New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1927, Page 7

Mail Orders Promptly Filled Chyistmas Eve will be enjoyed by millions of people in our own land, and over the entire world. So that our employes will have the pleasure of joining their families and friends, and share with them the joys of the Christmas season we will close our store Saturday, December 24th at 6 o'clock. We will be open Thursday and Friday evenings until 9 o'clock. Wednesday Aisle Specials Suggest Gifts for Last Minute Shoppers WOMEN'S HOSIERY Ghese $1.15 pr. (2 pr. $2.25) Full fashioned silk, number we are closing out, pair., MEN’S NECKTIES 59¢ ea. " Regular $1.00. 0dd lot for WOMEN'S SLIPPERS $1.00 pr. Kid Boudotr slippers, blue, red, black, brown, padded soles, MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS 50c ea. Colored border silk \values to $1.00 each. Berlin News HENRY ROSE HEADS -~ TABS' SOCIETY Robert Fagan Is Named as| ¢ Vice President INSTALLATION IN JARUARY Christmas Parties to Be Held by the | | | Various Churches and Clubs This ‘Week—Special Masses Sunday at St. Paul's—Local Man Fined, Henry Rose was chosen s new president of the St. Paul T. A. B. society at the monthly meeting | of the organization held in the so- | clety hall in Kensington Sund. will sarve in his new capacity for the coming year. He will be ed by Itobert Fagan, who was cle ed to the office of vice president. Mr. Rose is one of the most popular men in the Tabs and his choice w received with great pleasure by th entre organization. The other newl elected offices are: William Carey, recording secretary; Robert Corr, financi cretary; Edward Malone, treasurer; John Skene, zergeant-at- arms; Willlam Brown, marsha, | trustees, William Fagan, Raymond Warren, Patrick J. Buckley and J. C. Hart. | Rev. J. C. Brennan was again chosen as chaplain. The installation | of officers will be held after the first | of the year, probably the first Thursday. 3 i Local Man Fined. Martin Crowley of Kensington was flned $3 in the New Britain polica court this morning. He was charge: with walking on the railroad tr The railroad police have been warn- ing tréspassers for the last two weeks and yesterday arrested 11 persons caught walking the tracks. Speclal Masses, ! There will be special masses at ! St. Paul's church on Christmas Day . in honor of the feast. Masses will be celebrated at 7:30, 9 and 10 o'clock. The last mass will be a high mass. Rev. J. C. Breanan, pastor, will' be in charge. Confessions will be heard Satur- day for all those who wish to re- | ceive at the Sunday masses. Returns Home. Mrs. Danfel Culver of Berlin re- turned to her home yesterday from thg New Britain General hospital | vhere she has been recovering from | an operation which &he underwent | three weeks ago. College Students Home. Another group of college students | has arrived home to spend the | Christmas holidays with their par- ents. The new arrivals are: Miriam North, Margaret Root, Elsie Scho- field, Samuel and Willlam Coales, Alfred Bertolene, Walton Meaghley Garvey Mulomphy, LeRoy Fleischer and Elliot Baldwin. | John A. Urban. Funeral services for John A. Ur- ban were' held from his home in Newlington at 7:30 o'clock this morn- ing and from St. Andrews’ church at § o'clock. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. | Berlin Town Court. | Judge George G. Griswold will preside over the session of the Ber- lin town court to be held this eve- ning'at 7:30 o'clock in the town hall. Joseph Zak, charged with reckless driving, will appear before the éourt. A few other cases will he disposed of. | Gives Speech. .| Rev. Samuel A. Fiske was the | apeafer at the Christmas meeting ! service weight, | oceupancy Siz brown and red ( R values at $2.00 9c each. For wome ME ; 35¢ handkerchicfs, , All white | regular 50¢ ea of the Ne $otel Burritt bang noon Christmas Entertainment 1 church school Christ ot will take pla on Cong 1tional church parlors tomor evening commeneing at 7:30 o'clock. Dona- tions in any form are asked for to be presented to the Children’s Homa in New Britain. An offering will ba taken for the American Board of Motherhood Cluh, A meeting of the Motherhood clib of the Berlin Congregational church Mont- 1in t v for t to brin of clothing