New Britain herald., 1921-12-24

The morning service will be held as usual at 10:45 o'clock and a spe- cial Christmas sermon will be rem dered. Sunday school will be held at 1910 o'clock but the Christian En- deavor meeting in the evening will be omitted. The Sunday school Christ mas exercises will be held at 6 o'clock in the church. An especially attrac- tive program has been prepared, en- titled, Tt Shall be to all People"
 Christmas In Berlin
 Christmas will be quietly observed in Berlin this year and inasmuch as the town does not have a municipal Christmas tree, several families are planning to attend the public exer- cises in New Britain.
 The Berlin Savings bank will close on Christmas day and most of the stores in town are planning to be closed all day Monday. The majority of the factories closed this afternoon for over the holiday and will reopen on Tuesday morning of next week.
 The A. F. F. barbershop in Ken sington will be open on Monday until HoOll Only lO dCCOlllnOudle the pup lie.
 W. A. c. Juniors Defeated
 The W. A. c. Juniors were deefated last evening by the Dwarfs of New Britain in a fast basketball game played at the town hall. The score was 2S to 16. Several members of the team protested because the select men of the town have raised the price of the rental of the town hall from s3 a night to s5 a night.
 On January 5 the senior team of the w. A. c. will play the New Brit ain Trade school at the town hall and the junior team will play the Aces of the same city. A hot contest is ex- pected as both teams have good rec ords.
 Traffic Is Slow
 Max Sugenheim, station agent at the Berlin depot stated this morning that traffic on the railroad this year is the lightest it has been in years. Up to a late hour this morning no trains coming through the town had more than one section where in any other year at least one or two sec tions would follow the regular train.
 Berlin Items
 Mrs Elizabeth Whitney and daughter Miss Elizabeth Whitney of Kensington are at Guilford for the 1 holidays.
 The Sunday school exercises of the Kensington Methodist church were held last evening and there was a good attendance.
 A large number Of people attended ,he Sunday school exercises of the Berlin Congregational church held last evening at the church.
 Wilfred Moore of Berlin street left oday for Greenwich. Mass, where he will spend the holidays with his 'amily.
 Miss Adele Murray will leave soon or Atlantic City where she will spend | | vacation.
 The meeting of the Mems Lyceum ,f Kensington which was scheduled l Or next week has been postponed be- ,ause of the holidays.
 East Berlin Items.
 Miss Gertrude Quinn left Friday for | LET nome III NtW port, fN. l., NntEt Sllt i will spend the Christmas vacation.
 The services at the Methodist 'hurch Sunday are as follows: Re learsal of the Christmas music at 10 | ''clock: regular morning service at 0:45 a. m. and evening service at ';30 D. m.
 There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at St. Gabriel's hurch Sunday morning at 10:45 a. n. Prof. James of Berkeley Divinity chool of Middletown will have harge. Sunday school will be mtted.
 .Gustave Hanson left today for Pe- N. J., where he will spend Christmas with relatives.
 Regular holiday hours will be ob erved at the local post office Monday which are as follows-Open from ,30 a. m. until 1000 a. m. and open t 5:15 p. m. and close at 6:00 ?. m.
 Miss Frances Pierce left today for Bristol, Vermont, where she will spend he holidays with relatives.
 Mlna Edith Northrup is visiting rel |