New Britain herald., 1917-12-26
HEADQUARTERS OF RED GROSS CHOSEN
  George L. Newton Gives Store Free of Expense :. 794 NEW MEMBERSHIPS

Successful Thrift Stamps Received -Registrants Fail to Crowd In on Advisory Committee Ambulance Corps Meetings.
 The committee in charge of locating l a place for the Red Cross headquar- ters announced that through the gen. erosity of George l.. Newton, it will 1 conduct the business of the society l in the empty store owned by MT. New ton and located in the Newton block between the Atlantic and Pacific and the H. A. James store on West Main ] street. The local officers feel them selves very fortunate in securing a l location which is convenient and cen l tral and which is also spacious enough 1 to conduct any meetings for busi- ness. Ambulane Corps Meetings. The local Ambulance Corps will | meet tomorrow night at o'clock to attend one of the first aid lectures to be given by Lieutenant Stuart Phelps. The corps has lost quite few of it's men through their joining the service and so far one new m enber has been ] added to the list, and 1t is expected | that more will be on hand at the meet
 ing to make application.
 Thrift Stamps Arrive. The Plainville Trust company has received it's allotment of thrift stamps and war saving certificates. These are ready to be sold and all who arc in- | terested should make application to MT. Mcleod at the bank. The war saving stamps will sell at $4.12 during the month of December and will be taxed an extra cent for the following months in order. They are redeem able in 1923 and a return of $5 will be made to those who have invested in them. The thrift stamps will sell at 25 cents and a total of 16 stamps 1 plus 12 cents will buy one war saving stamp which is redeemable at the same time as the ones which are bought outright.
 Registrants Not Anxious. The committee appointed to assist the drafted men in filling out their questionnaires has been meeting regu- l larly at the business mems rooms, but | it is noticed that regiStrantS are not over anxious to fill out the papers. There is a time limit of seven days on tho questionnaires and for the bene- 1 fiji of those who have not been noti- fled the committee wants it under stood by all concerned that unless they are returned within this time limit they will be subject to being taken l in the first, quota to leave regardless ! of families or of dependents. So far only 50 men have been taken care of. when there should have been at ! least 125 or more in order to have l the work completed in reasonable time. Altogether there are about $50 men to be accounted for in Plainville and it was figured that 1t would take anywhere from month to six weeks to complete the necessary work. 794 New Members.
 The Red Cross campaign which was weeed last week turned out to be very successful affair and the com
 mittee in charge is well satisfied with tho results Altogether there were 794 new members taken sin and 153 | old memberships were renewed which brought the total amount of members l up to 947 which is considered 8 very good showing. The committee tried ] for 1000 members
 PIainviH Briefs. At the Hartford Gun Club shoot yesterday, J. H. Trumbull made
 score of 92 it's out of 100.
 l Nelson DeLorm and son, Raymond. spent Christmas in Springfield. ! Rev. Father Wilson of St. Thomas
 seminary, Hartford, was the guest of
 Rev. Dr. H. T. Walsh over Christmas
 Peter Prior has been transferred
 from Fort slocum to Camp Upton.
 Gage Kent, who is now in the avia-
 ton corps as a mechanic, is stationed
 at Camp Dix, N. J., awaiting orders to go to San Antonio, Texas.
 Major Green, U. S. A., spent Christ mas with his father in Jaw, Peter
 Brock, at his home on Washington
 street.
 James fIeffernan, who is in the Ma val Reserve is visiting friends in town over the holidays.
 Sailor Paul Bree, who is well known
 in town, spent Christmas at his home in Forestville.
 Te dance. which will be given by the
 Rockwell-Drake Mutual Relief asso-
 citation will be held in the new factory
 building on the evening Of December 28. Lynch's orchestra of New Britain
 will furnish the music for dancing.
 John Graham and son, Pryor, of
 Springfield, are, spending the holidays
 with the formers parents at their
 home on Pierce street.
 /k Corporal Jack Simpson is home
 from Camp Devens to spend the hol-
 idays with his parents.
 Charles Orvis was home from Camp
 Deyens visiting his parents over Christmas. |
 Howard Thomas of the Engineering