New Britain herald., 1920-01-01
AMERICAN LEGION CARNIVAL TONIGHT Ex-SOldierS and Sailors and
 Friends Out in Force LOCAL BOY JOINS ARMY

Piain,ilfe Grange to Install Officers
 On January 6-tAnnuaI Meeting of
 Congregational Church Friday
 Nieht-OtIler Brief Items.
 The American Legion carnival will
 open this evening at o'clock at the
 Trumbull Electric Manufa curing
 company's new factory addition. The
 entertainme:1t program will feature
 Dave Young, the famous impersonator
 of Harry Lauder. the Scotch cOnedi-
 an. Young has delighted audiences
 everywhere with his Representations
 and characteriZations and 1t IS eN-
 pected that he will score a hit tonight.
 Leroy and Appleton will offer a num-
 Der consisting of acrobatic feats and
 tumb bing. They have played the
 best known vaudeville circuits. Miss
 Kathleen Walsh will render vocal
 solos.
 The members of the local post have
 worked earnestly for the success of
 this. the first event of importance to |, be held by the organization. They
 decorated the hall which is to be
 used for the midway and for dancing. and it is reported that the results of
 their labor are worthy of praise.
 The com nittee. in making it's plans.
 had to arrange to leave as large q
 space as possible for dancing. The ar
 rangement as it now stands provides more room for the dance floor than any place in town and it is larger than the floor of the old town hall The dancing is expected to be one of the principal attractions and the conl- init securing the best by hiring the Al pha String orchestra of New Britain to furnish music for dancing on all three nights of the fair.
 The midway is a new department at fairs in Plainville and the Legion naires claim the distinction of intro 1 ducing the feature. It includes a side show, containing number of freaks the animal show, which is declared to be instructive. interesting and pro- vocative of laughter. and the war nu- scum. containing one of the largest collections of relics which has been seen in this section. Nearly every member Of the Brock Barnes post contributed some relic of Euro pean battletields or some souvenir picked up in the war-strickvn co'In- tries and the entire collection will be on exhibition at the fair The war museum will be open on Saturday aft crnoon for the benefit of the school children who may not have an oppor- tunity to sec it at any other time. It is felt by the prominent citizens hat Plainvillc people should consider it q patriotic duty to support the legion post in it's attempt to get on d firm financial basis. The membership as vet does not include all local cN- service men and the dues received by the post will not pay expenses It is expected that large sum will be realized from the carnival and scv eral suggestions have been made con- corning the disposal of the money after the close of the fair. The one received with the most favor is that 1 the money be used as q building fund. not for an American Legion club house. but to be added to the appro- pration made by the town of Plain vile for new municipal building. 1 Some of the members feel that such a move on the part of the post would be received favorably by the towns people. and would establish a reputa- l tion of public spiritedness for the or ganization. No official action has been ] taken concerning the disposal of the 1 proceeds and prob ably will not be un- I til the close of the fair.
 ! Grange to Install Officers. The recently elected officers of the PlainVille Grange will be installed in 1 office at regular meeting of the so- 1 ciety to be held on Tuesday evening. 1 January 6. at the Grange hall on | Pierce street. Mr. and Mrs. Tooles 1 of Union Grange, Southington. will l be the officers in charge of the in 1 stallation. Following the ceremonies 1 a social will be held.
 1 BrunclIc and Morgan Leave. | Private Nelson Morgan will return i to Fort Warren. Boston, Mass. this 1 evening after a 10-day furlough spent l at his home on Maple street. He will l be accompanied by Alfred Brunelle of l Whites Crossing who will enlist in l the regular army. st artillery corps. ! Meeting of P. E. and I. \.
 ! There Wili~be a regular meeting of ] the board of directors of the Plain 1 vile Business and Improvement as l sociation on Thursday evening. Jan
 uary s. in the club rooms.
 I Alaskan Missionary to Speak. Rev. George A. Learn, superintend- i ent of the Kodiak Baptist orphanage at Wood Island. Alaska. will speak 1 on that country and his work at the 1 Plainville Baptist church tomorrow 1 evening at 7:45 o'clock. The public 1 is cordially invited to attend.
 i Consumers Register "Kicks." l The new rates charged by the Con 1 necticut Light and Power company for ! current supplied have occasioned 1 numbe Of unfaVora ble criticisms here. 1 The consumers are of the opinion that 1 the new rates are unfair and if no 1 action is taken by the New Britain