New Britain herald., 1921-08-01
ELANKlLLE NEVIS
REV. E. |. GILLETTE
 10 VISIT HERE SUN.
Former Pastor to Preach at Congregational Church
SELECTMAN JOHNSON BACK

l | PLAINVILLE TAKE
 a-~n, 7tssssvsr aslesSt s-ssz. .a xs2Ts Rev. Burton to Leave Here After Next
 Week sunday-Rasebali Results-
 Camp Ground Meetings Close
 Other Small Items of Interest. l Rev C. Gillette, former pastor of the Congregational church here, will pay a short visit to the town next Sunday and will occupy the pulpit in l the morning. Rev. MT. Gillette gave his final sermon here last December and has been, since that time pastor of the Union Congregational church at Jacksonville, Florida. During his three years of service in this town Rev, MT. Gillette made a great many friends in Plainville and other sur- rounding places and his return, if for | only a, short visit, will be looked | forward to with pleasure. On his leaving here he was presented with travelling bag by the Brotherhood society of the church.
 l Since Rev. MT. Gillette's leaving l there has been no pastor appointed l although a committee has been work 1 ing for some time in hopes of secur- in q capable one to fill the vacancy. Several out of town preachers have been filling the pulpit and one, Rev. 1 Raymond F. Beardsiey of Windsor, was selected to fill the position. Rev | Mir. Beardsley was forced to refuse it | however, due to literary work which 1 he is pursuing.
 l Plans will be made by the parish toners of the Congregational church to give heir former pastor a hearty | welcome. He is at present spending a vacation at Twin Lakes with his l family.
 l Slcctman Johnson Returns.
 Selectman and Mrs. William J. Johnson returned Saturday morning from an eight weeks vacation at Larned, Kansas. MT. and Mrs. John son have been visiting with Mrs. Johnson's brother, L. M Cowles, of Austinberg, Ohio.
 | Baseball Returns
 The Aces team traveled te Meriden lyesterday and clashed with the fast Dutch Hill A. G., defeating. them by the score to 1. There was . large atterdance of local fans to support the Aces. Kalish pitched q hitless same and the one run that the MeFidens players scored was through an error. The game was fast to the end. The Dutch Hills desire an other ciash with the Aces and it is lprobapie that 1t will be held next Sunday in that city.
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 The Plainville A. c. crushed the collinsville nine Saturday afternoon by the score of to 1. The lucky seventh inning lived up to tradition for the locals and scoring was made then. Yesterday afternoon they won again against the Wethersfield aggre- gatien with six runs to their credit and but one for their opponents. The fans turned out in great shape and } the management is decidedly satis- fled with the showing. The team : still maintains it's lead in the Connec- tleut Valley league and hopes are being held out for eopping the cup Good management has done a lot , for the local team and every player has been selected with cara. Home From Vacation.
 The Misses Henrietta Castle, Eliza l beth Benjamin, Barbara Case, Hazel Rogers and Helen Mitchell, of the ) Lambda Delta club of the Congrega- uonal church, have returned from a ! pleasant vacation spent at Prospect Beach, West, Haven, Conn. Mrs
 William filling acted as chaperen. Rev. Burton to Leave Soon.
 Rev. Robert H. Burton, pastor of l the Church of Our Saviour, will preach his last sermon at the local edifice Sunday morning. His resig- nation takes effect on September l.
 He has been given the month of August for vacation, but plans to preach at the St. John Episcopal church in Hartford after his services expire here. His position al the local church will be filled by B. B. Styring of Southington. g lay reader, who has preached here on several other eeea- sions The leaving of Rev. MT. Bur ton vii! cause much regret in town aa he has a host of friends and has done a great deal toward building up the church. A capable pastor will be selected to fill his vacancy.
 Trumbull Vacationists D The weekly number of vaeatienists , of the Trumbull Electric Manufactur- ing eemPany are at present enjoying their briei period of rest. Today
 there were eleven employees of the
 office who left for week or more y They are: William J. Mckee, Robert r c. Graves, Gladys Atwater, Herman
 A. Papenfeth. Rene l.. LeVasseur. ', Minnie A. Johnson, Stella Parlinan, 9 Alice Jones, Olga Lundberg, Howard Smith and Mary A. Lacey. The
 Misses LaVasseur and Alice lone, @ have gone to Momausuin, while How
 ard Smith will spend his week ln n l New York.
 E. Heavy Traffic
 a Although the weather was threat ', ening during the greater part of yes- |, terday, the traffic waa decidedly
 heavy and a continual line of auto # mobiles and other vehicles was seer