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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, CONN. FIFTIETH YEAR—No. 49. THOMPSONVILLE, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 Subscription $2.00 Per Year—Single Copy 5c. MINSTREL PLANS UNDERWAY Unlike a Lamb FINAL DAYS Ofe Rehearsals Now Being Held For Big GETTING IN THE MAKES SURVEY K. of C. Frolic, Monday, April 28. Help Wanted C0MMTIEE1S TAX COLLECTING With rehearsals well underway and "'That March is not retreating with an array of talent beyond the PERSONAL TAX FOR SUMMER in any lamb-like demeanor is average the committee in charge of The committee that is plan­ PROGRESSING evident from the weather con­ The Month's Grace Al­ the annual Knights of Columbus frol­ ning the celebration of the ditions today. The lowering ic announce that the event will take Collector Marinaccio Is 250th anniversary of the settle­ STORE CLOSING clouds of the early morning lowed by Law Will Ex­ place at Wawel Hall. Polish Nation­ ment of the town is seeking the Plans For the Celebra­ were followed by a few spas­ al Home building, Monday evening, Making Supreme Ef­ co-operation of The Press read­ modic snow flurries, and finally pire Next Monday—A April 28. Getting away from the us­ fort Before the End of ers in an effort to compile as Merchants Committee tion of the 250th Anni­ it settled down to what was ap­ ual stereotyped form of minstrels complete a list of former resi­ parently a very business like Few Busy Days Ahead. that have be£n the vogue for years, the Month. dents or natives of the town as of Board of Trade Gets versary of Town Next precipitation. For quite a while the Knights offer to the public some­ possible. For this purpose a after it £ot underway the thing decidedly new in the way of blank form will be found in an­ Views of Business Men June Are Going For­ Collector Francis A. Burke is look­ For the past two weeks, Personal other column, which the com­ ground was not in a very re­ ing forward, beginning about tomor­ entertainment presented locally. The On Summer and Holi­ ward Satisfactorily. ceptive mood, and although the idea is to assemble all the best avail­ Tax Collector Teresio Marinaccio has mittee asks our readers to fill flakes fell thick and fast it on­ row, to a few busy days at his of­ able talent grouped_ as entertainers been spending the entire day at the out with the name and address of any who come within above day Closing. ly resulted in wetting the sur­ fice in the town building. The final in an up-to-date night club, with town building in a final effort to col­ Very satisfactory progress in all face. Gradually, however, the day for the payment of property tax, lights, laughter, gayety and enter­ catagory and mail it to either the branches of the work was indi­ lect the unpaid personal tax, for of the addresses accompanying The Merchants Committee of the snow got the best of the argu­ in order to escape the imposing of an tainment. The stage setting prom­ cated by the reports of the various ment, and laid down a very pro­ ises to be the most elaborate one ev­ which the regular period for collect­ the form. It is the plan of the Board of Trade has just completed a sub-committees to the general com­ nounced mantle of white over interest charge comes next Monday. er seen in town. ing expired March 1. The additional committee to send an invitation survey of the business men of the mittee that is planning for the cele­ While the taxpayers have done ex­ to all who formerly resided in this area. Just at the noon effort on the part of the personal tax town on the question of holiday and bration of the 250th anniversary of hour, in order to prove its mas­ ceptionally well during the month in collector is in order to reduce amount Enfield, regardless of how long the town, at the meeting held Tues­ tery, the snow, aided by a fast the payment of their taxes, the final outstanding, so that if the alias war­ or short the period of their res­ |summer closing. The particular hol- day evening in the assembly room of swirling wind gave about as days will as usual see a large num­ DONATION PARTY rant is used to collect the tax as few idence here, and for this pur­ liday that the committee had in mind the Northern Connecticut Power fantastic an exhibition of ber of them visit the collector's of­ as possible will be affected. The tax pose it is desirous of compiling | in making the inquiry was Good Fri- Company. Some' ten or a dozen re­ weather as has been seen here fice and this insures a corresponding­ is carrying the penalty for $1.00 ad­ ias complete a mailing list as ;day, which comes on April 18. Opin- ports that were submitted showed for many a day. Whether it ly busy period for him. IS SUCCESSFUL ditional since March 1, and is now possible. It is presumed that lion has been divided for years re­ that in every instance the committee was the tail end of the Chicago The period of grace will end Mon­ three dollars. Approximately 1,000 every reader of The Press garding this day, certain classes of were taking a deep interest in the blizzard, or the final gasp of an day night, and from that day on all persons have not as yet paid the tax knows one or more such per­ i business men finding it inconvenient work assigned to them, and that the already prolonged winter sea­ taxes unpaid will be subject to the Members of Sister Fab­ and about the same number default­ sons, and it is hoped that they i to close their stores on that day. This particular part of the plans that were son is not certain, but anyway penalty of an interest charge. This ed its payment for the previous year. will respond to the invitation • attitude still continues for the survey assigned to them were going forward with its end which came in interest charge beginning next Tues­ ian Circle Are Able to The Collector and town officials are of the committee to co-operate shows that out of the 50 merchants in a most satisfactory manner. about a half hour, this belated day, will be 9 per cent and will be in a quandary as to the course to in making this feature of the included in the inquiry, 9 of them At least 3000 former residents will out spectacular demonstration retroactive to March 1. From Tues­ Give Substantial Aid to pursue regarding the collecting of celebration a success. are favorable to keeping open all be invited to attend the exercises, day until Sept. 1, the rate remains day, 20 for a half day, while 21 vot­ of the fact that even when Ten Needy Families. this back tax. The use of the alias and the services of approximately 1,- spring comes winter is not far the same but from Sept. 1 to Feb­ warrant, which is now being employ­ ed to close the entire day. 000 residents of the town will be re­ behind, ended. ruary 28 of next year, which is the ed in the collection of this tax Of the main business groups, the quired to put on the historic pag­ end of the tax collecting year, the As a result of the donation party throughout the state will impose an TOWN WILL NOT expression on the question was as eant, the mammoth parade and the rate increases to 10 per cent. If un-' given by the Sister Fabian Circle, additional fee of at least $5.00 on follows: Hardware stores, all day 4, various other exercises that will com­ paid after February 28, 1931, the Daughters of Isabella, which was held each person who is served with this half day 1; furniture stores, all day prise the celebration. The exercises rate is 12 per cent, and when paid in the Knights of Columbus Home warrant. The officials, realizing that BE REPRESENTED 5; dry goods and furnishings, open will actually begin Sunday, June 22, MANY FROM HERE then it is subject to collector's fees. last Monday night, ten needy famil­ business and industrial conditions are all day 8, open half day 4, closed all and end June 29, but the three most All this is in accordance to the ies were given substantial aid in the not good are reluctant to make this day 4; grocery stores, 14 for half intensive days of the ceremonies will statutes, and the collector has no al­ form C'f food and clothing. The mem­ move, particularly because of the ex­ AT THE HEARING day and 11 for all day opening, while be June 26, 27 and 28. The complete WILL HEAR TALK ternative but to impose these fines. bers of the Circle responded gener­ tra expense it imposes on those who one favored closing the entire day; program, which was adopted at the So far the collections have reached ously and enthusiastically to the. do­ have not paid the tax. They are in jewelers, 2 for all day closing. One meeting Tuesday evening, on the re­ considerable more than 50 per cent nating of the necessary material for hopes that as many as can actually No Local Interest in the radio dealer favored closing a half commendation of the program com­ ON MARKETING of the total amount of the tax bill. this affair, and the result was an pay the tax will do so within the day, while two others were for shut­ mittee, is as follows: It is the opinion of Collector Burke enormous accumulation of food and next few days, and they further state Question of River Nav­ ting up shop the entire day. The Sunday, June 22, special services and the town officials, that the total clothing, and useful household arti­ that they will be very willing to single plumber on the list 'favored requested in all churches on Sunday Will Take Place at the payments will reach the usual aver­ cles. The distribution was made af­ abate the tax in any instance that igation— Power Com­ closing the entire day. The attitude morning preparatory to anniversary. age by the time the collector closes ter a careful survey of the situation of the Merchants Committee is that Meeting of Vegetable among the needy families of the town the taxpayer can show that it would pany to Take No Part Thursday evening, June 26, commun­ his office next Monday night. For be a hardship on them to pay it at the various groups may regulate the ity chorus concert, with orchestra Growers of County To­ the convenience of the taxpayers, had been made. this time, as they have full author­ in the Proceedings. situation in the manner that will best and historical address in High School Collector Burke will keep his office The Circle will follow up this ac ity to do this under the law. suit the character of their business. Auditorium, with amplifiers for over­ morrow at the County open next Saturday and Monday eve- tivity by holding a charity bridge On the question of summer closing, flow in Memorial Park. Committee nings. and whist in thg K. of C. Home Mon- Enfield, which was once the hot the survey covered the same number chairman, Harvey C. Brainard. Building in Hartford. day evening, April 7. The proceeds Somers Girl Honored bed of river navigation agitation, is of merchants, and the inquiry was Friday, June 27: 6 A. M., bomb of this whist will be used entirely not indicating: any interest in the lat­ as to their attitude in closing Wed­ for local charitable purposes. The nesday afternoon during Mav. June, salute in charge of World War vet­ Several from this town and vicin­ Attend Meeting Of At Pre-Nuptial Event est activity in connection with this erans; 8:30 A. M., salute to flag and decision to hold this charity social is project, and was not represented at July and August. Of the 50 solicit­ patriotic exercises by school children ity are planning to attend the meet- State D. A. R. Chapter the result of some particularly dis­ Miss Dorothy Grace Naylor Guest at any of the conferences held during ed, 34 favored June, July and Aug­ in Memorial Park, in charge of the ing of the vegetable growers of tressing conditions uncovered during Miscellaneous Shower at the Home the past two weeks in Springfield. ust, while 25 included May also and United Spanish War Veterans; 9.30 Hartford County, which will be held Mrs. William A. Bridge and Miss M. the survey made by the officers of of Her Aunt, Mrs. Robert H. Frew Neither will the town have a spokes­ 13 were not favorable to close at all. Louise Morrison Delegates of Pene­ the society for the donation party. on Frew Terrace Last Saturday. man at the hearing in Washington The business classification favorable A. M., civic and industrial parade, at the County Building, Washington Several of the officers and members P. J. Rogers, committee chairman; street, Hartford, 'tomorrow morning lope Terry Abbey Chapter at Ses­ A surprise miscellaneous shower next week. This is true also of the to the four months were: Hardware sions in Bridgeport Last Week. of the Circle will go to Torrington was given by Mrs. Robert H. Frew towns between here and Hartford. stores, 1; furniture dealers, 5; dry « u^n0?? exercises (centered in En- at 10 o'clock. The economic trend in next Sunday to attend the get-togeth­ ? V Community exercises at site vegetable production will be discuss- Mrs. William A. Bridge, the regent, and her sister, Mrs. Albert Naylor The recent agitation, following re­ goods and furnishings, 11; grocery of