New Britain herald., 1922-03-30

Ire in the posse ession of Miss Mariorla Moore. The records. however, do not give the names of the first officers Of he society
 Roswell Moore was elected tht president on October 2. 1StS and Levi CoWles was secretary. GustaNas pson was librarian. In 1854 Milo tiotchkiss vas elected president, Alvin Hills was elected in 1895. H. X. Moore in lS57. C. w. Brown in 'S5S. Will liam Norton in 1860 and II. M. Cowles in 1861.
 Miss Moore also has q copy of llo- mer's Iliad, one of the first books which was purchased by the society in 1929.
 Peck Memorial Library.
 At present the institute is known to many as the Peck Memorial library because of the fact that tho building in which the library association IS To- cated was benueathcd by the late Henry Peck of Waterbury,
 The association is still known as the kensington Library society. The new building was started in the year Of 1902, the money having been left by Henry Peck who was born in the Blue Hills section of the town and later moved to Waterbury.
 The property on which 'he building stands was donated to the society by Harriet .lotch'>ias. hnanlcr anu Fanny II. Jones all of Greenwich this state. Mrs Jones is the only one liy- ing of the donors.
 Present Eirircrs.
 T. ". Emerson is thc president at the present time. S M, Cowles is d"st vice prcsaort and Mrs. R. A. NoodinE i; second NiS president. Miss Marjorie Mocra ii secretary. R. H. Graham is treasurer and Miss Mary Nelson is ibrar;a..,
 In the absence of Mis-, Eclion, who is in Florida Mrs. Harcll t'pson is actng as librarian and ii ailed by Miss Bertha Wooding. The building is open on Friday afternoons from until 5 o'clock and in the evening from 7:3o u1til 9 o'clock.
 Records at the institute show that approximately loo children visit the l1)l dlN ''i' il pT ilIdN ihdiiN bo'h6 dl' kept al the building for the children IS well as for a1ultG.
 Oppose Town t>alc.
 At poorly attended special town nceting held last evening in the town nall, it was voted to adhere to the recommendations made by the special town farm committee in regard to tl,r purchasing of motor vehicle equip nent,
 Leland GWat>in, representing the committee. gave his report. He stat, nd that the committee went on record as opposing the ea|e Of the town farm or purchG. ing motor vehicle equip ment to replace town teams and horses.
 Although there were few at the meeting it lasted for about one hour There was q considerable amount o' discussion as to the purchasing of motor vehicle equipment. Many pres cnt were inclined to believe that it would be a saving to the town. Others thought that the trucks coz be hir- ed at more reasonable i'a,e and it was finally decided to vote against the proposition.
 Canadian Fire
 Perhaps there is no other person in town more interested and shocked 10 hear of the burning of the baSiii- ca of Ste Anne de Reauprc, famous for it's shrine. than w. w. Fagan postmaster of the kensington post office.
 It will be remembered by many that Mir. Pagan went to the shrine one year ago last July for the purpose ot being cured of a illness which pre- vented him from sleeping. He stayed at the shrine for d required length or time and upon his return to kensing ton was able to sleep as well as q healthy person.
 Mir. Pagan is not the only member of his family to have been cured by the relic inasmuch as the relic was in New York church about 20 years ago, when his mother was cripple. She was taken to New York and it was necessary for het to go about in a wheel chair Following visit to the relic Mrs. Pagan was able to walk