New Britain herald., 1928-02-23
WOMEN 0F CHURCH TO WORK AND PRAY Inter- -Dmomination,l Gathering
 @& Held Tomorrow
 PUMPER MAKES FIRST RUN Respoods to Fire in Kent Street Bed -Onc-Arm Billiard Expert to Give Demonstration - Piainyille Wtns-Resdy for Piay-Brefs.
PUMpER MAKES FIRST RUN

The women of five Protestant churches will unite tomorrow in ob servance of the "Inter-Denomina- tional Day of Work and Prayer for Foreign Missions and will hold a sewing meeting. luncheon. and service in the Congregational church parish house beginning at 10 a. m. An invitation has been extended to all women in town and it is hoped by the committee in charge that the observance will be even more successful than that of last year. At 10 o'clock the women will gather and Rev. Philip J. Cleveland, pastor of the Advent Christian church. will lead in an opening prayer. There will follow three hours of work for the New Britain General hospital. The women will bring sewing kits. At 1 o'clock luncheon will be served. The Protes- tant clergymen will attend and the blessing will be given by Rev. Alexis D. kendrick. D. D., pastor of the Baptist church. Each woman is ask ed to bring box lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided.
 A service of worship will be held from to o'clock. Rev. Leonard 0. Melville. rector of the Church of Our Saviour, will offer the opening prayer. which will be followed by the singing of hymn. The Church's One Foundation" Five minute talks on the foreign mis- sionary work of the churches will be given by Rev. Arthur A. Ball, pas tor Of the Flainville NJ. E. church; | Dr. kendrick: Rev. Charles $. Wyckoff, pastor of the Congrega- tional church: Mir. Cleveland, and MT. Melville. An offering will be taken for the PlainWlle Public Health Nursing association Mir. Wyckoff, who will be master of cere- monies. will lead the closing prayer and pronounce the benediction. | Work will be resumed at 3 o'clock. The committee in charge of the observance is composed of Mrs. L. o. Melville, chairman: Mrs. Charles l.. Moody. Mrs. E. s. Pratt. Mrs. F. Smith. Miss Caroline Stewart, and Mrs. A. Thomasen.
 Pumper Makes First Run The bumper recently purchased by the fire department made its first run yesterday afternoon but was not called upon for service. A call was i turned in shortly before o:S0 o'clock and the Mack truck and bumper responded. As they turned from Woodford avenue into Kent street it appeared that serious fire was fn progress. for great volumes of smoke were issuing from the second floor apartment occupied by George 1 Smazacz.
 Upon entering the house. how ever. the firemen discovered that the flames were practically confined to a mattress. which they pulled off the bed and flung out of 8 window. One chemical was emptied and the fire eAttnguished with practically no damage. The manner in which 1t started is not known.
 One-Arned Billiards
 An unusual attraction will be of- fered by John Guiden on Monday evening. when Frank Shakespeare" Mckervey. d e-hand pocket pill Hard expert, will give an demonstrs- ton and play a match game at Gui- den's pool room on East Main street. Mckervey has two arms but he has specialized in one hand play. He holds the worlds record with a run of IT without touching his cut to the table rail, while he has run B with the use of the rail His nick name comes from a. youthful pro- pensity for composing iingles. Me kervey is nationally known and on one occasion entertained the late President Theodore Roosevelt.
 | Mckervey will give . two-hour