JonathanJondthsn EdwardsEdWJirHs TnnvVovmarker in EnFn_ a/1 Q+- fViio TMAotinm and Miss M. Louise Morrison, a dele­ er meeting of all the Circles of the of Somers, in honor of the approach­ port of the engineers on the naviga­ stores, 4; jewelers, 1, and radio deal­ ed at this meeting. state. tion project, has aroused no interest field street, community chorus and "Our growers have recognized for gate, representing Penelope Terry es carriage of the latter's daugh­ ers, 3. For the three months' period sketches from historic sermon; "Par­ Abbey Chapter, D. A. R., at the an­ ter, Miss Dorothy Grace Naylor, at in Northern Connecticut where this the vote was as follows: Hardware sometime the problems that changed undertaking has been viewed for 3; furniture, 4; dry goods, etc., 15; ade of Nations" on Enfield Congre­ marketing methods have brought nual meeting of the state chapter the home of Mrs. Frew on Frew Ter­ gational Church green, with groups held in Bridgeport last Thursday and race last Saturday evening. For the years as a hopeless and somewhat grocery, 5; jewelers, 2; radio 3. One about," according to Charles Lewis, worthless measure. hardware dealer and eight grocerv of children depicting various nation­ agricultural agent for the Hartford Friday, report a most interesting WELL WISHING presentation of the shower, a very alities of the town in folk songs and meeting and a very large attendance original idea was carried out, young The people of this area are inter­ stores were opposed to closing at all County Farm Bureau, "and the farm ested in only one phase of the river during the summer season. The mem­ dances; band concert. Karl D. Lee, bureau vegetable committee instruct­ of members and visitors. A vast xiurlburt Frew, dressed as a groom committee chairman. amount of achievement during the THEME OF TALK escorting the bride-elect to the din­ question, and that is the development bers of the Merchants Committee ed me last January to arrange a pro­ - , - of.„the hydro-electric project, which having charge of the survey are J. Town Hall exhibit and informal re­ gram that would place the available year, along all lines in which the or­ ing room, where the table presented ception, Edward Leete, committee ganization is interested, and a large a lovely scene, all in pink and white. Y provide an opportunity for in- Francis Browne, George H. Cunning­ facts in the situation before our lo­ us ria an ham, George A. Stuart, Raleigh B. chairman. 8 P. M., community block cal growers." R. B. Corbett, Exten expenditure of funds in carrying on TO ROTARIANS A real miniature bride, seated on " ^ l ^ commercial expansion, dancing and band concerts at library sion Economist, Rhode Island, will ;£theseese activities,ac.tlvltles> ,werewere brought out in the table, formed the centerpiece They view the navigation project as Brown and Louis R. Halbwachs. varl0US and was enacted by little JaneT Frew— ' more of a hindrance to this under­ Square, George S. Phelps, committee present the results of three year's • reviews by officers and Members of Local Club taking than anything else. It is ex­ chairman. Saturday, June 28 at 2 P. study which was made to determineV . chairmen of state committees. in all the finery for her part. She HONOR LIST ANNOUNCED In the reports of outstanding ef­ was surrounded by confetti and the pected too, that the ardor of some of M., historical pageant, same to be re­ "What the Consumer Wants in Vege­ Hear Inspirational Ad­ the municipalities that are now peated in the evening at 9 o'clock. tables." This study was made in forts of the chapters throughout the shower gifts, which also attractively Miss Kathleen Carroll Heads Grad­ state, Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter displayed the pink and white color aroused over the project will cool uating Class of High SchooL Mrs. William A. Bridge, committee five different "income sections" of dress by Rev. Wilfred when the matter of cost to them is chairman. Sunday, June 29, "Old Providence and offers some very val­ was prominently mentioned for tak­ note in their wrappings. Miss Nay­ The tentative honor list of the ing the initiative and an active inter­ D. Hamilton, Pastor of lor received the packages from the figured out, should the movement ev­ graduating class of the Enfield High Home" services in the churches in uable suggestions to our local pro­ er reach that point. The position of honor of visitors. ducers. Hartford's demands may dif­ est in the project for the town's 250th little bride and found many choice School this year, was announced dur­ anniversary celebration, for interest­ Methodist Church. pieces in pewter, silver, china, glass, the Northern Connecticut Power ing the week by Principal Karl D. fer from those of Providence in mi­ Company appears to have undergone nor details but people have much the ing the school children in having a linen, also kitchen ware. In the Lee. Miss Kathleen Carroll won first DEATH OF FRANCIS BRUNO part in the observance, for the writ­ The service that can be rendered game of bridge which followed the no change in the past week, although j honors and will therefore be the vale- same general eating habits through­ 1 the promoters of the river project 1 out the land. ing of the town's history in connec­ to our fellow men by the habit of shower, the first prize was awarded dictorian of the class at the graduat­ Funeral of Former Local Young Man tion with the event, and for the work well wishing was forcibly stressed by i° ii-rs' Naylor, the second seem to be making an intense effort ing exercises in June. The second Held This Morning. Sidney A. Edwards, director of to force the officials to make a fur­ Connecticut's Bureau of Markets will of the Americanization and Correct Rev. Wilfred D. Hamilton, pastor of to Miss Grace Manchester of Soring- honor went to Miss Mary Malley, The funeral of Francis Bruno, 1G, Use of the Flag committees. the Methodist Episcopal Church, in field and the third to Mrs. Arthur ther statement regarding the matter. who will be the salutatorian at the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bruno of present some interesting facts on The company will adhere to its at­ "What is Coming in During our Of especial interest for the local an address to the members of the Burt. Refreshments were served at exercises at graduation. Other mem­ Yonkers, N. Y., former residents of chapter was the election of Mrs. Rotary Club at the luncheon at the the card tables after the game. About titude that it is not interested in nav­ bers of the class on the honor list this place, was held this morning at Growing Season." According to Mr. Enfield Inn yesterday. The founda­ igation, but in the power develop­ Edwards' figures, our local producers Frederick E. Hunter, as assistant 20 relatives and friends were pres­ are: Frank Bania, Mary Connor, Dor­ 8:30 from the home of his uncle, Jo­ state treasurer. Mrs. Hunter is well tion of this practice as outlined by ent to enjoy the delightful evening. ment. It has filed its statement of is Cormier, Elizabeth Crombie, James seph Bellico, 20 Elm street, followed are not supplying all our market's the company's prospects in this re­ needs during our normal growing qualified by previous experience to Mr. Hamilton, was friendship, hon­ Miss Naylor has a position in the of­ Crombie, Frank Di Lorenzo, Virginia by a solemn requiem high mass in receive this preferment, having serv­ est, sincere friendship, which insures fice of the Springfield Fire and Ma­ gard with the authorities in Wash­ Jandreau, Jeanne Middelaer, Fannie season and there may or may not be an St. Patrick's Church at 9 o'clock, cele­ ed as treasurer of the Enfield Visit­ that we were sincere in our good rine Insurance Company, and her ington d there its activities end. Sharapan, Anna Parakilas and Kath- brated by Rev. Edwin Gaffney, with a chance to claim this last, bit of lo­ wishes, "and without the basis of The company expects a renewal of cal demand. The State of Massachu­ ing Nurse Association and of the fiance, F. Seymour Smith, is manag- erine Simons. From the above list Rev. John J. Brennan of Hazardville chapter, each for several years, and friendship our good wishes, no mat­ j °"^ a Prant Store in Cambridge, its license for a period of two years the following have been selected as as deacon and Rev. Thomas Griffin setts has made a study of the type and is in hopes that the power mar­ of vegetable farm, that is, the crops of the Hoover Club. At present she ter how frequently uttered, were use­ Md. Their marriage will take place the speakers for graduation: Kath- sub-deacon. The service was largely has the office of treasurer for the less. As the result of this excellent in April. ket conditions in this area will have jeen Carroll, Mary Malley, James attended by relatives and friends. and combinations of crops that seem 250th anniversary celebration. The custom, many men, who otherwise developed by that time sufficiently to Crombie, Frank Di Lorenzo, Doris The soloist was Mrs. Daniel A. Gar- to yield the greatest return and Paul warrant the construction of the pow­ Putnam of the Economic Department recognition of Mrs. Hunter's efficien­ would have made a failure of their Ionic Chapter Banquet Tuesday. Cormier, Kathleen Simons. There is vey. Burial was in the family plot cy in this line of work by the State lives, were urged on to bigger and The annual banquet given by Ionic er plant on the river. It is not ex­ an opportunity for others to be ad­ in St. Patrick's Kinjr Street Ceme­ of Connecticut Agricultural College better things. pected that any of the officials will will present the results of this study. D. A. R. is most gratifying to the Chapter, O. E. S., in the Masonic ded to the above honor list before the tery. The bearers were Peter Bel­ local chapter, which feels highly hon­ Mr. Hamilton told many interest­ lemple Tuesday evening, was a very be present at the hearing- in Wash­ graduating exercises in June. lico, Philip Bellico, Russell Bellico, Undoubtedly there is considerable re­ ington next week. adjustment taking place as a result ored by her selection. Aside from ing anecdotes illustrating the effect pleasant social event. Over 100 were baverio Gannuscio, Mario DeCaro, this office, the entire state ticket was of this human relationship on the seated ^at the tables which were very Local Women Guests of College Benny LaVoi. There were many of the new marketing methods. Acreage trends in competing areas reelected. Another distinction for lives of men who had achieved great­ attractively decorated with runners Bridge Party Well Attended. Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D. beautiful floral tributes. Mr. Bruno the Enfield chapter was the choice of ness. He paid a tribute to the spirit of yellow, centerpiece bouquets of The bridge party given by Mrs. A. R has received an invitation passed away Tuesday morning in a will be discussed by Dr. E. A. Per- regaux of the Economics Department Mrs. Bridge, the regent, to serve on of fellowship as practiced by the Ro­ daffodils, lavender tulips, forsythia Frank F. Simonton at her home on from Dr. Chester S. McGown, chan­ New York hospital after a short ill­ the nominating committee, whose re­ tary movement, and urged that this and pussy willows, standing on'beds North Main street, last Friday after­ cellor of the American International ness. H was born in this town 16 of Connecticut Agricultural College e and A. E. Wilkinson, state vegetable port was given by her at the meeting. spirit might be extended throughout of ferns, and favors of daffodil bon­ noon and evening was a decided so­ College in Springfield, to meet at the years ago and had always lived here specialist for Connecticut. Dr. Per- the community. Mr. Hamilton was bon cups. The invocation was given cial and financial success. The af­ institution next week Monday after­ until his family moved to Yonkers regaux has made some studies along Will Seek to Improve Dirt Roads warmly congratulated by the mem­ by Mrs. Olin E. Woodward, past ternoon party was for women only noon at 3 o'clock. A pageant of na­ about 18 months ago. He attended this line with a view to determining As announced last week, the En­ bers at the close of his inspiring talk. grand chaplain, and Mrs. George A. and seven tables were in play. The tions and a musical program will be the local schools. Besides his par­ whether our competitors are increas­ field Grange has called a meeting of He was introduced to the meeting by Ganner, the worthy matron, acted as house was attractive with daffodils presented, and afterward the guests, ents, he leaves three sisters, Joseph­ citizens of the town interested in dirt Vice-President William A. Fletcher, toastmistress. There was assembly and other spring flowers. The suc­ including members of the Woman's ine, Rosie and Catherine, all of Yon­ ing or decreasing their produce which is probably one of the best measures roads