New Britain herald., 1917-08-25
PtainVtlle News
SECOND CALL Will
Be ISSUED SHORTLY
PlainVille Must Furnish More
Men for New Army
WRESTLER TRAINING HARD

cago-Three Suspects Arrested
Boy Cuts Artery i'll Foot-Church
Noticcs-Other Items About Town,
The National Army quota for the
district comprising Plainville, Berlin,
Southlngton, Bristol, Pennington and
Avon not having been completely
filed by the first call Of registrants
sometime ago, another call for 1000
addltlonal registrants will be forth
coming in a few days. according to
statement given by Benjamin I.
Miller OF Avon, secretary of this dis
trict 1t is expected that this second
call Will summons the men for exam
ination about the first of the month
and 1t is more than likely that the
men called in this vicinity, including
Southlngton, will be examined right
here in town. The additional men
will be called in their numerical or
der.
While the draft board has yelled
its activities in secrecy, not having
as yet given out any definite state
ments as to the exact number of men
required from Plainville or what men
from this place have already been &C
copied and enrolled, or what exemp-
ton claims have been allowed, it is
generally understood that the district
quota of 400 men is still far from
being filled. The many young men
in town who are eligible for the
draft and particularly those who
have already been called and exam
ined and have filed exem ption claims
are now getting very anxious to know
just what their status is. Inasmuch
as it is understood that the first thir-
ty per cent. of the district quota must
be ready to entrain for Aver, Mass
Oh the fifth of September, and the
second thirty per cent. must be ready
within a few days later, these pros
pectiye soldiers feel that they should
be notified at an early date in order
to give them a chance to close up
all their private affairs and be ready
to leave on time.
1t is expected that within the next
few days the district draft board will
have some pertinent announcements
to make relative to the mem bers of
the National Army from this place
and their announcements are awaited
with interest.
benjamin Training Hard.
FlaVle liver Benjamin, the local
athlete, wrestler and physical culture
exponent who is being matched to
Wrestle with AlVa Ventres, the Berlin
blacksmith who ella inns the Champion
ship of New England, is rapidly
rounding into the pink of condition
and almost any day he can be seen
at his home No. So East street, going
through the various rigorous exercises
that toughens his muscles and pre-
pares him for the coming gruelling
contest. Benjamin is one Of the best
known acrobats that has Travelled in
| vaudeville Or with the larger circuses
in later years and he is likewise we'll
known in the athletic world of the
middle west, being one of Chicago's
best known wrestlers. Although hay
ing spent most of his boyhood days
in this town, Benjamin has lived in
Chicago for the past five or six years
and only recently returned to this
town.. Several months ago he was
seriously injured in an automobile
and trolley car collision in Chicago
and since that time has had to give
up athletics. He has recovered rap
idly, however, and now feels that he
is once more in trim to meet all COM
ers, although his match with Ventures
will be to ascertain for himself
whether or not he is physically per-
feet.
The career of this young Hercules is
an interesting one. At the age of -
years, While living here in PlainyilIe.