New Britain herald., 1922-08-24
|ALDER|DGE BLOCK HAS CHANGED HANDS Plainyille Engineering and Supply
 Company Buys Place PLANS TO MOVE IN SOON
Aces Will Play in Milldnlc This Sun day Afternoon-Arthur Basncy of Whites Crossing Marries Williman- tic Woman Here Ycstcr'ay-Other
 
 Interesting Notes.

The Alderdge Block on Whiting street, one of the oldest landmarks fl the center of the town, has been solo to the Planville Engineering anc Supply company The sale was made through Thomas w O'Connor O |, New Britain and involved a sum o
 about $1s,oo0.
 The building, situated in the hear
 of the business section, was erected
 ir the early days of Plainvile. Il r contains four stores, two of which are
 now vacant John Gross has d con.
 fectionery store at one end and the Italian American Grocery store oc.
 cupies the west side. It Is the intention of the hardware company owners to move into the two
 vacant stores. after some slight alter
 ations have been made. Their pres
 ent store Is now directly across the
 street They at2 one time occupied
 one of the stores in the Alderidge Block.
 After the stock has been moved in- | to the new store. which will be done within the next two months, the own CTS plan to erect brick front, if pos sible, and put in large show windows. Many other improvements are being planned to take place in the future. l Baseball Sunday
 The Aces team will travel to Mill
 dale Sunday afternoon to play tn. town team.
 The Aces have arranged to accom- l f4Il pd j be an automobile truck leaving the center of the town at 1;3o o'clock sharp. Kalish or Cunningham will do | the pitching, with Wadsworth behind | the bat.
 Basney-Bysron Nuptials
 Arthur Basney of Whites Crossing and Mildren Bysron of Willimantc. were married yesterday afternoon by Justice of the Peace Merritt O. Ryder Toe Dancer Entertaining It was reported this morning that the committee in charge of the Brock Barnes post legion carnival had struck gold mine in securing the services of Miss Margaret Bentley, of Dallas. Texas, to give several interpretive dances at the legion entertainment this evening Margaret is little tot four or five years old. and Is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Earl Bent ley. who are visiting here. The youngster is reported s exceptionally clever as a dancer and reigns as queen amongst the youngsters in the Lone Star state.
 Local people will be interested to head that She has been added to the bill for tonight Among the Plain the local critics tonight are the Misses Florence schwenk, Helen Tierney, Betty Parkinson and Cath crime Cunningham. These four are headlined in a singing and dancing act They also do a few novelty steps in their dancing and promise much in the line of entertainment.
 The carnival is enjoying big week and last night rivalled the opening night with a crowd estimated at over l. 100 persons. The booths did a big business and several were sold out in the early evening. The dared devil de scent of Mile. Beaupre was the sensa ton of the evening. Noted for her clever ability at sliding down wire I by her teeth, Mile. Beaupre lived up to her reputation last night
 Auxiliary Notes
 The American Legion auxiliary have called a special meeting to be held on | Thursday evening, August Sl, at the | Brock Barnes post rooms. This m eet- ing will be for the purpose of elect ing a delegates to attend the state ' of American Legion AuXil- iaries which will be held in the Elks hall, Hartford, September IA The auxiliary held a meeting Tuesday night but due to the Society Circus. did not do any business tabling all until next Thursday night,
 Return From Hospital
 James and Howard Burgess, sons of Nr. and Mrs. Edward Burgess of Ma pie street, have returned from the \ Prospect hospital in Hartford, follow ng an operation performed on both sons for adenoids and tonsils. Dr. levine performed the operations.
 Pythian sisters Meet
 Pythian Sisters held regular meet ng last evening in the Knights of Py- Il. The organization is outlining pro- sram for the winters work and this will be announced following the ses- ions to be held next month. All II members have been urged to attend he meeting in September in order to ender what aid they can in planning or the fall activities.
 There will be a meeting of the Py- hian lodge tomorrow night when re- ports will be heard on the recent fair n the Community theater A state nent will be issued on the official proceeds realized for the Municipal Christmas tree
 Plainyiue Briefs
 Louis Scranton of Mountain View, member of the Citizens Training I amp at Devens, has forwarded word ,ere that he has been promoted from he ranks of a private to that. of cor ,oral. Corporal Scranton is expected ,ome the end of this month when the amp closes for the summer training.
 William Bergen and Mrs l.. C. 'rice of Brooklyn, N. Y, are the .uests of their brother, John Bergan f Broad street. The Misses Evelyn and Edna Jones