New Britain herald., 1914-05-06
P]ainville News BOARD OF MISSIONS
 HAS SESSION HERE Missionaries Address Biz Meeting
 in Congregational Church. IS LET GO WITH LIGHT FINE

ia"OnS LAio Heatnen In lndl6 ana
 South Africa-Conlon Pleads Guilty
 to- Breach of the Peace-Briefs.
 Women interested in foreign mis- sions came here today from all parts of the country to attend the semi annual meeting of the Hartford branch of the board of missions held in the Congregational church. There was a large attendance when the session opened at II o'clock this morn ing and the audience was subsequently, augmented by several late arrivals.
 The representatives of the different church societies and delegations from local churches were welcomed by the ladies of the missionary organizations of the Congregational church, who also took part in the exercises of the day.
 The morning session was given up to informal reports and a conference at which there was discussion of the methods of work which the secre- LuTleS are COHuuCLlnS.
 After a basket lunch which was served at noon, there was brief re- cess to give the delegates an oppor- tunity for social intercourse. The most interesting part of the program was given at the afternoon session. Features were addresses by Dr. Katherine Scott and Miss Evelyn Clark, two we'll known missionary workers.
 Much of Dr. Scott's remarks con- cerned the needs of modern medical skill among the neglected women of India. Dr. Scott has been located at Madura, India and for over two years she was a member of the staff of the hospital in that place. There are over three million people in the district and she was the only woman physician. Her description of the people and their habits, and the work ! that is being done by American mis- sionaEies to improve their living con- ditions as we'll as to convert them to Christianity was highly interesting. Miss Clark's address was also listen l ed to with great attention. She has 1 been in charge of a normal school in Natal, South Africa and is one of the l ten mission workers supported by the | DOdTu III SOSSIOn I6E0 lOudy. 0l10 made strong plea for the assistance l of Americans in making possible the l educating of the people of that 1 country.
 Conlon Fined $1 With Costs. Thomas Conlon was fined $1 and costs for breach of peace by Justice ] M. o. Ryder last evening, charges of l drunkenness and resisting an officer having been nolled by the prosecutor. ] The hearing was sequel to Conlot1's l arrest Sunday night. He was ac- cused of raising disturbance in the
 H. c. Thompson lumber yard and was brought to the lookup by Con- stables Marine and Downing, the lat l ter having come to the assistance of his brother officer when Conlon de- | clined to come along peaceably. l It was expected that Conlon would l be represented by counsel and would 1 fight the case. He had no lawyer in l court, however, and entered a rlea of guilty to the charge of breach of l the peace.
 Grand Juror M. A. Norton present. 1 ed the case for the state
 Firemen's Entertainment. l Another entertainment from which | d l to be added to the nremen's auto fund will be raised is now being ar l ranged for by the Hose company. At
 a meeting of the committee held last evening 1t was decIded to- engage Mrs Lois Thatcher Of Waterbury to prepare local school children for l the presentation of the playlet, From 1 Thumbs Wedding in the Town !lail on May 22.
 It is expected that about thirty 1 children will take part. In addition to the play, the follow ] ing program will be given:
 Dutch song and dance-Edwina l Thatcher and Louise Lundi. l Highland gavotte-<1race Gaily. 1 Rock-a-Bye Lady-Edwina That ch- CT.
 Elocution-Miss Bertha kaufman Spanish dance-Edwina Thatcher. The firemen expect that the affair ! will be a good financial success. They
 now have about $70O in the auto fund 1 and before fall they anticipate the 1 amount will reach $1,0OO which
 they believe will be ample to
 pay the expense of buying and equip ping the truck.
 Work on the new body to be placed
 on the chassis recently purcnaseo IS 1 progressing satisfactorily and by 1.ext l week it is expected it will be ready for painting.
 Eaton Secretary And Treasurer. The Strong fund commissioners !