New Britain herald., 1919-11-29
ROGERS GIRL RUN
 DOWN BY AUTOIST Child SuStainS Broken Teeth and
 Injured Jaw RAN IN FRONT OF CAR
Big Auto Truck Backs Into Cellar Ex- cavatiOn -- rlainvilIc Free From D'phtheria - usual Sunday Ser viccs-Other News Items.

Lucy Rogers. the little daughter of Myron E Rogers. and Doris Schiller of Rockville were struck by an auto m ohile operated by Harold Gee. n can dy salesman,ta 12 o'clock this noon on West Main street. The Rogers child suffered several broken teeth and it is thought that her jaw may be fractured. The Schiller child yot up and ran away from the scene of the accident and it is believed that she escaped injury.
 MT. Gee was driving up West Main street toward Bristol beside a trolley ear going, in the same direction He slowed his machine in passing the car, he said. and the children ran past the trolley car and directly into the path of his machine. The automobile struck both children. knocking them to the pavement Mir. Gee stopped his car few feet beyond them. The Rogers child was taken to the office of Dr. J. N. Bull. who took her to her home. as he believed that the services of dentist were required. Mir. Gee reported the accident to Officer Ma rino, who advised him to report to the state commissioner.
 Truck in Trouble.
 A large autom o bile truck owned by kamlskN Brothers of Hartford backed into cellar hatchway in an alley be- tween the hotel and the Allderidee block yesterday afternoon. The left rear wheel was stuck fast in an angle Of the frame and it required two hours work on the part of the driver and about a dozen helpers to move the truck.
 No Diphtheria Here.
 pr. J. N. Bull, health officer. sta led last evening that there Is no diphth heria in Plainvillc, and added that there have been no cases of the disease this fall. It was reported that a case had been discovered about a week ago, but lpr. Bull explained that woman con suited a New Britain physician when she was troubled With a sore throat and his dla agnosis led to the belief. A culture from her throat was sent to the state bacteriological labora tory and the fears of the health officer were relieved
 Hemingway Improving.
 Dr, Bull reports that the condition of Willis J. Hemingway the popular tax collectors Is rapidly improving. Mr, Hemingway has been suffering from severe attack of pneumo monia and he passed the crisis on Thursday night
 Local Boys Separated.
 Letters have been raceived bN rela- lives of James Davis and Donald Messenger who enlisted in the navy few months ago. The boys are stationed on the Pacific coast. When they enlisted they went to the same training station and soon afterwards they were assigned to the ship Georgia. Davis has now been trans ferred to the |. $. $. New Mexico.
 Norton Recovering.
 Irving Norton who underwent a serious operation at St. Francis hos pital Il few weeks ago, is recovering. He is the engineer at the Plainville Water company's pump station and he will be able to resume his duties in couple of weeks.
 Social Postponed.
 The meeting and social planned by the Brotherhood class of the Congre- gational church and scheduled for Wednesday evening. December ,, has been postponed until December IT. Mr. Knight, general manager of the Southern New England Telephone company. will be the speaker of the evening,
 Food and Apron Sale.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Ad vent Christian church will hold its annual Christmas sale of food. fanc, articles and aprons o~ Wednesd a s \ and Thursday, Decem Der and a i.7