New Britain herald., 1927-08-08
COMMENDED
 FOR ITS PROJECTS
Community Work Brings Praise
 From National Director
GAS STATION ENTERED
Prelle Robbed of $1O Worth of Goods-Au-P Plainyilles Win But
 Blues Lose in 11th Inning-Chau-
 tauqua to Close Triple Collision.

tauqua to Close Triple Collision.
 A letter commenting Brock Barnes post, American Legion. upon its community service has been re- ceived by Commander James T. Paul from Dan Sewers. national di- rector of the Americanism commits sion of the Legion. The local post will shortly be cited for this work, as stated in the following letter.
 T am happy to inform you that your post has been cited for honor able mention in an early release of our Community Service Citation column. Official notice of this cita- tion will be sent you by Adjutant James F. Burton.
 Please accept for yourself and your post heartiest congratulations on the fine constructive work you are doing"
 Brock kBarnes post has been &C., tive in promoting or supporting a large number of schemes for con- munity benefit during the past few years, taking part in almost every campaign which had this purpose in view It shouldered the entire bur- den of securing uniform decoration of the town on national holidays, se- curing flags, selling them to the merchants, and having holes to sup port them placed along the curbs about the center of the town.
 Last Christmas the post sponsored a community Christmas tree, the first in the history of Plainville This was located on the old town lot" which Is no longer known by such designation. The Legionnaire, have taken over the plot, graded and seeded 1t, and installed gravel walks transforming the once unsightly tract into a square of growing beauty. A cannon received from the government was placed on this green last fall and presented to the town Members of the post are still caring for the green.
 The Legion contributed to the Grade School Alumni association project of establishing a playground in the Broad street school yard. It began this June an annual custom of awarding medals to the boy and girl with the best records of scolar- ship and character in the graduating class of the grammar school. A Boy Scout troop, Troop S3, has been started and numbered from the designation of the post itself. Gas Station Entered
 The gas station of L. G. Prelle or Cook street was entered Saturday night and cigars and cigarettes worth s10 were stolen. The thieves did a good job, entering and leaving by a window without being seen The robbery was discovered yester- day morning and Constable William Buys was notified, but no clews had been left. The state police are now Investigating.
 All-Plainvilles Win
 The All-Plainvilles nosed out the St. Johns A. c. of Meriden in a ught baseball game played at the high school field here yesterday aft ernoon, rallying in the eighth inning to win by 3-2. Plainville got off to a two-run lead in the third frame but Meriden came back to score once in the sixth and tie the count in the eighth. In the last half of this frame, however, Plainville scored again and won.
 kalish pitched great ball up to the eighth inning. and Datoli duplicated his performance when he relieved him. The visitors made four hits of the pair. Champion starred for Plainville with three of the six hits the home team collected.
 i. Next week the All-Plainvilles and Blues will make a second attempt to start their series for the town title. Yesterdays box score.
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