New Britain herald., 1917-12-12
BANK RELEASES
FLOOD OF MONEY
Trust Company Treasurer Sends
Out Christmas Checks
TO OYER 600 PEOPLE


the Year Is About $1O,OOO-Sue-
gestion Made That Beneficiaries Buy
War Saving Stamps.
The first Christmas club checks
from the Plainville Trust company
were sent out today. A. A. Macleod,
treasurer of the Trust company, an
nounced that in all about 500 persons
would receive the checks which repre-
sented about $4,000.
The Christmas club will continue
next year under the same plan as it
was run this year. 1t will start on
December "a, and the checks will be
given out on December 1, 1918.
An official of the Trust company
voiced a suggestion which should meet
! with the general approval of those
who prof1ted by the Christmas saving
plan. He stated that 1t would be an
excellent idea to invest part or a
whole of the Christmas club check in
war saving stamps or in thrift stamps
AT the, present time thrift stamps
! can be purchased for Is cents each.
Sixteen of these stamps could be
bought for 81, and with an additional
| twelve cents could be exchanged for
IS war savings stamp. War savings
stamps can be purchased outright at
the present time for $4.12. Investors
| in the aforementioned would lose
nothing; in fact they. would gain from
a pecuniary standpoint and would be
, doing a "bit'' to help make the world
safe for democracy.
! Gone to the Colors.
! Gage Kent and Peter N. Prior, who
! enlisted Monday in the ordnance de-
| partment at Hartford, went to the
| Capital City this morning where they
[ took their final examinations. They
have been sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y,
and from there will probably be trans
ferred to a military post within the
next few days.
George Day, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Day of Washington street, yes
terday successfully passed the exami-
| nations for the United States navy
He has received orders to report Fri
day morning at the naval training
station at Newport. Day was married
some time ago and his wife, until his
! return. will live with her parents.
| Although it was rumOred In town
| this morning that number of Plain
/, vile men who had been examined
| and accepted for military service and
| will presumably compose the last 10
| per cent. Of the first 100 per cent.
| draft had been called for re-exam =
| ination and had been ordered to re-
port at Bristol tonight before the To-
cal board this report could not be
verified Further it was emphatic
ally denied by Benjamin I. Miller
of Avon, clerk of the local board.
It is not known on what base the
rumor was founded but statements
were current that about fourteen men,
several of whom had taken appeals
from the local board only to have
the district board affirm the decision
of the local board thus making them
eligible to call for service, were in
cluded among those names for re -eN-
animation. Among the names report
ed as recalled for examination were
the following: Tony VoE, Harry
Donohue, Chester Griffin, John Ahl-
quist Charles Edmeade, Herbert
Cambridge, Clarence Washington,
James McKusker, Thomas LaPerle,
Joseph c. Murphy and Fred Lippis
Clerk Miller of the local board
while speaking with a Herald GORE
spondent this morning stated that the
board had certified more than enough
men to fill the remaining quota.
These names have been certified by
the board for some time but cannot
be publicly announced for several
reasons
Mr.. Miller stated that he would be
unable to have the list published un-
til orders were received from Wash
ington to start the men composing
the last increment on their way TO
the cantonment at Aver. He was at
loss to know the exact date when
these orders would be received but
judging from several of Mr.. Miller's
statement it will probably be in the
near future.
Though the columns Of the press
it was stated recently that word had
been received by Governor Holcomb
from General Crowder that the move
ment of the last fifteen per cent. to-
wards the environments would sta,t
Dec 10 and that selectives composing
the last increment were expected to
be in camp by Dec. "a. AS far as