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New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
MRS. RIPPLE DIES
 AT BERLIN HOME
Death Takes Woman, 86, Local
 Resident for 62 Years
Especial to the 1Ieraldl

Berlin, Dee. 2t-Mrs. Elizabeth kilby Ripple, one Of the oldest resi- dents or Berlin. died at her home on Ripple court this morning at the advanced age Of St years Mrs. Ripple was the widow of the late George II. Ripple d Civil War vet eran. who died 19 years ago. She was born in W"therfield on July =. lh43. and moved 10 Berlin when she was A yeais old. She resided here continuously for the following G years.
 She is survived by her daughter. Miss Florinc Ripple, with whom she made her home; five sons. Elmer, Percy, and Burritt Ripple of New Britain, Lewis Ripple Of Plants vile. and Carl Ripple of Wcthers- field ten grand children. and four great grandchildren,
 Funeral services will lc held at the undertaking parlors Of E. C.. Porter Sons in New Britain on Thursday afternoon at o'clock. Rcv. s. \. fiskc Of the Berlin Con- ercgatonal church will offiCiatc. Burial will be made in Maple com ctcry, Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

ents, Mir. and Mrs. George l.. Pren- tice of Worthington ridge.
 Lucius Bushnell of Farminoton avenue will spend the holidays in Boston.
 AIr. and Mrs. William Sheldon will entertain Mir. and Mrs. Wallace Pres ton at their Pennington avenue home.
 Leroy I'leischcr q student at Har- ward Law school, is spending the holidays with his father, Charles II. Flcischer,
 John Molumphy, a student at Staunton Military institute. Staunton. Va, is spending the holiday period with his mother, Mrs. George 0. Gridley.
 East Berlin Items Christmas bay will be observed wCh churCh services at both the Methodist and Episcopal churches. An carly mornIns service will DO Eeld at 6:%O o'clock at the Mctho- dist church, the service 10 last an hoHr. D"nonunatioual lines will be DO bar against anyone wishing t0 attend ttiS service. rhorc will bc Il Christmas tree and something oIl the tree for all present. Not trlnkttS and toys,
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
CHRISTMAS CHEER
 IS BROUGHT HERE
Needy Families Receive Baskets
 Of Food From Local Groups
MAIL EXTREMELY HEAVY
New Britain Boy Fined in Court SNcct Club to Hold Shoot Tomor- row-E'uncral of Mrs. Russell D. x. IIopltins-Othcr Items.

After | busy week of shopping. mailing and preparing food. the people of plainvillc arc ready for the observance Of Christmas tomor- row. Business will come to a stand still. all factories and mercantile establishments being closed for the day. There will be no delivery of mail during the day.
 The post office has been swamp 1 cd with mail during the past few | days, On Saturday II GOO cards were handled and yesterday 25D0l. I cards went through the local office, Hundreds of packages were mailed 1 from here and q huge business Was done in money orders
 Christmas cheer will be brought to l" needy families through the work of the Plainvillc Public Health Nursing association. Baskets Of food were distributed 10 the poor today. Pythian temple, Pythan Sisters, also prepared Christmas baskets for needy families of Plain- vile, while the Girl Scouts joineI in the good work by contributin,, dolls which they had made and dressed.
 Tonight there will be q midnight service at the Church Of Our Say four starting at 11:3O p. m. Thero 1 will be celebration of holy coln | munion and Christmas carols will | Dc sung. Any persons who wish to | usher in Christmas with q cclcbra- llon Of holy communion are invit- ed to attend this service.
 The Christmas entertainment of the church school Of the Congrcgn tlonal church will be held this eve. ming at [ o'clock. The program will consist oI short plays, recita. ilonS, songs and Christmas tree Tor members of the church school. Those interested arc asked to note the change in tho time from 7:3o 10 { o'clock.
 On Sunday evening the annual Nhrlstmas service was held at the Baptist church. while the Sunday schools of the Methodist and Advert Chrlstlan churches held their a,,- lluai Christmas parti- s last evening" Tomorrow afternoon at , o'clock Il community Christmas tree for in, children of Plainville. New Britain and Bristol will be held al Flli,' Rest. 4 West Main street. Ii will be held under the auspices of Holly wood lodge, No. GS5. All parent, are invited to attend.
 Low masses will be celebrated ,o
 morrow morning at $ and 3 o'ctocl< at the Church Of Our Lady of i .derrN, high mass will be sI,u.- at 10 o'clock and will be fcaturp l by appropriate Christmas music [, l VIII h" followed by bcncdiction ar tn" Blessed Sacrament.
 Tn" only sporting event 8cbcdu1rl ] Tor Inc day. in plainyillc will h. /, shoot by the Plainville Skcet cIno at It's grounds. The shoot will stort at , o'clock and is expected to be attended by q large crovZ
 Fined in Town Court
 James Pagan of 6SU East stree.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
PLAN STOP SYSTEM
 ALONG BOULEVARD
Police Board Would Eliminate
 Accidents at Monument
NO NEW SUPERNUMERARY
Not Enough Work, Commissioners Nuy-CUrFcrcncc With TrolIc, or fiCials rlannGG--,lany Si:op in Dari>nCss-Br.cfS.

