New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
Bristol Meus

VuQIS0 Vl Id6lduCy FOUR ARE SENT TO JAIL Italians To Celebrate Feast of St.
 Oronzo-F1ve Gallon Can of AL
 cohol in Truck Cab-C. R. Ander-
 son Candidate For Council.
 The Billboard Hotel" as 1t is fla miliarly known, located on Roots Island has been permanently closed by the police department as a result of numerous complaints recently re- ceived. A visit to the spot yesterday by Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Off, ficer Joseph Strup resulted in the arrest of Charles Sanford, Theodore Ecklund. Charles Nelson. Alexander Ware, Thomas O'Hearn and Joseph Kelley. All the men were charged with vagrancy in the city court this morning.
 Sanford. who had been before the court on eleven previous occasions, was sentenced to jail for 60 days as was Nelson, who this morning made his fifth appearance in court. Eek lund was given 30 days for his sev- enth appearance and O'Hearn, who could boast of only two previous ar rests, was given Is days. Judgment in the cases of Ware and Kelly was suspended, as both men had appear ed on the scene but few minutes before the police patrol arrived.
 For the past several months. a group of men, who seldom If ever work, have been making the spot in the rear of the billboard their ren- dezvous. Numerous drinking orgies, at which everything from denatur- ed alcohol to canned heat was i'm bibed, have been held and conditions finally reached such stage that they were termed by many a dis grace to the city.
 Only a short time ago one man, who had spent a night and day at the resort. was arrested for intoxi- cation and died in his cell as re- suit of the bad quality of the liquor and exposure.
 Death of Former Resident John F. Welch, who for a number Df i, ho raintipty ? and decorating business in this city. died at his home in Hartford yester- day after a long illness.
 MT. Welch was a charter member of Compounce Tribe, l. o. R. M, and also of Bell City aerie, Fra ternal Order of Eagles. He leaves his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Westland Welch and three grandchildren, Florence, George and Erwin Welch of View street, this city. The funeral will be held Saturday morning in Hartford.
 Injured in Factory Armand Lawrence, aged 21 of 23S Main street, an employe of the New , Departure Mfg. Co.,, received numerous cuts on the scalp yester- day when the cone of the machine at which he was working flew off i and hit him on the head. He was taken to the Bristol hospital for treatment and later taken to his i home.
 St. Oronzo Celebration Elaborate plans have been made by Italians of this city to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Oronzo, tomor- row.
 As in past years, the celebration will be opened at 12 noon with the setting off of aerial bombs At 1:30 D. m. a reunion will be held at the Elks home on South street and at ? p. m. there will be parade from the Elks home to the center of the city. Members of the St. Oronzo society of New Britain, Hartford and Waterbury will be in the line of march.
 After the parade. the celebration will be transferred to Lake Com bounce where concerts will be play ed from to s ?. m. and from 9 to II D. m. by the Veterans of Foreign Wars band of this city. The fes- tivities will close with a display of set fireworks from Il p. m. to 12 midnight.
 Business Changes Hands A bill of sale, transferring the business of the Connecticut Hat Co. at 93 North Main street from Abra- ham Berkowitz of New Britain to s. M. Gordon and Max Litvin of New Haven, was filed in the>o of the city clerk yesterday.
 I. o. o. F. Meeting Stephen Terry lodge, l. o. o. F. will hold their regular meeting at s o'clock this evening in stephen Ter ry hall.
 Charged With Transporting Liquor
 Peter Mazzone of AZ Hull street was arrested at 9:30 o'clock last evening on Willis street by Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Officer William Thompson on a charge of illegally transporting liquor. A five gallon can of alleged alcohol was found in the cab of the truck which Mazzone was operating. He was releasel later at night under bonds of s1,0Qo
 At the request of Attorney An