New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-02-06

Following is the program that will be
carried out
Vocal solo .......... Oscar Benson
...... .......... Miss Irene Viets
Musical nlmber ...... Grange Orch.
Address .......... Charles P. Davis
Address ......... Arthur Brakeman
Musical number 49,. Grange Orch.
At the close of the program the
Grange members will sing God Be
With Us Till We Meet Again
In the Storms Wake.
Although yesterdays storm was
the worst experienced this winter.
Traffic was pretty we'll restored to
normal this morning on both the
steam and trolley lines. The roads
we're well broken early this morning
by the mi'kmen and others that had
TO get out regardless of weather con-
ditions and by noon travel was again
resumed as If nothing had occurred
to obstruct 1t. The trolley cars were
half an hour late yesterday morning
but after the pillow had made a trip
and cleared the way they came back
to within five minutes of regular run
the company had a gang of twenty
men at work and they made short
order of the huge drifts that were
on the platforms. People taking
trains experienced great difficulty be-
cause of the binding storm and again
the need of waiting room on the
west platform was shown. At the
Bridge shop the officials closed the
plant at two O'Clock in order that
the men might make their way home
in safety. Although the Paper Goods
plant cid not shut down any that
wished were allowed to go home and
many took advantage of the offer.
This morning all stores and dealers
in coal and grain were able to re-
sumo their deliveries as If nothing
had happened and the daily life of the
town had returned to normal
Hold Annual Meeting.
Manufacturing company at their
annual meeting yesterday elected
Robert G. Legatt to the board of di-
rectors to succeed the late B. H. Iib-
bard. Following are the other direc-
tors reelected: r. o. Clark, A. B.
Porter, B. s. Munich. DR.. J E. Mar
tin, Thomas Prentice and George E.
Prentice. The following officers were
reelected by the directors:
President-George e. Prentice.
Vice President-R. o. Clark.
Secretary-B. S. Bunch.
Treasurer-A. B. Porter.
Reports show that the company
did an excellent business last year
and present indications are that the
coming years business will be even
larger.
Miss Ellen A. Flanagan.
| Miss Ellen A. Flanagan, a graduate
nurse, died at st. Francis hospital
| this morning following a short illness
with kidney trouble. She was thirty
six years old and leaves a brother
| William and a sister Mile. Much
of her time was spent in Washington
after she graduated as a trained
nurse and it was only recently that
she took up her residence in Kensing-
| ton. On her mothers side the family
were the first Irish settlers in either
kensington or Berlin. Miss Fiana-
San went to the hospital on Friday
last but yesterday members of the
| family were called to her bedside as
i 1t was seen that she was sinking fast
| The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at o'clock from st. Paurs
| church. Rev J. C. Brennan officiat-
ing, and burial will lie in the new
! Catholic cemetery, New Britain.
| Cut Electric Wires.
| Although no complaint has yet been
made to the proper authorities it has