New Britain herald., 1926-03-29
SCHOOL RECEIVES NATURE COLLECTION Rev, J. (, Ward Makes Gift to
 High School NEW LIBRARY QUARTERS

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 nison->trong Wedding Announced soft Coal Demonstration - r. D. Hastings Receives Mcdal-Bricfs
 X very Interesting and laMlbI, science collection has been present. cd to th" srieuc" department of tho new high Schoo l,y Rev I. G. Warl. r"tllc5 pastor CT tlr Plaiuville Bap- fist church. This collection con tainH mln,IIs, Srtl's. woods and oth'r useful specimens from tl., fields O nature study l. has been gathor,l by Mr. War1 over q long period Of time, tls having hecn on" 0: his princlpal hobhi"s.
 The school rommllt," wishes 70 express is appreciation ot the Git. i which will ho very usttul in class. room work in tho srirucr depart mont Of tNe new high school 1 New Library Quarters The work o' transferring th" books Of thc pullic lirrary from thp old rooms in tnr town haIl 10 th, Nrw ores in tho BvHGton block is progressing rapilly. Tn th" now quarters tharr arr three rooms in ! the form Of an "l.." Tho main room. 1T the front of the building. contains racf of #rtion along th' center with sheit"> of other volumes along th" siItS; thf desk cf tnn at- tendart is located here. A similar scheme is carried out in tn" room to the rear.
 The reference room, along tha front wall beside tho main one will contain bound volumns Of mac1- aiucs, tncyrlopcdias, dictionAri's, and other reference books Wi'E d table where thoy may bc studied, 1 Ficht now cases hav" been mad" to Ic0ntairs tho books, and the quarters are much better generally than th' former onos.
 61nd Birthday
 Mrs Henry Parkinson of 9% Broad street celebrated her @@nd birthday IaunivcrSary Saturiay night Guests wnrn presents from Hartford. NrW Britain. an! plain>ilo. Cards "or" rlay"l anl supper was $'rvci Mrs. Parkinson received many hoau- ,titu' gifts.
 Mni1iagc Announced
 The marriaEn Of Richard F'nni- son. son oi Mir. and Mrs. G"org" BonniSon Of E1st Main street, an1 Miss raith Strong. daughter of Mrs. ,Iclanl Hart of Ncw Britain oyonro, has h'en malo known. + occurred on December oG in New York City. Mr. Bcnnison is employed lY the Standard oil Co.,, in SouthinSton, while th" bride is in the employ of the Standard Steel X Bearing. Inc. Insurance Writer Honorcd
 A. tho annual meeting Of tht New England Mutual Life lnsur- ance Co. underwriters held at the Hartford Golf club Saturday, d silver mccall was presented to r, D. Hast inCs of plainyille, who has Com- pletcd a years of active service with that company Mir. Hastings has been one of the largest pro ducurS Of business in the Connccft- cut district ever siCca he took np this line in 1901. He led the stat" three years ago, sine" which time he has devoted only part of his time 70 insurance but has continued to write much business in spite of this fact.
 Wind Ip season
 The Platnvile Y. VI. C. 4. basket ball team will kind up its l9c5-19@6 season tonight when it meets the Simshury "N" group in that town. this will he an exhibition game rlainvilla having tronnc"l ils rivals twice in the lraGue conhats in which they engaged. The Simsbury root CTS and friends of the team arc giv- ing the players blowout after to- nights game, and the Hlainville boys will l,a guests at th" party.
 soft Coal Demonstration Tho soft coal demonstration trnck sponsored by Governor TrumhuI)'S fuel committee in cooperation with the Chamber Of Commerce will h" In PlainviNe tomorrow to show users of this fuel tho proper man ncr in which to burn it. S"mi- bituminous coal was forced upon many people during tho recon, strike in tho anthracite mines. and q larC" proportion Of these havo continued to use the softrr fucl Some dealers still solI a certain portion of semi tituminous along with tho nnthra- cite and require their Cus' om'rS to uso it. Eecausc this fnol must bc used in q somewhat different man nor than inc harder one and ho- cause many housoholl'rs ravo not had expert demonstration Of thc proper method of using it, th" fn"l committee of the governor has sent out a demonstration truck.
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