New Britain herald., 1918-10-25

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 The first annual meeting of the To- cal branch of the American Red Cross will be held in Grange hall this evening at 8 o'clock. PIainville has a, membership of about 900 and all these are expected to be present. The purpose of the annual meeting is to elect officers for the coming year and to hear the reports of the pres ent officers. Mrs. E. Hills will make the annual report for the Surgical Dressings division of the Red Cross, Mrs. Charles R. Clark will make the report covering all the other Red Cross work outside the Surgical Dressings part, and J. H .Trumb bull will report the years work of the Home Service Committee.
 Enrolling New Voters.
 The last chance which any local men wishing to become voters will have to do so will be today. The reg istrars are in session until D. m. In former years there was always an in teresting campaign carried on by the two political parties to get all the new voters they possibly could. This year the usual political battle has been discarded and politics is dead. Thus far but ten men have asked to be made voters and these did so more because they thought it their duty rather than because of any interest in the elections. The usual cam paign noise has not been heard yet, but those who will speak state that there will be a "pretty little race" between A. H. Condell And John Wade, Jr., for the place as represen- tative.
 Mrs. Annie c. Miller Dead.
 Another death due to pneumonia was reported early this afternoon. Mrs. Annie c. Miller, daughter of the late William Miller of this town, died at her home in White Oak today. She was a native of New Britain and was born in the latter city Sept 25, 1888. She leaves a brother, Frank Miller, and a sister. Bessie Morgan. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from her late home and will be private. Rev. E. c. Gillette will officiate and burial will be In F,airview cemetery in New Britain.
 Voting Machine Arrives.
 The voting machine has arrived. Not the machine which was shipped July 1 but new machine which the company sent to replace the lost one. Selectman Johnson was notified that there was a voting machine at the express office for the town of Plain vile. In the next mail he. received word that the machine was not the one reported lost but new one which the town will use in the election of November and until some trace of the lost machine is found. At the present time the selectman does not know definitely whether the company will stand responsible for the loss of the voting machine or whether the town will have to take the matter up with the railroad company. If the machine was shipped F. o. B. from Jam mestown, N. Y., the town will pro- ba'hly have to settle with the railroad.
 Campaign Among Catholics.
 In connection with the war work campaign to raise money in the town a committee has been named by Rev. J. T. Macdonald to take charge among the Catholics and to assist the general committee. This is 8 most helpful and wise move inasmuch as it is ex-
 
 raised through the cooperation of the people of the parish as a whole rather than through a general canvass. The move is also most wise because the new pastor, when he arrives here, will be stranger in town. John Garrity is the chairman of this committee, H Hugth Flood, William Cafferty, Peter Duffy, Henry Pagan and Edward Dyer 9 look out for the interests of the wo- men of the parish. The sub-commit- tee. preparing a list of prospective members of the parish who will con- tribute certain named amounts of money will probably be asked to serve in a like capacity With the general committed
 Plainville Briefs.
 MT. and Mrs. A. A. Mcleod are re- ceiving congratulations on the arrival of a baby boy. Mr. Mcleod is the cashier of the Plainville Trust Co., The child will bear the name Douglas Wilson Mcleod.
 Sequassen Lodge held it's regular meeting last night
 October devotions will be held in the church of Our Lady of Mercy at 7:30 this evening.
 Frank Hobein of the local post office is reported as much better at his home in Collinsviue where he was taken suffering from an attack of plural pneum onia.
 Miss Marie Callen is able to be out after having a touch of influenza.