New Britain herald., 1929-06-27

engagements with the company to connect and get fuel that was other wise impossible to obtain. There are many families taking advant7gs of the opportunity which would not have been possible for many years without the main pipes passing through. The pipes are laid from Meriden, going through Lower lane and up Christian lane through New Britain.
 Satisfied With Contract
 Residents of the town seem sat- isfied with the terms of the contract offered by the New Britain fire board for fire protection in Berlin. The rate, although doubled for the first hour. is the same for any additional hour or part of an hour. The sum of t1oO l. charged for the first hour or any pert of 1t, but $50 is the hourly rate for the additional tins spent in answer to q call. The in- surance has been raised but the resi- dents feel that the cost is 70 slight that it is but protection to the town and is we'll worth the additional charge. It is expected by the resi- dents of the town that the contract will be kept in force and that no local Ire department will be started for some time to come. Many feel that it would be necessary for the town to have three stations in Ken sington. Berlin and East Berlin, in order to obtain benefit from lower insurance rates. and the cost of this project would be greater than the town could afford at the present time.
 Scout Meeting
 The Boy Scouts of Berlin will meet tonight at the Berlin CongregationA church at 7:aO o'clock. The cub scouts will meet at 6:30 o'clock. Scoutmaster E. O. shjerden will be in charge of the meetings.
 Finance BOard Meeting
 The finance board will meet at tho Berlin town hall tomorrow night Ut !, s o'clock. Further discussion of the proposed school addition in kensing- ton will be the main business of the meeting. Much interest is being shown in the town as to what the members of the board will decide. There has been much discussion as to the matter for the past year and residents hope that final action will be taken at the meeting tomorrow night.
 Michacis From Kensingt0n Edward Michaels. arrested in con- nection with the theft of S10o worth of copper from the New Haven rail. road. is a kensinston youth and not the Berlin youth by the same name. Edward Michaels of Berlin has been subjected to some amount of huMil- iation since the story was published but has nothing to do with the theft. Trout season Closes The trout fishing season in the state will close Sunday and many i fishermen will turn to bass. the sea son for which opens on the first Of July. Many Berlin and Kensingten men have reported good luck in trout fishing in the local streams and ponds. There have been no reports of the extraordinarily sized hsh tbat is seen by most men at this time cf year as yet. but that is expected Ia be seen at any time now.
 East Berlin Items The annual Community club out ing will be held on Saturday July 20 at the shore cottage of Mir. and Mrs. n. o. Clark at Hotchkiss 0rsve in Branford. Mir. and Mrs. Clark will again be host to the community of East Berlin, this. being the bia event of the year The committee in charge of events is as follows: gen eral chairman. Louis C. Schwartz: transportation. John P. Lewis: sports. E. V. Read: games. Wallace Kelsey. Additional announcement ! relative to the outing will be made on Wednesday. July 10. the meeting next Wednesday evening to be omit- ; ted.
 The women of St. Gabriel's Epis- l copal church will hold an outdoor whist within the next few weeks. the
 date to be announced. The whist conducted at the home of Mrs. Mary Bourgeois on Monday evening under the auspices of the women sf the church was gratifying success. Ad-