New Britain herald., 1917-05-28
P Paainvlue News
CHURCH BUYS BOND
 FOR LIBERTY LOAN

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 Money to Aid Uncle Sam
 MINOR REGISTERS FOR DRAFT Now York Militiaman Has Distinction
 of Being First to Sign Up Here for
 conscr.ption-Medical Corps Ha. Daylight CaM for Drill.
 Setting a pace for religious organ ] izations, the parish of the Church of Our Savior today exhibited it's prac- I tical as we'll as moral interest in the ! success of the United States in it's war for humanity by subscribing to the ! Liberty Loan,' the rector, Rev R. H. Burton. making arrangements with ! the Plainville Trust company to take out a $100 bond in the name of the church.
 During his sermon yesterday the | rector made an appeal for subscrip- ! tions to the loan and the congrega- ton decided that it would be well to have the members. show an interest as unit as we'll as individuals and MT. Burton was authorized to pur- chase a bond. The church has a fund, the use of which is left to the rector's discretion and the .$1O0 for the Liberty bond was taken from this amount.
 ! MT. Burton called attention yester- day to the part the Episcopalhans in Plainville are already taking in the | war. There are nine of the commun- icants regularly enlisted men in the army or navy and four in the Plain vile company of the Home Guard. The showing is one of which the church has reason to be proud and MT. Burton explained during his ser mon that the honor roll is( one over which there is occasion for elation 1 In the navy the following are serv- ing: Robert J. Weeden, Raymond J. Roberts, Harold J. Hemingway and I Clarence J. Hemingway. The church is represented in the army by Ser geant Frederick J. Dimes, Corporals James Livingston, Earl W. Madeley and Leon Roberts and Private Wal ter W. Livingston. In the Home Guard are J. Howard LaField, Frederick J. Livingston, George Eaton Seymour and Edward S. Lackey.
 Minor First to Register.
 James H. Minor, son of MT. and Mrs. John B. Minor of East Main street, has the distinctioR of being the first Plainville man to register for conscription under the law recently ! hH> l though maintaining his residence here. spends most of his time in New York. He is at present home on 9 | visit and as he expects to be out of town on June 5. the day selected for the registering of the country's mili- tarv eligibles. he called at the town clerks office today to have his name placed on the list. MT. Minor gave his age as thirty years. He is law student in the New York Law school and he makes no claims for exemp- tion from draft He is at present color sergeant in the field artillery of the New York National Guard.
 Lester J. Niven of Cambridge. l Mass, was also a caller at the town clerks office today in connection with Iconscription registration. He is at present employed here and as he will ! UC uAoUlS IO 8CI SO 1lAS AOAuc So"A
 on Registration day he secured a blank to be forwarded by mail.
 Arrangements for the Plainville registration on June have beer practically completed and the work should be done here without confu- sion, a number having volunteered to assist the selectman, town clerk and registrars of voters who have been designated by the governor as the town registration board.
 Constable Marine is doing consid
 erable missionary work among the Italians of the town that they may
 not fail to register because of ignor-
 rance of the law. Many of them
 seem to believe that as they are not
 citizens of the United States they are not compelled to register. The officer has had some difficulty in convincing them of the need of registering and