New Britain herald., 1919-10-11

existing in many towns at the present time.
 For the good of the town it is i'm portant that all officials appear and swear in although by law they have thirty days to do it in.
 No mention is made in the statutes that the old officers of the town car ry over their powers until the next offlceholder steps in. According to section 1896 of the Connecticut sta tutes the terms of office are for one year from their date of election, no mention being made of any time over that.
 Nils Johnson Funeral.
 Nils Johnson, aged 61, a farmer of the Bluehills district, died Wednes- day evening after a two days illness at his home. MT. Johnson was one of the towns most respected resi- dents and his death removes a use full citizen. The funeral was held from his late residence this after noon, Rev. Carlton Hazen officiating and the burial was in the Stockings Corner cemetery.
 On Fishing Trip.
 George F. Dodd, A. A. North, Francis Deming and Ernest Mildrum left yesterday afternoon for Whining ton, Vermont, where they will try their luck at hunting and fishing for a few days. MT. Dodd and MT. North are expert anglers and anticipate such a large catch that they took MT. Deming and MT. Mildram along to help bring the catch home. The group expect to return the early part of the coming week.
 Realty Sale.
 An important realty sale took place a few days ago in Ea st Berlin when the four houses north of the Methodist church were sold to Max Kennedy of New Britain. These houses are all in a row, three of them on Main street and one on Cottage street. number of real estate brokers have been angling for these houses for the past, few months but without success and the final sale ends the brokers activities. MT. Kennedy evidently had no intention of holding them as he has quit claimed them to Dubowy and Miller of New Britain. whc are the new owners. Mrs. Emma Lang of Wind sor was the original owner
 Acorns to Play.
 The Acorns will journey to Rock vile tomorrow to play the fast Rover football eleven of that place, leaving at noon by auto truck from the KilbY House. All persons who are going should be at the center by 12 o'clock. The Rovers have a few college stars in their lineup and a strong battle is anticipated.
 Next Sunday the locals will stack up against the Acorns of Meriden in the first home game of the season. The number of persons turning out to witness the game will largely de- termine the number of home gam es to be played.
 Coming Celebration. The Welcome Home celebra ton for the ex-service men of the town will be held next Saturday. All arrange ments for the big time have been completed and the money is coming in very good. There are still a num- Der of pledges yet to be collected. but they will all be in before the middle of the week. Nothing is being left undone to make the day a great one for the boys.
 Berlin Briefs. Supt. of Schools B. H. Showalter and family have moved into the north side of the Coale residence, formerly the Goodrich place.
 Ruth Taylor who has been confined to her home by illness during the past week is much improved. Prof. E. E. Nourse, of Hartford will preach at the morning service at the Congregational church tomor-