New Britain herald., 1922-12-18
4 luIuWIlC NCWS AUTO CASES HEARD NPOLICE COURT Justice Prior Fines Edward Mar.
 tindale and George LaGoy S25 DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSES

Christmas Celebration - "Nfaci,'s"
 Garage Has Chimney Fire sunday
 sloining--Happy Four Dance. | Two cases of motor vehicle law vio-
 ations were heard in the town police court Saturday night, and in both in- stances the accused were found guilty and fined s25 and costs by Justice Prior.
 The first case heard was that of Ed ward Martindale. He was tried on the charge of driving without a H. cense. Last July. Martindale, while driving his car In the center, had the unusual experience of having wheel break from the car and crash through l large plate glass window in the Neri candy store. At the time, Mir. Mar tlndale settled with the Neri's and no action was taken by the local authori- ties.
 The state police, however, in inves- tfgating the causes and results of the accident, discovered that, at the time of the accident, Martindale did not have an operators license in his pos session. He was brought to trial in town here at the instance of the state authorities, and was found guilty when tthe evidence was presented, and giv- on the above fine. Of the costs SEQ. however, were remitted, because it was known that MT. Martindale had been an experienced driver, and had shown no carelessness or recklessness
 n driving the day of the accident
 The LnGoy Case
 The second case, that of George | .aGoy, was also one wherein the driv- l 1T had slight accident and was later
 ound not to have an operators li- cense.
 He figured in slight accident in November, when in backing his car out of driveway on West Main street, he collided with another car. As matters. seemed to have been set tied by the parties concerned, the town authorities took no action in this ,ase, but subsequent investigations by the state police resulted in the dis covery that Mir. LaGoy had no opera. tors license and at their instance, he was brought to trial. He also receiv- ed a fine of $25 and costs, $20 of which was remitted for the same req sons as Mir Martindale. Prosecutor William Foren presented the states case.
 Pythians to Celebrate
 Pythian lodge, No. 47, K. of F., will hold what is planned to be the big gest Christmas celebration ever held in Plainville on December Soth. A n agnificent tree will be erected in the Community theater and will be trim med with all the usual trinkets used at Christmas.
 Al the children of Plainville, re. gardless of race, creed or color, arc invited to attend the celebration. The Pythan Sisters are making and filling I stockings and one of them will be given to each child present. The. will contain toy, candy, nuts and fruit. The committee in charge has also a big surprise in store for all present, but these plans are being kept absolutely secret.
 ! The management of the theater has donated a rip roaring comedy to the committee as starter for the enter :ainment which is to be held in con junction with the trec and Santa Claus in all his regalia has promised to be lpresent to distribute the presents. This is one of the main reasons why the Pythians are holding the celebra- tion on December 30th, 50 that old santa will have a chance to rest ur ] liter the strenuous days of delivering toys all over the world. Other fea- lures for the entertainment of the kid dies are being planned, and the little tots will want for no fun while the festivities last The exercises will be- gin promptly at 6 o'clock in the eve .nng, and one of the clergymen of the town will be invited to speak. The |committee expects about 500 little guests.
 l In the evening. the local lodge will hold another celebration of q more private nature, when it will entertain the grand lodge officers in the lodge rooms At the same time. the grand Hodge officers of the, Pythian Sisters | will be present to join in the festivi- 4 ties. This is entirely separate from the celebration for the kiddies. M ] A donation banquet will be served to the Knights and their wives or Isweethearts and to- the sisters and their husbands or beaus. An enter .ainment of varied acts will be pro scented and talks by the grand lodge and local officers will be given. This is the gala day for local Pythians and it is expected that the entire member ship will turn out for both occasions. l Chimney Fire
 The local fire department was called out about 2:3o o'clock Sunday morn, ling to extinguish chimney fire in McNallys garage, more familiarly known as "Mack's' garage. When the lire eaters arrived. they found the chimney a mass of flames but quick work on their part kept the damake down. The Ire was said to have been caused by the soot from soft coal used in the stove. I Happy Four Dance
 The Happy Four will give a private .dance in the Grange hall on Thurs day evening. It is planned to have about 25 couple present., and a jolly lime is expected. Various costumes will be worn by those attending and ! this is expected to be one of the SO cial events of the season.
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