New Britain herald., 1929-08-05

the district have, for the most part, signed the petition. Residents have signed 1t, also. but there are st:ll many who have not shown enough interest in the measure to offer their signatures.
 The petition calls for an officer to be on duty in Kensington from II o'clock at night until 6 o'clock in the morning. With this in force, it is believed by the residents that the they have been. Tn last attempt at robbery failed only because of q burglar alarm in the store. and, had it not been for this. according 10 MT. Anderson. proprietor of the store, the men would have gotten away with any amount of merchant disc that they could have carried.
 On Vacation
 Mrs. Charles Venture and daugh- ter Jean of Berlin are vacationing at Sound View for two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Carter and ell anu M lL' hl. l'IllIcl VI Berlin are spending two weeks in New Hampshire.
 Warrantee Deed
 According to a Warrantee deed filed at the town clerks office today. w. B. Hart of Berlin has sold a plot of land to Charles II. Danburg Of New Britain. The land is situated south of Mir. Harts home in Berlin.
 Visiting Town
 Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Showalter and are visiting Mir. and Mrs. William Shepard of Berlin. Dr. Showalter is well known in town. having been superintendent of schools here several years ago. At present he is director of extension work for the state Of Alabama. be- ing Connected with the Alaba ma In- stitute of Technology at Auburn, Ala bama.
 Grange Meeting
 The first two of the competitive programs will be presented at the regular meeting of the Berlin grang to be held at the hall on Pennington avenue tomorrow night. The losing team will furnish a sup ner for the members of the Grange. The last two programs will be put on at the following meeting.
 Plans for the Grange picnic will he discussed at the meeting. It is rlnnned to hold the outing Saturday afternoon.
 East Bcrlin- KcnSincton Game
 The second and perhans the de- Ciding game between the kensington and East Berlin teams in the Ameri- can Legion town baseball league will he played at the Percival avenue grounds in kensinston tonight at 6 30 o'clock. East Berlin is being picked to beat the Kensington team by the majority of fans in the town. The winning team will he presented with a cup by Bolton Kasca post, sponsor of the league
 Wafer Users Warned
 Due to tho drought throughout the state. residents of Berlin were asked today by the New Britain hoard of water commissioners through James J. Watson. chairman. not to use water for the purpose of srrinl5lins laW~s. There is no i'm mediate drncNr Of water shortage at present. but all precautions Will re taken In order that there may he none. Residents of New Britain. Newington Plainville. and Berlin. all getting water supply through the New Britain water system. are 1n- cluded in this request.
 Home From Maine
 Miss Gcnevieve Helenski of Ken sington. clerk at the board of public works office in New Britain. has re- turned after spending a week at Old Orchard, Maine.
 East Berlin Items
 The haptismal services were held yesterday afternoon at Woike's Pond. one convert of the Antioch Pente- costal chrroh receiving the full cere- rlonial. The even had been sched-