New Britain herald., 1917-01-24

of good fellowship and mutual help 1ulness among the men of Berlin; to support the Sunday noon meetings of the mems class; to work for the social, civic and moral bettermcnt of the town.
 Membership in the Brotherhood is open to any man of the community of seventeen years of age and over upon signing the roll and payment of fifty cents annually.
 Officers for the new organization Weer elected as follows:
 President-George F. Dodd.
 Vice Presidents-E. Fern Noursc, F. w. Stearns and Victor Benson.
 secretary-Garncr Goodwin
 Treasurer-Lester Deming.
 Executive Committee-The officers and Jonathan T. Hart, George Gris- woId and George A. Ventres.
 The committees in charge of the different branches of the work Will he appointed later and further plans will also be discussed at a later date. Af- ter the business meeting social hour was held at which Clarence Hubbard of Hartford gave a slight-of- hand exhibition. Many of the men declared the entertainment the best ever, despite the fact that a number had several tricks played on them and many articles taken from them they had never seen.
 Women's Aid Entertainment.
 A varied program will be furnished On Friday evening of this week when the Woman's Aid society will give their entertainment in the church par lors. A short play entitled "1750-1915" will be given by several ladies con- nected with the society. One of the features of the entertainment will be the rendering of the "roy symphony by local artists, and there will be other musical numbers on the pro- gram. Homemade candy will be Of fered for sale by the members of the Girls Aid society.
 Mission Social Tomorrow
 The second department of the Ep- worth sleague of the Kensington Methodist church invites all the mem bers and their friends to a mission social to be held Thursday evening at s o'clock The meeting will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. c. IT. Johnson A silver collector will be taken and the money placed in the Ncumann fund.
 H. H. SpOOncr lte-1LleCteO. The annual business meeting of the Connecticut Temperance union was held in Hartford yesterday afternoon and Stanley w. Edwards of that city was elected president. President w.. A. Shanklin of Wesleyan university was elected a vice president and H. II. Spooner of Kcnsington was re- elected secretary and treasurer. Sec 1 rotary Spooner told of the strides
 made by prohibition in this country and abroad lately and then told of 1 the legislative program. The pro- gram this year contains vote for W omen on excise matters a cOnstitu- tional amendment for statewide pro- ! hibition, limitation of the number of 1 saloons a state farm for inebriateS 1 and a refornatory for women. Much l aid has been given the state police and thus friendly relations have been maintained with that body. The in ] crease in the force of workers has been done.
 l ness interests are realizing that we can help them in promoting safety and efficiency among their employees; working men arc learning the value | of sobriety as an assert in their eff fort for better conditions; farmers understand that the liquor traffic lowers the value of labor and cuts off the market for their products. Few thoughtful people today defend the traffic and the better newspapers arc giving space to thoughtful editorials and timely discussion of the subject.