New Britain herald., 1917-11-02

,molished on June 15 by truck, has been entirely removed.
 Speaks on Conservation. >.-
 An interesting paper "On the Con- servation of Food" was read at tho regular prayer meeting at the Der lin Congregational church last even ing by Charles H. Aspinwall of Worth ington Ridge. MT. Aspinwan clearly told how this war can be won by the conserving of food and showed how the cooperation of everyone IS necessary. Many practical ways of saving food were brought out, by the speaker. ~ --
 Meeting Postponed.
 The adjourned annual meeting of the Mems Lyceum of the Kensington Congregational church which was to be held in the church parlors this evening has been deferred as a num- Der of the members are to attend the war rally in Hartford: The date of the postponed meeting will be an- nounced in a few days.
 .=. To Attend War Rally.
 Berlin will be we'll represented at the war rally to be held in the state arInory in Hartford this evening Re- served seats have been sent to all the members of the local Council of De- fense and they will attend ina body. Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Marcus H. Holcomb will be speakers. The rally will begin at 8 o'clock, but the doors will be- thrown open to the public at o'clock. As thousands of people from all parts of the state are planning to attend, those intending to go from Berlin, should arrive in Hartford early. x
 Local Boy Trains.
 In preparation for his champion ship bout which is to be held in Tur- ner's hall, New Britain on Saturday, November IT, Alvah ventres, better known as the Berlin Blacksmith" is going through an extensive training. Ventres returned to Berlin today af- Eter spending the past few days at a camp at Fabyan, Mass, outside of Boston, where he trained in conjunc- ton with three other wrestlers of | ability Clifford Burnham of New Haven, James Mccarthy of New Ha- ven and Jack Raymond of Boston. The wrestlers, hunted and chased ] least fifty miles day. Every even ing. before retiring, they would run l five miles.
 Ventres recently met the hardest l opponent of his career when he 1 wrestled with A. Peterson, Norwegian mat artist. The two experts wrestled for an hour without either being able to register fall. The bout on No venber IT will be to finish. AL though Peterson Is much larger than l Ventres, the local boy is confident that he will be able to throw his op- ponent. It is expected that many ad- mirers of Ventres will be present to witness the match.
 :% Joseph J. Morse.
 The funeral of Joseph J. Morse who died Wednesday at his home in East Berlin, was held this afternoon 1 at 2 o'clock from his late residence Rev. c. E. Dodge, pastor of the East Berlin Methodist Episcopal church, of flciated and interment was in Wilcox cemetery. Members of the Knights o1 Pythias were pail bearers.
 The high esteem which was held for MT. Morse in the community in which he had lived during the greater part of his life was evidenced by the large number of floral wreaths sent a4 silent testimonials. Words of regret
 and flowers were Received from al
 parts of the state, as MT. Morse was
 well known as a progressive farmer
 not only in Berlin, but throughou
 New England. t.'.1. A number of societies with wfic1
 MT. Morse had been affiliated were ] represented at the funeral. Resolu