New Britain herald., 1929-10-25
Petition Has Effect

For the past few weeks a petition has been circulated in the southern part of kensington asking that the rural mail delivery route, which in the past has been covered by the Southington postal authorities, be included in the Kensington territory. Action has been taken regarding the matter and the rural route Of the hensington post office, in charge of Hiram Hurlbert, beginning Novem- Der 16, will cover the kensington territory formerly included in the Southington route. This is an in- crease of six and one-half miles, and the distance which is to be cov- cred by Hiram Hurlbert will be in- creased from 26 miles to 32k miles.
 The route, which was originally started in 1901, was taken over by the Southington post office several years ago. Within the last year the kensington people have felt that they could get better service from their own post office and have peti- toned to that effect. The route in cludes about 25 families
 Whist Successful
 The whist held in Lloyd's hall last night under the auspices of the Ladies' society of St. Paul's church exceeded the expectations of the committee in charge, and a large crowd turned out for the affair. There were guests from New Brit ain, Plainvillc, Meriden and other nearby places.
 A sewing cabinet was awarded to Mrs. James Corr, of Kensington and 31 other prizes were presented. The committee in charge of the affair wishes to thank all those who helped make the affair a success.
 Rev. W. s. Beard to Speak
 Rev. William S. Beard, secretary of the Laymens advisory board, will deliver the sermon at the Congrega- tional church Sunday morning. His theme will be New and Great Ad- ventures"
 The Berlin Congregational church is taking part in the All-New Eng land regional conference of the Congregational churches Saturday and Sunday in New Britain. Rev. $. A. Fiske will deliver the address of welcome 10 the delegates at the First Congregational church tomor- row morning.
 There will be no activity in the al h,,rob Crr11,y n ha congregational will take part in the meeting in New Britain.
 Harvest Supper
 The harvest supper under the auspices of the Womans Aid so- ciety of the Berlin Congregational church will be served in the church dining room Friday, November 1, at 80 p. m. A large attendance is ex- pected. After the supper Rev. s. A. Fiske, pastor of the church, will talk of his trip to Europe this summer His talk will be illustrated with slides.
 State Tax Less
 According to the notice received by the town of Berlin regarding the state assessments, the town will have to pay s3,077.59 state tax and a military tax of sS64.72. The state tax shows a decrease of more than s7o0 from that of year ago, while the military tax is increased by al- most S200.
 Mixup Over Tire Sale
 Harry Netupsky of 119 Hartford avenue, New Britain, was arrested last night by Officers Frank Brown of Kensington and Lewis E. Harper of New Britain and charged with theft of two automobile tires. Ne tupsky protested. They were his tires, he told the officers. He had sold them to Mrs. William Whitman of Kensington some time ago, but he protested that she had not paid for them. So, ihasmuch as it was his property. he went down to Ken sington Wednesday night and re- covered the tires. He was forced to take part of the wheels with them, but he later returned the rims to their owner. On the other hand, it is reported that Mrs. Whitman had intended to pay for them all the time and as vet had not had an op- nortunity. TO her fiemay the tires were gone when her husband went