or toy which for children. They will s Christmas gifts in the community 12 of Mrs [:{ for: mothers, vt is suitable son: Deacor an of St. Pau n, served as dea- 1eral mass held this St church, , for Mrs. ove Sldew: 3 Crushed s in front top of hand towards This will 1K and will walking ont in th and on the » of the road leadiy the railroad iuderpass. jew road where danger of pa this point and because dirt piled on the people had heen us the Toad as a substitu walk Visits Here. Rev. Walter Lyddy of parish, New Britain, w in Ken t. Mary's visitor Work in w Pinch ¥ plant Las becn rushed forward and the factory is ready for to be in at the present fixtures remained NMen ar 1t work time in laying out a crushed stone driveway that will lead from the fac- tory out io Farmington venue. It is planned by the Pinches company fto start moving to their new plant the first of next year Wins Prize. Howard Tlsworth of the Percival school in Kensington wa 1 prize in the ntest” conducted by t Bros., of .New Britain, Over 100 took part in the contest and the judges had a hard time picking the ft Rackliffe azine of boy built a was awarded Stapley tools for his Christmas Party. The Sunday school Christmas ex- ercises of the Berlin Congregational church will he held in the chapel of the church on Friday evening at 7 b'clock. ma Tabs Whist. Ist party of the s evening in the nand is open hickens will he in both the rames. lent Tabs hall in Kens to the public. aw ed the win men's and women's Auto Ac A car driven hy neis Crane of 22 Colling st Hartford, crashed into an anto driven hy William Seld- housc of 38 Hovart street, Meriden, last evening at the intersection of rlin street and Farmington ave- nue, badly damaging both Seldhouge making a left towards Hartford when smached into him. Miss ) Marlowe and Mr. and Mr parents of the driver, sl tly injured and were taken to Meriden whe a doctor treated them. Constable Frank Brown in- vestigated the case and placed Crane under arrest for reckless driving. The case will appear in the Berlin town court tonight East Berlin Items, The Christmas entertainment held turn WOMEN'S SLIP-ONS es 30 to 40, in grey, tan. Also for boys, felt slippers, leather padded soles, only $1.00 pair. i WOMEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS Windows and doors were | installed this week and a fow inside | lled. | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1927. _ Plainville News 2 1S TANK FAVORED AT OPEN MEETING Goodrich Allays Fears of Towas- people Regarding Dangers Shop by Mai if Unable to Come Yodself Animated Discussion Involves Mans Citizens—College Students To Ad- dress H. Tonight—First Home Game. By the close vote of 21-13. with many abstentions, the voter: of Plainville night placed them- granting of ! H. Goodric permit to the Walter Co. of New Haven for station on the old . on West Main and This vote, taken at a retall gasoii Bristol Mig. C ierce strects. fonal in that it he proposed b ent would not aff. nd that not n gallons of combust aiter H. Gooodrich and another man from his company were pres- ent at the hearing, over which Stan ley willim presided, and they answered numerous questions them by various Interested persor Among those who took part in spirited discussion were Selectmen Peter J. Prior a J. Kimmel, Michacl Kosenko, Ha ry O. Rex, President Henry Tru bull of the Chamber of Commerc Burton H. Phelps. C. H. Daly, Sta ley M. Smith and A. A. McLeod Objection was raised primarily on ground the oline stor nks would create a fl menace, which would be sirable in the center of the busin ict. Mr. Goodrich met th saying that the tanks would placed underground and would |isolated b oof and lightnin proof la such a way that there would be practically no danger. T was specific Dlish insurance orc than 104 $1.00 ea, with striped border Second Floor) materials AYON VESTS T5c ea. n, all colors, picot top.. 