New Britain herald., 1928-07-09
Former Resident Dies

Oxen Galpin, native of kensing-
ton and resident of this town for
80 years, died late Saturday evening
at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Henrietta Cliff of SO Winthrop
street. New Britain. at the age of
~. He is survived by three daugh-
tiers and one son.
Funeral services will be held at
the home of Mrs. Cliff tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Sam
uel Sutcliffe of St. Marks church
will officiate. Burial will be in West
Lane cemetery. kensington.
kensington Methodist Notes
The second meeting of the Off
cial board Of the kensington Meth
odist church will be held at the par
sonage this evening. Many import
ant questions were left over from the
first meeting for discussion this eve
ming.
Tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock
the Knights of Honor will meet at
the church.
Temperature Reaches High Figures
Both Berlin and kensington found
themselves in the midst of a ter
rife heat wave yesterday and many
Of the residents visited the seashores
IN an attempt to cool off. In Berlin
it was reported that the thermo-
meter rose as high as 1O7 degrees,
while it lowered around the 100
mark in Kensington.
The constables reported that the
heat was almost beyond endurance
but they continued to direct traffic
because Of the countless number of
cars on the road bound for the
shores.
Win Another Game
The kenslngton Triangles baseball
team continued its, winning streak
Saturday afternoon when it Travelled
to Camp Hazen at Cheshire and de-
feated the Camp Hazen nine by a
one-sided score, the final count be-
ing "a to 6. The local team has yet
to lose game this year. The local
nine crashed out "a safe blows while
their opponent connected for eight
hits. In the seventh inning every
man on the kensington team scor-
ed.
There will be an important prac-
tice Tuesday evening at the Rob-
bins road field and all members of
the squad are asked to be present.
A short game will be played.
Bible School Opens
The Vacation Bible school opened
this morning at the Kensington
Methodist church at $3.50 o'clock
with an enrolment of so pupils and
will continue for the next two weeks.
The school is being conducted under
the auspices of the kensington Con-
gregational and Methodist churches.
Lose Overtime Game
terrific home run over the left
field fence by Eddie Zeilke in the
18th inning spelled defeat for the
ll-kensington baseball team yes
terday afternoon in its game with
the Meriden Endeee at Hanover
park. The Meriden man hit the first
ball pitched by Berg in the fatal in
ming. The final score was to 5, the
game being regular scheduled
Connecticut State league affair.
Both teams played a beautiful
game of ball and the Meriden team
held the advantage over the locals
until the eighth inning when three
runs tied the score at five all. Both
pitchers were the masters of the
game in the overtime sessions until
the 18th when Zeilke's hit ended
the battle.
The game scheduled between the
All-kensington and Bristol Endeee
on Wednesday evening has been
postponed on an agreement between
the two managers The All-kensing-
ton team Is forced to pick up a
poor lineup in twilight games and
the Bristol manager wished to meet
the locals at their full strength.
Briefs
Miss Helen Constance Helenski
left Saturday for Rochester, New
York. where she will spend several
weeks visiting Niagara Falls and
Watkins Glep.
Miss Doris Gibney of worthington
Ridge has returned home after
spending the past week at Norfolk
Country club.
Miss Edith Prentice Of Worthing-
toa sidse. wilt leave tomorrow to
visit friends In Gloucester, Masa