New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
REMOVAL OF SNOW
 COSTS ABOUT S700 Heavy Storms Cause Unusual
 Expenditure for Purpose FINDS SNAKES IN SNOW
RalphTuttlc Kills Pair of Venture some Reptiles - Observes 10th Birthday Anniversary - Fedora ton EntcJtainmcm a Success.

An expenditure of between $6pU and $700 hy inc town of Plaiuyinc has been made nI"c sSJE by the two recent storms, thc effects of which have not even yet bccn shaken from the streets of tAr toWn At the timr Of the first hli"apld First SrleCtmHu William j. j, Uu>ou estimated that S2o0 would l." required to pay for the r"moyai ot }n" snow, but the second one, coming ns it did on top Of tue first. m>i, than doubled the work of cl"Wirg away tho snow.
 Gangs of m,n were kept busy and the tractor blow was in action from morning 10 night hucking drifts which frequently proved too much for it hu; doing better work than any of ifs predecessors, Had it not been for the timely purchase of this apparatus last fall, it would have been practically impossible to rc' move the snow.
 Many stretches Of road are still il l bad condition. duo 10 the melting c snow and the rcfrvc1ing on the high
 WaH Men armed with picks hav' been at work on th" Now Britain road, West Main street, and othc
 well travclod stretches during tn
 past few days clearing away Ines last remnants Of the ulzzards Finds snakes In snow
 Two rash snakos which had ven turcd into the cold and snow Wer found sunday morning hy Ealp Tuttlc, an "mploye Of Elijah Roger
 at Shuttle Meadow, according to th
 story which h" is telling. Mr. Tut!
 vas walking past the pl@inyillG res
 ervoir Crescent Lake, and in tn
 road found two live reptiles in th
 SHOW, The suak"S which were ad
 dcrs, were in q dormant state. hr
 still had some life left when h
 came upon them and killed them
 His friends were al frs Skoptlc5 of his story. but uficr h. hal cN hibt"d the snakes to n dozen of th
 inhabitants of that region they wcr convinced of the truth of his state mGnt The fact that the reptile
 were 50 far from home is considerc peculiar. and the reason why Inc left their winter apartment and Vel
 tUred into the icy world is q rucStiu , for amatt TIT naturHlis;s 10 ljgurc cl
 for themselves.
 11til Birthday Party
 X party in honor of the 1"' g. ,nivcrsary Of ?)r.. Ella trooIIi.' W;
 held yesterday %OI 2up"n ut q :, home of Mrt. hlor. "" rai. of MapIr street. T1rrr w'rr mi lldios present, incluliaa Mrs, Coo" V rich's daughter, Mrs Ruth ArroM n Wcsthold. x. l.. who cam" fro V that place to join in tl" crl,bratio |, Mrs. Goodrich received many pre- $ !"uts from her friends, and pl'a
 Iant time was enjoyed ny all tho present,
 il Entertainment a Success q The entertainment given by t l. Woman's Federation of the ConEr .- cation church last evening in | IS parish house proved great succ" Y The first number on the proGrd Il was q duet sung by Mrs. Willia l. Crump and Mrs. Albert Hart, q d ,rompanled by Mrs. Howard Shit l. this was enjoyed by all. The or B. act play. "Thc Ministers M"sst
 ger" was a sparkling comedy q sS brought many laughs from | .I audience. This was followed by lg vocal solo by Mrs. Crump. q. piano duct by Mrs, Philip Bass 'g and Miss Hazel Rogers conc}ud T. the program i'd Eefreshmcnts, consisting of cof Id and cake. were served by the me
 bcrs Of the cast and social n
 was enjoyed by all present A So'
 hy crowd was in attendance
 V. Basketball Tonight
 v The PlailvilIe senior h@Sk"tl m team will play the East R'l m Community Five in that town N' night. Tn" locals will meet al Ne center at [ o'clock and make trip in a body. The have been ed prived of practice and of playing OH home by tho loss Of 'hcir floor eh hope to take toniEhts cncount' k The Junior "Y" team has b h6 unsuccessful in its efforts to oh' 'E the use of the John Jennings SGT