New Britain herald., 1926-10-26

give the position the time 1t de- mands. The vacancy will be filled by a member chosen by the board of seleCtmen who have until February 1, 1927 to fill the gap in the boards ranks. MT. Coale's announcement of resignation was received with re- gret by the board as he has served one term in the office and has been especially efficient.
 Local Boys at Conference
 Five local boys attended the Older Boys conference held in Wa terbury from October 22 to 24. Kensington received the distinction of having one of it's most popular young men elected to the office of president of the conference. Verne Lewis received the honor and was named for the post by Howard Hart of the Kensington Congrega- tional church. Exactly 666 attended the gathering, delegates from this place consisting of Verne Lewis, Howard Hart, Wilifred Hanford, Robert Isaacson and John Had dock.
 Loses Part of Finger
 stephen. the five year old son of Joseph Stonjezitz of Kensington, lost a part of a finger on his left hand yesterday afternoon when an axe, wielded by the father, slipped and hit the child's hand. Stonjezitz was chopping wood at his home and the youngster was playing about the block when he laid his hand on the piece of wood being cut and received the wound. He was taken to the New Britain Gen. oral hospital where the hand was treated after which he returned to his home here.
 The Early Bird
 Some Berlin youngster believed in the motto, DO your Christmas shipping early" when he sent a carefully printed letter to Santa Claus to the local post office to be forwarded to the north pole this morning. The letter was the first received in this town for 1926 and will doubtlessly be the first to go on file at Santa's office. Postmaster Barrett stated that the letter had been forwarded to the patron saint of the stockings and as air mail has been instituted between this town and the frigid land of rein deer, it is probable that the letter will reach Santa sometime this evening or tomorrow morning at the latest.
 SeIectmen's Meeting
 The board of selectmen of this hall for a routine business meeting. The meeting was abbreviated to allow for the republican town con- mittee meeting.
 Thanks Ladies
 Members of the republican town committee who met last evening at the Grange hall In supper get together wish to thank the ladies of the Berlin Grange who cooked and served the chicken dinner that made each member glad that he or she was eligible to attend the af- fair.
 Juvenile Minstrels to Perform
 A minstrel show with all of the boys and girls between the ages of ten and 12 years will be held at Community hall in East Berlin Friday evening by the East Berlin Community club in connec- lion with the Community fair to be held the last three days of this week. The performance will be bet ter, it is said, than the old town minstrels who will entertain evening. It will be the first time that complete minstrel show staged by children has ever been staged here. A number of side shows will be run following the minstrel shows both evenings.
 The committee in charge of the fair announced the list of prizes to be awarded Saturday evening at the close of the event. Some of the prizes as listed are: An electric table lamp, reading lamp, 25 pounds of sugar, s5 worth of gro- ceries, one barrel of apples, a crazy quilt, one rooster, one cro- cheted table runner and numerous other items. A few changes have been, made with respect to the