New Britain herald., 1916-01-17

| ton had been critical. He was resident of Clinton, Conn.,. and had 1 been living at the home of his niece TOT some time. Since coming to Plainville he had been very feeble and was seldom able to leave the 1 house.
 1 w. A. Bailey and company, which has charge of the funeral, has ar ranged to take the remains to Clinton tomorrow morning for burial. Services will be held in that town Get New School Teacher. The school board announced today the selection of Miss Abagail Manning of Deerfield Mass, to take charge of the seventh grade in the Grammar school succeeding Miss E. Mildred Bedford. The contract with Miss Manning was not made until last Sat urday and for time 1t appeared that the seventh grade might be teacher less today, Mrs. Dunn of Southington, who had been substituting in that room, having advised the board that she would not be able to work here this week.
 Miss Manning comes here highly recommended and the members of tho school committee believe that the
 
 her services The staff at the schools is now complete, the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss F. Eleanor Tease having been filled. Her grade, the elghth, Is now in charge of Miss Ellen Hubbell of Bristol
 Reads Annual Report.
 Rev. H. T. Walsh read the annual report of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy ing. Father Walsh's statement showed the condition of the parish to be en- urely satisfactory. He gave a re- view of the entire year, which was lis tened to with interest by his parish toners.
 rather Walsh has also prepared the annual reports of St. Mathews churci, Tn Forestville and St. Patrick's church III Farmington, both of which are 11n- der his Jurisdiction.
 Start Ice Harvest.
 The White Oak Ice company today began annual harvest of the ice cron rom White Oak pond. The companv made several intellectual attempts to slart cutting the ice during the past 1eW weeks, but the work had to he gwen up each time on account of rain ! or snow.
 . A Iorce or men was employed on the pond Saturday marking out the section from which the first cron will , be taken. The ice is about twelve ! inches in thickness.
 On other ice ponds in Plainville the l9lo crop has already been harvested ana all the repositories are now prac- | tlcaliy hlled, the White Oak house being an exception.
 
 Many on Sick List.
 The sick list in Plainville continues i growing each day and the doctors are still waiting a lull to give them a chance to rest up after nearly :, months almost continuous hustle.
 George Weeden was reported today to be seriously i'll with pneumonia at the home of his father, Charles Weed 1 en of Cedar Rocks, Ledge Road. : Robert, the fifteen-year- son of Frank Hanna of Red Stone hill is an- other pneumonia patient. He was re ported this morning to be in a crit ical condition.
 improvement in the condition of A i IN. Clark and stephen Dietzko. both of whom nave had severe cases of pneu- monla, continues and the attending physicians look for their recovery.
 MISS Wlnlfred Bates is confined 1o her home on Broad street by illness w. N. Chichester and w. E. Ross both of Bicycle street, who have been lalo up With the grip, have recovered.
 Fire Chief M. A. Norton resumed his duties this morning at the Plainvi11e Hardware companys store, after an i illness of a few days Harold Lamb is ill with inc ori, + the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs J. B. Lamb of Whiting street. Howard Teachman has succun,be7 to the attractions of the grip and ts lald up at his home on Broad street
 The condition of Mrs E. A. Free man, who has been seriously i'll at her nome on West Main street, was re- ported today to be greatly improved
 w. B. Cameron Dead, William B. Cameron. nonu1ar,r known in sporting circles as 'Pon,, Cameron, died yesterday at bis home in New Haven. He had many friends iii Plainville. Pop" was the father or George M. Cameron, the well known baseball magnate, who died 2 few months ago.
 MT. Camerons daughter-in-1aw who before her marriage, was Miss Catherine Flynn of this place, is ill at her home in New Haven and will be unable to attend the funeral which will be held tomorrow afternoon.
 Brief Items
 Martha Rebekah lodge will hold a regular meeting tonight in Odd Eel lows hall.
 The Grange will give the third of a series of Whists and socials Wednes day night in it's hall on Pierce street
 Rev. Edward Livingstone Wells. former rector of Christ's church in Guilford, preached an interesting ser mon yesterday morning in the Church of Our Saviour. MT. Wells father was the first rector of the church here