New Britain herald., 1922-01-04
MARRIAGES FALL
 OFF DURING 1921
Report Shows Birth Increase and
 Death Rate Lower
HOLY NAME HAS ELECTION

SuIts-AllsS IMitn ulIton ln Auto
 of Interest.
 A comparison of the vital statistics for the past year with those of 1920, show that Curing the past l2 months, there has been decided increase in the births of the town, a noticeable falling ofk of marriages and lower death rate. For 1921, there were ap- proximately 243 births compared to but 200 for the previous year. Deaths numbered AS and in 1920 there were 5S. Marriages were outstripped by the preceding year there being 131 in 1920 and but 96 last year
 The decided slump In the marriage market is traced to the business de- pression and the uncertainty of young couples wishing to enter the bonds of matrimony under present conditions, The year before was a profitable one for the town clerk when he registered 131 licenses and collected fees for the same. The year of 1920 of course was c bit more promising businesswise than the past one, therefore the large number of marriages.
 There has been little sickness the the lower death rate. The cooperation of the physicians and Miss Elizabeth IIeineman, the visiting nurse, have done q great deal towards lowering disease and any slight signs of an inn pending outbreak of sickness, which may show evidence of turning into an epidemic, are immediately cared for and stemmed in time
 Bergen Heads Society
 The Holy Name Society of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, held its annual meeting at the church hall last evening and elected the following officers: President, Joseph F. Bergen; vice~p president, Charles F. Conlon; treasurer, Joseph Glynn; secretary, Harold Cutting; marshal, Peter Duffy and councillors, Daniel Collins, William l.. Cafferty, Hugh Flood and William Gallagher.
 A smoker was held, card games played and speakers finished up the program.
 In Auto Crash
 Miss Edith Hilton, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George Hilton of West Main street, received slight injuries and q severe shaking up in an automobile accident which occurred in Middle town yesterday afternoon. Miss Hilton was riding at the time with her par ents and it appears that an automobile driven by Lloyd Hoops, son of Thomas Hoops, Jr., of that town, skidded at the corner of Union and Summer streets, striking the local car. The headlights on Rev Mir. Hilton's car were smashed while the running board of the Hoops automobile was torn off. The matter was reported to the police. The accident was said to have been unavoidable.
 Zion Church Notes
 There will be a Candle Light serv- ice at the Redeemer's A. NJ. Zion church next Sunday evening com mencing at 7:30 o'clock. The mar shals for the occasion will be the Misses Adeine Woods and Mary Johnson. A large attendance iS anti cipated.
 On Friday evening" January IS, there will be a baked bean supper at the parsonage. This will give many of the townspeople an opportunity to meet the new pastor and his family, who recently came from Amherst Mass.
 Bowling Scores
 The Safety Switch team of the Trumbul Electric company league, defeated the fast Office bowlers at the Wallace Barnes alleys in Bristol Mon day evening two games out of three. The Assembly room players were vic torious over the Machine room in a fast game. The individual team scores are as follows: