New Britain herald., 1921-03-07
PASTOR UNABLE TO :. ACCEPT PASTORATE Rev. Raymond Beardsley Makes
 Announcement at Church
 SLIGHT CHIMNEY FIRE
CHIMNEY FIRE
Cemetery Association to Hold Meet
 ing-Stores Plan 10 Adopt Monday Evening Closing--Zionist Ministers.
 Meeting-Forcstvillc Ncws-Items.

Rev. Raymond Beardsley of Win sted, announced to the members of the Congregational church yesterday morning, that he was unable to ac- cept the call as pastor at the local church. He was officially notified of his calr early last week to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. E. C. Gillette. Rev. Beardsley's announcement was d disappointment to the congregation.
 Rev. Mir. Beardsley could not ac- cept the pastorate as he plans to de- vote the greater part of his time to the writing of books and literary work that had been started by his father who was occupied in that work at the Hartford Theological Seminary. If possible, Rev. MT. Beardsley will de- vote all his time to this end, and does not feel that he can take the position offered him The committee in charge of selecting a new pastor will proba- bly call another meeting soon when other prospects will be acted upon.
 Cemetery Assn. Meeting
 The annual meeting of the Plain vile cemetery association has been called for Monday evening, March l4. to be held at the town clerks office at 7:30 o'clock. Officers will be elected and the reports of the secre- tary and treasurer will be read. Other business will be transacted. The as sociation has had an active year and the treasurer will have a good report to present. There has been a total of $1,400 received for perpetual use during the past year. Work was start ed last fall on improvements in tho Old Gem ctery and East street in hopes of keeping that place in good con- dition. The cemetery has graves dated back for more than 100 years but the place has been overlooked Selectman Johnson had some helpers cleaning away the brush and straight cning the fence recently. Ii is hoped' to mako the old cemetery d land mark that may prove an interesting place to visit in years to come
 The officers of the association arc: President. A. H. Condeil: vice-presi dent. F.. A. Baker. secretary and treasurer, Town Clerk R. C. Usher: executive committee. II. A. Castle. F.. H. Hills. J. II. Trumbull. M. Q Ryder and W. A. Bailey.
 These mon have served in their re- spective offices for several terms Tho association is planning for extensive work about the cemeteries during the spring and summer. Last year and the year before labor was scarce and high and several improvements had 10 be cancelled on this account. It is be- lieved that plenty of helpers can be secured now.
 Hardware Store Opens.
 The Plainville Engineering com pany opened its doors this morning to resume business after a shutdown of more than two months. The store was closed on January '. by Deputy Sheriff Joseph k. Lacey. acting under orders from the commissioner of su- perior court of tho New Haven county, Clarence J. Bronson. Lawyer Bronson represented the firm of Bronson and Thompson, of New Ha- ven. who arc the stores heaviest creditors. The business and all stock contained in the store was purchased on February IS by Louis Fodt of New Britain, who conducts a cafe on Arch street, in that city. The sale price amounted to s3.50o. It was made through Lawyer Noble F. Pierce. who acted as receiver for the