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New Britain herald., 1927-11-04

Halloween social at her home yes terday. Among the entertainment features of the afternoon was a pea nut hunt and the telling Of fortunes by a gypsy fortune teller A harvest luncheon was served.
 Football practice will be held this evening at ! o'clock if the weather permits. The heavy rain last evening prevented practice.
 One of the heaviest rain storms of the season visited here last evening and throughout the night there was a steady downpour. The flats were flooded this morning and the Matta- besctt river was roaring over the dam near the chemical plant. Many residents complained of water in their cellars.
 The boys club will meet this cvc- niny at o'clock at Community hall.
 The library will be open for a short time this evening for the eX- change of books.
 An illustrated talk will be given at the Methodist church Sunday eyc- ming by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Bur green.
 The Pythian Sisters will hold d social and entertainment at Com munity hall Monday evening at s o'clock. The Knights of pythias and their families have been invited 10 attend. The committee in charge have worked up a most interesting program.
 Mrs. Mary Bourgeois entertained q number of friends from New Brit ain at q luncheon at her home yes tcrday.
 Emory Matscn of New Britain, a former resident Of this place, called on friends in town yesterday.
 Keen interest has been aroused over the Panthcrs' game Sunday with tII" Berlin Construction foot ball tcam Dutton's field will be the scene of the fray and it is expected that there will be q large delegation of rooters to cheer on the home team. The ironWorkers are not say ing much as to their team but the Panthcrs are not taking any chances.
 A meeting of the Modern Wood- men will be held next Monday eve ming at s o'clock at Athletic hall.
 Mrs. Charles Stewart or Tylnrvillc has returned to her home after q visit here with her sister, Mrs M Sears, Of Wilcox avenue.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
BRUNALLI IS RELEASED

John Brunalli. aged 45. of Bucks land street. Plantsville, who was a1~ rested by Officer Delbert Veley on charges of driving an automobile without 8 license and registration following a slight accident yester. day, was released by Prosecuting At- torney Woods without going to court. Brunalli brought his license and registration to the police station and explained that he had neglect. ed to have them in his possession.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
HEAVY DAMAGES IN WAKE 0F BAD STORM Highway Construction Hopes
 Are Blasted
 ROADS MADE IMPASSABLE
Parish Supper to Be Held Tonight Schools to Close For Armisticc DaN-IDjurcd Man Resting Fairly Benefit Card Party-Bricfs.

The terrific rain storm which ragged throughout New England last night hit Berlin in all It's force and wrought severe damage to property. The hope of the road contractors to finish the new highway by Saturday was swept away by the storm which caused many Washouts. There had remained but 200 feet of road 10 be paved but the heavy rain spoiled the strip which had been fixed by the steamroller, Work was sus- pended today and will be resumed tomorrow if possible.
 Several parts of the town were partly inundated but the main street escaped with tue least damage. Farms along Pennington avenue some of the owners reported hat at least a foot Of water covered their land. Chicken GOODS, dairies and other farm buildings that were some distance in back of the house were the worst sufferers. and, in nlOSl cases, u NtS llnpoSSlblc 'o reach them without wading. Ponds rose up high during the night and overflowed onto adjoining lots. Old time rcsidcGts said that it was one of the Sevcrest storms that struck Berlin in years. The property of J. A. Andrews on Pennington avenue was surrounded by water and mud and the workers experienced great difficulty in getting the trucks up to the platforms of the building.
 The new highway was crippled. Mud gathered on the road about five inches thick and the entire line was strewn with broken branches Of trees and wires. Logs that were being used by the construction con- pany in their work were swept aside.
 The most disastrous damage caused by the storm was a complete washout of the bridge on Farming ton avenue near the cemetery. The bridge is under repair and d tenn porary bridge had been built on short road that was being used as htlOtT. ne StFcd1H Decalf1e roar ing torrent during the night and rose rapidly. Early this morning the waters reached the roadway and swept everything before it. The bridge disappeared from sight and was covered by four inches of water.
 All the work completed so far on the bridge was ruined under the steady pounding of the waters. A Connecticut bus, the first one out this morning on the way to Meriden, came 10 grief as it attempted 10 make a short detour at the bridge. The bus was half way over when the road began to give and the bus wheels sank to the hubs in mud. The vehicle tipped at a perilous angle and fear was felt for lhe safety of the passengers. The driver waded through the water to get aid and the passengers were warned to keep their seats. Two large trucks were called into service and the people were carried to dry land. The bus threatened to tip over as the trucks were drawing it out but careful work on the part of the rescuers saved it from this disaster. It was seen that in short time the waters would
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
City Items

