New Britain herald., 1928-08-06

Tic NepupllCan Town committee of
Berlin Saturday at their cottage at
Hotchkiss Grove. About 80 guests
we're present and were treated to a
shore dinner and a cruise around
Thimble Island. All those present re-
ported a very enjoyable time.
A check was made on the pros
pective voters and it was, reported
that there is great interest in the
party in the coming fall election.
Grange Meeting
A meeting of the Berlin Grange
will be held tomorrow evening at the
Grange hall on Pennington avenue
and the officers of the organization
'request large attendance. The
members will discuss plans for the
annual outing and important reports
Will be made by various committees
Briefs
Miss Josie Pagan has returned
home after spending two weeks in
Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stanton and
children, Madeline and Donald, has
returned home from Detroit where
they visited Mrs. Stanton's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pagan.
Misses Emma Brayfield and Della
Grasiano of kensington are spend
ing weeks vacation at Myrtle
Beach.
Miss Marion Bunce spent yester-
day in town as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Barrett and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Barrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Preston and
son, Wallace. spent yesterday as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sheldon Of Pennington Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Troupe and
children, of Worthinston Ridge. are
expected home from Dayton. Ohio,
this week, where they have been Wis
iting for the last three weeks
Misses Florence and Norma Glib
ney. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Gibney of Worthington ridge,
have returned to their home after
spending the weekend in South
Meriden as the guests of their aunt,
Mrs. B. Human.
Miss Angelina Nocerrio of Pater-
son road has returned to her home
after spending a few days at Milford
Beach.
Mrs. William Sheldon and son,
Kenneth, and Mrs. Harold Skinner.
all of Pennington road, will attend
Governor Trumbulls exposition at
Savin Rock. New Haven, today.
The F~ights of He Tor of the Ken
Methodist G.. rich will hold a
Tuesday evening at the
church. All are requested to bring
their quarterly dues.
Henry Deming, connected with the
Berlin Savings bank, has returned
to his duties after spending two
weeks at his cottage at Madison.
Two slight accidents occurred over
the weekend but no arrests were
made. A collision occurred in front
of the Silver Lake Inn Saturday
evening and yesterday car ran into
the back of the Connect. cut bus at
U psor's torner. Constable Frank
Brown Investigated both accidents
and found no cause for arrest.
To Return Thursday
Word was received today that DR..
A. j. Goodwin of kensington. who
has been visiting at his home in Vir-
einia for the past month. would re-
turn home on Thursday to resume
lis duties
Rain Brings Relief
After three days of intense heat
the town W 8 visited last evening by
a heavy rain that brought to an end
the heat wave and afforded relief to
the people. During the day the Their
,nomcter regi cred as high as 115
degrees in parts of the town and the
shower at 4 o'clock did little to re-
lief the heat. However, the rain in
the evening came down in earnest
and snapped the heat wave. Most Of
the residents of the town spent the
weekend at the shore.
kenstngtoq Nine Wins
In spite of the intense heat and
the rain the All-Kensington baseball |
team managed to pin to de-
feat on the Manchester Communities |
in a Connecticut State league game |
1T the Percival avenue grounds yes
terday afternoon. The game was first |
marred by the intense heat and the |
short shower in the early part of the
game put the field in terrible con- /
iition.