A plan WaH presented and adopt. ed at I meeting Of the board of po- lice commissioners held in the com- cil chamber last evening to cIim- nate the accidents which have been prevalent at the Memorial boula- ward intersection with Mellon street. The plan calls for the designation of Mellon street as q stop street, ahd bright reflector signs will be placed at Ihr Riverside aVcnuc side 10 caution drivers 10 proceed slowly. A trip system will be inauguratel whereby cars coming from Eiycr. side avenue will bc given the right Of way onto the boulevard. and oth- CT vehicles proceeding in eth r direction on the boulevard will ba halted for number of seconds to permit the passage of the entering cars.
 It k generally believed that the ncW system of control at the june tion will meet with immediate ap- proyal. as it iS designed to prevent the greater nu!ubor Of collisions which have been occurring ther,. About tn" only way q driver can collide at the monument hereafter will be by breaking the law. Tnq board members stated that steps would be taken to enforce the new ruling as rigidly as possible.
 Many persons have been seriousl- injured at the intersection durin Z the past ye,r and several have sue. cumbed from their injuries in rr. cent years. This year. it the new plan is carried out, will be q banner year for the board inasmuch a. safety measures are concerned. TIr board is doing cyorythiu- possible to safeguard the life of Bristol re.;. denis,
 No Supcrnumcraric, Addrd
 It was decided not 10 add Il ,,Ipor- numcrary 10 the present poljcr force, which, according 10 Chici
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

hall team will De called upon to meet q tough opponent after the Christi mas holidays when it plays the State Trade school five from New Britain. It will be the second meeting of ,he teams this season, the Hardware City aggregation having been returned winner in the first game. Tho game will be played on Fri Gay evening, January ,. in the local High school gymnasium. The Trad. CTS are UndefcatCd and have u fine team. Tie stars of the team are Cohen and Truman, former members of the Phantom five, city champions of New Britain.
 The locals have improved greatly since the first game with the New Britain crew and are leading the Western Conference league with two victories and no defeats. A great deal Of faith is being pinned on stretch Wegner, Ianky Planviilc center.
 A>scs,m"pt Liens
 Benefit ;!sS"SsmCpt liens h&y. be, n placed on 'he property Of Gf local residents according to notices filed #t the office of the town clerk The property involved is located on E,n., Woodland. and Milford streets. Tine building lines on these streets were approved by the town plan commis- sion on August 6.
 Receive Gifts
 The post office omployts have been remembered by various organizations for their hard and efficient worl; throughout past year, especially dur ing the Christmas rush. Practically all of the local factories have pre- sented gifts 10 the employees. Cigars were given by the Cedar Hin Forn.~ ulac Co.,
 CompoSCS Christmas Poem
 Prosecutor Charl"s r. r0nlon of the Plainvillo town court has com pcsod a Christmas poem that is at- tracing considerable attention.
 The poem can be found on the Cdi. toria1 page of this issue and should prove Of great interest jo Plainyine pc tople.
 Correction
 Through a typographical error. t was stated in last nights issue Of the Herald that Mir. and Mrs. Ernest t. GrlsWold of II Broad street had celebrated their 18th wedding ann:- NerSary sunday. The couple oh served their 25th anniversary.
 Extra Trolley Cars
 Dcspit" the heavy slcct storm last evening, the Connecticut co. cypcrf- cnccd very littlc trouble ill keeping its trollcys on schedule between PIalnvilIe and New Britain. In order 10 accommodate it's patrons, many Of whom were anxious 10 com plete their Christmas shopping. the company ran a number of extra cars.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
CHRISTMAS RELIEF
 ID BE GIVEN POOR
Visiting Nurse Committee to Provide Clothes, Food, Toys
WILL AID 85 FAMILIES
Great Demand for Clothing -.SnoM Adds Final Touch to Town 5 Christmas Dress - Two kCnsing' ton Boys Become s>tar scouts.

