New Britain herald., 1924-06-06
PMinuiMe Neu,s

Local Man Arrested on Two
 Charges Is Found Not Guilty
 COMMUNITY THEATER SOLD
 Observe :5th Wedding Anniversary
 Chamber of Commerce Mceting-To
 Present Play ToniGht-Girl Struck 1 By Automobile-Briefs.
 | John Kempa of PNierce street was ' discharged in police court last eve
 ming by Justice F. r. Prior on | charge of driving an automobile while
 under the influence of intoxicating li- i quor. A charge of reckless driving
 which was lodged against him when
 he was arrested, was not pressed. i kempa was represented by Attorney 1 Charles F. Conlon who questioned the
 states witnesses concerning the aC- | tions of kemps at the time of his ar
 rest and sufficient evidence that he i was under the influence of liquor was i not presented 10 the satisfaction of 1 the court. Grand Juror William Foran prosecuted. kempa was arrested last Sunday after his automobile had hit
 another carrying New Jersey markers. i The arrest was made by Schomcl, an i employe of the railroad who called in i Policeman Daniel Emory. Schomel
 acted in the capacity Of a private citi-
 zen il is said. The New Jersey parties i did not appear against the Plain>illc man in court.
 Community Theatcr Sold
 The Community thoater on Whiting
 street. plain,ille's sole motion picture
 house. was sold yesterday afternoon to ! Ida HorWitz and Nettie Rotstein Of { New Britain. The transfer was made i through the agency of Skinner Smith
 & Co, Inc. but the purchase price
 was not m>|e known. William I.
 Wilber, manager Of the place. has a
 lease on the premises and i7 conduct
 inc motion pictures oi Wednesday,
 Thursday, Saturday and Sunday clr-
 nings, The plans of the now owners are not known at the present time. obsrr,e Anniversary
 Mr, and Mrs. James ]. Murphy of i5 Whiting street will observe their @6th wedding anniversary quietly at their home tomorrow. They were married in Pam,ille ei years ago by the late Rev. Henry Walsh, then pas Tor Of tho church or Our Lady ot Mercy and have resided in plainNille for the past q years. One daughter has been born 10 bless the union, she being Miss Anna Murphy. Mr. Mur- phy is ono Of the best known resi- dents of plainvile and was al one time. owner of tho old New Britain baseball tcam, member of the state league. Al present he is the author ized dealer for the ESide Battery and the Zenith Carburctor and maintains work shop in the rear Of his homo.
 Commerce Chamber Meeting
 The regular meeting of tho Plain 'ille Chamber of Commerce held in headquarters on Pierce street last cyo. ming, resulted in ono Of Inc most iu- terestins discussions of the present year.
 The committee seeking into the ad- disability of securing baseball field md playground for the town reported through Inc chairman. John Lamb, that II had Investigated nearly al available sites for the project and the choice had narrowed down to two. One was inc fiat section in the resr of inc stores on West Main street. Here, with slight changes. an ideal playground could be installed and tf the cator rishts nop' owned by inc Tri7tol Mfg. Co. could he pur- cha5'd aud fho dam blown up. Inc place rou'd bs drained Off and would make n central place for the youth Of the town
 The other is Electric Field. home nf baseball for many pa st years. This is now uUned hy the Connecticut Co. : and members Of inc committee were in communication with William Bryan superintendent Of the Ncw Britain division of the trolley Com- pany, but up 10 last evening. he had heard nothing from Inc officials in Now Haven. Il is thought that this viii bc an il"gi spot for baseball diamond. as the ground needs little attention 10 fix it up. It is ihousht fiat bocause Of the Hppa rent business if might bring inc trolley company. the place could be leased for a nHm- bcr of years at . nominal sum and baseball games be siagcd there during inc summer. II could also be used for an atblciic field Hhercon nil events could be run oft The matter Is brinE held up pending word from the trolley company officials regarding their attitude on The matter.
 Sojcrtman William ]. Johnson rc- rortsd thai hc had been in confcrsncc with Mrs. Julia Barnes regarding the placing nf eijr walks in front uf the property nn the west corner of Whit ing and Eroad streets. This plare has been sore spot iu Inc tonn in wet weather and the owner Of the prop crty has been conferred with in tho hope that sidewalks would ue placed tbere. She vas much impressed with inc arguments cf the seicctmar and . it is likely that sidewalks nilI he put in in the near future.
 The stsns and street commifts re ported that during the past week. Nr. Hsmiin of tHs state highway commission bad visited rlainviIie and Has tirue5 sii inc dangerous spots in Inc town. Hs gave it as his opinion that lays noe on the statute books rould i'a enforced to eliminate many of the arcidcHfs which have occurred