New Britain herald., 1919-12-19
HAMVXLE NEVIS
TEACHERS PETITION
 CAUSES COMMENT
Action Taken in Soutbington
 Matter Of Interest
MAY BE ILLEGAL METHOD

MAY BE ILLEGAL METHOD Cannot Grant Raises to Teachers Until : Contract Under Which They Work
 Expires, It Is Said--Other Plain
 vile News.
 An article which appeared in 8 morning paper today, relative to a, petition Of school teachers in South ington for an increase in salary, ex- cited much comment, favorable and otherwise in Plainville, this morning. The instructors in the neighboring town have presented a petition slni- lar to the one which was received by the local school board.
 The cause of the comment in local circles was the statements of & Southington attorney, representing the town in the matter, The lawyer be- >lieves the question of increased sal aries should be considered at @ suit able time but adds that such an jn- crease is illegal during the life of the contract signed by the teacher. Ar
 
 stitution states that salaries of in structors shall not be increased dur ing the contract period.
 It is the belief, of some local people that this statement will be used by the Town of Plainville as a basis for argument against the proposed in crease Of $200 for each teacher in the local schools. Others, believing the request for increases is a just one. considering the rapidly increasing cost of the necessities of life, think that the Town of Plainville will grant the increase without much opposition to the teachers.
 + The outcome of the question is be- ing talked of by many people. It will be decided at a special town meeting, the date of which will be announced within 8 few days. Mon- day, December 29, has been men4 ton by Selectman William J. Jo11n- son as the probable date for the meeting.
 Miscellaneous Shower.
 A number of the friends of Miss Anna Cassidy Of New Britain rendered her miscellaneous shower last even ing at the home of Miss Anna Caf ferty of Bank street. Miss Cassidy formerly resided in this town. She received a number of useful gifts. She is to become the bride of James c. Cafferty, of Bank street.
 Suffering From Pneumonia.
 Mrs. Charles Pons of Church street, whose illness was reported few days ago. is now suffering from pneumonia which developed within the last two days. A trained nurse IS Tn attend ance.
 Terryvilie Soldiers to Entertain.
 A company of entertainers from TerryvilIe will stage a farce called GA Day in the Army on the evening of January 2, the entertainment com mittee announced this morning. The committee has been trying for the past two weeks to. secure the services of the Terryville Legionnaires for one night of the carnival and the acceptance has just been received. The Terryvile post held a successful carnival a month ago and "A Day in the Army was one of the features of the entertainment program. The farce is said to be very funny, being d travesty on army life and customs amusing to the civilians. The com mittee has not yet announced the
 
 The members of the carnival com mittee are receiving requests every day from young women who wish to secure books and be allowed to can vass for articles included in the drawing of prizes The committee has found it impossible to comply with all the requests as the number of articles is already larger than has fo;, books are not confined to Plainville but have been distributed to girls who are employed in Hartford. New Britain, Bristol and Southington. The sale of tickets is exceeding the ex pectations of the officials and they are almost certain another order for the pastebOardS will have to be placed.
 Ancient History.
 A morning paper in 9 nearby city which grants 8 limited amount of space to news from this town, pub lished several items this morning which occasioned much amusement and no little comment. One of the business man which occurred on Decent Der 0. Another item was an announcement ting that a funeral will be held this afternoon. The funeral was held on Decem Der 12.
 To Attend Services Tonight. , The members of the Congrega tional church Christian Endeavor society will attend the annual Christmas giv- ing service this evening at 8 o'clock in the Trinity Methodist church, New Britain.
 Each member will contribute some thlng ln the line of groceries or pro- Flslons to be given to poor or needy families in New Britain and Plainville l
 Morgan on Recruiting Service.
 Private Nelson E. Morgan, Of the