New Britain herald., 1930-07-05
PlainuiMe News
FOURTH OBSERVED IN NOISY MANNER Disorder of Previous Years Is
 Noticeably Missing EIGHT PERSONS INJURED

Street-Piayground to Open Mon-
 daJ-Boy Breaks Leg In Fall From NagOn-Items.
 Plainville celebrated the Fourth in noisy and hilarious manner. blowing up hundreds of dollars in fireworks, but the disorder of previ- ous years was conspicuous by it's ab- sence. This morning the streets in the center of the town were literally buried under paper and refuse from the firecrackers, mute testimony Of yesterdays celebration.
 Fireworks began to pop early Thursday evening but the constables had little trouble in keeping order, the troublesome gangs of former years being missing. All confined themselves to the shooting Of fire works and no attempt was made to create disturbances or commit acts of rowdysm.
 On Thursday evening the fire de- partment was called out to two minor fires. One was for a blazing billboard on New Britain avenue and the other at a small barn on Thomas avenue extension. Both fires were extinguished before any damage had been done.
 Yesterday eight persons were treated by local doctors for injuries from fireworks, and while some of them were painful none were class ed as real serious. Dr. George F.. Cook treated the following persons for injuries: Joseph Fables, s. of Homestead avenue, burns on hand from blank cartridge; Henry Thomp- son, 10, of Canal street, burns on hand from flrecrackers; Ernest Hunt 12, of Central Square, burns on hand from blank cartridge, and Paul White, 30, badly lacerated face and burns from frecrackers. Dr. Law renee H. Frost treated two boys and a girl for minor burns from blank cartridges
 Playground Opens The Broad Street playground will open for the summer Monday moru- ing under the supervision of Miss Dorothy J. Gordon of Hartford. Miss Gordon comes here highly recom- mended, having enjoyed a great deal of experience in playground work. The playground is again being spon- sored by the Plainville Schools as- sociation.
 The hours will be from to II o'clock in the morning and from to 4;30 o'clock in~the afternoon. On Saturday the hours will be from 9 to 2 o'clock.
 In past years the playground has proved great success. It is the only supervised one in town and gives the children of Plainville an oppor- tunity to enjoy themselves, daily without playing in the streets. The association expects large crowds daily and urges all parents to have their children take this opportunity Of enjoying themselves.
 Breaks Leg In Fall
 John kofkowski, 12. Of Garden street, broke his left leg yesterday when he slipped and fell to the road while riding on top of load of hay. He was taken to the Plainvill1 private hospital. where Dr. George F. Cook set the break. He was re- ported as resting comfortably today.
 Many Visitors At Camp
 A large number of visitors from all over the state spent the Fourth at the Plainville Camp grounds. There was no set program of oxer- cises. In the afternoon the young people put on a parade.
 The tennis courts on the athletic field were occupied all day, there was baseball game in the after noon, and many games Of duoits. volley ball, and other sports were