New Britain herald., 1930-04-03

A card party scheduled for tonight has also been postponed but will be held next week.
 Foreign Apples Here Berlin and kensington grocers report that the native apples are nearly exhausted. Crop failures last year are held accountable. They also say that difficulty was exper- fenced in keeping the apples. Now New York state apples are flowing into the market in abundance and these are being offered for sale by a number of the local dealers
 last years crop, the Connecticut agricultural experiment station re- ports that the states S2,000,000 apple industry is threatened by the apple scab five weeks ahead of time, 8 biological phenomenon that has no precedent in the annals of the states agriculture history. Usually. officials at the station said, the scab does not appear until late in April. Growers have been urged to spray the trees ahead of their usual time and also to continue the treatment longer. After the blossoms fall the greatest danger of infection is over. The carly appearance of the scab is said to be due to conditions last fall. when the leaves fell long before their normal time.
 To Get Prizes In Traternal hall at 6:30 o'clock tonight q spaghetti and bean supper will be held by the kensington Boys club. Those attending will include members of the club. members Of the basketball squads. the swimming teams and the junior baseball teams of last years American Legion league, their fathers, sponsors of the club, and officials of the County Y. M. c. A.
 Ribbons that were won by the boys in the state and County Y. M. C. A. swimming contests will be awarded and prizes will be presented to the two winning basketball teams, the Whippets, composed of boys be- tween the ages of f and 1 6, and the | Speedboys, who are less than If years of age.
 Miss Florence Carns and Mrs. Ruth Savage, local census cnumer- ators, started work yesterday. 1 Members of Berlin Grange will visit Union Grange in Southington i tonight.
 The Berlin troop of Boy Scouts will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 1 o'clock in the scout rooms at the Berlin Congregational church, l Ar. and Mrs. Robert Peak and son, Boyce, have moved from Pat ] tcrson road to the house owned by Herbert Goodrich on WorthinGton road.
 | John Hodsson. q student in a mill itary academy, is spending his spring vacation with his parents, Dr. and | Mrs. T. (. Hodgson of Worthington ridge.
 Rev. Walter McCrann of South 1 Meriden preached at lenten devo-
 tions held last night in St. Paul s ! Catholic church.
 Because of the absence of the
 pastor from town there will be nc
 prayer meeting this week in the
 Kensington Methodist church.
 Correction
 Miss Mildred Renshaw. Prentice 1 factory cmploye, was not operated on yesterday, officials at the New
 Britain General hospital said today
 The error occurred on the hospita
 report and this caused the incorrect
 statement to be given out on her
 condition. She was reported as rest. ing comfortably today.
 | East Berlin Items
 A packed house greeted the sec
 ond annual performance of the Bel
 videre minstrels at the East Berlir
 Community house last evening un
 der the auspices of the East Berlir Community club. Many could no
 get into the hall, which was filled long before the show started ThS lent and the chorus singing was ac 1 corded encore after encore. sonny 1 Mathewson, the boy wonder" cap 1 tivated an apprcciative audience
 with his singing. Every member
 was splcndidly presented and nc l one act deserves more praise thar