New Britain herald., 1930-03-17
Mrs. Walter C. Lester

Mrs. Walter C. Lester
 Mrs. Hattie l. Lester, A, wife of | Walter (. Lester of 15 Park street, died this morning at 6:S0 o'clock at her homo after several weeks illness. She was born in Bridgeport and had q large number of friends here. Her husband is q painter
 Besides her husband, she is sur ViNed by a daughter Grace. and two | sisters, Mrs. Minnie Waugh of Wa tcrbury and Mrs. Eva Cook of Clin- | ton.
 Funeral services will be held We'd n"sday afternoon at -:$o o'clock at | the funeral parlors of w. A. Bailey l X Co, Burial will be in West ccmc- | tcry.
 Championship Game Plainville "Y' will have it's golden 1 opportunity to capture the cham | pionship Of the Hartford County | l basketball league for the first | time when it clashes with the Wap- plnG " quintet this evening at 9:3O | o'clock at the Hartford high school | gymnasium on Hopkins street. A victory for the locals will give them the tlllC as they defeated the South l church five of New Britain last Thursday night in the first game of ho paE-oIf series. Plainvillc. New Britain. and Mapping ended the sea son in triple tie for first place. Following ifs victory over New ! Britain. the local team is confident that it will upset Mapping tonight and bring the title here. The Bailpy- i mon will be at their full strength for l the battle. During the league schcd- 1 uI" I'IainVillc and Mapping split. each team winning on it's home floor. A large delegation Of rooters will fol- ! low the team.
 \ win for Mapping will ncccssitatc a game Wednesday evening between the south church and the Mapping team. Caulfcld and Gectersloh should find themselves at home on the large high school gymnasium.
 i'irc Department Busy
 Th" fire department was kept busy over tn" weekend, answering two alarms Saturday and two yesterday. Three of the alarms were for grass fires.
 On Saturday at o'clock. the de- 1 partment was called out to pXtln- %uiSh grass fire in the rear of w. \. 3ailey'a home on Broad street. At i;&o o'clock the fircmcn were again called and found a grass fire on Trumbull avcnrc.
 Yesterday at 12:G0 o'clock an alarm sent tho fircmcn hurrying to Forrest street to rNtinguish q grass fire" In the evening at 6:30 o'clock q second alarm sounded from Cooke street, where the fircmcn found d fir" in thr cellar of tho homo of l.. ]. Irrllc. Tho blaze was confined 10 H pile of rubbish and was quickly rNinguishcd before any damage was done. Twcnty-tNo men answered the alarm
 Past Commanders Night
 Fast Commanders Night" will be celebrated by Brock Barnes post, American Legion, tomorrow evening at the legion rooms on Whiting street. Arrangements have been com
 Nlrtod 10 take care Of q record crowd. The post extends cordial in Nilation to all-cx-scrviccmcn of the
 town to attend the affair.
 The meeting will take the form Of
 Il smoker Tie committee in charge
 expects several past commanders
 from the surrounding legion posts in . SouthinGton. Berlin. Unionvillc, Pennington, and Simsbury. Eight past commanders of the local post will be present. as will be several
 past county and state commanders.
 Speakers have been secured for the celebration. X general good time is promised all in attendance. IMnch- con will be served after the celcbra- ton.
 Birthday celebration , All members of the American Lc- zion Ladies auxiliary wishing to at : tend the birthday celebration of the Southington unit tonight are asked ito take the 7:lO o'clock trolley, as , tho meeting will start promptly at
 1:3o o'clock.
 The meeting will be held in Amer jcan Legion hall. Following the business meeting, d minstrel show will be presented by the Southington I unit. Mrs. Ruth pfenning of Bris- tol will be the principal speaker
 l:rsides the local auxiliary, the Bris-
 tol women will also attend.
 To Meet litchtcld , Tn" plainvillc High school baS- , ketball team will go to Ljtchheld , Wednesday evening to meet the high
 school quintet of that town. The
 game will have an important bearing
 on the championship of the Westerr . Connecticut league. At the present : time tho local team is leading the ! league but a victory for Litchtield
 will put Simsbury High into first
 place tie with Plainville, The locals defeated Litchtield hcr'
 but will face q harder test Wednts. ! day. Plainvillc has shown poo, | form in its last two games and vii l Lave to play a better brand of bas- ] Ectball if jt hopes to capture th' ! rlCaguc title Wednesday. King. Row. | aleslii. Wcgner. Berry, and MincllJ l twill form the starting lineup. 1 Sewing Meeting Wednesday | Martha RCbekah Sewing circle Wii 1 meet Wednesday afternoon at | o'clock at the home of Mrs. Clar | ence Gustafson of 3 Cedar street l All members ara requested to b, | present. as there will be an election l Of officers.
 | Dccennial Census l X proclamation by President Her | bert Hoover has been received hcr( 1 announcing the 18th dcccunial cen suS of the United States to be take, / beginning April ., It states that ;