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We have always willingly closed our store Good Friday, following the Governor's Proclamation, and the time-honored tradition of our state. For 57 years our employees have been given the opportunity of observ- ing Good Friday — they will again this year. We hope that none of our patrons will be inconvenienced by our closing on thatday. As an extra inducement to do your shopping Thursday, we offer some very striking specials for your Easter wear. IN THEM. Berlin News WEORGE J. REED 1§ el Known Farmer and Grang: ¢r Dits of Pnenmonia - PAST MASTER OF GRANGE fouis Griftith s Appointed Fire | Warden—Wooding Sued for $15,- 000—Bascball Awakening Enthu- siasm in Kensington and Berlin, George J. Reed, 51 years of age, Jne of Berlin's best known citizens, :died this morning at 9:30 o'clock at fis Lome after an illness of two | Avecks with pneumonia, \r. Reed was a prominent mem- ! ner of Berlin Grange, having taken .2 active part in the organization ‘dince he became a member. He was o past master of the society, having ¢ in the Berlin | 1d the:highest offi Lranch for several TS, U was born in Kensington on Jan- | vary 30, 1874, His parents were James Reed B. Reed and E His fatlier for many years was su- ntendent of the farm owned by father of Postmaster Sidney M. (owles. When he was still a lo Mr. Reed's father purchased the farm in Berlin that later passed into his son's hands and upon which Mr. | Reed lived until his death today. He has always Hved the quiet life of a tiller of the soil, going about his work in a calm, but careful man- ner. His farm was noted for the quality of its fruit and vegetables and Mr. Reed carried on an extensive business in market gardenipg. HIR’ products were on exhibition at irange falrs every year and he took many prizes because of the excel- lence of his produce. The Grange occupied most of his free time and he took a great de- light in its affairs, He néver missed meetings unless it was absolutely | necessary and he was regarded as one of the soclety’s most dependable members. He leaves many friends to mourn his loss, as all who knew him, liked him. He 1is survived by his wife, the former Miss Helen Véits of Kensing- ton; one son, George W. and one Jdaughter, Myra H. Reed. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Ber- lin Congregational church. Rev. Samuel A, Fiske wlill officlate and burial will be in Maple cemetery. - Griffith s Appointed. Lewis A. Griffith has been ap- pointed fire warden of Berlin by State Fire Warden A. F. Hawes, thus set- tling the questicn whieh has been a puzzle to Berlin citizens for several weeks. Mr. Griffith has appolnted | Frank Emond of Beckley as a de- puty. Al people desiring permits | to build fires may reccive them by | telephoning Mr. Grifftith at 92-2, by leaving theif addresses at his home if he cannot be reached, or by call- ing at his home in person. Permits will be malled on request. Sued For $15,000 Ralph A. Wooding of Kensington, A chiropractic who maintains an office in the Booth block; New Brit- ain, has been sued for § Vincenzo Pestritto, also Berlin Constable George Stark of New Rritain served the papers yesterday | and the action is ret superior court the first May in tl COME SHARE | he seeks a team t All positions are oper and the best m ardless of whether played on the team last Buckley is anxlous to have year's members practice, urging new candidates for | berths on the squad to appearance also. | Pete Iusari of New Britain has been secured to coach through the season. ged the defendant to tend him and to cure him of pains in the back from which he suffered | He claims that not employ the proper skill and care necessary to cure the ills from which suffering and that the plain- used various apparatus, ances, fixtures, clectric currents and | treatments unskilfully " CLAIMED BY DEATH | gently on the body ot the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleges that as a r |sult of a lack of skill and | ligence on the part of the defendant, the, right leg of the burfied, cut, torn and vse and function permanently limit- ed and restricted and | fered great : that as a result of this alleged lack i1l and negligence, peen weakened and the pains we prolonged and increased. was issued by Carl ! Miadietown. Fined For Drunkenness f in the old lacerated, its sl his ‘body has | 1%or the the after de of drunkenness. S Constable ! and - each | garded as onc of the best infield men n ever turned out | All-Kensingstons as | themselves shortstop man was $5, the cost:making up the | that Charles Denis of Bridgeport George Gris- he appeared for driving with improper markers | @n his car, (onstable John Lewis on M ar being cquipped with markers | al on April 1. mpionsl s was not important and that |the man should not have rles Klaymer , arrested for reckless drivi . forfeited a bond he will appear ay, as a request was filed to have the