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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

Professor E. E. Nourse. of tbe
hartford Seminary will deliver the
sermon at the Berlin Congregational
church tomorrow morning at 1O:45
o'clock.
hcnsington Congregational.
Rev. Vernon L. Phillips will be in
| charge OF the regular morning sery-
Ices at kensington congregational
church tomorrow morning at 10:45
CLOCK, Sunday school will be held
at 1910 o'clock and Young Peoples
meeting will take place at z O'Clock.
kensington Methodist.
Sunday school will be held to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock at
the kensington Methodist church.
The regular morning services will be
led by Rev. E. 7. Ward of New Ha-
ven. There will be no evening serv-
ices or Christian Endeavor services.
The regular mid-week praper meet
ing will be held Thursday evening
at 1880 o'clock. Speaker will be an
nounced later.
Formcr Resident Dies.
News has been received Of the
death of Thomas Riley of Hartford
Thursday night. Mr.. Riley was for
merry freight yard conductor at
Berlin station and has many friends
here who heard the news with re-
greet.
Athletic Hall Sold.
The East Berlin Improvement Co.
has sold their property including
hall and surrounding
ground in East Berlin to joseph
konesel OF New Britain. Mr.. Kone-
sci expects to remodel the building
and open grocery store and meat
market in the structure. The i'm
proyement company has owned the
property for years, and Athletic hall
nas long been the scene OF dances
and socials Of the younger set here
in town.
Shooting Meet Today.
The Kensington Gun club will
hold a shooting meet this afternoon
1t the baseball grounds of the AL
<ensington team at Percival avenue.
The past shoots have been well at
ended by residents and today's con-
est should attract a large crowd.
Ladies Attend Convention.
Mrs. Paul Baker, delegation lead |
r. and Mrs. Harold Nentrcs attend
d the American Legion Auxiliary
in New Haven at the
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28
TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE
EAST BERLIN FIRE DISTRICT,
IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN:

You are hereby notified that
special meeting of the legal voters
of the East Berlin Fire District will
be held at the Community Hall in
East Berlin, in the town of Berlin,
at o'clock p. m. daylight saving
time) on Thursday, the End day of
September, 1926, for the following
purposes:
First-To lay a tax for the gem
eral expenses of the district for the
coming year.
Second-To transact any other
business proper to come before said
meeting.
Dated at East Berlin, in the Town
of Berlin, this 9th day of August,
1926.
A. A. North, President.
Attest:
P. F. siegrist, Clerk.
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to seek his mate. They hope L
kill him, also.
Legion Carnival
Arrangements are completed To-
the annual carnival Of Brock
/ Barnes post, American Legion
which will open on the lot next t.
Legion hall on Monday evening
I There will be many booths. dane.
ing every night. and a free nightly
! exhibition of acrobatics by Miss
Ruth Clayton. The committee in
charge Of the carnival consists OF
Commander James T. Paul, general
chairman; c. o. Cutting, booths;
Augustine Prior, lights; John r.
Fletcher, dancing; and James Z.
Usher. publicity.
NJ. L. Church
Services at the Plainyille NJ. E.
church tomorrow will be as fol-
lows: Sunday school at $50 a, m.
Morning worship at 1916 o'clock;
Rev. A. A. Ball will preach. At
$50 p. m. the Epworth league will
meet; Miss Beatrice Zickwolf will
be the leader, her topic being
Jane Adams. Pioneer of Social
Service" The public is invited to
all services.
Shower for Miss Carucci
Mrs. Ivan Harlow entertained at
her home in Mountain View Thurs
day evening in honor of Miss Grave
Carucci of Whiting street. About
is of Miss Carucci's friends sur
prised her with a pound shower.
Music was enjoyed and games
played. A buffet lunch was served.
The home was prettily decorated
with varicolored gladoli and dahlias
and various other blossoms. Miss
Carucci will become the bride of
Mr.. Cusito of Bristol on Monday.
Changes on Roadway
Several changes have been made
during the past two days on the
New Britain-Plainvile road. The
most noteworthy Of these is the
erection of a sign with the wording
side road" Just west of the inter-
section of Crooked street. This will
lessen the danger of collisions at
this treacherous corner, but no sign
has yet been erected to warn vest
bound traffic.
The bands on the poles with the
"113" route marking have been re-
painted in black and white instead
Of black and yellow. the new colors
being those now used to designate
state highways. Repairs have been
made on the roadbed and the white
guard fences are being reprinted.
Notes
A son. Lawrence Joseph. Jr., was
oorn last night to Mr.. and Mrs. /
lawrence Joseph Hemingway.
The Misses Susan and Catherine !
Rooney returned yesterday after
spending two weeks at Lake Suna-
zee, n. H. Miss Mary Rooney also /
'eturned after a vacation spent with !
Ter brother, Or. James F. Rooney !
It White Sand Beach.
a. r, Williams of the Neri block,
Civil war veteran, has entered the /
oldiers' home at Noroton.
William Toll and Leonard Cas-
Idly are spending few days in /,
Iew York city With Francis Sulli-
an. formerly of Plainville.
Milford St.-Fiye room tenement
lew house. opposite Linden St.
Chool.- Adyt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28
SEYMOUR HEADS
TOWN COMMITTEE
Mrs. Usher Will Be Asked to
Remain as YiCe-ChairInan
NAME EIGHT DELEGATES
Huge Snake Killed in Old Canal
Shower for Miss Carrucci-Legion
Carnival Starts Monday-Changes
Being Made on New Britain Road,

