New Britain herald., 1925-05-28
PLANS FOR LEGION
 DRIVE COMPLETED
PlainYille Divided Into Districts Which Will Be CanVassed
MRS. LEON GRIFFIN DIES
Odd Fellows Host to Knights Of Pythias-Bank Employes Gradu- ate-School Visiting Day Success ful-PlainyilIe Items.

Final plans for the American Lc- { zion endowment fund drive were
 made last night at the meeting in the Legion rooms, Of the joint com mittees in charge Of the campaign C. H. Newton, the chairman, lined up the various teams with their captains and instructed them in their work. The town will be diyid- ed into districts. each of which will | be gone over by one of the teams next week. which will be devoted to a general canvass of Plainville. The drive will be conducted along the same lines as those during the World war.
 | Robert Craig, commander of Brock Barnes post, outlined the purpose for which the fund will be used. The income will be utilized for two separate purposes, one half going toward the rehabilitation and relief of disabled war veterans and ! the remainder being devoted 10 the care of the orphans of those who fought in the war.
 It is planned to establish a corps of liaison officers who will act as intermediates between the Veterans ! Bureau in Washington and the ex- service men. The officers will inves- tigate claims for disability, eliminate much Of the red tape surrounding the work of the bureau, and obtain quicker settlement of claims. The bureau is at present swamped with more than 5000 claims under in vestigation, Commander Craig said, while new ones are arriving at the rate of 140 a day.
 A novel housing system for the 35,000 orphans of Uncle Sans fighters is projected. Btllets will be established in various sections of the country, but these will not be the large orphanages usually erected. Houses will be built in groups to preserve the home atmosphere, and the children will be brought up and taken care or In these.
 The drive is approved by presi- dent Calvin Coolidge, Vice President Charles G. Dawes, and Governor John H. Trumbull, who is honorary chairman of the committee on Con nccticut.
 The members of the committees were very enthusiastic last night and expressed their opinion that 1 Plainvile will go over the top as it has in past drives. The campaign among the Legion members this week is meeting with gratifying sue cess and both Commander Craig and Chairman Newton are confident of success.
 Mrs. Mary L. Griffin
 Mrs. Mary l.. Griffin, 4, wife Of Leon Griffin of Norton Place, died yes erdav al the New Britain Gen cral hospitatL Her death Was due to pneumonia with which she had been ill for about ten days, while on Saturday she gave birth 10 child which lived gnly few hours,
 Mrs. Griffin was born in Farming ton, but has lived in plainville for more than 30 years and is well known here, where she made great number of friends who will mourn her passing,
 She Is survived by her husband: her mother, Mrs. Laura Roper of West Main street; two brothers, Henry and Carl Roper of this town two sisters, Mrs. Burritt Bacon and Mrs. Carl Okcnquist Of this town, and eleven children, Leon Griffin, . Jr.; Mrs. Irving Wilcox, and Myra ! Dorothy Edward, Melvin, Mclvina, Frank, Doris, Leslie and Ecrnicv Griffin.
 Funeral services will he conducted at 2;S0 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at w. 4. Bail"y &; Co.'S undertaking parlors on Broad street. Rev. Arthur X. Bah, pastor of tho Plain vile Methodist church win ontciate. Intorment will he in West cemetery. plainyllc