bond reopen: Will Sail For ingland on May 1 Last year' companied by Mrs. Ebbage be in East for Walsham, can be p 4 East Berlinites the possibilities of in the Berlin which was o decisi interes much bet drawl Mr. and Mrs. Ebbage camc vhen the store was opencd in Kensington, as made a host friends whi Kensington, his plan to enter into the lumber Kensington Baschall Sta With spring already a reali work of getting togcther Kensington baseball t Prellminary held Friday with out pr Jfleld, according manager of th stated today a befter team may sveloped this year. He 1s his hope to be a hard bunch to beat, l Berlin Citizens!! and that means Kensington, Ber- lin, East Berlin, also Beckley. ATTENTION! Prepare for Next Winter, your coal carly and order from The EAST BERLIN COAL & WOOb co. April Prices are right will be as prompt as customer desires Ez<t Barlin Cosl & The plainthl claims that on March | J 000 by opping Contor: ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY FILLED STORE CLOSED FRIDA throughout baseball player. He was prominent | rmington Valley league {and has also occupled positions on eral teams in the leagues. He ha ing the game for mor 3 - and 1is regarded as an authority onln lock. This will be one of the hest The memby ¥ %%lattairs ever held by the local cham- | gion to Brock-Barnes post, are plan- ,‘I’(vyl and already nearly all the entire ning to pay a visit to every woman past 10 years he has been | anfa ! | L ; giving his time to coaching. He i well known for being able to instill spirit into | brought back from ruin many teams | otherwise would brink and suffered the ins and outs of baseball. at. speciali, w B cky ices, and it is expected that iip team will be turncd out under his direction. Buckley stated there are several games pending, but | t nothing first ved the n in communication with est known teams, ast Berlin Has Fever. last Berlin has the d in the near future 1ssion of the om that a muc! into the is for Te ontinued on Page 'FRECKLES AND TYPEWRITER S A SOURCE OF 6REAT INTEREST ® FRECILES AND TAGALONG - NHEN ONE USES IT THE OTMER ONE WANTS T, AND CE \ERSA |ain water board yesterday asking |, |that a section of |near the main pipe line to New | with water instead of requiring that |the water company lay lines to the |that it is a more feasible project for |y | here and would be much le | sive to the people for the New Brit- [would be for the Plainville company |car 3ttt “and mock t mperance ire, Samuel Weldon of Burritt | phe | consideration by the New Britain [the right to furnish water for Plain- |y |New Britain, | 220 Broad street, Plainville, hz |knee at the New Britain general hos- | {pital last night. He was injured in | {parently at the tim 1at can't be beat he continued, n will get each place, turn make lh(‘lr; his men in the second base Gove: positions 2 ticut State Chamber of Commerc Stanley 8. Gwillim witl act as toast- | [icutenant. The auxiliary is then di- T imaster and grace will be offered by | vided into platoo the Plainv [ Musle during the evening will be | w. 11 |furnished by Ahlherg's orch Yatthe catering will be done by Mrs. A. definite game will latter part of this month | carly part of May. | road games for practice may pr: formal opening of organization of team was nc sout, the powers 3erlin admit, but it is ex- |of April 1 say they will put am in the field. s no satisfactory haseball 1 reach of the ctice, a good team can- 1, according to ther aking Small Catches According to ' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL & 1 Plainville News """ /% starts a two-day drive to clean up Plainville of all rubbish and other junk which has accumulated ;mmnu the winter months. Property owners are cooperating in an admirs able manner with the authorities in | this movement and back yards are {Kinds is being packed ready for the |carts and trucks today. | The clean-up squads will visit the {Plainville Company Representa- eas siae or e town totay wnd 1o- | [morrow they will work on the west . . |slde, Every street in town will be tives Goflie]‘ wm] B()al'd visited and all rubbish which is piied {on the curbs will be taken away and dumped in the town dumps. No TATED ashes or garbage will be taken in the warned that any of this stuff will be left | | Chamber of Commerce Banquet — | [y conjunction with this move- [ment, people in Plainville are asked to make an effort to get rid of all Notes—Successful Play—Plainyille |SPire leaves which have been cov- d by the snow of winter and Briefs, | papers of all sorts will be hurned, . : |Thig is in line with the effort to have Joseph N. McKernan, secretary of | piainyije b the Plainville Water Co., and Frank |towns in th Clea p Days—Plainville Grange |T. Wheeler, representing the com.