New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
|PlainVilRe News |NAMESLEADERSFOR CAMP MEETING WEEK. District Superintendent Dent An-
 nouDces Appointments PROGRAM FOR METHODISTS
Annual Session Will Begin at Camp Grounds Next FIiday-Many Min
 lsters VIII Attend-Little Damage Here by StOrm-Labor Still Scarce

l Members of the Methodist Camp | Meeting association have received | programs of the annual camp meetine, l Wh1ch Is to open here on July 21, con-
 tlnulng until July 31. The arrange l ments for the affair were made. by the
 district superintendent, Rev. F. A.
 Dent, DID,, of New Haven, who is to 1 be in charge of the grounds while the l meetings are in progress. Interest l Ing exercises are planned for each day l and number of clergymen prominent 1 in Methodist activities have accepted 1 invitations to lecture at the various services.
 Appointments to leadership have been announced by Dr. Dent. S. S. | Sands of New Haven has been named 1 to have charge of the sunrise meet | ings; Morgan MOrgans of New Brit 1 ain will lead the regular class meet ings and Mrs. A. J. Martin of Mill ford will teach during children $ hours. Oliver Nichols of New Britain has been appointed musical director, and Miss Virginia B. Darlington of Bristol will be the pianist. The even gelistic meetings will be under the direction of Rev. A. F. Campbell of Waterbury, Rev. J. w. Mace of New Britain presiding at the Epworth League sessions.
 pr. Dent will open the meetings next Friday afternoon at 2:30, speaking on the subject, Saratoga Chips" In the evening the preacher will be Rev G. M. Stockdale of Wal lingford.
 The program for the balance of the meeting follows:
 Saturday, July 22, 1O:3O a. m., Rev. w. F. Cook of New Britain; 2:30, Rev. J. D. Roberts of Hartford; 7:30, an nual Epworth league camp fire.
 Sunday, July 23. 10:3O, Bishop Luther B. Wilson, D. D. IL. D., of New York; 2:3O, Rev. Robert Will Hams of New Haven; 7:30, Rev. A. F. Campbell of Waterbury.
 Monday, July% 24, a. nn. J. A. Coe, Jr., of Waterbury, How to Obtain Sunday School Tea chers"; 1O:3O, Rev. H. S. Still of Forestville; 2 D. m., Rev. George Benton Smith of New Haven; 7:30, Rev. A. F. Campbell.
 Tuesday, July 25, Rev l.. H. Dor chester, Bristol, "Why and How to Train Teachers'; 1O:3O, Rev. A. J. Smith of Waterbury; D. m., Wom- ans Foreign Missionary society an nual, Fred B. Fisher of New York, featuring; 7:3O, Rev. A. F. Campbell.
 Wednesday, July 26, 9 a. m.. Rev. l.. H. Dorchester of Bristol, "HOw to Interest Men in the Sunday SchOOI'; 1O:3O, Rev. J. H. Philip of Durham; 2 D. m., Rev. l.. H. Dorchester; 7:30, Rev. A. F. Campbell.
 Thursday, July 27, g a. m., Rev. J. l.. Brooks of New Haven, "Why and How to Grade Sunday Schools'; 1O:3O Rev. J. w. Laird, New Haven; ? D. m. Local preachers day, George IN Campbell.
 Friday, July 2s, 9 a. n., Rev. w. D. Beach, Middletown, "How to Improve Sunday School Attendance"; 10:30, Rev. C. c. Cole of Winsted; 2 D. m., Women's Home Missionary society an- nual; 7:3O Rev. A. F. Campbell
 Saturday, July 29, a m, Rev. w. D. Beach, Middletown, How to Make Your Sunday School Better;" 10:30 Rev. w. J. Ashforth, North Canton; , D. m., Rev. A. J. Martin, Milford; 7:3O, Rev. A. F. Campbell.
 Sunday, July 30, g a. m. Love feast ! Rev. A. J. Smith of Waterbury; 1O:3O, 1 Rev. H. M. Hancock of South Meri- 1 den; 2:3O, Rev. F. F. Vorhees, Tor rington; 7:30, Rev. A. F. Campbell.
 Monday, July 31, 9:30, closing ex- l ercises, Rev. E. A. Dent of New Hay en, in charge
 Little Damage by Storm.
 While yesterdays storm was one of the most severe experienced by the l town in long time, 1t did but little | damage here. The lightning though | very sharp didn't select local places 1 on which to wreak its wrath and the | killing of a few trees appears to be | the only toll eXacted by the storm.
 Loss of power brought the trolley 1 cars on the Bristol and Plainville line | to a standsttE during the storm and 1 for a long time the service was ! suspended. Telephones were also out | Of commission for over an hour be- cause of the damage done to wires by the lightning
 Some of the farmers suffered annoy ance because of the suddenness of the 1 shower as hay, cut and ready to put | in the barns, became soaked by the ain. They had no complaint to offer however, as the rain was needed | for the growing crops and the benefits which they derived far exceeded their losses
 Labor Still Scarce
 According to local manufacturers there is still a, great scarcity of labor and the factory owners are having considerable difficulty in getting men for their plants. They are drawing on other towns for mechanics and or dinary labor but their efforts in this direction are not bearing fruit as busi- ness everywhere is so brisk that the 1 men have plenty of work in their home towns and even fancy prices fail to attract many of them.
 The manufa cturers are wondering as to how labor will adjust itself to new conditions that will have to be met after the rush is over. Workmen are 1 now receiving higher wages than ever fell to their lot before and when con- ditions again become normal in the manufacturing lines the schedule of