New Britain herald., 1919-02-20
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 Office Train Messenger REAL ZONE HOsS" TOWN

Telegraph Office at Midnight--Har-
 vesting Ice Crop-Other Brief
 News Items.
 An order has been received at the l post office stating that any employe 1 who receives the mail from the trains 1 at the railroad station must wear q
 badge and a cap while on duty. The men in charge of the mail on the l trains have been instructed not to de- 1 liver the mail to anyone who does not
 wear the badge and cap. Heretofore l the men who carried the mail from the station to the postof1ice wore no uniform to signify that they could rlghtfully receive the mail, and there l was no protection against u1author ized persons receiving the mail. Graham Is In Germany. l Mrs. Loren Graham of West Main street has received from her son, l Private George Graham, i1 Germany with the army of occupation, a apic- 1 ture taken from the ruins of a l French chateau. The picture is beau- 1 tifully done in ivory and pearl and ! colored. It is framed in ebony and i entirely covered with glass. Many friends of the family who have seen ] the picture have expressed curiosity l and surprise.
 Two Special Numbers. The Choir Guild the Church of 1 Our Savior has been working hard for ] the past few months on preparations ] for an entertainment to be held in 1 Grange hall on Pierce street on the ] evening of February 26. The arrange ments are practically completed and l the affair is expected to be & big suc-
 cess. The entertainment consists of l two sketches, the first entitled "A 1 Watch a Wallet and a Jack of 1 Spades" and the other one being, "Foiled By Heck" Dancing will fol- low the entertainment.
 Telegraph Office Closed. ! Many of the older residents of Plainville have received the surprise
 of their lives lately on finding the sta tion locked after 12 o'clock at night ] The night shift telegraph operator ! formerly stayed at the station until
 a. m. but the night shift has been abolished and the station is par1ocked after the 12 o'clock "dinky" arrives from Hartford.
 Building Work Proceeds.
 The work on the Plainville Baking l com pany's new building is rapidly ! nearing completion and will probably be ready for occupation by March 15 The building is a one story brick 'struc- l ture on Whiting street, on the south
 side of the post office.
 With the completion of the new l bakery, the remodelling of the Alder idge block on Whiting street and the 1 erection of the Neri brothers building l on East Main street nearby, Central Square and vicinity will assume the appearance, as we'll as the name of l the business center of the town.
 The work on the Allderidge block ! is proceeding rapidly and the a1tera- | tions will probably be com pleted in about a month. The second Story will
 be used for tenements as in the past
 and the first floor is now being used for stores, although the PIainvi1Ie
 Hardware company has taken the quarters formerly occupied by the l P1ainville Baking company.
 Harvesting Ice Crop.
 The work of harvesting the ice at
 White Oak is about half finished, and ] the present cold snap is. as one ice dealer expressed it, "as welcome as 1 the flowers in May" For several
 years past, the ice has been stored in the houses by March 1, and last winter the houses were filled to capacity even earlier than that date. This win
 ter, however. dealers have been cut