New Britain herald., 1914-05-14
Maple Hill News

The annual meeting of the Woman's
 Literary club was held yesterday af- ternoon in BuelFs hall. The follow ing officers were elected for the com ing year: President, Mrs. George
 Woram; vice-president, Mrs. Robert Poteet: secretary, Mrs. George Steele; treasurer, Mrs. Guy K. Spring. The chairmen of the following commit tees were: Program, Miss Anna Goodsell; membership, Mrs. Andrew Kemp; flower Mrs. Henry Kellogg. After the business meeting cards were played and .he proceeds are to go toward the endowment fund of the Connecticut State Federation of Wom- ans Clubs. Mrs. William F. Stern berg won the prize. Mrs. Alvin
 Lamb, the retiring president, was pre- sented with a silver steak carver and a cheese server in appreciation off her work for the past year. About
 thirty-five were present and danc- ing was enjoyed by all. The hos ! tesses~ were Mrs. Alvin Lamb, Mrs. Andrew Kemp and Mrs. l.. M. Ban- l croft. Refreshments were served. Mrs. L. l.. Clark of Thompson
 street is spending few days in Brooklyn, NY.
 H. H. Hall has purchased the Dor l man place in the South End. John Burns aged 40 years. died Tuesday morning at the Newington Sanitarium where he had been con<~ fined for about nine months. He hV ccfor Rice of New York. The funeral was 1 held on Thursday from the undertak- ing rooms of J.. M. Curtin & Co. in New Britain. Burial was in the new Catholic cemetery.
 William Hubbard of Newington died at the New Britain General hospital on Wednesday. He was 67 years of age. He leaves one son, Frederick Hubbard. The funeral was held on Friday at o'clock at the Newing- ton Congregational church. Rev. Herbert Macy officiated and burial was in the Center cemetery The bear
 CTS were Newton Osborn. Daniel Fish, Thomas Francis and Edgar Crawford.
 The date for the annual May fes- tiva1 has been changed from May 20 to May 27. A supper will be served
 at 6:3O o'clock and an entertainment will follow. A sale of ice cream
 candy. domestic and fancy articles will be held
 k. w. Poteet of Thompson street has gone to New York on a. business trip.
 Go-to-Church Sunday was observed
 last Sunday in the Congregational and Grace Episcopal churches. There was
 record crowd at both places of worship. At the Congregational church every seat was taken and some were forced to stand during the ser vices.
 The local Congregational church was represented at the meeting of the Central association of churches held at Rocky Hill on Tuesday by Miss Mary Camp, Miss Mary Welles, Mrs. Charles Luce, Mrs. Nellie Eddy, Ben Jamin Goodale. E! s. Welles, Joshua Eelden and Henry Kellogg. The pro- gram for the day was: D. m., devo- tional service led by Rev. D. B. Hub bard; 3:30 D. m., report of progress of 1 churches during 1913, report of mis- i slonary committee, report on work for
 the Woman's Home Missionary union; 4:OO D. m. sermon by Rev. Carleton Hazen; 4:45 D. m., address by George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill 6:OO p. m, supper served by the ladies of the church; 7:3O p. m, address, Seven Years With the Warlike Zulus," by Rev. Charles Maxwell of South Africa Robert Francis, an old Newington 1 resident, died at his home on Mon- day evening. He was 7S years of age and had lived in Newington all his i life. He leaves besides his wife. one daughter, Mrs. Harry Damon of New irgton, and one brother, Charles D., of Newark, N. J. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from his late home at o'clock. Rev. Herbert | Macy officiated and burial was in Fair view cemetery in New Britain. MT. Francis was member of the New ington Congregational church and was very active in its work in former years. The bearers were William Webster, Daniel Webster, Marcus l Stoddard, William Damon, Herbert ] Francis and Arlan Francis At the Christian Endeavor meeting on Sunday evening Dr. Segur of Hart ford gave very interesting address l on How to Obtain Health The engagement of Miss Olga Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nell 
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