| -'btIiI oh Vt" bllldlIl 1lOdu,
Ralph L. Seymour was elected
chairman of the republican town
committee at the caucus held last
evening in the town hall there be
ing no opposition 10 him. Charles II.
Newton, chairman for the past two
years, announced that he would not
be able to continue in that office any
longer because of the pressure Of his
! business; he would therefore not ac-
cept reelection, and nominated Mr..
! Seymour No other candidate was
named and the election was unani-
nous. Mr.. Seymour an official at the
Trumbull Electric Co, has for many
years been prominent in republican
circles in this town.
Mrs. Frank Z. Usher had advised
the meeting that she did not wish to
continue as Vice-chairman of the
committee, but the party voters de-
sired that she remain. She was not
present last evening, and the caucus
reelected her to office, authorizing
Mr.. Seymour to fill the vacancy if
she could not be prevailed upon to
take the post again. Mr. Seymour
will also name the balance of his
committee.
In accordance with past custom,
John j. kimmel, PlainvilIe's repre-
sentative in the state legislature, and
Mr.. Seymour, the new committee
chairman, was elected delegates to
the state convention in Hartford on
September Is and IA. They were not
goyen instructions as to whom they
should vote for, although both are
Irumbull men, being close friends of
the governors, and their ballots may
be considered safely his. They will
attend a meeting in West Hartford
Monday evening, when the delegates
from the town in this district will
meet to elect two delegates-at -large
to the safe convention.
Stanley S. Gwillim and Charles II.
Newton We're elected to the congress
sional district convention. The dele
gates to the county convention,
where a fight is promised, will be
Charles f. Conlon and Edgar w.
Furrey. Frank T. Wheeler and Bur-
ton Fl. Phelps were named to so 10
the senatorial district convention. |
The caucus voted to have the var
ious delegates name their alternates
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if they themselves were unable t,
attend.
Mr.. Gwillim was chairman of tht
meeting, with Mr.. Newton as clerk
The attendance was small, but the
meeting was orderly and transacted
business quickly.
Good Game Tomorrow
The ll-Plainvilles have a touch
opponent for tomorrow in the
harrington town team. This out
III mas had good year, and sue
ceeded in defeating Forestville three
times. Plainyille was able to do no
better than get an even break with
forestville, which speaks well for
the caliber of the nine coming here
tomorrow. The locals have recov-
cred from the effects of their disas-
trous series with the Pextos and are
row out 10 wind up the season with
string of victories. A large crowd
is looked for.
To Hold Social
A public social will be held in 7.
0. 0. F. hall Monday night by the
Martha Rebekahs. There will be
dancing and card playing, and re-
freshments will he served.
Catholic Church
The regular services will be held
tomorrow morning at the Church of
Our Lady of Mercy. There will be
masses at S and 10 O'Clock.
q IF n NIon,;,u
The September meeting of the
board of directors of the Plainville
Chamber of Commerce will be held
in the club room at o'clock Thurs
day evening. There are several i'm
portant matters 10 come up, notably
the consideration of a town finance
board. The chamber has been in
yestigating this proposition and will
doubtless have full information on
it ready in the very near future. It
is planned to bring the matter be-
fore the voters at the town meeting
in October, and the chamber meet
night will be the last one
before then. Several other things are
lue to be considered. and full at
tendance is desired at this. the first
meeting after the summer months.
Huge Snake Killed
The old canal between Bank and
Pearl streets is today minus one
If its most treacherous inhabitants
IS the result of the quick action
IF William Bertam Halsted of
Pearl street. For a long time while !
he people living at the lower end |
IF Pearl street have been terror
zed by tales coming from agents /
and peddlers, who have to cross
he sandbank, concerning a huge |
snake that tried to attack them,
out no one had been fortunate
enough TO catch the reptile.
Yesterday young Ha,sted and
lis brother George. both Boy
scouts. decided to take stroll
long the banks of the canal In
he hope of encountering some adj
enture. The older boy carried a
hotgun. They noticed a large
'iece of tar paper spread on the
water, and upon drawing nearer
hey spied a large black snake
esting upon it. With a quick
movement the lad aimed at the
make and fired once. It tried 10
scape but became entangled in
ONE brush which held it until the
oys reached the spot
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28
HARMONY REIGNS
At {. 0. P. CAUCUS
Delegates to Conventions Elected
Without Discussion
SAME TOWN COMMITTEE
Trustees Meet-Sports Activity Over
Week End-Athletic Hall Sold -
Church Items--Shooting Meet This
Afternoon-Itemso of Interest,

