New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
VETERAN GR0CERS T0 QUIT BUSINESS
Eastwood & Foran Second Oldest
 Provision Firm Here
DRIVE EXCEEDED QUOTA
salvation Army Report Made at c. Of (. Meeting-Mrs. Meta Smith Dies - Hit-Run Driver FYAed - Temcos Sure Of Tie.

Iemcos Sure Of Tie.
 The provision firm of Eastwood & Foran, the second oldest establish.
 ment of its kind in Plainyille will
 be sold out immediately and the
 proprletors will retire. it was an- ! nounced today. Only the grocery store of Willis J. Hemingway ex- ceeds the Eastwood & Foran store In point of length of establishment the latter having been in business for several decades under three diff ferent ownerships.
 The store was originally started by a MT. Davis and was located on
 Nhltlng street. being purchased later by (. w. Hird. When the Russell block on Central square was built MT H1rd removed his place of busi- ness to that building, and there it has remained. Seven years ago the llrm was bought out by two of the clerks employed by Mir. Hird. These were John w. Eastwood and James Foran. who have conducted the busi- hess up to the present. In addition 10 Its local trade. the concern had a large business in Pennington.
 MT. Eastwood had been clerk in Hlrd's store for 21 years before Joining with his partner in buying the business. Mir Foran had worked for Mir. Hemingway, had been :, partner in Foran Bros, and had been in business for himself. but was also clerking for Hird at the time Of the purchase.
 The reason for the retirement of Eastwood and Foran was not stated but 1t is believed that keen comne- luton from chain stores played a large part in their decision, Neither partner has any plans for the fu- ture other than two or three months of vacation.
 Drive Went Over the Ton
 F. T. Wheeler. chairman of tbe local Salvation Army appeal com- mlttee. reported at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last night that the campaign had been closed with total receipts of s71s.s9. although tho army had asked the committee to raise only $500. The amount col lected exceeded that of any wear and Mir. Wheeler felt grateful to the members of his committee and to the citizens of Plainville for support given during the drive. The com mlttee was composed of MT. Wheeler. Roland B. Hoerle. George w. Bartlett. Charles H. Newton Charles R. Sherman. Henry Trum- pun. w. B. Vincent, James Simpson, Donald C. Peck. J. F. Nelson, Stan ley s. Gwillim, and A. A. Macleod treasurer.
 The report was accepted and the committee was given a unanimous vote of thanks.
 The town line sign committee re- ported that designs had been sketched and that they would he ready to submit estimates on the cost Of such signs at the next meet ing. The matter is being taken up with the adjoining towns with a view to obtaining their support in the cost of erection.
 The sewer and sidewalk commit tee reported progress in that it was hoped that more money would be allotted by the town to assist those who would lay sidewalks and that there are some stretches of walk now Ill process of completion.
 Thomas Barbour of the Manu- facturers' Appraisal Co. gave a brief and informal talk on the condition Of the index of the town land rec crds. He suggested that they be brought more up to date as time for such work could be found, saying that records are tho most important part of town affairs. Some of the older records are in an unhappy con- 1ition, he stated, but added that those of the last months of 1927 and those of 1928 are very neat and almost ideal.
 Mrs. Meta Smith Dies
 Mrs. Meta Fowler (Saunders)