New Britain herald., 1929-05-16

member of the class gave a short talk, and it proved to be the most interesting meeting held in long time.
 Working on Park
 The state highway department is at work on the park at the corner of Pennington avenue and Berlin street. The park has been kept in excellent condition this year and is the most attractive corner in tho town. The shrubbery has been trimmed and the grass moved weekly by the state department.
 Addition Completed
 The addition to the Prentice Man ufacturins company building has been completed and will be occu- pied in the near future.
 The floor space of the new build- ins will practically double the size of the plant and will add about 50 men to the force. Machines will be installed aa soon as possible and ad- ditional help will be hired to opsr- ate them.
 The addition to the Prentice plant is a sign that industry here ia growing. and the planned addi- tion to the Stanley chemical plant in East Berlin also bears out this statement.
 No Clue to NegrO
 The whereabouts of Sam Thomas. alleged slayer of Thomas Perry of kensington, is a mystery to police working on the case. He is thought to have'fed to New York. as . man answering his description was seen in Southington. where he got a taxi and was taken to the Meriden sta tion. where 1t Is said that he was going to catch trair to New York. With the finding of the gum that were used by the men in the scrap. which led to the fatal shooting, M,e thought that he was still in posses sion of them was discarded. Police stated that he might do some harm if he were apprehended and still had the guns in his possession. Po- lice are in touch with the New York authorities and expect some further developments in the case in the near future.
 Samuel Chase Coale, Jr.. of Berlin who is in the New London hospital with a triple fracture of the right Condition Improved leg. is reported as being out of danger. He is in considerable pain due to the nature of the injury, but ii resting as comfortably as can DC expected. He will be confined 'o the hospital for some months to come. Friends from Berlin and New Britain plan to visit him Saturday. Road Conditions Poor Road conditions in the town at the Blue Hills section and some parts of Beckley are very poor, ac- cording to the reports of the ma'l men and the postmaster in kensing. ton. who made an inspection yester- day. In some places, he reported the mud was almost up to the huha on his car and 1t was with the great. est difficulty that he was able to paas through. While this is due to the weather of the past few week. and not to any fault of the town workmen. the condition causes great intolerance and annoyance to the rural mail carriers.
 East Berlin Items The committee on arrangements for the annual Memorial day exer- cises have about completed the pro- gram for the day. Sunday. June 1 is the date set asidA for lecAl ob- servance. Further announcement will be made at later date. 1 The Boy Scout minstrel will be held tomorrow evening at s o'clock at the Grange hall. Dancing will follow the show. The committee who arranged the entire event hope for a capacity house as the proceeds will be used to further the work Of the Berlin troop. Members of the troop come from all of the district. 1 in Berlin.
 The Fife and Drum corps will hold their usual weekly rehearsal thii evening at 7:50 o'clock in Com. munity hall
 The mid-week meeting Of tho Methodist church will be held thil evening at . o'clock in the churct parlorA. The women of the churcl have been Asked to atteAd the meet.