New Britain herald., 1919-10-07
Collector of Taxes.


 Ambrose A. Barrett ......... .162
 COnstables.
 Enrlco Pola, r....... .544 Henry Austin, $40 Vernon Read, r.............. $40 John Carbo, .345 John Hackett, d d.............t. ... 96 Patrick Buckley, q d..............lO .lO2 William J. Ritchie, d ...........1 100
 Registrar of oVters.
 Henry C. Deming, r. .....-.... .34o James Corr, q ,..... 100
 Town School Committee. Lester F. Deming, .344 Oscar c. Eagerly, r.. Y Adele D. Murray, d.............1 d. .1O6
 Call for Expenses. z
 The forms for election expenses of the different candidates are now ready and can be had by calling at the town clerks office. Every candidate for office, excepting justices of the peace, grand jurors, cOnstables and auditors, are required by law to hand in to the town clerk an itemized state ment of all expenses occurred in both the nomination and election, such statement to be in within 15 days after election. Failure to do this will result in a fine of s25 for each day the candidate is in default, unless the court shall excuse him.
 Reception to Teachers
 A reception to the teachers of the Hubbard school will be given Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock in the school building. All the parents of the chil- dren attending who are interested in the welfare of the children are invited to be present. A short entertainment and social hour will be followed with refreshments. This is an innovation tending to bring the teachers and par ents of the pupils in closer contact to the advantage of the children. It is planned to hold several of these re- captions during the winter.
 Applications Coming In.
 Applications for the position of postmaster are being sent to Wash ingtOn daily in preparation for the examination to be held October 22 at the New Britain postcffice. There is considerable speculation as to who will be the next postmaster. MT. Goodrich, the present postmaster is patiently awaiting for the new ap- pointee so that he can leave. Mr. Goodrich is residing in Hartford at the present time, driving down early in the morning and returning in the ~eve- ming.
 Cemetery Association Elects. The Wilcox Cemetery association met at the home of Fred Hubbard in East Berlin last evening for their an nual business meeting and election of officers. A. A. North was elected to the board of directors to fill the va cancy caused by the death of c. L.. l Dudley. The officers as elected las evening for the ensuing year are: ! President, Frank l.. Wilcox: vice pres ldcnt, F.. G. Morgan; secretary, E. W. 1 Mildrum; treasurer, Frederick Hub 1 bard.
 Barrett Makes Statement. Ambrose Barrett the democratic l candidate for tax collector, called at i The Herald office this morning to cor l rect a statement made several dav.; | ago to the effect that he had not a l yet received his discharge from tho 1 service, making him liable to call i MT. Barrett's statement to The Her 1 aid this morning is as follows: ''The statement made to the effect that I had not received my discharge l and was liable to be called back into | the service at any time is absolutely 1 unfounded as I have received a dis | charge from the service of the United | States navy. Please set this right be- 1 fore the people of Berlin I thank the | voters of Berlin who saw fit to support 1 me in my efforts to obtain the job oC 1 tax collector in the recent election. "A. A. BARRETT"