New Britain herald., 1920-01-20
HADSELL PROPERTY IS WANTED BY TOWN $500 Is Offered for Addition to
 Cemetery Grounds INSTALLING NEW SYSTEMS
Standar rd Steel X Bearings Factory Undergoing Changes - Episcopal Church Annuat-Libraiy Directors to Mect-Othcr News Items.

A special town meeting. with small attendance, probably owing to the storm, was held last evening in the town hall The first business was the
 report of the board of selectmen con corning the purchase of the Wood ford property for use as a town build ing site. IL was voted to apprnve the report presented by the board.
 The next business as outlined in the call for the meeting was he report of the PlainNillc Cemetery association concerning the matter of purchasing
 more land for burial purposes in the West cemetery. The report stated that the only land available is the
 property of the Hadsell estate. The
 cemetery association has tried vain
 ly for some time to get q price on the
 land from the owners. They reported
 last evening that they had approached
 Col. G. X. Hadsell with a view 10 haV-
 ing nun name a price on the land. A
 letter from Col. HadSell was read at
 the meeting. He states that he does
 not want to sell the land but that he
 will sell it because of the use to which
 it is to be put and owing to the urgent
 need for more land for the cemetery.
 He stated that he is waiting for an of
 fer from the cemetery association for
 
 considera ble discussion and if was voted to allow the association to of- fer the Hadsell estate the sum of $500 for approximately 10 acres of land ad- l joining the E1etery, to be used for purposes of interment. The rssolu- 1 ton was introduced by John Trum- l bull.
 Town Clerk Robert Usher read 1 resolution Calling for an arrangement 1 ,;-l 1 town of Pennington. and which con l cern PlainVille. may he copied and 1 placed on> file in the local town clerk 5 | office. Among these records in | Cluden boundary lines. land records | and entries Of a similar nature. This | situation is explained by the fact that 1 the town ot rlainvi1e was formerly ! s part of the town of Farm iu Gton. he l former being chartered ns separate l town In 1862. The older records were l left in the Pennington town clerk $ l office. Town Clerk Usher has. during. l his long years of service in office here 1 copied many of the records in the | neighborins town which pertain to { matters of local interest. Through 1 this work he has become familiar with the methods used in copying such re- l cords. Harry A. Castle is also famil- 1 jar with the work. Mr. Castle sta ted l at the meeting that it would take one l man at least year to CODY tho 1 PIainvlle records in the town of l Pennington.
 l The F'armingtor town clerks books 1 include records of this town back to 1 1900, Many of them are almost l- 1 lc-ible and it would be q difficult ta six ! Cr.n for a force of men to make ac- | curatc copies of the older records I The books for the past T5 years, how 1 ever, arc plainly written, the man l who wrote them being an expert pen
 man. First Selcctman William ],
 Johnson suggested that the records l for the past l25 years he copied and 1 placed on filc in PlainVille. He be 1 lieves that the records for that time l would be sufficient and that no dis 1 putcs would arise which could not | be settled by reference {" the rec 1 ords Of that term of years.
 It was decided to appoint s. com l mttee of three men to decide on
 this matter. The following men were l appointed: First Selectman William l !. Johnson, Harry A. Castle and Town l Clerk Robert c, Usher.
 1 Most of the people who are inter ] csted in civic matters believe it. to 1 be q necessity that the records Of
 Pennington for many years be copied l TOT use Tn ElalnSlile- ln1S necessity ! has been ably demonstrated al town ! meetings when the business Of inn l proving streets in outlying sections | of the town was taken up. It has 1 frequently become necessary 10 con 1 suit the records in Pennington when | information concerning such high l ways was desired. The committee l will report on it's activities at fu- 1 ture town meeting.
 Ladies' Aid Supper.
 1 The Ladies Aid society of tho | Platnville Baptist church will hold a hash supper from 5:2O to x o'clock | tom orrow evening in the church 1 chapel. The public is invited.
 Roy scouts Active.
 1 Troop If. EoH scouts of America. l at recent meeting decided 10 be- come affiliated with thc New Britain 1 branch of tho organization. The To- or three wears ago and for a time 1 were very active. taltinG part in all l public activities, and in the Liberty
 bond cam peiens and other sovern- | ment war work. The most difficult | task which confronted the local troop
 was that Of securing Suita ble quar- 1 terS and few months aco the troop l ceased tn br active in town affairs | The reason for tn" new alIiliation | ,,th tn" New Britain branches is 1 aSCribcd to tho fact that the local 1 boys arc offered better advantages in 1 the nCiGhhurin~ city than they can l possibly secure here. even if they re-