New Britain herald., 1919-07-15

With the advent of the watermelon season the usual worries of storekeep- ers have again arisen. The authOri- ties have been warned to look for | thieves who have stolen watermelons recently. Last week several stores noticed that there was onE or two wa Fterm lions missing at night when they Were bringing in their products from their stands in front of the stores East ght-capped the climax when two large ripe melons were stolen within a, few minutes from in fronts of the Palace of Sweets. Constable Marine was notified but coufd not find the culprts. A reward of s5 is, report ed to have been offered for the appre-. 1ension of the fellow or fellows. "A ~piece of watermelon and a bunch, of sfrief1d is worth more to me than s5S' Was the retort of one boy who might have known something about the mat ter, The raids on the melons may halt temporarily. but as. long as boys are boys it is probable the swests will disappear mysteriously.@ M
 Hopping @Trolleys. s, Forsweeks several small boys have, pestefed trolley conductors by hopping on the cars as they come into the sfp- ter Of the >toWn.s When the cars aGe- mained in the~esnter Of the town schs boys make; ;kAhe1n selves. at lpme and. the cars. Whiting street is esx.ss lively with. auto .traffle >s2k tsa ssa charge of the scarss a2es rem 8lssrs ated with them. bit to no. avail. ,asI Last. night, however, the 4oss(net with. d. rebuff as a special oaieer, Rknovssr to them made his. appeaf anSfs n d their. fun was end {Aess is eApsc cted - Q come here eveps89siiY Y..lft until the dam gerous habitsis s%epped. Hopping cars has been a fayorite enjoyment" for nearly every boy in town, but with such heavy traffic through the center of, the town the daaeer is now too great. - &. .*. rsssar:
 ! Parking Must Cease. '.-
 ,,rhe patssing of ssttom obilass in the. restricted sistricts Mist seasssszatlce q lcorag-r ing to thet selectman wn1sgn Hetenti5n has been caaled to. the matter. At aG o'clock this, no afgtlee Ford. ears wa(lss parked at Che ce er of Whiting street. and Central squaft. Two tpolleys also3 stood there and as a result trafHc in all directions was tied up until the trolleys moved. x5 2 INhere are No Parking signsF dis splayed at.Ihat point and at ~seV efal ! other places iif the town but they seem ornam ental rather thay produce tive Of. any good Unless the violations do cease there will be prosecutions. MT, -Hulterius who has charge of street&cleaning has complained about the cars in the parkfn g&d districL.as he is often foregd to wait for a fng psG riod of time to clean up ~cGftaln sec. tions of the main street eey1
 Service Men to Meet. ~
 The men of this town wI1ksaw .serv- ice in the recent womd wakwill meet together for the. .lrst ttnaex omofrow night at o'clocNin T. E: haF when a local post of t2fn.stA I'm erica n Legion will be formed. Ma5or rMa alone of Bristol will be Nksent%-to answer questions in regard to the legion. I Major Green, Plains1lie's rxnzing naih- tary man, is tryias~to bet tAaioy Con1S .nors of Hartford, sMho was with the .to2 infantry -tt France, to speak al the orgar,ipation mseting. @Ssyrhe war Tl5K wi15 he lnsesl ess.plslksa slsseers 'U will be chosen teraporarily. .Everv man who served ih wag is urgently .rednest-
 Lsa4 flor calfs6ayaiea. I egSstes Ss@s' sw s z z : fsns Weeks ago and were ssna to Newport, R.e2I. Last night relss8ss .psathe boys we're. suie prised to aeefW a teRphone .callA from them from Boston tpsbjd good- I | "''' '1 ...-....r-- -