New Britain herald., 1928-10-05

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nesds ef yesesfvtl1s oneAe110 veqo
looked after ~ the psseals lecoAn1
in PSainvilsA Upea ~ DEATH -
Rev. H. 7. Walsh. pessnanona pas
tor of the Ptainytile paFtnA aAl the
mission churches u Fessstvsle and
Pennington Tor many years. B.shep
Milan established both Forestvtlle
and Farminetoa n aspaFste ~.
ishes. Father LaAin. ~ result q
this action. became the first pastor
of st. Matthew'S
During the ten Year, Of Father
Laflin's pastorate In FoFestville nu.
merous improvements have been
made In tho church property and
the financial condition Of the partsA
IL pointed to with pride By the ~
rishtoners. In 1890 = beautiful new
rectory was erected Just north Of
the church and the grounds sur
rounding both structures have been
beautitied under the direction OF the
pastor. The church y recognized A.
one of the prettiest Of the smaller
churches In the diocese.
While residents Of ForeatvilIe, H.
respective OF creed, regret the trans
fer OF Father Laflin. they at the.
same time congratulate him On his
appointment and find consosatioa
in the fact that he will still remain
in the city. Parishtonem Of u. Jo-
seph's. regretting the departure of
Father Magneli, through whoes ef-
forts the beautiful new church edi-
flee was erected 4 few years AFRO,
ftnd consolation In their loas In the
appointment of Father LaAin. whom
they have come to know through
his services in the neighboring
parish.
Marriage Application
An application for a marriage H.
cense was filed in the office Of the
city clerk Thursday by Bernard o.
Faulkner of this city and Miss Lii
Han l.. Thomas of s Locust street.
New Britain.
Fire Prevention Week
Fire prevention week will be OBJ
served in this city next week. Spe-
| clal inspections of Easements OF ali
business buildings in the city will be
made by the firemen and talks on
fire prevention will be made In the
schools of the city by Fire Chief
John H. Hayes.
Property owners are urged to in
spect their stoves, furnaces, pipes
and chimneys between now and the
end Of the next week. II this IL
done. fire department officials feel
that the number of chimney fires
during the approaching winter will
be materially decreased and the fire
loss total decreased proportionate-
ly.
Electrical fixtures and wiring
should also be looked over at this
time to eliminate the fire hazard
from this source and rubbish Of ali
! kinds should be removed from Gel
lars.
Chief John H. Hayes, in 4 state
ment made this morning. has re-
quested that the citizens cooperate
with his department with = view of
making the fire prevention week =
success.
In Cupboard Motor Race
Carl H. Mason OF this city has
filed his entry blank to participate
In the cupboard motor races to be
held Saturday afternoon on the Con-
necticut river under the auspices Of
the Hartford Yacht club. the Hart
ford Barge club and the Hartford
Cupboard association.
Mr.. Mason is recognized A. the
champion cupboard racer Of New
| England.
Former Resident Dies
Mrs. Marguerite Caldwell. wife Of
John N. Caldwell. died at her home
in Hartford Thursday following 4
long illness.
Mrs. Caldwell was born In this
city 33 years ago, the daughter Of
Mrs. Catherine Carey and the late
Patrick Carey She attended the
East Bristol school and until her
marriage to John Caldwell six years
ago. had always resided In this city.
Surviving are her husband and
one three-year-old daughter: her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Carey: two
brothers. Thomas and John Carey
Of this city; four sisters. Mrs. John
Walsh OF Southington, Mrs. william
Ryan Of Hartford. Mrs. Delphis
Mason of Windsor, and Mrs. Myron
Parker of this city.
The funeral will be held at .
o'clock Saturday morning at u.
Augustine's church, Hartford. Burial
will be In the Mt. st. Benedict ceme-
terry. that city.
Anniversary Mass
An anniversary high mass Of re-
QUEEN will be celebrated at st. Mat
thew's church. Forestville. 1t 8
o'clock Saturday morning In men,
ory Of william Cronin.
WEIGH Company Annual
The annual meeting of the volun-
teers of WEIGH Fire company will be
held in the firehouse at 8 o'clock this
evening. Officers for the ensuing
year will be elected and the reports
OF the retiring officers submitted.
!. q. O. r. MeeftnR
Stephen Terry Lodge, I. q. o. r..
will meet at 8 o'clock this evening
in Stephen Terry hall.
Funeral Of Mrs. Freak HAN
The funeral Of Mrs. Anna e. Han,
wife of Frank Hall OF 10 Kenney
street. Forestville was held ut 2
o'clock this afternoon at her late
home and at 2:So at ct. Johns
Episcopal chapel. Rev. y. \. etyring,
assistant rector OF 1t. Marks church.
New Rrifatn rand s,rfAA the nervices