New Britain herald., 1919-09-11

where a fragment of the shell struck and it was to replace some of the vertebrae that the operation was per formed. A piece of his thigh was re- moved and shaped like the vertebrae and placed in his spine where the dis eased part was. Two operations, one right after the other, were found to be necessary to insert the vertebrae. For few days after the operations Mr. Turner's life was despaired of but now he has taken a turn for the bet ter If he recovers the operations will be one of the wonders of modern sur gery.
 Realty Transfers.
 R. o. Clark has sold to E. P. Dun ham a piece of land containing an acre and a half and bounded by the land of George McRum on the south and on the north by the New Britain and Middletown turnpike
 Edwin H. Peck and Frank Dohren- Wend have sold to Salvatore and Anna Gaetano 15 acres of land and the buildings upon it in Beckleys. The . land is bounded on the north by the land of N. c. Nelson, east by the land of N. L. Beckley and Mrs. Will helmina Bacon, and on the west by the land of Daniel Webster
 Questionhaires Wanted
 All of the questionnaires for the service men have been distributed by the committees in charge and they are now waiting for them to be re- turned so that the forms may be sent to Hartford for proper registration. The sooner the men send in the ques- tionnaires, properly filled out, the sooner they will receive the certifi- cates from the state. A large num- Der of service men in town have al ready received certificates, but there is still a large number to receive them. The questiOnnaires may be mailed to Miss Alice Huston or (. F. Lewis, chairman of the War board.
 Swedish Republican Club.
 The Swedish Republican club will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in the town hall. The Swedish element has som ething up it's sleeve which will he a surprise to the community. If other politicians about town are lay ing back on their oars, the Swedish Republicans are not, but are going at top speed. They have a candidate whom they will back to the limit in the republican caucus next Monday evening, and certain town officials had better look 10 their honors.
 Big Time in East Berlin.
 The Boys club of New Britain is planning a big time for residents of East Berlin and surrounding towns, Friday evening, in Athletic hall, un- der the auspices of the East Berlin Improvement society, which is grad ual1y putting East Berlin on the map There will be a moving picture show of five reels, three reels to be Max as Toreador," and two reels "Alkali Ike Rests Broncho Billy" After the presentation of the pictures there will be dancing and the music for this will be furnished by the New Britain Boys club orchestra of nine pieces
 Like Rocky Road to Dublin.
 Autom obilsts find it difficult to make Caesars Hill on high or low, and part of the time get stuck half way up. There is a stone wall run ming along side of the hill or there was one, but most of it is finding it's way into the road from day to day. Yesterday some autor oblist got stalled half way up the hill and ac- cordingly went to the old stone wall and took the largest rock in the wall to hold the machine from sliding down the hill until he could get a start. The whole trouble lay in the fact that the driver neglected to re- move the rock from the road after he got started. This happens Avery Aa1x-- -is,- { I1