New Britain herald., 1929-12-26

from the southland. All are invited 10 attend the party this evening.
 Funeral of Mrs. Ripple Funeral services fer Mrs. Eliza beth Ripple, vino died at her home on Ripple court Tuesday morning. were held this afternoon at : % o'clock at the funeral parlors of B. (. Porter Sons of New Britain. Bur idl took place in Maple cemetery Berlin. Rev. S. A. Fiske of th' Berlin Congregational church o.i- Clatcd.
 Mrs. Ripple was one of the oldest residents of Berlin, having ma le her home here for the past e years. She Was well known in town and her death is mourned by ier many friends.
 75 Years old Today
 Charles Anderson, well known cCnfectioncr with q store on Main street, kcnsington, is today recciv- ing the congratulations of his friends on his 75th birthday anni- vcrsarN Firmly a believer that the first hundred years are the toughest Mir. Anderson today is looking for ward 10 the next quarter Of the century with anticipation.
 Born in Sweden on December 2G. 1854. he came to this country at the age of Is, settling in Hartford. There he was employed by the Tal- colt Drug company for almost 30 years. He married and had two children. In In 1913 be opened his store in kensington and for the past l6 years. with the exception of q months vacation each summer, he reported for work at : q. m. and went home at 10:30 D. m. every day in the year.
 Ever since he opened the store in kensington, he has kept an account of his business during the day. A little book with painstaking mark ings on each page shows how he has developed during the past decade.
 "Therc." he says, pointing 10 a column of figures. Tt must have raincd that Sunday"-about 10 years ago-"for there is a decrease in the amount taken in" Then again: Now let's see. what could have happened that day"" he won dors, attempting to recall why his business had fallen down. This Christmas was slow, not as slow as he thought it might have been. but slower than usual.
 Once a year he goes to the sea shore. Then, "I enjoy myself abso- lutely and forget the worries of the business. for when l work l work hard. and when l play get all l can out of it." That in short is his philosophy after 1G years of work in the store with hardly day out for ill health.
 Notes
 Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Hart of Worthington ridge entertained Mr. and Mrs. stephen Hantord and f;..u. fly of Saybrooll at Christmas dinG"r.
 Mrs. Emma Barnes entertained Mr. Cummings and daughter, Miss Edna, of Southington over the holi- days.
 Miss Florence Gibney. student nurse at the Bridgeport hospital, spent yesterday with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Howard Gibney of Church street. New Britain. Miss Gibney is well known in town, hay ing lived here for a number of years.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Sheldon spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Preston of~New Britain.
 Visiting With Father
 Miss Esther ]. Griswold, a teacher of English in the New York High School of Commerce, is spending the holidays with her father, Dr, k. M. Griswold of Kensington.
 Mir. and Mrs. Donald II. Smith and Andrew Buzzell of New York city spent the holidays in Berlin
 Old Custon, Revived
 Fortycight windows glcamcd with candles on Christmas. Eve in the of l colonial residence of Dr. F. M Gris- Wold of tpson'S Corner in kcnsin; ton for the first time in three years. When Mrs. Griswold was alive the old custom of lighting candles Was Then three years ago she died and candles were no longer lit on Christmas Eve, but this year. due to the demand of many frien is