New Britain herald., 1920-01-12
VOTERS WILL MEET NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Special Session to Consider Town
 Hall Site EARLY PURCHASE DESIRED
Fishing Through the Ice Popular Dtd-tinr Pastor PrcachcS-E'. of \. to Mcct-CathoIic Church Has Good Ncar-Othcr News Items.

Icar-Othcr News Items.
 The seicrtmcn have decided to call special town meeting for next Mon day evening to ma I<e reports to the voters on the purchase Of the build ing site for a town building: also "n the proposed purchase of land for tue West cemetery: and 10 consider other small matters which must be taken uP at q town meeting.
 The purchase of the Woodford prop nrty will be contained in a formal re port which. although well known to the public. must be reported officially by tue boa l'd of Seicctmcn
 The purchase Of land for inc West cemetery. however. iS considered as nn important item. The cemetery has been divided into as many plots as is feasible. considering the amount of ground at the disposal of the CemCtrrN ground suitable for burial purposes has been apparent for some time and the question Was considered at q pre- yious town meeting. A committee Was appointed to investigate the possibility of securing more land.
 The Hadscll cstirtc owns q strip of property adjacent to the cemetery which is considered ideal for the pur- pose of burial, and the selectmen and the cemetery association have tried many times to have the owners place d. valuation upon the strip of land. This they have steadfasrly refused to do. making knownithcir unWillingness to dispose of the land.
 Selectman William J. Johnson said this morning that the selccrinen will ask at the meeting for authorization to approach the owners of the prop CrtN again and to attempt to secure q price upon the land with d view to purchasing it at an carly date. The Selcctmen and the members Of the PlainNille Cemetery association feel that they must secure additional bury ing ground soon. aS-thc only space Jeff in the West cclnrtery consists of hard. rockN ground which is unsuited tu burial purposes. The committee will make a report of it's activities Monday evening" Formal notice of the meet ing will be published tomorrow.
 Church tia> Successful Year.
 Rev. John F.. Fay. pastor of the Church of our Lady of Mercy, read 1 the annual report of the church $ l financial condition at the masses yes 1 the most pIcas in recent years. both l from the point of view of the pastor !! and of the congregation. The report | shows total receipts of $t.623.49 and l total disbursements of S6. AS.3S. 1here ] is a balance on hand in the. treasury : of $46491 This is Father FaEs first l report. il being his first year as pastor of the church. and he is very well 1 plea sed with the co-operation given by i the members of the congregation in tIl 1 departments.
 Fishing at .tIanllinS.
 Large numbers of winter sports en- thI1siasts are now ma king daily trips to Iamlin'S $ pond near Whites cross ing. where they take delight in that ancient and honorable sport of fishing { trough the. ice. The pond is now dotted all over with holes broken in { he ice i,y the fishing bugs, although no record catches have been repor- cd. In Tact. it, is reported that they have caught nothing but chilblains and severe colds. As a matter of fact, however, several of tine fishermen have brought home large pickerel ] caught hy stunning them while they were under. [ he ice.
 Old Pastor Breaches.
 Rev. Albert <. ItaSartN. who was pa stor of the Plainville Methodist Episcopal church about 21 years ago. preached at the church yesterday at 1 nc morning SFlNlttS ilt alSt re- neWed acuuaintancrs with several of { he older members Of the church. who were glad to see their old pastor back. Rev. Alr. Ilagarty is no longer active as clergyman. having retired some time ago when his eHesght failed. He is now living in lEast Bristol.
 F. of \. to Meet.
 Court General I4aWtun. No. lf5. For rsterS of America. will meet for the first time this Ntnr tomorrow evening nt o'clock. The meeting will he held in the new quarters in l. c. Q. r. block. The meeting will he an in- lortant one and it is requested by the officers thai all members attend.
 Victor LcmcuN and Clara TIotrh- kiss. both of this place. were slightly 1 injured last evening. when sleiei, in which they were riding. toward their lomes} was struck hN an automobile ,elunsins to Joseph < BabIla of 23S Broad street. New Britain
 Accordin& to the report of l3a bula l made at 1hr New Britain police sta ! ion he driving in westerly di- 1 'eCtion about o'clock last evening. 1 when near Inc Traut homestead he 1 noticed a sleigh in front of his ear. Ic applied the brakes and this ca used ! h? machine to skid and ii crashed ! n1o the slei.h. The sleigh was oyer lIrned and tue bursa ran awaN E!n oula s.iuimcd the vehicle had no tights m it. This FIelne1IN adutittcd nI, hou-h IL" stid tlcrr were helIs nr he sleigh. Lrmcux sustained slight ,uts on the head and Miss Hutrh>is:s vas hruiSed about the body.
 To Attend SlnoI>rr
 Brock Barnes DOSf American 70