New Britain herald., 1916-04-15
PlainVille News BOYS ID HAVE FREE
 USE OF TOWN HALL
Voters Decide to Give New Organ
 iZatiOn a Chance to Succeed
TEN NEW LIGHTS ORDERED

Favorable Action Taken on Sugges-
 ton of Business and Tmprovemc,,t,
 Association-E. X. Freeman Under
 Knife-New Pastor Is In Scotland.
 Permission to use the Town hall as a gymnasium was granted to the club for young mon and boys now in course of organization by the voters at a special town meeting held last evening. The plan of utilizing the hall for this purpose was adopted on the suggestion of the Business and Improvement association and pron1i- nent churcEmen who arc behind the movement for forming a society for the athletic and social development of the boys of the town.
 There was no opposition to the pc tition and after the plans were free Iy discussed a resolution favorable to the movement was adopted. The or ganization is to have free use of the hall on nights when it is not engaged for other purposes, the cost of lighting and ianitor service being the only eX- pense the boys will have to bear. They are also to put screens on the win dows and otherwise protect the nall from any damage that might be caused by their athletic activities. The right to use the building was given for a period of one year as an experi ment. If the arrangement works out satisfactorily it will be renewed.
 |, were H. A. Case and R. E. Merrill. both of whom are interested in the proposed organization They cy plained that it is the intention to have a board of five directors at the head of the society. and the members will personally supervise the conduct of the boys. The selectmen will also have authority in connection with the organization inasmuch as they will continue to have charge of the hall consider advisable.
 C. 1T. Barnes, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in New Britain. gave an inter- esting talk on the benefits to be de- rived from the society of this charac- ter. He believed, however, that the boys should be under capable su- pervisor. He didn't think a ianitor or a constable the right selection for this kind of service. A man who under stands the boys and one for whom they would have respect Is the sort he considered should be chosen to make the movement successful. Otherwise the plan might not work out satisfactorily.
 Acting on the recommendation of the selectmen the voters passed a motion authorizing the installation of ten new street lights. Selectman Johnson explained that the twenty new lamps which the voters decided to contract for at the ad journCd an nual town meeting will not satisfy the needs of the town. Petitions for over thirty new incandescents have been filed with the board and the members believe they should be granted Fa- vorable action was taken without any opposition whatever.
 The meeting lasted but a short time and the attendance was small. A. IT. Conde1l served as chairman and R. C. Usher was clerk.
 New Pastor in Scotland.
 Members of the official board of the Methodist church were advised yesterday by Rev. F. A. Dent of New Haven, the district superintendent, that Rev. W. Waldo Weller, appoint ed by the New York East conference to succeed Rev. A. A. Houck as pas" tor of the Methodist church here, will not begin his duties for at least two weeks. The members had expected that he would occupy the pulpit to- morrow.
 MT. Weller is now in Scotland, ac- cording to the information given by the superintendent. He is connected with the United States consulate in that country and as soon as he can