New Britain herald., 1923-05-16
AUTOIST SMASHES
 INTO FIRE HYDRANT Water Co. EmplOyes Forced to Work All Night Making Repairs WATSON APPOINTED BUYER
Thirteen to Attend Banquet in Har,
 ford-No,ena ta the Holy Ghost at Catholic Ghureh-Moman's Ted. eration Notes-iaying Formulation.

Catholic chureh-Moman's Ted
 eration Notes-laying Foundation
 An autoist whose name had no
 been aseertaned this morning
 smashed into and broke the fire hy
 drant at the corner nf Washington
 and West Main streets last evening
 about 10 o'clock. Employes of tht
 water company were summoned tt
 the scene and they were forced tC
 work all night repairing the damage The water from the hydrant caused a
 miniature flood for q time, but the
 efforts of the water men met with
 success after n time and their work
 was finished early this morning, Buyer for Chain stores. Raymond Matson, formerly the
 manager Of the plainville Economy store on Whiting street. has been ap.
 pointed buyer for the company Of
 fruits and vegetables. He has man. aged the local store since last Oeto- ber. He has been succeeded in Plainville by William James of Hart I ford.
 To Attend Banquet. The Plainy1lle Chamber of Com merce will be represented by i3 members at the state banquet to he 1 held in the Hotel Bond in Hartford tomorrow evening. Speakers Of na- l tionwide prominence will make ad- dresses and 1t is expected that more will attend before the time for de- parture for the capital city. Ralph Seymour, president of the Plainville body will head the Plainville delega- ton.
 Novena Being Observed.
 A novena to the Holy Ghost is be- ing observed in the church of Our Lady of Mercy al lthis week. serv- Ices are being carried out each morn- Ing after the mass at 8 o'clock.
 Next Sunday, the feast of Ponte- cost, a class of 50 children will make their first holy communion at the & o'clock mass. High mass will be sung and large number will be present to view the services which are among the most beautiful in the church calendar. On next Sunday also the annual collection for the Holy Father, the Pope, called Peters Pence. will be taken up throughout the world. and in Plainville at all the | masses.
 Woman's Federation Notes.
 The Woman's Federation of the Congrega tional church will hold a | program meeting tomorrow afternoon | at o'clock daylight saving time). l Mrs. Sherrod Soule will speak on | "The Work of the Woman's Congre- gat!onal Home Missionary Union of Connecticut" and Mrs. E. W. Capon will speak of the Golden Jubilee Goal of the Hartford Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions" Special music will be rendered and tea will be served. The April envelopes are due at this meeting.
 Laying Foundation.
 Workmen began laying the founda- ion for the building at the corner of i and West Main streets this r morning and the contractor in charge ,f the work stated that if the weather 2 S good, the foundation will be fn- V shed this week. The work on cut
  lew pasaway will then be undertaken r nd will be finished sometime before he summer Is over. r
 State Aid Road Assured. F At last the state aid highway |, trough Scott swamp, linking Bristol nd Hartford in a most direct way, \ ; about to become d reality. At the V ecent Pennington town meeting, it .d -as the vote of the assembly that his work be sanctioned and the ,wn voted s30.0o0 as its share to- ready appropriated s9o,o0o and the b, ork, 1t is expected will be started at B nee. z, This highway runs from the Bristol to 'wn line to the Harrington Plain- a. He road and when completed will si 3 trunk line. It will cut off about \ miles between Hartford and Bris- - I for those who prefer a good road The residents of Scott Swamp ave long been arguing for such an 1provement and it's realization is 'urce of delight for all who live in lis district. Of late the town of HAS tAHlblltu no llIIlc 'ide in the Scott Swamp area and nong other things, five miles of wire i've been installed by the electric yht company to provide service for e residents.
 With the completion of the above entioned highway, the next project be attempted will be the rebuild 2 of the Farmington-New Britain ad which is now in a very bad con- ton.
 Movies Here Again. Charles B. Eastman. proprietor of e Community theater, will open the ace again Sunday evening with oving picture show. Mir. Eastman S taken this step because of the my requests from the residents of ( ? town He conducted daily shows gre for long time and was then '. cceeded by l.. H. Loeffler, who left vn recently in q hurried manner. !. Eastman stated yesterday that would manage the theater himself plans to start daily shows later
 The weekly dances under the nagement of Andrew Hogan will conducted as usual /
 Plans Are Completed. Y The Plainville Fife and Drum Corps \