New Britain herald., 1927-12-31
CIVIC ADVANCES
 MANY DURING 1927
Past Year an Important One in
 Town Of PlainYiue
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

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 The year 1927 was a year of marked civic progress for PlainvjlIe numerous steps of advancement being taken during it's course, Prominent among these were the ac- ceptance of a building code, the ac- ceptance of the George D. Mastin es tate as a public library site, the cleo ton of the towns first board of finance, and the construction of q storm sewer in the low-lying east
 end. A milk ordinance was adopted,
 and parking at the center was re- strlcted to end the congestion there. A state offer of S20,000 for use in
 building roads Vas accepted. The Plainville Water Co. finally tapped the New Britain mains and brought Plainville pleasant tasting water the year round. The unsighuy Bristol Mfg. Co. property at the center was sold and several projects now planned bid fair to greatly improve this tract and put it to good use The sole failure during the year was the dismal failure of the bill to create a town court here.
 Politically the year was featured by the defeat of John J. Kimmel at
 the hands of James Simpson in the republican caucus and the latter's . election as first selcctman. With the
 end of the year Miss May Morgan
 retires as town clerk.
 There was turnover in the school department. Leon C. Staplcs sue ceeding L. s. Mills as superintendent and Douglas Macdonald taking
 Phillips II. Lords place at the high school. A school dentist was cm- ploycd, and Parent-teachers' asso-
 ciation is now in process of forma-
 ton.
 The vacancy in the pulpit of the Church of Our Saviour was filled by the calling Of Rev. l.. 0. Melville
 Rev. Charles Cleveland took the
 place of Rev. C. II. Monbleau at the advent Christian church. and Rev.
 A. D. kendricll, D. D., was retained
 at the Baptist church when his parishioncrs asked him to recon
 slider his resignation.
 Two Plainville men died In acci- dents during the year, James Nor
 gan from a fall into his cellar and | W. Vernon Baker in an auto acci- dent in New Britain. Two train auto crashes. fortunately. did n1t result fatally. Edwin II. Hills, prominent manufacturer, committed
 suicide, as did George Suydam. The nccrology of the year shows
 he town lost several valua ble citi-
 zens. Foremost among them were
 Mr. Hills, George D. Maston and
 Rev. J. G. Ward, former Baptist
 church pastor. Two more Of the
 fast vanishing Civil war veterans answered their last call. They were
 William G. Renfree and Charles
 White. Albert Fish, Plainvile's old
 est resident. died at the aga of a5,
 while two other monagcnarians were
 lost in the deaths of Martha Sey-
 mour and Mrs. Lucinda IIalstoi.
 Other outstanding events of 1927
 included a scarlet fever epidemic,
 several cpidemics of rabies, 2 series
 of bad fires on the outskirts due 10 lack Of water, and a succession of
 gas station rohbcries and safe breaks.
 The principal events Of the year, in chron nological order. were as fol- lows:
 January 4-Ella T. Goodrich. "A dies. 5-School committee engages Dr. Edward l.. Brennan as school dentist. 1o-Tire drives Vincent Bottua and family into cold and snow at a. m. John F. Lamb re- elected chairman of town plan com mission. Salvation Army drive nets $G17.53. Ex-Governor John Fl. Trumhull reelected president of Plainville Trust co. 15-Train re- places gasoline coach on Millarton line. l7-Church of OuF Saviour calls Rev. Leonard o. Molvili" to he rector. 19-- Mr. and Mrs. George R. ByinEton married 25 years. % Grand list totals S6o00,o ,o0o. Evening school abandoned hccailsc of poor at tendance. 24-Rev. (. II. Monhleau elected president of Ministers asSo- citation. "5--SolocimCn install up- to-date bookkeeping system for town records 26-Nendng machines or dered out of town. Harold Keeling becomes Plainvillc's first eagle scout. 2T-Sub-zcro weather gives iiremcn bitter battle with flames at home of Dominick Nadia. rlainvillc forbids dumping of New Britain garbage here. 23-Plainvillc Grange 40 years old. 30-Mr. and Mrs I. J. Birnbaum observe o5th wedding anniversary. \ YYYr TH1VAY@r