New Britain herald., 1915-02-23

Meth hodist church last evening on ''The Revolutionary War Perod of Ameri- can History The affair was given
 under the auspices of the Mems Lyce-
 um and number of the veterans in New Britain and Berlin were present.
 A banquet in the church parlOrs ln- troduced the evenings program. Just
 before the diners left the table to ad- journ to the auditorium upstairs,
 where the lecture was given, Oscar Benson of East Berlin sang "The Star Spangled Banner" in a manner which thrilled the old defenders of the union and their sons. .##.-+.a
 Before the feature of the evening, President Arthur l.. M offatt delivered
 an address of welcome. Department Commander Frederick V. Streeter made a neat response. Others who spoke were Captain Beaton and Com rades Gladding, Howell and Porter. The church was artistically decor ated with the American colors and
 all who attended were presented with souvenir paper flags.
 The lecture was given by Rev. 1 Carleton Hazen pastor of the kens- ington Congregational church. The l slides for it were loaned the lyceum by
 the state board of education. To Hold Anniversary Mass. 1 Father M J. Began of Hartford, i former pastor of St. Paul's church in
 Kensington will celebrate an anniver-
 sary solemn requiem high mass in
 memory of the late Mrs. John Conlon
 at the local church 9 o'clock tomor-
 row morning.
 Deming Appointed Conservator. i DcOhafP
 Judge Bernard F. Gaffney appointed l Francis Deming, treasurer and secro-
 tary of the Berlin Savings bank, con i servator over Elizab beth Root of Kens- | ington.
 Boys Break Arms. Two local boys, Leslie Dickinson
 and William Anderson, suffered sni- l lar injuries yesterday afternoon when | they fractured their left arms.
 The Anderson boy was playing in i his fathers barn when he fell in such 1 manner as to double his left arm i under his body. It was fractured
 just above the wrist and the boy, who 1 is but fourteen years old, suffered I great pain.
 Together with Kermit Reginald 1 and Howard Stevens and Earl Lewis,
 Leslie Dickinson was climbing a steep 1 UuT1nS l the afternoon when he slipped and ! fell. His left arm became caught in
 a wild grape vine and it was broken l in the identical place that the ! Anderson boys was fractured. l Woodruff Elected ]. At the annual meeting of Connecti-
 cut Rural Letter Carriers in New Ha- i ven yesterday, Julius Woodruff of l Berlin was elected to serve year as l state organizer and also to be one of 1 three delgates to the national con-
 vention in Detroit, Mich., next Au- i gust.
 Other elections were as follows: i President, H. s. Brown, Norwalk
 vice president, l.. H. Randall, Glas- l tonbury: secretary and treasurer,
 Burton S. Shepherd, Branford. The ] delegates who will accompany Carrier ! Woodruff to the national convention l are James r. O'Keefe of Middletown i and H. S. Brown of Norwalk. Big Trees Cut Down. The massive elm tree directly in l front of the residence of the Misses | Royce of Worthington ridge, was cut
 down today by Tree Warden Charles
 J. Johnson and a number of his help
 CTS. The warden also trimmed dead i branches from number of. other l trees.
 To cut down the big elm, which 1 had been dead for several years, Ut
 was necessary to remove all the troi' l ley' electric light and telephone "lres