New Britain herald., 1927-05-20

the ln0tallatlon or fire 1lehune equipment in the town of Berlin. Tho Legion should bs commended for what they have done in secur. ing general information on this sub ,ect and understand. will not force the issue with town meeting If there is any general objection to 1t.
 'tAs to the wisdom of adopting tho plan there is question. At present I do not believe the town has reached that stage Of develop ment where 1t requires . fire de- partment of its own. Situated as we arc on the outskirts of New Britain, the town has been very fortunate for the past ten years in having the very encient service of the New Britain fire department which is rated in emciency as second in the United states among cities of its size, for the nominal cost of . thou sand dollars . year.
 'The town has been given the benefit of | trained. organized fire company which has worked with precision under tho direction of Chief Noble. Should tho town have . fire departmen 1t would of a necessity be . volunteer department with possibly one full time man to drive the apparatus to the fire, where he would await tho arrival of tho call men or depend on in- experienced men to put the equip ment into operation until tho call men arrived. If they did arrive. Generally fire at night ts not dis covered until 1t has gained con- siderable headway and a few min- utes lost might mean the destruction of the building. Eight minutes will bring the New Britain department to Kensington and twelve minutes to Berlin street. tho watered sec ton of the town.
 "A volunteer company could not begin to equal this service. AS tax payers we would like to get lower fro insurance rates as shown by the Legion committee report, but the saving on insurance would soon be eaten Up by the increased taxes re- sulting from increased maintenance costs from year to year. The insur- ance commission Is working for the insurance companies first. last and all the time and we haSe no :, guarantee that they will not in- crease the rates again or demand additional equipment to safeguard their interests at the expense of the town. The New Britain fire depart ment is q known quantity: let us improve the call arrangement and stick to the known quantity.
 l "A TAXPAYER" East Berlin Items
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles F. Cannon wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Frances to Joseph Mighlietta of this place. The wed- ding will take place Monday, May 90 at 2 o'clock, D. S. T. Ceremony to be performed at St. Gabriel's Epis- copal church.
 The boys club baseball team have accepted the challenge of the New Britain "Y' Juniors baseball team for a game to be played on the Will low Brook park diamond Saturday May 2S at o'clock. The East Ber- lin boys lost the basketball series to the Juniors but no doubt will even up matters in baseball. The locals have a game scheduled for Saturday Of this week on the home diamond. The county Y track meet will be held on Trinity field at Hartford Sat- urday commencing at 10:30 o'clock. The meet was to have been held at Wesleyan field but last minute change was made necessitating the transfer of the meet to Trinity.
 R. A. Taylor, returned mission- ary from South America, will be the preacher at the morning service at the Methodist church Sunday morn Ing. Mir. Taylor has spent many years in the southern continent and in addition 10 his sermon will tell of incid=a!s in his work. Mr. Fay Tor is a close friend of Rev. A. L. Burgreen, pastor of the church. The public is invited.
 The path through the grove has been cleared by the removal of the tree which was blown down during a storm last fall. The tree which was one of the largest in the grove snapped like q straw in the gale. In falling 1t blocked the pat], completely so that during the past several months a new right of way had been made.
 Cortland Read is spending the weekend as the guest of his grand mother in West Cromwell.
 The fife and drum corps have re- ceiyed new white duck caps with gold insignia. They are now fully equipped for the Memorial Day parade. They appeared at the Rotary club banquet last evening in their new dress.
 ! Mrs. Charles Fiske was a visitor in New Britain today.
 A meeting will be held this even- ing at the Hartford County Y office for those representing the various baseball teams throughout the county. East Berlin will enter a team in the Junior County league. A schedule will be prepared at once following the meeting tonight. 1 A meeting of tho Parents-Teach- ers' association will be held in June. this to be the final meeting of the { year. It Is probable that George Cassidy of tho New Britain high school will be the speaker. Mr. Cassidy spent several years in China. Japan and the Philippines and has brought back with him mementoes of hts stay in those countries.
 Think of all the folks I talk to every day: then let me do YOUR talking. I am Herald Classified