New Britain herald., 1916-09-26

left off the list and many republicans were indignant when this became known. MT. Woodruff has been a member of the board for the past Nsix years and secretary for the same length of time. His knowledge of local school matters is second to none, in the belief of many citizens and the failure of the caucus to re- nominate him may aid materially in the success of the dem ocratic cam, paign. The terms of Sidney M. Cowles and MT. Woodruff expire this year. The former, it is said, re- quested the committee to find some other man to fill his place as he was not desirous of continuing as a mem Der of the beard, but the committee refused to listen to him and placed him on the slate again. In the hur- ry to finish the slate, the name of MT. Woodruff was forgotten, many G. o. P. followers believing purposely, and Daniel Webster was chosen for the place MT. Webster, the kickers say, will no doubt make a good man for the board, but they feel that MT Woodruff should be kept on it. MT. Webster was a member of the board few years ago and is we'll versed in the intricacies of the school question. When some of the party leaders realized that MT. Woodruff's name had been left off, it is said, they expostu- lated with members of the committee, but all of the latter replied it was simply an oversight. All these things will help the opposition. It is said that Judge filling is mak- ing an even more strenuous campaign for the election than for the nomina- tion and his adherents claim he will have larger majority than any pre- vious republican nominee. AS far as can be learned MT. Beckley is mak- ing no personal effort for the position To Hold Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Wilcox Cemetery association will be held this evening at 7:45 o'clock at the home of l E. W. Mildrum of East Berlin. Re- 1 ports for the past year will be present. l ed and officers elected for the ensuing year. Present officers are: President Major Frank l.. Wilcox; treasurer
 Frederick Hubbard; secretary, F. w. M1ldrum, and uperintendent, Hobart 1 l. .Honniss. No changes are antici-
 pated in the officers list.
 The Wilcox Cemetery is located in l East Berlin and was given to the as- 1 sociation by a member of the Wilcox i family about 200 years ago. The mem 1 bers have always made an effort to | improve the plot each year.
 Many of the towns prominent men
 have their last resting place there. To Have More Exams"
 It became known today that the
 postal department has decided to have
 another examination for the postmas- l tership in East Berlin. Miss Gertrude 1 North recently presented her resigna- | tion after serving faithfully for a | number of years. At first E. H.
 Gaines. who conducts a general store
 was desirious of obtaining the ap-
 pointment, but it is said that later he
 did not think so much of the proposi-
 tion.
 The office is fourth class and the
 salary is commensurate with the
 amount of cancelled mail during the year The salary for the past few years has been from $500 to $55O a : year.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
 As told in this column last evening,
 pr. R. M. Griswold visited East Der
 lin yesterday for the purpose of in-
 vestigating a case where two children
 had returned home, after spending the
 summer in the northern part of the
 state in a district where infantile pa-
 ralysis was prevalent He found that
 ago Sunday, unbeknown to their par