New Britain herald., 1920-03-03

itself for the purpose of civic inn proven ents. East Berlin and ken sington can. by a vote of it's lnha.ol- tants at a special town meeting called by the selectmen of the town, organ ize as a fire district, appointing a'conl- mittee of three whose duties shall 'be similar to those of the selectmen. s,. Candidates Initiated. ,..., -.- : At the regular meeting of the Ber- lin grange, held at Grange hall last evening, 20 candidates were initiated into the organization by tue local de- gree team. The candidates received their first and second degrees at the last nights com m nication. At the next meeting they are to receive the third and fourth degree and will be rendered a banquet. The class initjat- ed last evening was the largest In years.
 Use Torch or. Ice.
 X crew Of laborers employed by the Connecticut company worked the en- tire morning to open the outlet be- meath the kensington bridge so that the water which has been accum ulat ing there during the period of thaWs might be drawn off. It was found that the outlet was frozen and clogged witffAiee To get the ice out and open up the passage it was necessary to at tack the mass with huge gasoline torch which quickly melted away the obstructions At noon the water was being carried off without any trouble.
 Ice Frances Barnard.
 Lee Frances, the four months old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Everett K. Barnard died ali the home of her par ents yesterday morning following an attack of bronchial pneltm onia. The
 
 ernoon and intern ent was in Fair view cemetery.
 4 Harbinger of Spring.
 The coming of spring is assured for the Herald reporter saw two rob ins in the Frees in front Of William Bull>eiGys residence on the East Der lin road this morning. They did not seem to like their lot their song was more of a plaintive vail.
 East Berlin Items.
 At a whist held at the home of William Brown last evening the fol- lowing persons were the prize win ners: Women, first, Mrs. Max Sugen- hime: second. Miss Scra McInern ey; the mems fins st prize was awarded to Peter Ral>,.sick and second fa Arthur Leifeld.>
 Thtre will be a rehearsal of the slxit to be given Friday night a Attn Ietic hall tomorrow evening.
 The regular weekly prayer meeting of the Methodist church will be held tomorrow evening.
 BerIin Briefs. A meetins of the Womens Foreign Missionary society was held at the home of Miss Hattie RoHs this after noon.
 Miss Loretta Curtis of Middletown is visiting friends tere. H. L. Porter is reported hens improved from his attack of rheuma tsn.
 Cars Are Moved. Thirty-seven cars which have been tied up at Berlin due to the ice and snow were gotten out yesterday and sent on to Hartford. More than 1 50 l cars were held up at one period and l it is expected that every car will be ! out by the end of this week if engines | can be had to move them. Engine Loses Trucks. l One of the stea m trains run on the 1 Berlin branch met with a slight acci- 1 dent this morning when jt dropped its forward pony trucks. The schedule was not interrupted as repairmc CT l were on the job shortly after and re moved the disabled engine to the roundhouse. Brotherhood Night Friday night will be observed as Brother and Younger Brother night al 1 the kenSington Congregations church. The Brotherhood has ths