New Britain herald., 1921-09-27

opponents of the local team and d close contest is expected. The busin css men have assured tn" management of sufficient funds to guarantee the visit l ing team an appearance here as the e has been doubts as to whether or not l the locals fans would turn out large
 enough to warrant t1king a chance
 When the end of the season came. tho attendance at the games was lacking ] and the funds of the team suff ernd greatly by having to pay for tho out
 of town players to come here. It ;s l probable that there will be a record ! attendance at the Saturday game in 1 snuch as the fans see now that money has been secured to pay the Port md l players. More funds will be needed l however, and the support of the fans l $ expected.
 | Whist Held 1 The Martha Rebekah lodge held an | enjoyable whist at the hall last eve l ming. Five tables were in progress l Mrs. William Vance captured first | ladies prize while w. w Brown was | awarded first gentlemen's prize The
 second award was won by Miss Nellie Lewis for the ladies and MT. Litz for the men.
 | School Census.
  l D1eted taking the school census for the | town and his reports show that there
 are some 1,060 children in Plainville l between the ages of four and six years l There is a great increase over last years record.
 Lecture at Church. Tonight, at the A. M. E. Zion | church, there will be a lecture on "Fa- | nous Characters in the Development | of American Art and Literature" The lecture will commence at o'clock and
 the public has been invited to attend. 1 Refreshments will be on sale following tha lecture.
 Hird Plea Tomorrow Robert N. Hird of Maple street, To- 1 cal alleged embeZzler, will be put to | plea at the Superior court tomorrow | before Judge Wolfe. Hird will enter | plea of not guilty, according to his lawyers, and he will be put before the | jury at q later date. Attorneys Dono- van and Mather of Bristol are repre- l senting him.
 w c. T. IT. Meeting, The annual business meeting of the w. c. T. IT., will be held at the Ad-
 vent Christian church, Broad street,
 on Friday afternoon this week begin | ming at o'clock. All members are urgently requested to be present and to bring their dues. PIainviIIe Briefs. Miss Doris GwiI1im, of Hough street, will enter Bridgewater Seminary to re-
 sume her studies there. F. H. Bonner of Whiting street, is
 moving his family to Forestville.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Neri have re- turned from their honeymoon spent at
 Atlantic City. They will make their home in the Neri block at Central Square.
 Vincent D. Glynn of Pierce street, will enter Yale Law school Thursday. He is a graduate Of the Catholic uni versity at Washington, D. c. Pierce N. Clark will resume his duties at Bowdoin college, Maine. The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Brock
 Barnes post will hold a meeting to-
 night at the Legion headquarters. ForestvilIe News. Miss Olive Potter has left for Smith college at Northampton, Mass. MT. and Mrs. Eugene LaVassar | have returned from Momauguin where | they have been conducting a restau- | rant during the summer. Miss Mona O'Hare, has left for Smith college to resume her studies. Clement Decey has returned to Bos- l ton after being the guest of Cor neIius Collins of Pennington avenue
 the past week.
 The following officers have been elected for the w. c. TT. U.: Presi- dent Mrs. Leroy Percival; vice-presi dent, Mrs. George Downs: and secre- tary, Mrs. Fred Dokns. Mrs. George Downs was appointed delegate to at tend a convention at Stamford. Mrs.
 F.. Bunnell was appointed chair man of the flower committee.
 The Sunshine Circle of the Asbury
 Methodist church held a silver tea this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dwight Reynolds of Washington street.
 Mrs. Ulgae Towles of Kenney street, will entertain the Standard Bearers at her home tonight
 The Ladies' Aid society of the As busy Methodist church will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Carl Johnson of Ken ney street.
 Mrs. Inez T. Smith, was rendered on East Main street Saturday after
 noon in honorS of her 6Sth birthday. Friends were present from Hartford, Bristol Terryville and Plainville. | There were about 2S who attended | the party. Refreshments were en- owed.