New Britain herald., 1916-12-04

fering will be taken for the work of the hospital for women and chil- dren at Maruda, India. This meet ing will be called at 8 o'clock and the hrst thing on the program is a sketch, If They Only Knew"
 At the weekly prayer meeting Thurs day night at 7:3O o'clock a study of the first chapter of Pilgrim Deeds and Duties," will be made.
 Under the auspices of the Mems class of the Sunday school a supper for the men of the community is un- der way for Wednesday, evening, De- cember 13. Tickets will be 50 cents and the function will be open for all males over IT years of age. pr. Rockwell Potter of Hartford has ac- cepted an invitation to speak and one has also been sent to Governor M. H. Holcomb.
 Kensington Congregational church. On Wednesday evening there will be meeting in the Blue Hills district at the home of MT. and Mrs. Henry c. Peck.
 On Thursday evening the Ladies so- ciety of the church will serve a sup per in the church at 6:3O o'clock
 Kensington Methodist church-The
 
 of the Baraca clas will be held this evening at the home of Ora C. Ed gerly. x
 The regular Tuesday evening pray CT meeting will be held at the home if Mrs. M. A. Tryon. The topic for the meeting ia "The Mission of the Religious Newspaper" and the lead CT is Earl B. Lewis.
 Wp6OaS6aV afternoon and oyani,or the Ladies Aid society will hold it's annual Christmas sale at the church. The hours of the sale are to 9 D. m. An effort has been made to have a variety of articles on sale, both of a useful and ornamental nature lunch table will take the place of the usual church supper
 Carnival Ends.
 St. Paul's drum corps carnival end ed on Saturday night in a blaze of glory. One of the finest crowds that and all entered into the spirit of the occasion. The awards are as follows: Ton of coal, P. J. Buckley; $5 in gold Frank Pierpont; travelling bag, Kate McCabe; box of cigars, George Hull; carving set, Alnlc carey. Ine truck that brought the Meriden delegation to the carnival became intoxicated with the spirit of fun and took two hours to make the trip from the station to Berlin street. Here it re- fused to work altogether and the folks were treated to some fife mu- sic at about 1 o'clock in the morning. Company Offer Stock. An announcement has just been that it offers $15O,OOO of 7 per cent. cumulative preferred stock to the public. The common stock of the i company is s3OO,OOO and the shares l have a par value of S1OO. As the company has no bonded indebtedness l its voting power is vested equally in | both common and preferred stock 1 The company was organized by Smith, Smith & Garfield, Hartford lawyers, l and is engaged in cleaning, bleaching ! and refining vegetable fibers A spe- cialty is made of cotton and flax f. Der. The present officers are: Presi- dent J. P. Gillette; treasurer. A. l.. sampson; secretary, H. M Stein
 ;oltz. The holdings of the comnanv
 3nsist of about eight acres of land in East Berlin which also include valu- able water rights and the buildings Of what was once the Peck, Stow x Will | cox plant. Workmen have been en- gagged for some time in putting the place in shape and getting ready to ! install machinery. It was only a few