New Britain herald., 1914-08-25
fdWn Hills and N EImore Clark
 are Mentioned for th; Office.
JOHN WILSON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Swedish Sunday School Presents Su- per1ntendent With Watch and Chain-Need More Ira fir Reo,,1a- uOns in Plainville-Other Notes.

With the date for the first republi- can caucus less than a week off, local members of the G. o. P. are beginning to speculate about the selection of d new town committee chairman to suc- ceed H. C. Thompson, who has an- nounced, positively, that he will not De a candidate for reelection. It is expected that the caucus next Mon day evening will follow the usual pre- cedent in balloting for a town chair man, who will have the power of se- lectlng his associates on the commit tee.
 Among Chairman Thompson's asso- clates on the retiring republican town committee are Selectman w. J. Simp- son, Registrar l. F. Newell, N: Fillmore Clark, Edwin Hills and John E. Lamb. 1t was reported today that the new chairman might be selected from this group of men, all of whom are fa- mlllar with the work of running a local campaign.
 Chairman Thompson has given the republicans to understand that any ef- forts to induce him to consider re- election will be futile. He piloted the republicans to victory two years ago in the face of a national democratic landslide and he feels that he has done his share in serving the interests of his party
 Edwin Hills and N. Fillmore Clark are two young men who have been mentioned in connection with the se- lection of a town chairman. It is understood that MT. Hills has been in inf ascertain his attitude on the question and that he said that his business duties would not permit of giving the necessary time to the job.
 Several leading republicans ex- pressed themselves today in favor of MT. Clark as town chairman He has been in close touch with local politics for number of years. In his as- sociation with the Plainville Business & Improvement association he has town welfare.
 Both MT. Hills and MT. Clark are numbered among the towns leading manufacturers and it is extremely doubtful if either of them would feel able to sacrifice enough time to shoul- der the responsibilities that go with tIIc IOWH CIldlTIIldISIllp.
 There have been many calls for Stanley s. Gwillim to take up the republican reins, which he held with conspicuous success several years ago, but MT. Gwillim has said that he will not consider the town chairmanship.
 It appears that there will be more interest at the caucus Monday in se- lecting the town chairman than there will be in choosing delegates to the several cooventions.
 Presented With Gold Watch.
 Fifty members of the Sunday school conducted by the Swedish Con- gregational church rendered John Nilsson party at his home on Forest vile avenue Saturday evening in honor of his birthday. As reward for his faithful work as superintendent of the Sunday school MT. Nilsson was presented with a gold watch and chain.
 Axel Linman, secretary of the church, made the opening remarks and the pastor, Rev. E. c. Carlson, made an address. Rev. MT. Norberg of South Manchester also had a few words of greeting to say to MT. Nil- son.
 After Miss Ruth Carlson had rem dered several musical selections re- treatments were served.
 Child Is Recovering.
 It was stated at the home of MT. and Mrs. Charles Tanning on Maple street today that their daughter Doris, who was injured in an autom obile ac- cident yesterday, is resting as conn fortably as could be expected. Sev- eral bad bruises on her body cause her considerable pain. There has been no development of internal in> juries as yet and it is hoped that the | child will soon recover from the ef- fleets of the accident
 O. c. Helm of Manchester. N. H., driver of the car that struck the Fan ming girl, has been exonerated of blame by the child's parents and by | the local authorities.
 Need More Traffic Rules.
 The accident to the little Tanning | girl on Whiting street yesterday. has | Brought home rather forcibly the need of more stringent traffic rules in Plainville. An important feature of l the accident yesterday was a large delivery truck which stood by the side of the street Although on the right side of the road the truck formed an obstruction to traffic in compari- lively narrow street and the children who were playing on the sidewalk could not see the Manchester auto as it came down the trolley track. It was represented to the se- ectmen today that there ought to be l rule forbidding automobiles to stand for hours in the public streets of the own. Whether the selectmen have authority to enforce such an ordi- ,ance is not known
 Tn the future the traffic officers on Sunday will endeavor to make auto mobiles travel more slowly as they pass trough the center of the town where