New Britain herald., 1922-09-07
 PETITION OUT FOR TOWN CLERK OFFICE Will Elect Successor to Judge
 Merritt 0. Ryder GRANGE FAIR IS COMING
Aces Will Play Against Fast Meridcn
 Cutlery Team Sunday Afternoon at
 Local Field-Life Size Picture of

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 Robert Usher in Town Clerks office
 A petition. headed by John F. Lamb. has been presented to Select. man William J. Johnson for the cleo ton of a permanent town clerk at the fall election, which will take place on Monday, October 2. There are 20 sisners of the petition.
 At the present time. Judge Merritt 0. Ryder Is acting town clerk. having been appointed by Selectman Johnson to fill the unexpired term Of the late Robert c. Usher. Judge Ryder in turn, appointed Miss May Morgan as assistant town clerk.
 Mr. Johnson vii! therefore notify Edwin H. Hills, chairman of the re- publican town committee and William kJ. Foran, head of the democratic com mttee, that candidates for the office Of town clerk. will be nominated at the coming caucuses this month. 9th erwise, unless the petition had been circulated. Judge Ryder would have acted as town clerk for another year assisted by Miss Morgan.
 The signers of the petition. how ever, were in no way prejudiced against the present incumbent. but merely felt that with the increasing bulk of the business the office has daily the need of d permanent town clerk was essential.
 , Mir. Ryder sacrifices a great deal of his time at the office when he is not busy with his duties at the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing company or al the judges desk and can be found al the office nights. The great amount of work he must do in order to keer up with the filing at the town clerks office is too much for him, states Selectman Johnson.
 The circulating of the petition vii, give the voters of the town an oppor- tunity to elect a successor to MT. Ush CT or name Mir. Ryder If they SC l choose. This matter will no doubt be the main issue of the fall election and interest Is keen as 10 who the candidates will be. Both parties are understood to be ready for nominatin. I successor, especially the democrats in order to wrest the office from the hands of the republicans who have controlled 1t for years and years.
 The general belief in town Is that l woman will he the next town clerk
 Miss Morgan, who has been execut- ing the duties of the office for the past several months, has been con graduated on the capable manner in which she handles the problems which confronts her from time to time when she is unable to call upon MT. Ryder for assistance.
 The town pays a salary of $500 to the office holder and coupled with the ices from filing various papers and deeds, totals about 1,20O a year. Up to about a year or two ago. when Robert Usher was town clerk the office called for but part time at tention Mir. Usher, however, was forced to remain at his duties all da, on account of the business coming in from out of town. Night work also calls the town clery to his duties and it is on this account that the position would be hard for a woman to exc. cute. believe many of the townspeo- pie.
 Grange Fair Coming
 Plans are being made by the off cials of the local grange for holding the annual fair on September IS and 19. There will be meeting of the general committee, elected for mak ing arrangements at the home of the chairman, Mrs. F.. T. Carter, next Monday night. Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a meeting of the ladies at the home of Mrs. Hiram P. Lowry, of West Main street for the purpose of tacking quilt which will be one of the awards the grange will offer.
 The fair will be held in the Grange hall afternoons and evenings On each evening, there will be a play presented.
 Next Wedensday evening. the mem bers of the organization will journey to Pennington where they will be the guests of the Grange there at a Neighbors' Night. The Plainville grange will present number for the program, The Pennington order commences its meeting at s o'clock and local members will arrange to ar rive there at that time
 Aces Game Sunday
 The Meriden Cutlery team will come to this town Sunday afternoon and spread them selves around Aliens field preparing to defeat the loca. Aces. The Plainville team however is now Ace high and are confident of putting a dull edge to the cutlery per formers The visitors have a good ball club and a snappy game is ex- pected They have the two Lunder- lille brothers, one at short stop and the other at second base, who are expected to show some speed during he game, Ed. Walsh, twirler for the Meriden team, son of the famous pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. will be on the mound and Woodstock will stop his twisters
 Cunningham and Wadsworth, vet ,rans of the PiainNille players. will | form the battery for the Aces and | Eddie Goeh will probably be seen at enter field Eddie is showing some |