New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
PlainVille News
 TRUMBULL WORKERS > TO HAVE BANQUET
 "Circle T" Help to Dine at Bonds Friday Night
 CWILLIM GUEST OF HONOR
Factory Hands Make Plans for Feast --ItusSll Estate Preparing to Build Sunday at the CIiurcEcs-4Asl> for More Pay and shorter Hours.

Arrangements are being made LOT a 1 banquet of the employees of the Trum- l bull Electric company to be served tt the Hotel bond in Hartford next Fri 1 day night. The "C'irGe IT. men arc 1 looking forward tU tho affair with keen enjoyment and they anticipate q most pleasant evening. 1t is the first get together session of tris character that the Trumbul people have had and the men are hopeful that it will be q mem orublc success. $. $. Gwillim and George R. IlCbdcn production and mechanical superin- tcndcnts, will be the guests of honor and they will be called on for re- marks during the evening.
 The factory employees in their re- lations With each other and the man agement as well are most agrcCable. It is believed that coming banquet will bring them even close together and will prove a social feature that merits annual repetition.
 The committee of arrangements has made plans for an, entertainment in connection with the dinner and several delightful surprises are promised. It is expected that a large percentage of the men in the plant will attend.
 Preparing to Build.
 Engineer J. N. Mckernan today made survey of the Russell prop crty on Wn.,... street to arrange the layout of the addition which is to be erected to the building fronting on that highway.
 The owners of the property cOntem- plate the construction of an addition of sufficient size to make room for two stores.
 At the Churches.
 Baptist-Preaching by the pastor Rev. J. C. Ward at 1O:40. Sunday school at 12:10. Prca achiny in Italian by Rev. Victor Ferranti at D. m. Young peoples service at D. m. Sermon by the pastor at ' o'clock.
 Episcopal-Holy Communion will be celebrated in the Church of Our Saviour tomorrow morning at o'clock. At the regular morning ser vice at 10:45, the rector Rev. It. II. Burton, will preach. In the evening the sermon will be given by Rev. James Goodwin. D. D., of Hartford.
 Congrega tional-The pastor, Rev. F. l.. Grant will patch at the morning service Sunday on The Second Build ing"
 Methodist-Rcv. MT. BeIyea of Middletown will conduct services in the Methodist church tomorrow morn ing and evening. The new pastor of the church to h" selected next week | by the New York lGuSt Conference is | expected 10 come here for the scr | vices on April 16.
 Advent Christian-Morning wor- l ship at 10:45 With sermon by the pas tor, Rev. J. w. Denton on The l Great Reunion." Sunday school will l follow. The young peoples praise ! and social service will be held at 6 l o'clock in the evening. At the regular ! evening service the pastors subject l will b>, Must Think Ye of Christi
 Want More Pay.
 Demands for shorter hours aud | more pay have been presented by tho 1 employees of the Connecticut Trap 1 Rock and the Connecticut Quarries | companies. The men have advised ] the management of the plants that 1 beginning Monday they will expect to | get $2.50 for a nine hour day. Under |! the existing conditions they work ten l hours, receiving S2.25 as compcnsa- | tion. Unless their demands are granted they declare they will not l report for work next week.
 The return to Italy of many of the 1 quarry men when their country be- came involved in the European war greatly handicapped the stone com panicS During the last few months most of the workmcn have been por- tugucsc. They claim they can get l better pay in QuarricS elsewhere and | unless the local uuarrics acecde to their ultimatum they Will quit
 Demand For TcncmcntS
 That tcncmCntS will be scarce in flMnNillC by next fall is expected be- cause of the addition to tne towns manufacturing plants and it is be- licNcd that the demand for dwellings wilt be the greatest in the history of ! tho place. Nevertheless but few prop 1 CrtN owners are planning the erection of new buildings an dthe indications are that WOrkmCn who come here 10 get employment in the Rockwell Drake factory will have to live else where, committing daily.
 The prospects, from the towns viewpoint, are not particularly bright | although it is probable that when the |