THE PRESS n A Home Town Paper F6r Home Town Folks. |THE ONLY NEWSPAPER pOTLISHEgll^ THE TO OF ENFIELD, CONN. ^11.--.. ;-T ..ll,........ •;*>•- FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 12. THOSfPSONVILLE, pONNECTlCl^V $OTRSDAY, JULY 16, 1925 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPY 5c .... ora mere disaster, but « folly developed' it was surely, when in the early stages of JEJviSi «"°^i last Thursday afternoon, w:»hitherto reliable press shuddered, staggered, N.. a- * .Y c°Uapsed into silence,, witn ^ne of its most important sections irreparably j® . m™lssi°n for the time being. _ For the mom^it our little newspaper world seemed hopeless- +V!T. O ^ V miss publication is the worst; j)iinster that could befall a newspaper. But only nd Superior Court Judge Brown Advises That the ] i "Jydread of such an ignonfcnous fate,—, whenmtvii withVT t VIA ac* snap, ourvut hope, cour­vvuiT( age and determination came back and we were at the telephone. Ourn,,,. predicament was hastily ex- Further Evidence of he Lack of Co-ordination Is Hartford and Springfield St. Railway Stop Do- P^'n®l to our ever accommodating neighbor, The ' lindsor Locks Journal. Could they help us ? Yes, a cheery reassuring yep, which was just whit ¥|e needed at the moment. "Come on bring your Disclosed During the Past Week When County », iitg Business On the Credit of the Court—The P""®. ^e will stay with you all night if neces$»j&" was the statement of genial and kindly Mr. ™aC.e of And we did. EpStefn, "who moves," moved faster than ever be- Officials Ignore the Local Police Department ^ : Bondholders To Foreclose—New Transporta- »T » l?S j **-, !. boJJr AFTER the accident^ forms, crew and all, were on the way to the —Prosecutor Bostick States His Position— Property, f| * * Raymond Epstein "stepping" on it. There at the Journal plant the decks had been tion Corporation To Take Over cleared for action. Our larger-forms required a double run but that did not worry the Journal crew. —Selectman Murray Backs Up the Police. bn-rcur?te adjustments were made under the supervision of Finton Wallace, and my, how . As was expected when it was char- that boy did work. In less than an hour after the catastrophe in Thompsonville, the first run was That the local law enforcement • tered by the , last legislature, the r+??in*° the press in Windsor Locks with both crews preparing the copies for distribution. In a FISHER-BOUCHER 'I Hartford and Springfield Transpor­ lttle over two hours the completed issue was on its way back. Here a faithful crew of delivery boys authorities are far from working in Half Enough tation Company will take over the w and once niore "Press" was being cried on the streets and the delivery boys were on harmony, is further evidenced this Mi' j remaining . assets of the Hartford tneir way to the homes of our regular subscribers. Another hectic half-hour's work on the part of week, but just what the real trouble PRETTY NUPTIAL and Springfield Street Railway Co., e Jrress crew and the mails were caught and our worries for the time were over. CCORDING to the latest is, still remains as mysterious as figures of the State De­ some time before January 1st. The when the same conditions were newly chartered corporation was or­ It was surely an adventure with more than on® thrill, and an experience which we can hardly brought to the public's attention in A partment of Health issued 1 ATST.PATRICK'S within the past few days, En­ ganized to run trolley and bus lines invite a repetition. But it had its compensations; awe chief one was the fine spirit of neighborly these columns some weeks ago. Prac­ by the Receiver and some of the helpfulness displayed by the management and organization of The Windsor Locks Journal. That field is credited with a popula­ tically everybody connected with the tion of 12,834. For the main­ Ceremony Performed bondholders of the Trolley Company, could not have been expressed better than it was by the genial Charles Latham of The Journal force, administration of justice in Enfield L T> „_ TK T AJPRT--,.- with the specific purpose in mind of who said when we attempted to express our gratitude: "What is the use of being a neighbor unless taining of law and order in this LR R has been interviewed during the past community we have 6 police­ oy Itev• U. J. U v^onnor , taking the trolley over when its af- you are neighborly. And there is a good bit of wholesome truth in that bit of homely philosophy, week, and a variety of contradictory fairs had reached a point that the which was thoroughly exemplified by our contemporary "down the river" last Thursday afternoon. statements has been the result, which men, or aji average of one to ^Tuesday Before Large , bondholders would "give *or this great service we take pleasure in again expressing our sincere gratitude and appreciation. every 2,156 persons in the up the so far as being informative regard­ town. Just north of us in ghost" and foreclose We are not unmindful too, of the splendid spirit of loyalty displayed by our own organization, who ing the actual cause of the present | !