The Town Hall, last evening, was
the scene of the first political &C
tivity to indicate that elections were
speeding on their way, when the re-
publican caucus for the election of
delegates to the state, congressional,
county and probate conventions was
held.
Last nights meeting differed
come from other and more excit-
Ing caucuses in that there was COM
plete harmony In selecting the can
didates.
Robert H. Deming was elected
chairman of the caucus and Arthur
L. Woodruff was chosen clerk. The
delegates to the state convention
elected were: Major Frank L. Will
cox and Enrico Pola. The congress
sional election delegates elected
were: DR.. Roger NJ. Griswold and
Robert o. Clark. The county con-
vention drew George E. Green and
First Selectman George B. Carter
and the senatorial delegates will be
Claude W. Stevens, candidate for
representative to the legislature and
Henry Deming. Delegates to the
probate convention elected were
Mrs. George E, Green, prominent
member of the League of Women
Voters, Theodore Savage. f. w. Mil
drum and Newton W. Baldwin.
The republican town committee,
consisting of "a members, was re-
elected in its entirety.
The senatorial delegates from
Berlin, Claude W. Stevens and
Henry Deming, will go to West Hart
ford Monday night to the meeting Of
the district delegates where they |
will elect two of their number as
delegates at large to the senatorial
convention.
Trustees Meet
The board of trustees of the Ken
sington Methodist church met last |
evening at the home of Miss Mar
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

1t isn't often that a girl is out of
luck because she's too pretty. But
Miss Marjorie Williamson OF Long
Beach, Calf, is in just that fix. She
has Won so many beauty contests
that they won't let her compete In
any moro.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28
Man Orders
Filled

Straw Hats that were priced to
$3.50, black, blue and corn color,
reduced to. .S1.00 each
Wash Hats, khaki color, in MILDLY
style, reg. price SOC, for. .33c each
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

Linen Hats, in gray and light COL
ors, reg. price CSC, for. soc each
Tams and Caps of white duck, odd
sizes of regular $1.50 to $500
kinds, now priced. .S1.O0 each
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

