New Britain herald., 1926-11-24

arguments with the two as to who was the best player of the three. John lost all three games to his opponents and calls the world place of disappointment today. The Tabs take on the Blue Hillians next Tues day and are out to keep up the good work of keeping Conlins men sub dued. The American Paper Goods team shapes up well as a possible cup contender for the coming sea- son.
 Thanksgiving Day.
 Thanksgiving Day will be observed quietly in this town with many fam fly dinners calling distant relatives from out of town to eat turkey pre- pared by Berlin housekeepers. All business concerns and stores in town will be closed in the afternoon, a few being open for few hours in the morning to take care of the last minute rush. The post office will ob- serve holiday hours, window service being open from 7:15 to 10 o'clock.
 Thanksgiving Service.
 A Union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Kensington Congre- gational church this evening at 7:45 o'clock. The speaker of the evening will be Rev. J. o. Todd of the Mill Plain Union church of Waterbury. The congregations of the kensing- ton Congregational and Kensington Methodist churches will join in this service, which will consist of the following exercises: Prelude; Call to Worship; Invocation; Responsive Reading; Hymn, Come Ye Thank full People, Come;" Devotional period by Rev. May E. Lord; Hymn: Ser mon; prayer and benediction. The general public is cordially invited to attend the services.
 Truck damned.
 A large moving truck, piled high with goods. became stuck under the ing, holding up traffic for short while until removal of the top goods relieved the situation. The truck was then detoured through the back road to escape the low bridge. No damage was reported done 10 the bridge. truck or goods. Eastbound traffic was not interrupted, but west bound traffic was halted for about five minutes.
 What They're Doing.
 Mr. and Mrs. Eddy N. smith of Warrington ridge will entertain their son. Donald II. smith, of New Jersey, and Miss Marjorie Gotta of Hanover, N. H., over the holidays.
 A group of the girls in the office of the P. F. Corbin Co. gave a party at the Warrington Community house last evening.
 The Worthington Community house will be the scene of a private party on Friday evening. The spon- sor of the affair will be the Alma Delta Sigma fraternity of New Brit ain. About 20 couples are expected.
 Miss Julia Lange has returned from the New Britain General hos pital following an operation for ap- pendicitis.
 The annual Christmas sale of the Woman's Aid society of the Der lin Congregational church will be held in the parlors of the church on December 3. Home made candy will be on sale and grab bag will be a feature for the children. All per sons having articles for the grab bag are requested to leave them with Miss Grace Smith.
 Miss Edith Prentice of Worthing- ton ridge is canvassing that section of the town for the American Red Cross in connection with it's annual drive for membership.
 Prepared for Traffic
 Local officials are preparing for the holiday rush of traffic and the entire force of traffic officers will be on duty to relieve possible con- gestion at the main intersections.
 Berlin's schools will be closed all day Thanksgiving and Friday, open ing Monday for the regular session.
 Leave League
 The basketball team of the kensington Congregational church has annouced that it will withdraw from the New Britain church league because of inability to obtain team that will be old enough and heavy enough to compete with other teams of the league.
 Boy Struck By Auto
 Leonard Fl. Cannon, 12-year- old,