New Britain herald., 1917-04-12
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ent the company is boarding the new men ill an old car on one, of the sid ings near the power house. No trouble was experienced with the men that intended to go on strike and after they were. given their wages they left the vicinity of the power station.
 Ecclesiastical Meeting.
 The annual meeting of the Ken sibston Ecclesiastical society was held ir the church par1ors last evening with six members present Reports from the various officers and com mittees were presented and accepted. The treasurer's report shows that the society had an unusually good year and there is a balance in the treasury of $5S9.O3 of which amount $475.S1 is a legacy to the society from the estate of Margaret Tpson. The fol- lowing officers and committees were re-clected:
 Secretary and Treasurer-Harold w. Upson.
 Society's Committee-S X. Hart, S. M. Cowles and E. P. Dunham.
 Finance Cominittee-s. A. Hart, c. Fred Johnson and Harold W. Upson.
 The members expressed their ap- preciation of the time and labor spent by Charles Strong in the improve ments made at the parsonage and asked that a hearty vote of thanks be extended to him. It was decided to continue the present system of raising funds in cooperation with the church. as heretofore.
 Another Successful Drill.
 That the members of the local unit Of the Home Guard intend to be- come experts in the military line was again demonstrated last evening when thirty-eight men turned out for drill. Drills have been held the past three l nights and each night has seen more than thirty men hard at work learn ] ing the fundamental princi ples of 1 military work. The men have shown so much enthusiasm for the work that they have gone along faster than most of the like organizations about the state and already give every in- l dication of becoming crack mili- tary organization. There will be no drill tonight but tomorrow evening l all members that can are requested to be- at the Town hall at o'clock l sharp. One of the first things that a 1 military man must learn is to be on time and 8 drill night is certainly one of the best times that he can put the practice into operation.
 There was one new enlistment in the guard last night, George c. Beck l cit, and his name brings the total membership up to seventy-two. Ned l ical examiner Dr. NJ. H. Griswold has nearly completed the physical exam ination of all enlistments but up to 1 the present time has not announced l the number of rejections.
 On next Monday evening there will 1 be meeting called in the Town hall 1 at o'clock and at this time every
 member of the unit is expected to be
 present as officers will be elected. The officers to be elected are a captain
 and first and second lieutenants. These men will be elected by ballot and every man will be given a chance to
 nominate the man that he thinks best 1 fitted for the office. There will be no
 playing of favorites and the men to l be elected will be the men that are
 best adapted for the work The men elected will be passed upon by the ! military emergency board. Sometime next week an officer will come from Hartford and muster in the company 1 As soon as possible after the company
 is mustered in the uniforms and
 equipment will be issued to the men
 New Highway Started.
 The suzio company today started l work on the new concrete highway
 between Berlin and Meriden. Early
 this morning there was gang of men hard at work breaking up the old macadam road that will be replaced