New Britain herald., 1916-05-18
PlainVilRe News

to RalSe FQ1QS TOT Urgd1lZallOu l MAKE PERSONAL DONATIONS
 Members Hope to Make Club Self supporting - Cleanup Campaign Gets Good Start Despite Indictment Wcather-Farmers Fear Potato BHght-Other Matters.
 Plans for a tag day for the bene fit of the Plainville Young Mems club are now being considered by men ] back of the organization and it was said today that a general canvass Of l the town. for the purpose Of raising funds tojcover the expense of getting equipment for the Town hall may be made on either Memorial day or July 4. Nothing definite has been decid-
 ed, and it is believed that the co1n- paign will be held up until July Determined to make the organiza- | tion self-supporting, for the first year at least, the young men inter- ested in the movement are figuring various schemes for raising money and by the time they are prepared to begin using the Town hall as a gym nasium they hope to have substan- tial sum in the treasury.
 As evidence of their willingness to help themselves before asking others for assistance there is a plan on foot to have each of the eighty-fve boys pNro I,n
 ganization of the club make per-
 sonal contribution to the treasury This would give the society a nucleus
 on which to work. and the tag-day and other money-raising schemes would assist in it's development. Conditions now existing would in dicate that the club will not be well organized until fall when it is eX- pected classes will be formed and the regular winter program started. Rev. J. w. Denton, chairman Of the committee appointed to draft by laws and confer with the selectmen regarding the use of the Town hall, has not as yet called a meeting of the members J. l.. Ahlquist who is a member of the committee and is also the club director, does not OK pect that the committee will meet un- til June, when rules will be drawn up to govern the organization. Gets Good Start. Although the weather has been dis agreeable since the annual cleanup campaign opened on Monday, the Business and Improvement associa-
 tion reports that considerable progress has been made. This declaration was
 substantiated today when the town teams were dispatched to the section
 east of the railroad crossing to gather up the refuse to cart to the dumping grounds. Tn front of nearly every house boxes or barrels of tin cans and ru bbsh were found waiting for the spot1ess town carts and several loads were carted away during the morn ing.
 Tomorrow the teams will move to the western section where they will collect the refuse gathered up in tEe various streets in that part of the town.
 By Saturday 1t Is hoped Plainville will be spic and span and will be a
 better and more healthful place in which to live.
 Fear Potato Blight.
 Recent rains and the failure of Old SOl to SIlHo WlCH ally reg uldIlCy II; causing the farmers in this section some apprehension and they fear that unless there is marked improve ment in the weather within the next week the potato crop is liable to be seriously damaged.
 The late arrival of Spring caused the farmers to delay longer than usual the planting of potato fields and, as the seed has been in the ground but a short time, they fear that the fre- quent rains and cold weather will cause the rotting of the plants.
 During the past few years Plain vile farmers have gone into the potato raising business on a rather extensive scale. Many of them have invested considerable money as we'll as their time and labor in this years crop and blight would mean a big financial loss to them.
 To Plan Entertainment.
 Members of the committee in charge of the program of entertain rnent to be given in connection with the big meeting of Court General Lawton, F. of A. in the Town hall on Monday evening will gather tomor- row night to complete their plans. The Foresters expect to entertain nearly a hundred visitors on that