New Britain herald., 1918-02-06

will be more added. The movement has attracted much attention and the committee is confident that there will be large number of woodchoppers On hand when the bee begins
 Letter From Berlin Marine.
 Mir. and Mrs Alfred J. Barrett have received letter from their son, Am prose who is at the training hospital al the l.. $. Marine camp, at Quantlco, Va He entered the service in May, and was called on July 1O. He tells of the trench work and hints at the difficulties in that branch of the service His letter in part is as fol- lows:
 II cannot say that they work us hard. but just keep us attending the school of instruction. Would like to come. home but it is very hard to get 1 a leave. but will hope for it later on before leaving the good old U. $. Lately the doctor in charge here mas been taking us out for an hour or so each day, on a long walk. It mak es fellow feel great and he could lick a hundred Huns at one time. The surrounding here are a great big set tlemcnt of wooden bunkhouses with the tall southern pine trees The mud here is up to your neck. The trenches here are full of water, but q. person can walk around the tops of them You people cannot realize what the trench lifc is like, and for that matter I cant. but the trenches, | dugouts, and all arc taken from the blueprints of the trenches that are ! used in the fighting country. We'll, must close now. and hope to hear ! from you SOOn.'
 ! The Marine camp at Quantfco IS the largest camp in the country for l that branch of that service. At pres l ent, there are about 1000 men there. ! The Y. M. c. A. was built by New i Britain money. and the men who are i now in charge are New Britain men. i Sale of War Stamps.
 : The war stamps are being sold in | large numbers at both the Berlin , and Kcnsngton post offices. At the : Berlin office the receipts for these i have reached $700. On one day, over ] $500 was sold, the heaviest purchaser ! being a local man who bought two complete cards at $S2.40 each, and { also some c~rds of smaller value. Fire Delegation in New Britain.
 V 1 committee consisting of Francis Demng, Charles Lewis and Bernard
 Moore. met with A. E. MagneN last evening in New Britain to arrang gc
 for adequate fire protection for the i town of Berlin The proposition
 which was madc by M. MagneH was
 that Berlin pay $50 an hour for the
 use of the New Britain fire apparatus
 and also similar amount fof any ad-
 ditional time. One the other hand
 the delegation favored a fiat rate. and
 proposed a bond of 900, for al
 ability. No definite agreement wa'
 reached and there will probably be
 another meeting soon.
 Grange Anniversary a Success.
 The Grange held it's anniversary celebration last evening, and it was ! declared the best in quite some time
 The entertainment consisting of tht 1 mock trial special music, and the
 procedure which was followed in pre- 1 senting "GarVin's Boy" to the mem
 bers for adoption, were all voted 2
 tremendous success After the en.
 tertainment. an excellent supper wa'
 served. which was prepared by the
 women of the society.
 War Rally Tonight.
 Parish hall is in readiness for the
 big war rally which is to be held to
 night and which promises to be ex
 ceedingly interesting, The speakers 1 will be William G. Mulligan, the wei
 known officer of the Knights Of Col
 umbus: Dr. Valeria Parker of Hart 1 ford and Leonard Hough, of Collins