New Britain herald., 1919-03-19
PLAINVILLE
PLAINV|LLE To
SCELEBRA
Towns Anniversary and Fi6
Return to Be Observed
FROM JUNE % TO JUNE
Committee Named to Make Plafl
Junior Institute to Promote Ho
Gardens Held in School Toda3k
Other News Items.

Gardens Held in School Todas
Other News Items.
It seems probable that the WoAl
BEGINNING June 20 and ending Jun&
% will be a red-letter week I'M
Plainville with two days set apart aaal
! holidays On June "a, the atownk
people will celebrate the 50th anAR8
versary of the Incorporation of tAAs
town of Plainvi1le and on June 2bss
the welcome home celebration and res
ception will be rendered to soldieFSs
and sailors of Plainville who have
returned from the service
The town of Plainville. was form
erly a part of the town of Farming
ton, together with number of sur
rounding towns which have since
been set off towns by themselves.
The town of Plainville was incorpor-
I ated and set off from the town OF
Pennington on July s, 1869. meat
ing was held at the home Of William
S. Eaton on March u and it was
decided to celebrate the anniversary on
June "a, the day previous to the
welcome day.
The anniversary day will take the
form of a reception to the townspeo-
! pie in general and to such former
residents of Plainvile as may return
| for the occasion and to whom invita-
tons will be sent. The committee in
charge of the affair will compile a list
! Of the names and addresses of former
residents and invitations will be
| mailed to them. Anyone who can
! furnish names and addresses of form
! er residents should do SO by communi-
! eating with any member of the COM
! n1ittee. 1t is planned to have several
| addresses by former residents of Plain
| Vile who are we'll known in public
| life in other cities. The recep-
| ton will probably be held ON the
! lawn and in the parish house of the
! congregational church. The complete
| program will be announced at a later
! date.
The following men and women
| nave been appointed to serve on the
committee:
Robert G. Usher. Rev Robert II.
Burton, Mrs Harry A Castle, Mrs.
William $. Eaton, Minton A. Norton.
Mrs. Charles II. Calor, Mrs. NJ. A.
| Corning and Harry A Castle -
Junior Institute Opens.
Inc Junior institute for the pro-
motion of agricultural enterprise
opened this morning at the Grammar
school and closed at $3.50 O'Clock this
afternoon. The affair is in charge of
the local school board and the Hart
ford county farm bureau cooperating
| with the Connecticut Agricultural
college,
harold A. Brundage. the county
cllp leader gave an address on "A
Garden With a Purpose" explaining
the fuflllty of working a garden with
no purpose in mind, and giving OK
amples to show how much NAV be
accomplished by starting out with a
definite ambition.
A. J. Brundage, the state club lead |
er, from the State Agricultural col !
lege, spoke on How to Plan a Car
den. His talk should be yerv BEN |
ehclal to the youthful! summer gar
deners in the schools. |
Roy Is. Jones. extension poultry
man from the State Agricultural col |
lege gave talk on incubation in the !
poultry section. He also gave a short !
talk regarding brooding of poultry. |
A. j. Brundage gave an interesting il |
Illustrated lecture on How to Make |
More Money From Poultry" {;
~ mem per or the west Hartford !
$1,000 poultry clubs told Of the work !
accomplished and the methods used |
by tie club which was an example of !
q successful poultry enterprise.
In the home economies section. |
which is of interest principally to .
the girls of the schools, Miss Helen
Bo>an. assistant state club leader,
talked on The Responsibility of Flu
ture Home Makers" She impressed |
on the girls The necessity of conser-
walton of food. and the harm done
by waste.
Interesting and educational talks
were given this afternoon in all the
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