The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

About sixty-seven New York fresh air fund children have been invited to spend a two weeks va- cation in Torrington and vicinity
 beginning Wednesday, July 20
 Twelve of these will be enter. tained free of charge and board will be paid by 55. The children will arrive on the train reaching
 here from New York at [ o'clock next Wednesday evening. Hosts who can do so are asked to be al the railroad station to receive the children allotted to them. A num- Der of committee members will be on hand to greet the children and those whose hosts are not at the station will be taken to their
 places of destination by cars. The children will return to New York on Wednesday, August 3, probably The chairman in charge of the leaving on the 7:23 a. m. train work Is William A. Gleeson and the treasurer is Ralph H. Pease. Numerous Measles Cases Here There are many cases of measles in this city, which malady has been prevalent here for the past six weeks, according to Dr Eleis Pratt, city health officer. The ex- act number oNcases is not known as the great number of cases in which the physicians are not called are not reported to Dr Pratt. Nc check-up is made on the number of children affected as the schools are not in session. The cases are not believed to be confined in any particular part of the town and none of the cases are serious Sc far as known. But it is believed that the number of cases is un- doubtedly larger than at any other period in several years.
 "Stop" Signs to Be Installed
 "Stop" signs were placed at six more street intersections here Sat urday afternoon, it was announced by Chief of Police William E
 Nevin. The intersections affected are: East Pearl and East Main streets; East Elm and East Main streets; Calhoun and Main streets; Cherry street and Migeon avenue Field and Forest streets.
 Motorists are advised to com ply with the regulations concern ing the "stop" signs when they are installed, as police will check up closely and violators will be or dered into court.
 The signs, it is expected, will
 tend to diminish the number of , accidents which have occurred at these intersections and help con- siderably to control the traffic sit-
 uation here. Several other stop
 streets have been designed here, traffic lights and rotary traffic systems have been installed and all have aided in traffic control and accident prevention. Plans are now underway for the installation
 of another rotary traffic system. at
 the intersection of the Norfolk and Goshen roads in West Tor.
 rington. and this is expected to be :, in operation in the near future. Burglary Cases Continued The trial of five men and a wo.
 man, charged with committing {
 series of burglaries in Litchfield
 county, which was scheduled t6
 be heard Thursday afternoon 1T
 the Thomaston court, was contin
 ued until Saturday afternoon. Int
 acused are Alison and William Nc 1 Sdl LlSS eiilu IIoACi NhS
 Caul of Torrington, John Wood.
 and Melvin Johnson, both o1 l Thomaston.
 Miss Marjorie Gisselbrecht o1 | Calhoun street was discharged
 Friday from the Charlotte Hun. gerford hospital, where she has been a patient for the past two | weeks.
 07th Birthday Observed To-day Edward J. Hopkins, one of Tor
 rington's oldest residents, will ob'
 serve his 97th birthday at his home, POT South Main street, to-
 day. MT Hopkins is enjoying good
 health and is very active for a
 man of his age. No special ob-
 servance is planned for to-day but many of MT Hopkins relatives and friends are calling at his l home to extend their congratula- ,.tions and express hope that he