New Britain herald., 1919-09-17
PAWVXLE NEVIS .PLAINVlLLE VETS STRONG FOR POST Mill Back American Legion Cam
 paign to Their Limit HAS 50 MEMBERS ALREADY
During Present Week Attempt Is Being Made to Secure Many New MembcrS-Trial Is PoStDOncd- G. O. P. Caucus This Evening.


 quarters in New York city has mailed circulars to the various posts of the | organization in all the cities and towns throughout the country. A drive for 10000 members is being carried on during this week, from Septem Der Is to 20. The slogan dur ing the campaign is Lets Stick To- gether." The following is copy of the letter sent to every post in the United States:
 Every Legionnajre in every state branch and in every local post in the cOuntry,-some $50, ,000-is a member of the general committee that is responsible for putting this big drive through. It is up to you and you alone to tackle this big job with all the American pep and vigor and enthusiasm which characterized the drive that ran Germans out of France and Belgium a year ago.
 The American Legion starts this push with a third of the million mem- bers already enrolled.
 More than four million men and women scattered throughout the United States are eligible for m em- bership. They are eager to hear the story of The American Legion and to stick together now as they have stood together in arms.
 Tell them what The American Le- zion will mean to them, to their com- munity and to the country. If you put the message to them right there will be only one reason why they do not sign on the dotted line on the membership card - perhaps their fountain pens have gone dry! Have a pencil handy to lend them.
 The committee intends it's appeal to be one delivered with a punch, one that will jar the entire country into focusing it's attention Cn the Ameri- can Legion for six days and one that will reach every individual man and woman who is eligible for member ship and grip them so forcibly that they will feel uncomfortable until they enroll in the Legion. II also intends to awake a national enthusiasm for the Legion. this enthusiasm to be ere a ted by the concentrated effort of the $50, ,0O0 members who are at present enrolled.
 The enrolment will be big job, but the Legion, standing for Americas war effort, welcomes the job, the big ger the greater the effort and the greater the credit for attaining the objective. It will be easily possible to get a million members if every mem- Der can induce three of his buddies to join.
 Brock-Barnes post of this town has chosen it's committee for the cam paign, consisting of Merton J. Lamb, chairman; William Parkinson, John Pettinato, Edward Barrows and Carl Nilsson.
 The local post has at present about 50 m em bers and of this number only a small percentage are paid up mem- hers, the organization not receiving the financial support which is due to such worthy cause. There were 199 men from Plainville who served in the war and of this number seven were killed. This leaves total of 192 and about 140 men who have not yet enrolled in the local post of the Legion. The committee will try to every man who IS not member but wishes to make it un- derstood that if they fail in this ob- ject they will be glad to have any one who is not a member come to any mem Der of the committee and sign mem bership card. The campaign will ClOSS odluIudN ulS ILL dlA'i l1C 1olAiI- tee hopes to enroll more than half of the non members before that time.
 Party Caucuscs.
 Popular opinion in Plainville tends the belief that at the repub- can voters will nominate practically the same ticket as that of last year, with William J. Johnson heading the +icJy nominee for lectman MT. Johnsons administra- ton has been a prosperous one and the feeling in the ranks of the re- publican party seems to favor re- turn of all present incumbents to office next year.
 The democratic caucus which will be held tomorrow evening presents more opportunity for speculation as to the possible nominees for town of fees. The democratic party has never been considered as a ruling power in this town but usually man. ages to get small number of can- didates elected.
 At the meeting tomorrow night the democratic party will elect a town committed At the present time Harry A. Castle is chairman of the town committee and it is probable that he will again be chosen to 'lead the party.
 Trial of Corlett.
 The trial of Butler COrlett which was postponed from last Friday night will be held Friday evening Of this week He will be arraigned before Judge Edward P. Prior on charge of assault alleged to have been com mitted upon Joseph Corellio.
 New Street Project.
 The meeting to be held Friday night al the town hall to consider the proposition of cutting a new street to the new Trumbun houses may be the scene of an interesting ,OntrOVerSv The bouSoe were con-