New Britain herald., 1917-06-23

with Bibles. The offering will be for the Sunday-school mission work. At the Christian Endeavor meeting at o'clock the topic will be Mission work in our cities.''
 Berlin Congregational church. Rev. s. A. Fiske. pastor-Morning worship conducted by the pastor will be held at 10:46 o'clock. All departments of the Sunday-school will meet at noon. The meeting of the Junior Endeavor society will be held at o'clock. ''1is- sion work in our cities'S is the topic for the Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30 o'clock and the Missionary committee will have charge of the meeting.
 St. Pauls church, Rev. J. c. Bren- nan, pastor.-Mass will be celebrated at the sacred Heart ohurchs East Ber- lin. at o'clock and at St. Paurs church. Kensingt0n, at 10 o'clock.
 Grange Play.
 r "Clvil Servcei." play by the young people of the Meziden Grange will be given under the auspices of the Ber- lin Grange in their hall on Farming ton road next Wednesday evening. This play was to have been held In May but the smallpox epidemic caused | postponement The Changers wish Is understood that the persons who. purchased tickets for the original play will be able to use them at this time.
 To Repair Bridge.
 First Selectman Willard T.. Alling Is making arrangements for the repair of the iron bridge which spans tho lower end of Hart's pond at the ! A1 terday one of the engineers of the Berlin Construction company inspect d the bridge and decided that 1t could be repaired in such a fashion that 1t would not be necessary for the town to purchase a new bridge for possibly another ten years. New Planking will placed alongside the old ones to fur there strengthen the structure. This bridge is perhops one of the oldest iron bridges in tho state in actual use and as far as can be found out 1t has been in place over forty years, during which time 1t has rendered excellent seervice to the traveling public. Tho selectmen have decided to repair tho old bridge rather than build . new one because of the present high cost ! of material.
 Guard Receives Equipment. When the local company of Home Guardsmen reported for drill at town | hall last evening they were aereeably surprised to find that the long expect ed equipment had arrived. Forty of ! the men received their uniforms last l evening and the remainder will be given out at the drill Monday night. Quartermaster c. W. Stevens will be | on hand at 6:46 O'clock Monday and 1 any wishing to receive their equip ment at that time may do 70. The equipment received Is for sixty-dve men and consists of hatA, shirts,
 brooches. leggings and costs. The re- volvers for the ofncers have also ar- rived and were distributed last eve- ming. Word has been received that
 the company is to report in Hartford on July at s:45 .. m. It is expected that the company will take . special
 car for the trip. Although nothing
 definite is known 1t ia expected that the men will see active service of
 some kind within very short time The first drill with equipment will be held on Monday night in the town hall
 at 8 o'clock.
 l Berlin Briefs.
 Miss l.. A. Bassett, principal of the
 Remington Grammar school, left to- day for Pleasant Lake, Mass. where she will spend the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. c. Brown and family