New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

perience in teaching before coming to Berlin. Mr. Dows in speaking of Miss Strong this morning said that this town is to be congratulated in being able to secure her.
 The schools will open with the fol- lowing teachers on Monday:
 kensington Grammar school-L. Adele Bassett, principal; Helen O'Brien, Esther Esserman, Kathryn Kiniry, Inez Henry, Florence Fletcher Dorothy Horsfall, Mrs. E. J. Gugerty.
 Warrington Grammar school-An- nie Scollon, Edna Bugbee and Hattie Jackson.
 East Berlin school-Edith North rop, Lillian Ginsburg and Edith Mather.
 Beckley school-Mrs. Minnie Bacon and Rose Land.
 South school-Mrs. Anna Mansfield.
 Blue Hills school-Helen H. Strong.
 Percival school-Mi1dred Aspinwan.
 Paralysis Victims Improving.
 The two paralysis victims of this town, Lucille Skinner, the infant daughter of Superintendent and Mrs. E. E. Skinner of the Town farm and Edward Morse, son of MT. and Mrs. Morse of East Berlin are on the road to recovery. Both cases are very mild. Health Officer R. M. Griswold in discussing the disease problem this morning said that every available pre- caution is being taken to prevent fur ther spread of the disease. The Skin ner child Is paralyzed in the left leg but Is convalescing.
 Suspects Arrested.
 io1v whose suspicious actions came to the attention of Prosecutor William H. Gibney at the fair grounds yesterday, were taken into custody and charged with being suspicious characters. It is alleged that the three men were pickpockets and were attempting to work on the crowd that had as- sembled at the grounds. They were placed in the town lookup and as no direct evidence could be secured against them they were released at Il o'clock last night with the warn ing to get out of town at once. The , men did not need a second invitation but made haste to shake the dust of 1 Berlin from their feet.
 1 Two concessionists on the midway 1 were noticed conducting gambling wheels in spite of the warning given them by the fair authorities and were { put off the grounds forfeiting their money which they had paid for rent { al. The men were not arrested but : advised to leave town at once and not be seen at the grounds again. i Registrars to Meet. 1 Registrars Joseph J. Morse and Jo- seph B. Corr will be in session at the { town clerks office tomorrow from 9 ! clock in the morning until o'clock ] in the afternoon for the purpose of re- ! ceiving names of all persons who calm they are entitled to be made electors of the town. It is expected that a i large number of prospective voters ] will register, due to the interest in the fall campaign.
 T Lieeuse Petition In.
 A petition to have the question of l whether Berlin shall vote on license this fall has been filed with Town Clerk Francis H. Shaw and the uues- tion will be put before the voters of | the town at the fall election. The l petition contained more than the re- 1 quired number of names Although if | is expected that the "drys'' will con- ! duct a live campaign this fall. conf dence reigns supreme in the wet camp that they will triumph Guild Plans Fair.
 An elaborate fair is being planned | by St. GabriePs guild of East Berlin to be held on October II. Among the features to be presented at the fail