New Britain herald., 1919-05-02
PLAINVILLE NEWS
$4,000 MORE And
FLAG COMES HERE
Over the Top by Saturday Night
Is PIainviIle'S Slogan
WILL PUT BAN ON SPEEDING

Bristol Manufacturing COMPANY
New Britain Concern Building Fac
tory-State Highway Repairs.
"Over the top in the Victory loan
campaign by Saturday night" The
total amount Of subscriptions as re-
ported today is $113,5OO, leaving
900 to be subscribed
Tomorrow is the big DAY of the
campaign in this town and the com
mittec has been waiting for tomorrow
in order to report the town over the
top. 1t is the day when tho relic
train will be in town and it's presence
is expected to add to the quota. Evc/,
factory in town is going to close vt
II O'Clock tomorrow morning in order
to enable their employees to visit the
train and see the relics Of the baltic
nolds The school children will have
an opportunity to see the train also.
INC half day session tomorrow will
start at $50 in the morning, ending
Al IL O'Clock with no recess period al
loW@1 during, thu session.
Ihc train is scheduled to arrive
'e't 1T II clock on tho NOrtilamp-
tom division. The old freight depot
siding running between NcaIs cjurt
and the approach to tho depot will be
the stopping place for the train. The
train will stay here Tor an hour and a
half. The various objects are careful
| ~ guarded and are also carefully OK
| planned to the people. With the rel
| les arc officers and men of the L. s.
army who manned the guns in France
| Especially interesting to PlainVillc
| people is knowledge Of the fact that
the Spca ker at the train Will he Cap
| tain Charles f.. Lockhart Of New Ha-
ven.
| The arrival Of the relic train will be
| made known by the firing of an aerial
bomb. the first and only shot to be
fred in Plainvillc. Factory whistles
will blow and church and school bells
| ring following ;hc firing Of the bomb.
First District Wins Helmet.
| AT Il general meeting of all Victory
} loan workers held in the court room
! of the town hall last evening. the
| first German helmet was awarded to
| the teams covering district number
| one which obtained subscriptions for
| the Victory loan amounting to
|
! tanned on the fourth loan in hat
territory
The following are members of the
! teams winning this hclmet: Mems
! team; f. II. Hills, captain, Robert
| Skcllcy, James Fanley, William y.
| Cassidy: Women's team: Mrs. Q.
! H. Newton, captain. Mrs. L. II. Bur
| ton, Mrs Norris Corning, Mrs. VIII
/ L
! Mrs Julia Barnes.
| The per cent. obtained by the
| other teams as follows: Districts 2,
% per cent; II, $ per cent: , and
s, per cent: 10. 81 per cent. 7,
per cent: -. AZ per cent; 3. As per
cent; 8, 40 per cent.
These figures will have mp"c
/ meaning when it is considered rhat
the quota Of the Victory loan is out
tiftN-nine per =, cont. of the total
amount subscribed to the fourth
! loan.
The results of The first weeks
work is exceedingly satisfactory as
| up to last night $4,000 had been
| subscribed.
! There will be subscriptions taken at
| the Relic Train, where it is hoped that
| those who have not already sub
scribed, either because they have not
| made up their mind or because they
| have been out when the canNasscrs
| called. will 'comc across al that
! time. Also it is hoped that a good
| many Will get additional bonds at that
time. Everybody wants to gel busy
! and do what he can to get the addi-
tiOnal $4,000 needed
During the first week there were
501 different subscriptions and it is
! significant to consider that only one
Of all of these sol subscriptions
| amounted to more than ST. 900.
This shows clearly that the smaller
| purchasers are doing their share