A!r. and Mrs. Arthur Berg and mother, Mrs. F. Berg of Highland street. are spending the week in Providence, E. l.. where they will be the guests Of Mir. and Mrs. Lars Bcnda, former residents of this city.
 Dine and dance at the Blue Swan Night Club. Opp. strand rhcater. Every evening. G.-adNt.
 Mr. and Mrs. George l.. Cans hav" returned from New York city, where they spent few days.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
Dusty League Bowling

The Standard Steel team moved out into q full two-game lead in the Industrial Bowling league last evening by winning three straight games from the PlainviIle Casting combination. The Businessmen handed q triple defeat to the Peek Spring team and leaped from eighth place into a tie for second Murphy. C. Nelson. Rajune, and Tolli featur- ed. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04

merce to place a sign advertising the benefits of Plainville on the wall Of the new Sequassen building on West Main street has been practically abandoned. the towA display com mittee reported at las, nights cham Der meeting. The committee is now looking about for another central location. the original plan having met with some opposition and diff culties.
 The chamber has decided 10 ad- vertise itself and voted to place a sign on the building of the Plain- vile Water Co. building calling at tention to the fact that 1t was the home of the Chamber of Commerce The attendance, due to the storm, was small.
 Coach Service Resumed
 Through motor coach service to Simsbury was resumed this morning by the New England Transportation Co. This service was interrupted by the repaving of the Farmington- Avon road, the coaches being able to run only as far as Farmington. Now that the road has been completed the coaches have again started to go through to Simsbury, where con- nections are made for Northampton. Buses for Simsbury will leave Plain vile at 9:07 a. m. and 5:OS p. m. while southhound coaches for New Haven will leave at 1o:51 a. m. and GAG D. m.
 Places in Track Meet
 Roger H. Newton, son of Charles II. Newton Of l69 West Main street, places second in the high jump in the intcr-class track meet of Yale university held Wednesday after noon in New Haven. The local boy. who is a sophomore, was thus able to give his class three points which Newton has made a fine scholastic record since he entered Yale and now he is showing that he is fully as capable in athletics.
 Blues to Practice
 The Plainville Blues will hold a practice at [ o'clock this evening if the weather permits, otherwise the workout will be postponed until to- morrow evening. The men who were injured in the game last Satur- day are now coming around and arc expected to be in shape for this Sun days contest with the New Britain Pawnecs. The misunderstanding within the team has been smoothed over and Charley Digglc has return cd to coach the boys.
 Entertainment at II. $.
 C. Everett Wallace, who has had many years experience in Lyceum, Chautauqua, lodge, church and club work, will present a program of en- tertainment in the high school audi torium on Thursday evening, No- vember 17, at $ o'clock. Mir. Wallace will offer humorous Representations, character sketches, monologues, readings, short funny stories, songs, banjo playing, novelty tricks and ventriloquism. He will make Up be- fore his audience, using table full of wigs, mustaches. collars, and the like and interpreting each charac- ter in turn.
 The proceeds from the entertain ment will be divided between the school athletic association, which needs funds. and the senior class, which is now beginning to collect money to cover it's graduation eX- ppnScS. Tickets arc being sold by the school pupils
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04

The Young Peoples society Of the Baptist church will hold a box social in the church parlors this evening, Each lady will prepare box of lunch 10 be sold 10 the men. Young md old .,ljl,. 1rp invited
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
Practice Tonight.

team will practice tonight. Wink has been signed up 10 play quarter back in Sundays game against East Ra,.lip
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
Peck Spring Co.
4o6 46I 1T VI Business Men
4o5 1VU 4NI Baptist Box Social

The Young Peoples society of the Baptist church will hold a box social in the church parlors this evening, Each lady will prepare q box of lunch 10 be sold 10 the men. Young and old alike are invited.
 Playing In stafford Springs
 The south Ends will play the Stafford Springs football team in that town Sunday afternoon. They have improved with practice during the week and hope 10 start winning games this sunday. This despite the fact that the stafford Springs team played the south Manchester Cubs who soundly trounccd the plainville Blucs last Sunday The players will leave the center here at noon.
 A son WAS born thls morning 10 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hayden oi West Main street.
 Frank DiYulo, who sustained a broken leg in the football game be- tween the south Ends and Southing- ton two weeks ago, has returned home from the New Britain General hospital
 Mrs. Katie B. Judson, who has been ill at her home on Park street for several days. has been admitted to the New Britain General hospital for treatment.
 A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. John Decgan Of Males street.
 Harry k. Turner is recovering from severe sore throat.
 William Knight of East street is a patient at the New Britain Gen cral hospital He has q dislocatcd shoulder.
 Fred Hemingway of North Acade- my street, Southington. who was in iured here some time ago, is again able to be up and around,
 121 Broad St, plainvlllc. 5-room flat, All Improvements. Apply on premises. .-advt.
 A kitchen cabinet and Edison Nictrola for sale, Apply 12l Broad St, Piainville. John Thornton.- advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Woodcraft Circle Meets