improvement, to be held at In­ chairman of the Club Service Com­ singing led by George S. Phelps, dur­ cessful prize winners were as fol­ Club of Enfield, will be entertained kers. The, body was brought here of profit or loss. All together the stitute Hall in Hazardville, Monday mittee. ing the banquet, which was followed lows: First, Mrs. James H. Bailes; at tea by the faculty and students. luesday night in charge of Under- meeting is designed to bring before evening, March 31. This meeting has The club in a brief business ses­ by a very entertaining address by second, Mrs. William Fuge. In the These annual visits to the college been called by the Enfield Grange at sion, instructed the secretary to send Dr. George H. Cohen of Hartford, evening- men were included, and elev­ have always been among the pleas- a communication to the Springfield en tables participated in the game. antest of the chapter events of the Elm street. e °n ford ar.ea' ^hat facts are available the request of State Master Tolles, Assistant U. S. District Attorney of concerning' the rapid changes that but it is not to be regarded as sole­ Rotary Club expressing appreciation Connecticut. His subject was "Light" Leslie C. Brainard was awarded the year. It is hoped that a large num­ are taking place on our markets and ly a Grange affair. All citizens are and thanks for the enjoyable lunch­ and was in both humorous and ser­ first gentleman's prize, with George ber of the members will take this Legion Auxiliary Food &ale. so far as possible the probable causes take Pai't in the meeting. eon meeting at the Hotel Kimball ious vein. S. Phelps second. The successful opportunity to again enjoy the hos­ A food sale for the benefit of the for these changes and represents a The board of selectmen have been in­ last Friday, at which the local club women players were Mrs. Edwin T pitality of this school, in which they American Legion Auxiliary will be very keen and alert interest on the vited to be present. Deputy U. S. was guests of the Springfield organ­ Men's Forum Meeting Saturday. Gowd.v and Mrs. John A. Best. Re­ have a special interest, as it is one given, in the former Carlisle store in part of our local farmers in their Marshal Albert P. Marsh, an author- ization. Practically the full member­ This Saturday night at 8:15, the freshments were served and a very of those approved by the National ^ Sisitzky building on the corner most important problems. 'tj on dirt roads, has promised to ship of the local club attended the Men's Forum will have a most inter­ delightful evening enjoved. A sub­ Society, D. A. R., on account of the of Pearl _ and Central streets next It would seem that Connecticut addiess the gathering. If sufficient Springfield affair, and were treated esting topic for discussion, "This stantial sum was thus 'added .to the remarkable Americanization work interest is manifested, it will be the to an exceptional literary program, Machine Age and Unemployment." funds of the entertainment commit- that is•" done in the training of its cTqo Friday afternoon, opening at farmers should supply the vegetable, at which Edmund Vance Cook, the 1 st , ?nvit">& display of home- fruit, poultry and dairy needs of the purpose of the meeting to form an Is machinery the cause of unemploy­ tee of th« Woman's Club of Enfield. u«ents. cooked food, in variety suited to pro­ state almost one hundred per cent, organization in Enfield to promote poet, author and lecturer, was the ment? Shall we return to the spin­ viding for the week-end supplies, will and according to figures compiled by the improvement of the roads. principal speaker. The club will take ning wheel ? The Saturday evening Retired Minister Buried Here. Death of Sister Mary Leonessa. there be found. Mrs. Harold Moore the Department of Agriculture, we cognizance of Boys' Week at its Men's Forum is sponsored by the The funeral of Rev. Norman II. Sister Mary Leonessa, for many is chairman of the committee con­ are falling far short of this at the Accident Victim Buried Saturday. meeting next Wednesday when the Men's Bible Class of the First Pres­ Burnham, 81, a retired Episcopal years a teacher at St. Peter's School, ducting the sale, assisted by Mrs S present time. For instance, in 1928 Largely attended funeral services program will be provided by Dr. H. byterian Church and is led by the clergyman, was held this afternoon Hartford, died at St. Mary's Home in Raymond Epstein, Mrs. Earl Cole nearly 2,000 cars of potatoes, 183 were held in St. Patrick's Church last Wilson Fancher of the Boys' Work minister, Dr. W. Fletcher Daum. TheB at Byron's funeral home, Springfield, West Hartford yesterday morning af­ and Mrs. Joseph Slaybard. cars of carrots, 168 cars of celery, Saturday morning for Joseph Mot- Committee. meeting is held in the Masonic build _ followed by services at Christ Church ter a short illness. She was bom in 369 cars of onions, 93 cars of to­ tola of North Main street, victim of ing, 127 Pearl street, and is open to Cathedral. Burial was in the Enfield Hazardville, a daughter of the late Appeals to Supreme Court. matoes . and 78 cars of turnips came an accident in the carpet mills last Threatening Grass Fire Sunday. all men. There is no fee or collec­ Street Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Burnham John and Ann (Nolan) Cunningham. Notice of appeal to the Supreme in to six Connecticut markets during week. Representatives of the Holy A grass fire of threatening propor tion. George S. Phelps has charge died Monday afternoon at 54 Lyn- ' Her funeral will be held tomorrow at Court of Errors has been filed in Su­ the year, Much of this, of course, Name Society and the St. Caloger'o tions started near the railroad tracks of the musical program. dale street, Springfield. He was born 9:30 A. M., in the chapel of St. perior Court by Atty. Terry J. Chap- came in during the season when lo­ Society, in both of which he held in the North Thompsonville District in *New ' ^ ' York-4-V/J.AV City\_/i vjr and IICIKIhad 11VVUlived iiiin Mary's, Home. Burial, will"*** .be HIin St. Springfield for the past 22 years. He , a,r.V _s Cemetery in West Hartford. in, counsel for Mrs. Lois C. Totman cal produce is not being harvested membership, attended. Rev. Daniel last Sunday afternoon, and swept ov­ Census Enumerators Appointed. 1.. 1 • I ^ t x ' -TT • !•?/-»lnf 4-~ __ 1 1 T T 1 of Suffield, whose petition for a di­ but there is a possibility that some J. O'Connor, pastor, was the cele­ er a wide area of land before it was William M. Harney of Hartford, last served in the Diocese of Harris Relatives in this place and Hazard- vorce from Irving T. Totman, also of of this produce, at least, might be brant of the solemn high requiem finally extinguished. The members of director of the federal census enum­ burg, Pa., retiring 25 years ago. He ville will attend the services. Suffield, was dismissed February 25 stored quite cheaply and thereby mass, with Rev. Thomas J. Griffin as the North Thompsonville fire depart­ eration in Connecticut, has appointed was graduated from Yale University by Judge Newell Jennings. Mrs. Tot­ make available our local markets ov­ deacon and Rev. Edwin Gaffney, sub- ment and scores of residents in that the following as census takers for in the class of 1S73. Quarterly Dividend Declared. man accused her husband of intoler­ er a longer period. deacon. The soloist was Mrs. Dan­ section wore given a battle royal to the town of Enfield: George A. Hed- The board of directors of the Bige- able cruelty, but the court ruled she iel A. Garvey. There were many prevent the flames from spreading to enburg and John F. Luddy of Haz­ Miss Helen G. Breen, the visiting low-Sanford Carpet Co., Inc., at a had not established these grounds. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Burhole and floral offerings. Burial was in St. buildings in the patli of the flames. ardville, Howard A. Middleton of nurse, has returned from a three meeting held in Boston Friday, March Patrick's Cemetery, Rev. Fr. O'Con­ The large berry patch owned by Broad"K'au Brook,wn'uiv, andiinu ivirs.Mrs. Catherine^atnerine 13.B. weeks' visit with relatives in Worces- 21, declared the company's regular sons, Robert and John, of Seymour, ter The Ladies' Aid Society of First were week-end guests of Mr. and nor conducting the committal serv­ Lewis C. Grant at the Connchusett F. Soricelli, Martin E. Brodrick, Rob-| > Mass. Although the condition of quarterly dividends of 1 per cent ices. The bearers were Giovannia Farm, was burned over for the sec­ ert F. Kelly and Warren J. Bent of;'1PV ankle, which was broken January on the outstanding preferred stock Presbyterian Church will hold a bus­ Mrs. Olin E. Woodward of Grant ave­ an iness meeting and tea this evening nue. Mr. Woodward left yesterday Carascio, Agostino Silvestri, Denato ondona consecutive year andana Mr.ivir. Granturant Thompsonville. Theme workwuik_ oiof raKingtaking" 1, has shown marked improvement in ] ^ $1.50 a share on the common for a two to three weeks' business Ruggiero, Frank Caronna, Guiseppi also lost several fruit trees that were the 1930 federal census will start in the last few weeks, she is not yet I stock, both dividends payable on May at 7:30 o'clock in the social rooms able to resume her nursing duties. U to stockholders of record April 18, • of the church. trip to Vermont. Destro, Guglialino Bachino. in the path of the fire. I Hartford County on April 2.

\>V-ii 'V • * ,. ffr m^:I-*' * ? " * *' 1 • •" *1, THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 sglf May, which was the second high juries resulted from 7,204 accidents y|r$ month of the year, by 187. October good road surfaces, while there -< 'V'- MORE ACCIDENTS followed May as tne next most dan­ were only 3,004 on roads where there TEST SOIL NOW gerous period, with 2,276 accidents, was ice, oil, mud, sand, and wet or and in turn was followed by Decem­ rough surfaces.. Of these accidents, HAZARDVILLE No Other Decoration Will i HAPPEN DURING ber, with 2,209, and July, with 2,203. 8,191 were in clear weather and 2,- FOR GROWING Give the Pleasing Results of The smallest number occurred in Feb­ 077 in stormy weather. There were ruary when there were 1,651. March 5,324 in daylight, 449 at dusk, and Items of Interest v MONTH OF JUNE was the next best month, with 1,761, 4,495 in the hours of darkness. OF VEGETABLES and January was third, with 1,913. There were 4,458 personal injury There was an average of a few more accidents because of collisions be­ -A meeting will be held in Institute It Is the Worst Month than 2,000 accidents a month for Ap­ tween motor vehicles. Opposed to Hall next Monday evening under the Scientists Advise That ril, August, September and Novem­ this is a total of 5,818 accidents in auspices of the Enfield Grange, for WALLPAPER of the Year for Motor ber. >•<* which motor vehicles collided with the purpose of working out a definite Now is Proper Time to A list of accidents by days shows other objects and personal injury re­ program for highway betterment, es­ Mishaps According to that there were 4,505 on the Sundays sulted. This latter type included 3, pecially in rural districts. Citizens Do It in This State— At So Little Expense Figures of State Motor of the year. The nearest approach 871 collisions with pedestrians; 206 j of the town, whether grange mem- Most Connecticut Soil to this is the total for Saturdays with trolleys; nineteen with trains ; bers or not who dwell or have busi- Never before have we had so complete Vehicle Department. which was 4,295. Totals for other 277 with bicycles; 12 with animals; ness in rural districts, are asked to Shows Acidity. days were: Thursday, 3,358; Wednes­ 973 with stationary objects; 103 with attend. The object of the meeting is a line of such attractive patterns at More automobile accidents o.ccur in days, 3,315; Mondays, 3,254; Fridays, horse drawn vehicles; four with oth-:to form an organization from each Vegetable gardeners, whether they -June than in any other month of the 3,228; Tuesdays, 3,223. Totals do er vehicles; and six listed as miscel-itown in the state where Granges are plant seed on a 9 by 12 plot in the such moderate prices! year, more occur on Sunday than any not vary much for the days Monday laneous. There were also 339 no col- located, and to have one or more back yard or acres to supply to city other day of the week, and more oc­ to Friday, inclusive. There is a dif­ lision accidents, such as result from representatives from each of these markets, should soon test their soil cur in the hours from 4 to 8 P. M., ference, however, of 1,281 between skidding, overturning, falls from ve- local organizations come together for for acidity, if they expect to raise Come to Our New Show Room and than in any other period of the day, the number of accidents which oc­ hide, explosions, and the like, which j the purpose of working out a defin- any such acid-sensitive crops as as­ Select From Our