||Gathering of Friends uncomplainingly stayed on the job until it was done*, even to our "newsies" who were in at the finish. Springfield, the average, from A j This opportunity has arrived for state of things here, it does no such figures just published, is one and Relatives. [Judge Allyn L. Brown of the Super- thing. One thing was disclosed to a officer to every 613 people, and ? .V- i ior Court, who had acted on more certitude, and it is this: That the the same statistics give the > " ' A wedding of much local interest I than one report of the Receiver and police department, the prosecuting general average of a large gfgl was that, of Miss Esther Fisher, • who was familiar with conditions, attorney's office and the administra­ group of the municipalities as COUNTY OFFICERS tive part of the town government, as one to a thousand. According M daughter of Mrs Joseph Fisher represented by the First Selectman, •ii Burns to these statistics our depart­ Ei Avenue, and Homer Voucher, committee, that the receivership are decidedly at loggerheads, and ment is just half large enough. son of Mr. and Mrs. Odilon Boucher j should be terminated by January 1, MAKE ANOTHER that anything that would resemble : ill \r. of Highland Park, which took place ! that the "road cease doing bus- co-ordinated effort is out of the ques­ n tion as long as they all are in the r in St. Patrick's Church, Monday i ° £» rovement Here LIQUOR SEIZURE present frame of mind. rt chau m a n 4 • jnorning at 8 o'cock. Rev. Daniel J. j££™ : a!? + . , , > This may be cheery news to the PLAYGROUND . O'Connor„ * performed the ceremony ' ^new 1ransportation rCo., lmmediate-l '•'bootleggers," but it is the actual and celebrated the nuptial mass in • ly)u followingf«iinwrin«» the+Vio receipt of0f Judge Use of Oil On Gravel Roads Proves Successful- Gus Rice Fined $100 and situation as it has been found on dil­ -;|i: igent inquiry. The feeling has been friendsT^Miss"* DoriVda * Castonguay ®row,n'S le"er' a™ounced «"* 4.he ACTIVITIES ARE • j,. j _x i.i__ „j foreclosure proceedings would be in- Watering of Hardened Roads Has'Also Been Costs and Gets 15 Day intensified this week by the force of $ °v»?5y *?d that the property would Entirely Abandoned—State Department Aids Jail Sentence—Gamb­ deputy sheriffs again making a suc­ be turned over to the new corpora­ cessful visit to the town without the INTERESTING "A?! were rendered by Mrs. Frederick R. tion, which he explains was organ­ In Repair Work—Highways Much; Improved. ling Victims Also Be­ knowledge or seeking the co-opera- • M .Furey. • ized for such a contingency. It is tion of the local department. The P The bride was gowned in yellow not expected that there will be any fore Local Court. police are naturally incensed at this, Hiking, Swimming Les­ |i crepe de chine, trimmed with heavy other, bidders for the property of First Selectman James T. Murray which they term "going over their m: ecru lace and wore a picture hat in the Company when the sale follow­ who is directly responsible for the Fines and costs amounting in all head." They are inclined to blame sons and Baseball Oc­ harmony, with ornaments of silver WELL KNOWN Prosecuting Attorney Bostick, for lace. She carried an arm bouquet of ing the foreclosure proceedings takes highway work on the streets and to $340.02 were imposed by Judge cupy Time of Young­ % place. In his letter to Mr. Cooley, roads of the town, is of the opinion Guy F. Bushnell in the town court not turning the warrants for the bridal roses. Miss Lillian Keller Judge Brown gave an interesting YOUNG WOMAN places raided over to them. Prose­ sters—Supervisor and i was the bridestnaid and she wore a statement regarding the attitude of that better results have been at­ Tuesday morning to the victims of cutor Bostick however insists that gown, of robins egg blue canton crepe the Superior Court judges on the tained this year i„ the highway de­ the raid made by county detectives the requests for the' warrants came Instructors Active. with' gold lace trimmings and a pic­ receivership for some time. He said: partment than at any previous time.