New Britain herald., 1921-03-17

and then brought to this country. Here Tit was also adopted as war measure, i, allowing the factory: worker a few k Tmpre hours of daylight which he might spend in his garden: 9.' S'. Although rumored about town that the factories wo1ld start work an hour earlier the railroads time was Tchanged the officials at several of the local factories said they did not think . that any changes would be made. ;
 Odd Character About Town ' '.-.5
 Many of the people about Berlin street and in thesIWorfhington. dis trct were surprised ~to Receive ;teie- phone calls yesterday .aftesrrDoh from . man who wass. ,fhu.ifrfsg About chiekens.SIt is saia tthaf a m6st.jpe. culiar looking -CharaeteE made his ap- pearance-;in Berlin ~>ab5ut'r2 .o'clock yesterday tern oonIand matse= a. st o D. at local store. Here he showed the proprietor a telephone number which he intended calling up.. When. the proprietor saw the number he Knew 1t to be that of an East Berlin man The stranger insisted 1t was that of Colonel Jarvis who lived. here some time ago, but is not located here now.
 Not satisfied with tho storekeeper's Knowledge. the man called up the information officer and asked her to tell him the subscribers name.
 Upon receiving the answer, he be- came angered and then asked the names of several people in town. Calling them on the telephone he talked about chickens. Whether he was selhhE them or wanted to buy some is not known as he made such a muddle in explaining himself over the telephone. '"' ''r';
 He then left the store and several boys reported seeing him abont an hour later near the Meriden town line, in the middle Of the road lookinE in all directions as if he Mere hint ing for something. Others who saw the man believed him to be out of his head. When. asked any questions he would not give his ,naHst = 7,
 Second Team [DefeaIs ,FSrst,. /. ., In one ofHhe best, basketball games yet played in. Berlin. .the second team of the Worthingf gf6hfsAthletic club de- feated the first. tefm, ,<by a.1s. to IS score. Atkthe- end >of the ;sasne -tre score was 'isE1s. To decide the win her it was necessary to play five min utes' overtime. During this time-the first team made. a foul which. was made good by the second team. An
 
 playing of Hall. He,made. every. bas- ket gained by his sidst ~-Geodrich was the star for the secoDd team srna king many good long shots from the side.
 Berlin basketball fanSawere given a good. time. at .the. game. but were a. bit disappointed as they expected to sec the first team wallop the second one. The first .team.,. will probably blame its defeat to the fact that they. have not been in practice of late while the second team has played many games within the past two months. This was the last game of the season to be played by the club. To. wind. up the activities of the organization a dance will be held in Grange hall Wednesday evening. March 3o.~ In- preliminary. game. last night, .. the: Moonshiners of Berlin defeated the Junior High school. .of. Kensington by
 Sure Signs of. Spring.
 Berlin people have already seen sure signs of spring in as much as flock of wild geese was seen flying thralgh thE town. last. eysliuS- SEN-