New Britain herald., 1922-09-07

ton; Lauretta Hopkins, Meriden; Anna Mansfield, Berlin and Robert Cameron, Patchogue, New York. The latter has been named principal of the grammer school.
 Berlin Junior High and Senior High school: Anna Young, New Britain; Catherine Schaefer, Middle. town; Clifford Dodge, Berlin: Helen de Long. Berlin; Florence Young South Hadley, Mass; Eleanor Fitz- patrick, Fair Haven, Vermont; Olive Lawrence, Metuchen, N. J.
 Special teachers-Ethel Prior Plainville, instructor of music.
 During the past few days and pre- vious to the opening of school many changes and alterations as well as repairs were made to the various buildings, the board ordering the changes made upon the advice of the building committee. The work was not completed. at the Worthington school when school opened yesterday but the laborers were at work yes- terday afternoon after the classes had been dismissed for the day
 $08,O82.24 Collected.
 Tax Collector c. r. Lewis of Ken sington, in a statement to the Herald this morning. said that taxes col- lected for the year in Berlin total $e6,o9224. Of this amount s91,- s94.43 was collected in property tax es; $1,179.s6 in interest and $2175 in liens. The personal taxes collect ed totaled s2.sse
 The above statement shows that over 90 percent. of the personal tuxes were collected and over so percent of the property taxes collected which were due on May 1,1922. Mir. Lewis has made a special drive this past year to collect the taxes due the town and not to allow great many of them to go over onto the back tax list.
 Few Court Gases.
 Joseph Martin of New Haven was arraigned before Judge Griswold in the town court last evening on a charge of driving a motor vehicle with improper headlights. He was discharged The liquor case of Louis Contino which was to have been heard last evening. was postponed until an analysis of the liquor has been made.
 Plan Series of Dances
 Plans are being made by the young people of kensington to hold B series of dances at the Foresters hall each Saturday evening through put the winter beginning with Sat urday of this week
 Center of Connecticut.
 East Berlin is the geographical ,enter of the state. according toj survey of the country which has re- ,ently been completed by the United States Interior department during which the geogra phical center of zach state was determined The 'ame survey found that the exact geographical center of the country vas in Smith County, Kansas.
 Farewell Party Tonight.
 Members of the Epworth league of he kensington Methodist church will ender Miss Leona Lewis Miss Bertha 1anford, Miss Ruth Hanford and Miss Catherine Gullong. farewell ,arty at the home of Mir and Mrs :. F. Lewis this evening. The four girls are planning to leave Kensing- on on September IS to go to New fork where they will enter the Brooklyn Methodist hospital to train or nurses.
 The four girls are well known in his town most all them having re- ided here since their birth and all members of the Epworth League, one fl the most active of the younger 'eople's associations in Berlin.
 News in Brief. Tax Collector c. F. Lewis has re- urned from short trip to Boston, lass.
 Miss Elizabeth r. Wilcox Of Ridge is entertaining Hiss M. E. Goodale of Brooklyn, {. Y.
 pames Brown of Kensington is con- ned in St. Francis hospital in Hart ord.
 Mir. and Mrs. John O'Conneil of | ,ensington have returned From an utomobile trip through New York tate. Miss Emma Taylor, who has been | pending the summer with Miss Paul. l