New Britain herald., 1924-07-22
PainviM News
BAPTIST CHURCH TO
 CLOSE FOR REPAIRS
Thursday Evening Meetings to Be
 Held at Homes Of Members
ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED

ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED Fisher and Craig Elected Delegates
 To Attend General Conference -
 Opens Local onice - Leave for
 Washington. D. (.
 The plainvile Baptist church will be closed during the next four or five weeks while repair work on tho building and redecoration will be done. No services will be held in the the church but the regular weekly prayer meetings on Thursday evenings will be held as usual at the homes of members. Thursday evening of this week the meeting will be held at tho home Of Miss Anna ]. Grannis at 55 Whiting street and anyone who is in- terestsd will be welcome. Engagement Announced Mrs. Catherine Burgess Of IS Maple street, Plainyille. announces the en- gagement of her daughter. Anna l.. Burgess 10 Florimond ]. LaFlour, Jr., son Of Mir. and Mrs. Florimond ]. I.a- I'leur of eS Vermont Terrocc, South ington. The wedding will take place in the fall. Miss Burgess is employed by the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co.,, and Mir. LaITleur is employed at the Atwater Co. plant in Plantsville. Miss to i,, Attend General Conference
 Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Ward left yes- terday for East Northfeld, Mass, where they will spend the next month camping. While there, they will attend the general conference of Christian Workers which is held there every year. Usually there is large number of Plainvile people who make this annual trip and the pastor of the Baptist church and his wife are the first to leave.
 Opens Local Ofrice
 Dr. George l.. Cook began his prac- tice in Plainville this morning by opening an office In the Neri block. lie Is n native of Norwich. Conn.,. and received his early education in the public schools there. He graduated from the Norwich Academy and en- tered Tufts college. After matrcu- lating from the college, he entered Tufts Medical school and received his degree of NJ. D. from that institution. He has spent number of years in in ternships in hospitals. He practiced in the Evangeline Booth Maternity i, oct1 hospital: Norwich State hospital: Nor wich tuberculosis sanitarium and St. Francis hospital. Hartford. He serv- cd in the U. S. army during the war as a member of the Tufts medical unit.
 Leave For Washington
 Mir. and Mrs. Harrison Johnston have left for Washington, D. C., where they will make their home in the future. They have spent the past three weeks at the home Of Mrs Johnston's parents, Mir. and Mrs Frank Gilbert of Mountain View. Mir. l Johnson will take a special course in the optical school in Washington. D. c.
 On The Sick List
 The condition of Russell Wininger of Neri's block, who has been con- fined to his home with illness, shows little improvement.
 The condition of Antonio Gloriante, | who has been seriously ill at his | home. is considered to be slightly im- proved.
 Mrs. Bruce Gilbert. who has been quite i'll with an attack Of the grip, is rapidly recovering from it's effects.
 The condition Of Dominic Apprud- zese of New Britain avenue. who has about the same.
 Dog In Pound
 Dog Warden Philip Marino has a medium sized female dog in the pound and IS looking for the owner. There was neither collar nor tag on the canine and the owner may have t by applying to the dog warden. The animal was picked lip on the streets vest erday.
 Veterans Day at Camp
 Veterans Day will be observed at he Plainville camp meeting of the New Haven district on Thursday of -lIS "tth. bptCldI StTflCtS WILL De , 1eld for the veterans and large num- oers are expected to attend The 59th session Of the meeting will open on Friday and a schedule Of services will be held every day until the close on August 4. On August 4, the Con necticut Chautauaua assembly will start and will end on August IT.. A ;pocial feature of the regular evening { services throughout the meeting will DO the appearance Of Rev. John l.. Davis, pastor of Trinity NJ. F.. church of New Britain. who will speak. Singing will be in charge of the for ner song leader of Everyman's Bible 'lass. Re-. A. B. Taylor. of Greens ,urg, Pa
 PiainyiIIe Lines Up
 PlainNile presents to the casual ob- erver the appearance of a well-reg- ilated metropolis because of the reg ilation white lines painted about the treets. All cross walks in the center if the town have been designated by he white strips and lines have also 'een drawn showing the distance on sch side of the fire hydrants in which autom obiles may be parked. It gill. however take some time to edu- ate local motorists to the idea that re hydrants must be kept clear be- ause despite the white lines in front f the Neri block. during the day, here were several cars which occu- jed the supposedly restricted zone. 'he authorities are cognizant of this 1 an ditiou and tho poIina tpil1 rrnbo i,i,,