New Britain herald., 1922-12-13
final REPORT OF
! RED CROSS DRIVE
Total Of S469.75 Collected During
Canvass on PlainVille
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SS66.75 TO REMAIN HERE
Switch Question 10 BE Discussed AZ
Town Hearing Tonight-I'orcstcrs
Looking For Card Challenger
Rowling s,cOres-Othcrs Notes,


The Red Cross drive In Piainville
this year was decided success con-
sidering the hard times experienced
J by most of the people here In the
shortage of work and the high cost
/ of living. John Lamb, chairman Of
the drive. felt that the local chapter
1 of the Rcd Cross should be clated
! over the showing made here, when
| other places much larger reported
| that the drive was nowhere near as
successful as In other years.
| The following is the final report of
| the memberships and donations this
year: 1877 annual memberships at 81
each, total $1S7; sustaining men,
F. berships at $40 each, total $50; IA
contributing memberships at SIS each,
total $40; making a grand total of
memberships of sso7.
Besides the amount collected
through the medium of the member
ship drive, it is reported that one fac
tory gave a contribution of 500, an
other s25, while miscellaneous con-
tributions amounted to s162.75.
Adding these two totals togethers,
the result of the entire drive and the
total amount of money collected In
Plainville is S469.75. or this amount,
the following list represents the
money that will remain in the town
/ to be used here in all branches OF
work in which the Red Cross is en-
gagged: Annual memberships, $3.50;
sustaining memberships, s47.50 con-
| tributing memberships. $50, and
donations s16275. The remainder Of
| the total, amounting to s10S, will be
dispatched to national headquarters
to be used in national and interna
| tional work.
Town Hearing Tonight.
Intense interest is being shown by
local people in the town hearing
scheduled for s o'clock this evening
| in the town hail. The question I'M
der discussion is the request of the
Connecticut Co. for permission to In
stall another switch in the center
square opposite the old Russell prop
erty on East Main street, which is
now owned by Neri Bros.
There is certain to be great deal
of objection raised at the meeting,
according to sentiment about town.
| Representatives of the Connecticut
Co. will be present to explain the
company's side of the question.
Another Question.
| Another question that will probably
be discussed is a more suitable stop
ping place for the trolley cars AL
| though there is no action expected
to be taken on this matter at to-
nights meeting, it has often been
| noticed that great deal of confu-
sion to automobile traffic has been
caused when trolleys arrive in Plain
vile and people transfer to the Bris
| toll line.
At present, people changing over
| from the Connecticut Co. lines to the
| Bristol line or vice versa, instead of
| using the sidewalk and proceeding
along by the monument until the
| railroad tracks are crossed, take the
middle of the street as the quickest
route to reach either the Bristol or
the Connecticut cars.
| Up to the present time. no one has
been injured, but every day there is
| the expectation that some one will be
| struck by a passing automo bile, I'M
| less people use the sidewalk. This,
! of course, cannot be blamed on the
| trolley companies, because it is up to
| the people who are passengers on the
i lines to use the sidewalk and not the !
street. 1t has often been discussed,
T, however, whether it would not be
better to have the trolleys stop atl
the other corner instead of at the
present stopping place, but the OBJ
lection to that is the jam in traffic
that will ensue if this policy is fol-
lowed out. 4
Seeking Opponents
At the meeting of the local court
OF Foresters last evening, the fact
that there were no challenges to card
tournaments received yet this year
was deplored, and several of the
members stated that it was sad
state of affairs when the local card
teams dared not to attempt to play
against such experts as the local
court furnishes. 1t is though that the
fact that the Foresters were last
years champions has put fear in the
! hearts of the remaining lodge teams
in town, and it seems that last years
champions will be this years cham
pions without contest.
The members of the Forresters
court feel that they are superior in all |
the games, set back, forty FIVE or
cribbage, and it is up to the Odd Eel /
lows the American Legion aid the
other lodges in town to wrest laurels !
from the Foresters in the welding !;
of the paste boards
victims Meeting
The next meeting OF the Victims !
Club will be held Monday night, De-
cember is, at the home Of Miss Ber- |
nice Mitchell at "a East street.
This Saturday in the empty store |
in Neris Block, food and fancy art-
Gle sale will be held between the hours
of 2 and o'clock. Those having arti- /
Giles to donate are asked to leave them
at the home of Mrs. Frank Hart on
East Main street, not later than Fri |
day night. The committee in charge
of the sale must look the goods over |
and put a price on them
The proceeds from this sale will |
go into a fund to purchase an automo-
bile for the Visiting Nurse Association
of Plainvile. This question has long
been discussed IN various quarters in
,, town, and the chief aim of the We
Uns society this year has been TO aid
the women who have been doing so
much good as far as health is con-
serned.
Ladies' Aid Sale
The Ladies' Aid Society of the