New Britain herald., 1919-02-11

ton. The Or1gln Of the fire was not discovered. The estimated loss is about $500. A large portion of the thick wood in the Turkey hill district was completely destroyed. Amcricanization Meeting.
 Charles F. Lewis, chairman of the local war board, announces that the first meeting of the local committee appointed to take action on the Am ericanization question which is being prom oted throughout the country will take place this evening at the Berlin town court rooms. Members of this committed announce that the idea of this Americanization question is to bring about q mutual under standing between the American born and foreign born people in this coun- try and to bring closer relations be- tween these parties.
 Francis P. O'Brien. head of the Americanization bureau at New Brit ain will probably lay out the plans for the work which is to be promoted in Berlin by the local committed Fremont Lincoln Anniversary. A number of the local civil war veterans attended the anniversary meeting of the Fremont-Lincoln or ganiZation. which is being held at the Grand Army hall at Hartford today This organization was formed for the purpose of uniting all of the old civil war veterans who voted for President Lincoln. Among the local civil war veterans who attended the meeting are Edwin I. Clark and Henry l.. Porter. MT. Porter is the youngest m em Der of this organization.
 Nurse Nancy Molumphy Home. NE nurse who has been overseas for over l 20 months, has been released from | duty in a base hospital in France, 1 where she has been serving. and has 1 arrived at her home in Berlin. Miss | Molump phy has been in numerous hos 1 pitfalls and relates some very interest ing experiences. She will probably be 1 asked to give a talk at the Berlin Con- ! gregational church in the near future i She is a sister of John T. Molun1phy l president of the local school board i Berlin Briefs. 1 The Berlin Village Improvement SO ciety will hold it's social and whist 1 this evening at the Berlin Grange hall i Dancing will follow.
 Henry Foren, local contractor is , engineering the work at the Austin ice l pond in preparation for an early cut ting.
 The weekly prayer meeting of the : Berlin Congregational church will be , held tomorrow evening at 7:3O Mrs F. R. Krienberg of Kensington is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Max Taburt of Stamford.
 The Berlin Construction company
 employees started on their eight-hour i basis beginning yesterday morning. 1 The factory will run half day on Sat urday.
 The T. A. E. Fife and Drum Corps
 held a meeting and rehearsal last eve
 ming at their rooms at the Parish hall A number of new candidates are re- hearsing.
 Miss Margaret Wilcox who has been
 spending a few days at her home in
 Berlin, has gone back to school al
 Wellesley, Mass.
 Mrs. Howard Gibney and three chil-
 dren are ill at their home on Worth
 ington Ridge
 The Berlin Red Cross rooms at the 1 Berlin Congregational church will be open all day tomorrow.
 i John klotz has hired a number o1 1 the local carpenters to repair the dam
 age which was done by fire last Sat
 urday evening at his home in Easr ! Berlin.
 The young people of East Berlin arc
 planning to open up a dancing schoo
 at the East Berlin athletic hall. Merwin Vile of the Naval Aviation
 who has been spending q short fur.
 tough at his homo in Berlin has re-
 turned to his base.