New Britain herald., 1919-03-28
PLAINVIL
WINTRY BLAa
HERE ONC
Cold Weather Comes
ouSly With Ice 81
WIND DOES SQHE 4
% Tons Of Frozen. AQUA
Town For Use When N3
manufactures Brief Item
Matter.

manufacturer Brief Items
Matter
The storm played havoc III
Vile last night, the wind cauA
age to property in various seS
the town. The gates at
street railroad crossing We're
and torn down by the gale,
have to be repaired The Ez
Main street have suffered dH
number Of times recently.
The new welcome honlesA8
for soldiers and sailors w1licllS
furled on Central square alJS
weeks ago was torn badly by
and was taken down this
windows were smashed in hon
several clothes lines were
bare by the wind
Ice Shipment ArrivcS:szls4s
The first shipme - ice frsl
side was received i1 lhEille9
day. 1t was a cai'Iosslf st OF
Ih , car 1 was switchetil PIailathe Il
bull Electric Mani 7faot u. 9g, com Da1
siding and When u1loaded was stord.|
in the Hart ice house on New Britain
avenue. 1t will be distributed to con-
sumers later in the year. F. C. Nor
ton is in charge of the venture
The contract is for 1000 tons Of ice
to be shipped into Plainville and to be
stored in various ice houses in town.
The PlalnVille Business Mems ass0-
cation took the lead in the work
and carried it through There is a
rumor, as yet unconfirmed that local
men are thinking of making a contract
with the Cremo Brewing company OF
New Britain for a quantity Of ice if
that concern opens it's artificial ice
manufacturing plant.
Clothing Being Collected.
The work of collecting clothing for
the refugees in devastated foreign
countries was completed YESTERDAY
afternoon by the women Of the town.
The Women's motor corps, organized
among local women who have auto
mobiles at their disposal, started early
In the afternoon to collect the used
clothing. A number of men took
charge of the work of sorting and
weighing. The result Of the drive did
not meet the expectations of the COM
nlttee in charge, however, as only
about $50 pounds of clothing was
obtained in the campaign The CLOTH
ing is now in the Red Cross rooms
and will be sent overseas with the |
Bartlett Back Home.
William Bartlett arrived in Plain
Vile yesterday afternoon after an abb
5ence of year and half in France. !,
Bartlett is Rockville boy but made
his home in Plainville for some time
before he entered the service He |
was employed at the Rockwell-Drake
plant He enlisted in Company [. c. |
\. g., and served in France as q
member of the 102d [. s. infantry.
He was severely wounded twice and /
spent several months in a French hos !
Dltal. He was given a royal welcome !
upon his arrival. yesterday and was |
met by number of his old friends |
With whom he worked before leaving |
here. Bartlett has been d:scha rged |
from the army and is staying at the /
nome of his cousin. William Hill of |
this town.
Tickets Selling Rapidly
The sale of tickets for the fire |
mems bazar to be held in Grange hall |
for three nights, April p, &c and %, !
IS reported to be going fine The tick !
cts were placed on sale about a week !
ago and nearly every member has !
sold at least score Of tickets. In ad- !
1ition to this the pasteboards have ;
o0Si1 pldCeu Ill VARIOUS stores IN town |
and have been distributed for sale
among the friends of the members of !
he department. The firemen expect +
o pack the hall to the doors on all .
-h1ce nights. An entertainment Will
oe presented on each evening to be
followed by dancing. Booths will be
erected for the sale of soda. ice
cream and candy and young women
Will canvass those attending for
chances on various articles. The
drawing for the prizes will probably
De held on the last night of the, fair,
April %.
Brief Items
SeQuassen lodge, |. O. O. F. held it's
ocular meeting last evening in the
ooms in |; @. O. +. hall The first
legree was conferred upon number
# candidates. A social hour follow
ID and refreshments were served. A
GOD attendance marked the meeting
espite the rainy weather.
Mrs. Charles Roberts of West Main
treet is in Glastonbury caring for
ar. Roberts mother who is seriously
There will be stations Of the cross
his evening at $50 O'Clock at the
'hurch Of Our Lady Of Mercy.
authorized Eveready Storage BATTERY ,
Service Station. All makes of bat
teries charged and repaired. Start 3
er and generator work done. f. M. K
Hotchkiss, SO Whiting street, Plain
VILE electrical auto accessories