New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
Mrs. Gribbon and Mrs. Tucker
 Pass Away at Homes Here THOSE QUESTI0NNAIRBS
About 200 Have Been Inspected by Connittee-Stor1n Forces Post ponement of School Opening Town Hall Committee to Meet.


 home of Postmaster Peter J. Prior, 5S Pierce street, at 1 o'clock this aft ernoon. She had made her home in Plainville for the past l 5 years, com ing here from Waterbury. Her near est relatives are a nephew, Thomas Riley of Pennington: d niece, Mrs. Arthur Firbush of Swampscott, Mass. and her cousin, Postmaster Prior. Prior home at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, followed by a solemn re- quiem mass at 9:30 at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy.
 Death of Mrs. Tucker.
 Mrs. Nancy J. Tucker, wife of Lewis E. Tucker of 21 Church street, died yesterday at her home in Plain ville. She was born in Oxford, Conn. and was the daughter of Harry H. Sutton of that town. She is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs. R. H. Smith of New Britain, and brother, Fred Sutton of New Haven. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from her late residence. Rev. E. c. Gillette of the Congregational church of which she was a member will preside, and burial will be in the West cemetery.
 School Opening Postponed.
 The local schools were scheduled to reopen today after the Christmas vacation of two weeks, but on account of the bad weather it was decided not to open up until tomorrow as the walking was bad and the trolley serv- ice was tied up which made it hard for those children living on the out skirts of the town to get around. It was thought that the school commit tee would take steps to lengthen the vacation because of the shortage of coal but as yet nothing has been done in this respect.
 Martha Rebekah Lodge.
 A meeting will be held tonight at So'clock of Martha Rebekah lodge in the rooms after which a drill will be held. Next Thursday night there will be a joint installation of the officers of Martha Rebekah and the Sequassn lodge after which a banqet will be served to the membrs
 Town Hall Committee Meeting.
 There will be a meeting tonight in the Grange hall at o'clock by the committee selected to procure plans and costs on the rebuilding of the town hall which was burned. The committee is composed of John Trumbull, George Newton, Frank Os- borne and First Selectman Johnson, who have been busy with the matter for some time. It is thought that 9 satisfactory decision will be made in regard to the amount of money to be expended for the repairs and as to how tn hall will be rebuilt
 POO Return Questionnai-es.
 The committeeman in charge of assisting the drafted men in filling out their questionnaires report that they are coming in at fair rate of speed although it would not be objected to # a little more interest was taken by the men so as not to leave everything until the last minute. So far about 200 men haze been taken care of and there are still some 160 men who have their reports to hand in. It is expected that by the end of the week all of the questionnaires will be sent out to those who have not as yet re- ceived them and that the work will 1 be completed about the end of Jan-
 
 work on this proposition and so far | everything has turned out all right I and it is not expected that any diff 1 culties will arise which will call for l any outside help. It is absolutely : necessary for all those who wish to i be exempted to bring satisfactory proof regards their reasons for doing so. If it is because a man has dependents he must bring all those l under 6 years of age with him in or der to have his affidavit passed upon 7 and in the case of g man being en- ployed and wanting to be exempted he must bring written staten ents giving the reasons from his employer.
 Banner Ice Harvest.
 If ice is more expensive than usual next summer it will not be because ] of a shortage. The harvesting has 1lready begun and is in full swing at White Oak where M. l.. Rhodes has ] force of men at work. The ice is from 13 to 15 inches thick which makes it rather hard for the men to handle It was thought that it would De necessary to shave the ice before storing but it has not been done. The work of cutting ice is interesting to Very little saving is done because of the ploughs pulled by the nches and which makes it only ne ;essary for the men to use a shark pick to mako a clean break. The only rouble experienced is with the finding ,f men to do the work and for this