New Britain herald., 1926-11-12

| munity singing.
 Attending National Grange Meeting,
 Mrs. George Chipman Of Maia street, Miss Edith Healy of Hunger ford Court. Mir and Mrs. c. F. Bon- ney of Wolcott street. Mrs. Ruth Dawson of North street, Mr. and Mrs. Goodsell of North street, MT. and Mrs. Forrest Sperry and son, Glenn. and MT. and Mrs. Chester Gibbons of Forestville.. left yester- day for Portland. Maine, where they will take the high degree of the Grange at the national meeting now being held in that city.
 Marriage License Issued.
 A marriage license has been is4 sued by City Clerk Thomas B. Steele to Albert o. Dahlgren of 19S Queen street and Miss Ruth Theresa Olson of 4e George street.
 Card Party and Dance.
 The ladies of St. Joseph's church will hold card party and dance on Friday evening. November 1s, in Red Mems hall, the proceeds of the affair tobe donated to tho building fund of St. Joseph's church. Mrs. w. H. Hanrahan will be hostess and will be assisted by Mrs. Joseph NJ. Donovtn. Mrs. A. J. Kozieli, Mrs, Homer H. Judd, Mrs. P. r. Hart man. Miss Elizabeth Fleming, Mrs. Julian Norton. Mrs. Agnes Maynard, Mrs. Peter A. Cawley, Mrs. Peter Conon, Mrs. George Lacourse, Miss Mae Jennings. Miss Clara O'ConnelL Mrs. Frederick Stoughton and Miss Rachel Large. Music for the occa- sion will be furnished by the New Departure orchestra.
 Windham High Hero Tomorrow.
 Tomorrow afternoon on the ath. letic field, the Bristol high school football team will stack up against their toughest assignment of the sea. son when they meet the fast Wind. ham high school eleven. The locals. who finished in second pdace in the central Connecticut Valley league, have been drilling sincerely for to- morrow's game and | victory over the visitors would establish them as one of the fastest high school teams in the state.
 Police Ball Entertainmeut
 Announcement has been made by Chief John H. Hayes of the fro department that the entertainment incident to the first annual ball of the department will be furnished by local talent. A number of local singers and entertainers have offer- ed their services for the occasion and the receipts will be turned into the firemen's pension and benefit fund.
 Work on Nurses Home Progressing
 Work on the new Nurses Home. now in process of erection, is be- ing pushed rapidly by Louis A. Miller, contractor of Meriden, and 1t is expected that the new building will be ready for occupancy short- ly after the first of the year. The new home will afford accommo~ dations for forty-eight nurses and 1t is expected that a nurses train. ing school will be started soon after it's completion. The approxi- mate cost of the new structure is S100,O00.
 Reports from the hospital show a large increase in the number of patients treated and operations performed.
 On Short Time
 One department of the Wallace Barnes Mfg. Co. is working on short time, although 1t is not be- lieved that other parts of the fac- tory will be likewise affected.
 The New Departure Mfg. Co. re- duced its working hours . few weeks ago and two shifts are now working eight hours day and five days week.
 The curtailment at both of the factories is attributed to falling off in the automobile industry. which is expected at this time of the year.
 Reports Theft of Tire
 Harry Bowler of the Endee Inn on North Main street. reported to the police department yesterday that some time during Wednesday night the spare tire and rim had been stolen from his automobile which was parked in the rear of tho hotel. Detective Sergeant Daniel McGillicuddy is Investigating.
 Schools Closed Today
 The schools of the city are closI cd today to permit teachers in both +bo ,r-o1od o,a b;yb ocb nnls n visit