New Britain herald., 1923-01-24
PinuiM News
PYTHIAN Sisters
INSTALL TONIGHT
Past Grand Chief Claire Whitaker
and Staff 10 Be in Charge
SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT

SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT
Epworth League Five Loses 10 Rris-
toi--Athleiic Meeting Friday Night
--Trouble With Electric Lights
piain,ilie Briefs. :.
Pythian Temple. No, 20, Pythian
Sisters. will install officers AT meet
Ing this evening. Past Grand Chief
Claire Whitaker OF Stamford and her
stan will have charge Of the work.
An excellent program Of entertain
ment has been prepared by the com.
mittcc and a supper will he served al
$3.50 o'clock,
Epworth Five Loses.
Tho Epworth League basketball
five lost a hard fought game TO the
team representing the Young Peo-
Plies department OF the Prospect N.
T. church OF Bristol In the Bristol
Boys club gymnasium last evening.
by the score OF II to s. At the end
OF the first half. the local team had
held their opponents TO the score OF
4 to I, but In the second half the
Bristol basket tossers managed to hit
a fast pace and smothered the local
team under an avalanche OF double
counters. A change In the local line
up is said to have thrown the local
nf katr ate 81 IN oil oh
they put up game fight their oppo-
nents proved too fast for them. The
manager of the Epworth team will
try to arrange another game with the
Bristol crew and promises that In the
, next contest, the result will be diff
ferent.
The lineup of the team was as fol-
lows: Rogers. right forward; Griffen.
left forward; Zickwolf. center: Good
win, left guard; Nelson, right guard;
Johnson and Stevenson. utility men.
Athletic Meeting.
J. V. I.amberton of Hartford. a rep
resentative of the Hartford County
Y. NJ. C. A., will be present in the
town hall Friday night at an athletic
meeting to outline the formation of
groups of boys for athletic work.
Last Friday night. a group of junior
boys was formed, but no action was
taken for the formation Of a senior
| group.
| Secretary Lamberton has the repu-
tation of being one of the best Or
ganizers of the Hartford County Y.
NJ. c. A., and he will give talk on
the methods used to interest boys in
various athletic centers. The plan
works out in the following manner:
The boys are separated into groups
of from IL to Is members and each
group is a miniature society in itself
A leader is selected from among the
men of the town and he forms pro-
gram under the supervision of COM
petent athletic instructors for his
group. A president, vice president,
treasurer and secretary are then
elected and the group functions. 1t
is planned to create rivalry between
the various groups and for that pur-
pose, it is the hope of the committee
which has been instrumental in get
ting the Hartford County Y. NJ. c. A.
here. that there will be a large at
tendance at the meeting Friday night.
Anyone who is interested in the fur
therance Of sports here is invited to
attend.
Power Interrupted.
| Many merchants experienced
trouble last evening with the lights
in their places of business. The flick
ering which had been evident for
some time, and which was attended
to BY the company, became evident
again last evening. The service on
the trolley lines was held up but
after about Is minutes, the cars were
able to resume their runs. Employees
of the companies, both the lighting
and the trolley. we're working today
to adjust the power
Installation Postponed.
Court General Lawton, +. of A.,
held a regular business meeting last
evening. The installation of officers
was postponed because of the IN
ability of the installing officers to be
present IT is planned to have the
installation the first meeting night in
| February.
Lively Argument.
Several persons in the center OF the
| town immensely enjoyed an argument
between an autoist and an employe
of the Connecticut Co. last evening
! According to reports, the autoist was
attempting to pass trolley which
was waiting in the center and in so
doing. bumped the trolley. The COL
lision was so slight that there was no
harm done but the owner of the auto
and the trolleyman discussed the
angles of the case from all sides for