New Britain herald., 1923-06-22
PainmM Mews
CARRIER SERVICE
IS 10 YEARS OLD.
Gordon Hartshorn and Pearl
Smith "On The Job"
SEEK BIRTH CERTIFICATES

olLh Dlhlh UEkllflCAlES
Complain Of waier-Dnm Corps To
Compete for Priles-Retura Prom
oammeneement-eonfer Degree
Piainyille Briefs.
/ Today marks the 10th anniversary
OF the institution of the carrier seFp,
lee In the PlainHlls post office, and
The two original carriers, asrdnn
Hartshorn and Pearl W, Smith, spent
the day as usual, on the Job, They
were appointed the frst carriers on
the city delivery service ten years ago,
and have been In the service Of the
government steadily since that time.
The city delivery service was in.
stituted by former Postmaster Peter
Prior Up 10 that time. there had
been no delivery service In Plainyilla,
due 10 the fact that II was not con.
sidered necessary Mr.. Prior repeat.
eddy recommended that an additional
service be added 10 the local post Of
lice and after time. the post office
authorities Needed the request and the
service was started. There Is no need
to state the advantages which Plain
vile people have had from the service
for the past ten years. as the efficien-
cy and courtesy OF the men engaged
In the work. speak for themselves. At
the present time under Postmaster
James Usher. the service Is carried out
with precision and the staff consists OF
the two above named carriers and one
assistant. William v. Baker.
Seek Birth Certificates
An unusually large number OF school
boys are planning to work during the
summer months. according to the nu-
merous requests made at the town
clerks office within the past few days.
At this time every year. there Is a de-
n,and for birth certificates which ARE
necessary for minors to secure before
they can be employed. but this year.
the number of applicants has been
considerably increased. Those request
KEN number mostly all graduates OF |
!ho graded schools. Miss Mae Nor |
gan, the town clerk, stated this morn
ing that almost a steady stream of
youths had been at the office the past
few days.
Complain OF Water
Numerous complaints are being
heard about the center about the wa
ter which is used for drinking pur-
poses in Plainville. Owners of husi-
ness places about the town state that
The water is unfit to drink. The fluid
comes through the pipe and is dis
colored and has bad taste, they say.
and many claim that this condition
has existed for many years past. No
were offered for the condi-
ton, but it has been stated that It Is
A number Of local peo-
pie stated this morning that they have
oeen forced to depend on wells for
heir supply of drinking water.
Compete For Prizes
The Painville Fife and Drum corps
will leave tomorrow for Pascoag, r. J.,
o compete for old fashioned prizes
II one of the biggest drum corps
onventions held in this section of the
country In recent years. The local
orps has been rated as one of the
est ancient fife and drum corps in
he state and 1t is expecting to
Tin prizes in the meet tomorrow.
)rum corps from all over New Eng
and and New York state will be pres
mt. This evening, the local corps will
lay at the Elks' carnival in Bristol I
Return From Commencement
Mrs. Peter Prior, Miss Ethel Prior, 4
nd Clement Prior Of Canal street
ave returned home after attending !
le commencement exercises at Holy
ross college. Cornelius Prior. son
nd brother, was member of the \
class at the Worcester y
:hool and he is expected home within q
10 next few days. He stood high in !
INK in his classes. .
Confer Degrees ),
Sequassen lodge, I. O. o. F., at
gular meeting last evening, confer r.
ID the third degree on a large class
candidates in Odd Fellows hail.
he ritual was carried out by the de-
zee team in charge of Ralph Morrill,. 81
Secure Marriage License u
Wilson ]. Ellis of West Main street 81
Id Miss Minnie A. Gudat of Shuttle on
eadow avenue took out a marriage u
,ense at the office of the city clerk "
New Britain yesterday. Both ar" Z
ell known in Plainville. a.
Very Few Brides IL
Miss Mae Morgan, town clerk, in VI
swer to a question as to how many NJ
arriags licenses had been issued at
e local office this month, stated that
ly a few couples in Plainville had pl
cured them here. The number is re
lch below the standard set last year II
d no reason can be given for the De
It. 1t has been noticed that a num-
r of young couples have secured IL
nses out of Plainville, and it is the lo'
lief of the town officials that Dan in
pid Is not very busy here. er
Teachers Leave Town TIL
A number of the members of the wi
,inville staff have left town to spend sn
summer at their homes. Miss de
ice Lane has left for Stonington. III
J.. Miss Edith l.. Forsyth has gone of
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