The neighbors of Woodcraft, Dist
riot No. Z, Circle Meeting, has again
become history and one more page
of Interesting information concerning
the Fraternal Insurance Order has
been added to the knowledge of the
eight hundred members of the local
Circle of Spokane. and the several
hundred members from the other In.
land Empire Circles represented.
New vim and enthusiasm has been
carried to the home circles. and each
representative is more resolved than
ever, that his circle shall he one to
add more members to this splendid
cooperative insurance order whose
rates are within the reach of all an
plicants, and thus help to reach the
desired one hundred thousand.
Though the heat was intense the in
terest did not lag through the DAYS
OF the convention and much credit
was given those who helped for the
comfort of each individual guest.
The entire Pythian Castle was
thrown open for use. fans were pro-
vided by the Grand Circle.
Pleasant memories still lnger of the
music and resolutions adopted by the
Circle Meeting expressed
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
THE OKANE WON AN
Harold Bell Wright Sees America
Doomed II Not Awakened
In Time

The publication of Harold Bell
Wright's new novel, God and the
Groceryman" is arousing the widest
discussion of whether or not God is
being crowded out of American life.
In this story of America today Wright
has presented startling picture of
the decay of religion in our midst, but
he has not been satisfied with that
alone. He has developed striking
exposition of how this decay can be
arrested.
"Our modern civilization does not
recognize God-it only uses Him." is
Il statement made in the book. Armed
with his intense sincerity the author
bluntly questions if the enormous sums
of money given annually to charity
and social welfare work. and to schools
and education, are ever thought of
definitely as offerings to God-as acts
of worship. "The millions devoted to
scientific research, the millions be-
slowed upon higher educational insti-
tutions-is the idea or spirit of wor-
ship in these great en1owments and
foundations? As for civic charity or
CARNATIONS, and that class of good
works, they are merely business poll
cies and are so presented to the people
These vast fortunes that are given to
good works are not even given in the
name of Christianity, but in the names
of individuals and cities and various
organizations" Harold BELL Wright
sums up by the statements: "In this
so-called Christian country there is no
organization in existence through
which one can spend dollar for a
purely religious purpose"
To him America is starved for re-
ligion, not the lures and wrangles of
denominationalism but religion that
can be a real expression of worship.
Looking through the countryside he
has discovered that the average man
(the "groceryman') and woman is
spending life barren of spirituality,
OF ideals. And the reason he sees i'm
the commercialiZatiOn and the quarrels
OF the churches. There are few ma
lures" Harold Bell Wright declares.
that do not respond instantly to an
atmosphere of sincere and true re-
ligion.
IF the business men of America do
not somehow get little Christian re-
ligion into the business of our country,
and if the citizens of this nation do
not get little Christianity into their
citizenship and into their everyday af-
fairs, national destruction is nevi-
table,"
The annual cost of crime in the
United States is over two and one
half times the total ordinary income
of our nation and over three times the
national budget"
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Wright Says Civilization
''Does Not Recognize God"

sour great need in this generation
is to see our good works not as re,
ligion but as the fruit of religion"
To-day one joins this, that or the
other church as one chooses a social
club"
ITO say that the existing immoralit,
is to blame for the existing irreligion
is to reverse cause and effect"
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Says Arthur Brisbane

Long ago Queen Elizabeth gave
ring, her face engraved upon stone
set in it to her lover, the Earl of
Essex. No matter what he did, he
would be forgiven If he returned that
ring. Accused of saying that Queen
Elizabeth's mind was as crooked AZ
her body, which was probably true,
she was Il great queen and hard we
man, he failed to return the ring and
his head was chopped off.
The Countess of Nottingham dying
confessed that she failed to deliver
to the Queen the ring that Essex gave
her.
Elizabeth, in despair, spent her time
sitting on the floor weeping. and died
at the end of twenty days. That's
the story.
Now the ring is sold at auction for
5000. 1t has dropped in value.
Elizabeth would have given $5,000,OO0
for it,
Bobby Jones. golf wizard from At
lanta, Ca. defending his open golf
champion title, made the first round
of eighteen holes I'M 6S strokes, five
under par"
The secret in golf is control of head
and nerves. In the air, flying, or on
the grass, playing golf, young Ameri-
cans seem able to do that.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04

From the kitchen of her humble
home in the backwoods Of Canada,
Lena Wilson. this week, became the
bride OF Millionaire Bud" Stilman,
who lowered her with one-half his
wealth. Stillman's grandfather was
he great American banker.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Safety at the Derby

