New Britain herald., 1927-11-09
RED GROSS DRIVE
 OPENS TOMORROW
Annual Campaign to Be Made
 Through Factories
PARENTS FORM
Nominating Committee Appointcd- Nilson Passes ENam-Meat Mark ct Changes Hands-Dnsty League Bowling-Banquet Monday.

The annual membership drive Of the Plainville branch of the Ameri- can Rcd Cross will open tomorrow, , Chairman John E. Lamb announced
 today. There will be no house-to- ! house canvass, but the several fac 1 tories will canvass their employes 1 and the larger part of the work will i be done in this manner. Workers
 will also be stationed in the post of l fee and Plainville Trust Co. 10 take
 subscriptions at hours to be an
 nounced later. Those not reached
 in these ways may send in their sub~ 1 scriptions to Miss Sadie L. Wheel.
 CT or Mir. Lamb. The campaign will 1 last until Thanksgiving Day.
 No definite quota has been set for Plainville, either in regard to the number Of members or the amount
 of money sought. The New Britain
 chapter. of which the Plainville so- l ciety is a branch, has raised its
 quota from 5000 10 5000. and 1t is l therefore naturally expected that i the returns In this town should be | approximately larger than a year
 ago.
 There will be no special subscrip-
 tions taken up for the New England ! flood relief. Headquarters at Wash i inEton is furnishing all the funds necessary for this work. but the ] present call. in addition 10 the de- mands made on the national treas
 'lry by the Mississippi river flood. is draining the treasury. It is there 1 fore hoped that there will be an in creased subscription In order that ] the national treasury may be re plenished.
 | To this end as many individual
 subscriptions as possible are sought. 1 For instance. If the head Of a fam lily of five is planning to subscribe 50, he is asked to take out s1 mem
 berships for each member Of his family. Fifty cents of each mem hership is sent to Washington, and the more individual subscriptions there are the more money can be turned into the depleted treasury of
 national headquarters.
 Plainville went over the top in the drive for Mississippi relief funds and then. when its quota was doubled. again passed the mark set It Is hoped that the town will respond as willingly to the present call, and the local branch Is confident that it will do so.
 Parents and Teachers Form A Parents and Teachers associa- ton was formed last night at the high school as feature of American Education Week. Superintendent of Schools Leon C. Staples spoke on the meaning of the week and the need of an organization such as he was advoca ting. He declared that un- trained parents are the greatest drawback to children. and that par ent-teacher organizations are the best means of training parents They give the fathers and mothers oppor- tunity to come in contact with their children's teachers, to consult with them for the children's welfare, and to learn Of the school work. Mr Staple said he hoped the organiza- ton would end apathy and non-co- operation on the part of plainvillle parents.
 It was suggested that the consti- i tuition of the national association {, be adopted and that dues be placed ! at 50 cents a year. A nominating committee consisting of F. T. Bras tow. H. s. Washburn and Mrs. { Howard Smith. was appointed. This will report at meeting in Decent { Der, when the formal election will be held. The rights, privileges and opportunities of the child will be the basis of the associations program.