New Britain herald., 1922-05-05
COMMERCE CHAMBER PLANS FOR SMOKER F. |. Benzon to Arrange for
 Clean.Up Week
 WILL PROMOTE SPORTS HERE
sclectman Will Appoint Successor to Act in Town Clerks Office Until Term Expires in January--Lcgion Meeting With Plans For Drive.

l Mecthg N1th Plans For Drive.
 John H. Trumbull was elected chairman of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce last evening to arrange for smoker either the lat ter part of this month or some time in June. He will be assisted in this work by Charles H. Newton, Frank F. Usher, William L. Cafferty and Ralph Seymour
 The committee will probably arrange Tor the appearance of two speakers. and a radio concert will also be on the program, if plans mature. The mem bers will hold a meeting later.
 Frederick Louis Benzon was named head of the cleanup week and will take the matter up with Selectman William J. Johnson. date will be named and the residents of the town will be asked to cooperate in the an- nual campaign.
 The sidewalk committee has some important matters to take up with the selectmen in regard to improvements on certain walks found to be in bad condition.
 Town Clerk Appointee.
 Selectman William J. Johnson will appoint new town clerk soon to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert c. Usher. The appointee will act in the office until the term Of Mr. Usher expires which will be in Jan uary of 1924. Mr. Usher was elected on January of 1922 for a period of two years.
 At the present time, Judge Merritt 0. Ryder will find the vacancy, being the acting town clerk, and any busi- ness matters of that office can be done through him. He will probably ar range for certain hours to be in the office until something definite is done in regards to the appointing of an- other clerk.
 Legion Meeting.
 The American Legion Auxiliary and the Brock Barnes post members held joint meeting in the Legion head quarters last night when plans for the work in the coming Salvation Army drive were discussed. There was such | a small attendance that nothing definite was done committee from Hartford gave an outline of the plan to be followed.
 Henry Milans, former editor of the New York Tribune, will appear at the local Baptist church on Sunday after noon of May 21. The South Manches- ter Army band will arrange for a spe- cial musical program. The Plainville quota has been placed at $500. At the next regular meeting of the post, the American Legion Auxiliary will attend and go over plans for the Decoration day celebration. At | that meeting, the Auxiliary members will act as hostesses and serve re- l treatments. A social hour will fol- low the business meeting All mem bers are requested to attend that meeting in order to have the post make a good turnout on Memorial Day. Athletic Promotion. The local Protestant churches are planning for the formation of an Athletic association for the purpose of promoting clean sports among the younger people of the town. A com mttee of two has been appointed to represent each church in this work as follows:
 Donald Benjamin and Walter | Woods, Congregational church; Harry Fletcher and Harry Bonney, Episco- pal church of Our Saviour; Kenneth Selander and A. Nelson Swedish Con- gregational church; John Lamb and A. Johnson, Methodist church.; Ever cit Manning and R. Ruddock, Bap- tist church and Orile T. Earl and William Vance from the Adventist Christian church.
 This committee will meet at a later date and hold conference on the best plan to follow after which they will arrange for the drawing up of constitution and bylaws for the association. They will later report their progress at a general meeting and the plans will be acted upon and adopted if advisable.
 Pythian Lodge Notes. II
 Pythian lodge, Knights of Pythias, will hold its regular meeting tonight. There will be a rehearsal of the rank of page degree team. Tomorrow af- ternoon this team will journey to Salisbury where it will confer the work upon a class of candidates for Pythian lodge of that town. The team will leave the Plainville club rooms at 3:30 o'clock.
 Next Tuesday night the team will go to New Haven to exemplify the degree for the United lodges and on June 19 will travel to Hartford for Lincoln lodge degree work. They will also go to Waterbury at a later date.
 Will Attend Play.
 Several local people plan to at tend the play under the auspices of the senior class of the Pennington High school to be held in the town hall of that place this evening. The play will commence at o'clock. To- morrow evening the same play will be presented in the Unionville town hall. .-M
 Grange Program,
 On next Tuesday evening, the rem- , bers of Plainville Grange will attend a "Neighbors' Night" in Newington under the auspices of the Grange of that town. The local organization will arrange for the presentation of two numbers on the program. They will leave here at 7:3o o'clock, day. light saving time, and arrive in time for the program, which commences at S.90 o'clock in Newington.
 The Newington Grange is raising money for the erection of hall.
 Episcopal Church Notes.
 Tomorrow afternoon the children of the Episcopal church of Our Saviour will journey to Hartford,