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Drums will rolland an eight-gun salute will honor the memory of Berlinites who daned the uniforms t “nited Stites to serve ::.u‘::iyLm war times, on Monday afternoon when his town will cease all activities to observe Memorial d“il‘emorim da; has long I\w‘en the stive of all the holidays in ;‘::?rsltn?trvsidons holding May 30 as one of the met sacred days in the year's calends. Members, of old Tamilles who ave sent their portion of young mathood into the service of the counry mingle with the cer popuftion of the town who ve also mcrificed the growing generation Jf their families to the call of thecountry. All barriers of family ap« creed Wil be levelled at the Eas' Berlin exercises on Mon- ;‘x‘:-u; xill honor its dead soldiers ith apublic spirit which is difficult oise on any other day except oy sot apart for the decoration : soldiers who to ar the d of the grave of the have passed on. ; ‘'rye general committee, at me home of Robert 0. Clark of Eag Berlin last evening, decided on the following line of march for the paade Monday afternoon: * Police American Band Marshal, Arthur Benson Aides Colors Harold D. Ventres, Commander of the American Tegion Firing Squad American Legion Ladies' Auxiliary Tripoli Itallan Society &. Paul Tabs Fife and Drum Corps School Children Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Sons of Veterans Civil War Veterans In Automobiles | The exercises at the flag pole have been announced as follows: Selec- tion by the band; call to order: reading. “John A. Logan's Order 11, by Rev. Vernon L. Phillips; America”; praver by Rev. May B. Lord; Lincoln's Gettysburg address hy Rov. Samuel A. Fiske; selection by the band; main address by Hon. John C. Blackall of Hartford, former Kecretary to Cingressman Augustine Lonergan; “The Star Spangled Ban- ner”; benediction by ILtev. Samuel A. Fiske, The parade will form munity hall, East Berlin, at 3 o'clock, march to Kelsey corners, countermarch up Main strect to Wil- cox cemetery where the graves will be decorated. Taps will be and the noise of three elghi-gun salutes, given by the Legion squad will split the _ilent mounds. A pr ernon 1. Phillips will follow. St. Paul's Church Mass will be celebrated at § and ' 5 o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Y auls church, Kensinaton, Rev whn C. Brennan, pastor, will be n at Com- e the Rev, their | s ey have been in the past.| meeting | played | firing | the Sunday the 10 o'clock |charge. A session of school “will follow mass. Sacred Heart Church . John . Brennan of K nsing- ton will officiate at the 9 o'clock mass tomorrow in Sacred Heart church, East Berlin. Sunday school will follow Kensington Methodist Sunday school exercises will held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ling at the Kensington Methodist church. At 11 o'clock Miss Margaret Palmer, field secretary of the Na- tional Woman's Home Missionary soclety, will speak at the regular morning services. Miss Palmer has been among the Mexicans and should be interesting. The Epworth |league meeting will be cmitted to- morrow evening. At 7:30 o'clock Rev. May B. Lord, pastor, will speak on the theme, “The Truly Great.' Tuesday at 3:45 o'clock the so- cial service class will mcet at the church. The Knights of Honor will | evening. The regular mid-w serv- lices on Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock will be led hy the pastor, who will speak on the subject, *Be- come as ‘Little Children’ The Junior league will meet at the church on Friday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. At § o'clock Friday evening the Everyman's Bible Class orches- tra of New Britain will give a musi- cal entertainment at the church. Be- tween musical sclections, Miss Lffie Carlson will give reading: Kensington Congregational Rey. Vernon L. Phillips, pastor of the Kensington Coagregational church, will lead the regular morn- ing exerc at the church tomor- row morning at 16:45 o'clock. The subject of his sermon will be “Me- morial Day.” Sunday school exe | cises will be held at 12:10 o'clock. Christian Endeavor mecting will be held at the church at 6:30 o'clock. Berlin Congregatioval. The Older Boys' class of the Ber- lin Congregational churcin will meet with the pastor tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. At 1 o'clock Rev. Samuel A. Fiske will lead the regu- | lar morning service with an address on the text, “The