'S SLIPPERS $1.00 pr. ea. (3 for $1.00) - l’inen, embroidered corners, ch, disf be ist_evening at Community hall by the Knights of Pythias and Pythia Sisters were largely attended of hoth organizations and eir families. The children wern given presents and a red Christmas stocking with candy and nuts Wwould not spread outward. Only a and other sweet meats. Santa Claus minor portion of the tanks would arrived rather late but he forgot no . be devoted to gasoline, he said, the one. The Book club will mret this eve- t § oclock at ths home of . Dalbey. An interesting °n arranged for the underground container, he said, very small, while if such an eve ever did oceur the resulting explo- sion wonld he directed upward and !sene and other similar fluids. Mr. Phelps said that he had been informed his fire finsurance rates would be substantially raised upon Ifhn, installation of the tanks, but it umption that 100,000 gallons of oline would be stored in them. Mr. Goodrich oftered to pay any in- crease fn insurance which resultel from the construction of his station. Another objection raised was that the steady procession of ofl trucks in and out of the wholesale depot | would further congest traffic on | West Main street, but Mr. Goodrich sald the frucks offered the free use of the driveways on his property to be used by motorists their c aroun Areet, a danger present. | Mr. Trumbull spoke in favor of the Goodrich project, saying that the land was idle at the present time and constituted an eyesore in the center, The town possessed ampl apartments and business blocks, and ther other use to which the property could be put at present, so he believed that the gas depot was at least better than noth- ing at all. It would improve the rroperty and bring another profita- ble concern to Plainville. P. J. Prior spoke violently against the proposal and engaged in a tiff with Mr. Gwillim. Mr. Prior said that the town had enou gas sta- | tions and gin mills, asking it Gwillim, as grand juror, did know this. The chairman turned this |oft by good humor and the two m yhad a esmi-humorous di 8, brict period Finally a vote of those present | {was taken. Mr. Goodrich had met Ithe objections squarely and had | !made a favorable impression by his | ‘good temper under some rather scathing comments, and the vote was several did now making rapid *r operation which nt at the Middlesex hos- pital at Thanksgiving. The next whist to be given .y the art church will ning, January ch will be ho | Tomorrow e the club will hold its annual home of Dinner will I o'cloci | ceial Christmas | held at the Methodist church [nest Sunday morning. The cho'r will sing Christmas carols and the Sunday school children will present a program of song and recitation. There will be ne regular meeting of the Sund; school as the morning > will combine both © evening a candlel ISE The Knights of Pyt g at wunity hall It has been decided to drop I Berlin from the Hartford county ‘Y etball schedule unless the loeal arrange to play the games heduled. Other teams wish ‘o en- ter the league and East Berlin has heen given a week to act in the mat- ter Lafanso ristmas Mary served M b exereises Wil ht service 15 will meet 3 o'clock at Com- Lost 0. 115 “Depo, E Finder return | bank, same to bank.—advt. MOTHER, CHILD KILLED v York, 20 (UP)—An titied clutching a child, about {, fn her arms, leaped today from a sixth floor win- dow of a Brooklyn apartment house | to the pavement below. The child s killed in the fall. The woman shortly after being admitted to ngs county hospital small not cast thelr ballots College Students to Speak Four Plainville youths now attend- ing college will give five-minute talks on various phases of college life at the high school assembly | | Thursday atternoon who will { “Itake part in this novel means of giving high &chool students a | hand view of college are Roger New- | ton of Yale university, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Newton: Sterling Wyckoft of Amherst, son of Rev. and Mrs. Charles S. Wyckoff; Howard Usher of Norwich university, son of d sl Those $2.000,000 CONCERN. Bridgeport, Dec. 20. (P—Arthur F. Connors, president of the Bank- crs' Security Trust company, today announced that capital organization had been completed and that the !paid in capital was $2.000,000. Many Connecticut residents have Mr. and Mrs. Howard er and been Interested in the formation of Miss Florence Trumbull of Mount : |Holyoke, daughter of Governor and | | | | | i | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS \T IS= MR.DUNN AT THE BANK GANE |T TO ME 70 BRING MOME