New Britain herald., 1929-03-12

one pedestrian crossing the street
with the green light narrowly es-
capped being knocked down by an
approaching automobile. The driver.
to avert the accident. pulled sharp
ly to his left and sideswiped an
other car Both automobiles were
slightly damaged.
Golden Gross Grand Session
The grand session of the United
Order of Golden Cross will be held
/ in Red Mems hall tomorrow. Grand
officers and delegates will be the
guests of the local Compounce COM
mandery.
! The morning session will open at
! 1890 o'clock and the credential
committee will be ready to act upon
credentials at 9:15 a. m. The meet
| ing will open with an address by
Mayor W. Raymond Crumh. who
will extend to the visiting deIrra'rS
the key to the city. Committee re-
ports will be heard in the morning.
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commanderv and in the afterroar
/ the election OF officers will TAX
place. The degree will he conferred
on a large class OF candidates.
! The evening session will convene
at 1880 and will be open to the
| public. The honored guests will in
clude Supreme Commander J. p.
BurlingHmo of Providence. r. J.;
Supreme Treasurer f. NJ. Butter
/ field of Waterto own. Mass: Supreme
/ Prelate Augusta SCHMIDT of New
I Haven. Conn; Professor Charles
| Knapp OF New York city, who is
chairman of the supreme commit
tee on laws and appeals. and Mrs.
/ Charles Knapp. past supreme COM
mander. An elaborate entertainment
program has been arranged. Dane
ing will follow the program.
Communicates TO be represented
at the grand session are Hartford.
Meriden, Bridgeport. New Haven.
Waterbury, New London and several
other cities.
Representative Rich TO Speak
Representative A. J. Rich Of this
city will be the speaker at a meet
ing Of the Central Red Mems asso-
citation which will be held at S
o'clock this evening in the wigwam
OF Compounce tribe on Prospect
street. II is expected that approx
mately 200 chiefs from the Hart
ford, Middletown. New Britain,
Southington, Torrington, Collins
Vile and Manchester tribes will trail
TO Bristol to participate in the meet
ing. Refreshments will be served
and an entertainment program pro-
vided.
Accident Case Continued
The case of Frederick Riemer Of
IS Lincoln place, charged with reck-
less driving. was again continued by
Judge William J. Malone in police
court today until tomorrow morn
ing.
Riemer was arrested following a
collision with an automobile oper-
ated by Martin Delaney of Meriden
on Federal street February "a Sew
eral previous continuances were
granted by the court to enable the
parties involved to effect civil set
tlement. This has not as yet been
done.
Crap Shooting Cases saturday
A continuance until Saturday was
granted by Judge William J. Ma
lone in police court this morning IN
the cases of eight youths, charged
with shooting craps early Sunday
morning. Those arrested We're Daniel
and James Coneitas Of Locust street,
Frank and Paul Mahalyuk of III
Greene street, Joseph Papa of l29
Gridley street, Benjamin Brezlcki
OF $50 Greene street and two other
youths, aged 3 and IS respectively.
Death OF Infant
Bernard. Is months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edmund Lemaire of Nor
| ton street, died vest erday following
short illness with pneumonia.
The funeral was held at 20 o'clock
thi.; morning at the home of the par
ents. Burial. in charge of Under
taker James J. Dunn. was in st. Jo-
sephs cemetery on Terryville ave-
/ nue..
Boy Ask $1,000 for Injuries
| Seven year Old Chester CZaplicki
of Brist Of brought suit today, by his
! father, Edmund Czaplicki, seeking
$1,000 damages from Margaret and
Harold j. Powers of New Britain
as result of an automobile acct
dent in which he was injured.
| According to the complaint issued
| by Attorney NJ. +. Stem pien of New
Britain, the hoy was struck on Bur-
I lington street bridge in Bristol while
returning from school on December
| II. The autom obile was driven by
the defendant. Harold j. Powers.
who. it is stated, paid no heed TO
traffic regulations and the fact the
children returning from school were
crossing and re-crossng the bridge.
The boy was taken to the hospital,
where a medical examination re-
vealcd a fracture of the left leg
and injuries to the head. back and
other parts of the body, it is claim
ed AS result of the in iuries, the
BOY SlHere0 Q, nervous cOlldpse ana
is unable to sleep peacefully. He
was confined 10 the hospital for a
long period. 1t is further claimed
that the plaintiff is still suffering
pain as a consequence. Papers were
served by Deputy Sheriff Matthew
Papciak of New Britain. The writ
, is returnable in superior court on
the first Tuesday in April
Apply for Marriage License
An application for d marriage H.
Cense was filed Monday in the bu-
rcau OF vital statistics, Hartford, by