New Britain herald., 1922-11-13
.AUTO|ST MISTAKES PATH FOR ROADWAY
 ----------- Driver Turns Up R. R. Crossing
 Of West Main Street MACHINE GOES OVER TRACKS
Both Locai Football Teams Were Victors Ycstcr,lay--Charlcs Dow is Injured When Struck By AutoMo- bile-Holy Name Society Whist.

New Britain, his wife and their two children, had a narrow escape from serious injury or probable death last evening at 8 o'clock, when he mis- took the side street. leading into the railroad station at the beginning of West Main street, near the railroad gates for road and drove up the pathway only to be forced to drive over the rails and damage his Stude- {, baker touring car considerably. I None of the occupants was in- iured although all were given a terri l ble shaking up when crossing the , tracks and the driver was completely unnerved A wheel on the car was so smashed, that the gateman at the crossing was burning the spokes in his stove today.
 7. Constable E. w. Furrey investigat- ed and found that MT. skibe mistook ] the pathway for the road to New Brit 1 ain and had to turn over the tracks to avoid going further up the path. This is not the first time an auto l ist has mistaken the path near the :, tracks for a road and many a ma chine has come to grief there. It was | fortunate for the New Britain man l that train was not coming.
 The officials of the town have been considering the pathway there for some time past, due to it's dangerous location to autoists who think it is a l ~oad to New Britain and usually turn up there only too late to save their | ,ars. Residents are of the opinion l hat light or white fence should be put there.
 Charles Dow, son of Mir. and Mrs. ester J. Dow of POS West Main treet, Is patent at the New Britain ospital following an accident in front if his home Saturday afternoon ,hortly after o'clock when he was truck by car driven by Mir. Parker, f the Parker Shirt Company, New iritain.
 According to Mrs. Dow, mother or he young man, Charles was riding 'own West Main street with H. T. simpson and when he reached his lome. jumped off the automobile. As ,e did so, MT. Parker came from be- ind and struck him, knocking him to the ground.
 He received cuts and decorations about the face and head and had sev- ral teeth knocked out.
 Holy Name Social.
 The Holy Name society of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy is Manning whist, dance and social a, the Community theater on Thursda, ,vening, November 23. The Altar so- ciety of the church will join in the affair and joint entertainment will be carried out, A feature of the eve- ming will be Country store.
 Both Teams Win
 The Crimsons defeated the fast Tigers of New Britain at Rockwells Field yesterday afternoon to the tune of to 0. Both teams were evenlJ matched and the game was one Of the most interesting held on the local grdiron this season. Charles Diggle, acting as coach for the Crimsons, put pep into the players. a,
 Next Sunday, the Crimsons will stack up against the Sons of Italy Of this town. Great rivalry exists be- tween these two teams inasmuch as some of the players for the Sons of Italy are cast-off players from the Crimsons who are looking for the scalps of their former team mates.
 If the Crimsons cannot arrange for a game with their local rivals, they will secure the North Ends of New Britain. Practice games will be helo at Trumbull's field tomorrow evening at 7;So o'clock.
 All-Plainville defeated the East Haddam aggregation in that town yesterday afternoon. The score was to 0.
 Thanks Societies
 Commander John Guiden of the Brock Barnes post wishes to thank the members of all the societies who participated in the Armistice Day par ade here Saturday. Commander Guid- en also appreciates the cooperation of the churches, chamber of com merce, clergymen, school children, Principal Orrin L. Judd, the factories, stores and the townspeope who turn cd out for the day.
 Raps Lack of Patriotism
 The American Legion Auxiliary has taken the initiative to call to the at tontion Of the residents of Plainville, the apparent lack of patriotism dis played during the parade Saturday.
 Crowds of men and boys, standing on the street viewing the procession were seen to neglect to take off their hats or cops when the colors of the nation went by. A few of them un- derstood the laws governing the re- specting Of the flag while passing by and took off their hats. Others were said to hnve neglected to do so.
 Too Late to March
 One bouy Of veterans was noticeably that was the q. A. Hadsell Camp, 1T. S. w. V. This camp has been named after local man, Colonel c, Arthur Hadsell. who is at present serving in the Philippine Island. IL is understood however, that the camp, which has its headquarters in Bristol, would have accepted an invitation to march. The Commander of the camp is Leon E. I.oomis of Central Square, Plainville. MT. Goomis stated that he would have been glad to turn out with the local boys in honor of the day had an invitation been given to them earlier
 Christmas Sa1c
 The Ladies' Benevolent of the Con- gregational church will hold their an- nual Christmas sale in the church parlors Wednesday afternoon, Novem- Der IS. The sale will consist of fancy articles, aprons, home made food and ,a ,,,tias and icp cream