New Britain herald., 1927-07-25

owner doing most of the work him.
self.
Crop Reports Favorable
According to reports from local
farmers. the present season Is one
of the best years for hay which has
visited this community for many
years. One local tiller of the soil
reports that he has stored more
than three times the amount of hay
which he has been able to gain from
his land In the past. Corn is also
reported as being favorably in
clined. The one red mark on the
sheet comes from the potato depart
ment, local farmers claiming that
the present year will be a poor one
for the tubers.
What They're Doing
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Doolittle of
Seymour are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
E.. B. Adams OF Lower Lane.
Miss Margaret Flynn of the Ken
sington post office has returned to
her duties following short vaca-
ton.
Hiram Hurlburt OF the Kensing-
ton post office Is spending his va
cation in short trips about the state.
The regular weekly meeting OF
the st. Paul's fife and drum corps
will be held this evening at o'clock
at the Tabs hall, Kensington. All
members are requested to report.
Schools Being Repaired
All the schools Of the town are
undergoing general repair cam
paign, painting and refinishing being
the work of the town employees. All
local buildings are reported to be
in fairly good shape and will doubt
lessly come up to the highest stand
ards following the cleanup cam
paign.
Games Postponed
All Saturdays baseball games
| We're necessarily postponed through
the dcluge which greeted the houl
| of starting here The Kensington
Boys club East Berlin Boys clut
game will be played off in the near
! future, Legion league officials state
The Kensington Boys club will
hold meeting tomorrow evening al
| s o'clock at the American Legion
| hall, kensington. Important bust
| ness will come before the session
! and all members Of the organization
are requested to be present.
East Berlin Items
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walmsley and
! family of Stamford We're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Archer Walsh over
Sunday. the trip being made by mo-
tor. Miss Betty Walsh returned with
, them to Stamford where she will
spend a weeks vacation. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walmsley We're former resi-
dents of this place.
Mrs. r B. Stevenson and children
returned home yesterday from a
several days stay at the shore.
Richard Walsh returned home last
night from a weekend at the shore.
Mrs. A. A. Barnes and Miss Ma
belle Barnes are spending the week
at the Plainville Camp Grounds
making their headquarters tt the
Middletown cottTge.
| After the regular weekly meeting
tomorrow evening OF the Knights of
! Pythias the lodge will hold a cele-
! bration which the Pythias Sisters
have been invited to attend. The
local lodge will be presented with q
silver loving cup by members of the
! Durham lodge the cup having been
won by the East Berlin organization
for having the greatest percentage
of members present at the Pythiar
fair recently held at Durham.
Misses Betty and Rhoda Pratt
have returned from a week end al
| the Plainville camp.
Plans are being made to have a
| large attendance of East Berlir
Methodists next Sunday. Due to lack
of transportation few could attend
the meetings yesterday. 1t is hoped
that on next Sunday bus can be
procured to take over all who wish
! to attend.
The East Berlin Juniors defeated
the Phantoms of New Britain yes
terday afternoon on the local dia.
mond 10 to 5. This is the third de-
feat that the locals have handed the
New Britain team. Yesterdays game