New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

this field in middle western state cannot but be advantageous to the new evening school.
 Sergeant vcntres Gassed.
 MT. and Mrs. George Ventres of Sunset Lane in Berlin are In receipt of a letter from their son. Sergeant Harold Dale Ventres, notifying them that he Is in q base hospital in France recovering aftetr being severe ly gassed on October 7th. He ex- poets to be back with his company soon.
 Sergeant Ventres is well known here and was wounded early last July but able to get back with his con- pany. Sergeant Ventres, when the call came for young men. left High school and enlisted in Co. F. C. N. G., and went to the border il 1916. He has been in tho trenches a number of times. He is 20 years of ago and is a brother to Private Orville Ven tres in Co. F, 1o2d T. s. Infantry in France and John ventres who is in the U. $. Navy on a mine sweeper
 NentrcS to WrestIc.
 George Ava Nentres, better known as the ''Berlin Blacksmith" has been secured by Promoter George " Toohey of Boston to wrestle at the Grand Opera House i1 Boston tonight Ventres has been doing some hard training for number of weeks and IS confident of victory. Prom oter Toohey has promised Ventres a good seasons wrestling in Boston if he makes q good showing this evening and in return to this promise ventres 17N oh the 14S pound class championship or New England if he wins tonight's bout. Ventres also wished to say on his behalf that he will later challenge Dutch" Ernest Kent of Hartford to n finished bout. Last winter Kent beat Ventres at Food Guard hall in Hartford.
 Campaign Booming.
 The chairman Of tho general com nittee of the United War Work cam paiGn in Berlin reported this morn ing that Berlin has now reached the total of S2,00O, over half of it's quota of $3,500. The solicitors are working hard and the teams formed at all the local factories will send in their re- ports tomorrow evening. The solici- tors also report that almost all of the Contri buttons have been a days pay and in some cases more. The slogan is Give a Days Pay and it. is ex- peCted that all the town will be wearing a button with a ribbon on 1t, which ;s awarded to all those who so contributc. F. l.. Wilcox made the announcement last evening that there will be Q. meeting of all the solicitors at the Peck Library in kensngton at ~ h iyc~ the reports handed in 1t is expected that Berlin will go lover the Top. ! It is also urged that all the teams | in the local factories hand in all their ! contributions tonight so as the com- mittee may make out the proper re- port,
 Authorcss Goes to New York.
 Miss l.. A. Wilber of Meriden ave , nue left for New York this morning where her latest play, The Inner Noices', is now being tried out at the Playhouse theater on Broadway. Miss : Wilbcr, up to recent date, has been residing at Oakdale, Cal, where she has been doing much writing. Miss Wilber made her debut as 8 dramat- ist when her play. whispering Hearts, was produced at the Majes- : tic theater in New York, in 1917. . Miss Wiber is a native of Meriden but has resided in Berlin for a mum |, Der of years.
 Berlin Briefs.
 Private Tim" Mullins, of Camr Greenleaf, Ga, was visiting friends in Berlin yesterday. Private Mullins has been in France for a year and a'