New Britain herald., 1927-01-19
LARGE SIGN WILL
 BOOST PLA|NVILLE Chamber of Commerce to Make
 Town Known to Visitors MAKING MAP FOR FIREMEN New Chart Will Show all Hydrants-
 School Orchestra Leaders Named
 -Plainville Bowlers Defeat Ken tuckians - Grange Meeting - Plainville Briefs.

The name of Plainville will short ly be made known to all who pass through 1t If the plans of the Cham
 Der of Commerce are carried out. These call for the erection of large sign, electrically lighted at night, on the roof of the new Strand theater
 building being erected on West Main street by the Sequassen corporation. This sign will announce to the pass tourist that he is now in Plainville and will boost the town in an effort
 to draw his attention to its attrac- tions.
 At present there are no signs of this character in Plainville, none along the borders to tell the motor- ist that he is now entering Plain- Hille' or now leaving Plainville. Come again." Many stop at the cen- ter to inquire what town they are in. It is also pointed out that the name of the town is not even displayed on the railroad station.
 The Chamber of Commerce has a committee at work on this matter; the committee comprises John E. Lamb, William B. Wilber, and L. l. Brastow. At a meeting last night Mir Wilber was elected chairman. The committee has tentatively decided upon some such wording as "A Real New England Town" and "A Good Place to Live h. Plans are also be- ing formed for a competition among the school children for the best slo- gan to be used in connection with the boosting campaign.
 The Sequassen corporation has donated the use of it's roof to the chamber, valuable gift in that ad- vertlsing agencies have already made tempting offers for the right to erect signboards thereon.
 Making Map for Fire Department
 complete and up-to-date map of Flainville is being prepared for the use of the fire company by Engineer Joseph N. McKernan. At present no accurate map of all new streets is possessed by the firemen, and the town has grown so rapidly that none or the members Of the department Know all the streets This makes for confusion and delay in reaching the scene of blaze. Engineer McKer nan owns the only up-to-date map of Plainville in existence, and he will make an enlarged copy of this for the fire department.
 All fire hydrants will be shown on the new map, this being another aid in facilitating the putting out of fires.
 There is agitation for a revision Of the alarm -ystem here, the pres ent designation of various sections of the town not being considered adequate. The addition of a num- Der for the South Washington dis trict is advised by members of the department, but no action has yet been taken.
 Frederick Bullen has been elected chairman of the fire commission and Nj. H. Norton secretary; the other commissioner is Winfield Loomis. Regular meetings will be held on the frst Friday of each month in the future; they will thus coincide with the meetings of the fire company and the two groups can therefore get together.
 Plainville Defeats Kentucky
 A long distance bowling match, l an innovation here, was rolled Mon | day night between the ten-pin teams of the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co. ! main factory here and the branch | plant in Ludlow, Kentucky. When the scores came through it was dis covered that the "old men" at | Plainville had defeated their | younger brothers" in the South by 30 pima Edwards and Smith were | largely responsible for the victory. |
 The scores: