New Britain herald., 1922-12-01
BREAKS WRIST IN FALL DOWN STAIRS Mrs. Pearl Smith Meets With
 Painful Accident
 ----- ----- P. Q. BOXES ARE BROKEN
Congregational Church Will Present
 Play This Evening in ,Parlors-Post-
 master Complains Of Children Nieddling With Mail Boxes--Itcn,s.

painful accident yesterday afternoon while visiting at the home Of hei parents, MT. and Mrs. Laust M. Lau. iidson of Broad street, when she fell down a flight of stairs and broke hei Ieftswrist.
 Mrs. Smith had the bones close tc her hand broken in two places ana she suffered great pain. Dr. J. R Bull attended her and reduced the fracture. Mrs. Smith will be taker to Dr. Paul Swett in Hartford this afternoon for an X-ray.
 The accident occurred in a peculiar manner Mrs. Smith mistook dool eading to the cellar for one leading to room she was about to enter. She opened the ,ioor and without looking where she was going, stepped out md fell down the cellar stairs, land ing heavily on the concrete floor. The ,Iouse Is new one and she was not acquainted with the rooms.
 Church Play Tonight.
 The Sunday school class of Benjs- nin F. Getehell of the Congregational .IIutG WILL ptCSGIll il lWO-uCi GODl- cdy in the church parlors this eve ning Rehearsals have been under way for the past several weeks. There are 16 persons in the cast. It will commence at 7:45 o'clock and the ltfair is open to the public. The name of the comedy is "The District School at Blueberry Corner ;o;, ir l,r ,lay are as follows:
 Teacher, B. F. Getchel; pupils tymond Morrill,. Traitor Getchell Douglas Martin, Howard Tyler, Rus ell Scoville, Irving Lindberg, George )kenquist, Roger Newton, Loyal smith and Herman Voisard. There sill be school committee composed
 f the pastor of the church, Rev. Charles s. Wyckoff, as chairman, soland Hale and John Britney; the isiting bord will be composed of Mrs. Edith Loomis and Clara Getchell.
 Death of Mrs. Ranahan.
 Mrs Frank Carragher and brother. John Ranahan, of East Main street, nave received telegram stating that LHclT IHOLIcI Ildiu ulSu dl llCl n Prince Edward Island. Mrs. Ran ahan passed away Wednesday morn- ing as her son here was preparing to cave for that place.
 Mir. Ranahan received telegram Tuesday to the effect that his mother was critically ill. He left his place of employment and prepared to make 2 br ian st,fn fn fl,ic saturday. He had not seen her. for some time. Yesterday morning, how ever, another telegram came telling them of the death of Mrs. Ranahan., It will be impossible for the local relatives to reach her home before the funeral takes place.
 Home From School.
 Miss Doris Gwillim, daughter of Stanley S. Gwillim of Hough street. Is visiting at her home over the holi- lays from the Lincoln school at Providence, k. |.
 Samuel Castle, son of MT. and Mrs. Harry A. Castle, is visiting at his nome on Canal street, from East hampton, Mass.
 '. C. isONcS Broken
 Postmaster James Usher has receiv d numerous complaints that the ooxes in local offices are being con, ,tantly broken and in need of repair An investigation into the affair dis closed the fact that children come in to the office and take great pleasure in pressing the various buttons on the different boxes, which results in theii ,eing broken.
 The office is deserted of it's heiI during the evening from 7:30 until o'clock and it is believed that at that time, the children enter the institu, ion and tamper with the boxes.
 Postmaser Usher has tahen tho matter up with the local authorities rho will keep d close watch of the ,ffice during the evening hours and my children or other persons caught meddling with the boxes will be pro ,ecuted. The focal office has gone to much trouble lately repairing the ,oxes.
 To Move House
 Contractor Fred Beaulieu oi Whites Crossing, who is in charge of recting the new bowling alleys fol. John Murphy and Charles Hird ois Whiting street, will undertake to move ,he little house which has been taken rom it's foundations to make room Or the new building. :,
 The house has been purchased by . resident of Mountain View who in lends to have it moved to place near .he A. NJ. F.. Zion church on Whiting street and remodel it for tcnss's.
 Mir. Beaulieu will start moving t., house tomorrow and. will try new scheme. Instead Of having the usual team of horses dragging the building. he may have five ton truck pull it down the street. He will. however. try the old method of using horses first and if this is not successful his new stunt will be put into effect. The house ia not very large and the con tractor intends to have it located on it's new foundations within one day after starting on it's journey.
 Plain,iIle Briefs
 Pythian lodge, Knights of Pythias, V i'll hold it's regular meeting this eve hing A
 i, Mrs. Lawrence Beebe of Crown ., root ia a patient at the Hartford hos