New Britain herald., 1916-07-15

peted on the Short Ship circuit will be on hand here and great sport is promised in this line
 Later, "Children's Day. will be set aside and a list of games scheduled. There will be peanut, orange, and caramel scram bles, obstacle, relay, and amateur races and many other sports for the delight of the young sters.
 The midway this year is expected to prove more popular than ever. The committee in charge has already re- ce1ved a number of applications for concessions and they will be an- nounced later. The midway will be brilliantly illuminated each evening and should provide much amusement for the general public.
 The poultry show will also occupy prominent place and good prizes will be awarded to the successful entrants.
 Board of Finance, Too.
 Tn board of finance held an in- formal meeting last evening at the home of Chairman Frances Deming. The eternal back tax question was up for discussion and it was voted to secure all books up to May first of this year and make an itemized report for the next town meeting, which will be held Tuesday evening, August 8, at o'clock. St. PauTs Lawn Festival Preparations are fast nearing com pletion for the annual lawn festival of St. PauPs church, Kensington, which will be held on the church lawn next Tuesday evening. The com mittees have been working and 1t Is confidently expected this years affair will far surpass anything previously held. The entertainment will be pro- vided by the kensington Lady min strels. This troupe was organized during the early part of the winter and has appeared many times in Ken sington, and surrounding towns and everywhere made an instantaneous hit. The minstrels have been re- hearsing during the past two weeks and will have an entirely new reper- toire of songs and jokes. The latter will be of much local interest, for they are home made. Another feature will 1 be an exhibition dance by Miss Rose kiniry Miss kiniry, a pupil of the l kens1ngton Grammar school, has been l V. appeared at Miss Murray's entertain l ment and also at several school enter tainments. She received much com mendation for her work at the teach
 CTS convention, which was held in 1 New Haven during June.
 The festival will be under the ans p1ces of the following committees; Advisory, Misses Nora O'Brien. Mar 1 garet Flynn, Rose F'itzsimmons, Kath- | erlne Roche and Mesdames J. Ma loney, J. kiniry, G. Hibbert, J. Buck ley and D. Trehy; decorating, Misses | Rose Fitzsimmons, Nora O'Brien. ! Margaret Flynn and Mesdames J. 1 kin1ry, J. Garrity, J. McKeon. T. | Buckley, J. Maloney and G. Hibbert; 1 ticket committee, James Brown.
 James Hart, John r. Moore, James 1 Maloney, William Bernardo, John Me-
 Keon, John Ringwood and Thomas
 Pagan; drawing. B. F. Moore. w. J. l Dooley, James F.. Corr, William J. | Ritchie and W. w. Pagan
 The card wheel will be under the ! direction of John A. Moore. assisted l by Miss Anna Cashman. Mrs. D. Trehv ] will be chairman of the ice cream | committee and will he assisted by the
 ladies of the parish. Mrs. John Kinirv
 will have charge of the lemonade
 booth; Mrs. John McKeon of the cake
 booth and Miss Margaret Flynn of tb e
 candy booth.
 Mrs. George Hilbert of Worthing ton Ridge will have charge of the 1 Gaelic tent and will be aided by six
 fair colleens. The following menu