New Britain herald., 1917-08-31

ing along Pennington Road when the
team gave a sudden jolt. AS he was
sitting on a bag of wood at the time
of the accident, he lost his balance
and fell from the team, becoming
frightened, started rapidly down the
road dragging the boy along the
ground. Young Summers pluckily re-
tanned his hold on the reins, thus saw
ing himself from being run over.
Lawn Fete Tonight.
According to the number of tickets
which have been sold about the town
within the past few days, a. record
breaking crowd should be present this
evening at the lawn fete at the homo
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Wilcox of
Worthington Ridge. The feature Of
the fete. which is to begin at 8
o'clock, will be pantomime Of Hi
watha. The following persons will
take part in the pantomime:
Hiawatha ......... Harvey Nourse
Nokomis .............. Ruth Bacon
Minnehaha ........... Leta Cowles
Arrow Maker ...... Grant Wickwire
Gitche Mantle ........ Lloyd Minor
Little Hiawatha :. Benjamin Cashan
The characters in the dance will be
Margaret Wilcox, Elsie Benson. Leta
Cowles, Alberta Elton. Ruth Bacon,
Alden Lincoln, Lloyd Minor, Grant
wickwire and Harvey Nourse. Tom
Tom will be played by Miss Alice
Huston. The players have been
coached by Miss Helen Rohm.
The Wilcox lawn has been very ar
tistically decorated for the occasion
with Japanese banners, flags and
booths. Harold Bassett will be In
charge of the ice cream booth, and
Ellen Lindquist will sell the lemonade.
The Red Cross and candy booths will
be in charge Of Miss Alice Huston and
Miss Janet Honiss.
The committee which is directing
the fete consists of Margaret Wilcox,
Elsie Bensen, Lloyd Minor and Har-
vey Nourse.
The entire proceeds of the affair
will go to the Red Cross fund and, In
case of rain, the fete will be post
poned until tomorrow evening.
Finance Meeting Postponed.
Because of the lawn fete this even
ing, the meeting Of the finance board,
which was to be held tonight. has
been postponed until next week: The
committee will prepare a., budget for
the coming year. 1t was reported this
morning that a number of prominent
citizens will appear before the board
and ask for an appropriation to have
the road repaired from the Berlin
station to the East Berlin line. |:.
Worthington School to Open.
Superintendent Of Schools j.. W.
Bows announced today that the
WOrthjngton Grammar school will
open for the fall session on Tuesday,
September 4, instead of Monday, Sep
temper 10, as was at first contem-
plated. The other schools will open
on September 10.
Mr.. Bows stated that he decided to
shorten the vacations of the children
at the Worthington school one week
so that the new teachers would be
given the opportunity of observing the
methods employed by the local in
structors The children Of the Worth
ington school will be given a weeks
vacation during the winter.
Labor Day Activities.
Berlin this year will spend a very
quiet Labor Day. Most of the resi-
dents will spend the day at the shore
while others are planning to attend
the fair at Hartford. Grocery stores
and the tonsorial parlors will keep
open half a day for the aocommoda-
ton of their customers
East Berlinites are planning to
make Labor Day a day long to be re-
membered. A parade will feature the
celebration and many fancy and
unique costumes will be seen. a. prize