New Britain herald., 1919-04-29
PLAINVlLLE NEWS PLAINV|LLE GUARD
 IN PLACE OF HONOR Major Is Ranking Officer and Battalion Also Ranks First ONLY S25,ooo MORE NEEDED
Victory Loan Campaign Progrcss;p~ SpIendidIy-Iocal Boys Will March Tomorro"-kcadN For Church pIay-Other Items.

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 1 Another honor has come to p,ain- 1 vile and this time it is in n7iI;ta,.v way. for the local company of inc 1 state guard is now the honor con,- 1 pany of it's battalion holdine first 1 place in marching order and the. ri.,Ior 1 of the line in a review. Tho way in ] which this honor comes is because of ] the fact that the major of the bat l talion is a present the ranking senior
 officer and the Plainvillc company is
 also the oldest ranking company i'll ] the battalion. Since it's recent rc)-- I Sanization. the local company has 1 held several drills. The fact that i several eX-serVice men are members of the company is helping to give it ;t more perfect military standing and the drill is of the latest U. <.
 army type. The company will parade In Hartford tomorrow leaving here by automobile at 1915, due in Hartford at 10:45
 Funeral of Mrs. Stanley Coates. The funeral of Mrs Stanley Coates was held this afternoon at PRO O'CLOCK from the Bailey Undertaking l companN's parlor on Broad street. 1 Rev. R.. Fl. Burton Of the Church of 1 Our Saviour officiated. Numerous l friends of the young lady attended the funeral. Burial was in the family
 plot in West cemetery.
 Ready For Churcl, Play. The committee in charge of pre- l DarationS for the presentation of the l two act play 'GcOrgiana's Weddinc GoWn' reported this morning that tho final rehearsal held last evening 1 was fine and forecasted a successful 1 public presentation. The play will bc given by the Epworth league of l t'oreStNille under the auspices of the 1 PlainEile league. The play will be
 given in Grange hall tomorrow night. Home made candy being sold before
 and during tho play. 4 large sale of i tickets is reported
 Victory Loan Progressing.
 The local committee met last night
 in the Red Cross rooms, the records l for the first week were checked over.
 and the team winning the first Ger | man helmet was aScertained The helmet awards will be made at
 a general meeting of all war workers 1 to be held in the court room at SEQ ! o'clock Thursday night. No an
 nouncemcnt will re made as to the
 winning team until that time. | The contest for the second helmet
 will close Monday noon, May 5
 $95,000 has been reported as the
 amount already subscribed toward 1 the quota
 It is hoped that hy Thursday night | he ot ho
 meeting of workers that the town has | gone over the top
 Only $25.000 more is needed. l In the meantime perhaps people
 who have not subscribed to the ex- 1 tont of their capacity will reconsider
 the amount of their subscription and l take out additional amounts
 Plainvi!Ic Boys Will March. l IlalnVi1le boys are mum bered among
 hose Of the 1o2d who will march in ! Hartford. The names NiIscn. Stew
 art. Hopkins and others arc symbol
 ical of tho 18th division. The afore-
 mentioned names arc those of boys 1 from this town who will march to- morrow. Their parents will go to 1 Hartford to sec them.
 Local Boys Arrive. Private Paul Leonard returned to
 his home today after being dischars- l cd from the army yesterday He was a replacement mcmber of the 18th 1 division and was with the lO1st in ] fantrN. Private Merton Lamb arriv- ! cd in New York from France yester- l day. He was with the regular army
 and was transferred to the 77th divi-
 sion. His father and mother were at
 the dock to greet him. He was al 1 lowed but a few mOm ents with them
 as military rules forbid contact with civilians until after the deIousing pro- 1 cess at the nearest rest camp. The di-
 vision also contains other local boys
 who will be home soon. Among them
 are Harold Corning, Dominic Realc
 and Edward Barrows. All these boys have seen hard service. They may re- 1 ceive furIoughs home before the d;vi. sion parades finally in New York. Raymond Prior. member of the 1 I. s. 11th engineers is reported back in this country. He landed at New York and was sent imm etliatcIy to 1 Camp Mills, l.. l. He will receive his discharge in a few days. He was among many young men to leave Wa i tcrbury and after training for some time with the infantry was transfer l red to tho engineers and sent overseas ! The 11th engineers saw much hard 1 service.
 Attention School Children. EVcry interest is being taken in tlc ] children of this town by the town 1 school committee. The committee Ina S decided that tho relic train which will 1 arrive here on Saturday will be his- ! torical sight and one which the youns-
 Sters will appreciate in years to come Usually the fact that the train comes
 on Saturday would not affect inc cbi1