New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

year. In order to maintain the us Nal spirit Of the evening all resi- | dents are asked to cooperate by | placing candles in windows and ! doors.
 Post Offices Besiegcd
 The let-up in holiday mailing this year Was short lived according to | reports made by Postmastcrs A. A. ! Barrett of the Berlin office and s. M. CoWlcs Of kensington. The pre- Christmas week, unusually light, ac- ! cordlng 10 word of the officials. cnl- ! cd Saturday. Over the weekend | mail accumulated, and finally ycs- | tcrday the avalanche broke, food l ing inc kcnsington post office and actually Durying the Berlin office, !, where Postmaster Barrett and As sistant Postmistress Dorothy Ban | croft finally dug themselves out of . that mail only 10 be sWamped by ] another this morning. There is no | way ot estimating the mail received | or sent out of the offices. bnt it is | thought by the officials that the l first class mail is far heavier this | year than ever before, although thc ! parcel post is somewhat lighter.
 Both the KcnSington and the Der lin post offices will be open tomor- row morning until 10 o'clock. There will be no delivery in kcnsingtor tomorrow on either rural or loca. . routes.
 Boys Club to Practice |
 The scheduled basketball gamc : between the kensington Boys club 1 and Southington has been postponed | until some time next week. accord | Ing to an announcement made by |, Rev. Vernon j.. Phillips. The day 1 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 l workout in bas- l:etbal,
 Become Star Scouts
 Nerginio Bronzi and Edward Too hie Of Kcnsington, members of Troop 6, 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 tn" local troops.
 Trains Not HamDCrcd
 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 a little behind due to inc heavy Christmas mail. and scvera. other mail express trains have been placed on the lines to meet the un usually heavy demand for trans portdtion.
 Auxiliary to Meet
 Tho ladies auxiliary to Bolton kasiCa post American Legion, will meet on Thursday evening for its annual Christmas party ct the Com house. Al are asked 10 at tend this affair. Refreshments will Lc served.
 Churches Ha\in. services
 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- row morning.
 Christmas Parties
 The annual Christmas party stag ed by the Congregations church school last night was well at tended by both adults and members of the Sunday school. During the evening a play, under the direction of Samuel Chase Coale, Jr., was presented and was well received by | the audience. Santa Claus made his appearance later in the evening and presents. Miss Grace Smith was in general charge of the program.
 Following the business meeting of the Girl Scouts last night in the church rooms, Christmas party vas held. Refreshments were served and presents distributed.
 Notes
 Miss Phyllis Senning. instructor in the Mount Vernon. N. Y. High tchooI, is spending the Christmas ol,dars with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. George %enninE of kcnsington
 Miss Edith Prentice of New York will spend the holidays with her par