New Britain herald., 1918-06-01
PLAINVULE NEWS
REGISTRATION DAY
CALLS MEN Of q
PlainviIle EligibIeS Will Be Listed
at SouthiDgtOn Hall

MARIN0 HITS HOT PACE
Arrests Fish Man Who Had Fallen
Off Wagon and Five Citizens Who
Violated Dog Law--Final Red
Cross Report S7,tO1.S7.
| All men who have beome 81 years
Of age since last June ) must regis
ter next Wednesday in the Southing-
ton town hall There will be men
from Plainville present to assist the
local men,
Fish Man Arrested.
Officer Philip Marine was called TO
arrest John Wright, we'll known
fish man Of West Queen street last
night. Wright was found to be IN an
II toXiCatod condition and when the
officer arrived he found the man
lying in the road. Wright had done a
good business in the day and was
driving his team home when he sud-
denly was thrown off his team and
severity injured, and it was necessary
to call a DOCTOR Wright's cuts were
cared for and he was removed to a
cell. He will be given a hearing
probably late today.
Law Breakers Arrested.
Officer Philip Marine arrested five
Plainville citizens for breaking dog
laws yesterday. The hearing of the
To ha Of
little or no importance at all in
Plainville. This is the first time that
the law has taken steps to prosecute
any person who wilfully disobeys
the dog laws. All the above law
breakers were given a hearing this
afternoon at o'clock. Justice Ed
ward P. Prior will hear the cases.
Red Cross Report.
The local Red Cross workers. COM
mittee has made the following report
for the month of May: 81 hospital
garments, 165 comfort bags, 100 tri-
angular bandages, IA sweaters so
pairs of socks, quilt and IS straps
Last week the Rebekahs came in one
afternoon and made Is paiamas. In
the evening nine of the local school
teachers came in and did considerable |
work. The Red Cross has been able |
to do much more work during the last !
month than it has ever done owing to
The new electric motors which were |
presented by John Trumbull
Young Mems Sunday.
Tomorrow will be observed as !
Young Mems Sunday in all the |
churches Of the own. this being part |
q O mt oy~ff TO-
looking toward the organization Of the |
county Y. NJ. G. A.. the purpose of |
which is to give the smaller towns |
some Of the benefit Of this splendid |
institution. The special feature Of the |
local observance Of the day will be |
union service which has been arranged |
by the local committee and which will |
be held at the Baptist church tomor |
row evening at 7:45 o'clock. There |
will be special music and an address /
by Roy Van Fleet, educational secre- |
tary of the Hartford Y. NJ. G. A. Mr.. |
Van Fleet is an interesting speaker,
There will be an offering taken to help |
pay the expenses of organizing.
Red Cross Fund.
With the final tabulating of the
second Red Cross fund the local COM
ihlttee is able to make it's final re-
port Money has continued to come
IN during the week and the sum now |
amounts to S7,101.S7 Plainville's
quota was $4,000
Bail Game Tomorrow
The Rockwell-Drak team will plav
the East Bristol baseball team toror-
row afternoon at Rockwell-Drake field
at o'clock
AS far as known at the present time
the All Plainville team has made no
plans to have a game tomorrow. The
team probably will have to disband !
owing to the fact that it cannot secure
a good field in town.
Foresters' Meeting.
At a meeting of the local Foresters l.
recently the membership committee
made final report of tie final drive
for new members, The committee re-
ported that about Is new members
had been secured. With this number
the Foresters will have about 1875
m EN- bers.
The War Saving Stamps committee
also made a report and it proved to
be very satisfa Glory. The Foresters
have sold over $500 worth.
Tuskegee Singer Here.
On Thursday, June 6, the Tuskegee
Institute Jubilee Singers will give a
concert of plantation melodies in the
will be free but a silver offering will
stitute.