New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26

on this spot if the property is pur-
chased. This proposition will be
considered by the war board in the
near future and their decision will be
announced. .
Ridgeway Banquet Saturday.
The Ridgeway club of Berlin will
hold a banquet Saturday evening at
Bonds hotal, Hartford. The club
mem bers have invited a number of
the local young men and women to
attend and a number of autOm obilc5
Contributed by members Of the club
will be used for the trip. Captain
Fremont OF Springfield will be the
guest of honor and will give a short
talk on his experiences while doing
active service in France. The party
will then attend a dance at Foot
Guard hall
-.. To Present Play.
The Epworth. league Of the Ken
sington Methodist church will present
their play, THE Farmerette," this
evening at O'Clock in the church
parlors. The cast includes many of
the local young ladies and the entire
receipts will be turned in to the
church fund. The committee in
charge Of the affair reports that the
who are to take part in the play are
requested to be at the church early
! Trees in Bad Condition..
| Many of the local people during the
| past few days have noticed the con-
| dition Of the trees on Berlin street
| and have informed the Village Inn
| proven ent Society Of Berlin in an eff
| fort to have something done about
| trimming the large trees, also having
! small ones set in between them.
| At the parents supper which was
! given under the auspices of the
| Motherhood club of the Berlin Con-
grega tional church, recently, Mrs.
| John B. Smith gave a talk on the
{ condition of the trees in this COM
/ munity and asserted that something
! should be done. She also asserted
| that new life could be given to the
| trees and more branches would sprout
| if the decayed limbs were cut off. In
connection with the tree situation,
Mrs. Smith also asserted that the So
ciety should have something done
about the sidewalks on the street
which are in need of repairs.
Sells Residence.
Lafayette Turner of Berlin street,
East Berlin, has sold his residence
to Fred Clough of Ellis street, New
Britain. Mr. Cloughj will occupy his
| new home at an early date. Mr..
Turner and family will reside at
| MiddIetown road for the future.
Many New Members Secured.
| The committee in charge of secur-
| ing new members for the East Ber-
lin Village Improvement society an
nounced that there have been over
a score of new candidates secured.
| The society is planning to take
| charge Of the ligh ting system of East
! Berlin.
To Open Factory Soon.
| George Sperry of New Britain,
who recently purchased the old can
ming factory at Beckley which is
| located on the Middletown and Ber-
lin electric line, has completely over
| hauled the building and is starting
| to move some of the necessary fix
lures into the building. Mr.. Sperry's
| Intentions are OF opening his new
| business in the near future and will
| probably have to employ shout
| twelve persons at the start. The
| Proposed factory will be an iron
/ foundry and the products will be
| shipped to Mddletown. The factory
! during the past few years has been
used as a feed mill by the Beckley
| Milling company.
To Call Special Meeting Soon
Members of the local school board
announce that special town meeting