New Britain herald., 1923-09-19
PLAINV|LLE GRANGE
 BURNS MORTGAGE
Impressive Ceremony Celebrated Before a Large Crowd ol Members
FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING

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 Plainvilie Grange celebrated turning point in its history in Grangi hall last evening when a pretty eers mony in honor Of the clearance O the building from debt was celebrated and the mortgage and notes connect ed with, former loans were burned A large number of members wers present including many Of the olt time members who are now living ir various parts Of the country.
 E. T. Carpenter. William j. John. son and Mrs. l.. C. Buckley. the three surviving charter members of the or. ganiZation. occupied the seats Of hon. or on the platform. A strange coin. eidence was enacted also during The ceremony In that Mir. Johnson and Mrs. Buckley were Inc two persons from whom the money for the pres ent homo was borrowed and these two took an important part in the de- struction of the mortgage and notes last evening.
 MT. Carpenter was in charge of the ceremony, and when the time came for the act itself. all tho lights in the building were extinguished, leaving the hall in complete darkness exccpt for a candle which was burning on the platform. Then amidst a pro- found silence. Mir. Carpenter took the note and set fire to 1t from the can dle and as impressively burned the mortgage after it. Then followed a night of celebration in which joy reigned supreme.
 The guest of honor for the evening was Miss Florence A. Cowles an edi- toria' writer on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, of Cleveland. O. She was one Of the members who were instru- mental in negotiating the loan with which the Grange hall was built and 1t was mostly through her efforts in past years that the Grange was able to pay off its debts.
 A banquet was served at z o'clock and following the ceremony of the burning of the papers, several musi cal selections were rendered. Danc- ing was enjoyed until late hour last evening.
 Fined in Town Court
 Walter Manzones of Forestville was fined $25 and costs in the town court by Justice Frederick Bullen last eve hing on the charge of reckless driv- ing. He was arrested Sunday evening following crash in which his car figured on the New Britain road. Af- ter an investigation, Deputy Sheriff E. W. Furrey placed him under ar- rest. Grand Juror William Foran 
 Local Cattle Winners Three entries of a total of six Jer- 'ey cows from Pinnaclerox farm, own d by Henry Trumbull, were awarded hree third prizes at the cattle ex- 1ibit at the Eastern States exhibit in Springfield. Although to some, these lonors will not seem so great, when | IS taken into consideration that the | ocal entries were selected from herds rom all over the country, it can be cen that the local entries carried off ,reat honors. Another set of prizes VIII be awarded today and it is the lope of Mir. Trumbull that his cows VIII be among those selected as the test. During the Connecticut State Fair at Charter Oak park in Hart ord, Mir. Trumbull had a herd of 16 ntered for prizes and they carried 1T II of the prizes. The local herd } rated as the best among the Jer- eys in the state.
 Plainville Grange Notes
 Plainville Grange will go to Bristol 'riday evening to take part in Neighbors Night" being conducted y the Bristol Grange. The local en- srtainers will furnish two numbers on 1e program Next Tuesday night !. ne Plainvile Grange will attend ke affair in Newington and two umbers on the program will also be lrnished by local talent. On Thurs ay evening of next week, the local lembers will journey to Avon where icy will present half of the .pro- ram of entertainment. At the next eeting in Plainvile. "Neighbors' ight" will be observed by the local range. l
 Episcopal Notes
 There will be a meeting of the piscopal church school teachers in e church parlors this evening. Mr. oebau will address the assembly.
 Baseball Feature. t Arrangements have been made for U baseball game to be played between ans representing the businessmen ' Plainville and the clerks, to be run t' at date in the near future. Will Im Durham is managing the busi- II ss mems interests and John Nalen- a le is the prime mover for the z' erks. This promises to be the fea- re of the entire season in Plainville & d both sides have the victory al- V ady tucked away. b An unofficial lineup of the business an's team is herewith published in A, der to give the fans an opportunity q, laying their bets as soon as pos ,le. The losers will be required to rnish supper to the winners and H 3 clerks are already preparing 10 le at their employers expense. The cup is as follows:
 Jack Simpson D, Billy Dunham c. Bordeau 1b. Dan Collins 2b, Doc ost ss. Micky Levine 3b, Charles