New Britain herald., 1928-11-23
FRED FLETCHER IS HIT BY AUTO
School Committeeman Hls Nu.
 TOW Escape From Serious Injury
SUFFERS PAINFUL BRUISES
Park Meeting Postponed-Chicken Thieves Busy-High School Honor List-C0mmunity Chest Drive ContinucS-Other Items,

Continucs-Other Items.
 Fred P. Fletcher aged school committeeman Of the East Bristol district. had . narrow escape from serious injury shortly after [ o'clock this morning when he was struck by an automobile at the corner Of Main street and the Memorial Bou- levard. Rudolph Woscuichowski Of Chapel street, Thoamston, opera tor of the car, stopped and assisted the injured man to the automobile of a passerby and took him to the Bristol hospital. An examination showed Mir. Fletcher to be suffering from numerous cuts and abrasions. none of which were deemed serious by hospital authorities this morn ing.
 Mir. Woscuichowski appeared be- fore Prosecuting Attorney James T. Mather this morning upon the in- structions of Officer James Keith. on desk duty at the time. After listen ing to the facts, the case was con- tinued by the prosecutor until De- cember 1st. Woscuichowski was permitted to go on his own recos- nizance.
 Community Chest Drive. With the sum of S16.1s2 received in cash and pledges Thursday. the grand total to date is SS3,1sS. This amount represents two-thirds of the total amount and the successful out come of the campaign within the time limit seems assured. While . number of factories have made com plete reports, there are still . large number of workers to be heard fror, in some of the plants. and the re- turns from the schools havs vot yet been reported.
 For the first time since the be- ginning Of the campaign, there waa no evening meeting of the workers. Manager Carl E. Carlson has. how ever. called meeting for tonight at o'clock. Reports will be made # hat time which it is believed
 add another impressive days
 to the sum already received. "."us for the windup of the cam- paisn will also be discussed. /; Aged Resident Dies Albert l.. Andrew, 7s, q lifelong resident of this city. died Thursday at his home on East Road follow. ing an illness with infirmities incl dent to old age. He is survived b. his wife. and one daughter. Mrs Edward Manchester.
 Funeral services will be held . ? o'clock Saturday afternoon at hi late home. Rev. P. r. Wolfenden pastor of the Bristol Baptist church will officiate and burial will be ir West cemetery.
 I. 0. o. F. Meeting
 The regular weekly meeting ot stephen Terry lodge. I. o. o. F.. will I be held at s o'clock this evening in stephen Terry hall.
 Park Meeting Postponed
 The meeting of the board Of park commissioners. originally scheduled for last Wednesday evening but post. roned until tonight. has again been postponed until next Monday eve. ming. November 26. The second postponement was made necessar, because of a meeting of the fire com. missioners which will be held at 1 1:30 o'clock tonight.
 stolen Satchel Recovered
 Dr. Ralph F. Long of Terryyille whose medical satchel was stoler from his car while making . pro. fessional call on Cypress street, thl city Wednesday evening. recovered bis property Thursday afternoon. l, was found in a yard a short dis fance from where he was makins the call. It is his belief that tn. theft was the work of small boys who abandoned it when they found 1t to contain nothing but medicine.
 Chicken Thieves Busy l With Thanksgiving approaching chicken thieves have resumed ac tivities, two complaints of raided her houses having been made to the police within the last cl hours. Earl, yesterday afternoon Joseph Boucher Of se3 South street reported tha, approximately 20 chickens had been stolen the night before and . pet rabbit, in an adjoining coop, was also taken.
 The second complaint was received last night from Mrs. Minnie Mal. coski of Allentown road. A raid on her coop netted the thieves 2o chickens. one turkey and two ducks Last nights raid was the second one staged by marauders within the past week and but 10 of her flock now remains.
 A few weeks ago . resident oi West street lost A number of vain.