New Britain herald., 1923-12-05
PMinuiM News
PATRICK MELITO IS
 RUN DOWN BY AUTO East Street Boy Playing With i Mate Jumps in Front of Car
 FIREMEN'S ANNUAL MEETING

lltuNlUlS U nNNUnU MILL lNU W. J. Cahill Co. Moves From Piain-
 yille-Health Officers Monti,i. Re
 port--MaiI Early Notices-BowIing
 Notes-3riefS.
 Patrick Melito, age about T. years ] of East street, escaped serious in- | jury yesterday afternoon about o'clock when he was struck by an automobile on Whiting street opposite 1 Maple street. He was attended by Dr. J. N. Bull who after an examination. l found that the youth suffered only scratches on his face, hands and legs and escaped without either apparent internal injuries or broken bones. l Patsy" as he is known, was ac- cording to those who saw the affair, 1 playing with another lad about his own age on the west side of the street when he jumped into the road in front of the oncoming car The auto driy CT 1 stopped immediately with the child under the body Of the car. He had 1 been travelling at d very slow rate of l speed and this is probably what saved 1 Melito. The boy was picked up and rushed into the office of Dr. Bull by the owner of the automobile, but it was found that no serious damage had been done. The accident was report ed to the local police.
 Fircmen'S Annual Meeting
 The annual meeting ol Plainvilc 1 Hose Co. No. 1 will be held in the firemen's rooms on Pierce street Fri day evening at o'clock. Officers will i be elected for the coming year and reports of retiring officers will be read. The officers to be filled are 1 foreman. lst and End assistant fore man, secretary, treasurer and steward. It is expected that large attendance will be present.
 Cahill Co. Leaves
 The last Of tho stock Of the W. J. | Cahill X Co. plant which was in the l Plainvillc warehouse has been trans l ferred to the headquarters Of the con- corn in Meriden, according to an an- nouncement made this morning. Tho | moving was completed yesterday, and i the property of the company is va l cated today. The next move win be the sale of tho company's property in i flainNillc in an effort to pay the creditors a full value on their money. l The company is st the present time | in tho hands of receivers and will 1 operate from the main office in Meri- den.
 Health Oniccr's Report ] br. j. \. Bull, medical officer for i rlainville, stated this morning that there had been only ono case Of con. ! tagious disease reported to him dur l ing the month Of November. That Ewas n case of scarlet fever and an investigation showed that it had been contracted in another town and had been brought to Plainvillc. There was no source of the disease found in Plain,illc. Dr. Bull stated that tho health Of tho town was excellent at the present time.
 Mail Earl, Noticcs
 Postmaster James F. Usher has re. ctiyed list Of dates on which Christmas parcels should be mailed to various parts Of tho country and Plainville patrons of the post officc arc asked to mail their parcels ac- cording to this list. Important nos ticcs regarding the delivery on Christ mas Day and the hours which thc post office will work on that day arc also contained in the bsletin and will be followed 10 tac letter in the lccal office.
 All parcels should be wrapped se- curciy and tho address should be written plainly so that thcrc will b. no chanc" Of the parcels going into the dead letter office. Tho following will give people an idea Of the dates on which to send their parcels:-Dcc. 10 for California. Washington and Ore gon; Dec. i2. for Montana. Wyom- ing. Colorado and the Rocky Noun tain States; Dee. 13. for Dakota. Min Ecsota, Illinois, Mississippi f'ioriJa. Middle West and Southern states; Dec. 17. for New York. Penns,lvania. New Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and Virginia: Dee. Ig. New England States and Dee. T for local delivery.
 12 o'clock win Dc the limit of work for postal cmployes on Christmas Day. IT carriers cannot finish their work by r. o'clock. the work will be left unfinished and deliveries wiii be made the Hczt day However. if tho mail early campaign is followed. there will bc no necessity 10 await delivery until the day after Christmas.
 Bowling Notes
 The Trmco Rowling league held its weekly session on the Ideal alleys last evening and the following indiRilual