New Britain herald., 1918-09-27
.PLAINvILLE set
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
Everyone Determined Town Shall
Exceed Big Quota
TENTS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS
Community Sing" at Homo Guard
Drill Sunday-Roberts Writes From
E'rancc-Dircct Letters american
ExpcditiOnary Force.


Everything is in readiness for the
Liberty Loan campaign which starts
tomorrow. When asked if the COM
mittee had completed arrangements
the chairman answered, "All set" To-
morrow is Volunteer Day, and the pa
triotic citizens of the town will come
out and subscribe for their bonds
without solicitation. This plan worked
in Canada and there is no reason why
it should not be successful here. Don't
wait for a solicitor to dig out your pa
triotism! Get your Liberty Loan
button before Sunday. The plan has
met with enthusiastic APPROVAL and it
is expected that large majority Of
the people will volunteer their SUBJ
scription. Arrangem ents have been
made to have volunteer day in the
factories, and the bank will also be
open all day to take subscriptions.
Tents will be erected in the most pub
lic places, and will he open from
a. m. to 8 p. m. Two of these tents
will be for the women's committee
and women should subscribe at those
tents. There will be booths on
Tompson's field Sunday afternoon.
Don't telephone. Come in person with
your llFSC payment.
The names of those who subscribe
voluntarily will be checked off the So
licitors' list and will not be approach
ed. This will save time and labor, and
the watchword is conservation" It
is believed that people will be proud
to have their buttons before Sunday
Everyone must subscribe to the
limit because the quota is double that
Of hn hi r1
be ushered in by Blowing of factory
whistles every hour from o'clock in
the morning to 6 at night. The church
bells Will he rung at eight O'Clock and
at noon. Everyone is requested to
hang out a flag tomorrow and Sunday.
Handbills will be circulated tomorrow
morning by school boys
The team captains will hold an i'm
portant meeting at the directors
room Of the bank this evening at 8
o'clock
All Plainville people subscribe in
Plainville or else sign the stub which
assigns your subscription to the
credit of this town. Don't wait to be
asked. Join the volunteers!
Community Sing'' Sunday.
A community sing" will be held
at the Home Guard drill grounds on
Pierce street at PAS Sunday after
noon. It is to be in connection with
the Liberty Loan drive, and will be
accompanied by a Liberty Loan rally
Music Will be, furnished by the Ameri-
can Band Of New Britain. This is the
first affair of the kind to be held in
Plainville and it Is hoped that the
public will respond and help make
Plainville's first community sing a
success.
Roberts i'm Hospital a..
Another letter has been received
from Leon Roberts who left for
France q year ago with Company I.
1920 y. S. Infantry. He has been
transferred to the base hospital and
has met several other boys from Com
pany I. According to his letter the
company is, to use his expression,
pretty we'll shot up Roberts was
gassed in the American drive which
started in April
Write 1t american"
The local post office has received
a notice from the department asking
that people who send letters to SOL
diers in France write American Ex-
peditionary Force on the Envelope
The word American must be written
Cured in which mail for Americans
has been confused with that for
Australian soldiers
Help Wanted.
A shortage of volunteer help is re-
ported at the local war board head
quarters. Several people are working
there without pay, but the volume of
work is so great that more workers
are needed to accomplish it. Here
is chance for people who have had
experience in clerical work to do their /
patriotic duty.
Seven Cases of Influenza.
There are now seven cases of
Spanish influenza in PlainvilIe. Doc
tor J. N. Bull, the health officer,
stated this morning that all of the
cases were of a violent nature but
that the patients are doing very well.