New Britain herald., 1928-06-19
Conlin's shoe. the visit to the New

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NN e'sios. ME- MacDohaid discoN-
ely VI Oh" s'oehihss III hesh' ana
'he various pupilc speaking con-
tests all won by mempers OF 'he
class OF l'-s.
| Nlce-frlnc1pal Douglas Macl'on-
ala spoke on 'Quod Facls Bene Fac
twhat you do. do Weld, which rs
the school motto cut into the stone
face of the building.
The entire affair was carried out
in an exceptionally pleasing man
ner no pains being spared to
heighten the effect of the various
speeches. For the class prophecy.
the room was darkened. and the
prophecies sat, in flowing robes. be-
fore crystal. on either side of
which was candle. These candles
provided the only light in the room.
After the program had been COM
pleted dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour.
Earlier r. O. Closing
In conjunction with the offices OF
surrounding towns and because of
the new law providing extra pay for
night work. the local post office will
be closed at I p. m. and the lobby
at 1850 p. ny. effective July I. Post
master James L. Usher announced
today. These hours of closing are
in each cash half hour earlier
than the present ones. The last mail
leaves Plainville at o'clock and
after That the nfftPG frDnSartS
business other than the sale OF
stamps, so the new schedule viii
nave no effects at all upon lnail
despatcmhs ana receiving.
funcraI OF Mrs. ruler
Funeral services TOR Mrs. Mary
Ann ruler or hlonNllle avenue
VINO dled suddenly sunLfy morning
whlle attending church, were held
az COCK th's afternoon OF the
Irwin Mor,uary chapei IN Ialrvlcw
cemetery, New Britain. Rev. Charles
>. NyckoH, pastor OF the Congrega
tiohal chnrch. oHlclated. Intermen'
was III fa'rNie" cemetery.
shower For Miss tOran
MISS irene oran was rendered a
shower ny inc Lady OWLS or New
britain last evening at her home
us "hi'inS street. About 20 guests
were present and they gave Miss
foran many handsome gifts. Miss
Koran VIII DC married next month
10 LOUIS Provencher
Baseball Tonight
The business Men and Peel
spring CO. VIII battle for SECOND
place IN the Industrial baseball
league this cvening-if the weather
, VIII let them Both teams have
, broken even for the season thus far
SO there Is little TO choose from be,
tween them. The Business Mor
before hut last Thursday the Spring
Casters handed the Temcos theil
first defeat OF the season.
Ihere has been some criticism o
Umpire Dave Erbe's action II
awarding the aforementioned game
, 70 the Peck team. Trumbull adher
ents still maintain that the atmos
phere had grown SO dark that 1t VA
impossible TO see the ball and tina
1t was already raining heavily The
say that, rather than run the risk o
injury IN the darkness. they Will aui
In any game when the light fails.
LeRionnaircs to Play
Brock-Barnes post. American lie
, gton. Will face Eddy-Glover post o
Ne" Britain on the baseball dls
mond Sunday afternoon at Rockwell
park, Bristol. The game VIII D.
played IN conjunction with the coun
ty meeting OF the Legion.
The boys team OF the local pos
IL making progress. There wer'
more than 30 candidates on hand a
the first night OF practice, and thes
are being weeded out to form tn
nnal team which Will represen
Pla1nville In the county league.
Graduation Tonight
The FIRST commencement OF Plain
vile High school Will be held In IN
, school auditorium at s o'clock to
night, when Governor john II
Trumbull will present the diploma
70 the members OF INC eraoua'lf1i
class and Rev. Henry 1wcedy. d. D.
professor at Yale Divinity school
will speak. There VIII also ne paper
by two honor puplls-on Inc his
tory Of the World Court by Nlr
ginia Conforte ana on line 'rroWtl
Of Connecticut by Marjorie Rut
land. Rev. Leonard Q. Melville, rec
tor OF the Church OF Our Saviour
will make the invocation, and Rev
Austin +. Munich, assistant paste
. OF the Church OF Our Lady OF Mer
cy, Will pronounce the benedlcuon.
The regular meeting OF PlalnVlii'
Grange Will be held at t"p ocloci
this evening. Nelshbors' Night VII