New Britain herald., 1922-08-22
HOME AFTER VISIT
 THROUGH ENGLAND Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marshall Saw
 King and Queen CONDITIONS THERE BETTER
Impressive Funeral Services For Miss Anna Prior Held This Morning Legion Circus Attracts Large Crowd At Opening Night.

At Opening Night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Fred Marshall hay, returned from two months triy through England where they visited relatives. The brought back witr them, William Herbert. a son of Mrs make his home permanently in thi. country.
 |, Mir. Marshall, who Is manager 0, the local branch Of the Great Allan
 tic and Pacific company, left witt
 his wife on July 1. on the steamer
 Celtic. This was their first visit tc Y their native land since their comins over to this country, just l3 year.
 ago. Mrs. Marshall was born in West
 Hartlepoole and Mir. Marshall ir
 Manchester, England.
 Mrs. Marshall has her parents and
 several brothers and sisters living, but
 MT. Marshall has but cousins, his par.
 ents having died several years ago.
 The couple landed in Liverpool or
 July and then went directly to West
 Hartepoole to greet Mrs. Marshall's
 parents. During their stay of two
 months. Mir. and Mrs Marshall wis ited many places of interest
 Saw King and Queen.
 During their visit in London they arrived in time to witness the open ing of the great London City council
 hall which occasion had been hon. ored by the appel rance of the king and queen. Mir. and Mrs. Marshall had the chance of seeing them during the ceremonies. The new hall is sit uated on the Thames embankmnt and had been under construction for the past seven years. Work was stopped signing of the Armstice commenced again.
 The local people saw Niscount Lascelles and Princess Mary during their stay in London. They visited Westminster Abbey and went through the Coronation rooms.
 | The tower of London was among the other places they visited. They spent some time in York. where they went through the York Cathe- dral and later visited the oldest CIluICH lIl0Ie, tTtCltu m Itoh. The estate of Lord Strathmore sit uated in Holwicl1 was also gone over which place is the hunting ground of Admiral Beatty They saw the High est Force water falls, which is to | England. as the Niagara Falls is to lthe United States. These falls are in Holwick.
 Conditions Better.
 The conditions of England in gen ieral seem to have improved consid- erably since the end of the war, Mir. Marshall said. There appear how ever. 10 be many out of work al- though there are chances for em- ployment the same as in this coun- try. The pay is very small, he added.
 On an average. he says, a good suit can be purchased for 55 shillings which is equivalent to about SIS in United States money. The best shoes which are much heavier than in this country, sell for s5. Fresh country butter can be purchased for two shil- linss a pound. This is close to 4s cents, making the groceries range in the same prices charged here.
 West Hartlepoole, Mrs. Marshall's native town, has about 30,a0o inhab- tants and the chief industry there is shipbuilding. During the war, this place was bomba rded time and again by German planes. West Hartlepoole is about 31o miles from London and ample time to make a getaway be- fore they were chased.
 Miss Anna Prior.
 The funeral of Miss Anna Prior was held this morning at g o'clock from the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Impressive services were held for the local woman. with Rev. John F. Fay, pastor of the church. cele- brant of a solemn requiem high mass. ] Rev. James Kane of Danbury assist l ed as deacon and Rev. Joseph Brady, l also of nanhury, was sub deacon. l Rev. Edward Shearer of Brooklyn. N. ! T., was master of f-ceremonies. Father Kane had charge of the committal services.
 Miss Laura Farrell of New Britain sang the offertory and at the end of | the mass sang. T Come to Thee" Mrs. Martin Casey played the organ. |
 The pail bearers were George Prior | Raymond Prior, Lawrence Prior, ! Thomas Flood and James Flood
 Grows Large Dahlias.
 Ole H. Robertson, who conducts a farm on the outskirts of Plainville , and who is an assessor of the town | has what are probably some of the ] largest dahlias in this vicinity. The | flowers are now In full bloom and the tops oi them measure fully 12 inches across Mir Robertson has many of | these on his farm in addition to other prize flowers
 Barbers Up in Arms Z
 The new and upward charge in the | prices of haircuts and slaves, which was started by local barbers yesterday, does not seem to meet with the ap- proval of two of the Plainville ton sorial experts. These two, who have been accustomed to giving their pa irons haircuts for 35 cents and slaves for Is cents. find that they are sub ie cted to a severe criticism for charg- ng the so cents for haircuts and 20 ,ents for slaves. They also contend .nat the increase is hurting their oa3iness instead of doing them some good, and have announced that de- spite the procedure Of the other bar