Spring Designs. according to statistics compiled by curred on Tuesday, the lowest figure caused personal injury. ite program for highway betterment. paragus, beets or cabbage. April and the State Motor Vehicle Department. and those on. Sundays, when the high­ With such a program, together with October are the two best months for Accident records also show that more est figure is i-eached. The accidents the aid of the other organizations such analysis. Most Connecticut soils persons are injured because of acci­ on Saturdays also exceed those of throughout Connecticut, the _ state show a moderate acidity, but it does dents on good road surfaces than at other days, except Sundays, by more SUGGESTIONS grange master believes that without not remain the same the year around. The Thompsonville all places where road conditions are' than 1,000. question the members will be able to A three-years' investigation recently poor; more are injured at intersec­ A study of place, conditions and lay before the legislature the pro­ completed by M. F. Morgan, soils ex­ tions than at all other places on the circumstances connected with acci­ FOR HEALTH gram such as they desire and that pert of the Connecticut Agricultural highways; mcu-e are hurt in daylight dents in which persons were killed or cannot be turned down. Experiment Station, and T. R. Swan- Hardware Co. than in the hours of dusk and dark­ injured also brings out interesting The monthly meeting of the Lad­ back, agronomist of the tobacco sub­ Sporting Goods Headquarters ness; and more are injured because facts. Of the personal injury acci­ OF CHILDREN ies' Aid Society of the Methodist station in Windsor, showed that it of automobiles colliding with other dents, 5,191 were at street or road |Episcopal Church will be held this fluctuates from season to season. It 112-114 MAIN STREET THOMPSONVILLE objects than are hurt when automo­ intersections. This was 114 more evening in the chapel. A public sup- is greatest in the summer and low-, biles collide with other automobiles. than the 5,077 which occurred on j State Health Dept. Re- be served at 6 o'clock. est in the winter and in April and The accidents in June last year, straight-aways, hills, bridges, curves . •--* -ix o j i I Friday evening, March 21, the R. October comes to intermediate val­ numbering 2,489 exceeded those in and railroad crossings. Personal in- views Kesults ot the c. A. juniors won the preliminary ues. Mr. Morgan advises that since test­ Summer Health Work Whippet Girls' squad defeated the ing the soil in these months gives the most nearly average figures, it Among School Child-^ is the best basis on which to apply W. T. WATSON CO. ren of the State. |™ok Celtics by a score of 31 to 20 lime to counteract the acidity. He ______The game was close throughout and also recommends another test in the 1890 BETTER MEATS 1930 featured by the fine passwork of the summer. This is the time when ni-! NOTICE! Summer Round-up days are now visiting team. Tomorrow night the trogenous fertilizers bring about a at our threshold—we no longer need RCA 's hope to close the basketball marked increase in the acidity, which to discuss the value of this work to season by defeating the Arbor A. A. then has its greatest effect on the Attention Is Called To the Law The Mark of a Real Man a community. The results of the last of Springfield on the local surface, crop. It falls toward winter as the j three years in this co-operative work Both the boys and girls teams will fertilizers are leached out of the soil. • Concerning Dogs It is easy to run with the crowd and to follow the exam­ of the local physicians, State Parent participate in the contests, Acidity may be injurious, of no and Teachers' Association, and State Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Downton consequence, or beneficial, depending as contained in the Public Acts of Connecticut, 1925, which requires ple of that French Revolutionary who, hearing the noise Department of Health have placed it have left for Portsmouth, N. H., on what one wishes to grow, accord­ that the owner or keeper of any dog which was six months old or and the roar of the street, cried out: "There go the on a firm basis. The Summer Round- where they will be located for sev- ing to Mr. Morgan. Certain vege­ over on the first day of May, and who fails to cause such dog to be people; I must follow them, for I am their leader." But up offers an opportunity for the eral months. tables are acid-sensitive. Lettuce, licensed on or before said first day of May shall, to secure a license to stand with patience and self-control in a post of high group of pre-school children from the. The Men's Brotherhood held a so- asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, cel­ pay to the Town Clerk ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) IN ADDITION TO responsibility when a strong current of public opinion ages_ of 4 to 6 years to receive a cial in the vestry of the Methodist ery, spinach, beets and some sweet THE REGULAR FEE. physical and dental examination. Episcopal Church with about forty corn need considerable lime on an REGISTRATION FEE: goes sweeping by, careless of consequences and unre­ ; Each child is weighed and measured; • present, all of whom enjoyed the va- acid soil, sometimes several tons to strained in its expression of feeling, is the mark of a ihis vision and hearing are tested; his rious games, refreshments and a very the acre. Growers of these are safe real man.— (Nicholas Murray Butler.) i teeth are examined by a dental hy- j fine address by the Rev. Albert Legg in applying it heavily, he says. Car­ Male or *Spayed Dog, $2.00 including Tag gienist, and he is given a thorough of the Connecticut Humane Society. rots and tomatoes are not quite so Female Dog, $10.25 including Tag | physical examination by a physician. | H. Stephen Bridge returned March sensitive to soil acidity as these oth­ Fresh Corned Beef, Why? : If any defects needing medical or 18, from a month's stay at Southern er crops. Tobacco and potatoes can *A spayed dog being licensed for the first time, a certificate from a On arrival of fresh beef from the packers, we select the |surgical attention are found, the!Pines, North Carolina. be raised satisfactorily without lim­ Licensed Veterinarian must be presented. If you send by mail, en­ mother is asked to take the little one! Nelson E. Newton of Maple street ing cm most soils; growers rarely close two-cent stamp for return of tag and license. pieces to be corned. These are carefully inspected, to her family physician for consulta-! has returned from a trip to New use it because of disease troubles on trimmed and cut to convenient weights. The formula tion and advice. Hampshire and Maine. He reports fields that have been heavily limed. used in mixing the pickle is unique, allowing the beef to ! The results of the 64 Summer; that there is still plenty of snow and Crops should not be limed by Don't Wait Until the Last Day Round-up examinations held in 1928, ice in that part of the country, guesswork. Whether a soil "looks retain all of the meat juices and natural color, giving showed that 79 per cent of these! •" sour" is not an infallible guide. TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk. that delicious flavor. Many growers^ use a simple scientific kindf,°j Fred Stone and Family in "Ripples" Enfield, Conn., March 27, 1930. a Chlld test that registers the acidity in Wl at i Theatregoers of Springfield and vi- 8 8 cinit hav th "pH" values. A neutral soil is 7 pH 130 — Two Phones —130 of growth0-vnwtfc thetho '>wbody cells areJl™ con-!™ < y f e pleasure of wit­ and numbers below this indicate in.-1 l. — T . |nessingiicssiiig theme reiuriireturn oiof theiruieir favoritelavurne creasing acidity.^ Most general crop j nf folic in ?Vio ^ eoroedian, Fred Stone, who makes his land of Connecticut shows around 5' hrpntincr Hm™ uilding up and fjrst appearance here since his aero- pH and requires two to three tons' W. T. WATSON CO. i f t) ; P , , growth, p]ane accident two summers ago, in of lime for acid-sensitive vegetables. Opposite The Thompsonville Trust Co. ™ J th It! balance.s lledThis charles Dmingham's new musicll ex- A table of recommendations has been piS JLtTf rt , travaganza, "Ripples," at the Court published by the experiment station. PROSPECT STREET THOMPSONVILLE allowed„n to remain .J?!unchecked ?. may be­ Souare Theatre, on Monday evening, How rapidly the lime benefits the COURT SQUARE THEATRE come handicaps in adult life. April 7. Dorothy Stone is co-starred soil depends on its degree of fine­ Phone 4-6484- -SPRINGFIELD- -Phone 4-6485 and this also introduces Paula Stone, ness. For average conditions most It has been found in later years of who makes her stage debut in this life that many a child had been al­ commercial lime or limestone avail­ BEGINNING lowed to grow up with a defect which production. Mrs. Fred Stone, of able in this state is satisfactory MONDAY, APRIL 7 course, will also be on hand. Others Matinees Wednesday and Saturday—Eves at 8:15—Mats, at 2:20 could doubtless have been corrected in the cast are Eddie Foy, Jr., An­ .had it been discovered in the early drew Tombes, and many others in­ (years of life; but which was not de­ cluding- a bevy of the most beautiful ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! Money Saving Offers tected b: cause its presence could girls in the world. Mail orders are Charles Dillingham Announces the Return of the One and Only have been visible only to the trained now beinjr received, and first come eye of th'. physician and nurse. It first served. Matinees will be given 'is through the discovery of these on Wednesday and Saturday. Notice! things tha' every child is given a of Meats and Groceries chance to ijoy the health and the FRED STONE strength of body and mind to which Joe says galluses are to suspenders IN HIS NEW MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA i he is eniit! and above all that he what pants are to trousers. (He adds PERSONAL Be Sure and Come tc may be in g id physical condition to that anything over seven dollars is meet the nr.? surroundings and de- in the trousers class. All the rest TAXES the RIGHT STORE mands made oon him by school life, are pants.) — [Youngstown Telegram. "RIPPLES I will be in my office at the WITH at 40 Pearl Street Town Building every day from this date until April 1, NO CONNECTION WITH ANY from 10 A. M. to 12, and 2 DOROTHY STONE OTHER STORE! to 4 P. M., to receive the AND THE STAGE Copeland Makes a Hit Personal Tax. DEBUT OF PAULA STONE INQUIRIES AND PROSPECTS THAT RESULTED The amount to be paid for Direct from the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, this tax is now $3.00, and With the Original Company of 150 People, Including FREE! Friday and Saturday FREE! FROM OUR ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK will be still more after Ap­ Every customer purchasing $3.00 worth of goods will re­ THAT WE WERE THE DISTRIBUTORS OF ril 1. Eddie Foy, Jr. Andrew Tombes Mrs. Fred Stone ceive one pound of Kibbe's Chocolate Drops free. MAIL ORDERS NOW BEING RECEIVED Enclose check or money order accompanied with self-addressed Copeland Electric Refrigerator T. Marinaccio stamped envelope for safe return of tickets. Maxwell House Coffee, per lb 39c Personal Tax Collector. Evenings: Orch. $3.85—Bal. $3.00, $2.50, $2.00—Family Circle $1.00 indicates that this incomparable refrigerating Enfield, Conn., Wednesday Mat.: Orch. $2.50—Bal. $2.00, $1.50—Family Circle $1.00 Granulated Sugar, 10 lbs. for 49c March 13, 1930. Sat. Mat.: Orch. $3.00—Bal. $2.50, $2.00, $1.50—Family Circle $1.00 Fancy Large Potatoes, per peck 39c unit has made a real hit in the community. Cloverbloom Tub Butter, per lb 39c Let us demonstrate thsi powerful freezing unit, which will relieve you of all food preservation worries, and let Fresh Eggs, per doz 29c us at the same time explain the convenient Copeland financing plan, which makes it possible for anyone to Genuine Spring Leg of Lamb, per lb 29c own one of these refrigerators. Forequarters of Lamb, per lb 19c Loin of Lamb, per lb 25c Amos D. Bridge's Sons, Inc. Veal Chops, per lb 25c Loin of Veal, per lb - 25c The Electric Shop Fresh Roast Pork, per lb - 25c Frank Barrila, Proprietor Fresh Pork Shoulders, per lb 19c Specialty Dept. Fresh Fowl (4 to 5 lbs.) per lb 37c 32 PEARL ST. Phone 745 THOMPSONVILLE Broilers, 2V-> to 3 lbs. each, fresh killed, per lb - 37c Whole Slice Round Steak, per lb 35c Corned Pigs Feet, 4 lbs. for 25c Home-made Sausage Meat, per lb - 25c HOT POINT THOR WASHER Sliced Bacon, sugar cured, per lb 23c (Demonstrator) Salomi, per lb 39c ELECTRIC RANGE (Fully Automatic) Pure Olive Oil (Berio brand) per gal $1.98 $65.00 Goodrich Tire General Electric Product Reduced from $100.00 Locapelli (1927) Toscana Imported Roman Cheese (by the piece) per lb 49c Pea Beans, 2 lbs. for 19c LARGE Rice, 4 lbs. for 25c $179.oo Buckeye Malt, per can 49c Specials! UNIVERSAL WASHER Old Judge, Raven, Canadian Club, Red Ribbon and Temp­ Reduced from $255.00 tation Malt, per can 39c This range is absolutely new and has WITH DRYER Van Camp's Milk, 3 cans for 25c 29x4.40 $5.89 28x4.75 $7.85 (Demonstrator) Campbell's Tomato Soup, 4 cans for 29c 29x4.50 $6.55 29x4.75 $7.98 never been used. Tomatoes, large can, 2 for 35c Celery, 3 bunches for 25c 30x4.50 $6.65 30x4.75 $8.25 $99.50 Large Onions, 8 lbs. for 25c THOR AUTOMATIC Reducedi from $175.00 Haddock, 2 lbs. for - - — 15c Auto Tire Battery Halibut, per lb —...... 39c FOLDING IRONER SMALL UNIVERSAL Fresh Cod, 2 lbs. for 25c Repairing Repairing Repairing NEW Oysters, per pint —— 35c WASHER Smelts, 2 lbs. for — — 35c Anything in the Automotive Line (Demonstrator) $99.50 $65.00 C. ALAIMO Reduced from $175.00 Reduced from $100.00 MODERN MARKET Z ACE'S "THE STORE TO SAVE MONEY" Tire and Battery Service m a a 40 Pearl Street Phones 455 and 456 157 ENFIELD ST. Phone 383 THOMPSONVILLE Telephone 483 - Hazardville, Conn. . .MM

. . ' THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 THRER -r. . \ y v''! towns or villages are often the homes in all-cable routes from Montreal to and Chicago on December 15, calls of city workers who undertake to Toronto and thence to Detroit, also from Montreal to Chicago no longer THREE ACRES IS keep a cow, some chickens, and prob­ CANADA EXTENDS south to Buffalo and north as far as need be switched to Toronto during ably cut a little hay or raise a large Huntsville. It is hoped that by the the day time and a considerable sav- garden or small crop. If the agri­ end of 1930 the whole line between ing in time will thus be effected. Let Us Tell You About FARM SAY THE cultural products from such a place ITS TELEPHONE Montreal and Toronto will be cable, • amounted to more than $250 dollars the work having progressed out of A study of cast-iron street desig- in 1929, it will be returned as a farm, Montreal as far as De Beaujen. nation signs has been made by the CENSUS OFFICIALS regardless of how much or how little TOLL EQUIPMENT To provide further talking facili- District of Columbia, involving ma- This New Policy time the city worker gave to his ties between Montreal and various terial, color combinations, elevation '43 farming pursuits, and regardless of cities in the United States, six lines and direction. As a result of the Farm Is All the Land how small the tract of land tended. Bell Company's $7,000,- have been added to supplement the night tests for visibility, gold-em- The First and Only Policy Farmed by One Person Indeed, if a man living on Fifth Ave­ existing facilities to New York, Phil- bossed characters on a black field nue of New York City raised more 000 Long Distance Con­ adelphia, Boston and other cities were decided to be the. best. The Of Its Kind in America! Whether It Is Three than $250 worth of strawberries or struction Program Is [along the eastern coast. As a result system now in use consists of gold- asparagus on a lot 50 by 100 feet, . of the twenty-four hour direct serv- leaf characters on a black enamel It is a Personal Accident Policy issued by the Continen­ Acres or Three Thous­ his place would be returned as a Largest in History. lice inaugurated between Montreal background. farm. The value of the agricultur­ tal Casualty Company in conjunction with Automobile and Acres. al products is the criterion. Public Liability Insurance. When we explain it to you On the other hand, a large coun­ During 1929, a $7,000,000 long-dis- we know that you will be convinced that it pays to re­ A farm, according to the Census tance extension program of the Bell! try place of 10, 15, or 20 acres may System lines in Canada was effected. | new your Automobile Insurance with the Continental Bureau, is all the land farmed by one not necessarily qualify as a farm. The World's First Electric Washer agent. person, whether it is three acres or Actual farming or agricultural oper­ This is the largest program the Bell three thousand acres. Sounds simple ations must be carried out before any of Canada has ever attempted and Was a THOR — the Latest is a... doesn't it? Well, it wasn't so simple tract of land will be classed in this will provide a total of 250 additional We Write All Forms of Insurance for the Government officials to de­ category. A large country estate of lines which add over 15,000 circuit cide what should be considered a a retired capitalist is not a farm if miles to the existing long distance farm by the enumerators during the all the work done around the place facilities. A 24-hour service direct census to be taken in April. Much consists in mowing the lawns and from Montreal to Chicago was inaug­ study and years of practical exper­ clipping the hedges. If the estate is urated in December. Five new cir­ Thor Agitator Washer M. J. CONNOR ience were necessary before the short, cuits were established between To­ of more than three acres, however, ronto and Montreal. Another new TELEPHONE 222 concise definition was agreed upon. a very small amount of agricultural Free Home Demonstration and Small Dr. L. C. Gray and Dr. E. O. Baker products could give it the rank of a circuit was established between Mon­ of the Department of Agriculture, treal and St. John, N. B., and two ENFIELD STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CT. farm, regardless of whether the pro­ between Montreal and Quebec. On Down Payment and Easy Terms! assisted Census officials in deciding ducts amounted to $250 or not. In upon what should be called a farm. such a case as this, it would be up to the latter line an additional circuit The amount of farm land owned was put in operation between Mon­ Agency for General Electric Refrigerators, Kelvinators the judgment of the census enumer­ treal and Three Rivers and between by one person has nothing to do with ator to decide whether agricultural and General Electric Cleaners. the definition of a farm so far as Montreal and Shawinigan Falls. operations were being carried out. Visitors from the United States the Census Bureau is concerned. The Farm land is considered "operated" Replace that old battery set with a modern radio. We question is not how much land does who visit the Laurentian Mountains not only when cultivated crops are district next summer will find many WILLIAM E. SAVAGE he own but how much does he oper­ raised on it, but also when it is used have the best standard makes. A liberal allowance on new lines in service, the new con­ your old set. ate or farm. A man who owns 300 to any significant extent for pasture struction work having greatly in­ General Contractor and Builder acres might farm half of it himself or for cutting hay. creased the long distance facilities in and rent the other half out to three A number of agricultural pursuits that territory. The establishment of Successor to Thomas Savage & Sons tenants, 50 acres to each. This not usually considered by the aver­ five new circuits between Montreal would go down on the census records age person as farming comes within and Toronto, possibly the most im­ Thompsonville Electric Co. 148 PEARL ST. : : Office : : PHONE 167-5 as four farms, because the land farm­ the Census Bureau's definition. All portant line in the Dominion, increas­ ed by each man is considered as a market and truck gardens, fruit or­ es the number of circuits between the 77 HIGH STREET Phone 956 THOMPSONVILLE unit. chards, nurseries, greenhouses, poul­ two cities to sixteen. This is also THERE IS NOTHING TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL On the other hand, one man might try yards, places for keeping bees, being converted into a cable line, the Phone 622, Windsor Locks FOR US TO HANDLE IN THE BUILDING LINE! rent various tracts of land from 10 and all dairies in or near cities, even cable work being part of a five-year different owners. He might rent a though little land is employed, are, program which, by 1934, will result few acres on shares, a few more for census purposes, farms, provided from somebody else for money rent, they produced in 1929 agricultural and the rest from other people on products of the value of at least $250. different terms. The different pieces If such places are of more than three of land might be widely separated. acres, they are farms regardless of If they were all farmed and manag­ the value of their produce.. In 1925, ed by one man, however, they would the last year in which a farm cen­ all be put down together as one farm. sus was taken in the United States, If, however, a separate manager there were 15,151 farms of less than were" hired to supervise a certain por­ three acres. The total number of tion of the land, that portion would farms in the nation was 6,371,640. go down as a separate farm. The general definition of a farm— No tract of land of less than three "All the land which is directly farm­ acres will be registered as a farm ed by one person, either by his own unless it produced more than $250 labor alone or with the assistance of worth of farm products last year. In members of his household or hired the census of 1920 if a piece of land employees"—has remained practical­ of less than three acres was farmed ly the same since 1870, the first year by a man who gave his entire time in which it was used by the Census to the task, it was listed as a farm Bureau. If the figures for different regardless of how little it produced, censuses are to be valuable for pur­ but this year none of these small poses of comparisons, they must be tracts will be counted unless they based on the same definitions. When produced $250 worth of products, re­ the census records show that there gardless of how many people spent were six million farms in the coun­ their full time cultivating the area. try at one time and five million at (It is estimated that approximately another, the meaning of the word 5,000 tracts of less than three acres "farm" must be the same for the two in the United States are farmed by periods if useful conclusions are to individuals who give their full time be drawn, census officials have point­ to the occupation.) This change in ed out. the classification of farms is the on­ ly difference between the Census Bur­ eau's regulations for farm enumera­ tion in 1930 from those of ten years ago. TEACHER SAVES There is necessarily a borderland between what is a farm and what is LIFE OF PUPIL BY not. Small places on the edge of PRONE PRESSURE run mo PIANO President's Medals Are Instructions Awarded Basil I. Wil­ MRS. EMMA BROMAGE liams and Many Others GANNER For Merit in Life Sav­ (Student at Springfield Con­ ing By This Method. servatory of Music) Knowledge of the Prone Pressure 147 PEARL ST. PHONE 72 method of resuscitation which he had THOMPSONVILLE, CT. learned from friends, enabled an Il­ linois school teacher to save the life of one of his pupils, according to a recent announcement of the National Safety Council. Basil I. Williams, a teacher in the grade school at New Canton, 111., found Lewis Albert Staff, Baby Chicks one of his charges, in a tree outside the school house with 6900 volts pass­ Brooders, Feeders ing through his body from contact with a high tension wire. After get­ and Fountains ting the boy to the ground, he work­ ed over the apparently lifeless lad Crosby's Poultry & Dairy Feed until normal breathing was restored. "Everything for Poultry" Mr. Williams has recently been awarded the National Safety Council President's Medal for meritorious WILLIAMS' service in saving human life. Other recent recipients of the Poultry Supply President's Medal have performed Fairview Ave. Phone 588 equally valorous service. Mack Booth, j Caretta, West Virginia, had just com­ pleted a course in First Aid, when he found his nephew and fellow employe, Jasper Booth, in an apparently life­ less condition from electric shock. Putting into practice his newly ac­ Jto You Have quired knowledge of Prone Pressure resuscitation, Mr. Booth was able to revive his relative. PORT HOLE Paul Kirk, 24 Second St., Brook­ lyn, N. Y., owes his life to the ef­ Vision ! forts of three young men, Harry J. Dadson, James W. Hassett and Thom­ as S. McKitty, all of 497 Clinton St., Brooklyn. Mr. Kirk, who had been seized with cramps while swimming was pulled from the water by the three men who afterwards applied That is the amazing record of the Prone Pressure method of resus­ citation, in turn, for an hour and a General Electric Refrigerators half before normal breathing was re­ Think of this record when you buyl stored. Dadson was recently present­ ed with the President's Medal, while Come in and see our many attract­ Hassett and McKitty were awarded ive models. certificates of meritorious service in aiding Dadson to save Kirk's life. C. A. Bundick, 20% Maple Terrace, Charleston, West Virginia, revived Worth Wilson, Shawnee Lake, West Virginia, from electric shock. Wil­ son had been leaning on a wire fence when lightning struck both the fence XjOOKING through a and the electric wires above him. porthole isn't half as satisfactory Harry Goodwin and Leon B. Cox re­ as going out on deck for a clcar, vived John Renner at Oil Field, 111., broad view. This is one way of ex­ when the latter had become overcome plaining the advantage offered to by gas while trying to clean out the your eyes by Tillyer Lenses for gas line under his house. Goodwin received the President's Medal and ALL-STEEL REFRIGERATOR Down your eyeglasses ... they give your Cox. who arrived on the scene in eyes wide-angle vision. time to relieve Goodwin, was award­ ed a certificate of meritorious serv- ice. TWENTY J. Paul Northington of 803 East Whitmer St., Decatur, 111., was re­ THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT A. B. Mitchell cently awarded the President's Medal MONTHS Jeweler and Optometrist for reviving Welby W. Gatchell, 843 12 PEARL STREET East Lawrence St., Decatur. Gatch­ POWER COMPANY TO PAY! ell had been overcome by gas from Opposite Fire Station a main he was repairing. Carl E. Thompsonville, Conn. Parker, a Muskogee, Oklahoma boy, was awarded the medal for saving Join us in the General Electric Hour9 broadcast every Saturday at 9 P.M., East* Standard Time, over a Nation-wide N. B. C network the life of Miss Wyota Denison, Ida- TILLYER LENSES bel, Oklahoma. Miss Denison faint­ Accurate to the very edge ed while bathing in Vans Lake, and only the timely efforts of Parker 1 saved her from death by drowning. *"'" " ~ "~ - - —— :'^;}^>' •\;,^ -<,^:::7^ ~;;\r^^-V;^ :i:^;0a:"^:^v -'^v-^V';^^-/:^^-;.;--^;^V«r';>3,; o 'V-? "'' '•'••"• :" ••••••••••••• ' ^:- -•'• '•=-•••'•• 1 ;i ;,». r'.'V'" .:' « - •>< '; v"'''" ' . -^Tl"r,'-'v-"-''*v .ivw^A.W. vi.,-, ;j y '^torvrrB* &'f?r^¥-^'- -.V' \^'.' THEmil i.i THOMPSONVILLEmTtmimfiA*TTrTr T n PRESS,nTinrtri THURSDAY,immune m *T MARCHW 1 n «** rn*27, 1930d AAA r. ^ vvi^a,^

