New Britain herald., 1921-11-21

sent her and it has been necessary for her to ask for fifty more. In her opinion Kensington will secure the desired number, The East Berlin sec ton of the town is being cared for in the Middletown drive.
 School Holidays.
 The schools of the town of Berlin will close Wednesday afternoon at the usual time for the Thnks%iving holi- day and will not reopen until Monday morning of the next week. Plans have been made for special programs to be yiven in the various schools on Wednesday afternoon which the parents are invited to attend.
 Berlin Church Notes
 There will be a special Thanksgiv- ing service at the Berlin Congrega- tional church on Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Because of the morning service on that day the usual weekly prayer meeting will be omitted in the evening.
 The Boy Scouts will not meet on Friday night as has been the custom in the past.
 A large number of women attended the special services held yesterday af ternoon at 4:3O o'clock when Miss Caroline Savage of this town gave an report of the annual meet ing of the women's board of mission aries which was held in New Haven a short time ago.
 The congregation has filled the bar rel which is to be sent to the Chand- Ter Normal Industrial Institute in Lexington Kentucky and it has been found necessary to fill an extra box because of the amount of clothing received.
 Special Legion Meeting
 A special meeting of the Bolton kasica Post, American Legion, will be held at T. A. B. hall in Kensington tomorrow evening at s o'clock. This will take the place of the usual meet ing which would have been held on Thanksgiving night.
 Reports will be heard from all com mittees who were in charge of the various events at the ball held at the town hall on october 31. Committee chairmen are asked to have their re ports ready.
 Garage Is Burned
 The garage which is owned by George Baldwin and located next to the Casseline store in Kensngton, was destroyed by fire early Saturday night. Mr Baldwin placed the loss this at about S1,000 as there were several valuable tools in the garage at the time. The loss is not covered by insurance. There have been several stories about as to how the fire started, but Mir. Baldwin stated this morning that ! party called at his house Saturday night and inquired if they could get some gasoline. Inasmuch as there were no electric lights n ithe garage, Mir. Baldwin took a lantern with him and said this morning that he placed | t about feet from the tank from which he procured his gasoline. The tank had been filled early in the morning and it is thought that some gasoline had been spilled and the ! tunes from this near the lantern | aused the fire.
 
 he time but Mr. Baldwin succeeded | n getting it out to safety. The blaze | was very spectacular and could be 3een for a great distance. The New Britain fire department was not called | IS the flames spread rapidly and the was quickly consumed,
 The fire ct the Baldwin garage once nore brings about the fact that Der in needs running water.
 Union Services
 Union services between the Ken | 'ington Methodist and Congregational | churches wil be held Thank sgiving | morning at 10 o'clock at the Metho- | list church,
 Brotherhood Meeting
 The Brotherhood club of the Ken Iington Congregational church will | meet this evening at the home of | Ieorge Clark. The gathering has been ,alled for 7:30 o'clock and q large at endance is expected. It will be an open meeting. An interesting pro- gram has been arranged and refresh nents will be served,
 Berlin Items
 The crew of the Berlin switcher | vas called to Hartford yesterday by ! C. A. Mitchell for in-