New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-08
TRIPLE BIRTHDAY
OBSERVANCE HERE
Three Generations in Family
Born on Same Date
MERCHANTS TOO FEARFUL
Chamber of Commerce Speaker
Urges Competition With City
Stores-Rain Stops League Game
Stamford Steel Bowlers Win.

! Members of three generations in
the same family observed their
| birthday anniversaries yesterday at
party held at the home of Mrs.
George Buys on Woodford avenue.
! Mrs. George Buys was &c years old
yesterday; Ter daughter-in-law. Mrs.
Wesley w. Buys, was 81; and her
granddaughter, Martha Schubert,
was eight. All three We're born on
July 7. but on different July rs
ranging over a period of SIS years.
! Mrs. George Buys was born in
Marion in 1861, having been Miss
Martha Day before her marriage.
She came to Plainville while still a
| young girl and has lived here ever
/ since with exception of few years
spent in Bristol. She has four chill
stable William Buys and Wesley
Buys, all of Plainville, and Cornelius
Buys Of Bristol. Fifteen grandchil-
dren and two great grandchildren
! are also numbered among her
! descendants.
Mrs. Wesley Buys also has four
children, and, like those of her
mother-in-law, they arc three boys
and a girl. Martha Schubert is the
daughter of Forest Fire Warden and
Mrs. George Schubert and was
=, named for her grandmother. An
other coincidence in the history of
the family is that one of Mrs. George
Buys sons. William, became a con-
stable, and her daughter married
George Schubert, who was a con-
stable until last fall and is expected
to receive the nomination again in
September.
There were is members of the
family present at the party held yes
terday afternoon, almost all Mrs.
George Buys descendants being
there. Music was enjoyed and re-
freshments served.
Analyses Local Merchants
Alarm at the nearncss of New
Britain and Hartford with their
large stores was given as the prin-
cipal fault with Plainville merchants
by f. J. Niles Of the merchants di-
vision Of the Springfield, Mass.
chamber of commerce at the meet
ing Of the local chamber held last
evening. Mr.. Niles made a personal
survey yesterday afternoon and sized
up the storekcepers in this town,
then gave his impressions and sug-
gestions last night. HIS method of
approach was to enter store and
81 ha
positive would not be in stock, then
see how anxious the merchant was
to make a sale by selling a similar
article or obtaining the requested
one from out OF town. At the same
time he asked leading questions con-
corning the business and the method
of running it.
He found that the principal draw
back to the growth of stores here
was the fear to compete with the
larger establishments in the nearby
cities. He said no real effort was
being made to compete but that To-
cal merchants We're merely taking
whatever trade came their way. He
showed how other towns in similar
circumstances had overcome their
handicaps and suggested that Plain
Vile merchants be more aggressive.
A general discussion followed his
talk, but the turnout Of merchants
was disappointingly small.
The committee on town display re-
ported progress.
Rain Stops Game
What looked like one of the best
games of the Industrial league was
stopped by rain in the second inning
last night and had to be declared no
contest. The leagueleading Bust
nessmen and the reiuvenated Peck
Spring Plainville Casting Co. team
were fighting tooth and nail at the
high school grounds, and the score
stood at 20 when the heavy storm
broke over the field and made fur
thcr play impossible. The Business
men We're hitting hard and the
Spring Casters We're also playing fine
baseball, so that the sudden down.
pour spoiled what promised to be
great contest.