Dominion of Man. Sunday school, under the leadership of Miss Mary E. Griswold, will meet at the Sunday school rooms at 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon, the Junior Endeavor will meet at the church with John Guite as leader. Young People’s mecting will |convene at 7 o'clock led by Miss Dorothy Scott. Carnival To Open The annual spring carnival of the { Kensington Athletic club will open ! Monday evening in the vacant lot south of Willow Brook tyark. The committee in charge of the event | has procured a popula- carnival troupe which will show their wares in this town until Saturday evening, | June 3. Memorial Exercises 75 pupils of the Sheldon About | school, headed by Mrs. Bacon and | marched | the Beckley | | Miss Jardina, teachers, | from the building to cemetery yesterday afternoon where oxercises were held consisting of | songs, Fecitation | Rev, Rerlin Congregational church. The graves of dead soldiers in the old cemetery were decorated by the Sheldon pupils who took over the work of providing for honoring the memory of those buried in the old cemetery. Tabs to Practice The §t. Paul Tabs baseball team will practice this afternoon in prep- aration for its opening game in the Jastern Connccticut league which will be held tomorrow afternoon in " The local team will this town tomorrow noon at via bns from the Tabs nsington. This afternoon held at Percival Field at 2 o'clock and will be about the first ehance the local batsmen have had to lim- her out the Kinks that e come | with the recent wet weather. & oo oo uenees 5149 each in green and white painted be | | meet from 6 to 8 o'clock Tuesday | s and an address by | amuel A. Fiske, pastor of the | NEW BRITAIN DAICY HERALD,! SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1927. Plainville News HIGH SCHOOL WINS | FOURTH STRAIGHT Terryville High Tarned Back by Local Baseball Nine KITCHEN-PANTRY SHOWER Miss Spleler Surprised By Friends— Ohurch Notices—School Children Not to March Monday—Visiting Days Days Successful—Briefs, ball team continued its victorious | Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. | Successful—Proper Flag | | | The Plainville High school base- | Koven. Offertory, “Largo,” Handel. “Taps.” Congregational Young Peo- ple’'s meeting at 6 p. m. This will be the last meeting till fall. Mr. ‘Wyckoft will lead. Light refresh- ments will be served. » ‘The Woman's Federation will hold its last business meeting till fall on Thur: 2:30 p. m. in the parish | house. Elizabeth Rogers of the | Hartford Y. M. C. A. will tell of her | trip to the Baltic countries, Es-| thonia and Latavia, taken in the in- terests of the Y. W. C. A. 1 Advent Christian Church | Morning worship at 10:45 o'clock. | The pastor will continue the theme, “Rules for Christian Living.” Sun- | day school at 12:05 p. m. Young People's service at 6 p. m. Evening| preaching service at 7 o'clock. The | sermon of the evening will be, “The Risk That Brought Ruin.” | Midweek praver meeting on| Baptist Church Services at the Baptist church will be as follows: Morning worship at 16:45 o'clock, sermon by the pas- tor, Rev. A. D, Kendrick, D.D. An- them by the regular choir, *“The lof Mrs. Y. Matchless Jesus.” Talk to the juniors | march yesterday afternoon, captur- ing its fourth win in as many starts. | Terryville High school was the vic | tim and put up a good fight, but the locals, on their home grounds, had plenty of confidence and more skill than their foes. winuing by 3-1. | The home team got away to & two run lead in the first two innings +.. SL1.59 each . $1.69 each $2.19 each $2.50 each $2.75 each $3.00 each $3.19 each and brown and .. $2.59 each ....$3.98 each .. $4.98 each Kensingon Ioses The Kensington Boys Congrega- tional church indoor baseball team entrained for Willow Brook park last evening, all hopeful of a victory gainst the Stanley Memorial church team of New Britain. The Kensington team took the fleld and made a multitude of errors while Goodrich, in pitcher's box, threw them high and wide but ndt hand- some. The Kensington team came | back from Willow Brook park with a 12 to 0 defeat hitched to their ! record. The records show four hits for the locals to five hits for the visiting team. A new pitcher, some intensive | practice at holding the ball and a generql shake-up is predicted by | Coach Phillips who has trained the | local churchmen. What They're Doing The St. Paul Tabs Fife and Drum Corps will