New Britain herald., 1927-08-19

Under the new law creating the
ONCE OF state aid road supervisor,
w. f. Hulse will be available to the
towns as a source OF advice in road
building or engineering work. This
service will be furnished without
cost. IT was stated at the meeting
yesterday that Plainville was the
first town to apply for the services
Of supervisor Hulse. He helped the
town plan the new work on Camp
street. which is still in progress.
Usher Mentioned for Office
Postmaster James f. Usher is be-
ing prominently mentioned as the
next Hartford county commander of
the American Legion and 1t Is ex-
pected that his name will be brought
before the state convention in Dan
bury tomorrow for the office Of
state vice-commander. At the county
meeting yesterday he received the
approval of those present, and II is
considered more than a possibility
that he will be elected to these two
somewhat synonymous offices.
Mr.. Usher has been one OF the
most prominent workers in Brock
Barnes post OF Plainville since it.
formation and has served as finance
officer He has also been chairman
OF various welfare committees, in
Guiding that which developed the
town lot into green and that which
secured uniform flag decoration on
national holidays. At present he is a
member Of the state executive com.
mittee.
If Mr.. Usher Is chosen it will be
the second tribute thus paid to the
local post, and Robert Craig held
this officer a year ago.
Southington Driver Fined
Walter Munick of southington
was fined $50 and costs, with SIS
RENTED. when found guilty of reck-
less driving yesterday afternoon.
Munick was the driver Of the car
which crashed into a parked auto
owned by Joseph Srogi of IS Will
low street, New Britain. at White
Oak early last Saturday morning.
His brother, Walter, Munick. lost
the sight OF his right eye in the ac-
cldent. Srogi was out of his car at
, the time trying to repair a broken
tail light, and when the drivers
could not settle things between
! themselves, they had both been or
dered to appear in court. Srogi was
charged prefunctorily with parking
without a tail light.
Justice L. S. Mills yesterday
found MHnick guilty and imposed
the fine. but the case was appealed
by Attorney Monroe Gordon of New
Britain, counsel for Munick. The
appeal was withdrawn when the se5
was RENTED. Srogi who was rep
resented by Attorney William NJ.
Greenstein OF New Britain, was
found not guilty of the technical
charge against him. Grand Juror
Charles f. Conlon prosecuted.
Excursion Train to Stop
The excursion train to New York
city Sunday will stop at Plainville
at 100 a. m. daylight saving time
on its down trip and on the return
journey will stop here at 1919 p.
m. The local office has finally sue
ceeded in having these excursions
stop at Plainville. but the patronage
here has been poor and unless it
improves it is likely that the prac-
tice of stopping here will be discon-
tinued.
Contest Postponed
The balloon contest scheduled for
yesterday afternoon at the Broad
street playground was postponed be-
cause of rain. Miss Gerraro said this
morning that she planned to hold it
this afternoon. but that it would
take place tomorrow morning if rain
interfered again today. Tomorrow
will be the last day on which the
playground will be open
Double Header Next Week
The Plainville Y. NJ. C. A. base
ball team will be idle this week END
but next week it will participate in
a rather unusual double header In
an effort to play off the County "Y"
league games. Broad Brook, at pres
ent leading the league, will play the
locals here. and after the game is
completed Kensington will play the
Broad Brook outfit. This twin bill
is expected to settle the league
championship.
Sasek Finishes Third
Paul J. Sasek piloted his hydro
plane Blue Streak home in third
position in the Glass 3 outbored
motor races at Hartford Wednesday,
just behind the leaders. Ar
thur Rattsburgh. with a motor like
Sasek's, finished first, just hair In
front of Sol Lombary's Baby Buzz"
while the Blue Streak" was close
third. The other entries we're left
we'll behind
Sasek. plotting the board which
he had designed and built himself,
made tremendous speed on the
and around the turns.
The blue Streak was one of the
last in the lineup when the cannon
signal went off, but it worked its
way rapidly around the curves on
the five lap stretch and was close
behind the Baby Buzz" when the
finish was reached. Sasek was
awarded third prize.
Ncbo Zacchi Bankrupt
Nabo Zacchi. Whiting street