New Britain herald., 1920-12-16
PLAWVHLE NEWS
LOCAL COAL YARD
 HAS NEW OWNERS
Out of Town Parties Purchase ThOmpSOn'S Place of Business

luuulpouH laVV VI Duoiii00o VISITING DAY IN SCHOOLS Woman's Club Hears Speakers-Sale
 Very SuccessfuI-Legion Notes
 Celebrates Wedding Anniversary
 Lecture Tonight-Other Items
 1T C Thomson owner of the J,bompsou Lumber and Coal company of 26 Pierce street, announced today that he has sold the place and will re- tire from business. The new owners come from out of town. They are, Burton Phelphs of Windsor Locks, and Lee Bloom of Springfield. They plan to take over the place on Jan- uary l. As yet they have not men, toned any firm name nor filed any certificates of incorporation. It is ex- pected that the coal yard, will be conducted under the name of The PlainvilIe Lumber and Coal company. Both the new proprietors have had considerable experience in the coal and lumber business They have not planned any new ventures or addi- tions to the present yard, but will probably increase the present stock, should business warrant such pro- cedure.
 Mir Thompson has been connected with the coal industry for the past 13 years He is a successor to the late E. N. Pierce who died several years ago. The buiness was then taken over by Pierce's daughter who sold it to MT. Thompson. It is the only coal and lumber yard in Plainville. MT. Thompson has always been able to furnish the town with coal even dur ing the worst coal famine that was witnessed during the recent war. His plans for dividing the coal in ap- proxin1ate quantities, to the usual number of tons used a season, met with approval and solved a way to assist families to continually have some amount in their bins. |
 Rumors to the effect that Mr. Thompson will leave immediately for Palm Beach or Atlantic City, are branded as false by him. He states that he will find it necessary to re- main in Plainville for several months, to assist the new owners in becoming acquainted with the town. S' Visiting Day. E The long looked for Parents Visit- ing Day, at the Plainville Grammat school, will be held tomorrow. ,Ex- ercises will commence at 10 o'clock, when the regular work will be in pros, gress. The mothers will have an opportunity to hear their daughters and sons recite their favorite poem on a stand in front of the class. At 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon, sales will be conducted under the aus pices of the Cooking class and the Sewing club. Goodies cooked from their own recipes or articles made by their own nimble fingers will be sold. The proceeds realized from the food sale will bS turned into the Moving Picture fund which is used for expenses of the films at the school. large attendance is looked for ward to by Principal Orrin l.. Judd.
 Woman's Club Meeting.
 The Woman's club held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank T. Wheeler of Farming ton avenue. Mrs. Charles Clark se- cured some interesting speakers for the occasion. They were: Miss Eliza beth Rogers, general secretary of the New Britain Y. w. c. A. Miss Run- ner, secretary of the Foreign work and Miss McGill secretary of the Y. w. c. A. headquarters in New York. All these young ladies are connected with the Hartford county Y. w. c. A. Miss Runner gave an interesting talk on the Foreign work and spoke ex, pressively on the foreign women and their desire to learn and broaden their educational views.
 She has been making a survey of this town for the past ten days and gave a report yesterday on what, were the essential necessities for aiding the foreign women. Miss McGiIl, who has charge of the financial end at the New York headquarters, has it her duty to see that the Y w. c. A. organizations are well established and assist in the town and county work
 Mrs. Charles Clark and Mrs. Fred erick Benzon are members of the Hartford County board and repre- sent this district
 A social hour followed the report Of the speakers and plans were made for future meetings of this sort.
 Sale Successful
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