New Britain herald., 1920-12-28
HAMHXLE NEWS NEGLIGENCE CASE WILL HAVE HEARING Trial of Long Standing to Be
 Held Tomorrow LEGION ELECTS OFFICERS
Brock -Barnes Post Elects Officers Masons Ladies' Night-Martha Re bekah Meeting-Church Meeting HeId-Other Items of Interest.

HcId-Other Items of Interest.
 At the Plainville Town Court to- morrow afternoon, at l o'clock, the long standing case of MT. and Mrs. John Legrandi of South Washington street, will be heard. Justice Merritt O. Ryder will be at the bench, while Grand Juror Stanley $. Gwillim Will prosecute. The case has been in the hands of the local town officials for some time past. It has however, not been tried before the town court, as other methods of settling the matter had been tried without any success whatever. The charges against Mr. and Mrs. Legrandi are alleged neg ligence of their children. There are ten children in the Legrandi family Mr. Legrandi is carpenter by trade and d steady worker according to re- ports received by the town. There are however, family troubles that cause some dispute in regard to the sup port of the children. MT. Legrandl has six of his own, while Mrs. Legrandi, being his second wife, has four. The State Humane Society at Hartford have also taken hand in the mat ter, and Humane Agent Williams has been investigating it for the past several weeks.
 As the result of this investigation, MT Legrandi was ordered to pay the sum of S25 a week towards the SUD- port of the family and furnish fuel besides. This was about two months ago. He was also put on a months probation. MT. Legrandi, it is said, fol- lowed out this order fully. However, it d!d not last long and complaints were received of the negligence of the children. Constable Phillip Marine filled papers summo oning MT. and Mrs. Legrandi to appear in court tomor- row morning.
 Zcttergrcne-E Erbe Wedding
 Word has been received of the mar riage of Miss Ruth Mae Erbe, daugh- ter of Mrs. Joseph Merriman of Strong Court, to Charles Zettergrene of New Haven The wedding took place Fri day, and was performed in Bridge port. Rev. Gerald H. Beard of that city, officiated. The couple were un- attended. The bride has wide circle of friends locally and is a graduate of the local Grammar school, the New Britain High school and the State Normal school, at New Britain. MT. Zettergrene is now connected with the Underwood Typewriter company in Bridgeport. He had formerly worked at the Standard Steel and Bearings plant in this town. They will make their home in Bridgeport.
 Authorities Issue Warning
 The Plainville authorities have lS- sued a warning to the local fruit stores to the effect that their punch boards, now in use at the stores, must be abolished. In case this order is not obeyed and the boards removed, some action will be taken by the police. Several complaints have been received regarding the matter, and the authorities do not sanction the use of the boards. It had been the habit of stores to award prizes on these punch boards and they prove to at tract the gambling instincts of the younger lads. The local officials will be on the alert and watch the out come of this warning to see if it will be needed.
 Post Elects Officers
 The annual election and regular meeting of the members of the Brock Barnes post, American Legion, was held at the post headquarters on Pierce street last night. A report on the doings of the post were also made. The election of officers is as follows: Adjutant and secretary, Ralph Newell; commander, Harold Corning; Chap lain, Albert Futile; treasurer, Edward Barrows; relief committee, Merton Lamb, John Guiden, John Pettinato, pr. Lawrence H. Frost and Flloyd KAlish. MT. Newell fills the position of adjutant being left vacant by John Guiden, who had served in that capacity since the starting of the post.
 The post discussed the proposition of securing a prospective building site It is the object Of the post to build d new home for the members in the near future.
 There is. at present, a building fund that will be used for this purpose