Santa Claus as a white bearded. rcd frockcd gentleman from the North Tolc may be q fictitious char act9r according 10 the modern trcn ] of thinking, but almost S5 families, including possibly 200 children, will still retain their faith in the Christ mas visitor because of efforts or the visiting nurse committee this year.
 During the past few days the committee has been obtaining clothes -- shoes. stockings under wear, sweaters, and ovcrcoats-and toys and food to be distributed to- day and tomorrow to the poorer families in town. Tabs hall in k"1- sington was 6 scene Of activity this morning, activity which promised to run far into the day as the half dozen workers sorted clothes into sizes and shapes, arranged baskets of food, checked off names from the lists obtained during the last f1" weeks, and attempted to get every thing in readiness for the long awaited day.
 Contributions from residents of the town and from several out Or town persons were numerous and varied. Families ranging from one to nine persons in size will be sup piled and children between the ages of six months and 12 years will re- ccive skates and sleds, overcoats, sweaters. and overshoes. The de- mand for something to wear, par ticularly overshoes, is greater this year than usual, and all requests for such articles probably can not be met. But the response 10 the appeal made by the visiting nurse committee has been very generous and the workers are Gratihed to think that most of the requests will be met. Mrs. Henry Hooker. char. man of the committee, and Mss Viola Snyder. visiting nurse, Wei ic up early this morning attempting to get everything in readiness for inc later role of Santa Claus.
 Berlin In Christmas Attire
 The spirit of Chrihtmas has grip ped Berlin earlier than usual this year. The final touch was add q last night when q light fall of snow coated the world in white. Ice en- crusted branches, swaying in the wind, provided natures own candies to gleam during the day At niglt their place is taken by handmade candles that shine from windows and electric light bulbs of varied Colors that adorn evergreen trees in front of many of the homes on Berlin street.
 This evening, in keeping with the general spirit of Christmas, carol singers will wander from home to home, much as in the days of old. several groups of these singers will make their appearance tonight. weather permitting. and sing carols Lntll 10 o'clock. In order to insure larmony in the method of singi E as well as m songs themselves, al, those who want to participate are ,;7lcd 10 be tt the Community hoace this evening at o'clock, from where the several groups will start for the evenings singing. Later .n the evening coffee will be served at the Community house. and then the carolers will break up until next
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Become Star Scouts

Nerginio BrOnzi and Edward Too hie or kcnsington, members of Troop C3, Boy Scouts of Amerila, became star scouts at the scout court Of honor in New Britain last night. They were also awarded merit badges. along with others of the local troops
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Post Office Busy

The local post office force is working overtime during the pre- hrlslmas days when mail comes in by truck loads. The employees la- bored all day last Sunday and will probably work tomorrow.
 The Forestvillc post office will be closed on Christmas day and there "'H be TO mail deliveries by car, ricrS.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Christmas Parties

Miss Phyllis Senning. instructor in the Mount Vernon. N. Y. High school. is spending the Christmas holidays with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. George %enninG of konSington
 Miss Edith Prentice of New York will spend the holidays with her par
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Named Alternate

Ph'lantry G. Brown of 2O1 Oak Iahd street has been named one of the aIternates for appointment to lhe united States Naval Academy at Annapolis by Senator Hiram B'ne- nam. He was given an examination at New Haven last week and passed NGrE CaSilN.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
h Holyokc Tomorrow

The New Departure basketball team will journey to Holyokc. Mass. tomorrow night to battle the Mo- hawks of that city in the first of n lWo-gamo series. The Holyoke line Up contains the names of several former New Departure stars such as Ray Marchin"k, Nelson Crowlev and Frank Torno. Jerry Conway hupe Goldberg. and one or two others make up the remainder of the squad.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Trains Not HannDcrcd

The storm fast night. though il created havoc with local and city transportation, did net affect trans on the main New Haven lines, ac. cording to Max Sugenhimc. station agent at the local depot. Trains are running Il little behind due to inc heavy Christmas mail. and scvera, placed on the lines to meet the un usually heavy demand for trans pOrtdtion.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Boys Club to Practice

