New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
PLAN RECREATION
 CENTERS FOR TOWN
Graded School Association and
 American Legion Sponsors
BUSINESSMEN WIN AGAIN
Sessions Clock Falls in Tightest Game of Year - To Undergo Grating Operation-Showcr for Miss Callahan-Briefs.

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 Skin- Grating Operation-Showcr
 for Miss Callahan-Briefs.
 planned for Plainville, one by the Plainville Graded School associa- tion and one by Brock Barnes post, American Legion. The school alum- nj, who will hold their sixth annual reunion Saturday at the Broad street school, are sponsoring a plan to turn the playground connected with that school into an organized summer playground and will. take action on the matter at it's gather ing. The Legion will shortly hold a carnival and devote the proceeds 70 | turning the town lot at the corner ! of Maple and Whiting streets into a small park or green.
 At the school association reunion last year the playground project ! was preached and more than s100 was subscribed. A committee was : appointed to investigate the matter further and report back on this plan. which seemed the best of : those suggested 70 allow the former pupils to help the town of Plain vile. This committee is composed of Principal Orrin L. Judd Of the | Broad street school, chairman; Mrs
 P. W. Smith, Mrs. James Simpson
 Joseph Mccarthy, chairman of tht
 school committee: and Frank Hart | with Governor John H. Trumbul
 as an advisory member. The com.
 mittee met last night 10 perfect {
 report for the alumni reunion Sat
 urday and has made the following
 announcement
 "The committee feels that q sum , mer playground for the children o . Plainvillc would prove very bene , ficial in many ways. besides keep . ing the children off the street:
 Different members of this commit , tee have visited playgrounds i : nearby cities and are very enthusi 5 astiC over the excellent result { which they saw. A playgroun : could be started here for next sum 5 mer with the sum of few hundrc 7 dollars. At last years meeting 0 the association quite a sum wG
 raised by collection. and this ha V been added to by personal gift n The committee is sure of over s20 e to further this project if the 2jun r nj association votes to carry it on $ In all our cities these playgvouNi t are supervised and equipped Wit n apparatus which tends 10 develo
 the physical growth Of the chil'
 Certain hours during the day are fc n children of different ages. six day o a week. Planville is doing muc ,, for the educational and intelectu;
 growth of its children. The physic; :, growth should not be neglected. bt
 cause physical education is a part (
 our educational system now.
 Many children in our town hay n little recreation during the summC W except playing on and roaming abol e the streets. A playground, we d equipped and well supervise r. would be of great advantage to tal q care of these children, besides d. Ia veloping them physically.
 is Tt Is hoped that the alumni ass IS citation will vote to further in le project and that plans will K made to have playground in ol
 eration for the summer of 1927. TT
 Broad street school grounds a D. central and would be a good pla, it for it."
 Mir. Judd has spent considcrab