New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-14
PREPARE FOR THE
PLAINVILLE DRAFT
Committees Being Appointed to
Confer With Eligible Men
G.. S. GWlLLIM CHAIRMAN

Storm Interferes With Mail and Train
Service-Dc Forest G. Daniels Sc
riously In-Ambulancc Corps In
vitcs Men Of Town to Join.
Attorney Newell Jennings Of Bris-
toll has been appointed . take charge
Of work in connection with the adj
visory committed covering the fifth
senatorial district which includes the
town of Plainville.
He is organizing committees in all
towns which are included in the fifth
district for the purpose of making the
drafted men familiar with tho ques-
tionnaires which they are required to
fill out Mr.. Jennings has appointed
S. S. GWillim as chairman of the local
advisory board and he will take
charge soon
There has been some trouble among
the drafted men regarding the filing
out of the questionnaires and all the
men who are on the committee will
be made thoroughly acquainted with
them in order to assist the drafted
men.
Beginning Monday night, different
members on the committee will ne
at the Business Mems rooms in the
Odd Fellows block from till 9 in
Guiding Sundays for the next three
weeks excepting Christmas night.
Each man on the committee will have
full power to accept and certify sworn
statements issued by the drafted men
so as to avoid the unnecessary bother
OF consulting notary public. All
drafted men are notified that these
questionnaires must be returned to
the local exemption board at Farm
ington within seven days of filing
out or they will be automatically
placed with the first class of men to
be called regardless Of dependents.
Each day beginning with the 18th
the committee will send out daily
! questionnaires of five per cent of the
! men and figuring the amount Of men
| to be reached it will take about -
! month before matters will be straight
! ened out.
News comes from across the water
! that the soldiers are badly in need Of
| reading material and the public in
general is asked to help out as much
! as it possibly can. Magazines, books
| and newspapers of all kinds are more
{ than welcome, and because of the fact
IIIdL IL is OIlIV necessary 10 place 4
one-cent stamp on them and leave
| them with the clerk at the post Office
! or with the carriers. it is hoped that
| a number Of them will be received
! and sent over to our boys in France
DEF. G. Daniels ILL.,
DeForrest G. Daniels is critically i'll
with pneumonia at his home on Broad
street and little hope is held out for
| his recovery. Mr.. Daniels is we'll
| along in years and for that reason
| the case is a very serious one. Dr.
| G. N. Moody is attending him.
Ambulance Corps Meets
The meeting held last night by the
| Ambulance Corps was we'll attended
and an interesting lecture on first aid
was given by Lieut.. Stuart Phelps The
| corps is losing some of it's men and
| would be glad to interview applicants
| in regard to membership. All men
interested in joining the corps should
apply to Sergeant George A. Case.
| Watch for IeVasscur.
A pleasant farewell party was given
in honor of Frank LeVasseur at his
home on Broad street last night.
| Friends were present from out of
town and also a large number Of
! friends in town. Vocal and instru-
! mental music was enjoyed and a buf-
! fet lunch was served. The guest of
| honor was presented with wrist
watch, as he leaves soon to enter the
| Navy.
Sleigh Ride to Unionville.
A party Of young people enjoyed
sleigh ride last night to Unionville.
Miss Doris Gwillim gave the party
! which was made up mostly of high
| school pupils and their friends. The
party was lucky in getting back to
town just before the blizzard began to
| break loose.
Farewell for Collins.
| James Collins of Forestville was
| rendered a farewell party at his home
| last night Mr.. Collins leaves soon to
enter the service as ship carpenter
! in the navy.
Storm Holds Up Mail.
The big snow storm had a bad eff
| feet upon the train and mail service
| in town and the mail was held up
for five hours before anything could
| be done, the train that is due to ar
rive here at about 6 in the morning
, from Bristol did not get here until
| almost 9 o'clock and then the going
was so bad it required two engines to
| pull the train.
| PlainVillc Briefs
The Home Guard is expecting to
hear from the government in regard
to their using the New Britain Ar
! mory for the purpose OF drilling the
| men, In case they are allowed to do
so the men will be transported back
and forth by automobile trucks either
| Sunn1ied or Maid for hv the state