shirked the payment of this tax, who methods that the executive board of The Thompsonville are well able to do so, but there is the Farm Bureau felt that the direc­ under the present industrial condi­ tors should be as well informed as tions, a large portion of those who possible on the possibility of auto­ Press matic chilling and storing of our na­ Published Thursdays by have not paid, for the simple reason tive produce. The agricultural pro­ that they are unable to do so. True DARWIN TULIPS ADVANCE PRINTING AND gram for the year will be presei PUBLISHING COMPANY the amount is small and would to the directors and they will be scarcely be a burden on the most im­ 17-29 High Street, Telephone 50 quested to pick out any part of this Thompsonville, Conn. pecunious amongst us. But to add program that they feel is needed in at $1.00 per Dozen this comparatively small amount, the their towns. The Enfield directors cost of the legal proceedings that of the Farm Bureau are Miles M. Regular $1.50 per dozen * PHILIP J. SULLIVAN alias warrants would require, would Smith and Miss Ethel Olmsted. ' Editor and Business Manager be imposing a hardship indeed. The > Telephone 95-2. officials might well pause then, be­ The pupils of Miss Laura Stew­ For Friday and Saturday Only art s second grade room of the A. D. fore undertaking this extraordinary Higgins School have just completed IN ROSE, LAVENDER AND PINK Entered at the Pest Office, Thorny measure, and they might in fact hold the making of a model post office •onville, Conn., as second class mat­ the matter in abeyance for the pres­ with boxes brought from their homes. FRIDAY and SATURDAY ter. - ent, or until such time as the pres­ In connection with the work the These make very beautiful and satisfac­ ent conditions improve. They can be children were taken through the lo­ THE WRONG ATTITUDE assured that they will receive neith­ cal post office and everything was ex­ tory bouquets for the home or sick room. er censure or criticism for making plained to them by Postmaster Wil- DOROTHY MACKAILL The reported difficulty "being exper­ such a decision. ham ^P. Gourlie. The boys showed skill in planning and erecting a mail Loose Flowers Only at This Price ienced by one of our leading civic Tn?C^' .ma^ k°x and the post office. bodies in its endeavor to secure men A LITERARY TREAT j-j ,m^de toy money, stamps, of the right calibre to take up the did the printing and helped with the "The Great Divide leadership of the organization, seem­ It was the privilege of a group of painting. The children also learned Spaulding Gardens ingly reflects a condition that is citizens, the Rotary Club to be more to write friendly letters, address mail With Ian Keith, Lucien Littleneld, quite chronic in this, and very h ®.^ specific, to listen to the beloved poet properly, buy stamps and make Myrna Loy, Roy Stuart and others hanp,»- FLORISTS other communities. Such leadership and author, Edmund Vance Cooke, Here is the screen version of one of the imposes certain sacrifices and respon­ last week. It was an enjoyable as 36 Pearl Street Phone 546 Greatest American Stage Plays. It's a sibilities, which the average citizen, well as an instructive experience. First National and Vitaphone picture! well adapted though he may be for The deft touches of humor and pa­ these positions, simply refuses to as­ thos, of grim tragedy and sheer com­ NEWS OUR GANG COMEDY sume. This is particularly true m edy, with which this very human and Opening Chapter of the Great Edgar Rice the management of our civic anans. loveable man embellished his entran­ NOW Burrough's Story, "Tarzan the Tiger" There are many places in the con­ cing address, left his hearers with duct of our town government, for in­ what only can be described as a feel­ you can get Mat. Friday 2:30 Saturday 1:30 and 3:30 stance, that call for the most efficient ing of awe. Friday Eve and capable men in the community. The tremendously human philo­ EPSTEIN'S LIMOUSINE It does not require that they be sophic note which ran through his 7:45 to 10:15 super-men in any sense, but men of talk, particularly as stressed in the ALL AMBULANCE Saturday Eve substance, with good sound judgment extracts from his own incomparable SERVICE AVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS 6:30 and 8:30 and a sufficient stock of plain ordin­ works, was a lesson in human rela­ ary common sense. There are scores tions that cannot fail to have reg­ of the of such men here, and has been for istered deeply with those who were Motor Livery For All Occasions 2:30, 6, 8 P. M. years. They are not now, and never fortunate to hear him. The local Ro- SUNDAY ONLY ««• «. *«. have been available for public office, tarians who were so privileged might Automobile CALL PHONES 182 AND 620 Mt first Kvmst MOVIETONE although frequently sought after, be­ well feel grateful, as they do, to the WILLIAM cause they have an instinctive dis­ Springfield Rotary Club for making THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. like for politics. The very men in it possible for them to have this de­ Insurance mind frequently find fault, and all lightful experience. Incidentally the too frequently justly so, with condi­ local club demonstrated its apprecia­ SONG ROMAN tions, but are reluctant to take up tion of the courtesy of the Spring­ any of these responsibilities for the field Club, by being represented by YOU very reason that they are sensitive an exceptionally large number of its to criticism themselves. members at the luncheon which was It is, of course, the wrong attitude the occasion of this literary treat. to take. By keeping aloof from these responsibilities they are shirk­ Town Directors Of the NEED DESIRABLE PEARL ing a duty to the community, and al­ in one contract so to themselves. Many of them are Farm Bureau To Meet STREET RESIDENCE men of substance with a considerable with one institution stake in the community wealth, and Activities Within Their Respective contribute annually a no inconsider­ Townships During Coming Season able sum towards the municipal ex­ Will Be Discussed at Meeting To­ morrow Evening in Hartford. THE TRAVELERS chequer. If the method or system HARTFORD, CONN, FOR SALE by which their money and that of the "The town directors of the Hart­ ford County Farm Bureau will meet the largest multiple-line insur­ other taxpayers is wasteful and inef­ ance organization in the world ficient, they ar doing themselves, if i at the County Building on Washing- e I ton street, Hartford, tomorrow eve- nobody else, an injustice by their jning, March 28, at 7:30, to hear brief stand-off policy. The plea of politics or RENT '.reports of officers and discuss activi­ and pay for it on as a reason for this attitude has a ties within their respective townships certain justification, but there is just (during the coming season," according EASY TERMS ONE OF THE CHOICEST LOCATIONS no other way out of it. The mach­ j to Charles D. Clark of Granby, pres­ inery that is set for the choice of our ident of the county farm bureau. One IN TOWN. KNOWN AS THE '% HOLLYWOOD public officials just operates that way j of the features of the program will o. and we must simply make the best be a talk on new developments in BRAINARD- L. C. BRAINARD PLACE. automatic refrigerating as it pertains Walter Catlett Irene Palish j of it. Making the best of it should to farm produce by a representative Tom Patricola Lennox Pawwl mean the active participation of the |of the Automatic Refrigerating Com- AHRENS J. HAROLD MURRAY John Garrick best citizens available in our civic ac­ 'pany of Hartford. Inc. NORMA TERRIS Directedl* MAfU&L SILVER. ' tivities, including politics, in order Developments along this line have Telephone 45-2 L C. BRAINARD to insure progressive and efficient been so rapid and have resulted in OSCAR. STRAUS Chocolate Soldwr* management of our municipal affairs. such marked changes in marketing 106 Main St. Thompsonville 134 PEARL STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CT. /fmtbf composer of "Jh/e A PROBLEM REVEALED LEGAL NOTICE MONDAY AND TUESDAY The prediction of some weeks ago j Notice is hereby given that a pub- |lie hearing will be held by the^Zon- With CHARLES that the streets and highways would ing Board of Appeals of the Town The show a particularly bad condition BICKFORD j of Enfield, Conn., at the Town Build- and MARIE Picture once they were fully uncovered seems I ing in Thompsonville, on Monday You've to be borne out. The exposure which j evening, April 7, 1930, at 7:30 P. M., DRESSLER the character of the winter subject­ on the application of William Mc- Waited ed them to, appears to have been Whirter, for permit to sell gasoline For! about as destructive as was antici­ from the present pumps located at pated. The condition disclosed serves s 181 Enfield Street. Why did you to impress our officials with the ser­ Board of Appeals of the Enfield Zoning Commission. iousness of this problem. Not only Dated at Enfield, Conn., this have the streets that have been 24th day of March, 1930. place your rugs so? steadily deteriorating for years been (mar 27-apr 3) affected by the weather conditions to m: a very marked degree, but even roads LEGAL NOTICE In the days of carpets, the instance,a rug can be placed of recent construction have succumb­ aim was merely to cover the so as to show to better ad- ed to the rigors of the winter season. Notice is hereby given that a pub­ The situation has confirmed the lic hearing will be held by the Zon­ floor. But with rugs, there vantage and serve to better ing Board of Appeals of the Town suspicion of the officials that any ben­ of Enfield, Conn., at the Town Build­ is a way to advantage. efit that the absence of snow during ing in Thompsonville, on Monday the past winter has been to the town evening, April 7, 1930 at 8:00 P. M., cover the Serving by treasury will be promptly offset by on the application of Edward O'Brien day as a fine the extra expenditure that the re­ for permit to sell gasoline from the floor tasteful­ building and restoring of the streets present pumps located on Enfield ly, expressive­ davenport and to even a passable condition will en­ street. by night as a tail this spring. Even then only the Board of Appeals of the ly. And it isn't Enfield Zoning Commission. restful bed, the most superficial patch work will be Dated at Enfield, Conn., this a matter of possible and the big problem that the 27th day of March, 1930. : Davenport Bed fecAReol situation has revealed will still be (mar 27-apr 3) good guessing, with us. It has in fact been here for merely; there plays a two-fold some time, and it hardly took the in­ part; so, too, roads of the past winter to bring it are definite prin­ f P • • sr4 to mind. does the rug M ciples to guide

