New Britain herald., 1917-04-18

lowed to attend school Drs. T. c. ldodgson and M. H. Griswold have been appointed to do this work and will arrange to vaccinate tho children at their homes or at the schools"
 Everything possible is being done by the local authorities to prevent the spread of the disease, and the people arc cooperating with the. authorities in every manner possible. So far there has been about 500 cases of the disease in the state and the state board has issued several warnings in regard to the epidemic. In most cases the disease has been in a mild form and the people for this reason have not given the thought and time to it's care shat they should.
 Half Holiday.
 In keeping with Lexington day. which will be observed in New Brit ain tomorrow with q big street pa rade, the local stores and barber shops will close at 1 o'clock and re- main closed until J. There is also-a strong possibility that the American Paper Goods company will follow the example Of the New Britain factories and close down for half day, At the Berlin Cor struction company it wss, announced this morning that there would be no shutdown for the holiday.i Many of the local citizens expect to journey to the city in the afternoon and take part in the big celebration. @
 Another Near Fire.
 As on Monday, 9, grass fire came near to bringing destruction to sev- eral barns near Flannery's Corner late yesterday afternoon. In some mysterious manner the fire came up through> the back lots and set fire to q wooden fence in the rear Of the Flanneyy place and then spread south, and cnly the quick work of the volnn- teer fire fighters prevented its spread to the barn of Mr. Risley. Again yesterday the telephones came in for their share of the work in ordering out the fire fighters; and 1t was but a, short time after the first call was sent in that the men were on hand and soon had the flames under con- trnl. Grass fires, which have been plentiful the. last week have shown the need of an auto chemical In the town. and in a short time something should be done in regard to the mat ter. Favorable comment has been reard on the matter of taking pulp , lie subscription for such a. chemical and now that the real need of the machine has been shown, 8 meetin 2 will probably be called soon to 'lo something in regard to the matter. D. A. R. Meeting.
 The April meeting of Emma Hart l Willard chapter of the D. A. R. will l he held on Friday afternoon of this week at the home of Mrs. George i Dodd The meeting was scheduled for the Berlin Tea Shop, but as that place :! has not been opened for business since ! the winter months. the committee de-
 cided to meet at Mrs. Dodd's The : hostesses for the afternoon will be :: Mrs. Stearns, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. I Galpin. A paper has been prepared ] by Charles Aspinwall on Stage ;, Coach and Tavern Days'' and will be
 read during the afternoon. Miss Alice Norton will provide the other half of
 the program with D. A. R. gossip.
 Following the papers a general dis
 cussion will be held by the ladies. Red Cross Benefit.
 On Friday evening of this week the
 teachers of the Kensington Grammar school will hold a. military whist for
 the benefit of the Red Cross society
 Special plans are already under way
 for the affair. and a representative gathering of the town is expected. Neat little invitations have been issued to the whist and on each may be found the Red Cross and an American shield A neat little sum for the Red Cross work is expected to be gathered as result of the affair. The Women's .