New Britain herald., 1917-07-10
PlainVille News
PlainViue News SHELLY NAMED FOR
 FIRE COMMISSION Cahil Co. Manager Appointed to
 Succeed Hugh M. Flood CHOICE ANNOUNCED TODAY

UHUlUE ANNUUNOEU IVDAI Mccarthy Declines to Accept Post Over 125 Gardens Under Cultivation in PlainviIle-More Canning Dem- onstrations-Repair "Back Roads," Robert J. Ske1ly of West Main street is to be the new member of the board of fire commissioners &C., cording to the announcement made today by William c. Hart, minority i representative on the board of select
 men. While the appointment has to be made by the three selectmen it is
 expected that Mr. Hart's choice will be ratified without any opposition in conformance with the policy of the board which permits each member to select one of the fire commissioners. MT. Skelly is to succeed Hugh M. Flood, who resigned several weeks ago, following a disa greement among the commissioners over the advisabil- ity of allowing an increase in the
 numerical strength of the fire depart
 ment. The Hose company petitioned
 for permission to take in additional
 members as it was figured at the time that the ranks of the department would be depleated by enlistments in the' army and navy. James Simpson and II. c. Thompson, the republican members of the board, agreed to the proposition but MT. Flood declared that the time to appoint new men would be when the resignations of others were received and as he could not agree with his colleagues he re- fused to serve any longer.
 Efforts to have him reconsider proved unavailing and the selectmen finally decided to name his successor. Selectmanr Hart picked Joseph T. Me- Carthy for the place but the latter de-
 clined to serve nd Mr. Skellys ap-
 pointment followed.
 The new commissioner will be the
 democratic representative on the bord. He is manager of the Cahill companxs business in this locality. He is an active and energetic young man and his selection should meet with general approval. Since he came to Plainville MT. Skelly has made a host of friends who will be greatly pleased with the announcement of his appointment to an office in the town government.
 Over 125 Gardens Here. While an ctual count has not been made as a means of determining what rart Plainville is taking in the effort to increase Connecticut's crop pro- auction it is estimated by men active in the movement that there are over 125 private gardens in the town be- sides the land under cultivation under the direction of a town committee and thu planted by the farmers. On the c. H. Norton property on Red Stone hill the special committee has nearly thirty acres under cultiva-
 .ion at the present time. There are eight acres of corn and twenty acres of buckwheat. There are also num- Der of private gardens on MT. Norton's land, the free use of which he offered to stimulate interest in the plan for increasing crop production. The Plainville Realty company has also given the use of a large tract of land and over sixty employees of the Trum- bull Electric company are working during their spare time on the sec- tions allotted to them.
 No decision has been reached as to what disposition is to be made of the corn and buckwheat raised on the Norton property but members of the committee expect that the crop, after the harvest, shall be sold to towns people at cost
 Practically every man in Plalnvllle is giving up some of his time to
 gardening and the town is certainly
 doing it's share towards preventing
 famine or the prohibltlVe rise Tn the
 price of foodstuffs.
 More Canning Demonstrations.
 While the men are active in culti- vating gardens enlisting in the army
 or navy or drilling as members of the Home Guard, the women of the
 town are by no means idle as is evil denced by the work of the Canning club. This organization is doing a splendid work in connection With the conservation of food and the indica- lions are that by fall the shelves of the preserve closets will be we'll stocked with fruits and vegetables for winter use.
 Other canning demonstrations have been arrnged for in the ner future. Tomorrow afternoon Italian women will be shown the American way of canning at a meeting to be held in the town hall beginning at o'clock. Miss Ruth Erbe will be charge of the demonstration and will be assisted by an Italian interpreter.
 Miss E;rbe will give another demon stration in the evening at o'clock in the Town hall to which the public in general is invited.
 Thursday afternoon there will be a neighborhood demonstration at the home of Mrs. Wickwire in Westwood park Miss Erbe will serve as in, structor.
 Recommended for Promotion.