New Britain herald., 1918-04-24
PLAINyILLE: PASSES
LIBERTY LOAN MARK
Subscriptions Total $4,000 and
Drive Will Be Continued
WILL RECEIVE HONOR FLAG

$1,000 But Arc Determined to Bring
Investments Up to 800, 900
Plan Wrestling and Boxing: Matches
Today Plainville was placed on the
! honor roll of the towns who have
Oversubscribed their allotm ent. Up to
| the present time there has been
| $4,000 subscribed. The quota. was
| $4,000. The Rockwell Drake division
| of the Marlin Rockwell corporation
! has added $40. 900 to its subscriptions,
! which makes a total Of S24, 900, Up TO
| the present time the Bristol Mfg. Co.
| has not made any report of the can
| vass but it is expected that the re-
| port will be satisfactory.
The subscribers who have paid their
| coupon bonds in full may receive tn cir
| bonds any time by applying to the
| bank. The bank has received all
| bonds except those which were taken
| Saturday or the first part of this week.
| 1t Is probable that the town will re-
| ceive the Third Liberty Loan honor
| flag about May and it will be placed
| In the Center. The flag Will be pre-
| scented by the national government at
| Washington.
The committees are pleased with
! the Third Liberty Loan drive and are
glad that they can say there is plenty
| OF patriotism in Plainville. 1t is the
aim of the committee to make a drive
for the 100000 mark.
Funeral of Freda Carlson.
The funeral of Freda Carlson who
| was killed on Monday afternoon by
| Bristol bound train while returning to
! work will be held this afternoon from
! the undertaking rooms Of w. A.
| Bailey & Co. Interment was in Oak
| Hill cemetery, southington.
Flying Dutchman vs.. French
Whirlwind.
| One of the biggest wrestling matches
| that has been held in this town will
! take place on Saturday, May 4th,
| when Paul Kocher of Mountain View
! Will meet F. Iven Benjamin in New
| toms hall on Whiting street. The
| wrestling match will be given under
| the auspices of the Rockwell Drake
| Athletic club. njamin's skill is
! known In this locality. Kocher has
| wrestled a great deal in the past and
| will make a brave attempt to win the
| cham pionship, of this locality. Both
| men are practicine hard and a good
| match Is guaranteed by the managers.
| After the wrestling match there will
! be three boxing matches. The most
| i'm pOrtant match of the night will be
| that Of Bobbie Reiner and Morris
| Durham of New Britain.
| The second match will be that of
! "a Of riGtn Stan
| ley Miller of New Britain. Thcre is
| talk of putting on a third bout for
| the benefit of the younger group of
men. Harry Propson, known as kid
/ Edison" will probably mix with
| Adrian Daniel Up to the present
| time the last match has not been def
inite1y decided upon.
The. club will not ask any adrnis-
sion but will ask that the audience
| make a donation.
| Lecture Tonight.
| The townspeopIe are asked to keep
| in mind the lecture which will be
given by Sergeant Gibbons in the
| Congregational church tonight at
1 7:3O o'clock. The local Council of
; Defense has arranged to show inter
esting war films in connection with
| the lecture. Sergeant Gibbons was in
! the Y ttiistt1dh ttAIlA WITCH II ithbS JIG
! of it's big drives and will endeavor to
| show the terrors of the war. The
! Home Guard will be present and will
| give luncheon in honor of the
| speaker. A large audience is desired
! and the committee guarantees that the
+ lecture will be one of the most inter-
esting ever given in town
Brief Items.
! The WON en- Of the Advent church
| will meet on Thursday afternoon at
| the home of Mrs. Fred c. Smith on
| Park street.
Mrs Alfred Smith and daughter,
| Gertrude and Bruce Gilbert have re-
| turned home after visiting Private
Earl Smith, stationed at Camp Dev-
| ems
Daniel F.. Collins went to Camp
Devens to visit his brother who is a
private there yesterday.
The quarantine for scarlet fever
/ has been removed from the home OF
| Frank Gaynor Of Broad street,
The Free Will offering meeting OF
| the W. G. T. u. will be held on Fri
day, April 26, at the home of Mrs.
Hattie Barnes, 124 Broad street. The
| meeting will be led by Mrs. A. l..
| Burt
| FOR SALF1--Small refrigerator; good
condition. G. ]. Morse, p Broad