mect Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Tabs Hall, Kensing- ton, to form for the parade to be | beld in East Berlin, Transportation will between Hudson street and East Berlin center from 2:15 o'clock un- til 3 from East Berlin to Worthing- iton ridge at the close of the exer- cises for school children wishing to part in the parade. Fast Berlin Ttems Al residents are requested to dis- play the flag Memorlal Day not only along the line of march but through- out_ghe town. The parade will form at Eommunity hall, and will march from Kelsey Corner to Wilcox ceme- tery. Mr. and Mrs. Archer Walsh will | spend the week-end and Memorfal | day as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. | John Walmsley of Stamford. Miss Margaret Porter of RBri is the week-cnd guest i Miss Virginia Walsh. Miss Bertha Hazen was a member | of the cast of the annual Lilac Day | | ccremonies, given at the University | lof Vermont on Thursday, May 26. | Church services will be held at | | the Methodist church tomorrow at | the regular hot Morning wor- | ship at 10:45 | |ing by the pastor. Rev. A. L. greem. Sunday school at 12 o'clock. ‘ unior league at ed by, the evening service at {o'clock. The regular morning service at | St. Gabricl's Episcopal church will | [ be held at 10 o'clock. Church school ! | will be held at 9 o'clock. The Altar club of St. John's| church of Cromwell will stage two | one act playlets at Athletic hall | | Thursday evening, June 9 under the lanspices of Sacred Heart church. { The Pythian fair completed a | three day presentation at Communi- ty hall last evening with the per- | formance staged by the Kensington | Dramatic club. The entire cast per- | formed excellently and the play was | one of the bright spots of the fair. Edson Maine of Middletown was a | be furnished | New of 3 o'clock follow- 7:30 practice will be | | | shifted in location. i prettily decorated in blue and white, | The gifts were stowed away under | both. | Saviour will be as follows: ! church on Camp street, special serv- | port. | delivering the sermon. {1.ost 7E TWENTY-EiGET OF )11 MAY!! JUST A monTH AcO ToDAY O0UR HMOME BURANED DOWN AAD OUR HARD LUCK BBEGAN=WHMAT MISERY AND ANGUISA WEVE SUFFERED IR TS PAST MONTH ! and held this lead in the pitchers’ duel which followed. Joblowski and | Backman were in great form, Job- | i Towski | local boy eight; ! the last three batters to face him. fannig seven men and the | Backman whiffed The feature of the day, aside from : the stellar work of the pitchers, was ! Tolli's triple with a man on base. The high school team has now ;n'on four games and is showing it- self to he a team which could give some of the larger high schools around the state a lot of trouble, Net Wednesday it will have a stern test when it plays New Britain High here in a game which has been twice postponed and twice | Shower For Miss Spicler. A kitchen and pantry shower was held last evening at the home of Miss Farrar of North Washington street in honor of Miss Josephine Spleler of Bristol. The home was under an archway of streamers and flowers, and a large wedding bell hung over them. The bride-to-be received many useful gifts. A buf- fet lunch was served. Mrs. Elizabeth Farrar and Mrs, Martin Casey were hostesses. Miss Spleler will become the bride of Arthur 1. Farrar on June 14. Methodist Church Services will be held at the Plain- ville M. E. church tomorrow at 5a. m. and 7 p. m.: the pastor, Arthur A. Ball, will preach at Sunday school will meet at ! 9:45 a. m. At 6 p. m. the Epworth | league will hold a special meeting. | Catholic Church Regular masses will be held at and 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Sunday school will meet at 9 a. m. The class which will receive its first | communion next Sunday will meet | for instructions at 8 o'clock every morning during the week. There will be confessions at 4 and | 7:30 p. m. Thursday afternoon in | preparation for First Friday. On Fri- day there will be mass at 5:30 a. m Re | |and holy communion at 7 o'clock. The first communion class will go to confession at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and will receive com- munion next Sunday at the § o'clock mass. F¥piscopal Crurch Services at the Church “of Our| Church chool at 10 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon 11 o'clock. Rev. L. I Belden of Christ church cathdral, | Hartford, will preach. Swedish Congregational Church At the Swedish