The board of trustees of the Ken
sington Methodist church met last
evening at the home of Miss Mar
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

Professor E. E. Nourse, of the
Hartford Seminary will deliver the
sermon at the Berlin Congregational
church tomorrow morning at 10:45
o'c1ocL
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

jorie Moore. This was the regular
monthly meeting of the trustees
and church business was transacted.
Sports Activity Over Week End
kensingtonians will have no
trouble disposing of this weekend
as sports will be featured today and
tomorrow. This afternoon the Tabs
Congregational game will attract all
those who do not attend the shoot
ing meet at Percival field. Tomor-
row the fans will journey to New
Britain to see the Falcon-All Ken
sington game, the second of the
series between the two teams.
Sunday Traffic Squad
Berlin's two main corners, Ber-
lin street and Meriden pike and
Berlin street and Pennington ave-
nue., are now taken care of by
squad of four officers in uniform
every Sunday. Besides the two
regulars, Officers Brown and Kan
upka, two others, have been added
to the Sunday force now that the
tourist traffic is at its heaviest.
Each of the men is in uniform and
traffic accidents last Sunday, which
was the first day Of the new sys-
TEN, were noticeably smaller than
the crashes of preceding Sundays
when two men have handled the
Vacation News
Harold T. Gay of Kenslngton and
Arthur Bowers and Chris Kahns of
East Berlin left today for a two
weeks motor tour which will cover
the White Mountains, Maine, Que /
bee, Montreal and Niagara Falls. !
The party will camp along the way
On their trip.
Mrs. Edna S. Damon left yester- !
lay for Long Island to spend the /
weekend with her sister, Mrs. Har-
y Hart
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Pelletier left
.oday for ten weeks trip to Buff
'alo, Lake Ontario and Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Clark left yes
erday for two weeks motor tour
throughout New England.
The League Of Women Voters will
'e rendered a lawn party at the
ZONE of Mrs. George Griffith of
<ensington, this afternoon between
80 o'clock and 500 o'clock. Miss
1ttinenne Baldwin, of New Haven,
will be the speaker at the social.
Boys Club Results
Another long week rolls by with
ut a word from the Boys Club
sudget Drive committee. This drive
as been going on for about two
lonths an deach week the chair
IAN promises complete result of
he campaigning. The residents of
his place are becoming impatient
S to reports on the drive and it is
bought that in the two months, the
hartman should have had time to
ollect all stray ends and give a
efnite report.
st. Pauls Church.
Mass will be celebrated at 8 and
o'clock tomorrow morning at st.
'aul's church, Kensington. Rev.
ohm G. Brennan, pastor. will be in
barge. A session of the Sunday
chool will follow the 10 o'clock
lass.
Sacred Heart Church.
Rev. John c. Brennan, of Kens-
lgton, will officiate at the 9 o'clock
lass tomorrow morning at the sa-
red Heart church, East Berlin. Sun
ay school will follow.
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-08-28

Milford St.-F'ive room tenement
now house, opposite Linden St.
school Adyt.
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Rouge

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Skin Lotions

35c Frostilln. =. 23c
SOC Hind ) Honey and ~
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75c KaptiO Almond Lo-
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Three
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Three FLo,6ers PANTY,
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

love-letter from a Cincinnati girl
to a boy named Henry still lies
I'm a dug-Out near AvocOurt, where
the Ohio division jumped off to
drive through the Hindenburg
line. Where is Henry today?
The narrow ravine where the lost
battalion" was cut off and suffered
$40 casualties among its 564 men, is
a dense thicket. Only a small painted
signed marks it site.
At Vienne-le-Chateau, the house
where the New York division had
headquarters in the cellar, is re-
paired. 1t is a restaurant. The
Seventy-Seventh's cooks belligerent
penciled warning Kitchen, You
Keep Out" Is still on the door.
Varennes. captured by Kansas and
Pennsylvania boys; Cheppy. where
the mud was so deep, captured by
Missouri and Kansas troops, are
mostly reconstructed unpretty
rural hamlets, anonymously new,
the section of the Hindenburg line
near Avocourt, where the Ninety.
First-Washington, Oregon, Cali
fornia, Idaho, Nevada, Montana,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-11

