New Britain herald., 1928-02-29
TREATMENTS BALL
 EVENT OF SEASON Governor and Mrs. Trumbull to Head Grand March DRIVE ON TUBERCULOSIS
Leap Year Baby Born at 1c:3O OClOk-Ileport Of Plainvillc Health Officcr-DefendsR Rcyalua-
 tion Pians-Baptist Church Notes

Headed by Governor and Mrs John H. Trumbull, more than 300 couples will attend the annual con- cert and ball of the Plainviile Fire men to be held in the Plsinville high school gymnasium tonight. The event will serve as an obserance of the 44th anniversary of the institu- ton of the volunteer service here. Decorated with exceptional taste and 8 color scheme of blue. pink and white with a, predominance of the national colcrs, ,he gymnasium will present a pretty picture.
 Chief John Hayes of the Bristol fire department will head the grand march which will take place at 9 o'clock. Leading the march will he the first residents of Plainville, the governor and his wife. Following them will be all the prominent peo- pie of the town including town off cials and many visitors and guests,
 No other social event of the sea- son will surpa,ss the annual affair of the fire department in splendor and accomplishment according to the plans of the committee in charge. The interest shown in the affair snd the extraordinary advance sale of tickets presages a most suc- cessful event.
 The program for the evening will -t n. |. oncert will be rendered. The grand \ Arch will start the dancing pro- gram which will he continued until early in the morning.
 Tuberculosis Campaign. For the, first time in the history of the FlainviIle Public Health Nursing Association, 3. special edu- cational campaign is to be waged placing exclusive emphasis on the carly diagnosis oi tuberculosis. The campaign openel today and will be continued through the month of March.
 Plainyille is not alone in this cam paign. It is being waged all over the country by the tuberculosis as. sociation. 1.4oo iu number, which conduct the Christmas Seal sale dur ing the holiday season,
 1 Let your doctor decide" is to he | the slogan of the campaign. Post | CTS. printed literature and motion pictures will be used. The public is to be informed of the initial symp- toms by articles appearing from time to time.
 1 Of the thousand persons who died of tuberculosis 'n this state last year fully s5 per cent would still be living of their condition had been discov- cred in time, it is claimed. The scientist may know how to kill off 3 disease that itself kills hundreds oi thousands. but he cannot sit in his laboratory and force people to ar- ply that knowledge The public every man, woman and child in the community must cooperate to sc- complish the doom of tuberculosis.
 Each one must honestly ask him. self whether he has the premonitory and early danger signs of the dis case. These frequently are: Too easily tired. loss of weight. indiges ton and a cough that hangs on. The association asks all the people ! of Plainville to get behind this cam- | paign. Physicians state that there ! is little to be feared from tubercu- 1 losis when discovered in time. Dis covering 't in time means before one has the visible symptoms that make his friends tell him how badly he looks
 Some of the suggestions given tr discover the presence of the disease are as follows: Visit your doctor i'm. mediately If you have the danger