New Britain herald., 1928-11-05

stealing apples. was fined SO and
costs, the fine amounting to $3.50.
Satona was arrested during the
week by Officer John Hackett for
stealing apples on the property OF
John Carlo in the Blue Hills.
Funeral OF Mrs. S. Wilcox
The funeral of Mrs. Sophronia
Wilcox of Hartford, for a number
of years a resident Of Remington.
was held yesterday afternoon at
$50 o'clock from the Bradley
funeral home at Is Butler street,
Meriden. Rev. B. N. Timbie. pastor
of the First Baptist church. offici-
ated. Burial was In the East ceme-
terry.
The pail bearers were Charles G.
Phillips and Clayton L. Phillips of
New Haven. Stanley Cummings Of
Shelbourne Falls. Mass. and Ernest
MacNicholl of Meriden.
Election OF Officers
Berlin Grange will hold its regu-
lar semi-monthly meeting tomor-
row evening in its hall on Farm.
ington avenue to elect officers for
the coming year. All of the Grange
members are earnestly requested to
be present at the meeting. Refresh
ments will be served under the d.
rection of Mrs. Anne Molumphy.
The Grange will hold another
card party Friday evening. Novem-
Der 3. at 8 o'clock at its hail. Prizes
will be awarded the winners and
refreshments served. The affair will
be open to the public.
Halloween Party
Mrs. Dorothy Bancroft gave a
Halloween party to the members
of the Lo-Hi club at her home on
Worthington Ridge Friday evening.
Games were played and refresh
ments enjoyed during the course of
the evening,
Mrs. Arthur Benson won the
prize for the prettiest costume and
awards were given to the Misses
Esther Lindquist and Evelyn John
son for the funniest costumes.
To Hold Sectional Meetings
A series of seven sectional meet.
ings in the Hartford county to pro-
mote an interest In the farmers for
the solutions of their problems has
been arranged by Charles d. Lewis.
county agricultural agent for the
Hartford County Farm bureau.
The first meeting will be held in
the Newington Grange hall Novem-
Der at s p. m. The principal
speaker will be 8. Mclean Bucking-
ham. commissioner of agriculture.
The other speakers will be STAN
cliffe Hale of Glastonbury. Mrs.
William Carr Of Poquonock and Al
bin Lindquist of the All club Of
Bristol. who will tell how they have
used the farm bureaus to solve
their problems. There will also be
motion pictures, both educational
and inspirational, and community
singing.
'These meetings are free to the
public" says MIR. Lewis. land are
of a strictly high class educational
| nature. We believe that the bureau
is offering the farmers of the towns
of Berlin. Rocky Hill. Wethersfield.
Newirgton and New Britain a very
fine program and that every farmer
and his family in these towns will
miss a real opportunity II they do
not attend"
Accident Reported
| Around o'clock last evening II
was reported that a small coupe
plunged through the state highway
fence on the Berlin turnpike neal
the Beckley railroad crossing.
A passing motorist told Of the oc.
currence to an attendant at the gaso.
line station Of Pennington avenue
Investigation, however. revealed
nothing of the reported accident and
it il thought that car had side
swiped the fence but had not beer
badly damaged.
| Claude Steens Jr.. student al
Dartmouth college. has been spend
ing few days with his parents, FIR
/ and Mrs. c. w. Stevens Of Kensing.
ton. He will return to school tomor-
row.
Frank Rio Of Remington. a stu
dent at Fordham college. 10 spend.
ing few days with his parents. HI
will return to college tomorrow.