New Britain herald., 1921-07-05
left hand, badly torn by pistol.
 Mysterious Fire Saturday.


 A bucket brigade which was hastily formed, made quick work of, blaze Saturday afternoon in a barn owned by Mrs. Grace Ventres of Berlin As the explanation was made to Chief Noble of the New Britain fire de- partment, which was summoned by phone, Mrs. Ventre5 and her daugh- ter were the only persons at home about o'clock and neither was in the barn.
 The daughter, however, had occa- sion to visit the barn and found it ablaze. Men in the neighborhood worked with buckets and Engine Company No. 2 of the New Britain fire department was summoned. When the New Britain department arrived, the blaze had been extinguished. The damage was slight, but there is a mystery which shrouds the outbreak of the fire, and which no one seems to be able to solve.
 Patriotic Meeting.
 Members of the Berlin Grange are anticipating a large attendance at their patriotic meeting which will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Grange hall on Damon's hill. The committee in charge of the event has been very fortunate in securing Cap tain C. E. Lockhart to address the meeting. He has spoken at hun dreds of such meetings throughout the state and is we'll known to To- cal people as he was the principal speaker at the dedication of the Sol diers War Memorial held here last fall.
 lie served overseas with the 102d infantry and was one of the sev- eral army officers who was selected by the h1ga official; to return home and speak for the Liberty loans. All service men and members of the Berlin patriotic organiza tions are in- vlted to attend this meeting. The following members of the Grange will act as ushcrs: Earl Brown, Law renee Austin, Howard Hall and Theodore Skinner.
 Tonight's Court Session. As the result of a breezy row held at the home of the Hulls in Ken sington last evening there will be several persons including members o1 the Hull family, relatives and guests in the Berlin town court tonight or a charge of breach of the peace | Neighbors of the Hull family becam, l interested in the family row last nigh and it is expected that there will be many of them in the court tonigh l to attend the hearing.
 1 Two Berlin people will also be ar 1 raigned before Judge Griswold ane l Prosecutor Lewis for having unli censed dogs in their possession. Will Discontinue Meetings. | At the meeting af the Mems Bibl l class of the Berlin Congregations church held at the community hous lyesterday noon, it was decided t. discontinue the weekly meetings dur ing the summer months. They vii be resumed, however, in the fall The Mems Bible class has bee one of the most important social or ganization in the town. It wa
 formed last fall and has a member ship of about 40 men. Several par ties and monthly socials have bee lstaged at the community house ant
 as wind-up for the season, an out
 ing was rendered the Brotherhoo
 organization of the Kensington Cor
 gregational church. The outing wa held at the community grounds l week ago saturday at Whlch tim
 the Berlin men showed themselves
 be the superior on the baseball dia
 mond. Although the class will nc
 meet during the summer it is quit
 possible that a series of baseba
 games will be played between Berli and Ken3ington.
 Return From Trip.
 MT. and Mrs. c. B. Baldwin, M and Mrs. Harold Upson, Joseph Wi son and Loretta filling returned la: night from a weekend trip to Cap Cod where they were the guests ( l Miss Adele Bassett.
 Kensington Kernels.
 Helen Horan of Newark, New Jer sey, is visiting with Mrs. John Coax Hey
 Joseph Horan of Newark, Ne