New Britain herald., 1922-08-08

and kensington and its was through him in the legislature that a bill was passed granting New Britain the right to change its charter so that water could be sold to the local fire districts.
 filling Not A Candidate.
 Judge Willard I. filling, former selectman of the town and who has been mentioned by several as a pos sible candidate for first selectman this coming year. stated to a repre- sentative of The Herald this morning that he did not believe that he would seek the seectmans berth this fall.
 Judge filling said that he is busily occupied taking care of his own work without taking care of the work for the town. Judge filling. however, has been prominent and active in town affairs for good many years and was we'll liked when he served as first selectman from 1915 to 1918, Judge filling was the first man to serve as judge in the town court when 1t was estG Gbiished in Berlin. Judge George Griswold was his successor. Previous to his serving as a judge MT. filling was on the board of as- sessors.
 Trench Worker Hurt
 Tony Gragos of New Britain a la borer for the Curtis construction company which is installing the wa ter mains along Pennington road near the old fair grounds. is in the New Britain General hospital as the re- suit of an accident which occurred about o'clock last evening.
 As the. story is told Gragos was struck by Ford coupe and serious y injured as he was about to quit work. Dr. A. J. Goodwin was sum moned and treated the injured man He hailed passing automobile and took the man to the hospital. The laborer had started work for tho construction company yesterday morn ing.
 It was learned at the hospital that Gragos suffered decorations of the scalp, a fractured right forearm. five broken ribs and other slight injuries, Hospital authorities claim that his condition is not serious.
 The Ford machine was driven by 4. A. Levy of Roxbury, Mass. whc claimed that he tried to avert the accident. The machine overturned after having struck Gragos. Prose cutor C. r. Lewis who was called did not hold the driver.
 Important Legion Meeting.
 The regular meeting of the loca legion post which will be held Thurs day evening in the T. A. B. hall at S o'clock will be an important one and all members are urged to be present
 Commander Arthur Benson stated this morning that the delegates wil be elected to attend the state conven ton to be held in Waterbury nest month and general discussion of the track meet will take place. It is ex pected that final plans will be ar ranged for the meet, which promtscs to be one of the. greatest athletic events held in this Dart' of the state
 News in Gricf.
 horse was slightly injured this morning when it fell into the ditch sington. The animal was owned by Joseph Muloski of that town.
 Miss Margaret Luby of Kensington is spending her vacation at Indian Neck
 Mir. and Mrs. William Luby of Ken sington are spending the month of August at Burlington.
 Mrs. Edward Mccormick and chil- dren are visiting friends in Burling- ton.
 The general committee in charge of the American Legion track meet will gather this evening in the T. A. B. hall at o'clock to discuss business relative to the affair being staged on August 19 ct the community grounds.
 A regular monthly meeting of the school board will be held this evening at s o'clock in the office of the town clerk.
 Roy B. Smith and family of Boston. Mass. are visiting with Mrs. John R. Smith of Hudson street.
 H. N. Goodrich and son of Berlin are building a house on Cedar Hill for John Weymouth of this town.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. P. Schroeder of Berlin have returned from few days spent at Sound View.
 |. B. Adams and family have re-