New Britain herald., 1914-05-06
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 have decided to consolidate the of- fees of secretary and treasurer, ana William Eaton, the democratic mem Der of the board, has been elected to perform the duties.
 MT. Eaton has served as treasurer for some time, but until his resig- nation few weeks ago, Rev. s. E. Lawson did the secretary's work. The members believed that one man could take care of the duties in a satis- factory manner and MT. Eaton.s selec- tion resulted.
 Funeral of IT. c. Russell.
 The funeral of Thomas G. Rus sell will be held tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock from his home on East Main street and at 9:so at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. A high mass of requiem will be celebrated by Rev. H. T. Walsh. The burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.
 MT. Russell had a wide acquaint- ance and it is expected that his fu- neral will be one of the largest held in Plainville in long time. Keep Out of Debt The selectmen are making an earnest endeavor to keep the town from going further into debt this year and they are now hopeful that they will be able to pay all bills con tracted up to August 30 on the tax receipts.
 Orders for s25,ooo have already been drawn, but unless the school inc hn two c exceed the estimates, the selectmen expect to be able to "pay their way" During the period from September to April it was necessary to borrow $11,- 900, as the town was literally broke at the beginning of the fiscal year and the selectmen had to call on the banks to make it possible to pay the bills until the tax money came in.
 There was some talk last fall of raising the tax rate to fifteen mills, the argument being advanced that fourteen, the rate adopted, would not bring in sufficient revenue to pay expenses.
 As the town is building no new roads this year, the officials now fig ure they will be able to strike ball. ance at the end of the year without showing an additional debt.
 Pleased With Results.
 Officers of the Business and Im- provement association and the select men are we'll pleased with the re- suits thus far obtained from the cleanup campaign inaugurated on Monday. The town teams have a1- ready brought a considerable &C., emulation of rubbish to the dump ing grounds and during the next three days it Is expected several ad- ditional loads will be carted away. Rubbish was taken from Broad and Whiting streets today and tomorrow the teams will move to West Main and Washington streets. Church, | Canal, Pierce, Bank and Pearl streets l will be attended to on Friday and 1 the campaign will close on Saturday l when Forestville avenue and the western extremity of West Main street will be made spotless.
 Gave Interesting Lecture. State Ornithologist H. K. Job gave l a most instructive and entertaining l lecture on Birds in Grange hall last evening. The lecture was held under
  lowed the regular business meeting. l Despite the indictment weather there was a large attendance. Prof. Job il- l lustrated his talk with stereopticon views showing the haunts and cus- l toms of the birds. He made a plea for the protection of insect-destroy- l ing and song birds.
 l Brief Items. l Miss Helen G. McCloud of this place is a member of the cast which will give the play, .Trelawney of the Wells" in Red Mems hall in Bristol Friday night The piece will be pre- scented by the senior class of the High school in the neighboring city. Sev ] eral from here will attend. l A daughter, Ruth Burton, was born yesterday to MT. and Mrs. A. S. Hal liday of Hartford. Mrs. Halliday is a daughter of Rev. R. H. Burton of this l place.
 The annual business meeting of the Church of Our Saviour, called to or 1 der in the parish house last evening, 1 was adjourned until next Wednesday