New Britain herald., 1919-08-15
GOVERNMENT FOODS ALLOTTED TO TOWN
Supplies Can Be Purchased
 Through Post Office as Agency .PLAINVILLE'S SHARE LARGE

Lines Named-Bristol Team Here l Sunday-Camp Meeting in Session
 Other Interesting Items.
 The people of this town will be able 1 to obtain a supply of the government foodstuffs according to an announce l ment by Posmaster P. J. Prior this
 morning. The government had stored 1 up an enormous amount of food for 1 both the army and navy. When the 1 armistice was signed it was found 1 that the supply was greater than the l demand would ever be and therefore 1 came the decision to sell it to the | people. Several cities and towns have i already secured large wholesale allot- I ments of food to be sold at cost prices. 1 Plainville was not fortunate to figure
 in on that score but now the pos: office department is coming to the l rescue. l Postmaster Prior received an official l announcement this morning in regard l to the share of foodstuffs which this | town will be allotted. Instructions as
 to purchases were also received. MT. l Prior is quite proud of the fact that |
 share of the government foodstuff. l The reason for this is because the I Plainville post office is rated as a sec
 ond class office with perhaps the l smallest population of any town hav- l ing the privilege of city de- 1 livery The extent of this can be
 seen when it is realized that this 1 town will receive as much food as he 1 neighboring town of Southington,
 which is three times as large as 1 Plainville. | Bacon, corned beef roast beef,
 baked beans, sweet corn, cherries, l flour, pepper, rice, green peas, souls | of various kinds, and canned toma- toes are included>in the articles which
 may be purchased. The people of
 this town will be able to receive this allotment by calling at the local post
 office on Aug. IS, 19 and 20 and
 leaving their orders. The orders must l be accompanied with the purchase l price or otherwise the food will not | be ordered from distributing point. l The regular cost of the food will be
 added to by the price of postage. This l is at parcel post rates of five cents 1 for the first pound and one cent for l each additional pound. Packages for l this occasion can weigh as much as l 125 pounds (the parcel post charge 1 on such a shipment would be $1.29).s l A 12 pound can of bacon is the I smallest amount that can be pur- l chased. It will cost $4.15, and with l parcel post price of Fl cents, the 1 total cost is s4.36. Flour can be pur- l chased in 100 pound bags at a cost 1 of $5.24 and with parcel post of $1.05
 makes a total of s6.29. Rice in 100 l hnC hn ro "a nH or
 s6.74, with parcel post of $1.o5 mak ing a total of $7.79. All purchases ] are figured in the same way.
 1 The clerical force at the post office 1 is now becoming acquainted with the | facts concerning the sale of tl1s food l and will be willing to show every l courtesy to the public. Purchases of l food can be made at any time during the three days during the regular l hours of the post office. l Navy Recruiting Mission. Two chief petty officers of the navy | were in town last evening coming here | from New Britain where they are ! holding a recruiting mission the
 green at Central park. The naval
 men left posters concerning enlist 1 ment,. pay, etc., in all the local stores 1 and continued to the neighboring
 
 sent several men to the navy of late
 and it would not be surprising f oth- CTS joined at the New Britain sta 1 tion. The number of local men who 1 served in the navy during the war 1 was exceptionally large for town 1 of this size. Donald Messenger and 1 James Davis, who recently enlisted, ] are now members of the Pacific fleet l and will see the world before return l ing to this country. Charles Phelps <, reported at the New Haven station | yesterday expecting to be sent to Vir- ginia.
 Building Lines Approved. l The town plan commission was in session last evening and gave hear | ing on accepting building lines l Park street extension and Tomlinson 1 avenue As result of the hearing
 a 25 foot line was accepted on the l east and west sides of Park street ex- ! tension and a 25 foot line on the ] south side of Tomlinson avenue. A
 number of people we're in attendance
 at the hearing. The 25 foot line 1 means from the street line to the
 outside wall 0f the building to sds4s ] erected. A. xess9 9@ Will Play Bristol Tealt
 The All-star team of Bris1 will be the opponents of the Pl MiIles l baseball team at the Rockwell brake 1 diamond on Sunday afternoon 4PhAE
 local team suffered defeat last E EurAI
 day in a badly played game. @Aaff9
 ger Calazia announced this nf&r4f