a brother, Clarence Thompson. lies of union Lenten service's of the George Bright. Rev. Daniel J. 0'Gen- Louis Burns has returned to his I Protestant churches of Thompson- nor was" the celebrant of the mass a GUESTS ADDRESS BLANK home on Burns Avenue from St. Pet- I ville, Hazardville, Somersville and and Miss Alice J. Liberty was solo­ 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ersburg, Fla., where he spent the Somers, which was held last evening ist. . 1»"s.1 :v.'A"SiBv winter months. at 7:30 o'clock in the Somers Con­ In the town court Saturday morn-* The funeral of Mrs. Justine Flos- gregational Church, and was very ing, a charge of reckless driving- I suggest the following former resident to be a guest of dorf Lines, sister of Mrs. Lewis C. largely attended. A pleasing feature against Mrs. Antoine Desouchie of the town at the 250th Anniversary Celebration next June: Grant of Enfield street, was held last was the singing by a union choir un­ Tariff street, driver of an automobile " Mrs. Charles D. Bent, who was in Griswoldville, but she was former­ Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in Memor­ der the direction of George A. Hed- which ran over 7-years-old Clifford taken very ill at her holrie oh Harris ly a resident of this place. Mrs. Name ial Congregational Church in Atlan­ enburg of Hazardville. Jenkins in Pleasant street last week, street two weeks ago, is still confined Fiedler's daughter, Miss Ethel Fied­ tic, Mass. Burial was in that place. Officers from the state motor vehi­ was nolled. For driving without as to her bed, but is now able to sit up ler, was also a member of" the party. Street Mrs. Lines, who was a former resi­ cle department were in town Monday operator's license, Mrs. Desouchie a while eack .day. Manjr -friends will Mrs. Ruth Blunden was hostess for dent of Springfield, died at her home afternoon, testing brakes on automo­ paid a fine of $1.00 and officer's fee, be glad,tpwl?arh of her improvement. a whist party given T>y~Lydi& Camp, Town or City on Wadsworth street, Atlantic, last biles. A month's mind mass will be cele­ Mi^y Regihald 1. Spier opened her R. N. of A., at. her home on Bigelow Thursday. She was the daughter of Many relatives and friends attend- brated in St. Patrick's Church Sat- home'jbn Etofield street for a bridge Avenue Thursday evening. Elev­ last State the late-V J.— - G.—~ Flosdorf. BesidesWW herttV4 |edf the anniversary— —M j mass41IUCC celebratedWVlCUiutCU I urdayUiua^l illVimorning- in4*4 memorylUUl Jf of the late and whist party for the Enfield Par­ en tables were occupied with .players. husband, Arthur Lines, and Mrs. in St. Patrick's Church last Saturday J Mrs. Michael M. Connor. Relatives ent Teachers Association yesterday The prize winners were as follows: (Signed) Grant, she leaves another sister, Mrs. morning, in memory of the late' and friends are invited to attend. afternoon. Prizes were awarded to First lady's, Mrs. Elsie Knight; sec­ M. Shepardson of Springfield and a Mrs. J. Carlton Cady, Mrs. William ond, Mrs. Rose Whitworth; consola­ Fill out and mail to John Gordon, Secretary of Invitation Committee; brothei-, Frederick Flosdorf of New Eug^Miss Dorothy Hopkins and tion, Mrs. Lucy Lackey; first gentle­ Assistant Town Clerk Miss Elizabeth Bennett, or The Press Office. York. Mrs." -Allen Chillson. men's, Harry Martin of Scitico; sec­ Noble Grand Theodore G. Lord was Mrs, Robert H. Frew and son Hurl- ond, Thomas Quinlan, Jr.; consola­ in charge of the degree work at the burt of Frew Terrace have returned tion, Roy Duprey. Refreshments meeting Monday evening of Friend- Workers on Gramercy PEARL STREET MARKET fpom ii-.few days' visit with relatives were served at the card tables after already spent one and one-half years from j ship Lodge, I. O. O. F., when the in- itt New Haven. the game, in charge of Mrs. Theresa in travel. Before he returns to New which she graduated in 1921. This itiatory degree was conferred on a The seventh in the series of card Bartley, assisted by Mrs. Blunden. Zealand he expects to visit England, will be held on Saturday at 1:30 P. class of candidates. A social hour parties sponsored by Lydia Camp, R. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Ireland and the continent of Europe. M. While away, Miss Brainard plans followed the business session. STOP! LOOK OVER THESE N. of .A., will be held at the home United Presbyterian Church will Mrs. Kane of Waterbury and her to visit friends in and about the city. Several from this place will attend of Miss Esma Drapeau, 93 Spring serve a public supper in the chapel daughter of New Haven were the Mrs. Lillian Lee of this place was the entertainment to be given next street, Tuesday evening, with play­ dining rooms next week Thursday week-end guests of her sister, Mrs. called to Woronoco, Mass., this week Tuesday evening in Piedmont Hall, ing to begin at 8 o'clock. The pub­ evening from 6 to 8 o'clock. The Maurice Bennett of Alden Avenue. to attend the funeral of her brother, Somers, by the Connecticut Players Specials for Friday lic is cordially invited to attend. special committee in charge of the They also visited with other rela­ Milton S. Thompson, 79, who died at of Storrs College. The players are Mrs, Albert J. Fiedler, Mrs. Arthur tables consists of Mrs. S. Raymond tives before their return. his home on Blandford Road in that to present H. H. Davies' three-act Sumner and James Patterson motor­ Epstein, chairman, Mrs, Robert H. Leo Slamon of this place attended town last Monday. He was a rural comedy, "The Mullusc," under the ed to Montague, Mass., last Sunday, Frew, Mrs. Louis King, Mrs. Harry the laymen's retreat conducted by mail carrier for 13 years and also auspices of the Somers Recreational and Saturday the Passionist Fathers of West to visit their sister, Mrs. John Gal- F. Hilditch and Mrs. Arthur Drake. transported the children to the Rus­ Association. The entertainment will Granulated Sugar, 10 lbs. for 52c vin, in-the Farren Memorial Hospital, A public installation, smoker and Springfield over the week-end. Mr. sell Mountain School until the clos­ be attended by a large number of the where she underwent an operation entertainment will be held in Forest- Slamon accompanied a group of ing of the school last year. His wife alumni of the state college in this Rinso, large pkg.. each 19c about ten days ago, from which she ers' Hall, Russell street, next Mon- Springfield business men. died seven years. He had since lived section. Lux, small pkg., each 10c is recovering well, they were very day^ evening by Carpet City Camp, The organists of the various local at the home of his only son, Alvin Dr. W. Fletcher Daum, pastor of churches are arranging for special Guest Ivory Soap, 3 bars for 14c glad to find. Mrs. Galvin's home is Modern Woodmen of America, in ob­ Besides Mrs. Lee, he leaves another the First Presbyterian Church, was Gold Dust Washing Powder, large pkg., each 25c servance of the 29th anniversary of musical programs to be given in the sister, Mrs. A. Cook of Pittsfield and the speaker at the fourth in the ser- the camp. State Deputy Joseph R. churches on Easter Sunday, April 20. Tar Soap, large can, each I 23c Hughes of Hartford will be the guest The Misses Marie and Helen Cum- Bottle Caps, large pkg., each 24c of honor, and there-will also be re­ mings of Springfield entertained with Tasty Cocoa, 1 qt. bottle 24c marks by local members. specialty dances and violin and piano _ Sumner L. Willson has returned to selections at the social held in Insti­ Pure Olive Oil, small bottle 25c We Offer his home on Enfield street after a tute Hall, Hazardville, the first of Fancy Roasted Coffee, fresh ground, per lb 25c vacation spent in Cuba. He was ac­ the week, under the auspices of the Johnson's Floor Wax, all sizes, priced from 25c up companied by Broad Brook friends. Men's Community Club of that vil­ lage. The Misses Cummings, who Fancy Tub Butter, per lb 42c In the town court Tuesday morn­ That Constant Fresh Selected Eggs (local hennery) per doz 39c To Our ing, Gus Alexopoulos was found are granddaughters of Mrs. Mary guilty of operating an automobile Manning of Hazardville, have ap­ with defective brakes and was fined peared at several entertainments in $3 and costs of $4.40, which he paid. this place and have always been well MEAT DEPT. SPECIALS Customers A drive is being made by the state received. They recently gave their Worry Home Made Sausages, per lb 29c police in co-operation with the motor dancing act before the members of the services of the Catholic Orders of Foresters in Sugar Cured Corned Beef, per lb 18c vehicle department, against drivers Honeycombed Pickled Tripe, per lb 20c of cars with faulty brakes and head- Springfield. or "Uneasy Feeling" about the safety of j lights. The public schools will reopen on Lean Salt Pork, per lb 25c Miss Claire Man Rev. A. J. Murphy of Hartford next Monday, March 31, after the us­ your valuables when you leave home for Lamb Flank, 2 lbs. for 25c preached the Lenten sermon in St. ual spring vacation of a week. Patrick's Church last evening. A The food sale held last Friday af- a few hours or several days or longer, Home Service afternoon in the parish house of St. WE CARRY FISH ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY large congregation was present to isn't at all necessary. AND FRESH OYSTERS EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK Demonstrator hear him. The sermon was followed Mary's Episcopal Church, Hazard­ by Benediction of the Blessed Sacra­ ville, was very well patronized and a We will appreciate your good sum realized, which will be used CANNED GOODS SPECIALS ment with Rev. Thomas J. Griffin in church work. Use Our calling 300 and asking us officiating. Peas, 2 cans for 25c Fancy Tuna Fish, can, 24c to send Miss Man to your The Ladies' Aid Society of Metho­ Denslow King, Supervisor of Music in the Enfield Public Schools, is Wax Beans, 2 cans 29c Sardines, 2 cans 19c home, there to help you dist Episcopal Church will meet with Safe Deposit Facilities Mrs. William A. Fletcher next week spending the spring recess this week Green Beans, 2 cans 29c Lima Beans, 2 cans 35c and advise you in the prop­ with relatives in New York City and Spaghetti, 2 cans 25c Thursday afternoon at 2:30, at her vicinity. Boxes $4.00 up Red Rasberries, can 28c er operation of home on Pearl street. Tea will be Tomatoes, 2 cans 25c Blueberries, can 29c |served by the hostess. A large committee from the Child­ Mr. and Mrs. John P. Manning of ren of Mary Sodality of St. Patrick's CONSULT US ABOUT IT TODAY Electric Ranges Church is arranging for a bridge and Enfield street had as their week-end BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS Crackers, crispy Graham and Milk, 2 lbs. for 39c Gas Ranges guest, John H. McPhee of Dunedin, whist party to be given in St. Jo­ Cape Cod Cookies, per pkg 25c New Zealand. Mr. McPhee, who is seph's Hall on Wednesday evening, Vermont Made Syrup, per can 25c Washing Machines a retired school teacher, carried with April 23. There will also be an en­ him a letter of introduction from tertainment program following the Ironers Mrs. Manning's sister, Mrs. Margaret card games. Attractive prizes will Thompsonville Trust Co. Nyberg of Dunedin, where he had be awarded and refreshments served. Cleaners been teaching Mrs. Nyberg's daugh­ Local followers of Ike Walton are PEARL STREET MARKET ter, Miss Ena Nyberg. Mr. McPhee preparing for the opening of the Thompsonville, Connecticut Sewing Machines |is making a tour of the world and has trout season on April 15. The town TELEPHONE 62 clerk has already issued a large num­ OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 6:30 TO 8:30 ber of fishing licenses. 