New Britain herald., 1920-03-08

the Berlin Congregational church Fri day evening, followed by the concert by colored quartet from Boston.
 Rev. Samuel A. Fishe is spending the day in Hartford on business. v
 East Berlin Items.
 The women of the Sacred Heart church will hold a whist at the home of Mrs. William Brown Tuesday evening.
 After all expenses have been paid the Library association reports about, $Go clear on the entertainment Fri day evening.
 Mrs Sarah Cody of Wetherstiel is visiting friends in town for a few days.
 Walter Nye of Kensington visited his sister, Mrs. Amer Bacon, over Sunday.
 Plans are under way for a reception to he held by the dancing class Friday evening, March 19. Regular class will be held this evening at Athletic hall.
 kensinston Items.
 Miss Marjorie Moore. who is spend ing the winter at Clearwater. Fla, has rem en, bered mum Der of her friends. a number having received kun1quats, a Florida orange ot small size.
 The kepsrston Y. M. T. A. 6 B. society will hold whist in the club rooms tomorrow evening.
 200 Acres of Ice.
 There are 200 acres of land on the East Berlin flats which were flooded b* water by the heavy rains of Friday night. The stretch of water froze solid Saturday and yesterday and is now a smooth, slassy field of ice which forms one of the largest and most perfect skating ponds in this sec tion ot the state. The field of ice stretches from East Berlin to Eeckley and also runs about one-:.alf mile in the direction Of Meriden. This is the first time in the memory of even the oldest residents that such d large area of the flats has been flooded and jt is certain that there. has never be- fore been such d large feid of ice seen in this district. lt the cold weather continues it. is expected that d large number of winter sport tept thuSlaSts from many places in this section will take advantage of the splendid, op- portunitH offered for Skating on the . flats. -. .,,> -.. > s. Tracks Obliterated :
 The trolley tracks Berlin street are, for he first time in the history Of the town, completely covered by snow and ice. Ths .ics is about five inches
 
 rails. An eight inch thickness of ice covers the rails and road in front Of the Berlin garage. The ice is about foot thick under the kensingt on bridge. The water backing up from the outlets under the bridge is the cause of this unusual thickn ess of ice. It is said that the only hope for re- sum ption of trolley service between here and New Britain is in the con1ins of thaW in a very short time. The task of chcppjng the ice out of the l. ruit grooves would be too great 10 be undertaken upnder present conditions and the residents or Berlin andSHen- sington will probably have to put up with the abnormal conditions caused by the storm for several weeks.
 Elect Tow,, Committee.
 The election Of a republican town committee will bc the principal busi- caucus which will be held in the Fer lir town hall on Friday evening at < o'clock The voters will also elect delegates to tho republican state con- vention and to the congressional dis trict convention to be held in New Haven March 23 and A. for the cleo ton of delegates to be repu blcan na- tionaf convention and the appoint mentsof state central committee. H.. C. Den1ing is the present chairman of the, republican town committee and the manner in which he has perform ed the duties of his office have been most acceptable to the members of the party. His reelection is consider ed prohab bls. E
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