New Britain herald., 1915-12-15

no mail from New York since Monday. The rural mail carriers are having their troubles for the outlying roads are practically impossible. Yester- day afternoon the residents in those districts thought they were back in
 the days of the old post-chaise, for Charles Williams, the genial carrier from the Kensington post office at- tempted to deliver mail on horse back. His efforts were partly suc cessful.
 School opened after a one day vaca- ton, but evidently Young America" was not pleased with such a short hol- iday, because there were many empty seats. Some of the future presidents who were unable to go to school could be found on the streets with shovels on their backs enquiring from house to house whether the owner wished the sidewalk shovelled.
 The housewives in KenSington, eSpe- cially those who are forced to go out to the ''old oaken bucket for water, are considerably peeved. The move ment which was recently inaugurated for supplying that part of the town with a water system has received an added impetus on account of the storm, and from remarks heard about town Kensington will have that sup ply before. another winter. The cor1-
 mittee selected at the recent meeting
 will meet tomorrow night and make
 preliminary plans for getting the sys-
 tenn. It is said when the next gather
 ing is held the hall will be more
 crowded than at the last one, and if
 enthusiasm will produce desired re-
 suits it will not be long before the
 district has water.
 Storm Causes Postponements.
 The prayer meeting of the Kensing- ton Congregational church which was scheduled for tonight at the home of MT. and Mrs. James Marks of Blue Hills has been postponed indefinitely. On account of the storm it is neces- sary to postpone the concert of the Wesleyan Glee and Mandolin club which was to be given this evening at the town hall under the auspices of the Book and Thimble club of the Ber- ! lin Congregational church. The mefn- bers of the club are disappointed, for it is not known whether another date can be secured. The Glee club starts ] on it's Christmas trip next week and has no open dates at present. There 1 is much local interest in the club be- cause Harvey Nourse, son of Profes- sor E. F.. Nourse, is member of the organization.
 The entertainment of the Improve ment society or the Kensington Grammar school scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Friday eve- ming.
 The East Berlin Book club will 1 meet next Tuesday, last nights meet l ing being cancelled on account of the storm.
 East BcrlinitcS Pleased. The residents of East Berlin are 1 loud in their praise of one of their i fellow-townsman, R. O. Clark today. | The roads and sidewalks were im- passable yesterday and MT. Clark 1 furnished his teams to break them 1 open.
 To Attend Banquet. The members of the old Berlin i Guard'' are planning to attend the
 annual banquet of the social which l will be held at the Engineers club
 in New York on Saturday of this week. The "guard'' is composed Of former employees of Berlin Iron l Bridge company. and they will come from all parts of the country. Twenty
 years ago, men who had beeu in the
 employe of that concern for twenty ! five years held a banquet and organ lzed tho club. Each year they gather i in New York and talk over the good ] old days" Messrs. Chase, Sage ana Robinson of the Berlin Construction ! com pany, of which the old company was the forerunner, as we'll as B. w.