New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-13
CITY ITEMS

Ask us about our Christmas Record
Gift Certificate. G. L. Pierce & Co.,
246 Main St.-Advt.
Mrs. Josephine Moore, 314 Arch
street, has returned from three
weeks visit with Grandson Clark
Lewis Cornwall, who recently sailed
for France with Signal Corps, New
York.
Our Christmas club starts Deem
Der 22nd. We pay interest. Com
mercial Trust Co-advt
A handsome service flag showing
SO stars indicating the number of
members in SERVICE has been I'M
furled from the window CT the New
Britain Aerie. F. O. F., rooms in
Beloin's block at the corner of Main
and West Main street.
As tournament, Elks club, tonight.
-advt.
Engine company No. . was called
out this morning to extinguish a fire
in the dump at the end of Roberts
street.
Goodness of Aunt Delia's Bread
advt.
An important meeting of Pride Cir
Gle, Lady Foresters of America, will
be held in Judd's hall this evening.
Nomination of officers for the ensuing
year will be made.
Mayor George A. Quigley has re-
turned from a trip to Washington,
D. c..
The board of health has released a
case of diphtheria on Glen street and
has quarantined a new case Of scarlet
fever on Stanley street.
Miss Flornce Goodwin has rendered
her resignation to Superintendent of
School s. H. Holmes. Miss Goodwin
was principal of the open air school.
The Luther league of the Swedish
Lutheran church will meet this even
ing. Ivor ANelson will speak and
refreshments will be served.
E. w. Pelton, the new president of
the Chamber of Commerce. has called
a meeting of the executive committee
| today at o'clock.
The Foreign Missionary society of
! the First church will meet tomorrow
afternoon at $3.50 instead of the usual
hour of 3.
!. Raymond Mansfield is spending a
| few days at his home on HungerfOrd
J Court.
| Among other enlistments noted from
this city are the following: George
| Kiesewetter, ordnance department.;
Lester Stanwyz, ordnance department.;
Harold and icon Hart, ordnance
, corps: Leon Gordon, ordnance corps;
Joseph c. Ames, transport service; and
| Thomas Francis Markham, ordnance
corps.
Miss Marie McGrail, stenographer
in the water commissioners office, has
resigned to accept a position with the
New Haven road freight office.
Edward c. Anderson of Belden
street, who has enlisted as a mechanic
in the ordnance corps, left today for
Fort Slocum, N. Y.
The common council finance COM
mittee met last night and approved
the following bills: Incidentals,
$9o1.57; public amusement commits
sion, $76.SO; dogs, s167; City hall
commission, $4,856.7O; fire commits
sion, $352.21; health commission,
$1,46242; charities, $5,539.O3. The
bills Of the board OF public works for
the month were also approved.
A new plan Of the health depart
ment is to issue sanitary certificates to
local restaurants showing that they
are in a wholesome condition. This
is similar to a plan adopted by the
health board some time ago relative
to clean soda fountains
On Saturday the local exemption
boards will begin mailing the first
QUESTIONABLE blanks to registrants
who have not yet been called into
service Estimates Indicate thai
there there are now about 1929 mer
in the city between the ages Of 81
. and 81 years who will receive these
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