New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-05-04
ATHLETIC CLUB TO
HOLD SOCIAL time
Will Present Program At Grange
Hall Friday Night.
CHURCHES ARE TO RE-UNITE
Association Repairs Old Cemetery
Bordcau Appointed to Board Of
Barbers-Watcr i'm Town Now Pet.
ter-Forestville News,

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ter-Forestville News.
The members of the Plainville Ath-
letic club will present an entertain
ment at the Grange Hall FRIDAY eve.
nlng OF this week which promises to
| De the banner event of the season.
flans have been progressing for sew.
eral weeks and no efforts have been
| spared to make the program one OF
the best ever presented. Mrs. Clara
| Cakes Usher of Pennington avenue.
has had charge of arranging the pro-
/ gram and music lovers can be assured
of treat. Mrs. Usher, widely known
as soprano, will appear on the pro-
gram personally and render several
vocal solos. quintet composed of
local young men and Mrs. Usher
promises to be the feature of the eve
ming.
The program is as follows: Quar-
tet, "Swanee River" Messrs. William,
Paul and James Hayes and William
Cunningham; The Garden of Your
Heart" William Hayes; quintet,
Ecstasy" Mrs. Clara, Cakes 2Usher,
tho Hayes brothers and William Cum
bingham: you'll Git Heaps O. Lick
ms" James Hayes; duet, II Live
and Love Thee" Mr.. and Mrs Frank
p. Usher; Rose in the Bud" William
Cunningham; THE Unforeseen" "A
Roundelay," and Housing" by Mrs.
Clara Cakes Usher; "A Dream" Paul
Hayes: quintet, Garry Me Back to
Old Virginia. Mrs. Usher and Hayes
brothers and William Cunningham;
Mrs. Frederick Bullen will act as ac-
companist-
The program will begin at 8
o'clock. Tickets for the affair have
been selling favorably and expecta-
tons are that about 200 will attend.
All proceeds of the entertainment will
be donated towards the welfare Of the
organization.
Church Program Planned.
Rev. James M. TANNER, pastor of
the Methodist church, has plans for
holding a series of stereopticon lee
lures each Sunday evening during
the month of May. These lectures
will be devoted mainly to the subject
of Americanization and the slides will
be made from actual photographs.
They will depict various stages of i'm
migration. labor and factory problems
control ting the manufacturer today.
The slides will be secured from an ex-
pert painter at New York and are all
hand made. Important stages on vi
tai points of interest in this work will
be presented the series promise
to be interesting.
On Sunday evening. May 3. the sub
ject of the lecture will be. The Pass
ing of the Melting Pot the Making OF
An American" 1t will commence at
1880 o'clock. On May Is there will
be a reunion OF all tho churches In
PlainvilIe. The members will congre-
gate at the Methodist church where a
mass meeting in the interests of Sab
bath day observance will be held.
Martin Kneeland of Hartford will be
the principal speaker. Special music
will feature the evening and a pro-
gram will ba carried out.
Sunday evening. May %, the lee
ture will be on "Christianity and
World Democracy and on My %, it
will be. "A Gospel for the Working
World"
Cemetery Fence Repaired.
The Old Cemetery on East street
has undergone some extensive repairs
during the past few days. The fence
which had fallen to ruins, has been
replaced with new ono and the land
itself has been given a thorough
cleaning. The cemetery is one of the
oldest in the vicinity and tho Plain
Vile Cemetery association voted to
keep il in shape as a memorial to the
many Revolutionary soldiers who lie
there There are graves which date
far back into the early Sixties, many
o. which haze fallen to dilapidation
due to lack of care. The place is WIS.,
tied by many motorists during the
summer months as a land mark, and
some Of the headstcne inscriptions are
interesting to read.
Bordeau Appointed.
Alphonse Bordeau has had the dis
tinction of being appointed to the
state board of barber examiners for
the next two years. Bordeau conducts
2 barber shop at Central Square and
has served on the board OF examln-
err for some time.
Water Ia Better.
The residents of the town are
wont to feel that the water supply
now being received is by far better
than that which came through the
pipes last week. Several complaints
were received at the water depart
ment by Superintendent Joseph n.
McKernan regarding the fishy taste.
The pumps at Hamlin's pond are gen.
orally started about the first of July
and eliminate the bad taste which is
found in the reservoir water about
that time Of the year.
This season it was necessary, how
ever, to commence operation on the
pumps two months ahead of the reg
ular schedule. The flushing of hy-
drants took place Saturday and Suns