New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-14
EIGHT DISTRICTS IN
RED CROSS DRIVE
CanVasSers for Campaign Next
Week Announced Today
PLAINYILLE'S SHARE $4,000
Mrs. Anna Duffy Buried While Son
Is Fighting in F'rance--Warren i.
Morgan Found Ill at Home in
Ncri'S Block.

The executive committee of the To-
cal Red Cross has completed the list
of districts and canvassers for the
big Red Cross drive which will be-
gin next Monday. Plainville must
raise $4,000. In the last Red Cross
drive over 200 members were Sc
cured and the committee is sure
that double that number will be
signed in the present drive The
following is a complete list of the
! districts and canvassers:
First District - Bicycle, Park,
Thomlinson avenue, East, Hamlin,
and Maple streets; canvassers, S. S.
Gwillim, B. W. Edwards, r. B. Ben
| nett, Ralph l.. Seymour and John J.
! Murphy.
Second District-Pine street, Wood
! ford avenue, Mountain View, West
| wood park, New britain avenue and
| Cook street; canvassers, Robert c..
| Usher, Charles r. Clark, Frank Ush-
er, r. G. Usher. Jr., and Roy Stevens.
Third Observation-Disclosures ave-
nue., East Main street, Hough and
Crown streets, Meals Court, and Nor
| ton Place; canvassers, Frank T.
Wheeler, Charles Sherman, j. E.
Lamb and f. P. Prior.
:, Fourth District-Whiting street
and Broad street. east from Whiting;
canvassers, Gilmore Clark, William L.
Cafferty, Donald Benjamin and Wes-
| ley Cavanaugh
| Fifth District--Broad street west
! from Whiting street, Pearl, Bank and
South Washington streets; canvas
sers, Robert Shelly, George Case,
John Baker, Edwin H. Hills and
| George Skinner.
Sixth District-West Main street
| and Strong Court; canvassers, Chas.
| H. Newton, Rev. R. H. Burton. Ed
ward Barstow, Peter Duffy George
Seymour, Edward Lindstrom and
George Nystrom.
Seventh District-Pierce, Church.
Canal and Central Washington
streets; canvassers, Theodore Lyman,
William Foran and Fred Bullen.
Eighth District-North Washing
ton street, Camp street, Unionville
avenue ForestvilIe avenue Red
Stone Hill and Bohemia street; can
! Vassers, Fred l.. Benzon. Alvin Rog-
ers, Giles Cow]es and Roland Hoerle.
The local troop of the Boy Scouts
will make a, canvass and will be un-
der the direction of Scoutma ster Ed
ward l.. Lackey. The local schools
will be taken care of by the princi-
pal, Orrin l.. Judd. Henry Trumbull
will have charge of the drive in all
the local factories.
1t is worry interesting to know that
MI. Marshall manager of the local
branch of the Great Atlantic & Pa
cific Tea company, received a letter
from the main office this morning %
the effect that on next Tuesday ten
per cent. of all the net proceeds will
be given to the Red Cross benefit. IT
is probable that all the merchants Of
the town VIII give a certain per cent.
of their proceeds to the Red Cross.
The Trunbull Auxiliary of the Red
; Cross will be represented in the Red
Cross parade which VIII be held in
New Britain Saturday.
Funeral of Mrs. Duffy.
The funeral Of Mrs. Anna Duffy
: widow of Patrick Duffy, who died
Sunday night at the home of her son
, in F'orestville, was held this morning
Nat o'clock from st. Matthew's. Rev
j. j. Mcdonald officiated. Interment
was in st. Joseph's cemetery in this
town. Mrs. Duffy is survived by two
sons, William Duffy of Forestville and
Robert Duffy, who is stationed will
| (IlS fNlllSl lSotAl NlS iOICS IL
| France. Mrs. Duffy Was we'll known
in Plainville. She was a member al
, | the A. O. r.
Warren p. Morgan Seriously Ill.
Warren P. Morgan, for many years
a resident Of this town is seriously IL
at the home of his son, Ernest Nor
s gan, of Maple street. Yesterday
G morning George Faeth, local bar
: Der, went to the home of Morgan or
Main street and went to his room