New Britain herald., 1929-08-01

all buses at Upson's corner between 7;3O and o'clock.
 Refreshments will be served dur ing the evening.
 East Berlin Wins
 East Berlin defeated kensington last night in the first of the three games in the playoff for the Amer ican Legion baseball championship of the town last night, by score Of 6 to 5. The game was very close one. the teams being very evenly matched. East Berlin is the favorite with the local fans and its chance for the cup is very good. The next game will be played Monday night at the Percival avenue grounds.
 New Britain Bristol PiayOff
 r>The Legion baseball championship for this part of the county will be decided tonight at the Percival ave- nuc grounds when the New Britain and Bristol American Legion teams play deciding game.
 Kensington has been selected as neutral STOuliu 'oi IiiN S"'ii~' - ' expected that there will be large crowd from both towns. All inter- osted are invited to be at the game. which starts at 6:30 o'clock
 Funeral Of Mrs. Wincheu
 The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Win chcll of kcnsington was held yester- lav afternoon at the kensington Congregational church. Rev. Vernon l.. Phillips was in charge of the services Burial was in Stockings Corner cemetery. Mrs. Winchell was a member of the Kensington Con- Sregational church for 50 years
 To Observe St. Rocco's Day
 St. Roccos Day will be observed by the Italians in New Britain and Berlin on August B. In New Brit ain there will be a parade in the afternoon and large display ot fireworks in the evening at Willo" Brook park. Local Italians will as- sst in the celebration with those in New Britain.
 Quicker Fire Service
 Many residents of kensington and Berlin have expressed their satls- faction of the motion passed at the town meeting Tuesday night that any resident of the town may cau the New Britain fire department in case of fire. This move makes 1t possible for very little time to be lost in notifying the department of fire and increases the ability Of the New Britain tire-fghters to les sen the fire loss in this town accord ing to Chief W. J. Noble. He states that he would rather have the first six or seven minutes at a fire than the next 15 or 20 minutes.
 Chief Noble today stated that he had not been notified formally of the new ruling but that, on the nn- derstanding that it would receive notice in d day or two, all calls for the department from Berlin would be answered without checking pp with the selectmen or the town clerk.
 Miss Helen Murray, student in Moody Seer etarial School, is sub stituting this month in the office Of the American Paper Goods.-advt.
 East Berlin Items
 The group photographs taken at ! the annual Com munity club outing at P. o. Clark's cottage at Hotch- kiss Grove. Branford, have been re- ceivcd by Mir. Clark and may be ob- tained from him or the Country club secretary, Mrs. Mildred Har- rinston. The pictures came ou; unusually we'll
 The East Berlin boys baseball team drew first honors in the cham ] pionship series yesterday afternoon, | defeating the Berlin Boys club team ! to 5. The game was hard fought and only timely hitting by the To- calls gave them the edge. The win ner of the town series plays in the state play-off.
 Local farmers are beginning to | feel the effects Of the continued | drought. Crops arc the poorest .1 years according to several. i There is no mid-w meeting ;.t the Methodist church this evening. The library will be open tomor row afternoon and evening for the exchange of books. Luther F. Turner continues tb show improvement from his recent operation.