New Britain herald., 1927-11-08

necessary 10 prevent the animals from drowning and spreading tuber- culosis. the local people were told. Again, they saw a man and a COW, both dead, with the mans hands frozen to the animals horns in evi- 1cnce Of his efforts 10 save 1t. An other man was marooned for 80 hours on hts roof, where he clung with one arm around the chimney and a kitten in the other. They saw the Clarkson Tech freshman football stranded In bus, but later learned that 1t made it's way Co its destina- ton and played its game. The first relief sent in. MT. Sneideman said. consister Of a car of bread and a car of cigarettes.
 In a Burlington store they met d reporter from Rutland. He had started out in his automobile to beat the flood but had been stopped by rising waters. Hiring a horse. he drove 1t through the hood until it dropped Of exhaustion, after which he had walked 27 miles to Burling- ton. He told them he was going up through Canada and get his story to his paper by telegraph.
 A Postal Telegraph man of whom they heard had found q people on their roofs and had rescued them all in a canoe. They also heard of boy who had taken two rolls of snapshots with a camera. The As sociated Press purchased the films for 32,o00, they were told.
 There was a. rumor prevalent in Vermont that this portion of Con- nectlcut had been wiped out by the flood. and the party was anxious to communicate with home, A tele- phone call to Flainville was put in Saturday morning. It was received here Sunday noon.
 While in Vermont, Mir. Sneide- man says, he saw most of the Con- necticut boys at the University of Vermont. and they are all safe.
 To Form PIT Association
 A meeting in the interest of edu- cation. with the purpose Of forming a parents and teachers association. will be held in the high school au- ditorium at s o'clock tonight There will be a concert by the school glec clubs and address by Leon C. Staples, superintendent of schools MT. Staples is very anxious to have an association formed in this town in order that parents and teachers may understand each other better and work together for the advance ment of the children.
 Methodist Quarterly Meeting
 The quarterly conference of the Plainville NJ. F. church will be held Sunday morning. Rev. Dr. William D. Beach, district superintendent of the New York East conference, will preside and will preach.
 There will be meeting ot the New Britain group of Epworth lea gues at s o'clock tonight in the Methodist church here. Miss Sperry. a returned missionary. will speak.
 The all-day sewing meeting of the Ladies Aid society scheduled to be held tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Emil Zickwolfe has been postponed a week unu! November l6. The eve ming meeting will be omitted.
 Grange to Elect
 The annual meeting Of Plainville Grange will be held next Tuesday night in Ora lge hall Officers will be elected st that time.
 Temco Bowling.
 The Trumbull Electric Mfg. Go. bowling league took posse ssion of Hart's alleys against last evening and played four matches in which good and bad scores were both com- mon. smith, Livingston, and W. Dionne were among the stars of the eyenirT. Seymour and Robideaux went out of their class and were re- sponsible for two games won by the Cycles from the Arcs. Smith couldn't drag the Arcs with him, Johnson being especially low he vas troubled with "flivver arm" contracted in trying to start his car. Hebden started well but couldn't stand the pace. Snciderman wore knickcrs. which seemed to put new energy in to him. for he hit SAY. Lemeris had q bad night and dropped out of first place in individual average. The scores: