New Britain herald., 1923-04-17

old couch covers and even portieres suitable for covering will be accept able. They will serve some of the refugees who do not sleep in houses, but are forced to sleep on the beaches in the open or under upturned boats.
 The children in the Kensington schools are uniting in an effort to raise $60, enough money to keep one orphan for year. The committee has stated that if anyone who has contribution, is not called upon, tele- phone message to one of the commit tee members will assure the prompt collection Of the donation.
 Those in charge are expecting good results from the drive. judging by the way in which it started. School Board Meeting.
 Whether Superintendent of Schools B. R. Showalter will be retained an other year or not will be decided at the meeting of the school board this evening, one of the most momentous in many years.
 Should Mir. Showalter be retained, his critics are planning another move in the form of request for special town meeting to go over the head of the board.
 County Conferences. County conferences for older boys and older girls will be held in Thompsonville and Windsor, respec- lively, on April 27 and 2S. Any class in the Sunday school or any group in the community between the ages of IA and 20 may send two members. Free entertainment will be provided for the young people. the only ex- pense being the transportation and registration fees.
 With The Town Clerk
 A marriage license taken out in Hartford has been sent to the town clerk to be placed on file, John Clark of East Berlin and Lou Ella Dawsey of Hartford being the two parties mentioned. Mir Clark is employed at the R. o. Clark brick yards. George Edward Misenti of Middle town and Lenora Carbo, daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. John Carbo of kensing- ton, have taken out a marriage It. cense.
 A license has also been taken out Iby Alphonso Bonafonte of Berlin and Catherine Girande Of Kensington Mr. Bonafonte is employed at one of the Berlin brick yards and Miss Girande formerly held a position at the Am erican Paper Goods Co.
 A certificate hes been received an- nouncing the birth of son, Robert Charles, to Mir. and Mrs. Stanley King of Kensington.
 The Robbins estate has sold to Louis I.anza of Kensington a lot be- tween Harding street and the railroad in Kensington.
 Must License Dogs
 Town Clerk Arthur Woodruff stated this morning that although the month is half gone, only 40 dogs have been registered and tagged. Mir. Woodruff calls the attention of the dog owners in the town to the fact that they have but until the end of this month to license their dogs. The dog warden will make the rounds soon after the close of the month and will see to 1t that all dogs are properly tagged. There are about 300 dogs in the town.
 Berlin Congregational Churcl,
 A meeting of the Lo-Hi club was held last evening in the Community house at 1880 a'clock.
 The Motherhood club will meet to- morrow afternoon at o'clock. The speaker will be Mrs. Brownell of thc State Board of Public School Nursing. Mrs. Brownel recently finished an ex- animation of the pupils In the Berlin schools and will have something to say about the results of the examina- tion.
 The Girl Scouts will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the com munity house under the direction of Mrs. Garner Goodwin.
 The regular weekly prayer meeting will be held Thursday evening at 7:3o o'clock.
 The Boy Scouts will meet Friday evening at 7:3o o'clock.
 Items of Interest
 James Kerrigan of Kensington, who was reported as being seriously i'll at his home, was said to be in about the same condition this morn ing.
 Several rails on the Berlin trolley