New Britain herald., 1920-12-18
FLAMFAkE NEWS REV. GILLETTE TO
 GIVEf|NAL SERMON Local Congregational Minister Will Leave for Florida Monday SCHOOL VISITING DAY Christmas Celebration Planned
 Local Man Breaks Arm-Brcad
 Takes Drop-Church Notices-Brief
 Items of Interest.
SCHOOL VISITING

Items of Interest.
 Rev. E. c. Gillette, pastor of the Congregational church, will preach his last sermon at the local church tomorrow morning at 10:45 o'clock. MT. Gillette will leave Monday morn- ing for Jacksonville. Florida There. he will act pastor of the Union Congregational church. He has served as pastor at the local church for the past three years. having come from Canaan, Conn, where he was pas tor of the Pilgrim Congregational church. During the time MT. Gillette has spent in Plainville, he has made friends of practically all of the towns people and was well liked. He took in all activities during the recent war, and headed the Liberty Loan drives He was the first elected chairman Of the local Red Cross branch.
 The Brotherhood society of the Congregational church, presented MT. Gillette with a leather travelling bag a short time ago.
 MT. Gillettes resignation was ac- cepted by the church board with much regret, as he had done considerable in revising the old system of the
  bers to it. A committes has been named by the church officials to en- gage a new pastor to fill the vacancy left by Mir. Gillette, but there has been no definite decision reached az yet.
 Visiting Day at School
 Yesterday was parents visiting day at the Plainville Grammar school and there was large attendance of mothers who watched their children at work. The regular school work was carried on from 10: 30 a. m. until 3 30 O clock in the afternoon. After that sales were conducted by the Cooking club and the Sewing club A fair amount Of money was realized from these, part of which will be used for the moving picture fund. The children were all dressed up in their Sunday best and many youngster found it sdiincult to recite in front of the class with a new starched collar on his neck, The parents have been, invited 10 attend the annual Christmas Carol singing which will be held at the school next week Wednesday, School will close then for the holiday vacation, and will not reopen until the first of the year.
 Christmas Celebration.
 Special Christmas exercises will be held at the Advent Christian church Thursday evening, December 23 A pageant movement in which nine girls Will take part will be presented. Christ mas tree celebrations will be held and concert given by the Sunday school children. Special music and recitations will feature the program. The com plete program will be announced later. The public has been cordially invited to attend this celebration. +ts Breaks Arms. F.. l.. Root. employed at the McNally garage on Whiting street. had his left agn broken in Meriden yesterday aft er1loon. MT. Root was in the act of craniing a car when the engine kicked back. He was taken to the Meriden hospital where the break was set Mir Root was able to leave the placed in splints. Bread Takes Drop.
 In accordance with tho drop in the price of bread. taken by all the bakers recently, the local dealers have placed a price of II and Is cents on a loaf of bread. The Ioaves previously selling for 1sc have been reduced to 16. and those of 12 down to He. Flour has also dropped, which en- ables the local bakeries to stand the drop in bread. The Rogers bakery has been the first local shop to adopt this new price.
 Church Notices,
 Plainville NJ. F.. church-Preaching by the pastor at 1O:45 a. m. Subject, Gods Wonderful Gift" Sunday school at 12 o'clock noon. Epworth League meeting at p. m. Leader, Miss winnifred Bates.
 Address by the pastor at o'clock in the evening. Subject, The Spirit of Generosity" A Christmas offering will be taken at the morning services for tho Armenian sufferers.
 A. M. F.. Zion church-Mornins services at 1O:45 a. m. Sunday school at l2:30 o'clock noon. Y. P. s. c. F. | meeting at 6:3o p. Evening ser vices at 7:3o o'clock Rev. MT Bar rows will deliver a short talk before the evening services on ''The Progress of tho Negro in Chicago"
 Episcopal church Fourth Sum- | day in Advent. Celebration of the Holy Communion at s a. m. Morning prayer and sermon at 10:45. Sunday | school at g o'clock noon. Evening |, at