New Britain herald., 1921-06-13
MERCHANTS SETTLE WEDNESDAY CLOSING
Will All Observe Half Holiday
 This Week
BUNDLE DAY WAS A SUCCESS
Baseball Rcsults-Brock-Ba Post to Hold Meeting Tonig ght-Flag Day to Be Observed at School-Forest- vile NeWs-Brief Items.

vile News-Brief Items
 r The merchants have reached a de- cision regarding the closing of Wed nesday afternoons during the months of June, July, August and September. Through the efforts of the clerks in the stores, the merchants have agreed to close their places of business evtry Wednesday afternoon until the latter first part of September. This will go into effect this week. There still remains one merchant who has not agreed with the other storekeepers but the general opinion is that he will consent and close his grocery store.
 There has been considerable argu- ments pro and con in rega rds to the closing and last Wednesday a test came when but four stores observed it. The others. who had mostly an- nounCed their intention of closing if, "so and so would.' During the week however, the clerks felt that they had something to say in regard to the proposition and a paper was passed about the stores and signed by all with the exception of one as men, toned. The merchants feel that should the people be in urgent need of goods or groceries they would come down in the morning and make their purchases
 Rev.@E. F. Barrovys Returns.
 Rev. r. F. Barrows has been re- turned as pastor of the A. M. E. Zion church by the Rev. Bishop w. l.. Lee at the conference of the A. M. F.. Zion churches at New Haven. This will make the fourth successive year that Rev. MT. Barrows has been pas tor of the local church and the news of his return will be gladly received. He is well liked by his parishioners. Bishop Lee felt that Rev. MT. Bar rows had done more for the local church than had been required and therefore felt that the installation of another pastor would probably in- terfere with the excellent progress of the parish. The church has increased it's membership under the pastorate of Rev. MT. Barrows and is financially better than ever.
 Bundle Day Response.
 Bundle Day was success in Plain vile. The store in the Neri block, used as headquarters, was filled to capacity with old clothes contributed by the residents of the town. Today Miss Anna Grannis is at work sort ing out the articles, keeping what clothing she feels is needed most for the poor of the town. The rest will be forwarded to, New Britain and giv- en to the Near East Relief. The Boy Scouts did excellent work Saturday morning. With the aid of trucks loaned by the Trumbu1l Electric Man ufacturing company and Donald Ben jamin, they made house to house canvass and collected bundles left on the front porch. The committee in al tn ,o;,, l, ,lycI and appreciation to the Scouts and the townspeople in general who aided in making the campaign a success. The Bundle Day was in charge of John Lamb and F. l.. Benzon, acting under the Chamber of Commerce.
 A plan to be used will be to keep | all heavy clothing such as overcoats i and winter material for when the | cold weather comes in, divide this | among the needy of P1ainvi1le.
 Should there be any persons who | were overlooked Saturday when the | collecting was in progress, who de- | sire to contribute towards the needy, | they are asked to leave the bundle | at the store in the Neri block today | or tomorrow.
 Baseball Results.
 The Aces journeyed to Manchester afternoon for a league game and bowed down to defeat by the | score up to 10 to g. Graham, Olson l hitting game and both sides played | excellent ball. The battery for the | Aces was Jacobson and Marine.
 Sunday afternoon they played the Peerless A. c. of New Britain at Rock wells Field and were defeated again, 10 to g. The score at the eighth in> ming was 10 to 6 but a rally in the | ninth inning for the Aces brought the score up to 10 to 9. Graham( Olson and Haynes was the battery for the locals.
 Saturday afternoon there was no game at Aliens field as the Manches- ter aggregation did not show up to | play the Plainville A. C. They gave | DO reason for their not putting in an appearance and the game was sub | sequently forfeited to the locals by the | score of 1 to 0.
 Sunday afternoon the Plainville A. | c. played the North Ends of Meri- | den and defeated them by the score | of to 0. It was a fast game and a | good turn out of fans was seen. The | battery for the locals was Phelps and | and or the visitors was Bren- nan and Miller. The mana cement of 1 the team regretted the loss of the game on Saturday afternoon as a good crowd of fans attended.
 Post Meeting Tonight
 The Brock Barnes Post will hold a meeting tonight. Plans for the future will be discussed and reports from the va riouS committees heard The body