New Britain herald., 1915-12-29

ty director, of New Britain vii be in charge of the exercises. At the close of the installation a smoker will be held. The officers of the society fol- low: President-James E. Corr.
 Vice president-Henry Pagan.
 Financial ecretary-Edward Moore
 Recording secretary-Robert Corr.
 Treasurer-Rev. J. c. Brennan.
 Marsnal--Joseph Carbo.
 Sergean ant-at-arn1s-Paul Giana.
 Trustees-W w. Pagan, J. A. Moore,, William Binardo and w. J. Dooley
 Makes Settlement.
 Peter Greco purchased some gro- ceries from John Priera and John F'o- gelatti last summer and "thereby hangs a tale" Greco took the goods home and fed his family with them. The two grocers sent several bills to Greco, but never received any reply. Last week their patience became ex- hausted and they consulted with New Britain lawyer, who made out an attachment. The papers were served by Constable John Hackett of Ken sington. The amount of the bill for the groceries amounted to $9.43 and the grocers sued for $50. The con- stable, accompanied by an interpreter, visited the Greco home. At first Greco was inclined to treat the matter light ly, but after Constable Hackett told him of the penalties attached to the non-payment of like bill, Greco de- cided to settle the bill and the costs of the suit and thus endeth the tale.
 Bridge Accepted.
 Selectman William H. Gibney and c. A. Campbell of the state engineer ing department held a conference on the ne wturnpike bridge structure and decided to accept the structure. The final inspection was made last Friday. The cost to the town will he much less than at first supposed. Twenty working days after July 12 was allotted for the work Much trouble was encountered in the con- struction and as a result it was not finished until November 22. The esti- mated cost of construction was ap- proximately $4,400, of which the town pays one-half. The contract with the builders called for a $1O day for felt for all time over the allotted twenty days and it was decided to de- duct thirty-six days which amounts to $360. The town teams did considerable work in the construction of the bridge and Selectman Gibney presented a bill of $143.3O for the labor. His bill was accepted, so the approximate cost to the town will amount to $1,7SO
 Briefs.
 E. R. Ramage of New Britain has been awarded the contract for the mason work on the chimneys of the Berlin Congregational church, which were blown down in the storm Sunday and the woodwork will be done by Nelson Minor.
 It has been definitely decided to postpone the church supper in con- nection with the annual meeting of the Berlin Congregational church Friday evening. Miss Vernia Wright of Kensington is the guest of Dr. Leroy Edwards in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 St. Gabriel's Sunday school of East Berlin will hold it's Christmas social tonight in Athletic hall. The home whist club of Kensington will meet with Miss Marjorie Moore at her home on Main street tonight. The East Berlin bowling team will journey to New Britain tonight and compete with team representing the National Biscuit company of that city.
 As at Christmas the barber shops of the town will close at 1 o'clock or Saturday but will remain open until II o'clock Friday night.
 Miss Mabel Barnes has returned to