New Britain herald., 1926-12-04
PainuiM Ne1ps
TWO PLAYS TO BE
 PRODUCED AT FAIR
Changers Will Present Different Production on Each Night
CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS

Total Amount Mailed Today Is
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 ttccs-Game Cancclled-Notes. Two plays will feature the an- nual Grange fair, which will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Grange hall in Pierce street. The committees in charge of the fair have been extending themselves to the utmost in seeking to make the coming fair the most successful the local Grange has yet held, and ef- fort has centered around the two dramatic productions.
 The Deacon's Second Wife" a three-act play, will be presented on Wednesday night by the Plainville Changers. This Is production l dealing with the present time and ! the scenes are in the deacon's house and dooryard. The cast will be as follows:
 Malvina Fitz ....... Lima Weldon Deacon Barachia Fitz Homer Griffin Milton George Washington Fitz Charles Weldon l Nancy Melissa Fitz ..,.. Olga Cook Mrs. Brown .... Jennie Williams Kate Rollins ....... Max Hubbell John D. Bullock ... Edward Lackey Mrs. Bullock ..... Ethel Hubbell | Dorothy Bullock . Gertrude Barn ee Hartley Bullock .. Winfield Loomis Ernest Bench ........ John Pelton Philip Ganbage ... Russell Scoville
 On Thursday night Bristol Grange No. 11s will provide the entertain ment presenting a dramatic three act parable of a mothers love. The production. which Is under the di- rection Of Mrs. Fred I. Beach, cen ters around Canton, N. r, 20 years l ago The three acts are symooltcal i of Bible stories. the first represent Ing the good Samaritan, the second mothers love- and the third the prodigal son. The cast will be as 1 follows:
 1 Deborah Underhill ....... ...........A Mother in Israel Mrs. Evelyn Blatherwick | Wilder Bill Prindie ..,..... ....... Leader of the Choir | Mrs. Gertrude Ouimet
 Miss Lowizy I.oviny Custard ... Plain Sewing and Gossip
 Miss Elsie Schiender
 Isabel Simpscott The Village Belle ! Mrs. Edith Bristol
 Gloriana Perkins |. . AS Good a. Gold
 Miss Violet Long ] Sukey Prindle .. The Widows Mite , Dorothy Hough
 John Underhill .. The Prodigal Son Walter Wood ! Charley Underhill .....,.... ........ The Elder Brother Wesley Bishop
 Brother Johan Quackenbush .,....... A Whited Sepulchre
 Glen Sperry
 Jeremiah Gosling. Jerry" ....
 ............. A Merry Heart
 Walter Blatherwick
 Enoch Rone
 An Outcast and Wanderer Howard Outmet Quintus Todd .. The County Sheriff Lester Goodsell The Village Choir Christmas Club Checks Christmas cheer to the total of s19.6oo was extended by the Plain vile Trust Co. today when Christ mas club checks to that amount were mailed to the 700 persons who | had joined the club last winter The club enrolled about 150 more members than year ago, while the checks sent out totaled about 1000 over the former amount. Many members failed to keep. up their payments during the year now ending, but the bank authorities state that this Is no indication of hard times" as bank deposits are apt to be larger In lean years than in time of plenty when everybody spends freely.
 The 1927 club will be open for members beginning mex. week.
 Winter Descends The final evidence that winter Is here was offered last night when sizable fall of snow occurred. Wintry weather held off for some time but when 1t came it came all at once. bitter cold setting in Wednesday night and being fol- lowed within 4S hours by the snow storm which covered the ground. The change has been boon to garage men, who have reaped a harvest thawing out the frozen cars which have dotted the crubs or steamed through the streets.
 Safety Measure Suggested
 The near-accidents which have occurred at recent fires in Plain vile and have been caused by eager fire fiends hastening to the fire with out making way for the fire depart ment have caused agitation for stern
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