New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

In Point of Continuous Residence Hero, Woman Was One of Towns
 Oldest Inhabitants-Prepare for Graduation ExerCdsee. Mrs. Mary E. Beach. one of Plain- ville's oldest residents, died yester- day morning at her home on Whiting street. following an illness of a few weeks. Although suffering from ail- ments incident to advanced age, Mrs. Beach was in fair condition until Q few weeks ago when she fell in her yard and sustained a fractured knee cap. The injury hastened her death and since the accident she failed steadily.
 The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from her home. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. G. Ward. pastor of the Baptist church. of which Mrs. Beach was one of tho first members. Burial will be in the For- estville cemetery.
 Mrs. Beach. although a native of Pennington. spent practically hers entire life in Plainville. Born January 1s, 1884. she came to Plainville with her parents when, she was but eight years old. She had lived hero con- tinuously since. She was among the original members of the local Bap- | tist church and with her husband sang at the services attending the dedication of the house of worship which the members of that denom- l ination now attend. She was we'll l known as . singer number of years ago.
 1 She was the widow of John w. l Beach. q Civil war veteran. who l passed away a number of years ago. She is survived by a son, Wallace Beach, with whom she lived since her husbands dath.
 Prepare for Graduation.
 The work of getting the Town Hall in shape for the annual graduation
 exercises of the Grammar school to
 be held Wednesday afternoon was be-
 gun this morning. The hall will be
 appropriately decorated and there will
 be an abundance of wild flowers gath cred by the school children to en-
 nance it's beauty.
 The schools will close for the sum-
 mer vacation tomorrow night. E Attendance at the graduation exer-
 cises will be practically limited to rel
 atives and other guests of the class to |
 class this year numbers about fifty
 and Is the largest in the history of the
 school.
 Wins Fifth Victory.
 The Foresters baseball team re-
 corded it's fifth consecutive victory , yesterday afternoon when as the re-
 suit of brilliant pitching by Cunning
 ham they scored triumph over the | @% {<a1S, AvAo
 score was 6 to I.
 While the entire local team played
 splendid game. 1t was Cunningham 's stellar work that made the victory
 possible. The young pitcher famed
 sixteen of the visiting batsmen and
 kept the game safe for the home boys
 at all times.
 II Next Sunday the Independents of
 Waterbury will play here. |, Plainville Not Represented. sI Contrary to general expectations, Plainville will not be represented on
 the board to which local conscription
 eligibies will have to make claims for exemption from military service. The tl exemption board for the Fifth sena- , torial district, of which Plainville 0is | a part, will be made up of Herbert
 Knox Smith of Pennington, Benjamin Miller of Avon, and Dr. T. G. O'Con- nell of Bristol.
 While the exact method in which the draft will be made has not been announced, 1t is expected that any of the young men whose names are on the registration list who are selected
 for service but who claim exemption , because of dependenceis. physical dis ! abilities or for other reasons. will have to appear before the board l named for the fifth district to show !, why they should be excused. } The local registration board expects , to receive within the week orders as i. to tho disposition of tho cards filled out on registration dEy. Honor Deceased Members.
 sequassen lodge. ]. O. o. F. and
 Martha Rebekah lodge paid their an- nual tributes to their deceased hnem- bers yesterday afternoon and evening Tn the afternoon special committees l, decorated the graves of departed Odd . Fellows and Rebekahs. Memorial services were held in the Church of Our Saviour and were at-
 tended by . large number of the
 members of both organizations. The
 sermon was given by the pastor. Rev.
 W. H. Burton ,and was appropriate to , the occasion.
 Local Couple to Wed.
 Miss Ridabelle Riscker of Broad l street, will become the bride o1 /, George Seymour of West Main street . Wednesday evening at the home o1 the young lady's parents. Tho couple ! will be attended by Miss Ruth Erbe , and Frederick F. Scoville. : After their wedding trip they vii