New Britain herald., 1919-02-17

of the International Y. M. G. A. He
is a graduate of the Springfield Y. M
G. A. college, class of 1917. He is a
native of East London, South Africa
Basketball Tomorrow Night.
The Berlin Boy Scout basketball
team will meet the South Ends of
New Britain at the Berlin Town hall
tom orroW evening at SIS o'clock. The
local team have played a number of
games this season and have been VIC
tOrious in every game. The mango
ment promises a good game. Lester
Deming, coach of the Stanley Works
Factory league basketball team at
New Britain, has been secured to ref
cree the game. Corporal William
Turner, forme rly a Boy Scout, has
New Postoffice Opens.
The new postoffice at Kensingtoa
was opened this morning P. J.
Buckley of the Buckley Macaroni fac
tory il Kensington, bought the last
stamps sold in the old postoff1ce and
the first stamps in the new building.
Americanization Meeting.
The local committee appointed to
take action on the characterization
problem will hold an open meeting to-
morrow evening at the Berlin town
hall at 8 o'clock. Rev. Samuel A
Fiske, temporary chairman, will pre-
side and election of a permanent
chairman will take place and a per-
manent organization will be esta,b-
Iished.
Board of Relief.
The board of relief will meet Tues
day and Friday of this week at the
town clerks office from to to hear
any complaints.
Many Attend Social
A large group of the local Grang-
ers attend the annual meeting and
social given by the Mddletowa
Grange at Grange hall at Middletown
Saturday evening" Dinner was served
and a program was enjoyed. The To-
cal Grange will hold their regular
meeting Tuesday evening
Bur1ick-NichoIS
Louis c. Burdick and Mrs. Gene
We've Nichols, of Kensington, were
quietly married at the parsonage of
the Berlin congregational church last
Tuesday, after which q wedding feast
was served at the home Of the bride
groom on the Swamp road Kensing-
ton. Mr.. Burdick is a member of the
Naval Reserve force and is stationed
at Philadelphia. He expects to sail for
England in the near future. Mrs.
Nichols was recently divorced. She is
a native of Westfeld Mass
Berlin Briefs.
Colonel Charles NJ. Jarvis remarked
this morning that it is the first time
in 40 years that the town of Berlin
has been without a Wilcox, and many
friends of the Wilcox family are get
ting lonesome. At the present time
Major and Mrs. F. l.. Wilcox are at
Florida, and Samuel and Margaret
Wilcox, children of the major, are
away attending school, Also, Miss
Eliza beth P. Wilcox, sister of the ma
jor, is spending the winter in New
York City.
st. Paups Fife and Drum corps will
hold rehearsal this evening at the
rooms in the Parish hall
The G. G. Goodwin children, who
have been Ill at their home on Berlin
street, are slowly recovering.
The Berlin Boy Scouts basketball
team will hold practice this evening
at the town hall
Mem orial services for the late eN-
President Theodore Roosevelt were
conducted yesterday morning at the
East Berlin Methodist church.
Owing to the recent rains. the hopes
Of the local icemen who we're intend
ing to cut at an early date were bad
ly shattered.
George Agles. Of the T. S. S. Mason,
was guest of friends in town yester-