New Britain herald., 1920-06-18

when the general committee and subcommittee will meet in the Kensington Grammar school and make reports. Postmaster William W. Pagan. Charles Ronketty and Mrs. Sharpe are in charge of the house-to-house and factory canvass and report that all local industries have responded generously. The com mittee reported this morning that enough money has been secured for a large display of fireworks. The only thing that remains is to have enough funds to finance the commun- ity picnic.
 The chairman Of the publicity com- mittee has made arrangements to have several posters placed in the business section of the town. an nouncing the program of the day. The posters will be ready early next week and will be displayed in windows of several stores on approval of the gem cral committee. The matter of having tickets printed for the picnic will also be given consideration Monday night.
 No Concrete.
 owing to the fact that manufactur- CTS of concrete have failed to fur nish the Lane Construction company with enough material, the construc- tion of the Berlin turnpike has been somewhat delayed during the past two weeks. The officials of the company report that they placed an order with n New York concern for 30,000 tons of concrete and have been only al- lowed 10000 tons. The company re- ports that efforts are being made to secure the material from other com panies. but. owing to the labor situa- tion together with the poor freight facilities the material will not reach Berlin for some time. However. as the labor situation of the Lane com pany is bad, there Is enough cement to keep the gang at work until an other shipment of the material ar rives.
 Work on the East Berlin road is progressing rapidly and the officials of the construction gang report that the road will be ready for use early. in August.
 Forcsters Meet.
 The local lodge Of Foresters held meeting last evening to hear the re- port of the finance committee in re- gard to the purchase of the hall. Each member was assessed g. The money was handed into the treasury and will go towards paying for the hall and repairs which are to be made.
 Trolley Wire Down.
 The trolley wire at the foot of Damon's hill was torn down early yesterday afternoon and traffic was held up for several hours. People wishing to get to worthington Ridge or the depot were compelled to walk A large elm tree at the foot of the hill was broken of by the wind and in falling caught in the wires. The trolley cars were out of commission until 4:3o o'clock.
 Autos Arc Stalled.
 Owing to the heavy rains yesterday and last night the road beneath the railroad bridge in Kensington was flooded and all traffic was impeded during the day. Several autoists who attempted to pass through the water stalled their motors and their cars had to remain beneath the bridge until early this morning when the water receded.
 Berlin Briefs.
 Major Frank l.. Wilcox left town this morning on a business trip.
 The Warrington Grammar school will close its doors for the summer months today.
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 The library will be open tonight from T:30 until g o'clock. Children are urged to go in the afternoon to avoid congestion in the evening.
 The girls baseball team. represent ing the American Paper Goods com pany, will hold practice at the Berlin