New Britain herald., 1922-03-22
M. A. NORTON HEADS NEW POULTRY CLUB Officers Elected and Bylaws
 Presented at Meeting lEMPC0 BOWLING NOTES
W. C. T. |. Tenders Mrs. George Y. Tyler Farewell Surprise Party A; Gathering Yesterday -- Funeral or George D. Claik-Itcms.


 Gathering Yesterday -- Funeral or
 George D. Claik-Itcms
 Minton A Norton, proprietor of the P'ainyille Hardware company on Whiting street, was elected president of the newly organized P,ainyille Poultry club at its meeting held in the town hall last night.
 The other officers are: Vice. .presi. lent. Omer l.. Demanche: secretary
 ewis s. Mills; assistant secretary toward IaField: treasurer. Edwin H Hills, and auditors, William J. Simp son and Jeremiah R. Lewis. TWO new members were also added 70 the list last evening. They are E. R. Moore and w. J. Simpson, The 'reanization now has total mem bership of 26. It was voted to change the name of the club to the Plain ille Agriculture and Poultry nssocia- lion. Meetings will be held on the econd Wednesday of every month 1, md Selectman William J. Johnson nas consented to permit the club to hold the sessions in the court room of the town hall.
 Will Protect Members One of the interesting rules drawn up in the new bylaws, as prepared by the organiza ton committee, pro tects the members to some extent from theft of chickens from their pens. The law reads 10 the effect that reward of $1o will be given every person who is able to give any infor- nation leading to the arrest and con viction of persons stealing fowls from my member of the association clause in the constitution also authorizes the secretary of the or ] ganization to make an investigation of the marketing of eggs and chick ems in the town, that members may dispose of their products more easily Stores will be canva ssed in order to find out the possibility of supplying them with fresh eggs and fowls daily By this means. the association will he rendering each member service which will compensate hinp for his cooperation in making the club q success.
 It is also planned later on. to com h'ne the present PlainNille Agricul- 1ure association with the new one membership campaign is under way st present and is in charge of w. !. } Simpson, Omer nemanche, Howard Tsaleld, NJ. A. Norton and J. R. ewis. The club desires to enlarge it's present membership to 100 Re. ports will bc heard at the next meet ing which will be open to the public and q speaker will be secured
 George D. Clark
 The funeral of George D. Clark. who died Sunday at his home in Coosada. Alabama. will be held to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from the chapel in the West cemetery. Rev. Charles $. Wyckoff, pastor of tho Congregational church, will off ciate.
 Mir. Clark was born in Plainvile December 31, S43 and for nearll three quarters of century resided in l'lalnville. where he married Miss Mary Goodrich daughter of the late Jared Goodrich. founder of the knit underwear industry in this town. | Here their family was born and rear cd
 During the early years of Mir. C'arlS's life, the family resided at the old Clark homestead on Whiting street. Later on Red Stone Hill. from whence he and Mrs Clark removed 10 | Coosa da, Alabama. upwards of five years ago. The story of the Clark family in its relation to Plainvlle, is an interesting one and their coming gave a direct impetus to manufa ctur- ing in this town.
 Norris Clark, father of the deceas- cd, settled in Plainville in 1S4O, and began the manufacture oe clock keys, in small shop located north of the depot, in Cronx meadow. In 1855 he formed a partnership with his son. Allison N. Clark and his son-in law, the late William l.. towles, under the firm name of Clark, Cowles &; Co. To clock keys was added the making of clock hands, a highly important pro- duct in those days and especially 50 for the newly formed company, due to processes developed by the elder Clark. New and larger quarters were obtained in a factory located where the Plainville IMInher Co.'S yard is HOW lOCdItl. Hp HldnU1dCIuTe or riHets was added in 1857, when the firm name was changed to Clark & | towles.
 | This factory was burned in 1864, whereupon a new start was made in a building that stood where II. C. Baums plating shop is now located. l This shop was destroyed by fire in 1877 and soon after, the firm erected the brick factory on Whiting street. Here the business was continued until 1880, when Norris Clark retired.
 He was succeeded by George D. Clarke, the deceased, who, in turn. re- tired in 1900.
 | Norris Clark was T man of marked i mechanical ability. He was the orig inator of the present day method of --bending high carbon steel without preheating. and this discovery which tho Scientific American then referred to as "One of the greatest inventions