- | Plainville Grange Notes The sccond of the contests be ween the married and single mem- e wrs of Plainville Grange was held alnville which 18 {1, o ioh in conneetion with the reg- ! Brit- | yiar meeting held in Grange hall ain from Burlington, be supplled yyy opportainment last night wa \furnished Dby the single side. The numbers were as follows: Song hy entire Grange; monologue, *The | Spingterhood of Mary,” \liss Mary Tubhell; solo, Helen Day; paper on Agriculture,” written by Miss Tinie {Benstead and read hy/Miss Ksther I J S than it |Benstead: plano duet, Amy Joseph- ain water to be drawn here, than it|g "0 n g fether Furre R e pany, conferred with the New Brit- | ection, The two local men pointed out the »w Britain water to be supplied expen- tall all the necessary para- ||, nalia for the service. The request was tabled for further e, New Britain. e next meeting to he held on April 21, will be ob: ed as “Neigh- bors' Night.” On Thurgday of thi week, the local Grange will furnish |Grar board. The legislature in years past granted the New Britain water board ville and some parts of the town are to attend will meet at Grange Ircady connected with the mains to hall at 7:15 o'clock prepared to jmake the trip in Gridiey's truck. Play a Success Has Leg Amputated James Aspinall, age 19 y { Up” by tr left leg amputated just below the | oo Mrs. Abel's class of the gregational church, J E ! | evening in the Commt or an automobile accident a littl [ under the auspices of tho Plainvills two weeks ago while in ths CROIOF iy of b T ciford dhunty % M of James Burns, milk dealer. Ap-| e e he was not|C: A= Wwas a highly successtul one { both from the point of e € n badly injured and fricnds who called | (11 SO, the polnt of enjoyment in 0 see him yesterday afternoon came P! AnLaEsso onancla away with the impression that he | T€turns. All characte Bial | reached nearly the acme of perf | Tiast night at the hosp it was | 'lon in their parts and the specialty noticed that he was running a high | Pumbers including Miss Bronson, temperature and as he was steadily | Sloist of the Hartford school of [growing worse, Dr. Paul Sweit, bone | music and the act by the two colored specialist, was called in. He advised | Characters, were eepecially pleasing. immediate amputation and the op- The joint committec of the tion was performed by him, as- | Bunch™ and the Y AL €. A wi ed by Drs, E. F. Fromen and M. |to thank all those who helpe A. Kinsella in order that his lif e the play a success. Special might be saved, His condition tod: anks are offered to the owners of was reported to he as comfortable as | the theater who donated the of could be expected. | the building for the night, and to, Annual Banquet Tomorrow John Pettinato of the Rialto Soda 3 his guests the ville Chamber of Commerce will he | members of the cast after the per- |held in the Masonie temple on East 1 s |Main strect tomorrow night at 7 Legion Auiliary Drive The annual banquet of the Plain- | Shoppe, who had ance. of the American Le- y of spacions ban ting capac n Plainville eligible to join the unit, lquet chamber has been taken up by | either this week or next, This ie in jmembers and their friends. | line with the plans for the member- The princival speaker for the eve- | ship drive which is being wag ning will * »x-Sen 1 by tor Charles M.| the local unit and efforts will be Bakewell .. dew Haven, one of the | made to sign up every woman in ate's best orators. | Pla With him on the program will he | jor Fisher, president of the auxil- John H. Trumbull and 8. ¥, 18 captain of the drive, Mrs. , president of the Clonnec Robert Craig is t licutenant and | Mrs, Sophia Hemingway is second wille who can join. Miss Mar- H. Bt 1l squad. ports will be made tomorrow 1 » Congregational church. | at the regular meeting. T, U. Meets aand | The Plainville W. C. T. U. met last evening at the home of Mrs. Wallace Beach on Whiting strect : e the regular session, a deligh per was served. Mrs. Hugh Speciali Notice St o a ¥ e Trumbul! was present at the onor. About eight women were ent, Woman's Federation e Woman's Fe Rev. Charles 8. Wyckoff, pastor of By virtue of a tax warrant to me my hands, T this said warrant upon certain | areels of land standing in Vincenzo Motta, upon nd records of the town 1 on file in the town clerk's R e T office TG are ot o [ Be Bette}' Looking—Take wilh interest and on June 13th at | Olive Tablets 2 p.m., I will sell at public auction | q,‘w‘ highest bid ;err:w[ t ic| If your skin is yellow—complexi sizn post in said town, all or so| Pallid—tonguecoated—appetite pox much of said property will B .| vou have a bad taste in you said tax warrant and all charges| 3 182¥, no-good fecling take Olive Tablets. | Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablet stitute for calom 3 PROU o Dr. Edwards after 17 y B. PROUDMAN Dr.Edwards 'Ol 5 5 ax Collector. | yegatablecompot witholiveoil. You will know lor. ’ Tohaveaclear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days you must get at the cause. COMMUNITY THEATER | b Eavira e o the liver and bowels like calomel—yet 1 and now ion of Dated at Newington, this 7th day tsareap! PLAINVILLE have no dangerous after effects. Wednes April 8 They start the bile and overcome con- KICHARD TALMADGE in stipation. Take one or two nightly and STEPPING LIVELY note the pleasing results. Milli of | boxes are sold &nnually at 15¢ and HIS FRIENDS Think of LETS SBE ANow= WHAT WILL T WRITE A s = SAY/ Fyoo :-\t‘\“\ T \NA:M SEEN A\E USIN' IT" TYPEWRITE AOW, d N0 WOULDNTA FRECILES! 