New Britain herald., 1917-10-30
DONALD MESSENGER
 IN GREAT BEND, PA.
Located Through '|| Efforts of Post : Office Officials in That City
MISSING FOR LONE WEEK

AOpAs AIdHdA' WILD DlSsappeareO at 1 Same Time Is in New York-Storm
 Raises Considerable Havoc in Town-War Camp Fund Incom- plete.
 1 Donald Messenger, the ffteen-year-
 old son of Mrs. L. Messenger of
 Pierce street, who has been missing
 since last week Tuesday, has been To-
 cated. According to telegram re-
 celved this morning by James J.
 Graham from the postmaster in Great 1 Bend, Pa. he is now working in the l Erie shop in that city. It is expected
 that one of the members of the fam l fly will leave this evening for Great l bend to bring the boy home.
 Young Caputo in New York. Last Saturday members of the boys l family received notification that a post card was being held at the post l office in Great Bend, Pa, addressed to James J. Ora ham, which did not bear any postage: Immediately the post. office officials in that city were com- 1 municated with by wire. The post card was sent to Plainvill1 and proved to be message from the missing boy. At the request of the boys rela- l lives, officials in that city made @ l search for young Messenger with the result that he was shortly located. This morning Messengers parents re- ceived a telegram from the postmas-
 ter in the Pennsylvania city telling of his whereabouts. .,-..- How: young Messenger reached the city of Great Bend is unknown Af- ter leaving Plainville last Tuesday in company with Tony .Caputo it was thought that he went to New York, his .conlpanion paying, the traveling expenses, as he. had no money at the time. Caputo's brother in; this town refused to reveal the street address of another brother in Brooklyn, profes- sing. ignorance of the exact location of his brother in the Metropolis. It was. assumed that the two. young ad venturers. were intending to- pay a. fly ing visit,to Capuro's relatives in New York city. ~*v ,. t.- =: It was learned later in the week, that the two boys did go to New York and there separated for reasons un- known. The efforts of detectives in New York to find asclue to the where- abouts of the Caputo family or either of the missing boys were unsuccessful, as they had nothing definite to work on. Had Caputos brother in this town revealed the street address of his
 brother in New York city, it Is thought that the search would have
 culminated last week and that young
 Messenger would now be In Plain vile with his parents. Church News. The Plainville Congregational church has voted to call a council of
 recognition. for the induction of Rev.
 E. C. Gillette into the office of pastor of the church. The committee ap-
 pointed to call the council consists of S. B. Carpenter, c. H. Calor and Charles Newton. The date for the
 ceremony has not yet been decided upon.
 The Ladies' Benevolent society of
 the Congregational church will meet for work in the: church parlors on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 At o'clock a business meeting will
 be held. All ladies of the church are
 invited. The women of the church
 are sending a barrel of clothing to
 negro school In Kentucky Those wishing to contribute suitable cloth
 ing should send 1t to the church to- morrow.
 Members-of the Parish Guild of the
 Painville Episcopal church will meet
 Thursday .afternoon at 3 o'clock to pack a missionary box. Following
 the meeting supper will be served in
 the church parlors at 6 o'clock. : In-
 stead of having the suppers twice
 month as has been the custom they
 will be held*once month. The price
 will be 25: cents in the future instead
 of 15 cents.
 In celebration of All Saints day
 there will: be- Holy Communion serv-
 ice Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
 at the Episcopal church.
 storm Raises Havoc. ..
 The rain and wind storm which prevailed throughout last night and
 during the day raised considerable disturbance in Plainville. Several ! small trees were blown down and one of the gates in front of the Bristol
 Mfg. Go. building on West Main
 street was torn from its hinges. As far as can be learned no material damage to other properties resulted from the storm.
 Work on the Plainville-Bristol
 highway was again impeded by the quantities of water which had formed
 on the cement foundation. Owing to the fact that the amiesite will not stick to the cement when it is wet laying of the top covering for the
 new road will have to be aban doned for several days.
 Although contractors who have charge of building the highway sta ted several weeks ago that the work
 would be finished by Novembe. citi- zens are inclined to think that if the