New Britain herald., 1921-06-28
AUTO VICTIM DIES
 FOLLOWING CRASH
Probable Case of ManSlaughter
 Found Against Keene
PASTOR TO LEAVE SEPT. 1

New Baseball Team Organized
 Here-Methodist Church Plans. A probable case of mansIauehter
 may be brought against w. A. Keene
 of Is Earle street, Hartford, follow
 ing the death of the few months
 old infant of MT. and Mrs. C. Chintz
 of Unionville. The child died yes-
 terday morning following crash
 which happened on the Forestville-
 Plainville town line Saturday night Confusing reports at the time of the | accident lead to the belief that Keene
 was also in serious condition and
 regarded as having little hopes for
 recovery. He was, however, more or
 less stunned and has been discharged
 from the New Britain hospital. | The local authorities are working
 on the case and Keene has been placed under arrest on charge of
 reckless driving and intoxication. He
 was accompanied by Frank Curtin,
 also of Hartford, at the time of the
 accident. They were driving a Ford
 delivery car for the Fleischmann
 Yeast company of that place. Both
 men disclain1ed responsibility for l the crash. Witnesses, however, have been gathered in by the authorities I coming around the corner at that
 point at a great speed and taking a
 wide sweep, crashed into the car driven and owned by Louis Parrot | Of Unionville. The child which was killed, was held by the mother in the Parott car and was thrown out when the cars smashed.
 The police will hold a hearing in
 he local court when date can be set.
 Pastor to Leave Soon.
 Rev. Robert H. Burton, pastor of he Church of Our Saviour, will leave the pastorate of that church the first of September. The parishioners of to take action on Rev. MT. Burton's resignation. It was. with deep regret that the congregation acknowledge the pastors resign ation as he has been active at the local church for the past Is years. He will be given the month of August for a vacation. Rev. MT. Burton makes. no definite plans for the future. During f1is ad- | ministration at the Church of Our | Saviour, it has gained financially and the membership has been increased greatly. His leaving will be regretted by the community in general as he II was a faVOrlC6 with all WnO Knew Legion Plans Discussed.
 The members of the Brock Barnes post, American Legion. at their reg ular meeting held last night. voted not to purchase a building to be used | for headquarters at the present time. This was decided after nun consid- eration as the main objection Is lack of | enough funds. Commander, Merton | Lamb, Adjutant Ralph NeV<>u and Treasurer Edward Barrows were on the investigating committee for this proposition. A promising place was found on Whiting street which was l deemed suitable for the posts pur- poses. At first the committee investi- gated buying a tract of land with hopes of raising a building fund to erect a club but this was finally voted out also.
 A carnival is being planned to be held some time in the fan and this | was briefly discussed. It will prob ably be in the form of country fair | and will be outlined at future meet iugs All proceeds will be used for
 the building fund and possibly next year will see the realization Of the
 members dreams come true and the
 post move into new place.
 Ball Game Postponed.
 | l
 not play the Southington players to-
 morrow afternoon aa had Been plan ned Manager John Valentine was informed that the opposing team l would not be able to appear. Tho game will, however be held Sunday morning at Aliens Field. The South fngton players arc not composed of the Hartford County League team but a picked team of members of the
 Sons of Italy. of that place. The Hap py Nine predicts a smashing victory as many of the members are old tim CTS and know the game from A to E. 1t is only a matter of of getting back into form, is the opinion of the man.
 ager. It is also probable that they
 will clash with the Plainville A. c. on July Fourth. If so. this will be Ia cracker-iack game and Judging
 from what the fans think, there's
 nothing to it. | Girls Club Notes. | About 10 of the older members of
 the Girls club of the Hartford Coun-
 ty r. W. c. A., held meeting last
 night and started sewing little dress
 es for the Children's Aid society Of
 Hartford. There will be another
 meeting this week and the finishing
 touches on the clothing will be made.
 The articles will then = forwarded
 to bring joy to the hearts of those
 in need of them. They will be sent
 so that all children may be dressed lup spick and span for the Fourth of July The club members are doing ] excellent work in helping the vari-