New Britain herald., 1918-12-04
WILLARD COWLES
 PROMOTED IN NAVY
Plainyille Boy, Only 19, Has Rank
 Of Chief Petty Officer
MEETS FRIENDS AT CARDIFF
Italian Wood Chopper Arrested For Taking Wood From Another Mans Property-Brief Items of Interest in Town.

Propery-Brief Items of Interest
 ill Town
 Willard Cowles, son of Mrs. Ella M. Cowles of West Main street, has been promoted to the rank of chief betty officer in the navy. The story of young Cowles is an interesting one
 In May, 1917, Cowles enlisted in the navy as radio operator. third class, and since then has been pro- noted to the rank he now holds Aft CT enfisting, he was sent to the Brook lvn navy yard to take a radio course. From there he was tra nsferred to Harvard university for further study Before enIisting he had had exper- ence along amateur lines only, hay ing a wireless set of his own. He was a student at the radio school in the Hartford Y. M. C. A. for three m onths previous to his enlistment. After finishing his course at Harvard, he was assigned to a transport, hold ing the position of head wireless operator. He was away on this trip for about three months, when he was granted a furlough and returned to his home for a short stay. He went across for the second time again last January and has not returned since. Cowles Is one of the youngest officers of the navy. He was only Y years old at the time of his enlist ment and is now only 19.
 In a recent letter to his mother he describes one of his voyages across the Atlantic, They were cut in mid ocean when a submarine popped up on one side and immediately after
 
 side. It was an exciting moment, he says, for torpedo just missed his ship by about three feet. In all his letters to his folks he writes cheer fully and is very much pleased with his position. Tn one of his letters he declares that war is just what Sher- man said.-when one does rot re- ce3ve any mail for several months. Hmm ediately after, the next day, he received 4e pieces of mail and said he could not express his joy. While stationed at Cardiff in Wales he met several local boys, who had just come across from Camp Devens, in a large parade in that place.
 Cowles was to have been given a land station in Wales with the posi- tion of chief radio inspector, but now that the war is over it is not known whether he will receive the position.
 Keeney Funeral Today.
 The funeral Of Frederick c. Keeney, who died Sunday from heart trouble. took place at o'clock this afternoon from bis late home on Washington street Rev. E. C. Gillette officiated and internment was in West cemetery.
 Draft Board Notices.
 The local draft board received mo- tice today to the effect that there will be no more inductions into either the Navy or the Marine Corps and that all the registrants hereafter who wish to enlist in either the Navy or the Marine Corps will not have to hand in a no- tice to the local board,
 Ladies Have Sale,
 The ladies of the Advent Christian church will hold a Christmas sale to- day and tomorrow, both afternoon and evening, of aprons and fancy ar- l ticles in the store now being used by l the Plainville Bakeshop
 Italian Woodchopper Arrested,
 An Italian was arrested Monday by 1 Officer Marine for cutting wood on 1 land not belonging to him. He re- | gently bought some land adjoining the 1 land of a New Britain man and, not l knowing the boundaries, began to cut | the wood. Tn police court he was ] fined $1 and costs 1
 An unknown man from Hartford 1 was arrested yesterday near the ail- l road station for drunkenness and l breach of the peace. He was fined $2 l and costs and let go.
 PIainville's w. $. S. Record.
 The state War Savings Stt6nn ps l committee reports that up to October 1 31 in the sale of War Savings Stamps ] PlainVille stands forty-ffth among the | list of 16S towns in the state with a 1 total per capita sales of $9.S1
 The letters being sent out by the 1 local War Savings committee are in :, accordance with q request from State 1 headQuarters and are due to a desire 1 on the part of the local committee to | get their records properly adjusted 10 ! December l.
 Rcnovating Town Hall.
 The renovation of the town hall is ! nearing completion. Already the town 1 clerks office has been moved into the | new quarters and the books and 1 bookshelves of the library are now being moved. It is expected that ev- erythng will be in readiness to be oc- Cupied by the first of the year There l will be quarters for the fire depart 1 ment, also new prison cells besides the town clerks and Constable Ma l rino's offices.
 Brief News Items.
 The family of Robert E. Kenyon l received notice today that he has been missing in action since Novem- Der 1st. He was formerly employed 1 by the Rockwell-Drake corporation. 1
 Mrs. Teachman of Washington street, is critically ill at her home with pneumonia.