The scheduled basketball game between inc kensington Boys club and Southington has been postponed until some time next week, accord ing to an announcement made by Rev. Vernon j.. Phillips, The day ot the game, I'riGay, will be used for a much needed practice session, and all members of both local teams are asked to be at l'raternal hall on that evening for A workout in bas- EetD2ll
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

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New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Auxiliary to Meet

Tho ladies auxiliary to Bolton- kasica post. American Legion, will meet on Thursday evening for its annual Christmas party at the Com nunity housr. All are asked 10 at tend this affair. Refreshments wilt
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Never in the history of the city were so many children present to re- cclVe gifts at a local theater as when the youngsters focked to the cameo yesterday afternoon, and it is estimated that nearly 1900 gifts wero distributed. About the same num- her of presents were 10 be donated today at the regular matinee, the mana cement nNnectnd
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
League Last Nioj,t

Three sets of teams battlcd If inc hoIa club last night in City league contests before about 800 people. me loop IS gaining in interest and oHlc'alS anticipate seeing largo crowds at future games, especially after tho holidays. :"
 me details Of last nights games appear on the sporting page.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

It was decided not 10 add d ,upcr- nunorary 10 the present polie' force, which, according 10 thicI
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

The Plainville High school basket.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Mir. and Mrs. Charles Harvey Oni- cer have announced the marriage Of their daughter, Mics Jane Eaton corWin. to Howard Willoughby Whitaker. The ceremony took pllcc m Rochester, x. T., on Friday, No~ Ncmbcr 92.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24


 The local churches will offer serv- ices tomorrow as part of the Christ mas festivities. St. Paul's church in kenslnston will offer an unusually attractive musical program during the three masses to be held tOmUr- TOW morning
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Thr electric lights along the cast "rn part of North Main street were out for about 2U minutes last night t about 7:&O o'clock. Thousands of persons were left in darkness do- ing their Christmas shopping in inc various stores,
 Officials of ths power company said that the break in the circuit WAS caused by an overloaded line.
 Alumni Tomorrow Night
 The Bristol high school basketball team, which has started the season
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Hopkins. aged so years, wife Of
 Russell D. $. Hopkins, who died on sunday morning at her home on If Crown street after q lingering ill., ness, were held this afternoon at l o'clock at the funeral parlors ot W. \. Bailey X Co. Rev Dr. A. D. kendrlck, pastor of the Baptist church, olliciated. Burial was in Portland.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Six city trucks were on the job sanding the various hills of the city yesterday afternoon before the snow storm had ceased. X number of autos slid into each other during the day at the upper Main street grade when halted by the red signal. No accidents, as far as could be learned, were reported at police headquar-
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Eght-IuIn- On -Rnd-PIan

Franklin lodge, A. F. and A. M. held a Christmas party at it's club rooms last night and several hun drod children were entertained by Past Master Charles C. Ball. who donned Santa's resalia for the oc- caSion. X large tree was erected and gifts were distributed. There was a social hour and refreshments were SnrNnl
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Funeral of Mrs. Giahn

Funeral services for Mrs. George A. Claim were held from St, .Joseph's church this morning at o'clock, \ solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated, and interment followed in the new St. Joscph's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

year. In order to maintain the us Ual spirit of the evening all resi- dents are asked to cooperate by placing candles in windows and
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
City Items

Joseph Lopal of 352 Arch street reported to the police that on Sat Irday evening his car struck q dog belonging to John Lipski, PA C!in- ton street, in front ot the Lipski residence.
 Miss Frances Stekly, recent graduate of the Moody Secretarial school, is now with the Trumbull Electric Co.-advt.
 MISS Mary Doleski, Moody Secre- tarial School, '29. is now employed at Landers. Frary & Clark-advt.
 Camp Clara, R. N. of A.. will meet tonight at s o'clock at St. Jean de Baptiste hall.
 When driving afternoons or eve nings stop at Old Milestone. Farnl- ington Ave, Plainville-advt.
 A. G. Hammond auxiliary. U. S. W. V., will entertain members and friends Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock at the state armory. c Mrs. Nora NJ. Cullen of 42 Win throp street received a. visit Sun day from Mr. and Mrs. Griffen of Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Griffen is Mrs. Cullen's niece.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

