New Britain herald., 1928-04-09
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CALLS ITS CAUCUS. Meeting Will Be Held in Town
 Hall Tomorrow Night UNIVERSAL DRAFT" TALK. Miss Fisher to Speak at Legion Aux Hilary Mccting-iranee Notes Methodist Church Newa-Ieasue Lenders Both Defeated.
UNIVERSAL DRAFT" TALK

A caucus of the democratic voters will be held at s o'clock tomorrow night in the town ball for the pur- pose Of elecung delegates to the democratic state convention in Hart ford on May 2 and 3. This Is the Jeffersonian party in the coming presidential campaign. The delegates named by the local democrats will go to Hartford and elect state dele gates to represent Connecticut at the national convention in Houston, Texas. The call for the local caucus was issued today by Chairman Wiz liam J. Foran of the Democratic town committee.
 The republican party held its cor responding caucus last month and elected Ralph L. Seymour and Charles II. Newton to represent Plainville at the state convention.
 Talk on "CniverSal Draft The regular meeting of Brock Barnes unit, ladies' auxiliary. will be held in Legion hall at s o'clock to- morrow night. Miss Marjorie Fish CT will give talE on The Universal
 Draft" All members of the unit are
 requested to attend.
 Hcmlngway-Orvis William C. Hemingway and Miss Ethel M. Orvis have filed nctice of
 marriage intentions at the office of Town Clerk William II. Wilson. Mir. Hemingway, who is the son of Lewis and Sophia Samuel Hemingway. is
 a carpenter. while Miss Orvis. the 1 daughter of George and Eva Booth 1 Orvis, is a stenographer. Both arc
 we'll known here.
 Grange Notes
 There will be a rehearsal Of the
 ladies degree team of Plainvillc
 Grange tonight at 7:30 at Grange
 hall on Pierce street,
 On Friday night members of Plainville Grange will visit Cawasa Grange i'll Collinsvillc and confer
 the first and second degrees on a
 class of candidates.
 Central Pomona will hold its reg.
 ular meeting tomorrow in Newing-
 ton. The fifth degree degree will be
 conferred in the morning,
 c. of C. Banquet Tickets for the annual Chamber
 of Commerce banquet. which will be held Wednesday night in the high
 school gymnasium, are going rapidly l and it is estimated that there will he
 fully 225 present at the affair. Bene'
 dict Holden. Hartford attorney. vii
 speak on River Diversion" telling
 Of the struggle between Massachu
 setts and Connecticut over the di.
 version Of the headquarters of the ! Connecticut. a matter with which I he has been officially connected , Maurice R. Sherman of Hartford | will speak on Political and Eco. homie Conditions in Europe" MT sherman spoke on similar subject
 at a recent meeting Of the Parent
 Teacher association here. Several
 shorter talks will also be given Superintendent of Schools Leon C. Staples will be toastmaster. The
 caterer will be w. Byron Wilber. Methodist Church Notes A two-act comedy, Under Sus.
 picion." will be presented in Grange hall at s o'clock tonight by mem. , bers of the lEorcstville M. F. church
 school for the benefit Of the Plain. l vile M. E. church school.
 On Wednesday an all-day sewing
 meeting of the Ladies' Aid society 1 will be held at the home of Mrs
 Frank White on Pennington av- 1 enue. There will be bushes:
 meeting in the afternoon.
 The regular mid week prayer i meeting will be held at 1:i5 o'clock 1 Thursday evening.
 ] Quiet Weck-End
 Despite the increased number o1
 automobiles on the road yesterday
 TO weekend accidents were reported to the authorities, although traffic was the heaviest if has been thi:
 spring. The holiday was quiet ont 1 in every respect. The unexpectedly fine weather brought out the mos