New Britain herald., 1916-05-23

guest of honor at the celebration of it's big gain in membership. An address of welcome was made by John Murphy, chief ranger of the Plainville court. There were also re- marks of a congratulatory nature by State Secetary Matthew M. Meskill of New Britain and Senior Beadle Lough- lin of Hartford.
 From a membership of thlrtyfour, the total shown on it's rolls six months ago, Court General Lawton is now well past the one hundred mark and with the five applicants who signified their willingness to join last evening, the Plainville branch will have 131 active FOresters.
 The speakers commented on the re- markable growth of the organization and admitted that PlainVille Forest CTS now lead the entire state in re- suits from membership activities. Vocal selections were rendered dur ing the evening, after which there was dancing.
 Local People Honored. Announcement has been made of the appointment of Frank G. Osborne as district deputy grand master for the
 
 serve in a similar capacity for the Rebekahs. The selections were made by the new grand master of the Odd Fellows of Connecticut, F. Henry Mon roe of New Haven.
 The new appointees are to supervise the lodges of the fifteenth district during the coming year. They will name their own staffs and will have charge of the installation of officers of the branches in this section.
 Both MT. Osborne and Miss Gilbert have been hard workers for their respective lodges for a long time and | their appointments to the office of dis trict deputy are well deserved.
 New Street Maps Filed. Engineer Joseph N. McKernan has placed on file in the town clerks of flee maps showing proposed changes in the street lines on Broad. North Washington and Bohemia streets and Forestville avenue. The maps were prepared at the direction of the se- lectmen, who in a few days will issue call for hearings concerning their acceptance.
 The lines on the streets in question have been so irregular that surveys had to be made almost every time the erection of a new building was con- | templated, and to have the boundaries 1 permanently established, the select | men decided to have complete maps made.
 Many changes are suggested in the maps and some opposition to their aC- ceptance Is bound to develop as a l number of the taxpayers will have to surrender to the town strips of land which they have enclosed in their fences and seemingly claim to own. The selectmen want the full width 1 of the streets as called for under the original boundaries included in the highway layouts and they propose to l re-establish the lines, taking all the l land which the surveys show should be given up for that purpose. It is not the intention to make as- 1 sessments or give damages either 1n taking the land. The selectmen claim that they are simply re-estabIShln8 the street lines and if property own CTS have enclosed more within thelr fences than belongs to them they will ! have to surrender it. In one case It will be necessary to move back l building which at present extends l onto the street, according to the new | maps.
 After the necessary preliminaries | are attended to, the selectmen will ] listen to the property owners af- l fected, subsequently, taking action re- garding the acceptance of the maps.
 Brief Items. The Parish Guild of the Church of 1 Our Saviour will meet Thursday af-
 ternoon. Supper will be served at 6 l o'clock.
 The condition of Miss Elizabeth
 Burns, who is a patient at the Hart l ford hospital, is reported to be less l favorable than recent reports would l indicate, and her friends are some l what concerned over her case. Justice Prior has held up decision l on the suit of ErminiO GnazzO against Philip Marine, an action in which the plaintiff attempts to recover COmmlS- 1 sion on the sale of land. The case was to have been heard yesterday, but 1 the plaintiff failed to make an appear ance. Unless a satisfactory explana- 1 tion is offered for his absence, judg- l ment by default for the defendant will | be entered.
 A number of local Congregation | alists attended the Pennington Val- 1 lev conference meeting held in Farm | ingtOn today.