New Britain herald., 1930-09-22

Henry Deming. present chairman of the committee, was reelected at the committee meeting and Mrs. Jean Hooker was elected vice chair man when Mrs. George Greene re- fused to seek reelection to this post.
 Kensington Wins Again
 Emerging at the end of nine in- hings on the long end of to 1 score in game played yesterday afternoon at the Percival avenue grounds against the fast going Lem OK A. c. of Wallingford, the Ken. sington A. C. maintained it's long winning streak, yesterdays win making a record of r straight vic- tories.
 The game was played as the first of a three-game series between the two teams and brought out a fairly large gathering of baseball fans who were more than pleased with the showing of the locals.
 The game was marred by the fact that one of the boys on the Walling- ford team was seriously injured while en route to the park when the auto in which he was riding collided with a large New England Trans portation company bus just below the Berlin town line.
 The youth suffered a fractured skull and other cranial injuries that caused the Meriden hospital author- ;{;oe to ploca mama An Ceifi cal list at that institution.
 Two other youths who were rid ing with him at the time escaped serious injury.
 Drum Corps Rehearsal
 The regular weekly meeting and rehearsal of St. Paul's fife and drum corps will be held tonight at 7:s0 in Tabs hall in Kensington.
 Following the rehearsal the rec concentrations of the committee in charge of the annual whist and card party will report it's progress to the organization.
 It is understood that the corps plans to run this affair some time about the first of next month.
 Has Exceptional Hollyhocks When the story of the unusual height of hollyhocks raised in the garden of Mrs. H. H. Raymond of Hudson street appeared short time ago, it was thought that the record was broken. The Raymond blooms scared to a height of 12 feet, 3 inches, truly unusual height for hollyhocks, whose average height is but to feet
 Evidently desiring to go one bet ter, Edward J. Stevens encouraged some 20 plants in his garden on High road, F>, ,sington, until some scared into the air over 14 feet, thus breaking all known records. His lowest blooms are about 13 feet tall
 Mir. Stevens hollyhocks have talk en on the aspect of the proverbial Jacks beanstall< and, were the sum- mer season not at an end, consider able wonderment might be express ed as to just what height they would reach.
 New Temporary Pastor
 Beginning next Sunday the pulpit at the Kensington Congregational church, made vacant by the resigna. ton of Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, vii be filled temporarily by Rev. Walter N. Roberts.
 MT. Roberts has long been asso. ciated with the Congregational Mis- sionary band in the Philippine Is lands and is at present on furlougf from these duties and studying a the Hartford Theological seminary.
 Berlin Briefs
 MT. and Mrs. George A. Picket and family left today for their hom, in Somerville, N. J., after havinl spent week with Mrs. Pickett's par ents, MT. and Mrs. c. J. Boardman o Worthington Ridge.
 The Kensington Sewing club vii open it's fall and winter season witt meeting tonight at the home 0 Mrs. Claude w. Stevens of Perciva avenue. Mrs. Fred Peck will ait Mrs. Stevens as hostess to the clut All members are urged to attent this meeting.
 Charles w. Hawkins and Ere, Rackliffe spent the weekend a Block T~lanl, where they planned t do some fishing.
 MT. and Mrs. R. Clifford Merwin o Worthington Ridge are on week motor trip to Canada.