Here and there, peasants have
cleared few fields. But cultivation
is risky. and some are killed by
striking buried shells. Five labor
ers were blown to pieces a few weeks
ago.
Many villages in this region are
eXterminated forever. Perthesles-
hurlur and hurlus, are only piles of
rubble. No human being lives within
miles. You men from Texas and Ok
lahoma, and the Second and Rainbow
division, the latter from twenty six
States. have vivid recollections of
these places.
The Argonne Forest is slowly OBJ
literating its multilations. Thick
brush covers the trenches near Four
De Paris, the Hindenburg line is
overgrown by tall weeds and thistles
hiding the blasted chunks of ma
sonry. The dugout have fallen in.
The deep shell-holes on the de-
vastated crest of Montfaucon can be
seen miles across country. Vouquois
is livid scar bare of vegetation.
The tomato and tobacco cans you
flung aside are still haIf-buried In
mud. The faded first page of a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-11
3 HURT IN ACCIDENTS

Three men were injured in two
accidents Investigated by police
Wednesday night.
The officers say William Craig. Sc,
of 2642 Daisy ST., was intoxicated
and driving a horse and wagon with
out lights, on the left side of Hard
ing St., near Kentucky Ave-, when
an auto driven by ALBION Miller, r. r.
C, Box 693, ran into the horse. The
shaft pierced the windshield of the
auto and fractured Miller's arm. He
was taken to city hospital. Craig
was thrown from the wagon and
slightly injured. After he was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-11

bOuresches-all well remembered
by boys of the second and New
England divisiOns-are isolated
country hamlets, silent, except for
cackling of hens and bleating of
calves.
Eight years growth of underbrush
in Belleau wood is being cut away,
in accordance with the Belleau
Wood Memorial Associations plan
to restore the wood to it's 1918 APP
pearance. Today half of the $50
acres, whers 1000 Americans were
killed and 1921 wounded, is cleared.
Bodies. Still There
Grim mementoes Of the killing are
exposed and occasionally the re
mains of Americans and Germans
are found. About fifty American
bodies remain hidden in the matted
brush. Steel helmets with gaping
holes are found, strips of uniforms,
sodden shoes, rusted rifles, smashed
machine guns, Uttered cave-in
trenches and shallow fox holes"
On the roads toward the Vesle,
the villages are mostly rebuilt. At
Cierges, captured by Michigan and
Wisconsin troops, the steel voter
tank. perforated by machine gun
bullets, which thousands of you
saw, still lies beside the road. Faded
German billeting signs remain paint
ed on walls.
The ROoseveHs have erected n
memorial watering trough at
Chamery through which Michi-
gan and Wisconsin boys chased
the Germans. Quentin fell and is
buried near by. 1t hears Theodore
ROoseveIt's words: "OnIy those are
fit to live who are not afraid to
die"
Fishes, where New York. Michi-
gan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
troops had bloody fighting, is about
50 per cent reconstructed In chalky
stone The town hall is still a mass
of splintered masonry, showing
marks of thousands of machine gun
bullets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-11

Wyoming and Utah men-smashed
through. is about as you fellows left
it, so Hindenburg himself would
never recognize it.
The great hills around Verdun
are barren scenes of desOIation
covered with dead weeds rustIing
i'm the winds. Here Lose, 900 men
were slaughtered. The bones of
thousands are churned into the
soil. Mans devastation has de-
fled even natures reparatiOn.
In material reconstruction from
Switzerland to the channel, France
has done vast work. She has ex.
pended sixty-seven billions of francs.
More than fifteen billions are still re.
quired. Five hundred and forty
thousand houses and farm buildings
of $4,000 destroyed or damaged are
entirely reconstructed, and 10000 of
the 1900 public buildings. 1924
miles of 4.061 damaged or destroyed