New Britain herald., 1919-11-24
RURAL JUSTICE IS UP EARLY IN A. M.
PlalnVille Town Court Holds SeS-
 sion at 5 O'Clock in Morning
GAMBLERS ARE ARRESTED
Proprietor is Fined S25 and Costs and Each of the FTcqucntcrs is .raxcd .ssS5 and Costs-Man Hit By Trolley i ,3r1'' News Items.

$,,E-Othcr News Items.
 ! A session of the police court u.,s held at , o'clock Sunday mornin~ and eight mon were arraigned bcror, Judge F.. P. Prior as a result of am early morning gambling raid. George proprietor of the pool room which was raided, was fined sn5 and costs on a charge of conducting d gaming house. The following men, charged with frequenting, were each fined $5"and costs: Michael Mutton, }C. Clenento, Gabriel La,to, Guisseppe ,Odbi Michael Calento, G. Digi and e. Farina. { The raid was conducted by several ,mem bers of the state police assisted by Officers Marine, David and Ander- son Of the local force. They entered the pool room, which, it is said. has been under suspicion for some time. at about 5 A. NJ. The men were play ing cards and small sum Of money was picked up on the table. The place was closed up in short time and the prisoners placed in the lock
 
 William J. Foran appeared shortly afterWard for the trial.
 It is thought that the raid was eX- pected by these officials and this be- lief is substantiated by the fact that the court session was held al such an early hour. The raid and the recent organization of the local police force was the subject Of much comment yesterday and this morning.
 Tn , state police were in Plainvilla at an early hour on Sunday morning. being seen at 30 A. M. They were in high powered automobile and tho principal streets of the town were secured by the officers and the object of their search is a ject for spec ulation. The car sped away in the direction of New Britain at A. M Sunday and the raid took place an hour afterWard.
 Struck BS Trolley Car.
 Joseph Collela was struck and slightly injured yesterday afternoon by a trolley car on East Main street near CoOke's @aragc. He ran out of the garage and Tn crossing the street he failed tO note the approach Of the car which struck him a 2lanCing blow knocking him to the ground lic went 10 his home and appa rently suf- fers no ill effects from his accident.
 Thanksgiving Observance.
 Thanksgiving Day will be ob- served in the usual manner in Plain vile. The factories will shut down for the day and the Plainville Trust company will be closed all day. The post office will observe holiday hours which will be announced later The pastors in the various church eS based their sermons on the obscrv- ance at the service yesterday. This is the usual custom as the majority of the churches held no services on Thanksgiving Day, the union service ] on the night before taking the place of the observance. Special services will be held at the Church of Our Saviour and al the Church Of Our Lady of Mercy, a mass will be cele- brated.
 Two Weddings Wednesday. Two weddings will be solemnized on Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve, in Plainville. Miss GeneVieNe Conln, daughter of Thomas Conlin, of Whit ing street, will become the bride of G. M McCleary, of Philadelphia The ceremony will take place at the rec tory of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Rev. John F. Fay will off ciate
 George Miller, of East Main street, and<Miss Viola Haggarty, of New Britain, will also be married on We'd ncsday of this week.
 Trust Company Statement.
 bn compliance with a notice from the controller of the treasury the PlainVille Trust company has issued d statement of it's condition at the close of business on November r.. The statement shows the total assets of the company to be $127 0SS.5O The savings deposits. total $3S9, O11.01. The amount of comm ercial deposits was $271, 1,945.73. The bank now holds government bonds to the value of $24,750
 Miss Wheeler Resigns.
 Miss Sadie l.. Wheeler left the employ of the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing company, Saturday, after more than Is years of continu- ous service in the companN's office. The company presented her with gold wrist watch. At a farewell party at the home of Miss Jeanette Roche in Forestville, Miss Wheeler was pre- Sented with a beautiful bouquet o" chrysanthemums tied with IS stream CTS and at the end of each Streamer was a gold-piecc. There was the sum of $100 in gold. the gift of her asso- Ciates in the office. Miss Wheeler was a faithful and efficient worker and made many friends during her long period of employment at the Trum- bull office and her CO., workers received the announcement of her resignation with regret