New Britain herald., 1916-12-30

Starting Friday, New Britain
was honored with the presence
of thirty or forty new boys. The AL
pha Delta Sigma fraternity is the di
rect clause of the addition Of boys to
take part in social life of the city. A
full hedged convention of all the
chapters east of the Mississippi was
called to order Friday morning in the
A. D. S. rooms on Main street. The
meeting was given over to charter
amendments and perfecting Of ideas
thatwould tend to unity the chapters.
The following list Of trustees was
approved of:
Mortimer J. Williams, president,
Boston, Mass; Harry c. Jones, treas
urer, New Haven, Conn; Chester B.
Skiing, secretary, Springfield, Mass.
+ The idea of each chapter publish
ing a newspaper was carried without
the slightest trouble. The convention
adjourned shortly after twelve and
the afternoon was given over to an
inspection Of the city. Following is a
complete list Of delegates:
Gardner Dow, New Haven; Howard
lie Furnald, New Haven; Robert P.
Swift, New Britain; Edward H. Christ,
New Britain; Giles e. Wood, Brook
IL,
NJ Y; Howard Brown, Longm eadow,
Mass; Lloyd L. True, Springfield.
Mass; f. S. Cowles, Hartford; Proctor
James, Portland, Me-; Lawrence F.
Merrill Portland, Me-; G. Mentll Mac
Whorter, Washington, D. c.; j. Mar
bury Beavers, Washington, D. c.; w.
Marson Sheldon, Maiden, Mass; AL
den P. Chester, Maiden, Mass; j.
Brandon Hope, st. Louis, Missouri;
Harry A. Erilson, Springfield, Ill.
Last evening the local chapter gave
a dance in Booths hall in honor OF
visiting members. One of the larg-
est crowds in the history of the hall
was reported. The Hartford chapter
reported for duty almost to man,
and us a result, the delegates had the
pleasure of meeting a number of new
girls that accompanied the members.
The program called for eighteen
dances and it was not until after one
a. m. that the strains of Home, Sweet
Home, were rendered by Judds or
chestra. The patronesses were Mrs.
W. w. Leland, Mrs. Laurence Mouat,
Mrs D. e. Dean, and Mrs. Clayton
Parker.
A business meeting was held TINS
,ooornins. and afternoon and the con-
D"oAA
nuet at the New Britain club tonight.
.'Ned' Lewis, former member OF the
local chapter. will be the POSTMASTER.
Mr. Lewis is a reporter ON the New
York Tribune. and each year he re-
ports vita a new stock of stories to
"spring'' at college club dinners, con-
ventions and private talks The a.
D. S is to be congratulated on Sc
curing ''r(ed's' services.
Every member of the local chapter
deserves a great amount OF praise for
their spirit of welcome extended TO
the DELEGATES. The only regret that
the out of town Boys have is that ne
next convention is not nero also.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Burd1ck az
tended the wedding Of their son, STU
art p Burdck and Miss F. Maude
Gardiner at the brides nome In oouth
Manchester on Wednesday afternoon.
Reverend w. H. Bath, pastor OF the
South Methodist church, ofhclated'
A small reception followed the cere-
mony, the house being artlsucally
decorated in pink.
Immediately after the reception Mr..
and Mrs Stuart Burdick left for the
south where they will spend the Win
ter. Mr. Burdick being government
engineer The bride graduated from
the South Manchester High school
and from the State Normal school here
and has since taught school In Wilt
mantle
A number of New Britain people
attended the dance given by the Al
pha Delta Sigma fraternity In Hart
ford Thursday evening. Among those
who went are the Misses e. White, M.
Palmer, B. Porter, M. Howes and the
Messrs. X. Searle, S. Skinner, J. Bald
win, S. Dyson, f. Christ, {. Parker,
H. Bruemmer, w. Lamb, H. Williams,
M. Peterson, w. Maier, E. Bassett, L.
Maier, V. Hart, G. Walker and B.
Hubbard.
1t is with great pleasure that the
New Britain Choral society has an
nounced its soloist for the concert on
Wednesday evening, January 7. Mad
anne Betsy Lane Shepard soprano
soloist at the Calvary Methodist
church. New York city, will sing the
soprano solo parts of Fair Ellen"
and THE Dream King" on this occa-
sion while Arthur Middleton, baritone,
will sing the other solo parts.
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Stanley r. Eddy and Howard Will
son gave a subscription dance Christ
mas night in Booths hall. The hall
was prettily decorated for the occa-
sion, Wittstein's orchestral of New
Haven furnishing splendid music for
long program of dances. A de-
licious supper of sandwiches and cof-
fee was served to the guests at mid
night
Parties have been the thing at the
Y. w. G.. A. this week as Wednesday
afternoon two girl Scout groups en-
joyed a masquerade and Wednesday