New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
HOSE COMPANY FAIR ! NETS NEARLY $400
Firemen We'll Pleased With .Suc-
 cess of Annual Enterprise
"DINKY" CRASHES INTO TEAM

White Slayer May Be Brought Here
 for Preliminary Hearing-Eauip-
 mcnt for But 85 Home Guards
 Early Morning Court Session. ! Realizing a profit of nearly $4OO.
 according to estimates made today by
 the committee. the firemen brought
 their fair to a successful close in the
 Town hall last evening. Viewing the fair from almost any angle it was the
 most successful in the history of the
 Hose company and the members were
 highly elated this morning oNer the ! results accomplished. Townspeople
 and friends in other places patronized l the fair liberally and were generous 1 in their treatment of the canvassers The attendance was large every l evening. Entertainments of a high l order were provided and the programs each night gave general satisfaction. The feature of the closing was the drawing of prizes which resulted as follows:
 $1O-Blank. $5-Day. New Britain. $5-Malvina Hiscox, Plainville. $5-Blank.
 Box of Cigars-John stavnitzko, Unionville. ~ @ Silk Umbrella-D. M. Collins. $5 Gold Piece-''Unionville." "Preparedness'-" Rnbe, Bris- tol."
 Andirons-Dick Dover, Hartford Half barrel 1our-Jo],n Garrity. Half ton coal-F. O. Thompson. - Half barrel f1our-E. N. Humphrey. New Britain.
 Pillows and cthc" articles offered h the various bootls which were left 1 over last night were sold at auction. A considerable, .:um was realized from th:s source.
 Early Morning Court. Court has been hell in Plainville 1 beneath the shade of old elm trees, at the passenger station. ir' stores. in the morning, afternoon and evening, and on Sundays, too, but it remained for Justice E. P. Prior and Grand 1 Juror M. A. Norton to provide the real novelty in legal procedure, they l disposing of the case of a prisoner at 2 o'clock this morning.
 The accused. who gave his narpe as John Moran. was arrested early in the evening by Constable Marine. The of fcer had to leave town at an early hour this morning and after he com plcted his patrol duty he reported to Justice Prior and Grand Juror Norton, who were busy until long after mid- night in the Town hall closing up the business of the firemen's fair. It was l decided to call a session of the court 1 before the trio retired, and Moran's slumbers were disturbed while ! charges against him were heard. 1 The accused has been before the court on several occasions. Justice 1 Prior fined lNm $7 and costs for drunkenness, Adding s2 and a sen tence of thirty days in jail for breach of the peace. He suspended execution of the jail penalty. however, on con- dition that Moran remain away from l Plainville.
 l Plainville to Have Company. Although there is bound to be some disappointment over the recommenda- tion of the state military commission l favoring equipment for but 65 mem
 bers of the Home Guard in Plainville, l the fact that the town is to have a | uniformed company at all will be ! cause for some satisfaction here. In l many of the towns of Plainville's size 1 throughout the state the companies organized as part of the home guard l are to be placed on the reserve list l according to the commissions sug- 1! gestion.
 l Plainvi1le was one of the first to re- spond to the governors call for the 1 formation of the guard and the actt- 1 witty displayed by Captain Trumbull | and other prominent citizens inter- l ested in the organiza ton was recog- lized by the commission, the local ] company being promised equipment as a result.
 l lkiainville unit From that mum Der Isnost competent soldiers for the .Mni-
 formed Company, the others to serve | as reservists. All the men will prob I ably continue to drill that they may l be prepared for emergencies
 Hope is entertained that state 1 recognition will also be giten to the f.meditAl branch of the company, 1 which was also one of the first to l apply for permission to organize, In ! case the commission refuses t6 in- | clude .thfs division in the regiment, it l is the intention of the members to ! provide their own uniforms and other equipment. that the Plainville com n RN