New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1925, Page 7

Monday, September 14th IS DOLLAR DAY IN HARTFORD This means that your Dollar has a greatly expanded power for this One Day. Our big store is filled with special offer- ings for $1.00 that are greater value for your money than you would think possible. Monday and take advantage of them. AW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, Come Berlin News SLIGHT DECREASE IN REGISTRATION Tofal School Figure, 1,068, Is ’Seven Liess Than Last Year NSINGTON SCHOOL LEADS | huperln(cndom Pleased With Open- of Weds | This Afternoon—Trolley Schools—Berlin ~ Postmaster Rails/ Subject of Complaint. The total registration in the Ber- lin sehools on \Wednesday, the open- ing day of the fall term, was 1.608, acocrding to figures rcleased today at the office of the superintendent of schools. This number s just seven less than last year's figure. Of this total Kensington had the highest individual registration of the | schools, the figure at that institu- tion standing at 492. This was fol- lowed by the Worthington school, with 154, the Hubbard school, Ledge school, £5; Percival school, G4; Sclden school, 64; Blue school, 48, and South school Since Wednesday pupils have been tranaferred to some extent from one gchool to another in order to relieve 35, rongestion at some and to fill out at | This has been true at the| others, den school, wiere some children hav heen transférred from the Wor- thington and ~Kensington schools. The Ledge school has also reccived | Kensington Worthington some children from the school, as has the school. The effect of the soen in the schools, Miss Mary Griswold, ' the superin- tendent, She called special attention to the Selden school, 1he registration of which was 20 less than the open- ing day of last year. This is ac- cocunted for by the fact that some buick strike is 146; | Hills | & according to Barret-Nelson Wedding One of the important weddings of the season will be solemnized this aflernoon at 4 o'clock, when Miss Alice Il Nelson, daughter of Mrs. Tilda Nelson of 212 McClintock street, New Britain, will become the bride of Alfred A. Barrett, son of Mrand Mrs. A. J. Barrett ot Worth- | Ington Ridge, Berlin, The ceremony | will be performed at the home of the bride’s mother, and Rev. Dr. J E. Klingbergwill officiate. Mrs. Edith Barrett, sister of the bride, will be matron of honor and Ralph R. Barrett, brother of the groom, will act as best man. The bride will be attired in a |gown of orehid beaded georgette, |trimmed with silver. Her bougquet | will be of bridal roses. The matron | |of honor will wear peacock blue | beaded georgette trimmed with gold |and she will carry butterfly roses. | Following the ceremony a recep- tion will be held for the immediate li‘anfllins and friends of Mr. and Mrs The couple will later leave | upon their | on Worth- Barrett. on a wedding trip and return they will reside |ington Ridge Mr. Barrett is postmaster in Ber- | {1in and he is well known throughout 'lhc town. He scrved during the | World war and took part In many of the major engagements, being several times wounded. Mr. Barrett origtnally joined up with the navy thm detached for a year and served | with the Fifth regiment of the | United States Marines, later going back to the navy. He was with a medical outfit that saw service at $t. Mihfel and on the Champagne [front. . He received several citations | while In service. | He was made postmaster at Ier-| lin in November, 1619, and has served continuously ever since. He is regarded an efficient official and he ha of friends |in this locality. i | Miss Nelson was formerly em-! ployed as hookkerper at the Con-) necticut Light and Power company. | New Britain. She is also well known 1 |in Berlin. Complaints Are Registered The fact that the disused {tracks along Damon’s Hill in Berlin | | protrude ahove the surface of the ground several Inches s the cause of complaints registered b several | residents who have had occasion to | | arive into one or more nf the road- as a large circle car | tracted residents from all parts of | ;lhr well known frankfurts seemed | [ never to diminish in spite {t"asey of Hartford, an afair is an innovation in Ken- sington. Bridge, whist and five hun- dred will be played and the prizes will be in the form of rare flowc and articles donated by members of the organizatinn. Grangers Present Program A group of members of Berlin Grange journey to Avon on Thurs- day evening, where they put on a'! program for the Grange In that place. It was Neighbor's ght in Avon and there were large delega- tions from many out of town or- ganizations. The Berlinites con- tributed two numbers. Mrs. Ora C. Edgerly presented a vocal solo and Mrs. Edwin B. Adams read a paper. Fair Committee Meets The Berlin Grange fafr commit- tee met last cvening and continued the work of decorating the hall and | making further arrangements for the opening of the annual