New Britain herald., 1921-04-20
REV. JAS. TRAINER REMAINS AT CHURCH
Is Reappointed to PaStorate at
 Methodist Conference
ASSAULTED THE PRINCIPAL

Irish Council Will Hold Meeting To. i morrow Night-Mrs. Mary A. link. CT Dies at Sprinsfeld-W. c. T. U
 Meeting-Forestville News.
 Rev. James M. Tanner, who hau been serving as pastor for the Plain Ville Methodist Episcopal church for the past year, has been reappointed to the pastorate again by Bishop Luther B. Wilson who presided at the recent meeting of the New York-East Conference held at Brooklyn. News of the reappointment of Rev MT. Tanner has been received with de- light by the congregation as he has made a host of friends while in Plain vile. Rev. MT. Tanner came here last April from the Jessie Lee Memor- ial church at Eastern, Conn. ,a sub urb of Bridgeport, and filled the va cancy left by the Rev. Howard Bene- dict.
 All the departments of the church have been ably handled under the ad- ministration of Rev. Mr. Tanner and the church expects another prosper ous year. A total of 14 new members have been received under him. The
 
 church and Sunday school has in- creased more than one-third. The Epworth league and the Woman's Foreign Missionary society have also gained in membership.
 Rev. MT. Tranmer pursued a theo- logical course at the Drew Seminary at Madison, N. J.. after preparing for Wesleyan university. He has also served some prominent charges with in the bounds of the Conferences of which he has been a member of for more than 20 years.
 Friends in Plainville will also be pleased to hear that Rev. William G. Griffin, has been returned to the For estvi1le Methodist church. pr. c. Dorchester was succeeded at Bristol by Rev. w. B. West who comes from Brooklyn. N. Y. pr. Dorchester will Rev. John L.. Davis has also been re- appointed to the pastorate at New Britain. ft
 Assaulted Principal.
 Benjamin Phelps of Bohemia street will be arraigned in the Plainville town court tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock charged with assaulting Or rim L.; Judd. principal of the Plain vile Grammar school. Phelps is al- legged to have struck MT. Judd fol- lowing a controversy over the con- duct of the formers 12 year old daughter. The town school commit tee will press the charges. The child is said to have been unruly at the school and did not obey the teacher. MT. Judd. endeavored to have the child behave. He tried to have the girl become interested in the work t1 1,xyn nfh in reprimanded her for. her negligence. The child evidently told her father with the result that MT. Phelps called on Mr. Judd and is alleged to have struck him.
 ~. . Mrs, Mary A. Tinker.
 Mrs. Mary A. Tinker, aged S4, died yesterday at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. William Jamieson of Spring. field, Mass. She had been i'll but few weeks. Mrs. Tinker had been a resident of Plainville for the past 52 years having made her home on East Main street. Her husband Fran cis A. Tinker, passed away about five years ago. While in Plainville Mrs. Tinker esta ablished the we'll known Tinker Tavern, now called the Col onial Inn. She is survived by three sisters. Mrs. G. C. Green of East PrOVlQGnCe, L., hES. IAdtS SoiiiPSoh of Hartford, and Mrs. Lillie Smith also of Hartford. One daughter also survives her, Mrs. Jamieson of Spring field, at whose home she passed away. Mrs Ashey of this town is a niece, and nephew, Frank Hills of Hart ford also survives. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 O o'clock from the home on East Main street Burial will be in the West cemetery.
 Irish Council Meeting.
 A meeting of the newly organized council for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30- o'clock at the base ment of the Church of Our Lady of 1 Mercy.
 Church Entertainment. An entertainment will be presented | at the Congregational church Friday I evening by the Cappa Iota club. Mrs. | Ethel Platt Loomis is in charge of the l program and has held rehearsals for the past several weeks. play en- titled, "The Old-Fashioned Husking | Bee" will be presented and promises | to contain excellent humor.
 w. C. T. U. Meeting. The regular meeting of the Wom- ans Christian Temperance Union will | be held Friday afternoon at o'clock | at the home of Mrs. Emma J. Arnold | of 353 Main street. The subject for |