New Britain herald., 1922-08-21
LEGION CIRCUS ID
 BE VARIETY SHOW
Grounds Ready for Opening Per.
 formance Tonight
6. OF C. OUTING ENJOYED
Anna Prior Dies At Her Home On south Washington Street - Drum Corps Captures Two Awards At State Field Meet in Westflcld.


 The American Legion society circus will open tonight for weeks run in the town lot on Whiting and Maple streets which Seectman William Johnson has offered for the use of the Brock Barnes post
 An eight foot canvas has been erected around the lot by Hartford concern and all booths have been fn-. ished. The dance platform, one of the largest in this vicinity is also ready and nothing has been left undone in order to please the large number of patrons who are expected to support the Legion members in their drive for building funds.
 Leroy and Appleton, New Britain acrobats, who are known throughout this state for their tumbing, will be the headliners. Supporting them on the program will be the I.achere Sis ters .aerialists; the Glass Brothers, I tumblers and the Sheik Aba BVa troupe Of acrobats
 The Block Barnes post officials an- nounce that all the acts advertised
 
 Ilected with care under the guidance of Leroy and Appleton. who are in charge of the arrangements.
 Realizing that some of the past af- fairs have been more or less made up of local talent or joking acts, the off cials wish the people 10 understand l that they have spent close to s2,0O0 in planning for this circus. Electric ights have been strung and a large transformer has been installed on the grounds. It was also necessary to erect q telephone pole in the center of the lot in order to carry the wires lcross the grounds. Much of the can vas for the side show has been pur- chased outright and this will be used for other occasions.
 ! The Alpha string orchestra. of New Britain, has been secured to play for .he dancing and Coellos Carnival band of New Jersey will render music for the side show and feature acts. ! The grounds will open at o'clock and the feature acts will commence | about o'clock. In order not to in | terfere with the efforts of the legion to raise funds, C. B. Eastman, owner of the Community theater has an nounced that he will close his place | during the week and urges all his pa irons to support the post affair.
 There will be no performances in l the afternoons during this week. On | Wednesday evening, the largest fea- ture of the entire bill will be present ed when a woman will slide down a wire, hanging by her teeth, to an ap- paratus connected to 1t. The tower stands 100 feet off the ground at the starting point and ends near Whit ing street. a few feet from the side walk
 Many at Outing
 The annual outing of the Plainville | Chamber of Commerce was enjoyed | by about 75 at Savin Rock Saturday afternoon Automobiles, conveying | the party, left from in front of the Chamber Commerce headquarters shortly after 12 o'clock Dinner was served at Wilcox pier and the com mittee in charge was praised for their management of the affair.
 Following the meal, sports were en- ioyed at the athletic grounds and the baseball game between the married I; and single men proved to be the fea- ture of the day. The married men showed up in good style and despite the advantage the younger opponents had against them. succeeded in play ing nine innings withNhe score tie, l2 to f2. The game had to be post poned on account of shortness of il breath which afflicted the majority Of the married men.
 William Cafferty, feeling stronger than the other players, hit the ball for a record drive when 1t crashed into the hotel window. This little trick met with a call from the man. ager, who after a conference, an nounced that the sum of 6o cents would be necessary to stem the rising tide of indignation and patch the pane. He was rendered with atone dollar bill and told to keep the change |