New Britain herald., 1929-12-19

he gwen sIr-muil service for their "eIlN"ry on Christmas day. Parcels TOT Connecticut and New En.land states should he mailed at once as well as cards. There will be no ic- livery on Nhrisuups day and 1hc post office will be closed during the entire day.
 Th" lo";I office is being sWampcG ualjN under an avalanche of pack "g"3 and cards, Due to the rush io'tmaSi'r James F.. tshcr 0as round it necessary to have thy tuu fore" Of post". clerks on duty1dHr- ln% thv rnlir" day. He wilt prob- >hIE keep Gr this arhrduIe uHn 'hrislmus- Today Hi.s csprciall, "nsy and sm1II mountains of pack "2"& pjpd up m the office. lioy- 'N"r uuI"iu@ work by the clerks and III" po&duast'r himself resulted rn all the packages being shippcL out on jjmc
 Practically tNo out of every three persons who mali packages from the lp,m post office send them 70 uI&t'nr pomts m the country. It is expected that ruc postal recpIpts for the month and the monty order re- r"Irts will @r,ulIy exceed these O.: i The same pIIod in previous years. | Tn" letter carriers 5ra meeting with ""d weather this week bat ale faith HIIE PloddIu" ov,r their routes.
 Nrn,o" Cho.r Rehearsal
 TH" senior choir of the Hap,jS, 'Hntrn will meet at the hom" of j. Wallace i;"acn of 46 Linden street iomorrow evening ut 7:45 o'clock to practice ChraDmHs music This re- ne&rsa Was postponed from Tucs- day "v"nng on account Of th. storm. All members of the choir are requested 10 be present.
 Dld Rival, in Action The basketball fans Of the town ar" raS rly aUytIng the whistle that will send the plainrilIr High five and LoWis High aggregation ot "outhjn@tou into action this evening at the local school gymnasium. II will be PIainNiIIc's first home game Of tn" season and a better attraction could not he booked. Those schools hay" h""l great rivals in all sports for the past few yrarI
 Last yrar pIain>iIh, uos,d cut Lewis Hi2h in basketball hy very narrow margin. southngton re- talltrd hy winning the 1929 foot. ball gam". In all contests between the two teams the margin of victory Is always very small. The local tram has a strong lineup this season and is confident of taking the verdict tonight
 Thor" will br a preliminary same h@tNron th" r.ajn,,IIr '. N. C. A. team and the Highland park Com- Hunily club aggregation. This game should also pro}r lo be hard fought battle. Dancing will follow the gam $.
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 Funeral services for Naltrr JrUrrt, pioneer settler ju the Vest wood park district. who passed away Monday evening. were held this afternoon at . o'clock at his late home. Rev. Lincoln r. Frye. rector of the Church of Our %ayiour. onirl- al"d. Burial Was in the West cvmc- t,ry.
 >,'ho0i. to Close
 The public schools of thr town will clo@o tcmorroW noon for tho. Christ mas holiday and will reopen on THHr@jay morning, January ,. ac- rordjng 10 an announcement made today by th- scdooi authorities.
 L""&l Men III At Homc
 Horace <. James. West Mann street dry goods merchant, is ill at li, home on Broad street.
 '|r"d' rick HuIlnn is confined lo h,s home on West Main street with illness.
 Many Dogs in Town
 A -Ianc" al tEr records in th, town clerks office shows that NhinNiIIr has it's share of dogs. So !"" this year dos licenses h;,y" been i.au"d 10 5f? residents. Manl Of 'he dog oNn"gs reside on the our "air.s of the town. The licenses ara "cod until April 90, Ig%o.
 Move Cause, Surprise
 Ih" announcement Of the itand- "rd Oil Co. in he Herald last eve. h'NG stating hat Hartford had bcoa '.'ert"d as th" central point for its iLdnNlll" and New Britain stations, caused Soh" surprise hrrr It has been tine general opinion that the trrriNlnS station Would b. establish. "d m l'lniuvill" because Of an #n HoUnr"iU"m made some time ago hN tn" company Al that time Ii Was stated that thr company wa.: P."&nln% 10 erect a large Warchoue,. nrr" to serve FlainvilIo and Nru Britain.