New Britain herald., 1918-04-25
MRS. LUCY CORb|N
DIES SUDDENLY
Had Been Resident Of PIainVilIe
More Than so Years
OLDEST IN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Liberty Loan Committee Reports
subscriptions of sos, 0OO-CoWIes
Sights Third OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gibbons Describes Life at Front.


Mrs. Lucy r. Corbin, widow of An
drew Corbin. died suddenly at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs J. w
LaField. of MAJ pie street last evening
at O'Clock. Mrs. Corbin was in her
usual health until late yesterday aft
ernoon, when she was stricken WITH q
cerebral hem orrhage and was uncon-
scious until her death.
Mrs. Coroan was one of the oldest
residents of Plainville. She had lived
iii town for over so years and was the
oldest mmunicant of the Episcopal
church. Mr.. Corbin died four years
ago and since that time she has made
her home with her son-in-lew and
daughter Mr.. and Mrs James A.
Eaton, Of West Main street. She had
left her daughters home to spend the
winter with Mrs. LaField.
MIS-, Corbin is survived by two
daughters: Mrs. James A. Eaton, OF
this town, and Mrs. Charles SpauldnEy.
of Providence, r. T., and by four
grandchildren; Mrs. J. w. LaField and
Charles Spaulding, both of Plainvil'e:
Mrs c. Huntoon, of Providence, and
Willard A Lenz Of Pawtucket.
The funeral will be held from the
Episcopal church, Friday afternoon at
$50 o'clock, and from the house at ?
o'clock Burial will be in the family
plot in, West cemetery.
Willard Cowles in Wales.
Word has been received from Will
lard CoWles, who is chief operator on
one of Uncle Sans transports. He
states that while on his way from
France to Wales his ship sighted "a
submarine. The U-boat sent a tornodo
at the transport, but missed it by three
feet. This is the third time that
Cowles has sighted submarine While
on duty a. chief wireless operator. He
has made several trips to Europe and
! has had some daring adventures.
! Cowles was promoted to wireless oper-
| ator few weeks ago and has shown
! some good skill at the work.
i Sergeant Gibbons Lecture.
Last evening at the Congregational
| church Sergeant Gibbons, formerly of
| the Cana dian army delivered one Of
! the most interesting lectures that has
| ever been given in this town. Ser
| geant Gibbons was among the first
| men that went from Canada and he
told Of the great suffering that he
was forced to endure after he had
been wounded. He told of the treat
/ ment which the Germans gave him
while a prisoner. A prisoner of the
| Germans does not very often get much
| to eat In some cases if a prisoner
+ got a feed once a day he was doing
| very well. Sergeant Gibbons said that
/ when a prisoner. was taken he was
| very lucky if all his clothing was left
| to him Sergeant Gibbons gave a
very interesting talk concerning tho
Liberty Loan in which he said that in
! order to win the war the people must
subscribe literally to the Third
| Liberty Loan and do it with the
! thought that the men who are in
! France are Offering a much greater
sacrifice than merely giving money.
Before the lecture war films were
| shown, which gave a very vivid idea
of the boys going into the trenches.
! Probably the most interesting of all
was the showing of the training which
/ all men are compelled to undergo in
! the camps
PlainyilIc Over the Top.
Plainville has gone over the top in
/ the Third Liberty Loan. Up to the
! present time $4,000 has been raised,
$4,000 over the allotment of SS1, COO.
The committee is still working hard
and hopes that the loan Will reach the
! 100000 mark and more if possible
Church Notes.
The mid week prayer meeting Of
! the Congregational church will be
! held this evening at 730 o'clock. The
! topic for the meeting will be "Man's
Z Place in Gods Plan" The meeting
/ will be led by the pastor
The meeting of the standing COM
, mittee of the church to meet candi-
dates for mem bership in the church
! will be held Sunday morning at 10:45
! O'Clock. instead of this evening, as
! previously announced
! There will be no weekly prayer in
! the Methodist church this week
! owing to the Epworth Group meet
ing which will meet here tomorrow
! evening.
PIainyilIc k:riefs.
Mrs E. D. Lappy of Waterbury is
visiting Mrs e. d. Warfield of Park
| street
The Connecticut company is taking
! Gown the Electric field grandstand at
( Sharp'S station.
Francis Skinner enlisted In the L.