New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
PainviMe Meus
DEFER ACTION ON ! HOUSING QUESTION
 Chamber of Commerce Will Await Plans ol Factory Heads OFFICIALS NOT PRESENT

Surprise Party At Grange HalI-- Christmas Tree Cclcbratioas-rec.
 ords Broken At the Local Post of-
 ice--Turkcys to Be Cheaper. No action was taken at the special
 meeting of tho Chamber Of Commerce
 last evening with regard to the hous-
 Ing question. It had been planned to settle the question at last nights ses.
 sion, but few days ago. Joseph N.
 Mckernen. president of the Chambe, or Commerce, received word from ths officials of the Standard Steel and
 Bearings Co.,, that the plans which they were formulating were not ready for presentation.
 At last nights meeting, this was reported to the members and 1t was decided to lay the matter on the table until the regular January meet ing, to take place the first Thursday of the month. None of the officials of the factory was present last night and no hint of the nature of their plans was given. The members of the local chamber feel that as the matter concerns them more than if does the individuals of the town, they should be the ones to bring forward plans for the accommodation of the help they are contemplating bringing to Platnville. According to Mir. Mo- Nernen, the local body is working for | the interests of the community. and the members of the Chamber of Commerce here are willing to work to their utmost for the good of the | town. For this reason. they have of- tered their cooperation to the fac tory heads in the present instance, and 1t is hoped that the matter, if there is to be a shortage of housing here, will be taken care of by the next meeting night. a
 Surprise Party
 The private dance of the Happy Your, given at Grange hall last eve hing, took the form of a surprise 'arty on Raymond Cunningham in ,onor of his birthday. About 50 ,onples were present and the occa lon came as complete surprise to ne guest Of honor. Among those in attendance were friends from Bristol. H New Britain, Southington and Plain III vile.
 During the evening. MT. Cunning iam was presented with a gift tho presentation speech being made by Well Prior. In his talk, Mir. Prior spoke of the high esteem in which those present held Mir. Cunningham.
 nd he offered him the felicitations 'f the gathering.
 < Refreshments were served during the intermission and vocal solos were Tendered by some of the members present. George Skinner was chair man Of the committee on arrange nents.
 Mir Cunningham Is member of he firm of Cunningham & Skinner. cal estate dealers, and has a host of friends in town.
 Santa's Busy Night
 Santa Claus will have busy eve ling this evening because of the fact nat there are going to be three big shrlstmas tree festivals in town.
 The members of the Methodist l 'hurch of Plainvile will gather in the hurch parlors, where there will he Christmas tree and an array of pres! nus and good things for the children. ne exercises will start promptly at :So o'clock and there will be sing pg and merriment all the evening.
 Santa Claus will also be present at ne M. F. church parlors to distrib- te the varied assortments of gifts ihich he has brought for the chij- ren of the parish. An excellent on artainment has been prepared to be " resented by the children consisting . orchestra selections by the churcht I rchestra, vocal and violin solos el eadings, dialogue and many other c. &
 At the same time. the annual : hristmas concert of the Advent F. hristian church will be held this m vening at o'clock There will also oi Christmas tree here for the chiI- tr ren and old Santa has promised to a. present to give out the presents, br verybody is welcome to attend the m Sercises. "a
 r. Q. Records Broken tn James Usher. local postmaster. has be ,nounced that all records for Christ SC as mail have been broken this wear. ar he number of packages. cards and pi tiers that have passed through the cal government station has far ex- eded the total of past years. tn He also wishes to announce that go " person who has not yet sent in Of s war savings stamps, may cash stt em at the post office after the first do the year. without the necessity of nding them into the government. C le greoter number Of stamps held ,ally, have been registered already.
 Turkeys Arc Cheaper Or Reports from the meat markets in fo wn state that Christmas turkeys II be cheaper than they were at thanksgiving. At that time. they i'm re in the neighborhood of 70 cents str
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