New Britain herald., 1924-09-03

begin with Kindergarten work and to switch to first grade work as quickly as possible. It is not ex- pected that progress in this room will be as rapid as in Miss Aitken's class.
 Ready for Opening.
 The school buildings throughout the town are now ready for the opening of the fall term after. a .summer-of thorough repairs and many improvements The repairs committee of the school board, con- sisting of John McKeon, Jr., Ed ward Mccormack and Ernest w. Mildrum, has made a thorough study of conditions in the schools and has taken steps to see that many needed improvements were made.
 One of the big improvements was the installation of more electric lights in several of the schools. The committee this year has accom-. plished a great deal and some ot the townspeople who have been fol. lowing closely the work done, say that no committee of the board has ever worked so faithfully or accom- plished so much.
 New Residents Arrive
 John Moore and family of New Britain have moved into the former home of Robert Graham in Kensing- ton and MT. Graham has moved his family to the Thomas Emerson house. awaiting the completion of his new home in that section of the town.
 Return From Maine.
 Mir, and Mrs. F. E. Williams of Kensington, and Mir. and Mrs. Fred Elliott of New Britain have re- turned from an automobile trip to Maine. They left last Saturday and spent Sunday and Monday at Ogun- quit.
 Play Day Plans Completed
 Final arrangements for the next kensington community play day on September 13 were made at a meet, ing of the committee held last even- ing at the parsonage of the Ken- sington Methodist church.
 This affair will be similar to the one held in July and will differ in few details. Instead of outdoor l baseball, 8 game of indoor baseball will be played on the All Kensingtou baseball diamond between the mar ried men and the single men.
 The hour of opening the activities will be ? D. m. and the scene of the events will be the baseball field in kensington. Athletic sports will be held, and the committee in charge of arranging, for games ex- poets to complete the program be- fore the end of the week.
 In the evening there will be 6 corn roast and community sing and as an added attraction it is hoped that a double male quartet will be on hand to sing.
 Due to the great success with which the first play day met, resi-. dents are eagerly awaiting the event.
 Return From Shore
 Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Williams of Kensington have, returned from a short stay at the shore. where they spent the holidays. Mfr. William, is the village carrier for the Ken. sington post office.
 Degrees Are Exemplified
 A large crowd of members wit. messed the exemplifcation of the first and second degrees on a clas. of IS candidates at meeting of Berlin Grange in the hall last night. In spite of the uncertain weather the hall was we'll filled. The ladies' degree team made it, first appearance last night and GOV. cred itself with laurels by it's man. ner of handling the work in connec. tion with the first degree. Tn, mems team worked the second de. gree.
 The third and fourth degrees will be worked on the same class or September S0th, the mems team having charge of the third and tho women's team the fourth.
 Return From Conference
 Mir. and Mrs. Claude W. Stevens Mrs. George Tryon,, Miss Delis Grasse and George J. Reed have returned from the New England Grange conference at Durham, New | Hampshire, Mir. Stevens said todsy