New Britain herald., 1919-03-24
Tract Will Be Gut Into Pl0A
 ToWnSpe0ple
APPLICATIONS BY APRIIl
Raymond Clayton Discharged Ef<
 Arrny-LocaI Ball Team Wins1 Cross Starts Drive For UotI1r
 Girls Elect Officers, ss
Many PlainVille families W

4hciiS ldllN lie lalnllleSt Wlilg.$ glad to learn that Charles H. Nartu has definitely decided to again offe1s2 portion of his farm for con1lnuIlI1A gardens. Only small part> Of ha farm can be used this year. hoWeyRE and for that reason certain restrIS ttons will govern the assignment M plots. 5
 The land to be divided into ga I.fi MT plots comprises about one-na}f Of tIa1 big lot south of the baum aud WiaH& accommodatc not more than ? fanii-f lies The balance of the land will bof seeded down. l. ln consequence of the limited nnnl- | Der Of ploths available, none but mar- fled men with families can be pno-I Vided for and it will not be possible to provide for anyone who has other l and that can be cultivated So far as l possible, each head of a family mak- l ing appliction will be assigned q sin ] gle plot, it is hoped, of the same size l as the ones laid out last year.
 The kind and quality of seed to be 1 planted, especially regards pota- 1 toes, will be specified and those who l work the plots will be required to l adhere to certain rules pertaining to l planting and cultivation.
 MT. Norton has agreed to take care l
 
 the past and it is expected that the l! tract will be ready for planting early in May.
 The committee appointed by the Business Mems as1ociation will take full charge of theA project and Harry A. Castle has again been appointed ] supervisor. All applications for plots should be sent to Mr. Castle be- fore April 15, at which time the com mlttee will make the assignments.
 Clothing For Refugees.
 During the last week in March the American people are asked to donate through the American Red Cross, 10000 tons of used clothing, shoes and blankets for the destitute refu- gees of devastated countries. Statis- tics show that there is very urgent need for the clothing in northern f'fance, Belgium, Italy, Poland,Is Czecho-SloVakia, Jugo- Slavia, Serbia Fiumania, Greece, Macedonia, Albania and Palestine. Until somethine, is done to meet this need the work of re- construction must necessa rily be re- tarded
 Every kind of garment for botht sexes is needed and also light warm flannel and other kinds of cloth for garments for infants. Blankets sheeting, in fact woolen goods of anyI kind are needed
 Shoes of Ill sizes will be acceptable l and scrap leather is needed for re- pairing shoes. The clothes will be 1 subjected to hard service and it will ] be useless to offer fiinsy clothing to l refugees. Only garments of strong and durable material, which will be of pra ctical use. should be sent.
 The people of PlainvilIe are asked l to assist in this work and a number 1 of women of the town will collect the l garments on Thursday afternoon if l the weather permits and if not the work will be done on Friday after , noon. People are urged to give and to have their bundles ready on the { steps for the collectors
 The women of Plainville are urged 1 C to helr to produce the great amount of clothing which must be made by the Red Cross during the next two months. The national Red Cross program calls for one million gar ments per month until June 1. The t Plainvil1e branch of the Red Cross ( has liberal quota and it will be a I big job to get it out. The garments are for refugees of foreign countries devastated during the var Work on ' the garme ents may be done at the Red ll Cross rooms on West Main street or may be taken homo
 Clayton Out of Service .
 Private Raymond Clayton has been 1 discharged from the army and has re- turned to his home in this town He I arrived in New York on March Il, i and was discharged Saturday. Clay \ ton was sent to Camp Upton With a draft contin gent from local board Mo- and was sent verseas very quick K. saw service on several battlefronts, l but escaped without injury. Before entering the army he was employed ] as a driver on the Standard Oil con1- 1 \ pany's truck.
 Local Ball Tosscrs Win. The baseball season opened in PlainVille yesterday afternoon when team representing the Young Mems Social club met an Independent team N composed of PlainVille boys who are non mem bers of the club at Rock Well-Drake field. The town team with 1 Clifford Lee on the mound, was on the long end of a [ to score at the end of the seventh inning when the game broke up. Donald Messenger did the u twirling for the Young Mems team.
 Girls Elect Officers.
 The Daughters of Democracy, q home economies club at the Grammar school, has elected the following off, cers: President, Beatrice Pease: vice president, Hazel SilVernaiI; secretary, Alice Barden; treasurer, Barbara Case. The club is composed of girls who finished an elementarycourse in home economies last year and are now taking an advanced course. The
 ,~ F;" M'NG Maricn O'Brten and Miss Esther Clapp. The vice presi-
 -, >1 1re class Miss Hazel Silver nail. won third prize for her Rer<- shire SOW at the Berlin fair last fall