New Britain herald., 1919-12-03

a com I'll unity center or cluDnOuSe. The playground proposition has devel- oped into a fiasco, but there are lat ent possibilities for community center The monument will be erecte1 next spring and the grounds about the shaft will be laid out by expert landscape gardeners. Two tennis courts could be constructed in the rear of the Flannery property and the house made into t club.
 Supt. ShowaIter Speaks.
 Superintendent of Schools B. k. Showalter addressed the Broth herhood of the kensington Congregational church last night on matters pertain ing to the problems facing the Berlin schools. Facts never before present ed were laid before them during >he address. He pointed out the fact that the increase in the school population is becoming alarming and som ething must be done before many years. The present school accOmnl o ations will not do much longer for the increas- ing numbers. The town will have 10 face the proposition Ot 8 small High school before many years due to the large numbers that are attending out side High schools. It will not be long before there are enough from the town to warrant such a school, he added.
 MT. ;Showalter brought out facts that hitherto have been unknown to men of the town. The Broth erh ood intend to have the Barraca class of the Methodist church meet with them next Monday evening"
 Think Beckett Crazy. There has been much speculati ton among the residents of the Blue Hill district as to whether Human Beckett is really guilty of the murder of Charles Taft. Those who have known Beckett in his. younger days state that they do not think that he com mitted the murder, but rather that he made the confession to excite news pa pers and gain notoriety. Others
 say that he was crazy when he said ! that he murdered Taft and he has aI- 1 ways been croZN.
 East Berlin Items. Wallace Dickinson has left for l Florida where he will spend the win
 ter with friends Since MT. Dickinson ! left here he has been making his
 home in Madison where he owns con- siderable real estate
 l The condition of Mrs Lucy North f
 Miss Lillian Lindquist was sur 1 prised by a number of her friends at 1 her home on savage Hill last evening" Many were present from New Britain, Berlin and surrounding towns. Games were played after which refreshm ents 1 were served.
 The w. J. R. C. held it's weekly ! shoot on the M E. church range last
 evening. Clifford Nelson made the l highest score of the evening with 36
 out of 50. Russel North was second i with 35 out of 30.
 Mir. and Mrs. William t'ogette have ! returned from a several weeks visit : in Hartford.
 Berlin Briefs. Harry Vile is resting com forta hly ] from his injuries received the other ! day at the Landers plant in New Brit : in.
 ] Mrs. Daniel ITar nerN is moving g ! her household to New Britain today
 where she will reside on Trinity street in the future. MT. EannerX, before
 he died. bought home on that street
 nom est cad will be sold at auction. The thermometer was 10 above in l town this morning. making it the l coldest morning of the season. The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega- 1 tional church will hold food sale at
 the church Friday afternoon and eve
 ming.
 Kensington Items.
 Mrs. E. l.. Emmons was seized with Z an attack of pleurisy while waiting