New Britain herald., 1916-07-11
Usher Started Keeping Records
 When PlainVille BeCamea Town VETERAN HAS LONG RECORD
Continuous Service Broken in 1892
 Plainville Has Had But Five Town
 Clerks-WilI Not Give'up Kennels, Sister to Contest Days Will-Brfefs.

', hirtyfves years in the service tof his fellow townsnen as keeper of the public records will soon be completed by Robert C. Usher, the veteran town clerk, and there sti1la remains a dis position. onssfhe part of. the voters to continue hirh in office,Ahis re-electiohl in November.is a foregpne conclus1onss While he makes no pretense of seeEN ing the office. rema aiming as in the pRsE willing but not agggssstve. servant, Fit is 1izely4Sfhab4 he will again be se- 1lected by t9M republicans as a candi- dafss.to sueae9d himself and after the ta1l#elections wifi start towards the tIliIfy sixth mile post in the distance covered by town officials.
 Mr. Usher,ss long term of service is probably unique in Connecticut ainas- rnueh as he was the first town clerk eyereehosen here and is still working or the books which he opened hlm- self forty seven years ago when it was decided that Plainville was to be separated from Pennington and made town itself.
 For twenty-three years after his first election MT. Usher served con- t;nuously in charge of the town clerk s
 
 his duties in the Bristol Manufactur l ing company's mill prevented him l from giving a great deal of time to 1 civic work His retirement at that 1 time. however, the voters decided would not be permanent and in 1904 they returned him to the office, re- electing him regularly ever since.
 Plainville has had but five town clerks during it's existence as a mu- l r.icipality Besides Mr. Usher, those who have served in that capacity are 1 w w. Bullen of New Britain, w. H. l Miller of this place, pr. Buell. and r. $. Neal, the. last two of which are l dead
 1 The service given the town by MT. 1 Usher has been of a character that is 1 appreciated by the voters and con- sequently he never has had any l trouble in keeping the office. A re- publican in politics, he has ever had the united support of his own party and dem ocratic votes have often been thrown his way too His unfailng courtesy and conscientious attention to the duties of the position have made him an excellent official and he l has well merited the support given | him by the voters
 Although now we'll advanced Tn years MT. Usher enjoys excellent health and continues very active. He is at his office regularly and the records are always found complete and up to the minute in every respect. as an official he has but few peers and the town freely recognizes his worth.
 Will Not Give Up Kennels.
 Acting on the advice of counsel Charles Green has decided to pay no attention to complaints made to the selectmen regarding the dog kennels which he conducts on Camp street. H. claims that he is acting within his legal rights in keeping canines on his place and denying that they are a nuisance to the neighborhood he de- clines to give up the business
 The bowling of the dogs, particu- larly at night, the neighbors have told the selectmen constitutes a nuisance and they object to 1t.
 Mr Green sets up the claim that his business does not concern the se-