New Britain herald., 1925-12-21
SUNDAY BUSINESS
 GIVEN HARD JOLT
Nine Merchants Pay Prosecutor
 Costs Of S9.2O
POLICE GET EVIDENCE
Aynlancc of Mail Reaches Post or flee - Ilks and Eagles 10 Have Trees For Children --- Christmas Sunday in Bristol Churches.

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 Nine well known storekcepers ap- pcared before Prosecuting Attorney Mather this morning as the first step toward preventing the small neighborhood stores from selling merchandise on Sunday. Each Of the cases was noled by tho prose- cntor upon payment of costs of $9.20 with q warning that further ollcnscs would mean an appearance in the city court.
 The men Were notified 10 appear in court as the result of actual pur- chases made from each one of the stores by Officer Henry Jcglinski, complaint having been made by q number of prominent merchants, The action was started as the result of the recent merchants forum meeting at the Elks club where the matter was discussed from the angle that the regular merchants suffered from the unfair competition of the small stores keeping open Sundays in violation of the law.
 Post Office Christmas Ruslt
 The annual Christmas rush is on the local post office with a ven geanCe and in order that the con- gestion may not become hopeless, the post office force worked all day yesterday delivering parcel post. To- 1 day every available truck and man will be pressed into service to keep up with the constant flow of in coming mail.
 Andrew Ronzillo of East Bristol, who in the opinion of the police, is 1 BristolS most fragrant violatOr of the law and one of their most regular customers, will face the city court again tomorrow morning as the re- suit of a liquor raid made at his homo on Birch street last Friday This will make Ronzillo's 12th visit 10 the court on as many separate ofGenses, although the court has lost count of the number of actual visits due to postpOnemcnts.
 The cause of the majority of his appearances has been Vor violation of the Volstcad act as tomor nv will make his seventh trip for this of' fonse. In spite of the fact that he has paid hundreds of dollars in fines into the city treasury. he has es capped a jail sentence because of z large and growing family of chil dren, who would become the CharGO of the city In case he went 10 jail InSpite of tho fact that he has al ways pleaded poverty 10 the court he has seemed to have no difficulty in finding the funds with which tC pay his fines. On conviction of hi' last oifense on June s he was fined $15o and costs and given q suspend cd jail sentence of six months.
 In addition 10 his violations of the Nolstcad act, he has been arrested on charges of theft breach of tho peace and assault with a dangerous weapon. violation of the traffic rules and support Should he bt sentenced 10 jail for any extended period, he would be seriously missed by his many acquaintanCes of the city court and police department.
 Home for the Holidays
 Last week marked a steady infu' to the homes of their parents in thi city of the students who have beel away 10 the colleges, schools anC universities. There will be consid crablo activity in the younger se and many parties have been planned Those who have arrivF or who ar, expected today are; Leland Wood ford O. Wesleyan university. Mis- Erma Funk from Mount Holyokc Miss Irene SaXton, Bertrand Harri son, Harold Kalstrom, John White Arnold Larson, WilfrCd GroZc, Ray mond Daily and Maurice McLaugh lin from Storrs; Miss Ruth Lindhcrl from Boston university. Miss Nanc, Peck from Katherine Gibbs Secrc tarial school of New York, Mis- Katherine Kennedy from Sargen school of Boston. Miss Nan Page O Grove street from Dana Hall, Mis Alice Beach from Columbia uniycr sity, Dorothy Spencer from Simmon college, Arthur Beach and Charle Bjackan from the University of Yer month, Donald Funk from Wesleyan university and Miss Mildred Haydc, from Columbia,
 Special Cemetery Meeting
 Action on the care of the ol Episcopal cemetery on Stearns stree will he taken at a special meeting c the West Cemetery association in in library this evening at o'cloCl The little cetmetery. in which tn first settlers of Bristol are buried failed 10 have proper care and as result the care of that cemetery wa recently turned over 10 the Yves