New Britain herald., 1919-12-26
MRS. [. E. ROEDLER[|' [l|' DIES SUDDENLY HERE Stricken With Heart Failure as
 She Waits for Car
 BURIAL IN NEW JERSEY
Deceased Is Survived by Husband and Five Children-interment Will Bc Held Tomorrow in Hollywood Cemetery, IrVinstOn, N. J.

Cemetery, IrNingtOn, N. J.
 Mrs Clara F. Roedler, wife Of William R. Roedler. was stricken with heart disease at 6:30 o'clock last evening and died a flow minutes later. She was 60 years old and leaves, be- sides her husband five children two sons and q daughter in Newark. N. H., and two sons, Walter and Justus Roedler. Of Plainville. The body will be sent to rVington x. J.. tomorrow for burial. lntorment will be in Hollywood cem ctery in that town.
 Mrs. Roedler was waiting for a trolley car at the corner of. East street and Woodford avenue when she be- came suddenly ill. She wont to the home of Mrs Haines a few doors away on East street and was admitted by Mrs. 1Jaines, who sent her son for Dr. J. x. Bull pr. Bull hurried 10 the homo but when he arrived Mrs. Roedlcr was dead, Dr. Bull pro nounced death due TO valvular dis ca SC of the heart. Mrs. Roedler was subject to severe heart attacks for some time and became suddenly i'll at frequent intervals.
 Hopkins-Palmcr.
 The engagement of Miss Stella May Palmer, daughter of Mrs. Mary Pal mer, Of South Main street, New Brit ain, and Douglas Hopkins. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles r. Hopkins. Of West, Main street, Plainvillc. has been an nouncod. The wedding will take place next September.
 MT. Hopkins is employed by the Bristol Brass company. He is well known locally, partly through his war record. He served throughout the war with Company D. 102d Infantry, and spent several months in German prison camps. His bride-to-be is enl- ployed by the American Hosiery company in New Britain
 e Disturbance on Train.
 Four men, an unusual quantity of liquor and a poker game Were the elem ents responsible for a near free for-all fight on tho midnight "dinky.' Christmas Eve The four men boarded the. train in, Hartford and played cards on their way to Bristol. They had more than a speaking oc- quaintancc with John i13arleycorn be- fore leaving Hartford. When the train left New Britain one of the men started to light a cigarette, although the coach was not a smoker His companions remonstrated, and from their talk other passengers gathered that the men had been elected from the Hartford station for smoking. He insisted that he must smoke and it required the combined efforts Of his three companions to restrain him. In the excitement the cards were trampled upon the floor and the fol- lowers of the great American game were forced to discontinue their amusement
 Snow PIow Used.
 The Connecticut company, for the first time this winter, sent a snow blow over the local line carly ycster- day morning. The drifts in open places were rather high and walking was bad in the center of the town. The blow came through about 80 o'clock Christmas morning.
 Cornin2.-Bccbc
 The wedding of Miss Gladys Beehe. daughter of Mrs. Alice Beebe. of Bristol, and Harold Corning. son of MT. and Mrs. M. $. Corning, oc Church street Plainville took place at the home ot the bride yesterday afternoon.
 Rev. Ernest l.. Wismcr. pastor of the Bristol Congregational church, performed the ceremony. Among those present were Miss Edith Abbot Of Eimwood bridesmaid. and Robert Mclaughlin of Rosendale, N Y. best man. Misses Ruth Mather of Bristol and Dorothy Seymour of this town were flower bearers. \ number of friends and relatives of the couple attended After the ceremony the couple left on d short wedding trip and upon their return will reside on Church street, Plainville.
 Inventories Next Week
 Many local men, factory operatives, will be idle during the first few days of the new year. The majority of the factories in this vicinity will shut down on January i, , and for the annual inventory and repairs to ma chinery. Included in this number are the local factories, and many in New Britain and Bristol. The out of town shops employ many local men.
 Christmas Business Heavy.
 The Christmas business this year cs- tabiished a record for both the amount and the number of sales made, ac- cordins to local merchants. The de nland for Christmas gifts depleted the stocks ir several PlainNille esta ablish ments and yesterday morning the customer doing late shopping had a limited variety from which to choose. The demand for practical and useful gifts was advantageous to local cloth ing and dry goods dealers and they say they will have to stock their stores With new orders as result ot the holiday rush.