New Britain herald., 1925-09-26
TIRES PUNCTURED;
 DRIVERS FRANTIC
TackS Placed in Sides Of Pneu-
 matiCS Cause of HoWlS
NOT ACCIDENT IS CLAIM


 Oficers--St. Paul's Church Plan.
 ming Playground-Boy Scout ac.
 tiyitics Start-Othcr Items.
 Berlin autoombilists, at least some of them, are up in arms regarding several incidents which have hap pened during the past week. Tires punctured by tacks apparently de- liberately stuck in the sides of tires has caused the outburst on the part of otherwise calm Berlin citizens.
 One resident reported today that he removed tacks from the sides of tires and he is firmly convinced that the occurrence was not accidental, inasmuch as the tacks were placed in such manner that they could not have been picked Up as tho car vas moving along the roadway. An other prominent resident vas about to enter an automobile one day last week when 1t was found that all four titS Hdu btcil p'llttui cu'
 Other reports regarding this latest scries of practical jokes, if such they gre. have come from various sec. tions of the town and it Is the firm resolution on the part of all those aut utomohilists 90 treated to bring the rrongdoers 10 justice. It Is expected that some clue as to the identity of the criminals has been secured, al though this fact has not been stated in so many words. Any more out breaks such as these will result in having the police called in to make an official investigation. Wilcox Elected President
 Frank l.. Wilcox was elected pres ident of the Wilcox Cemetery asso. citation at the annual meeting last night at the home of A. A. North of East Berlin. Edgar G. Morgan was elected vice president; Ernest W. Mjldrum. secretary: A. A. North. treasurer: Victor Benson. auditor. and Hobart L. Honiss. superintend- ent.
 The reports of the officers show cd the association's affairs to be in extremely good condition.
 The cemetery grounds, under the care of Mir. lToniss, have become ex- trenely beautiful. Mir. Honiss has done 8 great deal of work on the land in East Berlin and 1t is to his efforts that the present appearance of the cemetery is due. The ceme- tery has long been regarded as one of the best kspt in the town and in this section of the state.
 Formal presentation of the brick wall which has been erected along the front of the grounds, was made at last nights meeting by Robert 0. Clark. It was accepted by the as- sociation.
 The tatal funds of the association now stand at about s7,O0n, il is re- ported. {
 Leave For Wilmington
 Mr. and Mrs. Lester Deming and Mfr. and Mrs. Francis Dening, all of Berlin, have left for Wilmington, Vermont, where they will spend the next two days It Is expected that they will return late tomorrow night or Monday morning.
 Catholic Church Notes
 Sacred Heart devotions will be held next Friday at St. Panrs church. Kcnsingt on. with mass at a. m. and Holy Communion al snd 7:SO a. Til.
 The Holy Name. St. Paurs T. A. R. and Rosary societies will receive Holy Communion at St. Paurs church week from tomorrow.
 Will Take Over Playground
 The members of the congre ;2tivn of st. Taul's church will meet at the T. A. E. hall, Xensingten. tomorrow morning after the 10 o'clock mass to consider the proposition of laying out q playground for Inc use of the parish. IL is pointed out tat, since other churches in town have provi1. cd playgrounds for their children St. Pulls should do the same thing for the youth of that parish. II is understood that in gre is considerable sentiment fer such propo ,;tion
 Nill Take Census
 The annual census of St. paurs church will be taken next week, a. ecrding 10 an announcement today by Roy. John t,. Rrenrsn, the pas tor. Rev. Fr. Brennan, will person ally visit each home in the parish and will announce the total numoer at the concl ;sion Of his lrk.
 The congregations of St. Paul's church and ,he Sacred Heart church will be invited by Rev. Fr. Brennan to contribute 10 the testimonial in honor of Bishop John c. Murray. Collections will be taken at all serV Ices week from tomCss?w.
 Boy Scout Meetings
 Roy Scout meetings will be held regularly thrt ghout t1c winter at the Berlin Congregational church. the first one of Il c season taking place last evening. Rev. Samuel A. Tiske is scouimaster and fe report cd today that although, the group is not yet extremely large, the boys have the right attitude and are en- thusiastic about scout work. He expects that the membership of the troop will be .swelled considerat iy this year.
 Pastor Will Return.
 Rev. May B. Lord, pastor of the kensington Methodist church. will resume her duties at the church on Tuesday of next week. it was an- nounced today. Rev. Miss Lord has been out of town since the early part of August. She spent her vacation in New York state, but III health prevented her from returning 10 Kensington at the conclusion of her respite. She has been in Hartford for the past few weeks, where she has been regaining her health.
 Church Firld Day.
 X field dav held jointly by the Kensington Methodist and the Ken