Congregational ices will be held tomorrow at 10:30 a. m., the sermon will be delivered by Rev. Gustav Anderson of Bridge- In the afternoon at 4 o'clock an English service will be held, Rev. | Carl Peterson of East Orange, N. J. In the eve- ning at 7 o'clock both pastors will speak. ¥ Congregational Church Church school % a. m. Memorial day service at 10:45 a. m., past state commander of the G. A. R. and Chaplain Orville 1. Fisher of Fort foultrie, South Carolina, will speak. William H. Jervis, trumpeter in the | Yale band will pl Prelude, “The Chord.”” ~ Sullivan. Anthem, “For Thee, O Country.” Eichbear. Solo, Kipling's “Recessional,” De- | visited here vesterday. He i= a for- mer resident of this place. He will | leave next Monday morning with | Raymond McCorkle for California ! and thence to British Columbia. The trip wijl be made by automobile. Carolyn Read is spending the week end in West Cromwell as the guest of Ler grandmother. The baseball team will play the New Britain Y team this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Willow Brook park. | Clifton Benson continues to fm- | prove from his recent attack of| scarlet fever. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS |sing “At the Battle's Front.” the jan | ciation of by the pastor. The junior choir will | Bible | school at noon. Evening service at 7 o'clock. Young People’s meeting at 8 o'clock, topic: “Memorial Day, Our Heroes Speak.” leader, Wallace Bunnell. The public is cordially in- vited to attend all of these services. Two Ganies Over Holiday At 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the All-Plainvilles will play the fast Avon team, and on Monday at the same hour they will cross bats with | Frog Hollow Senators from | Hartford. The latter team is bring- | ing a number of classy players. | Clemens, former Hartford high ' pitcher, and Craft will do hurling for the visitors, with Hayden behind the bat. Lisgon, a star third-sacker, will hold down the dizzy corner, and Bernstein, New York university play- er home for the holiday, will play first. The outfleld will be patrolled by a fast trio, Gaudet, Rliley and | Claftey. . The Plainville line-up will prob- ably be shifted about a bit, it being reported that Billy Tolli will be moved back into the infield, where he plaved last year, Nick Tolli will probably pitch tomorrow, with Kal- ish and Datoli heing saved for Mon- | day. Guiden, Erbe and Neft will! split the umpiring. With favorable | weather, two of the largest crowds | of the scason are expccted. | Tlying of Flags | James E. Usher, chairman of the Legion flag committee, today called the attention of the merchants and others to the proper method of fly- ing the national colors on Memorial Day. The flag should be ruised to the top of the staff and then lowerad to hulf-mast until noon, when it should | be pulled to full-mast again for the balance of the day. It §s hoped all merchants will cooperate in this matter that the decorations may be correct and uniform. | Not to March i The school children will not march in the parade Monday. They have one =0 In past years, and the school | department would have been glad to | have them do so again this Memor- il Day, but Superintendent L. §. Mills sald today that no request for them to march had becn received | from the veteran organizations. | "herefore nothing had leen done bout it. There will be no school Monday. Baptist Church Supper The supper given last evening by the men of thee Baptist church to| the women and children was most successful and proved that the men were very capable in handling such | affair. The boys in the capacity of waiters were very efficlent. Wal lace Bunnell presided at the piano patriotic songs and hymns were sung. Then came a social hour. Mrs. C. A. Bunnell, on behalt of he ladies. expressed thelr appre- the affair. School Visiting Days The visiting s in the local | schools were very successful, the school authorities report. At Broad street Thursday about 200 parents and friends watched the classes in operation and examined the sam ples of work which were displayed. | Yesterday at the Linden street wuilding there were about 100 present, double the number of a year ago. Community Theater PLAINVILLE TODAY Robert Frazer and Shirley Mason in “SIN CARGO” Fire Fighters—6th Episadle. NEWS—AESOP’S FABLES and VAUDEVILLE AND MON. NS¢ in “LOVE OF SUNYA” Gloria Swanson more beautiful, moro vivid, more alluring than ever! “BILL GRIMM'S PROGRESS” 12th Episode. Matinee Mon. 5—5¢,—10c. Tuesday, May 31— Milton Sills and Mary Astor in “THE SEA TIGER” | ers’ convemtion to be he tapartment in New | cooling troubles | more complete combustion | bergh carried a smaller load of fuel and averaged 'a greater speed. Legion Auxiliary Notes Every member o fthe Legion auxillary is requested to be present Monday morning to participate in the parade. Automobiles will be provided for all. Members are also asked to report at the corner of West Main and Church streets to- morrow morning at 10:35 o'clock and attend the special service in the Congregational church. Packing Clothing Box The W. C. T. U. is packing a box ot clothing to be sent to the suf- ferers from the Mississippl flood. Donations will be gratefully re- ceived and can be left at the home A. French, 139 West Main street, or at W. J. Heming- way's store. Notes Mrs. William Hepworth of Cook street is spending the week-end at | her cottage at Bay View Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilcox and family of Hasbrouck Helghts, N. J., are spending the week-end and holiday with Mrs. J. G. Ward of Maple strect and Miss Gertrude Ward of Canal street. The funeral of Rev. A. §. Sggat. ti, former pastor of the Plainville M. E. church, will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from his late home in East Bristol. Hubert Royce, 7, and Frances Royce, 4, children of Constable and Mrs. Thomas Royce of Maple street, observed their birthday an- niversaries jolntly with a party yes- terday afternoon. Frances' falls on May 26 and her brother's on the 28th. Rev. C. H. Monbleau 1s to be onc ¢ the speakers at the Loyal Work- at Dan- of bury, Conn., on May 31. Furnished room to rent with or without hoard. Apply 74 Park strect. dvt. For Rent — Four room heated Strand Theater Bldg. Tel. 234, Plainville—advt. 9 Bicycle St—4-room tenement. Price low. Inquire Bacon's Lunch. —advt, As soon as it was proved that thunderstorms were not produced by whitcheraft, much of the perse- cution of supposcd witches ceased. WHY LINDBERGH'S PLANE WON WHERE PN-9 FAILED Mr. R. H. Richards in discussing the sensational flight of Lindbergh which evoked the admiration of the entire civilized world told some of the points of advantage which Lind- hergh's plane possessed over other un-! types now in use and which doubtedly contributed to his markable success. Lindbergh chose the Wright Whirlwind motor which is an air cooied motor, while the P N 9 is water cooled. authorities of the United States as- sert that 60 per cent of the forced landings of airplanes are due to of water cooled planes so the reason for Lindbergh's choice is at once apparent. The rea- song for the relinbility of the air re- cooled motor for plane use is seen ' when it is noted that the propeller which acts as fan to the motor is keyed dlirectly to the crank climinating at once all independent- Iy moving parts with their triction bearings to get out of adjustment or seize under severe stress, also rub- ber hoso connections, pump pack- ings and water and delicate joints with their possibility of springing lea ns must operate so long as crankshaft turns. Adverting again to government statistics the odds are largely in favor of the crankshaft turning so long as the fan and con- sequently the cooling system oper- ates. Furthermore, due to the higher efficlency of the air cooled motor with its hotter explosion point and Lind- The P N 9 of the west coast- Hawailan flight carried a great load of gasoline for its water cooled en- gine and did it by speeding up its i motor to 2,400 revolutions per min- ute to get the required thrust. Al- thought its motor continued to run | as long as the fuel held out, the re- serve supply was not great enough to meet the actual conditions of the flight and it was forced down sev- eral hundred miles before the goal | was reached.