clock Cleaning Freight Yards, up of the debris in the t yard began this merning train of the New Haven piles of dirt that have onvenience to the railroad removed. Police Court. m Fink was fined $10 and Judge William J. Malone at po! court session this morning charge of breach of peace. Roberts, charged with va- ancy, oW 1o go with wishes happy New Year by Judge Mae- Ioberts, who is an elderly wans thanked the judge and departs was only 20 o'cloc nts at the churches, work The ts by George was lone. ed FORMER MERCHANT STRICKEN SUDDENLY George Grocock, Born Here in 1867, Dies of Heart Failure the cellar street neuralgia of heart tting coal in the ot his home at 255 Vine last evening about o'clock, Grocock, a salesman for a Hartford coffee company, died before aid could ch him Mr. Grocock was prominent in husiness circles in this city for some time and was the manager of the Corbin Co-operative store on Eim and streets until that store was d up. He was with the Older- company on Park street at later was with the late Arch street, aking over the man- Corbin Co_operativ was the proprietor of & store on West Main street. IPollowing the of the Carbin store became a traveling salesman, He the son of George and Charlotte Ann (Dexter) Grocock and was born in this city on Memorial Day, May 30, 1867 He spent prace tically of his in the gracery by a widow i G, of Ne WPorrington, amd Miss Ruth is a daughter, Powell, of George k shaw and es on his the onetime John Hol IPrior to ership of store e close he was life Lusiness He three brothers Liritain, John Albert 1, f Grocock this ecity One sister, Mrs, Mary Maple also survives, Mr had not been feeling well was not thought to be Yesterday hewent inte the intention of get- ting some coal, Members of the family heard him groan but before they could reach him he was dead. Medical Examiner Waterman Lyon gave the causc of death as neuralgia of the heart, He was a Britain Council of the United Purial will be Ser will he I8 survived Samue ol Texas, street, Grocock litely but seriously il the cellar with member of the New Royal Arcanum and Commercial Travelerss Wednesday afternooms the late home at interment will be in the Riverside cemes fees at 2 o' Iarmiy tery SENDS THANKS T0 D. A, Y. I & weeticut has sent ock superintendent of hospital at Mid« sllowing letter rans of the this city ak state the Vet Disabled an Veter American Veterans World War Chapter No. 5, 1 wish to express my New Hritain Chaptes Christmas packages who are packages Christmas theip ex-service men ospita for your 1 Loth of the to you York City, vho allege Miss found fince oitien in mys- grder of woman t ey