New Britain herald., 1916-12-18

whereby refreshments will be served during the evening. Members of the society wish it understood that every thing will be free except the chances on the turkeys.
 Catches Gray Fox.
 Roy Gibney went for a walk in the woods of Beckley Quarter yesterday in order that he could give his new bird dog a little training in the art of pointing, and as a result has a splendid specimen of gray fox. to show. He was making his way over the ledge when he discovered the an- imal f1oundering about in heavy drift, and at once proceeded to cor ncr the beast. His attempt was sue ccssful and he captured the animal by the hind legs and threw it into a bag Today Brother Fox is running about in a small ron ar the GibneN home and any that disbelieve the story may journey to that place and view the spoils With the present high cost of furs, the. animal should provo very valuable Christmas present.
 Church News.
 Berlin Congreg otional church-The Boy Scouts will meet this evering at [ o'clock.
 On Wednesday, afternoon at o'clock the Motherhood club will nee' at the homo of Mrs. Smith.
 There will be q Christmas meeting in charge of Mrs. Shepard at the church on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 Prayer meeting. will be held in the church Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock .e /.
 The Sunday school entertainment will be held in the chapel on Friday evening and will be 9 celebration full of mystery. All that is known about the affair is that a gift of some sort will be required for. admission. It may be 8 potato or an. apple or handful of money, but it must be something in order to gain entrance. The admissions will be given to the Children's Home in New Britain, to help that institution with it's Christ mas fund.
 As a result of the mems banquet on Wednesday evening about 70 men were present after church yesterday to enroll in the newly formed Mems Brotherhood. A committee was ap- pointed to nominate officers and com mittees and on next Sunday there will be an election of the men so nominated.
 Kensington Congregational church On Friday evening the Christmas celebration will be held in the chapel 1 of the church. This meeting will be ! conducted by the members of the Sunday school but Is open to all the members of the church. There will l be special Christmas music and an of- l fering will be taken for the Foreign | Missions Gifts will also be received at this time for the Children's Home 1 in New Britain.
 Kensington Methodist Church. l The regular mid-week prayer meet ing will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30. Topic: The Conditions to An swered Prayer Leader, Oscar Ed gerly.
 The Sunday school Christmas exer- cises will be on Friday evening at 1 7:S0 o'clock. The members of the school are invited to come to the
 church at o'clock for supper. For An Early Start. I While thoughts of most people are
 turning to winter the Suzio company
 is evidently thinking of the coming
 spring with the work that is to fol-
 low on the new highway between
 Berlin and Meriden. For several 1 days past men have been busilv en-
 gagged in setting up a stone crusher
 on the Durham property which will be used in the construction work. From all indications work will be