New Britain herald., 1914-05-07

speaker and his addresses are also en- tertaining Other speakers will be
 Rev. H. T. Walsh and Rev. William Kilcoyne. Musical selections will. be given by
 James M. Prior, Thomas Prior and William Norton. There will be a declamation by Vincent Glynn, a mon- ologue by Joseph Greener and instru- and Fitzgerald.
 The following is the personnel or the committee: Joseph l.. Mcdonald, John Murphy, Thomas Prior, w. L.. Cafferty and Joseph Glynn. To Hold Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Business and Improvement association will be held this evening at o'clock in the court room in the town hall. Reports will be presented by the chairmen Of the various committees on the worl1 they have accomplished during the year. There will also be a statement from the members having in charge the plans for the recent banquet given
 under the patronage of the organiza- tion.
 Election of officers for the coming year Will also De nolQ.. Il IS eXpeCCou
 that S. S. Gwillim will be invited to succeed himself as president. MT. Gwillim has been one of the best pres idents the association has had since
 it organized and he is regarded as it's
 most hustling member.
 Masonic Entertainment. Frederick lodge. A. F. and A. M., is planning for an entertainm to he given in Masonic hall on East Main street on the evening of Friday, May IS. The committee in charge has se- | cured the Tempo quartet of Hartford which will present the musical fea- ture "Pygmalion and Galatea.' The Hartford singers have enter l tained in Plainville on several occa- sions and are extremely popular. Af- ter the program refreshments will be served.
 After members of the lodge are sup l piled with tickets it has been decided to open the sale to the public. The entertainment is given as a substitute for the annual Masonic ball, which will be omitted this year. May Meet Friday Night. Chairman F. T. Wheeler expects to call a meeting of the officers of the sanitary and sewer district for to- morrow night at which time it is like ly the matter of drawing up resolu- l tions to be presented at the next meet | ing of the voters will be considered. The committee has finished all the preliminary arrangements for the 1 building of a sewer system and action | by the voters is now all that is re- l quired before the contracts can be
 awarded and the work started. It is proposed to call the voters to- l gether again in short time and the l committee intends to be able to pre- sent at that meeting the necessary res | olutions empowering the awarding of 1 contracts and the levying of taxes 10 pay the expenses.
 The committee intends to take plenty of time in preparing the resolutions in l order that no questions concerning the legality of the action of the voters can
 be brought up after the meeting. l Had Fit at Center. l Howard Tyler, a Hartford youne
 man, was seized with an epileptic fit
 as he was about to board Southing-
 ton bound trolley car at the center at 8:30 this morning. He fell from
 the step of the car, but was unin- l jured. ..r.
 l The young man was a member ,l
 a delegation of Hartford mechanics n
 their way to Southington to attend a convention. After short time he
 was sufficiently recovered to continue
 to the neighboring borough. 1 Brief Items.
 l Sequassen lodge, I. o. o. F., will confer the initiatory degree at its reg.
 ular meeting this evening in Odd Eel.
 lows hall.
 Young men who have applied tc l take the examination for letter car.
 rier appointments in Plainville have received notice to report at the post l office in New Britain Saturday morn l ing at 9 o'clock. The tests will be 1 given under the direction of the New
 Britain secretary. It is expected 1 that there will be class of about l thirty-five on hand.
 | Thomas Cafferty of this place ha bought a half interest in a saloon in | East Hartford conducted by John l Walker, formerly of this town. At the meeting of the Women's Re- l lief Corps held this afternoon plans ] for the observance of Memorial day