New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
LARGE SALES AT
 HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Over $500 Taken in on First
 Night Of Sale HOLY NAME SOCIETY WHIST
Mail Will Bc Collected saturday Nights-Shcrifi ImpOunds Horscs --iIcmIngway-Grccncr Nuptials-- Reservoir Water Being Used.
Reservoir Water

The House Bcautiful'' sale con ductcd by the Womcn's Federation of the Congregational church opened last night with more ma tCrials displayed than ever before, and more than S3OO worth of goods was sold. Tho feature Of the dis play is quilt contributed by Mrs. George D. Mastin, This is a dupll- cate of one which she made this summer and which was sold for .$l50.
 There are eleven model rooms completely equipped with the ncc"s- sary furniture and furnishings. These include reception room. sun parlor, bedroom, sewing room, bath room, nursery dining room, library, kitchen, pantry, and play room. In the last mentioned there is chi.- drens grab bag All of the fur nishmgs are for sale. Flowers and plants are also displayed these being in charge Of Mrs Edwin Hills, who has received valuable aid from Charles BiSgic. Mrs, Charles | Clark of Pennington avenue is gen. ! eral chairman of the affair.
 Holy Name Whist
 At successful whist and dance given last night by the Holy Name society of the Church Of Our Lady of Mercy in American Legion hall, the following prizes were awarded; Ladies' prizes: First, Miss kather- inc Pryor; second, Mrs. William Gallagher; third, Miss Bostwick. Mems prizes: First, Emil Pcllcrn; second, Thomas Royce; third. 0. Provenchcr A beautiful silver cake dish donated hy Mrs. Henry C. Baum was rafflcd off and won by Mss Jean Mccarthy of Hartford. The card playing was followed by a program of dancing in the upper hall music being furnished by Booths orchestra Of Bristol.
 New Mail Collection
 Beginning tomorrow, there will be an additional collection of mail at 6 o'clock every Saturday evening. tintll now there has been no Collec- ton Saturday afternoons. and this new round of all the boxes in the city has been planned to speed ,Ip forwarding of mail. All mail in the boxes before o'clock will be forwarded Saturday night.
 The local post office has received a bulletin from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General II. II. BiIJanv ealing attention to the fact that Christmas is a holiday on rural frne delivery routes, so that parcels for delivery on these routes should he mailed in time 10 reach their desti- nation two or three days preceding Christmas, The department also advises that it. has no objection to the placing of such inscriptions as
 Please do not open until Christmas" on parcel post packages.
 The Christmas mail destined for foreign countries is beginning to come in at the plainyHlc office, but that for domestic points is sin practically an unknown tmng. If It does not start soon, the final rush VIII be more than the po~'al cm- ploycs can handle.
 Red Cross Booths Booths at which Red Cross n.n,-
 berships will be received Will be cs- tahlished tomorrow in tho post office, the PainvilIo Trust ro.. and Thrail's drug store. The Ioca, drive is progressing finely. although no definite figures will be alailablo
 until Monday.
 . Water Frim Reservoir
 water IS now being taken from the reservoir instead of the ar,.sian
 wells of the pain,illo Warl. ro This change is made o1try Wear. tbf wells being used from Jun, .o the
 Hnd of November and the reservoir during the winter months The switch Was made Wednesday and local residents can toll tho aIarr. encc in the source Of the na,,.r hy Its taste. Tho reservoir wat,r docs
 not taste as gooI as that oht,ipcd rom the wells, hut this IS l.g4use 1 'hH well water IS exceptionally l,lrc more so than the water us in notghboring towns.
 Hemingway Grecncr Burton Hemingway ani Miss Lomse Greoncr were marri,d rgtC . thiS afternoon in the rrctory nf tho . church of our Lady of Mercy l., the } pastor, Roy. John r. Ia,
 = PAthian listers Whist ! The s"rond whist gl',n hv tho r nHthian Sisters took place ", ines.
 day c'entng. Ms. A1cr Eyd,r and
 Mrs Charles Livingston won th, ladios' prizes, while William F. Will.
 her and George Paul wore the nal,
 Uctors. The next whist wlj he or
 December q.
 { K. of r. Initiation
 A class of at least four rauljatc, ; will bc initiated next "Wednesday
 evening hy the local Knights O
 lythias lodge.
 h Horses In Custody 4 Deputy Sheriff r.. ". rurrcy 9 while making his rounds y,st,rIay h was informed that a span of uur1id n cd horses was proceeding down Eas Main street toward New Britain. H.
 placed tho animals in Myron r, n Rogers barn, where they remained P for some time, being finally claimed Q by t"amster.
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