New Britain herald., 1928-02-09
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SCOUTS MOBILIZE DESPITE WEATHER Htary IrQmbuu Addresses
 Record Boy Scout Gathering MAY LOSE SIGHT OF EYE

MAY LOSE SIGHT OF EYE stevsa sasek Badly Cut in Turnpike
 Aec.dsns-specaal Towa Aieetina Ionishs-warEaaty Decd Filed
 Basketball and Haadbsu Ioaight Through the dense sos h automo. btleA on bicycles and afoot ., scouts pace came s3 of Piainville's q Boy Scouts in answer to seven blasts of the Trumbull Electric Mfg Co. whistle last night to mobilize al the High school for what was the greatest scout gathering ever held in Plainville. Tho nasty weather made no difference to the youngsters, who
 made use of every available meana of travel-ineludinx hitch hiking 1 to respond to tho call. which waa given suddenly at ! o'clock without {, tho time having been announced I previously. Twenty boys were on hand within five minutes. and the ] others appeared rapidly. being join ed by all local scoutmasters and as- sistants and by five troop commit teemen who made q special effort to be present at this feature of Eighteenth Anniversary week Of the acn,it v, ,nver,.sut
 Deputy Commissioner Howard N. Knapp took charge of the gathering in the High school and staged all impromptu program. having each of the three troops give its particular yell. He then introduced President Henry Trumhull of the Chamber of i Commerce. MT. Trumbup said he was more than pleased 10 see so many Boy Scouts present and that he was actually amazed to discover that there were 90 many in Plain vile. He hoped the movement would continue to thrive and to keep up i the good work that it had begun, MT. Trumbull complimented the scoutmasters for their very earnest efforts and their sacrifices in giving up their time for such a worthy cause. Plainville would be represent ed at every Boy Scout gathering !n the state. he hoped.
 Troop of Plainville gave a demonstration Of flag signalling and another of first aid. They also built a signal tower with the team which won this event in the annual meet at New Britain last spring, Senior Patrol Leader Edgar Hibhari of Troop e4 gave the scout oath and laws. Members Of Troop B save sew eral bugle selections.
 Rev. Charles g. Wyroff. chairman of the troop committee of Troop 33. gave short talk and suggested that Mr. Trumbull be made an honorary member of each troop. William A. worker for Troop l, gave an inter esting talk on what scouting means to the boys. Deputy Commissioner Knapp closed the meeting with q brief talk on tho reason for mobili. zation and thanked Mr. Trumbull for his cooperation in making the gathering 2 success.
 The commissioned officers of the Plainville troops arc aS follows: Troop l. located at the Flainville M. E. church. Scoutmaster Leon Fall kowski: Troop 24. located at tho Church of Our Saviour. Scoutmaster Howard Stevenson and Troop S3. sponsored by the American Legion, Scoutmaster F. J. LeVasseur and Assistant Scoutmaster J. J. Fletcher. May Lose Eight of Eye
 Injuries which may result in the , loss of sight in one eye were sus- tained by Steven Sasek. IT. of 1:l Broad street in head-on automo- bile collision which occurred in the fog on North Colony street. Meriden. near the town line. last night. Sasek was a passenger in the car of his brother Paul, 2l. when the crash oc- cured.
 The Saaek machine was south bound and, because the vision of the driver had been completely obscured by tke heavy fog. 1t had, unknown to the driver. worked over onto the left side of the road. A machine driven by John J. Walsh of F Fen ton street, Quincy. Mass. suddenly loomed out of the mist ahead and the two cars smashed into each other. Steven was hurled complete ly through the windshield and landed in the road.
 A car driven by John Madieros of cS9 Elm street, Cambridge. Mass. was the first 10 reach the scene and Madieros took Steven to the Meriden hospital. He was found 10 have suf- fered minor cuts on the face and forehead. a deep cut along his nose and piercing his upper lip. and a deep cut around the right eye. As a result of the. last injury. physi- clans today believed that he would lose the sight of that eye. Paul and Walsh were unhurt.
 The Meriden police were sum- moned and the ambulance was call ed hut this was not needed