New Britain herald., 1917-11-16

McNally was the first young man in Plainville to be drawn under the ] selective draft He was consequently the first to be called for examination. He was the first to pass the examina- l ton and he was the first man who I did not file a claim for exemption. He was one of the first to receive his pink card ordering him to hold him. self in readiness for military service at 24 hours noeice and was also one of the first to receive a green card which stated that he was included m the first 16 per cent to leave for Camp Devens.
 Shortly before the first contingent
 entrained in this town for the war
 camp, Mrs. James McNally, the
 mother of young McNally, passed away at her home on Whiting street. The young patriot was granted per mission to lea!e with the second contingent which he did.
 At present McNally is still sta- toned at the cantonment in Aver,
 Mass, but is ready to go lover the top" when asked for the sake of de-
 mocracy.
 Forester's Club to Continue. At a meeting of the Forester's club held last evening in their rooms on Pierce street the advisability of con- tinuing the activities of the organiZa- ton during the winter months came up for discussion. It was finally de- cided that although the membership ranks of the club have been sadly de- pleted owing to the fact that large
 number of members are in the serv- ice it would best to continue in existence during the winter. Final ho mi Q n and dance which will be held in the town hall Friday. Nov. 23 were also completed. Entertainment will be furnished by New Britain and Plain vile talent.
 Confronted by bare possibility that Plainville may fail to success fully meet this war campaign issue an appeal is being made to every c1t1- zen in the town. Everyone Is. asked to contribute at least one dollar to this wAr work fund of the Young Mems Christian Association and the Knights of Columbus. Those who have contributed are asked to donate one dollar more to help insure suc- cess of the project. The total allot-
 ment for Plainville is s2,50O. This morning General Secretary F. r. Wheeler announced that $370H46 had been turned in during the early hours of the day. This added to the amount raised through the efforts of the workers in the first four days of the
 campaign brings the total amount up to s2,O89.56. Thus it is seen that Plainville is still over $400 short of it's allotment.
 A meeting of the workers was held
 last evening in the town hall and proved to be an enthusiastic one. One of the workers who attended the Council of Defense dinner in Hartford Wednesday night recited some of the 1 instances of the work carried out dur 1 ing the campaign. Reports of what l the local teams have done during the I last few days were read. When those | present at the meeting left the hall 1 more interest was manifested by the l workers than had hitherto been i shown,
 1 Plans which were formulated at i last nights session to make today the 1 biggest day of the campaign are now 1 in action. Every worker is doing his ! utmost to boom the subscription list 1 during the few hours before the cam 1 paign closes. It was previously an- l nounced that the campaign would 1 close tonight but this decision was l changed and donations to the fund
 will be gladly accepted at any time l tomorrow.
 1 Tomorrow will also be a busy day ] with those who pledged to help bring +he war camp fund to a successful fs- l sue During the afternoon members 1 of the various teams will carry out a