New Britain herald., 1916-09-25
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who was formerly a member of the ! New Britain High school faculty, has ] been missionary at Van, Turkey, for l the past seven years and was thor 1 oughly familiar with her subject. She 1 told in detail of the life of a mission l ary and also of the oppression of the Armenians. Her description of the missionary flight from Van at the opening of the present conflict was d thrilling narrative. ~... During the lecture stereoptican pie
 lures of Turkey were thrown on the
 screen.
 Hold Corn Roast. About sixty young Kensington peo- pie held a corn roast at the lower res ervoir yesterday afternoon. The girls prepared a fine "feed' and the affair was spent in a pleasant manner. The feature of the outing was baseball game between the "Boys'' and the Girls" the latter being victorious by
 a score of to 2. The battery work of the victors was praiseworthy. Miss Anna Walsh of Hartford was in the points and Miss Mary Collins of Springfield, a sister of Ray Collins of the Boston Red -Sox was her running mate. Harry and Frank McKeon worked hard for the losers, but the formers support failed him at crltl-
 cal times.
 The 100 yard dash for males was won by Butler Roche with William Ryan a close second. The winner was awarded a box of cigars. The same event for females was captured by Miss Catherine McKeon, with Anna 1 Walsh, second. The three-legged race was won by Misses Nora O'Br1en and Phillipa Pagan.
 At the Churches. Berlin Congregational Church | Church night services will be held i Thursday evening at 7:45 O'CLOCK ] Al the conclusion of the serVlces l there will be a talk by o. M. Wecht, 1 q representative of the Nauohal ] C,bo,tanoua That association is
 n1annino to hold a seven day meeting | here next summer and this talk Will
 be preliminary to the plans for the
 session. A New England circuit has 1 been formed and those in charge are ' ar xious to make it successful Tn every
 way Tn case enough interest IS aroused at Thursdays gathering, plans will be started for next summer.
 The first church supper of the
 season will be held Friday evening ' at 6:3O o'clock. The supper WI Do ;n charge of the women of the church
 and a large crowd is expected. 1 The members of the Boy Scout l troop are invited to attend field day 1 and outing at the home of ex-Scnator ! Claude w. Stevens in Blue Hills Satur- day afternoon. A program of athletic i events is being arranged.
 Kensington Congregatioal Church 1 Many lem bers of the congregation are | rlanning to attend the meeting of the Berlin -Wethersfield Sunday School as- i sociation, which will be held in the i Wethersfie1d church tomorrow after lOOn and evening. The following
 have been chosen delegates from this
 church: Mir and Mrs. c. Fred John
 son, MT. and Mrs. E. P. Durham,
 Mrs. s. M Cowles, Edward U. Cowles, Joseph Wilson and Rev. Carleton !Iazen
 Mid-week services will be held in at 7:45 o'clock.
 To Start Season. Berlin Grange will start it's winter ccason Friday evening in the new
 Grange hall with a dance. Judd's or
 chesrtra of Now Britain will furnish the
 rausc and a good time is assured to
 al attending.
 New Voters
 The selectmen and registrars sat Saturday and made forty-one male voters. Of this list, thirty-four regis tered for the republican caucus. Out