New Britain herald., 1927-09-21
POLICE SEEK HIT
 AND RUN DRIVER
SouthinSton Man Badly Hurt
 When Struck by Automobile
ONLY SLIGHT CLUES GIVEN
Well Baby Conferences to Start Ncighbors' Night at Grange Meet ing-AuCtion on Colonial Brass WorkS-Othcr Items of Interest.

AVhur Hemingway, age 74 years, of North Oak street, Southington. , was seriously injured about II o'clock last night on East Main street when he was struck by an au- ' tomobile driven by an unidentified driver of the hit and run type. Hn , was attended by Dr. George F. Cook ! who found that he was suffering ! from severe injuries about the head ! and deep cuts and decorations of i the arms, legs and body. Dr. Cook advised the mans removal to the ! hospital, but the victim of the acci- dent insisted on going to his home. : MT. Hemingway stepped into he 1 road 10 board trolley car bound , for SouthlngtOn when, according to some who saw the affair, the auto mobile, speeding 10 pass the trolley { before 1t came to stop. Whizzed by and struck Mir. Hemingway. It l knocked him down and rolled him along until his body was flung into | the trolley tracks. Only quick work | by the motorman on the trolley pre- vented a more serious accident be- cause MT. Hcmingway's shoulder was in under the front fender of the 1 car when 1t was brought 10 a stop.
 Persons near the scene of the ac- cident sent in a hurry call for Dr. Cook and he had the man removed 10 his office where first aid was 1 quickly rendered. Mir, Hemingway was suffering from shock besides the i other injuries he sustained.
 Witnesses of the accident were unable to give an accurate descrip- tlon of the driver of the automobile except to say that he was wearing q white sweater. He was accom- 1 panied by q woman and after the accident, he spetdcd up his car and left fiainrille in the direction of Southington.
 The police of surrounding towns were notified of the accident and they were asked 10 keep a lookout for the man. No word has been received yet of anyone being appre- | hended in connection with the af- fair. Mir, Hemingway condition remains serious today.
 Well Baby Conferences
 The first Well Baby Conference of the year will be held on Friday. Sep tcmbcr 30, in the Visiting Nursing rooms in Neri Block al East Main street. It will be held between the hours of 2 and in the afternoon and all children up 10 six years of age will be admitted and examined under the supervision of state health department and local physicians Following this conference, sessions will be held regularly each month on second Friday.
 Anyone needing transportation
 should notify Mrs. Raymond Morley
 on the morning of the conference,
 telephone 332.
 Every mother Is anxious to keep
 her children in the hest Of health
 and the purpose of the Well Baby Conference is to prevent sickness, mot 10 cure if. Mothers in some parts of Plainville in answer 10 the
 queries of the canvassers who arc
 covering the town in an effort 10
 have every child under six years of age at the conference, have stated
 that their children are healthy and do not need the advice meted ont at 'h" conferences. The conferences are not given for sick children.
 They are Well Baby Conferences,
 and they operate on the old saying
 that An ounce of prevention Is
 worth q pound of cure"
 The conferences are staged under
 tha auspices of th" FIainvilc Public
 Health Nursing Association in CO., operation with tn" child hygiene bu-
 rcau of the state health department.