New Britain herald., 1929-12-31

chief of Pythian temple, Pythian Sisters. 12-Mrg Sarah Morgan 1 elected chief of Washington Trum- bull circle, C. of F. 1S-Mrs. Cath erine Graham observes 73rd birth day anniversary. 14-Allison Clark, aged 93. noted inventor and manu- facturer, claimed by death. 10-- Mrs. Mary Harper Trumbul. moth CT of Governor John H. TrumbuIl, passes away in S0th year. 16-WAi- ter JeWett, 69, pioneer settler, dies. li-Grange hall is rededicated. 19- i No-school signal is discarded by Superintendent of Schools Leon C.. { Staples. 21-Trumbull factory em- ployes receive extra week s pays as Christmas present. 22-Mrs. Russell D. s. Hopkins, aged 80, dies. 2S-- Alfred Mclean. S5, dies.
 Town Clerks Hours Although tomorrow is a holiday and the town clerks office is not obliged to be open. the office will open from 2 q. m. to r noon and , 10 4 p. m. for the accommodation of those who wish to secure hunt ing and fishing licenses. It is eX- pcctcd that large number of peo- pie will take advantage of this op- portunity 10 secure licenses. If it is not convenient for those who had licenses last year to appear tomorrow in person, they may send their last years licenses by another person to be renewed.
 Post Office Announcements Special hours will be observed at the local post office tomorrow. The stamp and registry windows will be orders will be issued. There will be no city or rural mail delivery. All mails will be dispatched as usual Postmaster James F.. Usher an- nounced today that starting tomor- row there will ba an advance of r per cent in the price of envelopes. caused by an improvement in the grade of paper used in them. Although the Tccember postal re- ceipts will not be completed until the close of the post office this cve- ming, Postmaster James Usher pre- diets that the receipts will show a gain of 12 per cent over the figures of last year. The Christmas rush this year was the largest on record Pythian Temple Meeting Pythan Temple, Pythian Sisters will hold q regular meeting on Janu- ary z. At this meeting reports of the Christmas committee will be read. All members are requested to | be present.
 1 Annual Meeting Thursday The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist church will be held on Thursday afternoon 1 at 2:3Q o'clock at the home of Mrs. Irving Tyler of 49 Park street. Off, 1 ficers will be elected and reports of the past year read. Every member is requested to Dc present.
 No Court Session For the first time in months the i court room at the Town hall was | quiet this morning, not a single case ! being scheduled 10 be heard before | the town court Since the establish ment of the town court Tuesday mornings have witnessed busy ses- sions. Evidently the spirit of the holidays has kept law violators un- der cover and has given the court officials chance to enjoy the holi- 1 days and receive well earned rest.
 Weck-End Reception
 Relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mrs. Jennie Hickok of S1 East Main street over the week. end when she entertained her
 grandson, Arthur Hickok Of Stanley
 street, New Britain, who is d stu
 dent at New York university. Those entertained were Mir. and
 Mrs. George Duncll, 8 Mir Moore of
 Hartford Mir and Mrs. Fred Hickok
 and daughters. Ruth and Arlecn of
 New Britain. Andrew Wenz of New
 Britain, Louis Meade, and Arthur
 Hickok.
 The occasion vas a surprise visit
 of Arthur HiCkok to his grand
 mother, who in turn gave the visi-
 tors hearty welcome and recep-
 tion.
 New Years Observance
 New Years day will be celebrated
 here tomorrow with a general shut
 down of the factories and the ma
 iority of the business establishments
 Practically all of the celebratins <
 will be done this evening with house
 parties and trips o various inns and
 hotels where festivities are planned.
 Masses will be celebrated tcmor-
 TOW morning at 8 and o'clock at
 the Church of Our Lady of Mercy.
 A watch night service will be held
 at the Methodist church this evening
 starting at o'clock.
 A sales conference is scheduled to be held at the Trumbull Electric
 Mfg. Co. tomorrow.
 The schools will resume sessions
 on Thursday morning after having
 been closed for the holidays. "N' Team Victorious
 The Plainvllc Y. M. C. A. basket
 ball team was victorious last eye
 tho Congregational Brotherhood : five Of Bristol in the Bell City. The ! final score was 40 to 27. the game being featured by thrilling long shots by both aggrcgations, The lo-
 calls showed up especially well on , the defense and passwork. Time after time the "Y" players broke away for easy baskets.
 . The Bristol team had a number oi | strong players. including Sugar : Hugct and Goodrich. former mem Der of the championship BristoI Chicago tournament
 on Friday evening the locals vii. meet the Southington "Y' five in q
 county league game at the local high :. 1 Sch hnnl gum n 2 m The tNn tGaIns