The biggest and best collection of apanes
place in the world will be display Parkwater during the
National Air Derby in September 1926. It's going to sell lot
of apanes and increase the pubc confidence aeronaucs
hundredod Rigid regulation by officers in charge field
will prevent repetition of last years tragedies Then maybe
of the who play aiane wrecks eight
column banners and pay down. railway collisions that
takes five to lives at time will little better
proportion.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
"Why Tempt Women"

address advertising before the Pacific Coast Adver
Using Clubs Convention at Portland several weeks Mayor
Bertha K Landes said in discussing the appeal made by adve
tisers to
woman is seeking information which will help er to satisfy
her real needs in the best Why tempt woenwhy make
the appeal the love and luxury inherent in the breast of
of at the expense of and wise buyng?'
"Why tempt women-the tragedy that lies back of that
phrase 1t said that there 800 girls in Spokane who
their salaries Wise credit has built lovely and substan
ta homes and provided uxures which families could otherwise
enoy-but when girls tempted spend their last dol
lar for beautiful Clothes fur coats ewey etc, which be
had for 81 and 81 week ad nnatum it time that the
Pacific Advertising Club takes hand In the words of Mrs
LandeS
MAY add that the association has missionary work to
perform Not only she states for the of making the
realize that order to sell his he must
cenae feature to be developed to point of
excellence but that the purchaser reliable
dependable regard all available and
methods for carrying on her life work.
ut generally conceded that when too free credit is
girls and almost double the value of article in
buying things small payments often the article is
out before is paid for What tragedy for the Garner
Indeed what tragedy for the stated The girl who works week
ill., week out find that all of her earning capacity pledged
weeks and months ahead not able to do her best work for both
mental and physical capacity are impaired.
Here missionary work that will have arreaching effect
in the of girls and young womenthose who just
beginning to work and who have not learned the lesson thrift
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Lower Taxes

Cheer upl We going to have lower 1928
tcay department has cut few hundred dollars
budget estimate.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04
Coolidge on Tradition

Though the country accepts bobbed hair and short skirts
and the invasion of into practically profession it
still hugs the tradition that president shall live in the White
House for than That the love of the countrys
traditions is in the breast of Calvin Coolidge than his
ambition conveyed in the terse that
from him bits of folded paper do not choose
president in 1928"
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-04

Thursday, August 4, 1877
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-10
THE A OF X
TO the Sheriff or any Constable OF
Cameron COMMUNICATING:

TO the SneffIf or any Constable OK
Cameron County-Greeting:
You are hereby commanded 70
summon Frank NJ Alexander by maxi
ing publication or this Citation once
in each week for four successive
weeks previous TO the return day
heroes, In some newspaper published
IN your County, 70 appear at the
next regular term Of the 103rd Ju-
dicinl District Court OF Cameron
County. 70 be holden nc the Court
House thereof, in Brownsville, on
the third Monday In December "A.
ID. 1927. the same being the 10Th day
Of December. A. u. 1927. then and
there to answer a petition filed in
said Court ON the 9Th day OK July
A. ID. 1927, IN a suit. numbered on
the docket of said Court No 71s0,
wherein The AT Parker Securities
Company, n corporation. IN Plaintiff,
and Frank ~. Alexander and II. G
Johnson are Defendants, and said
petition alleging.
That By deed recorded in Volume
122, on pages 265-266. Deed Records
Cameron County, Texas, "A. I'LL Fer
Eandez, attorney In fact, conveyed 70
A. r. Parker that certain tract Of
land I'm Cameron County, Texas, be-
ing the south 11.O5 acres or Block 20,
PomeIo Subdivision. located within
La Feria Water Improvement District
Cameron County Number Three. re-
tanning therein a vendors lien "a
secure the payment, among other
notes. on "a certain note numbered 4
for the principal sum or Sl72-50,
dated January 4, 1924, made By A.
". Parker. payable 10 "A. III. Fer.
nandex, Trustee three years after
date, bearing interest from date IN.
I'll maturity nc the rate Of six pen
cent per annum interest payable an
nually, said note reciting same &C
he given in part payment Of the pur-
chase price consideration for said
lard. providing that same and nIl
past due interest shall bear interest
from maturity until paid nc the rate
VI ten per cent per annuEa-
That BY deed recorded In Volums
l22, on pages 624-625. Deed Record.
Cameron County. Texas. the mfurnD
said a. 1T. Parker conveyed to th.
defendant Frank =. Alexander tha
above land. retaining therein IA ven
doris lien 20 secure the payment ~
the ab0ve rute executed BY A. r
Parker. a. wen as the notes executes
by the Defendants Frank nv. Alex