AND) SHOW YoU = JUsT LOOK AND LY, POP!TRAT LOOKS LIKE A BANK Pupils—Grange Party | was | E probability of lightning striking an | remainder being filled with oil, kero. | developed that this had been on the | Mrs. John H The hig 50 provid el and Edm | will play {by John Denton w | 4 clock the | Trumbuil ) o will a + prograr cly ent for Ohristmas Tree Lrected | o commu Chiristmas Barnes been set 1 clectri sponsor Ameriea 1 ¢ il serap to e leadi acl any dif-| inintets met. | Sk New Onic tations sent Out been sent out by HA“‘nV‘\ Nur I QUEST ONFOR e 4 :I‘vl\’:["‘vml','hl | withe One Student Would Measure Up Congressmen party. The will consist Dr. Georg: ok, | ur n officer, has cating recorid | Elizabeth | have died |but her estate lack of exact r national tempted of congress | |er | th ] | sterling W, | Mrs. Charles Main street, h | Amhe The Wyckeff turned hor con- | No Chi | Mr Houg ork may lead of latures i national room =allon ‘ s e 7 of present the e whole 1 measure- Indeper Kas thropological status of t ne much bett: unt nts of ne hey their old h the last tim , to Lewe lived {n almos: middle stoppe w states tighter pioneer d CHALK CLEANS BUCKESKINS es, Mont., P Tn dians living i nal park launder their parel with whits thelr laundry = Sesey = year, rubbin buckskin until ¢ . Cpexizg of Growth of liquo war, surveys e STRAND <PLAINVILLE? Lowest Possib'e Prices. markets in 5 states en meats at lower prices. profit s0 a saving to our the finest Fresh Dressed TONIC ‘NOW WE'RE IN THE AIR’ 1 WALLACE BEERY WEDNESDAY—TIIURSDAY RALPI INCE and PATSY RUTH MILLER in “SHANGHAIED" Drama of the Nea NEW BRITAIN 70 W. Main St. R VERAGE N - he ts selecting | GUARANTEED MARKET THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 with a full line of Quality By operating a large chain of les us to sell the better prades of Ve huy direct, saving middleman’s Chickens for the Holidays at prices within reach of all. NEARBY BRISTOL 132 Main St. M VAT sent in 1o the fire hea fors. 8quad A responded a 1 izhed the flame which were dengerously near sur- rotnding buildings. | Park Board Meeting © recular monthly meeting of th 1 of park commissioners WL be held in the council chamber of the city ball on Wednesday eve- g at 5 o'clock. Several import- ntomatters will be acted upon. Spanish War Vets Eelction Geo Loomis was elected com- mander of aplain G. A. Wadsell amp. United Spanish War Veterans, 1 meeting of the camp held in the Arcanum hall last evening. Other foflicers elected for the ensuing year lare as foltor Senlor vice.com- !mander, Stephen Teller; funior vice- |commander, Willlam Klenke; adju- |tant, Leon Loomis; quartermaster, |Jullus Clark: trustee for threo !years, Timothy Daley. These officers, together with the »flicers to be appointed by the com- 1nder-elect, will be installed at a {joint installation ceremony to be held with the Ladles’ Auxiliary of the camp on January 16. Depart- ment Commander Aaron T. Dawson of South Norwalk will have chargs of the installation of the officers of | the camp. Mr: ¢ it VITHIN FEW DAYS Rockwell Pack Lagoon to Be Mecca of Herrymakers POST OFFICE RUSH IS ON Local Schools Closc Thursday— | —Brush Fire Causes Alarm—Park Boa Meeting — War Veterans Elect—Other News .\")(f\ prom taker J pros . providing the ather continues. ind his force of elaborat Kate E. Harrison . Harrlson, 76, widow Sylvester P. Harrison of street, dled at her home following an illness of s Mrs. of the lat 53 Wolcott ight goon will be a mecea for ¢ f this sport, as | have born in England en Neo- 1851 and came to this try when a young girl. She was married and after her mar- e to Mr. Harrison she came to ol with her husband about 30 ago. She and her husband ved for a number of years in the {i7all Mountain section of the city. [Her hushand diad in 1930, She was & member of the Bristol : . the Gilbert W. Thompson about post Women's Rellef Corps, and of Caretaker yagnolia Rebekah lodge, 1. O, O. F. arning against| = mha fuperal will be held at her PIEsent ipome tomorrow morning at 30 cment is made {5000, The Rev. R. F. Wolfenden, 1s ready for skating, 85 pcior of the Bristol Baptist chureh, jages the surtace of the ) pave charge of the services, and 5 When it s permitted [ o) be i the Westfield, Mase., d warnings