New Britain herald., 1915-01-30
Pla1nVille News OVER $l00 CLEARED
 FOR LIBRARY FUND
Wonan'S Club Gets Neat Sum From
 Lee uIe and Notion Pictures.
SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE DEBATE
Fund for New Library Building Now
 the Churches - Decide Against

Totals Nearly $1,OOO-Sunday at
 the Churches - Decide Against
 Chinese Emigration.
 While returns have not been re- ceived from all tickets distributed.
 Mrs. Frank T. Wheeler, head of the committee of arrangements, reported this morning that over s106 was cleared on the lecture and motion picture entertainment given Thursday night in the Town hall and repeated last evening to accommodate the large number unable to attend the initial exhibition owing to the limited capa- city of the place. This amount is to be added to the Woman's club ll- Erary fund, which now totals more than S90O.
 The members of the organization were elated today over the success of their latest effort to swell the fund and they feel grati1ed over the in- terest taken in their plans by the townspeople in general. The public has co-operated in encouraging style in raising funds for the library and the entertainments given by the club have been well patronized. Mr. TrumbuIls lecture drew another ca pacity house last evening and the attendance was so large that a few had to be disappointed Tickets for the affair were all sold Thursday night and last evening standing room , was at a, premium.
 Members of the Hose company, carrying extinguishers, were scattered around the hall to make certain of tyn1 h1 i,, nf f,,o l hall affording but little protection l under present conditions. This pre- ! caution was taken st the suggestion 1 of the state police, who gave a per- 1 init for the entertainment 1 The club has expressed it's gratitude
 for the assistance rendered by MT. 1 Trumbull. His generosity is largely 1 responsible for the raising of con- siderable amount. His lecture last
 night marked his third appearance
 under the auspices of the club.
 Plans for the raising of money to l provide the town with a more suit l able reading room than it now pos
 sesses were formulated only a year
 ago and the rapid growth of the fund ! which now almost reaches the thou 1 sand dollar mark is an agreeable l surprise even to the hardest working
 
 l Another entertainment will prob l ably be given in the spring and before
 a great while it is believed sufficient l money will be available to warra mt
 the erection of a new library building. Don't Want Chinese.
 That Chinese Emigration Ought to l Be Allowed in the United States was 1 the subject of most interesting de- 1 bate held in the Grammar school l yesterday in connection with rhetori- 1 cal exercises in the eighth grade l The affirmative side was argued by | William Tierney, Nelson Morgan and 1 Harold Wilkinson, while George Nil-
 son, James Mccall and Clifford Lee
 spoke for the opposition. The de- l cision was favora ble to the negative | The boys showed that they were we'll l prepared to discuss the subject and 1 they acquitted themselves with credit Other features of the exercises were
 readings by Jennie De Carli, Georgiana
 Booth and Elsie Dunbar. Percy Mill ! Ter acted as chairman of the session.
 Principal Judd announced today l that the girls in the eighth grade will
 have debate, on Fepruary 19, when
 rhetoricals will again be held. l At the Churches. 1 Episcopal-kegu!ar services will be l held tomorrow in the Chul ch of Our 1 Saviour. The rector. fsev K. II. Bur 1 ton will preach.
 Cangregatl 1ral--Half. Way Poli- 1 c1es' will be he subject of the sermon
 to be given tomorrow morning in the l Congregational church by the pastor, 1 Rev. F. l.. Grant.
 l Advent Christian--Rev. w. Den
 ton, the pastor, W!]l speak at the 1 morning service Sunday on Our ! Moral and Spiritual Obligations" The
 series of three. based on the three gos- l pei para bles Of '"rhe hecoNery of the l Lost The subject will be The 1 Lost Sheep" After the morning ser
 vice there will be 2 session of the
 Sunday school. Th- young peoples 1 praise and social service will be held 1 at 6 o'clock in the evening
 Methodst Rev C. E. Thurston will
 conduct both morning and evening
 services in the Methodist church Sun- 1 day.
 Gift from Associates.
 John F.. Clarity or this place, last l evening severed his connection with Sessions Clock shop in Forestvlle,
 where he had been er1pioyed for the past fourteen years. He recently ten- dered his resignation as foreman of 1 the press room, having accepted an 1 offer to be superiItende mt of the plant