Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-04
ONLY ONE CHANGE IN CoNY HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHING STAFF FOR The new SCHOOL YEAR
CALz0LARI FINED
FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC
LAW VIOLATION

George Calzolari, one Of the pro-
prietors Of the Augusta Fruit Com
pany was found guilty of violation
of a local traffic ordinance in not
keeping to the right side Of the road,
and was ordered to pay fine Of $40
and costs Of $40, when arraigned in
municipal court before Judge Robert
A. Cony, Thursday morning. A sec
ond count in the warrant for reck-
less driving was placed on file on
payment of SIS costs.
The case was the result Of bad
crash between the Calzolari machine
and Ford car operated by Floyd
Yeaton Of Winthrop. which occurred
Hill early last Monday morning. re-
sulting in cuts and bruises to John
Perazzi and Alec Ablondi. both of
Hallowell, who were passengers in
the Calzolari Buick coach.
At the hearing yesterday morning
there was considerable confiiction In
the testimony. Officer Bert G. Bow
ker Of the Augusta police testified
that he was on Water street near
the State Trust Company at 12.45
o'clock Monday morning and heard
the crash when the two automobiles
came together at the top Of Rines
Hill. He went to the scene and found
the machines, both badly damaged
and locked together, head-on, on the
electric car tracks on the east side
of the roadway. Calzolari told the
officer that he had been proceeding
up the hill but had been unable to
make the turn.
Floyd Yeaton Of Winthrop, driver
Of the lighter machine which was
proceeding down the hill at the time,
told the court that his car was going
at about 20 miles an hour. He saw
the headlights of the Buick as 1t
swept up the hill on the WRONG side
at a rate OF speed which he estimated
to be between 40 and As miles per
hour. Yeaton said that he was we'll
over on the east side OF the road
when lie cars crashed and he was
thrown out onto the pavement.
This testimony was coroborated
substantially by Charles Guerette,
a motor mechanic, who was in the
Ford car with Yeaton. Harry Dear
born, who lives at No. l Hartford
Square, very close to where the acci-
dent occurred, was in his home when
he heard the crash and fastened out
to the scene Immediately. He found
the automobiles jammed together and
DOIn were OH lflS lTdChS DIT lHc CdSt
side Of the road. Dearborn heard
Calzolari declare that he was unable
to make the turn with his car.
The respondent was represented In
court by Attorney NJ. E. Sawtelle.
On the stand in his own defense. Mr..
Calzolari testified that he had had
some difficulty with his steering gear
on a trip to Boothbay Harbor. sun
day. The car had a tendency OF
pulling to the left. With the two
HalIowell men in the coach he had
started up Rines Hill without much
momentum and had shifted into sec
ond gear just before reaching the
bridge. He could not say that he was
not on the wrong side of the road,
but declared If he were it was
due to the defective steering appar
atus. He did not believe his speed
was more than half that testified to
| by the States witnesses,
This testimony was substantiated
by Perazzi and Ablondi. who were
passengers in the Calzolari machine.
After the court had found the res
pondent guilty on the lesser of the
two counts. the fines and costs were
paid and Mr.. Calzolari was released.