New Britain herald., 1930-11-03


 Whiting street. County Command CT Perry of Windsor will be the in- staling officer. The new commanj- CT of the loci post is Charles Cor man, who was elected 10 succeed Frank LeVasseur.
 Plans will also be completed for the Armistice Day celebration to be held Tuesday evening, November II, in tho form of joint banquet with the State Guard.
 To Elect Officers
 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold election of officers this evening in the Ionic club room. All are cor dially invited. Refreshments will be served.
 Discontinue Coinage
 Treasurer A, A. Macleod of the Plainville Trust Co. announced to- day that the coinage of $2.5O gold pieces had been discontinued and the bank would be unable 10 take care of requests for these coins.
 There has been an increased de- mand for these coins because of the Christmas season. On April II. 1880, legislation was pass ed by congress which stated that thereafter the $2.50 gold piece shall not be coined or issued by the treas ury." The majority Of the banks in this section report that they have none of the S2.5O gold pieces, which are extremely popular as Christmas gifts.
 Baptist Church Notes
 The Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church will meet Wednes- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. W. Thomasen. Plans for the annual sale to be held November 19 and the calendar so- cial to be held November 1% will be completed, Every member is urged to be present if possible.
 At the meeting of the Woman's Missionary society held last week, the following officers were elected: President. Mrs. A. D. Kendrick; vice president. Mrs, C. J. Morse; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. C. A. Bunnell and associate secretary, Mrs. oscar Tyrrell.
 About 5h persons from the Bap- list church attended the services last evening at the First Baptist church in Southington, where Hon. CT Hammontree, gospel song leader, is holding a series of meetings. Meetings throughout the week will be held at 7:15 o'clock each evening except Monday and Saturday.
 High School Wins
 Playing steady and hard football the PlainvilIo high school eleven brought it's season to a successful close Saturday with d 9D to 0 victory over Simsbury az gregation. The high school will play q post season game next Saturday with the Alumni team.
 Plainville went on the offensive at the opening kickoff and ripped the Simsbury line to pieces. Hubbard made long dashes through the line that thrilled the large crowd. He crashed over Simsbury's line for two while Captain French scored a third. The entire Plainville team showed up very well on the while the backfield click ed beautifully on the offensive. 
 In Numerous Accidents
 The weekend was a bad one for Flainville motorists, three local drivers being involved in out-of- town accidents. 4 New Britain ma vas seriously hurt yesterday at the top Of Southington mountain when car crashed into machine driven by L. A Hackett of Plainville and then struck a third auto, The driver Of the machine escaped in- jury,
 Frank A. Carucci Of Whiting street was involved in q slight acci- dent Saturday oil Main street, New Britain. when his car locked bump CTS with another machine. A ma chine driven by Albert Gnazlo or East street, another car and a Y agon featured an accident on West Main street, New Britain, Saturday The driver Of the wagon received an injured back but none of the three vehicles was damaged.
 Blues Lose, 6 to 0
 The Plainville Blues lost tough 6 to 0 decision to the New Britain T-ianeles at the local high school football field yesterday afternoon. Tho locals showed the result of careful coaching by Phil Sparks and put up a great defensive battle. The
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