fair next ; week. The members busied them- selves with erecting booths and placing decorations ubout the hall. | The premium lists were also prepar- | cd for mailing and were sent out | this morning to the various persons interested. Polks Enjoy Big Feed The hot dog and corn roast held | last evening by (he Worthington Community Cenfer association at-| the Worthington Iire District and the affair was udjudged a success in every w There was plenty (o | cat and the supply of fresh corn and of con- | seemingly At any rate, tinued attacks from hed individuals. one had an enjoyable time, drank sweet cider and lemonade and then filled up on doughnuts as a topper. They played games and danced in the Community House, where Miss Doris Honiss had ar- | ranged an interesting program. St Paul's Churc Masses will be celebrated at St. Paul's church sington, tomor- row at 9 and m. Rev. John C. Brennan, assisted by Rev. W. D. will be in charge. will be held at the Ke 10 Sunday school usual hour. Sacred Mass will | o'clock tomorrow Heart Church, celebrated at morning at Sacred Heart church, East Rerlin Rev. J. €. Brennan of Kensington will officiate. Sunday school will follow the service | Tllinois and Michigan Swept by Ter- {will be play | President Coolidge. topie will be discusse d Johnson. Berlin Blanch Congregational, The boys' class will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. This meeting will be followed by the reg- ular morning service at 10:46 o'clock which will be conducted by Rev, S8amuel A, Kiske, pastor. He will have as the su mon, “"Re ation Through Personal Experlence,” Sunday school will be hel d at 12 o'clock, noon, and the men's class will meet at the same hour in the community house, Kensington Methodist, Rev, A. (. Fuller, pastor East Berlin Methodist church, will conduct the regular morning ser- vice at the Kensington Methodist church tomorrow at 10:45 o'clock Sunday school will meet at the usual hour, There will be no afternoon or evening activities at the church, The Ladies' Aid society will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ralph A. Wooding. A business meeting will he held and sewing work w\Ill be done. The regular midweck s vice will be held on Thursday even- ing at 7:4b o'clock. The leader has not yet heen announced. STORM DOES DAMAGE | of the rific Wind, Rain and Hail—No Casulties Are Reported. Chicago, Sept, 1 (A-—Wire com- panies received reports late tonight of a severe wind storm at Cri City, 1ll. Communication tirely distupted. Meagre reports from surrounding towns mentioned ro casualtics Detroit, Sept. 12, hail storms which widely separated parts of the tonight did some property damage, digrupted wire communication and blocked highways . At Jackson, a | cloudburst flooded streets and hase- ments and two houses were struck by lightning and burned. Between (‘helsea and Grass 1. a small tornado plowed its wa across several farms, destroying two barns and unroofing a house. The main highway from Detroit to Chi- cago was blocked by trees and ftel- ephone poles. As far as has been learned no one was injured. , City Items Wind, rain and struck 108 Black Rock rerious operat- Hartford hos Ethan Allen, of ayenue, underwer ion Thursday pital. Dance advt. tonight, Jean's hall.-— BLNSON AIRNS Art Benson of Berlin took the measure of Jack Cairns of the Swift House in the fourth round of the city fennis championship tour- nament yester The score of the sets was 6-8, - 6-0, Thns leaves Benson, Dressel, Kron and Kirkhum for the semi-finals, which will be plaved today and the finals | ed tomorrow afternoon Defies Coohflge i Bert E gon, refuses to r shipping board Haney, democrat, of Ore- sign from the as requested by Haney has at- policies Admiral dent Emer- t Corporation tacked Palmer, geney e the ! of of the ¢ |school, |Spain he s {der Captain lis survived by | of Mr Plainviile News 1,024 CHILDREN INLOCAL SCHOOLS Linden (. Building Overcrowd- ¢d, Requiring Some Transferring WAR VETERAN IS DEAD Louis I\ Sundberg Dellvered Mes- sages Under Fire of Spanish Forts =—Church Notices — Martha Re- bekah Drill Monday Night. There are 1,024 children in the year with the expectation of many the week. last more cntering coming This number exceeds that of 967, by b This gain is en- tirely at the Linden strect school, where the addition of another year of high school and of other grades, coupled with the growth of the east- ern section of Plainville, has &0 greatly overcrowded the rooms that Superintendent L. 8. Mills and Prin- ipal O. L. Judd are at work frans- ferring pupils from there to the Broad street school to relieve the congestion, There is a falling off in attendance atethe Broad street school this year, there being 780 as against 1 year, In the Linden street graded howver, the number has jumped from 156 to 230, while the list of high school pupils has elimh- from 36 to 64. These figures are not complete, but they give some in- dication of the growth of