New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-28

Miss Alice Huston will be the secre-
tary of the organization. An execu-
tive committee consisting of the off,
GERS, with Miss Elizabeth Wilcox. has
been chosen. Miss Helen l.. Rohm
will continue her duties as chairman
OF the workroom and secretary Of
hcme service. Miss Rohm served in
this capacity since the opening of the
Berlin rooms and under her direction
the local branch has turned out a,
large amount of Red Cross articles.
She was also responsible for the for
nation of the surgical dressings
classes recently organized in the Ber-
liz. section of the town.
Concert Tomorrow Night.
A concert to be given by the Phil
harmonic Trio has been arranged for
the Berlin Congregational church to-
morrow night. The Philharm onic Trio
is a group Of unusually talented mu-
sicians and will undoubtedly give
first rate musical entertainment The
program will start at 8 o'clock
promptly. The trio has given church
entertainments in several large cities
and is making it's first appearance in
Berlin tomorrow night. The perform
ance will be for the benefit of the
church.
Girl Strikers Return.
The employees of the hand folding
department Of the American Paper
Goods factory returned to their places
this morning after an unsuccessful
strike. The girls, 6 in number, be-
came dissatisfied with their wages last
week and called strike. Several
meetings were held at the homes of
the strikers, and a layoff was ordered
until the officials of the factory should
decide to take them back to work at
an increase in salary. After their
weeks vacation however, the officials
did not send for them and they re-
turned today voluntarily without the
increase in salary.
The Ford delivery truck owned by
the company, and used to cart the fin
| ished work to the freight depot from
| the factory seemed to have also taken
on the striking spirit. and yesterday
I afternoon sat up on its two hind
| wheels. The truck is consdera bly,
! Heavier in the rear than in the front
! when loaded, and, due to an extra
| heavy loading. the front was unable
| TO balance the rear, consequently the
! truck went back on the rear. En-
! rloyes from the factory were called
| out and took off the surplus load,
! strengthening the truck again, and,
| like the striking girls. it once again
returned to it's daily routine.
| Rehearsal Postponed.
The rehearsal of the Jolly Minstrel
| Troupe which was to have been held
| at the Parish Hall Thursday evening
| has been postponed until Friday eve
| ming. The meeting will be held at
| the hall promptly at o'clock.
| Open Cars Not Wanted.
| The recent notice published by the
| Connecticut company with regard to
| it's intention of putting open cars on
the Berlin line is meeting with dis
favor from those who have to use that
| line. Although the closed cars are
! warm the roadbed of the trolley
tracks is SO uneven at present that
! even with the heavy closed cars the
| ride over it is more like an ocean trip
than a trolley ride. In addition to
this the repairs on the road give rise
| to a large amount of dust and this
adds to the discomfort of those who
must ride.
Those who use this line are in
favor of continuing the use. of the
closed cars until the repairs are made
on both the road and the trolley
tracks.
Mrs. S. Howard Wilcox.
The remains of Mrs S. Howard viii
cox, formerly of this town, We're
brought to East Berlin this afternoon
for burial. Mrs. Wilcox is a relative