New Britain herald., 1925-02-09
PAY VISIT ID
 EVENING SCHOOL Demins to Show Americaniza- tion Films Wednesday Night LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING
To Attend Special Town Meeting-- To Attend Clothicrs' Conycnti0n-- Forty and Eight to Meet Here pIalnvillc Briefs.

Plalnvillc Briefs.
 Robert c. Deming, director of Americanization for the state of Connecticut, will visit the Plainville evening school on Wednesday eve- ming, at 8 o'clock, 10 talk on Ameri- canization and its principles.
 At the request of 20 non English speaking people, an evening school was opened by the town school com mittee at the Broad street school with Principal A. K. Ham of the Plainville High school in charge, In few weeks the attendance in the three classes reached the total of 27 pupils and an additional teacher, Miss Ruth Jacobs, was secured and two rooms were occupied three eve nings a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This continued until February 6, when the attendance had dwindled 10 the point where one
 eacher, MT. Ham, was able to do the
 work.
 On Wednesday evening, MT. Dem-
 ing plans to show the members of
 the school number of moving pic ture films including one entitled
 "The Making of An American
 While this meeting Is not open to the
 general public, all day and evening
 school teachers and no-Englisl'
 speaking people are cordially invited
 to attend.
 Legion Auxiliary Meeting l The American Legion auxiliary tc | Brock Barnes post, will meet in the Legion rooms Thursday evening tc 1 transact important business. A . "Tacky" party will be held at which the members will be required tc dress as for 8 poverty ball. com mitteel will inspect the garb of al those who attend and anyone judged to be dressed too well for the oc'
 casion will be fined 1 0 cents. At the meeting, plans will be made for the entertainment of the delegates who will attend the county meeting or Sunday, February 22. The Ladies auxiliary has taken it upon them selves to furnish food for the gath
 ering and the menu will be choser , Thursday night.
 The membership drive to be insti
 tuted in the near future will also b
 discussed and several importan . committees, including the popp.
 committee and the memorial com
 mttee, will be appointed. Arrange Il ments will he made for the annua
 sale of peoples at this time. - To Attend Meeting
 As the date for the special tow
 meeting grows near, a larger mum ber of people are starting to expres ., themselves on the question of ]ig ;, school for the town and a meetin " fully as interesting and as full 0 . high lights as the first one held O 7 the Linden street school. is antici u pated. It will be remembered tha = 1t took seven town meetings to settl
 the question of the Linden stree Il school and although the rcpetitio l. of a condition such as existed a
 that time Is not expected. the schoc a committee and town authorities an '- ticipate a lively time when tho ar tt guments are put forth either in favo n or against the newly proposed pro IT ject.
 The town meeting will be held i D, the town hall, February 17, at I. o'clock and several measures are { k he acted on. The first will be tn 70 reception of the final report of h n reception of the final report of tn ,- street school.
 :, The second will he the appoint |, ment of a committee to investigat
 sites for proposed new high schoC
 and to recommend to subseQuer
 town meeting the site or sites mo:
 suitable for this purpose.
 The third measure will he 10 sec
 for the proposed committee an ar s, propriation of a sum not 10 c,
 ceed s200 which may be used y secure options on site or sites fc
 the proposed new building. l- The Bristol and New Rritai l. school boards have refused { S. accept any more rnpils in their hig ,e schools and as there is no otht inf place near Plainville 10 which tf ne children who are eligible to go : high school can be sent, it become
 necessary for Plainville to take cal of its own pupils.
 = Many people are wondering wh'
 the cost Of the new school will b 'e hut this cannot bc determined unt the meeting is held and a site an T! plans for the building have been d.
 cidcd on.
 n- Ii is felt that there will he lit b. or no objection 10 the propose n, movement 10 secure high scho he building for the town. There is [ h. building for this purpose at prcsel
 although there is a high school. TT