the town during the past ye Of the number of pupils at Broad e new entrants into the kindergarten, At th building, there are i . while Girades 2, 4 and 5 0 overcrowded. The school ties wish the parents to un- derstand that this condition will he {responsible for any transfers made | by them. year, Fouis I. Sundberg Sundberg, of 86 Hero of the Spanish-Amer- answered the final roll call During our campaign against ved with distinetion un- remont on the torpedo and delivered messages direet fire from the Louis streg ican war, today. Brook Porter, ietual m owever, laid him low today swington sanitarinm. where h- died this morning at the of 59 age He was for a long time a resident of New Britain, but made his home at the time of his death. He three sons, Thure, and Richard S here Constantine, New Britain, ew York, a sister in Chicago, a brother and sister in Sweden Tuneral arrangements, incomplete, are in the hands of Erickson & Carlson of New Britain. Woods-Peace Wedding of Walter William . and Mrs. William Woods of South Washington street, and Miss Beatrice Peace. daughter and Mrs. Frederick Peace of Tomlinson avenue, will be mar- tied at 2 o'clock this afternoon the Advent Christian church. The pastor, Rev, C. H. Monbleau, will perform the ceremony. Miss Kthel Pinder will be maid of honor the hest man will be Melvin Rogers The bride will bridal satin Glen street, and The marria Woods. =on of M 21 wear The days when what you earn. Plainville pullic schools already this | Linden street | 7 childen in the | which are | at | while | treasure chests are over. 1925 and carry white roses, Miss Pinder will be dressed in yellow chiffon and carry yellow_roses, Atter the ceremony the couple will leave on an automobile tour through New England, On their return, they will reside at the corner of Park und Mapl® streets, Mr. Woods is employ- ed at the Btanley Works, New Brit- ain, and both he and his bride are vopular In that city as well as in Plainville, Martha Rebekah Drill, The Martha Rebekah drill team will hold an important full rehearsal drill at 8 o'cock Monddy night. Every member of the team and all those having any part in the degree work are urged to be presnt. Complain of Gates, Complaints have been made con cerning the manner of operating the West Main street crossing gates, it being alleged that these are not raised as high as they can be, but grees with the street. This is said to make them just over the and has resulted In a goodly number of soundly bumped heads among the unwary. Catholic The regular said at 8 and Church, low masses 10 o'clock will tomorrow of Merey. Congregational Church The services at the Congregational , | church tomorrow will be as follows. Church school, 9:50 a |session. Morning 10:45 |a. m., communion. The cabinet of the Young People’s circle will meet at the parsonage at 6:30 p. m. The committee meets Tuesday, m., at the par- sonage. m service, opentng The Woman's federation will have a picnic on Thursday at Pinnaclcrox | farm. Luncheon served at 1 o'clock. Lach one is asked to bring food. Those desiring transportation are to | notify Mrs. Charles R. Clark. Methodist Church The services in the M. E. church tomorrow | follows: Sunday school |a. Morning service at 10: sermon by Rev. Arthur A the pastor, whos esubject will Three 3 Christ.” 7., Plainville will be as At 9:40 m.: Ball, he “Abiding Inspiration W. E. Schober will be the leader. | On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock supper will be served 1o all |church members and subscribers | [free at a “get together” meeting The church orchestra will be pres- lent, and the speaker of the evening Lwill be R Willlam H. Alderson. nastor of the Trinity M. Eachurch of New Britain. Advent Church Morning worship at the Advent Christian church tomorrow will he at 10:45 o'clock; subject, “From the Mount of Vision to the Field of Scrviee.” The preaching will be followed by communion. 12:05 p. n., Sunday school heur. 6 p. m., {Loyal Workers service. 7 p. m., cvening. Baptist Church Plainville Baptist the services will AL the tomorrow ollows 10:45 a. m., “Wanted! A Friend,” will be the pastor's theme. school following morning servic 45 p. m.. the topic will be arpenter.” I'hursd meeting. Rev. C. H. Monbleau Home Rev. Charles H. Monbleau, pastor of the Advent Christian church, has returned from Waterville, Mc., where he attended the Lakeside camp meetings and also spent a few days at his home. Sells Property Wallace Beach has sold the prop- crty on Whiting strect next to the town lot to Joseph T. MeCarty. The transfer was made through the Cooke agency church be as he DI vou can dig up The modern treasure is saved from It is built up, not dug up Start building an account with us today are left at an angle of about 45 de-| sidewalks | be | 5 | { morning at the Church of Our Lady Followers of | Sunday | John | Bristol News e —————— DRUM ORPS HERE FOR CONVENTION AL New Euglaud Expected to Be | Represented ‘MRS, WICE3AM CRONIN DIES Lifclong Resident of Bristol Passes St, i | Francis' Away at Hospital— Lists Closed for Primaries at Noon Today—0O'Bricn for Council. | Drum corps from all New clty today over England appeared in the to participate in the New Assembly took pla Red Men's hall for the meet arranged by the Departure drum corps, this at preparations noon where parade this afternoon were | made. The line of march extended over the Field, were scheduled, close tonight tertainment hall. Interest in the meet has been in- tense about the state as the meet is planned as one of the largest held in this vicinity in some time, Twenty-four handsome cups have been offered us prizes, The New Departure has taken several prizes meets and expected to be strong contender this afternoon. Another strong rival of this section will be the Plainville corps, Mrs. William Cronin Mrs, Willlam Cronin, 72 years old, ied at St. Francis' hospital in Hart- ford yesterday afternoon following a short illness. She was a life-long | {resident of the She leaves her |husband, and a brother, Thomas I, |O'Brien, both of this city. The funeral will be held on Mon- day morning at 8:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. O'Brien on Divinity |street. A solemn high mass will be celebrated at St. Matthew's church ! |at 9 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Wil- {liam I, Laflin. The burial will be in St. Thomash cemetery Noon, The Time Limit Noonfime, today, was the limit for the filing of nominating petitions the various city offices in the coming election, according to an of- |ficial announcement this morning. The limit was originally thought 1o nd at midnight tonight, but the city officials declare that the petitions must be in the hands of the city clerk at noon or will not be avail- able for the election, Up to this morning, central streets to Muzzy where events of the aftern The .mect will | with a dance and en- program at Red Men's | drum in a corps reeent |for | th had been five petitions for the mayoralty | As | land 138 petitions for the council. the primaries will see 12 candidates go forward to the final election, the number in this case will prove |uniucky, politicians say, for one {man, Orientals Completing Plans Plans for the institution of a branch of the Korom Sanctorum in [this city on Oct. 17 {well. according to advices from the |directing committees. A monster arill on the high school athletic ficld will be a feature of the pro- gram, which will include a pa a banquet and plenty of enterta ment. the are progressing O'Brien for Councll iling of the petition of P. O'Brien, local undertaker, for the |city couneil took place this morning. His candidacy met with much ap- proval when announced today, as Mr. O'Brien has been one of the popular politicians of the Southside district. He has leen an official of Thomas the Third school district for some time, Flies Bother Priest That the bites of the files on his recent Labrador trip caused Rev, John D, McCarthy some coneern was announced by him upon his return to the mission house of the Jesuit order in Boston, whare he is staying for a short time. Father McCarthy was a member the expedition headed by Judge Willlam J. Malone of this city which visited far inland since last June. The original sched« \ule led for the return of the party {late In August, but Judge Malone {decided to remain, As the guides {Would not come out of the Interior With the priest alone, Mr. Munn of this city came with him. Judge Malone is expected return next week, CALLS STORK “BUNK" Mandan, N, D, Ipatehes from New Ithat Sitting Bull as a Mason and had been cxalted as a royl rch M- son chracterized as “pure bunk” by E. A. Ripley. past grand master of the North Dakota grand h A1 & A M, today. to York were lodge “Sitting Bull would have been une lable to take the obligation, as he was ‘a medicine man’ and could not |profess ‘his faith in God,' Mr. Rip- |ley safd. “Furthermore, there wag ino Masonic lodge in Dakota terri- {tory in 1876, Not only that, but Isitting Bull was too little liked by fany white man to conceive of His ibeing passed for membership. “It is just another of those wild west yarns; bunk, just pure unadule terated bunk."” Youths Arrested ft;r an > ; | Attack on Young Woman stamford, Sept. 12 (A — Thres |Stamford yvouths were placed under arreat this morning following an alleged attack last night on :a shiss Hyatt of Shippan Point. Miss 'Hyatt and a companion were walk- |ing in Shippan avenue when the three youths are alleged to have at- {tempted to force her into their au- tomobile. She obtained the registra- tion number of their machine and reported the incident to the police. 