New Britain herald., 1919-04-04
BUSINESSMEN FLEET
 OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Edwin H. Hills and Others Chosen
 for Second Term
PLAN MORE ACTIVITIES
tpWorth League Snppcr-Nritcs from, Rrest---SeNcrai Local Bows in the 26th-Iurner Leaves Club Ohicc-- Other News Notes.

The PIainviIlc Business and I'm.
 provement association held it's annuaI
 meeting last evening in the cluh
 rooms. The officers who served last
 year were reelected and are ,s fo1
 lows: President, Edwin II. Hills.
 vice president. Charles H. \ovton'
 secretary and treasurer, Ralph Sev-
 mour. Directors were elected as fo,
 lows: (. H. CaIor, R. B. Bennett and
 John F. Lamb were elected for a no
 riod of two years. William E. Caffor
 ty was elected to serve the uneSnirod
 term of the late Rev. Henry r. Walsh The term runs for another year
 The committee which was annoint
 cd al a recent meeting 10 investirat, the possibilities of securing no,,n, nent headquarters for a local Bows, club reported that, although the mcm- bers of the committee had approached several owners of buildings with q
 view to renting a place for the bows. the plan proved to be impractica ble
 The members of the association,
 acting on the report of the committed
 has decided that at the present time
 tt IS not absolutely necessary 10 pro- vide permanent hea dqua rters for the Young Mems Social club, as the mem bers of that organ ization have a place 10 hold their meetings. The arrange ment was that if the Business and Improvement association secured the headquarters the club members would take care of the expense.
 The association feels, however that ! another organization in P1ainViIlc l should be given a chance to- keep it. 1 self together. This organiza tion is tue I local troop of the Boy Scouts of Amer 1 ica. The boys in the troop worked 1 faithfully during the war; aiding tho l local authorities in Liberty Loan and l Red Cross drives. in the sale of War i Savings Stamps and other wartime activities. For some time the boys ] have had no place to bold their meet 1 ings and at one time they met in 1 Central Square, near the monument. | They now meet at the home of Donald l Freeman, but the business men are of 1 the opinion that the Boy Scouts should 1 be given a fair chance 10 grow as q
 reward for their loyalty and faithful work when they were needed.
 The troop consists of about 30 boys i under the leadership of Donald Free man. It was formed about a year and a half ago with a large membership, but owing to the fact that the troop had to hold it's meetings on the street, there was a noticeable decrease in the attendance at the meetings a short
 time after the organization of the
 troop. F. F. Johnson, scout executive,
 of New Britain, has now taken CharGc
 of the organization and in the future
 t will be finder his supervision For the persistence shown by tho Roy
 Scouts in keeping, their troop together
 despite all obstacles, the business mon are of the opinion that som hing
 should be done 60 give the boys a
 place in which to hold, their meetings and he sheltered from bad weather. The same committee will continue 10 work along that line and will prob ably report it's progress at each meet ing of the Business and Improvement association.
 IpWorth Lcaouc Supper.
 The New Britain group of tho !1n- worth league of the Methodist church will hold a banquet this evening in the Methodist church in PlainVillr. 1 Tho New Britain group embraces tn" branches of tho FnWCrth league in New Britain, PIajnNill~. SOuthinctOn, | Bristol and Ken&ington. PlainVile 1 was selected as the best p1acc to hold ! the banquet because it is centrally 1 located. Arrangements have been l made for 123 people and a good tiwC 1 will be enjoyed. \ native of Armenia. l now a student at Yale university. will l deliver an address on conditions in his l native land. If is expect od that this =