New Britain herald., 1922-05-19

Luby and c. r. Lewis will take care Of the kensington cemeteries.
 Services At Monument. | The services will be held on the morning of May 30 at the monument next to the Kensington Congrega- tional church.
 | There are probably few people in town who know that the monument at which the exercises will be held wes designed by N. A. Moore and was the first monument to be erected in the United States in honor of the vet erans. of the Civil war. N. A. Moore was an uncle of Miss Marjorie Moore, who is active in planning tie exer- cises for this day.
 In studying past history, Miss Moore has learned that the monument was ldedicated on July 2S, 1863. The shaft for the monument was secured by the farmers of the town at the stone quarries in Portland. The shaft was drawn to Kensington from Port land by oxen.
 History states that Rev. E. B. TIil- lard, at that time pastor of the Con- gregational church, inspired the build ing of the monument after he had heard of the reports of many bat ties at which the lives of seven Ken |sington men had been sacrificed. An amount equal to $350 was s>raised by the minister in his effort to have the~ monument erected. The moru- ment is of Portland brown stone and stands 20 feet in height.
 While the men in those days were busy preparing the monument the women of Kensington made an Am erican flag with 3S stars in it. This flag is still kept in the safe at the Kensington Congregational church and will be taken out on Memorial Day. Because of it's age the lag will not be taken out of doors bus will be kept in the church where anyone may see it who desires.
 Children to Participate.
 B. R. Showalter stated at the meeting last evening that the school children of the town will participate in the exercises and that they are being drilled by the teachers.
 Planning Public Concert.
 Plans are being completed for a public concert to be given at the town hall Friday and Saturday evenings, June 2 and 3. The concert is being staged by the Glee club and orches- tra of the Berlin Junior High school, and will be given under the super vision of Miss Ethel Prior, instructor of music in the local schools.
 This is the first time in the history of Berlin that such a concert has been given since there has never before been a Glee club formed at any of the 1 schools Both the Glee club and or | chestra were formed at the Junior | High school this year. and members have been rehearsing faithfully for the past several weeks with Miss | Prior in preparation for the event.
 This is also the first year that Der lin has had musical instructor in all of it's public schools Miss Prior has been working in cooperation with the teachers at the schools to make this affair the best of its kind to be held here. Tickets for the concert will go on sale next week
 Notes About Town.
 The annual banquet of tho Mems Lyceum will be held it the Kensing- ton Methodist church on Tuesday evening Of next week.
 The regular meeting of the board of selectmen will be held in the town hall Monday evening.
 Workmen of the New York, Now Haven and Hartford railroad com pany were busy this morning painting the bridge which spans Pennington road near the station.
 A food sale will be conducted by the Inanda club at the kensngton Methodist church this evening.
 c. F. Lewis, collector of taxes, will be in East Berlin tomorrow to col ect taxes in that section of the town.
 East Berlin Items.
 In the future the weekly prayer at the Methodist church will be held on Thursday evenings instead of on Friday. M Joseph Peletier has entered the en- ploy of the Mosel Manufacturing com oany in Kensington.
 Some of the teachers of the Hub bard school are planning to attend he convention Of the National Educa-