New Britain herald., 1921-06-24
FORMER PASTOR |S
 GIVEN PH.D. DEGREE Rev. ". A. GOOdell Made Doctor of Philosophy
 PREACHED AT Nj. E. CHURCH

Baseball Games Scheduled for To- ] Elect Oficers-Prominent Former Resident Dies-Hayes Case Tonight Rev. w. A. Goodell, former pastor
 here at the Methodist church, now dean of the Oklahoma City college, has been given the degree of doctor of philosophy at the recent Yale
 graduation. The many friends in | town here of Rev. Mir. Goodell will | be pleased to hear of his receiving | this degree as he was loved by all
 his parishioners here and the com
 munity in general. To obtain this degree had been the desire of Rev.
 MT. Goodell for some time and he had spoken of it on several occa-
 sions while living in this town. l There was also a pleasant surprise | awaiting t e pastor when he re- turned to his college at Oklahoma. A campaign had been started for funds for the institution and there had been a net total of $1,657,5S6 already raised. This means much to the future success of the college and | it's work in the southwest. When | Rev. MT. Goodell left for the west | to take up his new duties there, his | position at the local church was | filled by Rev. c. R. Strobell. The ltownspeople will join in extending
 to Rev. MT. Goodell their hearty congratulations and we'll wishes for
 is>success.
 Civil War Veteran Dies. Word has been received here of the death of Robert N. Smith, at Leavenworth, Kansas. MT. Smith was 76 years old and had been living
 at the Soldiers Home in that place. He was a veteran of the Civil war
 and lived the greater part of his life in Plainville. He moved to Leaven- worth several years ago after dis posing of his property here. He leaves four daughters, Mrs. Fred Bentley of Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Allen Mckee of Bristol, Conn.,; Mrs. IT, wing Johnson of Winthrop, Mass; and Mrs. John Patterson of Los An geles, Cal Two sons also survive
 him. They are: Sherman L., of
 this town and Virgil, of Brandon town, Florida.
 The body will be brought here for burial and will be in charge of w.
 A. Bailey and company, undertak- CTS. Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending the arrival of the body here. He will be given a Masonic burial as he was an ac- tive member of Fredericks lodge, A. F. and A. M, of this town. Burial will be in the West cemetery. Baseball Tomorrow. The Aces will play at Rockwelrs 6A1I f@, off Middletown team will be the op-
 ponents. The local team is playing fast ball and so far has had most successful season. Under the coaching of Raymond Neff, the play
 CTS have shown rapid progress and
 feel confident of winning the pennant
 of the Central Connecticut league
 On Sunday afternoon they will play
 the West Hartford aggregation at
 that place. It will be league game
 The West Hartford players defeated
 them which was the only official league game the Aces have lost so
 far. A good lineup will be seen Sun
 day as the local team is anxious to even up the score.
 The Plainville A. c. will play the Glastonbury team at Aliens field tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. On Sunday afternoon they will journey
 to Collinsville for a game with the team in that town.
 Happy Nine Organizes A new baseball team has been or
 ganized in the town and expects to
 make its first official appearance next Wednesday afternoon. John Valen-
 tine has been appointed manager and
 the players have selected the name of Happy Nine," fer their title. They will play the Southington County, league team at Southington, Wednesf day The lineup is as follows: WI- liam Cunningham, pitch; Paul Hayes, catch; Alphonse Bordeau, first $ase; Arthur Bordeau, second base John Valentine, third base; Mike Hevine, shortstop; Otto Wagner, right field; Joseph Winninger, left field. and B. J. Casey, center field. Dr. Lawrence H. Frost has been selected as pinch hit ter and is expected to make a good showing when it comes to a close score. William DurhanAwill also play pitch. w
 jority of members of the Lobster Five" @ bowling team which almost
 won some games during the past win ter. Alphonse Bordeau and John Valentine, local barbers, are expect ed to have some close slaves in the game Wednesday, while Mike Levine, | owner of the Plainville Cash Market, feels confident of delivering the
 bacon.
 Confirmation Sunday. Confirma ton will be held at the | Church of Our Lady of Mercy, Sun