New Britain herald., 1926-02-04

spent a number Of years In the em- ploy Of the x. L.. l}irgh company on Pond street, Shr was a member of the Sodality of tao Blessed Virgin Of St, Joseph's church and Of tho Ladies Auxiliary, A. 0, II,
 Besides her father, Miss Winters leaves four brothers, Thomas, Law renc~ James and Howard Winters and two sisters, Mrs Margaret Kirby and Miss Catherine Winters, all Of this city,
 schools Close
 Due to the severe snow storm rag ing in tho city this morning. all Of the schools of tho city and the outlying districts were closed for the day,
 Tiddllng Contest
 There was capacity crowd on hand last night at the Bristol tho. ater 10 witness the old time fiddlors contest which was open 10 all mon over fifty years of age residing in Bristol. l'oreSyllc, Tcrryyilla or Burlington. A silver loving cup was awarded by the judges. Miss Ger. trude Olcott, Mrs. Hazel Porter Snow and Charles A. Swanson. 10 Burt Surdam of Burlington, who, although handicapped by broken string, rendered Turkey in the Straw" admirably,
 The other participants were De. t"ctivo Scrgcnt Dantc' McGillicudly Matthew McCabc. II, J. Casicltiuv ana samuel Schrrmrrhorn.
 Basketball
 The New Departure basketball team will journey to Elmwood this evening 10 engage the Endec team of that point. and in view Of the last game between these two rivals staged at the local high school gym. nasium, the contest should he spr- itcd.
 Saturday evening inc locals will meet the New Britain guards in this city.
 lhatS That
 The comedy That's That" staged by the Bristol lodge of Elks last night in the high school thcater. was largely attended and well re- ccirod, The performance will be r.. pcated tonight and inc advance salc of tickets indicates another capacity audience.
 Short Circuit
 While the automobile of Miss Mary Peck was standing in front of inc Bristol Trust company yesterday h1tHrnoon, a pasSorhy noticed con- siderable smoke coming out of the car and notified The fro department. Fire company No. 1 responded and investigation developed tnat iron ble was caused by q short circuit. which was repaired before any dam age was done.
 Complaint On Train Service
 Considerable complaint has been made hy the residents of Forest vile on account of the failure of the officials of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad company 10 revise their last timetable 10 pro- vide for the stopping of train oTe. which leaves Bristol at 1:Ol D.. m. ? m. for New Britain and Hartford af forcstvillc. This train was used cosidorahly hy Forcstville people particularly on Saturdays. and tho non-ston neCessitateG trolleyinr 10 Plainvillc or Bristol to make con- neCtiOnS.
 Councilman Raymond Crumh. who resides in the I'orcstvillo section. has received q letter from Superin. tcndont !. !. Snavely Of Waterbury. which intimatcs that check was made of inc travel and that it did moi warrant the station stop. It is understood. however, that arrange mcnts arc being made for q meeting between Mir. Crumh and Mir. Snavely and any others interested 10 discuss the matter.
 Attended Masonic Meeting
 Worshtrfnl Master F.. A. Ryals, Senior Warden Samuel Steele and Junior Warden Rolfe Rowe of Rris- tol lodge, A. F. X A. M.. were in Hartford yesterday attending the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of Connecti- cut.
 American Silver Co. Meeting
 In connection with the announce mcnt received bv stockholders today that the annual meeting of the American Silver Co.,, will be held al 1l:So a, m. on February 10. a state ment of assets and liabilities is is sued showing that the surplus on December 31, 1925, amounted 10 S215,SO4. The financial statement follows
 Assets
 Total Current Assets ... Ss5i,170.T4 Other Assets--
 Investment .......,. l,S00.Q0
 Deferred charges ... 4.S97.1S Capital Assets ,........ S639,S76.59
 Liabilities
 Total current liabilities. $c4.O7IS0 Capital Stock ...,..,,.. 40o,o00,OO Surplus .............. Gt5.S04.79
 Total ,.............. s6S9.S7G.59
 High school Orchestra
 Tomorrow evening at inc Com- munity thoatcr. the Bristol High school orchestra, will hold the first concert in the history of the organ i2ation and will be assisted by the High School Glce club.
 Solos in the cantatl, "The Lady Of Shalot," will be rendered by the glcc club and number of vocal Il -. L