4 N = NO-Yoo £ WA 2 CANT! = ) / /PEWRITER 2 one of the cleanest | program in Avon. Members who * presentation of “Alicla Perks members of the “Jolly | | Congregational ehureh will meet to- | | morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in | the church parlors, Mrs, Brownell | | Gage who for a long number of | years labored in China, will speak. l"-u will be served and anyone in- | tel | ning at of discussion of current evenls, with i | sewing and refreshments, will be [ held, | Surveying Crossing | Employes of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Ratlroad Co. | |began surveying the West Main | 'street railroad crossing this morn- | ing in preparation for the work of changing the gates therc. The sin- | | gle gates will be replaced by double | 7:80 o'clock and & program E tain Southington The Plainville Girl Itese entertain the Southington Girl Bervi at an {llustrated lecture on | Japan given by Miss Lois Phelps in the Congregational church this cvening at 7:30 o'clock. Parents are invited to attend Bowling Notes The Temco Bowling League rolled thelr weekly schedule last evening at Hart leys with the following individual and team results ty Sw 90 104 457 R. M, Cunningham . 47 H. Griffin. . Peck Edwards avano ... 6 58 | 462 Do-All | Rlecker ..... 100 £ Orsie 106 {M. Hart 85 | Livingston ..., 83 14 Relay Swi Griftin ... 92 Johnson el B2 Robideaux ... §1 W. Dionne... 86 Cattucet ..00. 82 Plainville Bricfs | The Woman's Missionary gociety of the Advent church will meet with | | Mrs, R. Morley of 38 Park strect | tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. | sar A. Neri has returned after | a three-days’ trip to New York city | and Long Island. Mrs. Walter Oldershaw of Park | street has returned from St. Francis' hospital, much improved in |and first districts health. Rricnds of Miss Nellie Evans are | glad to know she was able to return home after being a patient at the itain gencral hospital for the | ur we 1A For sale—Desirable lot on Bo- | hemia street. Tnquire L. J. Dow,— |advt. was first introduced in in the sixteenth cen- Cabbage | Great Brit tury. Knucks D:wn | t | spring is here, n testing his taw, As a harbinger of spring he has the robin cheated a wiie COLLECTORS NOTICE S 1 from T paid in Apr: W. J. HEMINGWRY, Cc the Humiliation!! ( 1 WANTA | TYPEWRITE, I'f 1\ zsap! & rito ews SCHOOL DISTRICTS Council and Faction Representa fives Have Long Debate gates und it is expected that the work will be started this week. {ANDREWS =—Baptist Church Easter tablished—>Mrs. Amelia Case Dead Consolidation council meeting. Andrews | L stood alone against the proposition, | which had for its propénents at the . Clarke, Jr., Mink represented and presented the merging plan to He said that the plan proposed to give $75,000, which represented about 40 voters in the district. in the Fall Mountain district, Judge | council that the city was scheduled Mink declared, had reached a serious [to lose the efficient services of the and had become practically a |genial official. Dr. Sutherland will deadlock over building propositions. |1 As the council members were al- |sponsible post with a large dalry ready familiar with the battles of [concern in Delaware county N. Y. | the last few weeks which have been | Appointment of his successor is exe fought in the Fall Mont bungalow |pected at the meeting of the coun- at the meetings, called by the dis- |cil on April 21 chalrman to consider the ad- | dition to the old school or a new Judge Mink to rehea taking a hand Corporation | William N. Derosfer was called upon | attorney | present obligations of an entangling | ago, when a merger of the eighth took place, Chair- man Newell Jennings of the First district studied the matter carefully | ford, basscs. and finally went to the legislature before the move was made. Offhand without looking into the | various statutes on the matter, he | doubted that the couneil could ac- Andrews Opposes drews informed the cou to a question by Judge he was in favor, provided t in the Twelfth district so that the { Fall Mountain pupils would not be to resort to ence of bus transportation and down the mountain. led that he did not feel like as the Third district to t present school, | Bood a building as | father kept his pigs in.” ;has been done in the line S on the securing of stimates, he declared, for either a | or an addition district so that the people knew what w |1terated his statement | school meetings ago school could be erected for § Parents Want School « “It's not the people with the chil {dren that are hollering about tax it's the people w serted Mr. with children w |He continued to dissension on tt project, district the other favored hout children,"” the children s -}f part that kept Judge Peck away and added that he felt capable of caring for his own end in the district tang! After Mr. Andrews had presented the situation at some length, Coun- climan Wilbur H. Kelsey asked him if the idea in mind was not to have District Three act as a conservator for District Twelve. “Yes," sald Mr, Andrews, “that's the ide The changing of the district lines was not done as formafly as the law prescribes, in the opinion of Mr, |Andrews and this phase of the dis- - | trict's troubles was aired for a tima, The matter was finally concluded by the council by the reference of the question for a formal opinion from |Corporation Counsel Willlam N, { Derosier in regard to the merger of OPPOSES PROJECT | " =0 trct mecting e exprcto {to be called at once, now that the |city council has been called into the re House Project to Be Decided affair and a margin of one or two vo ter 8 is expected to settle the mate one way or the other. Song Concert—Building Lines Es- | Election To Decide | Decision to have the voters take their own action, relative to a new firehouse in the Federal Hill section, at a “future” election was made last School district with the Third dis- [night by the city council, when the with opposition last night Dis- | & ity board = voted unanimously the transfer of the Uncas {fire company from its present head- s on North Main street to & site on the “hill.”" Although no date was set for the election, it is likely nd laccording to opinions around the us- | city hall, that the matter will be Clarks | considercd at the election next fall, Dr. Sutherland Resigns Acceptance of the resignation of Dr. A. W. Sutherland as milk, food, meat and herd inspector took place |at the council meeting last night, | when regret was expressed by the ve about May 1 to accept a re- Old Easter Songs and New. ( A special Easter musical program of old and new Easter songs will be rse the feuds, |rendered by a double quartet at the which have flamed for some time |pBristo] Baptist church at 7 o'clock In {on Sunday evening under the leader- the arrest of and not guilty verdict |ghip of Go | lord B. Cook, musical director. he program will consist (of anthems and carols representing When Judge Mink had concluded |three periods in music; the simple his request to the council to effect | the merger of the two districts, question arose jcarols of the 17th century, the heavy olid work of the latter part of the as to the possibility | 1gth century and the early part of in the [{he 19th century and examples of ! the modern school of music. The double quartet will consist of i Daisy Booth Bailey and Stella Platt Richardson, sopranos; Ruth Edna Schade and Charlotte Woodford Elli- son, coptraltos; Gaylord B. Cook and Ralph R. Strong, tenors; Robert Donaldson and Chariton M. Wood- The program will be as follow: Carol—By Early Morning Light. Arr, Reimann-Dickenson. Oftertory—Cameo. Griffis, | Anthem—God Hath Appointed a Day | Berthold Tours. | Carol—A Joyous Easter Song. (Co- logne Gesongbuche 1923) Rel- mann. Anthem—White Lilies of Our Lord. | Clarence Dickenson. | Carol—Rejoice, the Lord Is Risen. Arr. Dickenson. (Traditional 1 ) | Chorus—Hallelujah. Beethoven, up (The Mount of Olives.) Building Lines Fstablished. Building lines were established on ake over the | Spring street the entire length, on Was not as | Center street from Summer to Good- his | win streets and on Goodwin street Nothing | from High to Stearns streets at the of prog- |regular monthly meeting of the city plans and | council last evening. A 20 foot build- ing line was establiswed on both sides the of Spring street with the exception hardly | of a distance of 75 feet from the |street corners where a twelve Sofl | building line was established. | On Goodwin and Center strects @ 115 foot building line was established | with the exception of 75 feet from > street corners where a 12 foot building line was established. A committ was appointed to ase efits and damages as the re- sult of the establishment of the build ing s and this committee will make a report at the meeting of the city council on May 5. Funcral of Mrs. Their o ral of Mrs. Adam Thelr held this afternoon at 2 o'clock her home on Atkins avenue. rvices were | conduc at 2:30 at German Lutheran h on Meadow street hy Rev, The 1 was in st cemetery., Mes. Amelia Case Mrs, Amelia S. Case, §9, widow of died yosterday howe of her nie Hanson, on t illness. She ington but had art of her life in was a member of W. Manross Post, W, R. C. he Asbury stville church, at 1:30 afternoon in the Asbury Mcthodist ses will be cone ¥y Rev. W. G. Giffin, be in the Forestville 4 TWONT WRRE T WTH AN CADPIYALS! DONT WAIT, T\ 60NG ) T'WRITE YER AAANE AN' -