against | oo 10 b S StonTs © qayings Bank Declares Dividend KAUINE | The Bristol Savings Bank has de- ¢ CLURNL | (jared tis regular quarterly dividend B |of onc and one-quarter per cent which will he paid to its depositors on January 1 cen placed | 1 in th for skaters as a pl | provid building rpose ning of the ovember 1 ice is not to pern and wari will be arrested s of the park de- hich, wero in (oree st| The savings deposits at the bank Il not be permiticd. attor 16 MO fotal more than 14 million and i 5 |the iInterest rate paid is at the an- olclock at night, at which time the|xio) LIRS C PRSI0 RO RE o turned off - SKAUDE 38|00 indad quarterly. The local sav. Hipr that Bous as 1t ings bank pays as high an interest thit M Shch WeTe| e as any bank fn the state. vould remain out too Frai W, Sulbalaad gencral welfare. 2 Frank W. Sutherland, 46, of 1§ Tost Yo Bk Begis Peters Court, died at the Bristol hos- After being delayed until Iater | JERF BT S50 B S0 Bt ere ual, the Christmas mailing | jon “rhe remalns were taken to zan at the Bristol post office | pors o' “Mpitie yesterday. where 1y when 447 sacks of parcel |y, pya) il take place on Wedneaday post materfal, in addition 1o large | agrornoon. amounts ol t class mail, were | \fr Sutherland came to this ety sent out. There were 180 sacks of 'from Portage, Maine, thres years ago parcel post material received at the and has since heen employed in a post office and this matter was de- |local factory. He leaves his wife, livered promiptly in addition to the Hollister and Reginald ount of first class material | Sutherland; and two grandsons, all ch was received |of this city, Already additional men have been | placed on duty at the post office have been added to the delivery | ten additional men are | employed iuside of the yost| is force will be angmented | . FOUNDINTROPIGS Announcement has made at on Monday, which will be ob- Now on Exhibition at Field Museom ru yesterda t display of Xmaa trees in Maple End Shoppe. Open evenings. Plenty of light.—advt, been h Christmas, there will he lete delivery on all routes, the rural routes. All in- parcel post matter will b y on Monday morning. There will be no Sunday deliverles from | the local post office unless it is found | that it is necessary to get out parcel | 3 ial in order to avold a Chicago, Dec. 20 (A—An “aerial :arden.” a clump of flowering plants it grow far from soil of any kind, been placed on exhibition in the Field Museum in Chicago. Itis a group of exotic plants luxuriant vegetation of the Guiana jungle, where {n the compatition for space and lght many different kinds of flowering P are foreed to live in the | tops of trees, according to Dr, B. E. Dahlgren, acting curator of bot- any of the museum, who ebtained the speciment while at the head of the Stanley Field British Guisna expedition, The whole m s of the city | ‘ 1 Christmas | on Thursday aftarnoon. | 1 will resume | Januar | Canses Alarm fire which started | bontire on Murray road at is morning got away from jons on | from the centers about a roung fig tree, which begins fts istence as a parasite untll fts !long acrial roots, falling from the branches of the supporting tree, | can reach the ground, after which {1t 1s enabled to “stand on its own Clustered about this in the tree- top vden are the other plants, which are not parasitic but are “epiphytes’—that Dr. Dahigren {oxplai plants with a “perching { habit. mong them are air plants (of ths pineapple family, a flat- |jolnted cactus, a simple-leaved |aroid, and an orchid with spidery vellow flowers. About the plants is {a mest built a colony af ter- mites or white ants, and below the nest there is a tropical mistletoe. Meats and Poultry, at the custfomers, W Turkeys, Gee are eoffering e, Ducks and STORES MIDDLETOWN 398 Main St. W' 1. whots family reads the Her- |ald’s Christmas Gift Guide, \ yF éur D;iys ]..ef \ Y ‘ EIGHTY- E [C|GA7 DOLLARS AND TWERTY SIX CERTS TOR JUST KEEPIN' K MONEY N THE BANK 2 GEE-JUST A | TN LOW AUCH L/i\o,'c;_v | TRAT 15! I | I | | VOO MEAN T0 SAY | YES-UATS NTEEE\S> N VYOUR BALANCES |75 ALL YOURS-WIAT] ARE YOUL GOING 7o DOWITH IT 2 | —_— t (o come TAKE THIS EIGHTY- EIGUT DOLLARS AN' BLY AICE CHRISTMAS WELLYoULL | AAVE To MURRY- TINE'S GETTING |