—advt. <PLAINVILLE® See This Big Show!! —TODAY— “TOO0 MANY CROORS" Our Gang Comedy Episode No. 2—“ON GUARD" VAUDEVILLE 6 — ACTS — 6 Matince and Night SUNDAY EVENING Jack Hoit in “BLIND GODDESS" Many Short Subjects MON. and TUES. The Big Paramount Special “THE TELEPHONE GIRL" VAUDEVILLE 5 —ACTS — 5 Monday Night at 8:15 Monday Matinee at 3:16 Two Sides to Everything! ANOZUER CRAAK CAUSED TUE LOSS OF STILL. ANOTHER DAY YESTERDAY IN TUE POLICE INVEST- IGATION OF THE AWYSTERY SURROUNDING 7ME DISAPPEARANCE MAY 12 OF 7AGALONG AVSELF OP COMING MERE = SINCE 7A6'S The postal and naval | shaft | Bristol News DENIED DIVORCE FRON WIFE ABROAD Yeteran of Russo-Japanese War Wants His Freedom NO GROUNDS, JUDGE SAYS Rotarians and Iions To Meet On Iinks—City To Observe Memorial Day With Gencral Holiday—Suit For $5,000 Over Gas Station Sale. John Parat of Bristol, & vetc of the Russo-Japanese war, failed to secure a divorce from his wife, Julianna, living in a small town in Poland, when he appeared before Judge Marvin of the superior court yesterday, the judge dismissing the petition Wwith the statement that the retitioner had no grounds. Parat testificd that his wife re- fused to come to this country in 1907, because she feared to travel on the occan. In 1912 he bought her a house in her home town, he said, and was agreeable that she live there. He was represented by S. Russell Mink, Dorothy Grubey Smith, 27, of 237 Prospect street, Bristol, sought a divorce from Fufus A. Smith, charg- ing intolerable cruelty. They were marricd September 21, 1923, at Ber- lin, New Hampshire. Mrs. Smith testified that her husband frequently struck her, abused her, called her vile names and threatened her life. { His conduct, she said, aggravated | her nervous and lame condition. She was represented by William A. Reiner, i Special Stockholders' Meeting | A special mecting of the stoc holders of the American Piano Su ply Co. wil be held at 1:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May 31st, at the offices on Church street to con- firm the decision of the board of di- rectors to terminate the corporate stence of the corporation. An of- for of the ! company. Inc, of New York city | to take over the holdings of the lo- tcul concern, was acted upon favor- |ably several weeks ago by the direc- !tors and it is understood that their {decision will be confirmed by the stockholders. The board of directors of the { American Supply company consists {of W. C. Hess, William Muir, W. H. " Bacon, M. D. Edgerton, Charles L. Warner and John T. Chidsey. Rotarians-Lions Golf Match Arrangements have been complet- d for a golf match to be held at the Chippanee Country club on ,June 15 between teams represent- | ing the Rotarians and the Bristol Lions club. The losers will be oblr- gated to give a dinner to the win- ng team. | Judge Joseph M. Donovan is man- ger of the Lions club team and A.'J.'Koziell Is manager of the Ro- tarians, neral of Rev. Albert S. Hagarty The funeral of Rev. Albert Stan- ley Hagarty, who died at the Hart- ford hospital Thursday afternoon, will be held from his late home on Lake avenue at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in the family lot in West cemetery. Returns From New York Dr. B. N. Whipple of Laurel street, who has been taking a two weeks' spectal course of surgery in New York city, returned to his home today. Marriage Licenses Tssued Marriage licenses were issued yes- terday by City Clerk Thomas B. | Steele to Ross Everett Dewyea of 429 North Main street and Agnes Vonda Blashke of §3 Jacob street. Tocal Musicians in Concert Three local musicians will appear on a concert program to he given at $:15 o'clock next Tuesday eve- ning at the Hartford Women's club, 187 Broad strect, Hartford. Wil fred Theaker, violin, will play “Pol- onaise in A" by Wieniawski while { Sidney Alexander will play “Andan- {tino” by Le Maire and ‘“Polonais¢ in D" by Wienlawski. They will be accompanied by Paul Umphrey of this city on the plano. On Motor Trip Miss Agnes Barry, assistant sec- | retary of the local chamber of com- {merce and Miss Eileen Guckin of Stearns street left today for a motor trip through the White Mountains and Canada. They will return Mon- day night. Holiday Observance Monday, Memorial Day, will be generally observed throughout the city as a holiday. Schools and fac- tories will close for one day only. |The public ltbrary will be closed all day and holiday hours will be ob- served at the post office. Barber shops will be closed all day and all of the stores will close tonight until next Tuesday morning. At Lake Compounce Sunday after- inoon the New Departure Band will |furnish the concert and on Monday i ARE BEING MADE To TAKE 7AGALONG BACK 7O RIS PAREATS “ i pect Hammacher, Schlemmer afternoon the concert rendered by the Veterans of Fo: Wars Band. All of the cnnee-:t?n: at the resort will be open as usual and special trolley service will be in operation on the Compounce branch, Two baseball games will be played by the New Departure baseball team at Muzzy Field. On Sunday atte noon the Torrington team will make its first local appearance and on .