New Britain herald., 1924-10-01

ding trip to New York city. Upon their return they will make their home in Middletown.
 MT. Rochette is employed by the New Britain Machine Co. and Mrs. Rochette was formerly employed at the Russell 6 Erwin plant in that city. Mrs. Rochette is a former New Britain resident and is well known in that city, as well as in Berlin.
 Damage Done By Storm
 The heavy wind storm. coupled with heavy rain, did consid- erable damage in this vicinity yes- terday. Huge branches were broken from trees in all sections of he town and many young fr1Tt trees were broken off. The lights were out for several hours in all sections of the town of Berlin last night.
 Considerable excitement was caused in East Berlin late in the afternoon when an electric light wire broke from the strain caused by a heavy limb, and fell to the ground, sputtering in the road f@ some time and throwing showers of sparks in all directions.
 A motorist proceeding along the road where this occurred, near the monument on Wilcox avenue, sped between the two ends of the wire in spite of warnings against such a procedure.
 A wire at the corner of Berlin street and Wilcox avenue broke and fell to the ground, sending up an excellent fireworks display and partially holding up traffic until word was sent to the power com pany and the Juice" turned off.
 The repair men from the Elec- tric Light company were busy until nearly 8 o'clock last night repair ing wires and removing branches blown from trees. The power was not put on again until nearly S;3O o'clock.
 Will Wind Up Season
 The All-Kensington baseball team will wind up a successful season, at the Percival avenue grounds on Sunday at 3 o'clock, when they meet the All Stars of Meriden in what is expected to be the hardest fought game of the season.
 Manager Buckley will use "Georgie" Fields on the mound Fields will leave his regular posi- ton at shortstop to step into the pitchers box. He held the Brick makers from Beckley sccreless for several innings when he substituted at game a few weeks ago and much is expected from his Sunday McKeon will catch.
 The All Stars will arrive in Der lin with one of the strongest teams ever seen in Kensington. For their battery they have Nagel and Calf erty. team which is reputed to be one of the most faultless in the state. Nagels reputation has spread throughout New England. The re- mainder of the lineup will include some of the strongest players from the St. Stanislaw's. the Mohawks and the National Guard teams of Meriden.
 Manager Buckley has decided to make this the final game of the season, as many of the teams are breaking up and the best teams in this vicinity have suspended .activi- ties until next season,
 Regarding the outlook for next year the manager was optimistic. He hopes to have a championship team and a successful year, since the All-Kensfngtons are now backed by the Kcnsington Athletic club.
 Receives Rare Flowers
 Paul Giana of Kensington today received from his sister, Miss Anna Giana of Westerly, Rhode Island. box of dahlias. many Of them rare specimens little seen in this vicinity. The blooms were perfect and the coloring was delight to the eye.
 Well Baby Conference
 The Berlin Well Baby conference will be held in Foresters' hall on Wednesday. October 8, from ? un- til f o'clock in the afternoon. is the announcement from the state department of health.
 "A normal gain in weight is of the utmost importance; nothing else" says pr. Emmett Holt, tells us accurately how a child Is thriv-