New Britain herald., 1918-02-28
PaainVilae News DON'T KILL CHICKS, GOVERNMENT PLEA Spare the AK Until May First at
 the Earliest
 WILL HELP SAVE FOOD

iodicals Being Sent to Soldiers "Snileagc Books Will Keep Them in Good Humor.
 The State Food committee has sent out notices in regard to the saving of live poultry as a food for future use in case of a shortage of any of the staple articles of food. The notices have been sent throughout the state and ask that no chickens be killed until May l. Ever since the food shortage scare started people have been advised to buy as little beef as possible and to buy and eat plenty of such food articles as chicken, fish and game fowl. This has started an other fear, that of running short of eggs, which has caused the state com- mittee to take steps to prevent any such thing happening. The order is not compulsory nor is it known whether there is any punishment meted out to offenders of the rule, the only thing required to be done is to go a little bit more easy with the ax on Mrs. Chickens neck rom now on until it is lifted, that is the order. not the ax.
 Honor Roll.
 The honor roll which was recently placed in the lobby of the PlainVille post office has created great deal of interest among the local people in the boys who are at the front or at the training camps. There are still a number of Plainville men whose names have not been entered on the list either through neglect or careless ness on the part of the relatives or 1n Cn and all those who know of any man in the army or navy whose name is not on the honor roll are requested to leave the man name at the post off, fee where it will be entered among the others. A noticeable increase in the amount of magazines and per1odl- calls of all kinds being sent to the men in the service is reported at the post office. Recently an appeal was made to the toWnspeople for more reading matter by some of the local boys who wrote home and mentioned the matter in their letters.
 ''SmiIeagc Books
 The residents of the town will soon get the chance of a lifetime to make some of their soldier boys happy while they are stationed a1 the training camps throughout the differ ent parts of the country, by pur- chasing the little "Smileage Books" which are being sold everywhere in the state and which are soon to be placed on sale in Plainville.
 A "Smileagc Book is book of tickets worth five cents each to the soldiers and which are used by them whenever they attend the perform ances of vaudeville or moving pictures provided at the training camps by the government In order to safeguard 1 the morals of the soldiers the gov- ernment has made arrangements for l entertainment of a clean nature and l therefore the purchasing of the 1 "Snileage Books as gifts to the men 1 is of importance. l
 PlainvilIc Briefs.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the l Plainvile Baptist church will hold a 1 food sale tomorrow at the homo of | Mrs Charles Bronson of Maple l street
 Lenten devotions and services will 1 be held on Sunday evening at the l Church of Our Lady of Mercy.
 The first Friday of March will be 1 observed tomorrow at the Church ot 1 Our Lady of Mercy Mass will be l CeIeDfdIeQ by tlcN. JdlllC0 ~hehSDoli' aid at o'clock.
 DeForrest G. Daniels of Broad 1 street, who has been confined to his home for the past few months by 1 illness is slightly improved and is l on the road to recovery.
 The Ladies Benevolent society of ! the Congregational church held 1 sewing meeting at the home of Mrs. Edward Garter of West Main street 1 yesterday afternoon.
 The regular meeting of Sequassil 1 lodge will be held tonight at o'clock.
 The Thursday night prayer meet ing of the Congregational church will l be held tonight at the home of Mrs. 1 Lowrey of West Main street at 7.3h 1'r