\hernt_)rh.l Day morning, the New Britain Falcons will be th attrace ;l::;e lTh:' Em:;el will play a return n New eane ritain Monday after- Attachment Made in Civil Action Papers of attachment in the amount of $7,000 were filed in the office of the city clerk yesterday in a civil action brought by Mr. and | Mra. Albert W. Hughes of 181 North Main strect against Charles W, Hitchkiss of Jerome avenue. Dam. ages asked for are $5,000 and the contention of the plaintiffs is based on the purchase of a gusoline station located on Farmington avenue from Hotchkiss. The transter was con- summated on March 9, 1927, but due will be to the fact that the motor vehicle regulations call for a frontage of 100 feet at all gas stations, the state department refused to make the transfer of the license because the property in question had only a 75 foot. frontage. The plaintiffs also contend that to comply with the law they wern obliged to buy an adjoining plece of land and move the two gasoline pumps which were not spaced at the proper distance. The action is made returnable in the June term of (he superior court. Supper at Highland Golf Club, The annual supper for members of the Highland Golf ciub will served at the clubhous: at 6 p. ni.. Monday, May 30. The committee in charge of the affalr are Mrs. Rafe H. Williams, chairman: Mrs. Dwight Pond. Mre. Cii W. Plumb, Mrs Thomas Finan of Tereyvviile and Mre, Ralph Seymour of Plainville. \utos in Collission Automobiies operated Wallace of 22 laurel street 1 {Charles Swenson of 141 Prospact street collided early last evening on !'Prospect street. According te the inform irnished the police, Wallz s driving east on Pros- strect when he struck Swen- son's car, which was coming out of a private driveway. Both ¢ considerably damaged. the car being turned over by the im- pact. Both drivers appeared heiore the prosecuting attorney this morning and were advised to settl: the mat- teer clvilly. No arrests were made. High' School Athletics The Bristol High school baseball team will play the South Manches- ter High school team this afternoon on the local athletic field. The visi- tors hold one decision over the lo- cal boys, who will endeavor to off- set that defeat with a victory this afternoon. Members of the high achool track team will journey to Nauga- tuck this afternoon to contest in a triangular meet with the Torring- ton and Naugatuck high schools. {The triangular cup is at stake in | this afteroon's meet. H Death of Louls Chaussey Louis Chaussey, aged 60, of Terryville avenue, died at his home {at 11:30 o'clock last night following a long fliness. He was born in Bur- lington, Vt., the son of Antoine and Mathilda Chaussey. His boyhood { was spent in that city. He came to | Bristol 12 years ago from Manches- | ter, Conn., and for several years was employed at the E. Ingraham Co. He is survived by his wife and & son, Waiter L. Chaussey, both of this city. The funeral will be held at 8 o'clock Monday morning from St. Anne's church. Interment will be in East Hampton, Mass. Finds Lindy’s Kiss Far From Affectionate Paris, May 28.—(UP—Among his many new experiences, Aviator Lindbergh is learning much about the kiss. Often this week he was em- braced by bearded gentlamen and kissed, French fashion, on both cheeks; yesterday he got some training in what .is expected of » public hero in this respect. At the Citroen automobile factory a group of girls appeared and one of them presented him with the tra- ditional bunch of red roses as a sign of affection. He took the flowers smiled and expressed his thanks but the French maiden, well versed in ceremonial tactics, waited for something else. His face growinz red, Lindbergh finally leaned down and barely brushed his lips on her cheek. He shook hands with the other girls in the group, to their visible disappointn:ent. New Britain Man Sued In Action for Divorce (Special to the Herald) Worcester, May 28.—Aurelle Lupien of New Britain, Conn., was sued for divorce in a libel filed in the Worcester Probate court yes- terday by Georgianna N. Luplen of Lelcester. The wifc sets forth that the mar- riage of the couple was at Lelcester, Oct. 8, 1923, and that they lived to- gether there and at Springfleld. Mass. and Biddeford, Me. She charges desertion at Biddeford. April 10, 1924, by John

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