New Britain herald., 1926-06-11

clety enjoyed a banquet al the so- l Ciety rooms last night. After the banquet the troup adjourned to he Circle dance hail on he turnpike, where dancing was enjoyed
 Engagement Announced
 1lr. and Mrs. Richard Jewell of Berlin have announced the engage l mcnt of their daughter, Miss Myrtle [. Jewell, to Harold Y. Lorton, son of AIr. and Mrs. Eugene Lorton Of Plainvillc, New Jersey. No date has been set for the wedding.
 Feast Day Observance
 The feast Of the Sacred Heart, a suppressed holiday in the Catholic church, was observed with a special mass at o'clock at St. Pauls church this morning. At 7:30 o'clock this evening dcvotions to the Sacred Heart will be held.
 Real Estate News
 E. K Barnard has acquired a quit claim deed to property in hensinG- ton from the Manchester Realty Co.
 r. E. Jones. whose house near Pennington road burned to the ground some time ago, is planning to build q house on the property this summer.
 Developing Material
 Rev. Vernon L. Phillips of the Kensington Congregational church l deserves much credit for the efforts he is putting forth in the advance ment of sports in kensington. He ! has two teams representing the church, a regular baseball team in the county "Y' league and an indoor i team in the church league of New i Britain. i
 His church league team might Y. come along much better if he chose i to have only one team and place his older plays on that nine, but he has decided to use tho younger men on the team and thus give them chance to develop. The teams have | benn playing good bali this season | but have been meeting with hard . luck in some ot the games, losing by one and two runs.
 Jail sentence Melted Out I
 Judge George Griswold sentenced . Peter Bcrton and Joseph Krause, i brick yard employees who were found drunk in the Berlin station yesier- . day afternoon at about 1 o'clock, to Is days in jail. They were said 10 ] be creating q disturbance and Con stable Frank Brown was called to ! tba scene where he immediately put the men under arrest. Prosecuting Attorney Charles r. Lewis presented inc states case.
 Surprise Party
 Mrs. A. J. Williams was guest of members Of the social Five at surprise party yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Pollard, The occasion was her birthday
 "Yimmies Yonson's Nob'
 Meriden Grange will present the play. "Yimmies Yonsons Yob' in Berlin Grange hall under the aus pices of Berlin Grange on Nednes- day, June 22. The play scored decided hit when it was presented Ii in Mcridon recently and is expected to repeat it's success in Berlin. Dancing will follow.
 Briefs
 NIT. and Mrs. Albert Carlson are Mir. and Mrs oscar of Jamestown, New 1orK'
 Miss Etta Lawrence is home again after a short visit with relatives in Meriden.
 The cleanup campaign which has been going on for the past two days came to a close today. This years seems 10. have outdone any l year previous and the success ac- cording to the authorities is due to the cooperation Of the residents.
 East Berlin Items
 The strawberry shortcake supper | held at the Methodist church base ment last evening was well attended | and it is thought that about Sio | will be cleared. It is possible that l another will be held in the near future as the strawberry season has | only begun.
 Miss Jean Dalbey, daughter Of | Mir and Mrs. George Dalbey, is ill | Gt her home on Main street.
 Many favorable comments have 1 been heard relative to the work be- ing done by the town teams in the 1 present clean up work If is hoped | that the present system can be put On {. Dernanent besis as the towns l