New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
VAR ON SPEEDERS
 IN SCHOOL ZONES Police to Enforce Precautions to
 Protect Children SLOW" SIGNS IGNORED
Supt, Anderson Recovering From h. juries-Child Struck by Auto - Amateur Boxing Bouts at Red Mems Auditorium.

Mems Auditorium.
 Speeding in school house zones
 VIII no longer be tolerated, accord
 ing 10 city officials, and autoists who insist on dlsregar1ing the Slow" signs will be brought into court to
 answer charges Of reckless driving,
 X number of schools are so To- cIted that the automobile traffic in
 their Immediate vicinity is not great.
 However, the Southside school and
 the Park Street school are on the
 man route between this city and 2 rbury and during the day there K almost a continuous stream of au- f9mobilos passing in both directions.
 It is at these two points that the ! possibility of accident is greatest and several children have been , struck while crossing the streets
 some distance away from the
 schools. A motorcycle policeman
 does traffic duty at the Park Street
 school during the noon hour and "&aIn when school is dismissed at 1 the close Of the afternoon session. | An officer also directs traffic in front
 of the Federal Hil school when pupils arc dismissed for the noon recess,
 ! In the past. as Chief Ernest T. E'Id"n of tho police department i pointed out today some autoists feel 1 tha' they have cleared themselves of responsibility after they have sound "d their horn, Such 4n excuse is no cAcus" at all, in the opinion of po- lice, and il is mp 10 automobile oper- ators to exercise all possible care when children are crossing the streets. It was pointed out that often times the sounding of the horn, 1, tends 10 confuse youngsters and in- stead Of going back to the nearest | curb. they often dash into the path | Of an approaching automobile.
 Chief Bcldcn and Superintendent | of Schools Karl A. Reiche have had numerous conferences in connection | with the safeguarding of school children and as result police pro- lection is furnished at dangeroGs points at the close of both morning and afternoon sessions.
 Condition Improved
 Tn" condition of Oscar Anderson, superintendent of public works, who was painfully injured as a result of a fall from his horse Columbus Day afternoon, was reported as consider ably improved this morning by au- thori'ios Of the Bristol hospital. A~rays taken yesterday showed that no bones were fractured, although . 'h" ligamcuts in the right arm were torn and bruised.
 Ntabbing Case Tomorrow
 The ease of Andrew Hargroves of l@7 sixth avenue. charged with as- $1ult with q dangerous weapon on September -. will be heard in po- lie" court tomorrow morning. + is alleged that on the date in question . lIargroVcs became involved in an argument with John Spelacy of Meridcn and Albert Aldi of South inston at Lake Compounce and cut both the COmplainants with a pocket knife. Hargroves went to work the following morning al the plant of the Bristol Brass Corporation and | was not apprehended until several \ lays after the stahbinS affair, The ! defendant ls represented by Attorney Noble F. Pierce. l Grand Master to Attend Meeting |
 Grand Master Theodore Foster of Y hester and other officers of the c grand lodge will attend meeting of { he Blue Lodges of the Fifth Mason- i e District in this city on next Thurs d lay evening at 7:3O o'clock. At l. his meeting the masters of the 1 0 t odS"s in the district will occupy 2 h" chairs. District Deputy Grand S Nastrr George Case of Plainville il 'ill act as master and thc third de- t gre" will be worked on q class of W candidates. The senior wardens of a hc 10 lodges will act in other ca ,acities.
 Tho lodges making up the Fifth r Masonic District ar" as follows: Two 2 n New Britain and one each from h he following towns: Southington. a 'lalnvill", l'nionvillo. Collinsville, .i Granby, Bloomfield and s Bristol ~
 To Celebrate 2Sth Anniversary :,
 Elaborate plans arc being made . " Court Freedom, No. 13l, For \ st"rs of America, of Terryville to olehrate the 2Sth anniversary of the ourt on Tuesday, October 25. The rand officers of the state will be Il nests of honor and large delega- u ions will he present from Bristol, Il 'lainvillo, ForcstvilIe and South d ngton. W
 struck on Way to School
 Edith S'rra, aged six years, c aughtor of Antonio Serra Of 374 il 'road street, Forestville, while on il Ter way to the Sixth Avenue school o