1t was found that the machine had been rented for the night and when Ithe three men returned it early this morning they were placed under ar- rest. They gave their names as Jos- ieph Galassa, Frank Jones and Den« nis Behumiek. “Bill” Farnum mrns To the Speaking Stage Stamford, Conn. Sept. 12 (P Willlam Farnum, moving picture ar, returned to the stage here last night when Arthur Hopkins presents ed the premier 6f “The Buccaneer” a romantic comedy. The play was scheduled to open here Septmber 11, 1924, but was postponed be- cause of Mr. Farnum’s illness. He takes the part of Sir Ralph Morgan, {a picturesque sea rover of the seven- | teenth century, Saxe, GGans and Dunn Going to Convention Attorney Morris D. Saxe, George Gans and Dr. M. 8 Dunn will leave !tonight for Philadelphia, Pa. to attend a conference planning a $15 000,000 drive to assist in the Jowish colonization of the Ukraine, White Russia and Crimea. The convention | will be held Scptember 12 and 18, and will be attended by delegates from all parts of the country. CHERS Jeennse the purchas of addi- | tlonal bleachers for Willow Brook park would necessitate an overdraft {in this year's appropriation, the park | board voted last night to take no action in this matter until next yea Communications from Principal L. P. Slade of the high school and Mayor A. M. Paonessa were received asking that more seats be provided. Conducts Campaign From Bed COMMUNITY THEATER 12 NIELS familles from that district have mov- | \ave south of the tracks. ey point | ed out as a result of the strike, some | P e situation is a .nnmmn\ of them gaing to Kensington, where | (0 w14 that something in the way their children arb enrolled in the | (0" ooiie should be done in the Kensington school. The latter instl- | oo " Ginar that the spaces should tution showed an inerease of 64 over |5 8T the tracks should last yar's opening day figur-s. B Finped i “h! Griswold said today that she | Kensington Congregational. The young men's class will meet at 10 a. m. under the leadership of | Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, pastor of | the church. The regular morning service will be held at 10:45 o'clock Rev. Mr. Phillips will preach on the Saturday, Sept BEBE D The PLAINVILLE TRUST Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN. called at- would not have been surprised If there had been a much greater dif- ference between la this yvear's total. e gaid that she really expected that the figure this term. would be much Is than that of | last seoson. Fnidentally there have been families moving in just as fas as others have moved out, she stated. The Worthington school shows » decrease of 15, in comparison with last year's figure. A new fifth grade has been open- ed at the Ledge school, because of the fact that the Kensington Gram- | mar school will be unable this year to care for the children in that par- ticular fifth grade. The class was made up in former times of children | and Hh“ Ledge district nsférring of that g schoof there will make hander for the youngsters, many of whom had considerable ground to cover each morning before arriving at the school. Miss Griswold ex being entirely satisfied the showing on the opening d She said that progress has been made sinec Wédnesday and the children have every appearance of having been working at school each day for the past few menths, instead of hav- tne enfored a twe menths' vacation Tt is usually hard for the children to knuckle down right away. but they have fhis Frar, according to the su- verintendeht from the ade to the it much with t year's total and | vressed herself as | | several Grangers have [tention to the fact that the tracks are now scveral inches above the surface and they point out that if an automobile bound up the hill. were forced so far over on the road as to |grate against the tracks, damage | might be done, as it would be prac- tically impossible, they say. for au- tomobile wheels to surmount the rafls. 1 is highly probable, they add, that any such car would be turned over, They also wrecked considerably when driving | across the tracks into one of the roadways and they ask that some- thing be done in the matter. Garden Party Today | The garden party scheduled for this afternoon by the Kensington | League of Women Voters will be | held, either on the lawn of Mrs. | George Green's residence or in the | eay that cars are | T. A. B. hall. Should the weather | be tnclement and the rain starts to [fall the affain, will be held within the hall. An extenslve program has beeh arranged by those in charge [and it is expected that there will | be a large attendance,. since such FRANI( E. GOODWIN Ip. theme, igsentials in Tducation.” | Sunday school will meet at 12:10 m. ‘The Christian Endeavor so- ciety's first meeting of the scason will be held at 6 o'clock. Marion Hart will be the leader and a special nday, 13 CLAIRE WINDSOR —in— “DIXIE HANDICAPPED" sept. Willie Has A -IT SEEMS GOOD To 77 BE LOME AGAIN=1 CAN SiT OUT HERE AN' WATCH DEOPLE GO BY AN' MEBBE SoME OF TH' FELLAS'LL com | — AN’ STOP - \_\flw M RN “,«1 EYESIGHT SPECIALIST | 37!Mlin Street — Tel. 1905 00 1 THAT? A WA CRAIR ! = \~ e (Dn. 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