New Britain herald., 1917-04-05

old cap. While his general appear ance would indicate that he was em-
 ployed in one of the brickyards as a common laborer those that took
 notice of his hands say that they
 failed to show any indications of
 hard manual labor Rather that the
 hands of workman they were the well formed delicate hands of a man that has seen life in social circles. Those that talked to him claim that he looked like an Italian but his voice
 had slight Irish accent. The man disappeared early in the evening and
 has not been seen since.
 Home Guard Adds Three.
 Only three members were added to
 the local unit of the Home Guard last
 night and two of these were from Ber-
 lin street and the other from Kensing-
 ton. A. A. Weldon Grand Army man seventy-three years of age was the first man to offer his services last night expressing the wish to show the way to the younger element which has not responded so very we'll up to the present time. MT. Weldon enlisted in Go. D willimantic on June 10. 1862 and served throughout the war. He was shot in the leg while delivering
  burg. Mir. Weldon was a close per sonal friend of General Lyons of Con- necticut and was one of the pallbear- 1 CTS. at his funeral, Grovini Georgin1 l vas the only Kensington man to en- list. but his enlistment was well worth 1 receiving, as he has served twenty ] seven months in the Italian artillery. :, George Carlson was the other man :, tl,at enlisted last night. The total has {, now reached fifty-one men, and the ofTicers are ready to go ahead with the drilling next week.
 1 The recruiting officers wish it un- 1 derstood that the first drill will be held on Monday night and every man , should be present at that time. The 1 drill wilr be called promptly at o'clock in the Town hall and if there are any that wish to be dismissed they l will he dismissed after the roll call.
 Every man should be present at the ppointed hour so that the requisition 1 for equipment can be made. After the i, drill. plans will be talked over Tor the future movements of the com pany. General Closing Tomorrow. Good Friday will be observed in a l general manner tomorrow by the clos-
 ing of the stores at 10 o'clock. Rather l than stay open tonight tho business men have decided to open for several l hours the first thing in the morning. The Kensington barber shop will re- l main open tonight and will be closed all day tomorrow. At the Berlin post office a decision has been reached l whereby the office will be closed be- l tween the hours of 10 and 5 and at Kensington the office will be open l from 7.15 until 9:3O o'clock in the 1 morning and, in the afternoon from until. 5.
 l Berlin Under Guard.
 | A number of National Guardsnen | have been doing duty at the principal points about Berlin and Kensington l since yesterday. There are many | points in the town that need to be l under strict guard and it is expected
 that this Is the reason for the men l being in town.
 l Samuel Norton.
 Word has been received in Berlin of the death of Samuel Norton of San ] Francisco Cal, on April 5. MT. Nor
 ton was the son of the late Philip and 1 Elizabeth Newberry Norton of Ken sington and has long been a resident
 of San Francisco.
 Good Friday Church Services. ! Professor E. E. Nourse will deliver the sermon at the Good Friday ser ] vices which are to be held in the Der lin Congregational church tomorrow night at 7:45 o'clock.