New Britain herald., 1920-12-30
NEW YEARS WILL BE
 OBSERVED QUIETLY
Some Stores Mill Close
 Churches to Celebrate
AGED RESIDENT INJURED
Local Young Men in Accident-Ran- dall Funeral Held-Legrandi Case Continucd-Mecting of Drive Com- mittee-Other Brief Items.


 mittee-Other Brief Items.
 In accordance with the usual ob- servance of New Years Day, Plain vile will usher in the beginning of the New Year very quietly. The local churches have made plans for serv- ices. Practically all of the stores will be closed, with the exception of some which will remain open great CT part Of the forenoon. The grocery stores will probably keep the doors open until 10 o'clock. and some until noon. The confectionery stores will remain open all day. The clothing stores will be open tomorrow evening for q short while, and closed all day Saturday. The post office will close at 12:3O o'clock, noon. There will be no rural delivery, and only one city delivery The stamp window will be open from until ? o'clock, the reg istry window from 7:30 until 11:3O o'clock, as we'll as the War Savings and Thrift Stamp windows.
 The Advent Christian church will hold Watch Night services. An ap- propriate program has also been ar ranged when the burning of the church mortgages will take place. These services will begin at s o'clock tomorrow night. The public has been invited to attend.
 There will be no special exercises at the Methodist church for. tomorrow evening, nor are any planned for New Years Day. The Baptist church will hold a supper at o'clock tomorrow evening for the Sunday school chil- dren. The members of the church will hold their celebration following the children's affair. This supper is the usual observance of the church, and is for the members of the congre- gation only. A notice to the effect that it was for the public was a mis- take.
 The Congregational church has made no special exercises, but serv- ices will be celebrated Sunday morn- ing. The A. NJ. E. Zion church will probably have some appropriate serv- ices, and an announcement of these will be made when decided. Rev. MT. gram arranged for abservances of this sort.
 Resident Injured.
 John Wright, of Queen street. was struck by the inbound trolley car from Southipgton yesterday afternoon, while driving across the road in front of the Plainville Grammar school. Mr. Wright received several bad gashes on his head. pr. L. H. Frost attended him and found it necessary to stitch them up. He is one of he older residents of the town and drives a sleigh about with barrel of cider on it. He is hard of hearing and did T,, nos notice the apSroach of the car ley was driving at a slow rate of speed, but MT. Wright made such a sharp turn directly into the path of the car, that ii was impossible to stop it unil the crash came. The horse was dragged a number of yards and in- jured to some extent. The sleigh was practically dem olished and the cider barrel broken. MT. Wright was picked up in a dazed condition and taken to his home. His condition is not serious. The accident however. caused more of a shock to the elderly man, on account of his age. The troll ley crew was not blamed for the acci- i dent. Funeral of Mir. Randall.
 The funeral of Jeremiah T. Ran 1 dall was held at g o'clock this morn | ing from the church of Our Lady of . Mercy. Rev. John T. Fay off1ciated and . burial was in the St. Joseph's Gene . tery on Pennington avenue. The pail bearers were pr. William Manning, and Frank Manning, of Springfield, John and Frank Hannon of Hartford. James Dunn sang, "Ava Maria" and at the close of the services sang, Face to Face" Mrs. Martin Casey sang, "Beautiful Land on High" Many Civil War veterans. friends of MT. attended the funeral.
 Lcgrandi Case Heard.
 The case of Mir. and Mrs. John Legrandi of South Washington street, was given a hearing in the Town Court yesterday afternoon. Justice Merritt O. Ryder sat at the bench, and Grand Juror S. s. Gwillim prosecuted. Lawyer c. Pierce of Bristol, appeared for Mrs. Legrandi. while Lawyer F. B. of New Britain appeared Tor MT. Legrandi-
 The charge against MT. and Mrs. ] Legrandi was for negligence; of their ten children. The case was postponed until next week Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. This action was found necessary as the police court cannot lct in the matter. It will be brought before the court of Probate. At that session. Justice NJ. O. Ryder will be authorized to handle the case, as he vfN be then Judge of Probate. MT. leslay, following the retirement of Judge George R. Byington. At the
 x5nR next Thursday, Mir. Legrandi