New Britain herald., 1919-03-03
PlainVine Completing Plag
 Honoring Returned Fight5
TOWN MEETING ADJOURN
 
Tax Question Will Be Taken Up Meeting to Be Held March 18-& Items of News.

The citizens committee for the sailors met Friday evening. General plans were discussed and prelimin details laid out for a real celebration Tn honor of the local men who have been in the service. The reception will probably be held on June 25. Co., ernor Marcus H. Hoicomt1 lias promised to be here unless som ething ! unforeseen prevents him from at- ! tending. All stores and factories will close and it will be general holiday in PlainNtlle.
 The festivities will begin in the early afternoon when there will be a large parade with plenty of music and many floats The various organizations 1 of the town have been asked to par l ncIpate and the soldiers and sailors i who have returned by that time will form division in the parade Following the parade there will be a band concert and some good speak, CTS will be present to address the toWnspeople. Lunch will be served to the service men and their families and friends There will be a program for the evening, but the details of this feature have not yet been worked out 1 It is expected that booths will be : placed in prominent places in the { town where eata bles may be obtained. Fla borate souvenir programs will be 1 printed for sale to the public. Each service man will be presented 1 with a medal, and the presentation 1 will be feature of the reception held ! m the later part of the afternoon l The town will be brilliantly lighted 1 and decorated for the occasion. { Everything possible will be done to : make June 25 red letter day in ] Plainville.
 { The following are the com mmittees ! in charge of arrangen1 ents for the i occasion:
 Executive Committee-s s. Gwil- 1 linn, chairman; C. H. Newton, secre- 1 tary: John F.. Lamb. William F. Caf- 1 ferty and John H. Trumbull
 The general committees are as 1 follows:
 1 Speakers-J. H. Trumbull chair 1 man, and c. H. Newton 1 Reception-J. B. Minor, chairman: 1 William H. Johnson, C. H. Calor, F. s. { Spencer, "A. H. Condell, R. C. Usher, 1 Rev. J. F. Fay, V. G. Minello, P. J. 1 Prior and John Baker [ Parade-J. H. Trumbul1, chairman; i F. T. Wheeler and Edwin Hills.
 Music-Rev. E. C. Gillette, chair i man; Frank P. Usher and Rev. R. H. 1 Burton.
 Decorations-J. N. McKernan chair
 man, and A. A. Mcleod FlOats-JOhn F. Lamb, chairman:
 John Wade and Henry Trumbuu. l Furloughs-C. H. Newton. Publicity-LI l.. Brastow, chairman
 and Cornelius Prior
 Lunch-C, R. Sherman chairman;
 Mrs. C. R. Clark and E. P. Prior.
 Finanoes-William F. Caffertv.
 chairman, and R. s. Bennett. sohools-Orrin l.. Judd
 Closing Factories and Stores-A. H. 1 Gondell, chairman, and James Simp- l son.
 Town Meeting Adjourned. l town meeting was held Saturday
 evening In the court room In the town
 hall for the purpose of levying a tax | for the ensuing year, to act on the 1 question of an increase In the rent 1 paid by the town Of PininvilIe to the l Plainville Water company for the use | of hydrants, and 10 hear and act upon
 the report of the town building com-
 mittee./
 The meeting was called to order by l Selectman William J. Johnson. A. H.
 Condell was chosen moderator
 John H Trum bull chairman of the 1 committee appointed to confer with l officials Of the Plainvil1e Water com ] pany in regard to the question of rent 1 for hydrants, read his report There i was very little discussion of the uues- 1 tion and it was voted to increase the
 rent Of each hNdrant from s15 to s25 l per year.
 It. was voted to appropriate $500 1 for the welcome celebration for sol dlers and sailors to be held in June.
 The following resolution was passed l at the meeting:
 Resolved: That the board of se-
 lectmen of the town of Plainville be
 authorized to have printed at least 1 five days before the laying of the an-
 nual tax the valuations. taxes and ex- | emptiOns of the town of Plainville as
 com piled by the board of assessors
 and the board of relief for the ensll-
 ing year. Also, the town budget as l implied by the board of selectme CT l for the ensuing year. The above re-
 ports to be published in book form similar to the one used in printing the town report.
 The question of the tax rate wa. tabled, and the meeting was ad journed until Thursday, March 13 The tax question will be taken LID a that time.
 Lenten Season 1t Hand. The Lenten season will open Wed nesday at the churches At tn, Church of Our Lady of Mercy yester l day the Lenten regulations were an nounced. The principal one was f. the effect that, owing to the weak ened condition of the public health