New Britain herald., 1917-07-31
Pla1nVille News
TAX OF S2,439 TO
BE PAID BY ESTATE
State to Take Substantial Slice Of
F. S. Meals Wealth
NET ESTATE TOTALS $4,000

Masonic Charities Foundation VIII
Get Approximately $1O,50o When
Final Settlement Is Made-Rock-
"e1-Drakc Co. Plans Changed.
$2'439 are to be paid to the state out
| of the estate of Frank S. Neal, ac-
| cord1ng to the decision of Judge
| George r. Byington rendered in the
probate court this morning. The tax
| allowance matter was ordered 10
come up for consideration at a hear
! ing this morning at 10 o'clock when
| the state tax commissioner was to
have been permitted to oppose the
amount designated as Connecticut's
share of Mr.. Meals wealth. No ap-
pearance was made. however, and the
court approved the figures
Arrangements for final settlement
OF the estate are now to be made and
within few weeks a hearing for a
general distribution of the dead mans
money will be called
After all claims and fees were de-
Quoted Mr.. Meals estate was found to
net $3.50 In his will the testator
directed that in addition to the lega-
! cies given to relatives and friends,
$1,000 should be given to the Church
of Our Savior and similar amount
to the Church of Our Lady of Mercy.
$1,000 was to be used by the execu-
tors in the construction of a memo
rial chapel in the West cemetery and
the residue to be paid to the Masonic
= 0~Sf l~<3 u.
will receive about $1G.500 from the
estate.
Following Mr.. Meals instructions
all his property has been converted
into cash. AS he directed that the
legacies were to be free from inher-
itance tax encum brances the states
fee is to be deducted from the residue,
which is approximately $4,000, be-
fore the Masonic organization is paid.
The inheritance tax is high because
of the fact that none of the legatees
were of nearer kin than cousins The
court made exempt from this tax the
$1,000 allowed for the chapel and
$500 which the law provides
After the estate is finally settled
the Plainville Trust company, execu-
tor under the will. will make plans
for the construction of the cemetery
building, which is to be known as the
Neal Memorial chapel Owing to the
high cost of material and labor the
bank officials have delayed the con-
struction of the building and it is
not likely that the work will be
started before next Spring.
Ball Team to D1sband.
Because of the loss of players who
have gone into the service of Uncle
Sam and the probabilities of others
joining the ranks when the draft gets
in operation, members of the Forest
ers' baseball team have decided to
disband, and they will play their last
game Sunday afternoon when the
Adams Express company nine of
Hartford will come here.
The team made great start early
in the season and the outlook for
their winning the championship of
this section looked bright. During
the last two weeks the absence of
players who have enlisted has been
felt and interest in the nine has les
sened considerably. Rather than keep
an inferior team to represent the For
esters, the remaining members voted
to quit after next Sunday
Marlin Co. Changes Plans.
Suddenly changing it's plans regard
ing the fate of subsidiary companies.
the Marlin company Of New Haven,
which absorbed the Rockwell Drake
corporation some months ago. has de-
cided to keep the business done at
the local factory here for the time
being at least 1t was originally plan
ned to move the business to Philadel-
phia, where another large branch of
the merger is located, leasing the
Plainville plant to another concern.
The decision has since been
changed, however, and the danger of
losing the business Immediately has
passed
The company is now preparing for
the erection Of additional buildings.
plans for which were pigeon holed,
after the local company was taken
over by the Marlin people, Orders
for the structural iron to be used In
the new plant have been placed and in
a short time the construction will be-
gin.
It is the intention to more than
double the present working force of
eighty men and until the additional
floor space is available the plant will
be operated on twenty-four hour
schedule.
Prospects Tor tremendous IN
crease in business during the next
year are regarded as very bright and
the company expects that the large
number of orders now on its books
will be greatly augmented before
winter.
Master List Here
A copy of the complete master
list for the drafting of eligibles for
military service is contained in
the official bulletin now on file in
the local post office where it may be
examined by those interested. The
numbers are listed in the order in
which S,~or 81