New Britain herald., 1930-12-24

will sing Christmas carols.
 There are several other organiza- tions in Plainville that will sing carols at houses of people who are unable to be about tonight.
 Home from School
 Samuel Pratt of Forestville ave- nue, a student at Bentley school in Boston, is visiting at his home ln Plainville.
 Miss Emma Hills of Sweet Briar school in Virginia and Edwin Hills, d student at Taft preparatory school in Watertown. are spending the Christmas vacation at their home here.
 Miss Abbie Usher of Hough street and Miss Helen McKiernan of West Main street. students at the Con- necticut College for Women at New London, are visiting in town during the Christmas vacation.
 Miss Jean Trumbull, daughter of Governor John H. Trumbull and Mrs. Trumbull and d student at Mount Holyoke college in North ampton, Mass, is home for the hoH- days.
 Ninton Smith Of Broad street, a student at Randolph Macon college, Virginia, is yacationing here.
 A White Christmas
 The snow storm of the past two days has made it certain that there will be white Christmas this year.
 The spirit of the season did not seem to predominate until the past 24 hours but the increase in business with merchants about the center of the town, together with the greater activity in the post office, gives every indication that this years holiday will be enthusiastically celebrated.
 Despite reports that the present economical depression would cause a decrease in business. merchants find there is about the same amount Of trade this year as there has been on an average in the past few years. Plainville people who have done considerable buying in the larger stores of New Britain and Hartford are doing much eleventh hour pur- chasing in the local stores, one mer- chant said today. This is in accord ance with the usual custom. It is said that the city markets lose al- most all their suburban trade. The storm today has been an aid to the merchants in Plainville because the people are unwilling to travel far l under adverse weather conditions. Tomorrow stores and factories will be closed. Services will be held in | two churches. A midnight com- ! munion service will be held at the l Church of Our Savior and tomorrow morning the Church of Our Lady of Mercy will hold Christmas masses at ! :, and 10 o'clock Special Christ mas music will be played at all the masses.
 The post office will be closed all | day tomorrow. With the exception of special deliveries there will be no l mail delivery during the day.
 Storm Aids Unemployed The storm has been an aid to the unemployed. Twenty-Five laborers | have been engaged by the town for snow shoveling today. Many of them had been without regular em- ployment for several months. There is an appropriation Of sl,000 for this work and First Selectman James Simpson took the first op- l portunity offered to use this money.
 Funeral of Mir. stewart | Private funeral services for Will | liam Stewart, who died at the home Of his brother. A. w. Stewart of 227 1 West Main street, yesterday after an | illness Of four months, were held at that home this afternoon al 2:30 o'clock. Rev. A. A. Ball, pastor of the Plainville NJ. F.. church, off, ciated. Burial was in West cemetery.
 Raymond Ashley Held Raymond Ashley Of A Canal street will be charged with the full responsibility in connection with the robbery of George Hyde "A, of l76 1 West Main street Sunday. He was the only one of three suspects whom Hyde could positively identify as the one who stole S3S from him after an attack at the Ashley home. The other two suspects, George Ashley, brother of Raymond. and Arthur Brown of A Beach street, Bristol, were released. Raymond is out under bonds of $500. He will | face trial in superior court. The alleged robbery took place after Hyde, who was delivering