task. But everything was really quite different from what we had thought.
 The weather conditions were diff ferent from those predicted by the weather bureaus, and the atmos- pheric conditions were nothing like what We had been told they would be Q. We were greately influenced by the pre- dictions of an east wind. This never materialized. In fact, conditions changed so steadily that we met continuous stormy weather.
 The Frenchmen arrived back in Paris at 9:22 a. m. Sunday.
 Tn returning we simply avoided a catastrophe" they explained.
 The clouds were very low" Coste continued. Moreover, the winds blew from the west with considerable violence, so much so that we finally found ourselves struggling with this real adversary. So after verifying our position and after having con- Cided to return to Paris.
 What else could l have done?
 Gas Consumption High
 'Inasmuch as it was dangerous 10 fly low, I tried to fly high. But up there the wind acted even more vio- | lently-like a brake on our plane. And the consumption of gas was terrific, greater than we had esti- mated. We couldn't possibly con- tinue under those conditions"
 The Question Mark was left at Villa Coublay. where it will under go repairs. The fliers already have begun to study atmospheric Condi- tions prior to another attempt 10 span the Atlantic. The air ministry will not give an official sanction of another flight, but probably will l tolerate departure, as it did on Sat urday.
 The French press hailed the re- | turn of Coste and Bellonte as a vic tory for common sense and another proof of Coste's greatness as an aviator. They claimed it proved
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
DYNAMITE BLASTS
 ROCK PHILADELPHIA
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neighborhood and flaming debris was showered in all directions, threatening other piers and ware houses.
 In a few minutes the terminal pier was ablaze from end to end and the wharves of the Carmar Line and the pier of the Van Sciver Line were attacked by tn flames
 Four Alarms Sounded
 Bremen on the scene sounded four alarms and by 630 o'clock three tirekoats and nearly every piece of fire fighting apparatus in the city was on the job, deluging the city with water.
 No lives have been lost. fire de- partment officials said, although sev- eral were 'serviously endangered by falling debris and piece of wood scattered by the explosions.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
C0STE DETERMINED
 ID TRY TRIP AGAIN
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stones were as big as chicken eggs. There was fierce adverse wind. We were able to go little better than 50 miles an hour"
 Coste said they saw there and then that they never would be able to make the opposite coast of the At lantic. He said:
 We found we were consuming more gasoline than we had expected so we finally decided there was only one thing to do-turn back.
 We opened a bottle of champagne over the Atlantic, drank to our fu- ture success and started back"
 The Frenchmen were almost at the Azores when they decided to go back to Paris rather than risk a
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15

France in the challenge round for the trophy week later in Parls.
 Allison and Van Ryn, on their brilliant play at Wimbledon, will be favored to win the doubles as they have beaten the British pair which easily conquered the German repre- sentatives in this event.
 More uncertainty will surround the singles. While Tilden defeated Dr. Prem, German star, in straight sets on the turf at Wimbledon, the Germans are more difficult propo- sition on the hard courts of Berlin. Hunter has not been playing sensa- tionally of late, having been ellm- mated in the British championships by Bunny" Austin of England who lost both his matches in the Ger man. English Davis cup tie. Final Switch Possible It is possible for the American master minds to decide day before the matches to use Van Ryn or Ali. son in singles as well as doubles, re- placing Hunter or Illuen, put Sucii development is not considered | likely.
 A cablegram received this morn- ! ing from the German Lawn Tennis 1 Association announced that the Ger mans will depend upon the sam: team which defeated the English The four nominated were Heinrich kleinschroth. pr. Heinz Landmann Hans Moldenhauer and Daniel | Prem. The team will be in charge of pr. Weiss as playing captain
 In the contest with the English Kleinschroth and Landmann playej the doubles while Moldenhauer anC Prem took care of the singles anc it it believed that this lineup wi! not be changed.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-15
King George Watches
 Throne Room Movie

London, July IS PAThe Daily Mail said today King George had authorized the use of the throne room at Buckingham Palace to movie concern for the making of film illustrating the fruit trade of the British empire.
 The arrangements were made for the film to be taken while his majesty was at Sandigham, but when he was unable to go there he insisted there be no cancella- ton and the work is now in pro- sress, according to the paper, in the rich lofty chamber. Both the king and queen have shown unus- ual interest in the work.