New Britain herald., 1923-04-20
PainviM Meys
TOWN MEETING IS CALLED FOR FRIDAY SeleCtmen Take Action on Pe-
 tition to Rescind Land Purchase BRISTOL HOSPITAL DRIVE
HOSPITAL DRIVE

DhlOlVL. nUOrllhL DklYE Legion Donates to Graves Decorating Ftnd--"Y' Groups to Hold Field
 Day-Pythians Make Final Reports on lcbration--PlainvilIc Briefs. The board Of sclectmen has sent out a call for a special town meeting to be held Friday evening, April 27, in the Town hall to act on the petition of 2S voters calling for the rescind- ing of the vote taken at the special town meeting held April II, when 1t was voted to buy a tract Of land from the John Cooke Co. for s7.5oO for a school site.
 The petition also called for the sub mission to the voters of more than che piece Of land. and the meeting call states that if the vote is rescind- ed. committee will be appointed to bring in recommendations of plots selected.
 | This is the outcome of general wave of protest against the price voted to be paid for the Cooke tract. Many voters are of the opinion that school house is necessary in the section where the Cooke tract lies, but the price asked, they claim, is exorbitant.
 Bristol Hospital Drive. | A committee of citizens from Bris- of tho li- rectors of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce last evening to discuss the advisability of canvassing Plainville in the interests of drive being car ried on by the Bristol hospital. II was decided that the Chamber Of Commerce would endorse the drive but there would be no house to house canvass in Plainville. The Bristol committee pointed out that there were I13 patients from Plainville who were cared for at the Bristol institution last year.
 They explained that the money to be collected would be put into a building and present plans call for an addition of 60 beds or an increase Of 1 from 20 to so. w. l.. Caffcrty was appointed chairman of the commit tee of the chamber and all those who wish to make donations towards the l Bristol cause may send them to him. The quota for tho entire drive is set at s365,o00 but no quota has been set for Plainville. Members of the Bristol committee planned to make a personal canvass of the Plainville | factories today.
 l Graves Decorating Fund.
 Brock-Barnes post, American Le- zion, has voted to contribute SID tc the Overseas Graves Decorating Fund being raised in this country to insure decoration of graves of all vet erans of the world war whose bodies rest in the graves in France. The American Legion is conducting na- tonal campaign for this purpose and appeals to the public have met with signal success throughout the coun- try. An appeal is made to all those in Plainvile who are interested in l seeing the graves of the heroes of the war with Germany who still rest | beneath French soil, decorated in a I l Postmaster J. Usher. Several Plain vile boys who lost their lives in the great conflict are buried in France and the committee in charge of the fund here feels sure that a generous response will meet their appeals. | The post also voted to endorse the Salvation Army drive and they call attention to the fact that two mem- bers of the Legion post are members | of the community advisory board. On April 30, a joint meeting with the Ladies Auxiliary will be held and | entertainment and refreshments will be provided. A committee has been | appointed to secure a picture of every dead Legion man.
 To Hold Field Day
 | TomorroW afternoon the senior and junior groups of the Hartford | County Y. M c. A. will hold field day at Rockwells field John N Lam berton, field secretary of tho organi- zation, will conduct the events which will consist of games of volley ball. tug of war. broad and high jumps, hop, skip and jump and other forms of sport. All boys in Plainvile are invited to attend and compete and q large crowd will be out to witness the events. Records for the town will be set tomorrow and the day will mark the opening of the summer campaign to put Plainville on the sport map. Contests will be held regularly in the i future. The adults of the town are invited to attend as number of them will be called on to act as judges of the winners. Plans will also be fur thered in the interest of the baseball teams to represent the groups.
 Make Final Report
 Pythian lodge, K of F., has an nounced the following as a final re- port of the Christmas tree committee which conducted the exercises in the community for the children of the town last year;
 Rcceipts---S Show. sale of watch and donations of members of the lodge, sSs2.63: expenditures. show, watches and Christmas tree. flag. entertain ment and all incidentals, s925.l9. Balance left unpaid and settled by Pythian lodge s42.56. Money due on sale of tickets. s9.46. Signed by F. F. Aspinall. w B. Wilber, Harry Bonney, II. c, Anderson and Louis