New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
PlaixlVflRe News
 ---~--'~'-~~ -------~----~1 PRESENT CLOCK AT MEMORIAL SERVICE
Impressive Exercises to be Held at
 Congregational Church Sunday GIFT OF CHARLES H. NORTON
Mrs. Norton's Former Pastor To Be Speaker-Relief Board has no Com pIaints at Third Sitting-Ten De-
 grees Below Zero-Fight at Factory

! grees Below Xero-Fight at Factory Plans are being made for a mem 1 orial service to be held at the Con- 1 gregational church next Sunday after 1 noon at 2:30 in connection with the 1 formal presentation of the tower l clock. the gift of Charles H. Norton | of Worcester, Mass. MT. Norton's gift is a memorial to his deceased 1 wife and mother, both of whom were
 at one time prominently identified
 with the church.
 The exercises will be impressive in character and it is expected that they, 1 will attract an exceptionally large con- gregation. Among the visitors. who have promised to be present, Rev. MT.
 Eppler of Worcester, pastor in the church where MT. Norton's wife vor shipped during the last few years of her life, Will be prominent. Therc will be special music by the choir Work on the installation of the
 clock is now in progress and it is expected that the entire apparatus
 will be in position by the end of
 the week. There will be two faces
 on the clock, making it possible to read the time from both Eastern and Western views. The mechanical ar
 rangement which will operate them will also be connected with an interior clock which can be viewed on the in- side of the church.
 The apparatus will be arranged to connect with the church bell and the hours will be tolled off automa tically The clock is of expensive construction and is gift that will be appreciated | by the townspeople in general as well ; tts the mem bers of the church. Had Easy Day.
 Members of the board of relief had
 another easy day Saturday when they held their third session for receiv- ing complaints concerning the report of the board of assessors, not a single property owner making an appear 1 ance. The board has received but few appeals for reductions to date and it Is not likely that any great mum Der will be present next Monday when the final public session will be held. Feb ruary 21st is the last day allowed by law for the filing of appeals and the board cannot entertain any petitions after that date.
 The work of the assessors this year is seemingly satisfactory to the tax payers in general. It is admitted that the member made an earnest effort to equalize property valuations and the opinion prevails that they sue ceeded reasonably we'll
 Ten Degrees Below. For the first time this winter the mercury in the therm ometers around town took a drop below the zero
 mark this morning. It was by far the coldest day of the winter and Plalnvllle with the other places in the
 state shivered from the icy blasts. In some sections of the town it was seven degrees below while a, few ther-
 mometers showed the mercury down to the ten mark. Strange though if may appear Soctt's Swamp failed to produce the record. Farmers living in that section reported that early this morning the mercury was down to two below zero. At no time was it colder, they stated.
 Frozen water pipes made the
 plumbers "popular." At least there was big demand for them during the day.
 The icemen declare that they are not interested in zero weather any Eaore. All the dealers have their repositories filled and they do not expect to harvest another ice crop this winter
 Aftermath of Storm.
 First Selectman Johnson was on the job all day Sunday and a large part of today breaking the roads and openlng up the sidewalks to travel bv Keeping men at work while the storm was in progress, the select1nan managed to keep even with the piling SHOW and the streets were in fair condition today as a result.
 During the storm service on the l New Britain and Southington trolley mes was somewhat impaired and the 1 schedule could not be adhered to The Bristol and Plainville Tramwav Conpanys service was not impaired | 1elephone service in town was out of | commission for a part of the day be- i cause of the storm
 Fight at Factory.
 TWO employees of the Trumbull | Electric company are said to have 1 created considerable excitement when | they engaged in combat in the factory | saturday. The encounter is reported | to have waged fiercely for a time, one ] or the combatants finally taking the | count, a blow on the head from a piece of wood in the hands of his 1 opponent having put him out Of com | mission.
 The man was unconscious for some time and it required the services of 1 g. physician to bring him to his i senses.
 Employing Extra Help.
 In an effort to speed up the con- l struction of new machinery to be in 1 stalled in it's new factory building 1 now in course of erection here, the i Rockwell-Drake company is said to l be employing a numb of extra tool l l. i1ai raIa ar,t i,, rtf