New Britain herald., 1917-02-24
PLAINVILLE CENSUS
 BUT HALF COMPLETE
Enulnerat0rS Have Returned Less
 Than 800 Blanks
NEITHER SINGLE OR MARRIED

Plainyille Man Furnishes Riddle as to ] His Social Stat,,s-F,ire Department Called Out for Chimney Blaze 1 Preparedness for Coping With Fires.
 Personal canvass of a number of homes in town will probably be re- quired to complete the war census or dered by the legislature, reports from 1 the factories and stores thus far re- l ceived by the selectmen giving the re- quired information from less than five 1 hundred of the inhabitants. The 1 census workers in the shops secured l reports from the employees or the various departments without much trouble and returned them to the se- lectmen who in turn have forwarded them to Hartford where state com l pilation is being made.
 Easing their estimates on the re- 1 suits in other places in the state the 1 selectmen believe that there are close i to one thousand people in Pla1nvllle who are expected to report through 1 the census workers. Less than fifty per cent. have been heard from al- 1 though the canvass of all the factories seems to be about complete. Conse- quently it will be necessary to go over the voting list and the directory to get 1 names for guides to the enumerators. Enumeration concerning a number 1 of men will be secured by outside enumerators, a large percentage of 1 Plainville people being employed in l other towns. They will be asked to 1 fill out blanks furnished to them in l 1,ou Hartford these will be assorted and 1 nlaced with the returns from Plain vile.
 Badges for the use of the workers were received today by Selectman Johnson and were distributed among the men who have volunteered to give 1 their services. Plenty of assistance 1 has been guaranteed the selectmen and there should be no reason why the cens11s from PlainvilIe should not, be as complete as that from any other place in the state. The manufacturers have promised to give whatever ala they can and they have already rem dered valuable assistance by getting the reports from their help.
 Curious answers to some of the questions have been found on many blanks but the prize for the strangest reply goes to the man who declared that he is not single, not married ana not a widower The selectmen are wondering just what is his status ana what classification he will be placed in when the divisions are made Ill Hartford.
 Episcopal Rector Home.
 Rev. R. H. Burton, rector Of the Church of Our Saviour, returned home
 1>- of weeks during which he visited rela- lives in New Orleans. Mrs. Burton accompanied him on the trip.
 Mr. Burton will occupy the pulpit in the local church tomorrow morning at the 10:45 o'clock service. At o'clock there will be a celebration of Holy Communion. Archdeacon H. s. Hart of Hartford will be the preacher l in the evening.
 Temperance Worker Here.
 Rev. Walter E. Lamphere of Hart ford, secretary of the Connecticut 1 Temperance Union will be in town | tomorrow for two addresses, appear 1 ing before the congregations of both l the Baptist and Methodist churches l In the morning he will preach at the 1 Baptist church, occupy the pulpit in 1 the Methodias church in the evening at o'clock. "A Saloonless Nation," | will be his subject in both sermons.
 Other Church Services. /
 Congregational-ReV o. w. Barker of Hartford, will be the preacher at the morning service in the Congrega- tional church tomorrow
 Baptist-The morning service Sun day will begin at 1O:45. There will be of 12:O5 and in the evening at 1 o'clock the young peoples service will be held. Four New Britain business ! men will be in charge of a novel ser vice in the evening at ' o'clock. The [ theme will be 'The Call of the World" Special music will be furnished by a quartet from. New Britain.
 Methodist-The pastor, Rev. W. A. Goodell, will be the preacher at the morning service, Rev. W. A. Lamphere speaking in the evening.
 Fire in Chimney.
 Plainville was furnished with some excitement yesterday afternoon when tho sounding of the fire whistle. call- ing out Chief M. A. Norton and his men, gave the inhabitants fear that the firebugs who successfully operat- 7 q in New Britain had perhaps turned ~hcir attention to this town.
 The alarm was sent in, however, for a chimney fire for which pyro- maniac could hardly be held respon- sible. The blaze was at the home of Frank Royce on Webster street. The chimney was SO choked with soot that when the fire was started the smoke backed up into the house and drove th@ inmates from the building. The frenen responded in quick time to the call and they had little trouble in extinguishing the blaze. The dam