New Britain herald., 1920-02-13
Or Maybe It Only Begins With
 Ceremony in Brooklyn N. Y.
LT. LESLIE LAWRENCE GROOM
His Bride Arrives in |. $. Aboard Transport Rochambeau-He met Her While Serving Abroad in \. F. F.-Other PlainviIIe News

The cul m 1nat1On of a war romance of interest to local people took place . today in Brooklyn. N. Y. when Lieut.. Leslie Lawrence, son of Mir and Mrs. Fred Lawrence of Ansonia. formerly of Plainville, was married to French girl whom he met while with the Am erican eNpeditionary forces in France The. wedding took place this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and Rev. H. C. Whit neN, former pastor of the local Metho- dist Episcopal church, tied the mar riase knot.
 Lieut.. Lawrence has been stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, since his return from France. His bride was expected to arrive several days ago. but the Rochambe the vessel on which she sailed. was delayed by storms and ar rived yesterday
 Merton Lamb, a cousin of Lieut.. Lawrence and his wife of this town, went to New York this morning to at tend the wedding. Lieut.. Lawrence is we'll known in Plainvi11e and has a number of friends and relatives in this town. He was born here and spent the early years of his life in Plainville. He is member of Frederick lodge, A. F's and A. M.
 Sleigh Turns Turtle.
 M. Levine, proprietor of the Plain N1tlC AdSil 4hdIhct, jisiu a ndEGOW cS- cape from injury when a cutter in which he was riding turned over on West Main street shortly before noon today. The runner of the sleigh was caught in the rut of the trolley tracks on the Bristol line and when Levine tried to turn out the cutter turned over He was thrown from the sleigh but was not hurt.
 Donald McGfath.
 The funeral of Donald McGrath, the 16 months old of MT. and Mrs. Edward McGrath, who died in Detroit on Tuesday. was held this aft ernoon at o'clock att the home of his grandparents. NIT. and Mrs. Henry David of North Washington street The body was placed in the receiving vault in West cem etery to await buri- al at St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery in the spring.
 Scquassen Lodge Initiation
 Sequassel ledge. No. fl, l. Q. 0. F. held its regular meeting last evening in Odd Fellows hall and conferred the degree on q large class of candi- datas. The initiation ceremony was followed by q social A large number of members attended the meeting.
 Church Supper Wednesday.
 The Young Women'S class of the Meth3 GiSt Episcopal church will hold a supper and social iii the church parlors on Wednesday evening, Feb ruary IS, the hour of the supper to be announced later. The committee will complete final arran gements within a couple of days.
 HawIey Funeral Today.
 The Bristol Manufa curing com panys local mill was closed all day today out of respect for the deceased president and treasurer. Arthur D. Hawley, who died a few days ago from pneumonia. Tie funeral was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his late home on Main street, Bristol. Rev. Ernest l.. Wisner. pastor of the Bristol Congregational church, ofici- ated.
 Miscellaneous shower:
 Mrs. Finest Schneider was the guest of honor at miscellan eous shower held last evening a the home of Mrs. Charles OrViS of East street. Guests were present from New Brit ain, Soutl.instcn, Avon and. Plainville Mrs. Schneider was preseted with nu- merous pretty and useful gifts of sill yer, linen and cut glass Music. games and dancing were enjoTe1. A colla- tiOn was served.
 schools Closed
 There was no session of he local schools this afternoon owing to the inclemency of the weather A ses- sion was held this morning. The Misses Mabel Styring and Bcrnice Townc of the(teacliing stuff represent ed the Pl2iHVille sC hOols al the tcach- CTS convention in Hartford today. -9
 Poor Trolley Service
 The snowfall of this morning set the trolley service back another peg to- day, the cars running far off schedule all morning. According to local patrons the service cannot get much worse without ceaSing altogether. During the past week the Plainville cars have been run as q separate line from the Arch street run in New Brit ain with the intention of improving the service and running the cars on schedule time. These hopes were shattered today when cars from Lazy Lane appeared in PlainVille about once in two Hours. The short line runs from New Britain, due every h min patrons who expected to arrive at q given point at d certain tune were out O luck.
 Pl:,in>iilc Briefs. Last call on velvet hats. Golden blum Millinery Co, 1SS Main, New Britain. .-advi.
 Frank Hohheiu of the clerical staff