New Britain herald., 1918-09-16
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
 BIG EVENT TONIGHT
Wilsonians Will Nominate Officers
 for October 7 Battle <.
NO INTEREST IN LIQUOR
Funeral of Lieut.. Stepllenson--Auto- ist Mistakes Railroad Path for Public Highway-Dr. Frost Located at Camp in Georgia.

Public HigllWay-Dr. Frost Located
 at Camp in Georgia.
 Preparations are being made for the
 1 annual town election to be held Mon
 l day, October '. A caucus of the dem
 ocratic voters will be held at the
 1 Grange hall on Pierce street at 8
 l o'clock tonight to nominate officers for
 l the coming election. No hint has been
 given as to who the democratic nomi-
 nee for selectman will be.
 l The liquor question is said to be a
 l dead issue. A short time ago a hot
 1 contest was expected to take place, but ] the activity seems to have died out 1 and any petition to vote on the Iiauol. 1 question will have to be circulated by 1 the liquor interests 1 Funeral of Lieut.. Stephenson Many Plaiaville people attended the 1 funeral of Lieut.. Arthur Stephenson l In Forestville yesterday afternoon l The bearers were men in the service l Of the United States, five of them being 1 military men and one a naval officer Among them was Captain Harold 1 Stone of the dental corps of the
 Mitchell aviation field at Garden City,
 l.. l. He was Lieutenant Stephenson's | constant companion, and formerly lived on West Main street In Plainville l Mennone Enters Naval Reserve. ! Louis Mennone of East street re- 1 ported today at the United States Nav al Training Station at Great Lakes, IIll., for service in the Naval Reserve 1 He enlisted seven weeks ago and has 1 ben waiting sine that time for his call to the service. He is very well known 1 locally, and was employed in the Trumb bull Electric Mfg. Ca. Dr. Frost at Camp in Georgia Cards have been received by friends of Dr. Lawrence H. Frost, saying that ! he is now an instructor at. Camp 1 Greenleaf, Ga He says that he has 1 been placed in charge of several new 1 contlngentS of Connecticut men and wants any Plainville boys who are sent to that camp to look him up. l Cards have also been received frosia 1 Robert. Earle, formerly of PlainviIle. saying that he has arrived safely over seas. .=. ...
 Mistakes R. R. Walk for Street. l Late last night a large touring car bearing the number 36-190 crossed the railroad tracks on West Main i street at high speed, and mistaking ! the walk up to the railroad station for l the road to New Britain ran onto the l railroad tracks, where the car came 1 to a very sudden stop. The car was 1 not damaged and after Officer Marine l took the license number, it proceeded l There is no street light at this point
 and the same mistake is made very ! often, thus far without serious results, | but a light should. be placed at the IafoEsiag to avoid a. serious accident, .. ] Rockwell Drake Victory,
 ID l went to Middletown yesterday and met l the team representing the Russell Co., tlof that city. In pitchers battle that lasten ten.innings Oakes had a l,shade the better of it and Rockwell 1 Drake took their opponents into camp 1 to the tune. of 0 I, Oases practical | ly won shis own game. His hitting l was the feature. He connected three l times for a single and two two-bag- 1 gers. One of his hits scored the win | ming run. This is the 1 Eth straight victory for
 the Rockwell-Drakf team. Brief Items.
 Martha Rebekah Lodge will meet l tonight in the club room in l. o. o. F. l block a Harry I. Tyfet is ill at his home
 on Park street. ,.-, # r Mrs. Norie L. Spencer of5West Main l street, for the past week has been entertaining her sister, Mrs. Morton, ] of New Haven.@4. % Jlt l@ George HicIloek of East Main street ] celebrated bis sbifthcay yesterday and has as his guests his son and family of New Britain
 Miss GladSs, Bushnell of Wolcott. Mountain viii spend the. winter With hersaunt, Mrs, Jackson Mckee of Park
 street. She wiIlEattend the Lewis High School in 6outhington.t ..t Mrs. H. I.5 Bartlett spent several days
 last week 8with her daughter,a Mrs. ! Florence Eaton of Hartford.
 John Fitzgerald Ieftstoday for clark
 School of Technology, Potsdam N Y.
 MT and. Mrs. Sidney Hemingway of Fierce street are receiving congratu- lations on the birth of a da1ghteD
 born last Friday. ~I I T,NnNrc