New Britain herald., 1917-08-03
- ~08~ O THREE HUNDRED TO BE EXAMINED HERE Draft Ehgibles of Three Towns
 Coming to PlainYille
 GWlLLIM TO RECRUIT CLERKS

Reg1strants in Berlin, Southtngton and
 Plainville to Be scrutdn1zed by Doc
 tors In Local Town Hall-Exemp-
 ton Board to Call 1 900 Man First. Three hundred young mon, whose serial numbers were drawn early in the conscription selection at Wash ington, will, within a few days re. ceive orders to report at the Plain- vile Town hall. probably on Friday or Saturday of next week, to under go physical examination to deter mine their eligibility for service in the new national army. The progress of the work done by the exemption board TOT the district in which Plain vile is included indicates that by Sunday, the list for the entire di- vision will be complete and it will be possible to mail notices to registrants to be called at this time early enough to permit of their receipt Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
 Plainville has been selected by the exemption board as the examination place for the eigibles in Berlin and Southington as well as the local boys and 1t is planned to have 300 given physical test in the town building in a single day. One half the num- Der will be notified to appear in the morning, the physicians reporting for duty at o'clock while the remain der will present themselves at the aftsrnoon session, which will begin at 1 o'clock. The physicians propose to continue their activities until all who appear are examined even If the work carries them we'll into the night.
 Acting on the request of Herbert Knox Smith of Pennington, chairman of the exemption board, Stanley s. Gwillim has started to recruit clerks to aid the doctors in their work on examination day. The services of twenty men will be required and it is hoped that at least that number of volunteers can be secured that the work of the doctors may be expedit- ed. Men between the ages of twenty one and thirty one, registered for con- scription, are not eligible for service as clerks on that day. and MT. Gwil- linn is making effort to get volun- teers over thirty-one years old. although the services of capable
 
 their. majority will also be accepted.
 The physicians In this locality have agreed to "do their bit'' and the ex- emption board believes that there will be enough medical men on hand to make it possible to examine the three hundred elig1bles, who will be ordered to appear, during single day. Each man will undergo careful examina- tion by two physicians before he is either accepted or rejected, and all who receive notices will have to take the physical test whether they claim exemption or not.
 This district will have to furnish four hundred men out of nearly 5,40O registrants and it Is the intention of the exemption board to call the first thousand drawn to report next week for physical examination. Should the board be unable to get the quota out of this number more will be called later.
 How many of the Plainville regis trants will be included in the three hundred who are to be called before the doctors next week cannot be de- ter1nined until the board completes it's list, as towns are not apportioned any particular quota.
 Eligibles in other towns in the dis trict. with the exception of those in Berlin and Southington, will appear for examination at some other place to be designated later by the exemp- tion board.
 Distribute Coughlin's Wealth.
 Following a hearing in the probate court in Bristol yesterday. an order was issued for the distribution of the estate of the late Patrick Coughlin i and James Gray, the administrator, today began preparations to mail checks to the various nieces and 1 nephews as, their share of the wealth l of the eccentric recluse.
 After deducting the amount paid i to the state as an inheritance tax and the expenses incident to the probating of the estate, Coughlin's wealth was s51,576. Of this amount s3o,O0 was given to the heirs some time ago and l during the next few days checks rep resenting the remaining $21576 will | be mailed
 A number of the relatives of 1 Coughlin who are to share in the dis tribution of his money live in Plain 1 vile.
 Another Canning Demonstration.
 Mrs. H. A. Castle. chairman of the l Plainville committee of the Hartford | county league, has made arrange l ments for another canning demon stration to be given by Mrs. Julian 1 Dean. teacher of domestic science in l the Hartford High school. in. the 1 Town hall here on August 13. At | this demonstration Mrs. Dean will ex- | plain how to preserve corn and to- matoes and will also lectute on dry ing fruits and vegeta bles.
 Literature sent out by the govern ment explaining various methods of l drying has been placed in H. A. | James store for distribution. |