New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

The South Church will be the scene of very lovely wedding on Monday evening December twentieth when Miss Ethel Woodruff Stone, daughter of Mrs. w. B. Stone, will be mar ried to Doctor Clifton Mather Cooley, of this city. The church will be ar tistically decorated in accordance with the Christmas season, green and white being the color scheme, by Coombs the decorator.
 The bride will. be attended by the Misses Gertrude Hine and Margaret Eddy of this city, as bridesmaids, and by Miss Usher, of Buffalo, New York, as flower girl. pr. Harry McEl1nen of Meriden will be best man while the Messrs. Cotton Noble, Arthur Getchel. Benjamin Walker, Walter Van Luven, Noah Lucas and Dr. John Purney of New Britain will be ush CTS. The bride will wear a gown of white satin with point applique lace that belonged to Miss Stones grand mother and will carry shower bou- quet of lilies of the valley and white roses. The bridesmaids will be quaintly dressed in pink gowns of old fashion design and will carry old fashioned nosegays of violets and roses. Dr. George w. c. Hill pastor of the South church will officiate. A reception at the brides home on Wal nut street immediately will follow the ceremony.
 Wednesday was the one hundred and fifth anniversary of the birth of Elihu Burritt, it being fittingly ob- served at the Burritt school by an appropriate program which was as follows:
 song-"For Thee, o Country" ''The League-Its Work ........
 ................ James Reynolds "Elihu Burritt-His Early Life'
 ....... .'..... Julius Chernofski His Life and Work Abroad" ....
 .......... ........ Henry Zehrer characteristics of Burritt" ....
 ............... .... Israel Lisman 'New Britain at the Time of Bur
 ritt" .... ......... Julian Helansky Quotations from Burritt.  Peace Selection from Longfellow-
 ''Springfield Arsenal" ........
 ................ Harry Schwartz Flag salute.
 Song-"Star Spangled Banner"
 Much interest is being manifested 1 in the plans for city club, one hun ! dred and fifty young men having al- I ready signed up for the proposed ] club. The club rooms which perhaps 1 may be in the new block that C. A. l Parker is going to build on the cor l of Moi e,1,;~ streets, will have adequate dormitory 1 accommodation as well as an attrac- } tive up- to-date dining room. New Britain has long needed such a club ! for young men who come here from ] other cities to work in the factory of- l fees and it is hoped that the plan will materialize. sixteenth, the Woman's Club will hold an open meeting at the Baptist Church. This meeting promises to be an especially enjoyable one as Dr. Edward A. Steiner of Iowa Uni- versity, leading authority on Slavic peoples, and a brilliant author and lecturer, will talk on Slavic Char acteristics" The club extends a most
  men who are interested and it IS hoped that the church will be we'll filled.
 The members of the Central Con- necticut Congregational club are an- ticipating a very pleasant evening next Thursday when they will meet at o'clock at the North Church, Middletown. Supper will be served after which, Irving Bachelor, author of "Eben Holden" and very able speaker, will talk on Keeping Up With Lizzie''
 The annual Christmas entertainment given for the children of the Kling- berg home will be held this year in the South Church, Wednesday after noon, December twenty ninth. As this 1 is a city affair all are invited to share l in the work and contributions may be sent to Miss Mary Pease, A Court street; to Miss Anne Copley or to Mrs. 1 c. P. Merwin, chairwoman. l Mrs. Eldridge Beecher gave 8 de- ! lightful neighborhood party Tuesday 1 afternoon.
 The sale held by the members of
 the Ladies' Aid Society of the Stan
 ley Memorial Church, Wednesday aft
 ernoon and evening was we'll attended l and marked success.
 i The H. H. Society will give ''the i dansant," at Booths Hall, Saturday
 afternoon, January first, from four
 until six o'clock. The Misses Eleanor
 White, Beatrice Porter and Mildred
 Palmer are in charge of all the ar
 engagements.