New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-16


this will give the committee 1
charge ample time In which TO can
cass the town. Solicitors will max
house 10 house canvass later on 1
the week and as the quota In forme
years has been is cents per head,
Ia expected that the drive will be
success here.
Legion Meeting Tonight
Brock-Barnes post. American lie
gion, will discuss tho question OF aid
! Ing the advisory board at the regula
meeting OF the post tonight Tn
post has been one OF the most prom
inent factors In aiding the Salvation
Army In its drives and II Is cxpectel
that the same cooperation will b
offered this year. The Ladies' Auxil
larry Of the American Legion will ais,
help, II is stated.
Hitching Posts Uncovered
With tho excavation beneath TIL,
building at the corner OF WhitinI
and West Main street complete, ,
long standing argument among somt
of the older residents has been set.
tied. Strange to say. the argument
which needed the building RACED be
for 1t could be decided, conferred or
two ordinary wooden hitching posts
These were said by one side te
have been left when the addition to
the old warehouse was built years
ago. to mark the street line which
had been established at the corner
Others said that they would not be
standing when the building was torl
down because they were positive that
the street line did not 60 back that
far. When the building came down
Saturday and the debris was cleared
away. the two posts reared them
selves out OF the piles Of dirt and
! broken boards and show that the
street line in years gone by, was al
most exactly the same as 1t will be
when the renovations on the corner
are completed.
Petition Being Circulated
1t was reported this morning that
a petition for another town meeting
to discuss the question of the purchase
of the Cooke tract on Linden street
for school purposes, had been drawn
up and is being circulated for sigma
lures. The petition must be in the
hands of the selectmen inside of 80
days from the date of the last meet
ing and 1t will be necessary to secure
90 signatures to have another meet
ing called. AS the matter stood at
the last meeting, there were 25 votes
against the project and 1t will be no
hard matter to get the necessary
number of names to the petition. The
arguments in favor of another meet
ing as stated on the petition, are 1t
is said, that the price decided on for
the Cooke tract, is exhorbitant and
that there was no choice offered the
voters as there was only one piece of
property voted on. 1t is probable that
the petition will be submitted to the
board of selecmen by the end of this
week.
Banns Are Published
The banns of marriage were pub
lished for he first time at the church
of Our Lady of Mercy yesterday, be-
tween Anthony Lipiela and Helen
Blanca. Both are residents of Plain
Vile and the wedding will take place
the latter part of this month.
Interest in Baseball
That there is great deal of inter-
est in baseball in Plainville was evil
denced over the weekend with the
meeting of various teams for the first
practice of the season. The teams out
wre the town team, the Lady OIL
Mercy Boys club and the Hartford
County Y. M. C. A. nine.
A large crowd of candidates was
out for the town nine and a snappy
practice was indulged.i in. Roy French |
has been selected as business manager |
and Eddie Goeb will be the likely |
man to head the team. Good material
was in evidence at the grounds yes
terday and evidences tend to show
that the town will be represented by
4 strong aggregation this coming sea-
son.
The l.. of NJ. Boys club team will
have the same strong lineup this year
hat it had last, with the exception of
me or two places. The management
Expects that these places on the team
will be filled with good players and
ropes are expressed that a strong
line will be developed.
The "Y" group held their first
practice Saturday afternoon at Rock
Wells field and about 16 candidates
howed up. The practice was con-
lucted under the watchful eyes OF Ed
lie Goeb the newly selected coach and
Though nothing much was done in
he way of placing the men, there APP
feared some good prospects for the 1
arious places on the team.
Pythian Lodge Wins.
The bowling team Of Pythian lodge
their brothers of st. Elmo /
odge of New Britain Saturday night !
I the third match of a series. The :
zeal bowiers were 165 pins ahead r
hen the last ball was rolled. Plain /
lille has defeated New Britain two out
+ three games and consider them
,lves champions OF the circuit. w. {
/. Wilber the manager, is casting =
bout for the next victims, and he ex- :
ects that the strong moral support +
hich he has been giving the bowlers
the past will enable them to pull
Ut in their next encounters. !,
Pythian Sisters. r
Pythian Temple, No. 30, Pythian :,
sters degree team will hold a re- c
in I. o. o. f. hall Wednesday :,
'ening. w. B. WILDER is drillmaster
I'd Frank Andrews is his assistant.
Christian Endeayor Notes.
The Christian Endeavor society of
e Congregational church is planning ,
le of the biggest social events of the
ason for the evening of May is. The