New Britain herald., 1919-10-21

l there. ne report Of the board mu 5 [ be completed by February 1, so that
 all speed possible must be made. The assessors would greatly appreciate it 1 II the people would not give evasive ] answers, but be ready to give all of 1 the information desired, if they wish 1 a satisfactory assessment; otherwise i they will have to stand whatever the board decides is just and equitable.
 Kcns:ngton Items. Jeanette Thompson, the young
 daughter of MT. and Mrs James Thompson, gave a birthday party this afternoon to a mum Der of her. little friends.
 The postponed annual meeting of
 the Ladies Aid society of the Congre- Satlonal church will be held at the home of Miss Marjorie Moore Thurs day afternoon at o'clock, to be fol- ! lowed by the regular meeting of the 1 woman Missionary society. { The contractors who are building the addition to the Berlin Savings bank suffered s2,00O loss yesterday Much of the fine woodwork for the in
 tcrior finish of the new addition was totally destroyed.
 James Rooney of Bristol is visiting in town today with friends. He is a 1 returned service man having recently 1 received his discharge from the hos 1 pltal corps which did much work on 1 the French front.
 Menace to Machines. A large trailer used by large auto trucks has been left abandoned on the Hartford turnpike below the Hurst place. The trailer constitutes a 1 menace to the heavy traffic using the highway daily particularly to night
 travel. It has been there since Thurs day al.d so far no effort has been
 made to move it. At night red light has been placed on the machine to warn passing automobilists. Part
 of the trailer projects out into the road and if the lantern should go out there would be a possibility of a repetition of the terrible catastrophe of a few days ago near that spot. ] There are no street lights near the machine and only the headlight of an autom obilc would show the pro- jection if the red lantern should go out.
 Ford IS Removed. The Ford runabout which has been left on the East Berlin road was re- moved last evening about 10 o'clock, presumably by the owner. There were three machines at the spot when ! the Ford was being removed, all driv- CTS lending a hand to get it out. It was said that the Ford driver ran out of gas late Friday evening and tried to get some gasoline to go on further. Stopping at a number of places along the road he asked for gas and one old farmer was so kind @S to give the Ford owner a quart of castor oil stating that it would move anything. He filled the tank with the castor oil and tried to start the machine. There were d few l untitled explosions and the Ford took a jump to the side of the road where it died a natural death remaining there until last evening whom the cas- tor oil was removed from the tank and real gas put in East Berlin Items. Martin Hazen and son Burton re- turned last evening fl om the Isle of Notice where Mr. Hagen has been 1 spending two weeks vacation Bur ton has been there for several months 1 on account of ill health. Miss Florence Carrs entertained a number of her friends at a party at l her home last evening.
 | The East Berlin Reading club will meet this evening at the home of Miss | Adele Hubbard.
 The Winchester Junior Rifle corps will meet at the home of MT. Read l this evening.
 Surveyors were at work this morn