New Britain herald., 1919-06-25

b0th annlN rSary of It's incorporation Rs town and its residents in every way mado the day one of great inn portance.
 When first founded the town was but wilderness, known to the h. 7ians as the Great Plain, and from that came it's later and permanent name. The Indians loved the place dearly and considered it the favorite of their camping places in the state, according to all the records of it's history.
 The carly white settlers of Farm Y1ngten realized the advantages of the village and it's situation. For that reason a band of them signed a pc tition asking the legislature for the Incorporation of Plainviile. The grant was given and from that time the shackles of Pennington to which it originally belonged were thrown off and PloinYillo became town by it. self
 From then on it's history has been filled with proofs of progress. The section at first most attractive neigh bored White Oak and around Ham, lin's pond Agriculture was the Oc- cupation of the first settlers though " ~~"~ extent because it was thought the soil was too thin. It is a favorite and well known tradition ill Plain vile that one of the early settlers coming from Pennington used to stop and crawl over a portion of the ground because he thought the crust would break and he would be sWal lowed up in tho interim.
 From the time the Indians moved westward the white settlers became more at home in the territory and soon the town s growth started 7 Plainville today is a thriving com rnsrcial and railroad center. It is one of the most important of the smaller functions in this section of the country.
 Plainville is proud of it's progress siveness. Its manufactories are all important and all growing ones. It is with interest that people have watched the growth of the Trum- bull Electric Mfg. Co, which was started by the two brothers. who were poor boys and have risen to the head of 3 big plant by pure and simple hard work.
 The Rockwell-DralSe factory, a part of the Marlin Rockwell cor poration. is a newly started factory Tn the community but it's owners see the benefits of the town and have made large pur chases of land there for future use.
 The Edwin Hills factory has re- gently erected a large factory build ing and the Bristol Mfg Co.'S plant still offers the same permanent en1 ployment to people that it did 21 years ago.
 New Britain factories have also become interested in Plainville and Landers FTary and Clark of that city . has started a new factory building there with large tract of land pur- chased on the river bank for further construction work. But recently the Hart and Hutchinson factory started work on a new factory which is being built farther out towards Plainville than it's first plant. The boom seems to. point toward great prosperity fol the town and we wish it all kinds o luck
 The town is now the center of this part of the state. The war depart nent saw that and worked around it g net of towns for draft distrc and from the Plainville region sev eral hundred men were sent to tn, service.
 It boasts of four state highways one to Pennington. one to Bristol. on, to Southington, and one to New Brit ain. The town is particularly care ful of its traffic and also brides it self on keeping it's center clean whicl adds to the admiration of passin; autoists,
 For it's railroad facilities Plainvill is noted and New Britain manufac turers often use the ghboring plac for their own service. There are tw railroad lines. the Highland an, Northampton divisions, running int it and has exceptionally fast freigh service
 It's progressiveness may be furthe seen in the recent fact that it ha started an aviation field and will i all probability have 8, regular landin place there before New, Britain eve starts to contemplate one.
 It's record in the war far excel that of this city for it's size and pop ulation and the people of the tow feel proud that they can fly flags c victory for success in every war cam paign besides glowing with prid when they tell of their 193 heroe of the great war.
 It is glorious history that Plain vile has built up for itself in tn first 50 years of it's life and may in tooth anniversary see the town
 prosperous city, progressed far be yond its present stage. Nothing br admiration can be felt for the tow and the people in f Nn( are alway working for it's intereStS
 Fl. A. Castle. town historian. req the following history of the town the exercises last night:
 We have met this evening to cele brate the fiftieth anniversary of tn incorporation of P1ainville.
 Shortly after the c1ose of +be C.;1,