New Britain herald., 1924-08-07
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PYTH|ANS DEGREE
 TEAM TO CANADA
Members Ready for Eyempllhca' tion Before Meeting of Lodge
LIBRARY FUND FLOWER SHOW

To ss, tp Routing sims-Legion
 Plans Able To ne Out After iil.
 ness-fost offioe Alterations Com,
 pieied-Piain,iile Rriefs,
 The degree team ef py,hian ledge,
 k, of r, and number Of friends left
 this morning shortly after O clock
 bound for the meeting of the supreme
 lodge Of the order which will assem-
 ble, In Toronto, Canada, this month.
 The local team will ekemplify the
 rank of page before the supreme
 lodge in the King Edward Hotel m
 the capital Of Ontario, This Is ennsid-
 cred the greatest honor ever shown
 to any local body as the meeting of
 the supreme lodge will be attended by
 members ef the Pythian order from
 all over the world,
 The local members are making the
 trip by automobile and will make a number Of stops along the ways put.
 ting on the degree for various lodges
 throughout the state Of New York
 The team Is prepared for the biggest
 event in Its existence and has faith
 fully praeticed and drilled SO that the
 maneu,ers in the work have been al-
 most perfected.
 The itinerary Of the trip leads through New York state. Buffalo and
 Niagara Falls and then through the | Canadian province to its destination.
 Stops will be made in Albany. schenec-
 tady Utica, Syracuse, Auburn and
 Rochester. Several hundred candi-
 dates will be put through the paces 1 in Canada by the Plainyille team and they will be the guests of the su-
 rreme lodge during their stay in the province.
 Advance notices from various cities
 wherein the team will york state that elaborate preparations have been made for the reception of the Plain- villites in New York state. When ap- preaching Auburn. N. T., delegations of Pyth.ans from that city will meet the team ten miles out with a band and escort them into the city. The members are anticipating wonderful trip and their departure this morning was marked with expressions of good will from everybody in town, because residents here recognize that the hon ors conferred on the team bring iaurels also to Plainville.
 Flower Show Next Week
 The flower show to be conducted under the auspices Of the Woman's club for the benefit of the Plainvilie public library fund of which the Plainville Trust Co. Is the trustee, will be held in Grange hall next We'd nesday and Thursday. It promises according 10 all reports, 10 be one of the best displays of all time in this section of the country. The commit tee in charge wishes to impress this | fact upon the public, that the show is | open to anyone In Plainville who | would like to enter specimens. This means that any grower of flowers in Plainvile, even though he should have only one specimen, is invited to show 1t at the exhibit. There is no entrance fee and as the affair is a community project it is spected that all will enter into the spirit of the affair and do what they can for the library fund.
 People who would like to have an idea of the specimens to be shown at the exhibit, wilf have an opportunity to see some of them tomorrow. The committee in charge Of the affair has arranged to display punches of How CTS in the windows Of the merchants stores. These are being bought by the businessmen to help swell the fund.
 Anyone having any specimens which ,hey would like to enter, if they can not deliver them by Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, may have them called for There is no particular rule the. kind of varieties of lowers which are to be shown and my entry will be welcome. The own ITS are not required to donate the blooms but may have them back if hey so wish.
 People from all over the state will ! 'e in attendance to view the show and , s some of the growers in Plainville :, ' re among the best in New England, :, he town will have an exhibit that |, annot be beat anywhere in the New i, ,ngland states. Despite the drought, {, he gardens here, taken care of as |. hey are in expert style, have ~ lossomed well and this season has |, cen them filled each day with per- f ons fro mall over viewing the beau- n es and the different varieties. The N l>r,r T,,p ,,-;n la ood sized amount of money as re- alt of the cooperation of the garden & rs Of Plainvile and not any public Q roject in many years has had the acking that the flower show Is get ng at the present time. The show q i'll be continued throughout We'd esday and Thursday.
 Placing Routing Signs
 First Selectman William Johnson as had men working in the center 'ecting iron poles which will hold le new routing signs to be placed gre as soon as the cement founda- orr are completed. The signs are
 the finest make and will give pass- E tourists all the information de. red as to towns and cities on roads ading from Plainville. Road in- ruction has been long felt want
 Plainville but the difficulties ex- ,rienced by motorists driving rough the town will be overcome hen the signs are placed in position. ,e signs are very legibie and when ected on the special poles made for em. will give complete directions to \
 passing through Plain,ille. This another added bit Of service to the