New Britain herald., 1917-12-24
OLD TOWN HALL TO
Be REPAIRED SOON
Special Committee Recommends
Temporary Home for Officers
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP

Society Adds $50 to Roll and Has Not
stopped Yet-Christmas Festivals
Ohurches-Glynn Gives Lecture on
Washington.
At an adjourned town meeting held
in Grange hall, Saturday night, the
discussion as to what should be done
in regard to repairing the town hall
was resumed. A committee consist
ing of Frank Osborne, Charles New
ton, Henry Trumbun (chairman) and
port advising and favoring the re-
building of the structure and in so do
ing make it into a one-story building
for the present and to finance the
same by money from the town treas
ury, this sum not to exceed $500.
According to the plans and figures
presented by the committee, the
building which would result would be
adequate for housing the town execu-
tives temporarily until something is
done in regard to the erection of
new town hall. The second story will
be removed, 1t s thought that enough
salvage could be obtained to material
ly lessen the cost of rebuilding and
roofing the structure. AS it is now,
the new roof and repairs must be
made SO as to come within the limit
Of the sum appropriated.
The report of the committee was
accepted by the voters and carried,
giving the committee power to con-
gested by it. In regard to the erec-
ton Of new town hall nothing was
done and it is expected that the idea
will be laid aside until sometime next
spring.
$50 New Red Gross Members.
The Red Cross campaign, which SO
far has been very successful, will be
, brought to, a close tonight Chair
man S. S. Gwillim, who was in charge
reported that during the past week
the local branch received 656 new
members, and a hard day will be put
in today for the final drive to get as
near as possible to the 1000 mark.
The main factor in the success OF the
campaign was the booths which were
conducted at several points about the
town, and much credit is due to the
following young women who did the
necessary work at them: Mrs. George
Seymour, Mrs. George Nystrom and
Misses Helen Eaton, Jane Corwin,
Alice Mccall, Georgiana Booth, Bea-
trice Benzon and Kathleen Crowley.
The Red Cross flags have been dis
>tributed and several families have the
envied gold star on their flags which
means that all in their family are
members of the Red Cross. It is in
teresting to note that Washington
street was the first street in town to
have a Red Cross service flag n each
and every house.
Christmas in Churches.
Christmas services will be held in
all the churches and will be observed
very quietly on account of the war.
In the Church of Our Lady of Mercy,
mass will be celebrated at 6 and 8
o'clock and in the Church of Our Sa-
viour there will be special services.
The usual family reunions will be
held throughout the town and there
will be almost hundred homes where
one or more of their boys will be
missing
Electrician Resigns.
Jack Summers has resigned his po-
sition as an electrician at the Marlin
ASOChWOl1 4dCLOAy o~AO 4AAo AAAoA4J
friends rendered him a party last
night. He is leaving today for New
York city to spend the holidays with
his relatives and from there he will
go to Peachtree, Georgia, where he
will make his future home.
Christmas Festivals.
At the Congregational church the
annual Sunday school Christmas Fes-
tival will be held this evening at 7
o'clock There will be songs and reci-
tations by the Junior and Primary de-
partments of the school. There will
also be Christmas tree for the occa-
sion
At the Episcopal church the Sunday
school Christmas exercises will be
held at o'clock this evening in the
church, which will be followed by a
Christmas tree for the children in the
parish house. Christmas Day service
will be held with Holy Communion
at $3.50 o'clock in the morning at which
the pastor will speak.
The children of the Baptist church
Sunday school held their annual
Christmas exercises in the church last
night and songs and Rotations were
given by the several departm ents of
the school which were enjoyed by
those present.
Vincent Glynn on Lecture Platform.
Vincent Glynn who has returned
from the Catholic university at Wash
ington, D. c. for the Christmas holi-
days gave a lecture last night in
Waterbury under the auspices of the
Holy Name society of Saint Marga-
ret's parish. The lecture was entitled
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| the last three years and during this
| time he has Travelled all over the