New Britain herald., 1919-04-07
Formerly Conducted Dry Goods
 Store on West Main Street
FIGHT IN CLUB ROOMS
ifeasant Party At kavanauch Home Baseball Season Opens--C.etcheU Ill At Camp-Holy Name Society MeetS-Brief Items

1 ,,, y ''o! ''i''f1' ne was @ years old
 ne funeral will be held tomorrow
 '' 'ernoon at his home and burial will 1 be in Southington
 MT Clark was a wcll-kn0v,, fa,,ro 1 Tn Pla1nNille for many years. He con- 1 ducted the dry goods store now ovnod 1 by Horace A. James on West Main l street. He had a large number of 1 friends in PlalnVille who will be s1,r- l prlsed to learn of his death. Mr.
 Clark was obliged to retire from busi- l ness number of years ago, ovino +o l his advancing age and failing eve.
 sight. He then sold the drygoods bus- ] mess to MT. James who was in his i employ for a number Of years
 Very HI At Camp
 1 Mrs. Gladys GctchelI, housekceper
 for George Bentley of 26 Canal street 1 received telegram from Camp Mer-
 I1tt, Saturday, telling her to come i'm l med1ately as her son, Percy, was very 1 III with umonia. The telegram was l sent by q friend of her son who real l lzed the young mans condition and 1 wanted his mother to be at his bed ] side. MT. GetChcl1 was a professor in 1 Boston and two years ago when war
 was declared, enlisted with the Bos- 1 ton Hospital Medical Unit for imme- l diate overseas service. He came to 1 this town 10 bid his mother goodby |. and she has not seen him since that l time. F< told her that the unit was l going ahead of the other fighting l units and would prohG bly, see much l service, The letters he wrote from
 France would indicate that his pre- l dictlons were true. They were all
 most interesting but especially the 1 ones following a big drive when their l unit near the front lines would have l such an enormous amount of work to
 do. He wrote several graphic letters 1 of wounded men telling of the pluck 1 and fight and the way they would beg to have left a hand, an arm, a leg. or
 some other part of their body severe
 ly wounded He had but returned to 1 this country on board a ship carrying 1 rasuals and had been sent to Camp l Merritt before being returned to Bos- ! ton. His mother had not heard from 1 him since landing except to receive a l telegram saving he was going to Camp l Merritt.
 Holy Name Society Meets. l The Holy Name society of the 1 Church of Our Lady of Mercy held
 it's regular meeting last night. Presi- l dent Thomas Prior presided Joseph l Gynn was appointed by the president l to the office of treasurer which was 1 left vacant by the resignation of Cor l nelius Downing. Charles r. Conlin, ] chairman Of the entertainment com | mittcc. reported progress on the first l rost-war entertainment to be given in l Grange hall on April 24 the Thursday l following Easter. He told of the re- 1 hcarsals now being held and outlined l for the society the whole of the en- l t+rtainment Dancing will follow. l Upon motion of William CattcTtN, the 1 chair was empowered to appoint 9 committee of three to confer with l committee of the Altar society in re- 1 gard to a float in the parade to be ] held in honor of the service mon of l the town on June 26.
 l Will Close at II P. M. l At a recent meeting of the Young l Mems Social club, the members voted l to close the club rooms at II o'clock
 every night. An attempt has been 1 made to enforce this ruling, but, oW- ing to the fact that there is no care I.taker at the rooms, it could not be en- l forced as rigdly as the officers of the 1 organization wished.
 1 Officer Philip Marine was requested l to see that the boys did not stay in i the club rooms after the closing hour
 and he agreed to do so, On Saturday evening he passed the club shortly after Ii o'clock and the lights were
 turned on and a mum Der of boys were l inside He entered the rooms and
 asked them to leave, which they did. l About midnight the officer passed the 1 rooms again and from the sounds
 which came from the club he con- l c1uded that there was a 'free-fOr-all' inc Ic l the club and found several boys, only 1 one of them a member of the club, 1 frhting about a game of pool. One l of the bows had been sent out by Off l ccr Marine earlier in the evening and 1 tho officer placed him under arrest ] Several of tho boys were under the ] influence of liquor. Officer Marino
 questioned the boys and discovered that they had gained entrance to tho
 club by helping one Of their number l through a window at the south side
 of the building and he then opened the door and admitted the rest of the
 boys. The boy who was arrested was l released in custody of his parents who
 will be responsible for his appearance in court.
 Pleasant Party Held.
 \ pleasant surprise party was held i Saturday evening at the home of Wes- ley KaVanauGh on Whiting street. The occasion was Mr.. Kavanaugh's birth i day About a score of guests were 1 present from New Haven, SOuthmg- 1 ton, plantsVille and Plainvillo. Music ! and games were enjoyed during tho ! evening" Mr. Kavanaugh received a 1 beautiful silk umbrella A buffet lunch was served,
 Baseball SaaSc1, OpO7,S
 Baseball teams representing the
 east and west sections Of the town
 and calling themselves, respectively,