New Britain herald., 1920-02-23
WORD RECEIVED OF
 MRS. COOKS DEATH
Wen-KnoWn PlainVille Woman
 Passes Away in Florida
MEMORIAL SPEAKER ABSENT

Accordingly, Sundays Program Was
 Not Carried Out As Expected
 Louis Paul Elnlists in Army-Fred-
 eric. Lodge Has Special Communi-
 cation-Rriefs
 Mrs. -Ahbic l.. Cook wife of John Cook, died yesterday at Sanitariun, in Cocoa, Florida, according to tel egram received this morning by rela- = tiNes. Mrs. Cook has been in Florida since last November and 1t is Sa q that she has been in failing health for some time. She is survived bH her husband. two daughters, Mrs. Dwig t Clark of Mont gomcrN, Ala, and Mrs. Howard Usher of Housh street, .his town; also a son Willia m L. Cook of Housh street, the well known gara se owner. Mrs. Cook was well known and had q large circle of friends in Plainville. The body will be brought to this town for burial.
 EnlistS in Army.
 Louis Paul, son of Mrs Charles Litz of Maple street. enlisted for d V United States army at the recruiting station in New Britain Saturday. He left this morning for the Sprin gift d arsenal.
 Ma iOr Greene Absent.
 The preSenta ton of honorary certif- icates from the French republic to the next of kin of those men from this town who died while serving during g the war in France, was held yesterda y afternoon at the Congregational church. The seating capacity of the church is about 5O0 and it was practically filed
 Somewhat of a disa ppointment was caused by the inability of Major Augustine Greene 10 be present at the exercises. Major Green is the rank ing officer in Plainville and was in vited to address the meeting. He is an impressive speaker and his talk was looked forward to by those who attended.
 The exercises a $ they were carried out were impressive with a brief musical program by the o1-Sanist and mem bers of the CongregationaI church choir. The certificates were presented at the close of the exercises, however, and the majority of the audience then left the church.
 Rex. John E.. Fay, who was to ha ve given the benediction at the close of the meeting, received a sick call and was unable to be present.
 Factory Closed Today.
 The Standard Steel and Bearings, Inc, is the only factory in town which closed today in observance of Washington birthday. Work will
 
 goes on duty tonight. The bank schools and library were closed all day and the post office closed at 12:15 o'clock.
 Amusing Egg Argument.
 A controversy concerning an esg furnished much anuseme for pas SencerS on d. trolley car on the trip tn New Britain about S:30 o'clock Saturday evening. Three boys boa rd- ed a car in PlainVille and after se- curing seats proceeded to become very noisy Their boisterousness soon in tcrested the passengers on the car, and 1t was learned that they were discussing the possibility of cooking an egg in a frying pan. Two of the boys had made a wager of the pos- sihility and were attem ptinE to settle the question. amica bly, or otherwise. One of the hoys insisted that it was possible to cook egg in d fryinS 5 pan and the other bows contention was that it is i'm possible to cook an egg in such uLenSil but that the high priced hen fruit may easily be fried in a frying pan. It was evident that the second boy didn't consider cooking and frying in the same class. Finding it impossible to settle the question by their own arguments they appealed 10 the passengers in turn.
 Daniel Collins and Patrick Corbett, the genial restaurant owners, boarded the car and the boys prompt lN appealed the case 10 them for de- csion. Dan" and Patsy found themselves swamped by a whirlwind of questions and arguments and gave up in disgust. Other passon gers, when ked for a decision. answered q with replies of ''Eggs-actIy' and sim liar facetious remarks. A school teacher from Southington finally de- cided to attempt settlement of the discussion by explaining that frying is form of cooking but could not convince the second boy. They left the car in New Britain with the ex- pressed intention of going to a res taurant to arrange peace terms.
 Death Expected Soon.
 The condition of Miss Mary F. Prior. who has been i'll for the past week at the home of her niece, Mrs Frank Johnson of Bank street, is re- ported critical and her death is mo mentarily expected. She received the last rites of the Catholic church yes terday.
 Mas Special Meeting.