98 PEARL STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CT. Home Decoration John Krzys of this place attended the funeral of his father, Bartholo­ With Light mew Krzys, which was held this For Sale morning at 9 o'clock in St. Stanis­ Telephone 300—Ask laus' Church, Chicopee. Burial was For Home Service. in St. Stanislaus' Cemetery in that place. Mr. Krzys died last Tuesday or Rent at the home of his daughter in Chic­ opee after a brief illness. He was The Northern My Residence 62 years of age. Besides his son, John, of this place, he leaves anoth­ er son, Albert of Amsterdam, N. Y., Connecticut five daughters and 18 grandchildren. L. C. BRAINARD Miss Nettie Z. Phillips of the Cen­ ter School faculty is spending the Power Co. 134 Pearl Street week's vacation with Miss Mary F. Potter in Hartford. Miss Georgie Duncan of Pease street, who has been at the Attle- boro Springs House in Attleboro, wawwwiioiiuumwninu' Munnmni] Mass., for over three weeks, left yes­ terday for an indefinite stay in Wash­ THE THOMPSONVILLE ington, D. C., where she will be the guest of Mrs. Patterson, widow of BUILDING & LOAN Rev. John Patterson, who was pas­ Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29 tor of the local Methodist Episcopal ASSOCIATION Church several years ago. The regular monthly meeting of Organized . . April, 1916. the Enfield Visiting Nurse Associa­ tion, will be held in the new Emer­ Men's B. V. D. Boys' Wash Ladies' Silk and gency Room on High street, next Tuesday evening at 7:30. Rayon Hose Systematic saving will make you The Woman's Missionary Society Union Suits Suits of the First Presbyterian Church In the better grade. Sizes Usually sell for $1.00. Dol­ independent. JOIN and SAVE! will meet for its regular monthly ses­ $1.00 lar Days special at sion at the home of Mrs. John K. 3 to 8 years. Bissland on Enfield street next Tues­ Our Slogan day afternoon at 2:30. "Africa" will $1.00 2 pr. for $1.00 be the topic for foreign missions con­ Boys' Slip-on Safety and 6% sideration and "The Negro in Amer­ ica" for home missions discussion. Sweaters Ladies' Rayon The regular monthly Well Child Men's Fast Conference will be held in the new 8 to 16 Years 86 Main Street Thompsonville, Conn. Emergency Room of the Enfield Vis­ Color Shirts Crepe Slips iting Nurse Association on High $1.00 Assorted colors, all sizes. next Tuesday afternoon, from 2 to Collar attached, A splen- A splendid value at 4 o'clock. All children of pre-school did value at age are eligible to attend the con­ ferences and should be accompanied $1.00 by their mothers or other guardians. Ladies' Smocks $1.00 Miss Georgia Brainard of Pease street has gone to New York City and Hoover Good to the foot! where she will attend the alumnae Girls' Dresses Krinkle Bed­ luncheon of the School for Christian -a Dresses spreads Black, White and Colors Sizes 3 to 14 years. Attrac­ * Good to the Foot! Good to the tive styles. Special at In colors. Size 81x105 in­ Eye! Good to the Pocketbook! ches. For Dollar Days at WATCH and $1.00 $1.00 eJEWELRY $1.00 Natural Bridge REPAh Ladies' Rayon Ladies' 2-Tone Bloomers Cottage Curtain There are two Windsor Crepe Assorted Colors. Sets important Arch Shoes Dollar Day Specials at Pajamas Neat style. A special Dol­ things in Very Attractive lar Day value at For the Smart Feminine Foot 2 pr. for $1.00 Beautifully made, cleverly fashioned, slender, trim-looking Watch $1.00 $1.00 per set —the perfect expression of the modern style. Designed Repairing to protect the natural loveliness of dainty feet—naturally. 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which about 30 guests were present. ILCANA'S FIANCE trip to Washington, New York and The freshman class prize speaking Philadelphia, which Mr. and Mrs. Square contest will be held tomorrow. The Everett Cook are arranging. Eliza­ across the from the Auditorium sixteen pupils who passed the pre­ beth Seybolt, Gordon Kibbe, Burton liminary trial will compete for the Adams, Theodore Hasbrouch, Donald SUBURBAN NEWS prizes. This contest is held annual­ Crowther and Edson Dorman are in­ ly at the Hijjh School and is an im­ cluded. They will leave Saturday, portant activity of the freshman April 26, returning April 30. It is FOR MORE THAN Gardner and Robert Patterson. There class. wM. probable that other boys and girls SUFFIELD were many floral tributes. Burial At a special meeting of the high will sign for the trip. y:' >'*:• was in Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. An­ school athletic association held last Rev. Richard C. Lyford of St. An­ A CENTURY The funeral of Weston L. Stiles, a derson died at his home on Main week, Peter Molyn was elected man­ drew's Episcopal Church will deliv­ former farmer and lumberman here, street of infirmities due to advanced ager of the baseball team for the er the Lenten address at St. Luke's , * This Old Institution has paid semi­ coming season. was held Tuesday afternoon from the age". He was born in Sweden in 1844 Church at Leicester tomorrow night. annual dividends without interrup­ Cooper funeral parlors on M.0;11} and came to New York in 1881. He Albert T. Wood Post, American street and was private. Rev. Daniel had lived here since 1883. He was Legion, will sponsor a program for tion and its Interest rate for last R. Kennedy, a former pastor of the a tobacco grower and retired sever­ ELLINGTON the patients at the Veterans' Hospi­ First Congregational Church officiat­ al years ago. His wife, Ingrid John­ tal at Leeds Saturday night. year was ed. Burial was in Woodlawn Ceme­ son Anderson, died a few years ago. The funeral of Clarence S. Rich­ Mrs. Frank A. Copes of 18 Maple tery. Mr. Stiles died early Sunday He is survived by his son, F. A. An­ ardson, formerly of this place, was Road opened her home this afternoon morning at Wing Memorial Hospital derson of this place and three grand­ held at Bradbury's funeral parlors for a silver tea for the May Break­ in Palmer, Mass., at the age of 72. children. in Monson, Mass., Monday afternoon. fast Specialty Shop. Mr. Stiles had for 18 years conduct­ The Order of the Rainbow Girls, Burial was in the Center Cemetery The school committee has bought ed a lumbering business m Brimneld, of which Suffield is a unit, will ex­ in Ellington. 120 new auditorium chairs for the Mass. He was born here February emplify its degree work here tomor­ The Woman's Club met Monday Norway Street School. 9 1858, a son of David and Harriett row evening, the 28th. The exem­ afternoon at the home of Mrs. Har­ Three local boys were awarded (Leonard) Stiles and was educated plification will be conferred on two old G. Davis. The topic was "Es­ merits at the Boy Scout Court of in the local schools. He leaves his local candidates in the Masonic says." A goodly attendance of mem­ Honor held Friday night at the For­ wife, Mrs. Emma Thompson Stiles Temple on Main street. The Mason­ bers of the club were present. est Park School. Norman Thomp­ of Warehouse Point and one son, ic bodies of the town have been in­ Permits for the building of all son of Troop 91 received a first-class Herbert, also of that town. He also vited to attend. fires in the open are required from award, Kenneth Adams and Carlton The Wide Awake Club of West March 1 to Dec. 1. Because of the Princess Ileana of Rumania, so Stebbins of Troop 92 receiving sec­ leaves three daughters, Miss Edith pleasantly remembered In the United Stiles of Suffield, Mrs. Alma Laird Suffield held a bridge party in its dryness of the season the public is ond class awards. of Bridgeport and Mrs. Thatcher G. clubrooms Tuesday, which was very requested to co-operate with the dis­ States, will be married on April 27 to The astronomy class of the study Belfit of • Suffield and two sisters, well attended. trict fire warden and his deputies in Count Alexander of Hochburg, son of group of the Norway Street School Mrs. Dorcas Connolly and Miss Hel­ The Suffield School closed Friday avoiding any unnecessary fires at the the prince and princess of Pless. Parent Teacher Association, which en Stiles of Boston and seven grand­ for the spring vacation. It will re­ present time. has a membership of 15 women, mo­ children. open on March 31. "Deliverance," a five reel motion tored to South Hadley Friday night The motion picture entertainment A grass fire which burned over picture film, was shown.Sunday eve­ othy Naylor of Somers, who is to be at the invitation of Prof. Ann S. Springfield and dance planned by the Suffield several acres in its path here Sun­ ning by Mr. Pardee in the church married to F. Seymour Smith of Young of Mt. Holyoke College to Masonic Building Committee was giv­ day afternoon at South Main street lecture hall. It was based on books Cambridge, Md., in April. About 20 look through the large telescope in caused an alarm to be answered by of' Prof. Irving Fisher on the pro­ guests were present. A mock mar­ the college observatory. en on Monday evening in the school hibition question. auditorium on Bridge street and was the fire department when it was seen riage was held in which Miss Delia Jack Piggott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Institution for Savings that much property was endangered. Mrs. J. T. McKnight entertained Mullinari was bride, Miss Lillian A. William H. Piggott of Birchwood largely attended. The motion pic- Jenkins the bridegroom, Miss Elean­ ELM STREET SPRINGFIELD, tureture show was given by the The hard wind caused the fire to the W. C. T. U. at a meeting held Avenue is one of the contestants for MASS. Springfield Union and presented by burn fiercely before it was finally at her home last Tuesday. "Scien­ or Benson maid of honor, and Miss national oratorical honors at Tech­ put out by water and chemicals. tific Temperance" was the theme for Audrey Rosenberg the minister. Miss nical High School. R. K. Winans. The feature was discussion. Marjorie Root entertained with spe­ "Lorraine of the Lions." Dancing cialty dances. Refreshments were followed the entertainment. Harring­ At the whist given by the Amer­ WINDSOR LOCKS ican Legion Auxiliary last week the served and bridge was played. ton's orchestra furnished the music following persons carried off the va­ Mrs. Harry Hanks has returned The Best Feed for the dancing. Tax Collector John J. Brett sent rious prizes: First, Miss Grace Sikes home after being a guest at the home The funeral of Arthur H. Wood out the bills for property taxes last of her sister in Bondsville. was held Saturday afternoon from and George Hatheway; second, Mrs. 99 week. He will be at the town clerk's W. W. Haskell and Richard Miller: the Second Baptist Church and was office for collection of these taxes consolation, Mrs. L. C. Schlude and We Ever Fed largely attended. The bearers were during the month of April. On all W. M. Rowe. WAREHOUSE POINT Andrew Barr, Haskell Jackson, Char­ taxes not paid by May 1, interest Department Commander C. A. les Chaplin, George Hastings, How­ charges are added, which increase Goehring of the local American Leg- ard Jackson and Arthur Jackson. each six months thereafter. ion Post, C. A. Cordtsen, T. A. Pal­ In the recent economy run of Hud­ Rev. E. Scott Farely officiated. Bur­ The marriage of Richard "Black­ mer, W. W. Bergh, Robert Cooley, son and Essex cars, in which Henry ial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. burn and Miss Alice Mae Healy of Howard Dimock and C. A. Lee visit­ Holcomb of this town had a car en­ The funeral of Andrew Anderson, Westfield was quietly celebrated at ed Seicheprey Post in Bristol last tered, a prize was announced for the one of the town's oldest residents, his home, 70 North Main street, last week. nearest guess to the amount of miles L who died last Thursday, was held at week, the ceremony being perform­ per gallon on the test and Mr. Hol­ Cooper's funeral parlors Saturday af­ ed by Rev. F. K. Ellsworth, pastor comb has announced that Miss Anna ternoon. Rev. E. Scott Farley, pas­ of the Congregational Church. The SOMERS L. Wallace of Windsor Locks was tor of the Second Baptist Church of­ witnesses were the parents of both the lucky winner. ficiated. Th© bearers were George The local cemetery association has young people and in the evening a Miss Nettie Worthington is stay­ L. Greer, Thomas J. Greer, Charles reception was held at the home, at been mailing out the bills for care ing with her aunt, Mrs. Julia Dick­ of cemetery lots in the several cem­ 1 inson of Springfield, who is serious­ 1 THAT'S what we hear from ly ill. eteries under its care and this year has included a brief statement of the -*• all points about this effi­ S Plain drlllr, Peter Curtis of New Britain is work being done and what is hoped cient, all-purpose carbohy­ spending several months at "Bonnie to be accomplished this coming year. Printed Crepli MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK Brae, the home 0f Mr. and Mrs. drate dairy feed. It is called Robert Galbraith. The great improvement in the ap­ U Or Both (Incorporated 1861) pearance of the Springdale Cemetery Miss Myra Champlin of Westerly, at the south end of the village has assumed her duties as visiting brought words of commendation from Isn't it early for sjlk and school nurse on Monday. Miss 80 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn* he general public and also the lot Quaker I suits? That's the Champlin comes well recommended, owners. The association is desirous point. They are wear­ having served three years with the of having a hedge fence planted ing itheta now, under A STRICTLY MUTUAL SAVINGS Boston Public Health Bureau. She along the front of this cemetery, but Sugared T is making her headquarters at the has not enough extra money on coats. Then later they BANK WITH ASSETS OVER home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Con- hand, the estimated cost being about will come forth as a pH hv £?m®rsv.,lle and can be reach­ Schumacher ed by telephoning 679-2. $200. The town now makes an an­ perfect street costume $24,500,000. nual appropriation to the association S Oliver Pease of Sprinefield has for warm days. which, with the money from lot own­ Dairy cows certainly appreci­ bought the farm on the Ninth Dis- ers, allows for greater care of the Black or Navy Silk We Have No Stockholders nlarV nf wknown as the old Famum graves. ate this complete mixture. It place, of Frederick Roberts of Atra- Crepe Suit with _ Rev. W. Herbert Myers of Collins- blends perfectly with any good wam and is making extensive repairs ville was the Lenten preacher in St. blouse of pink or on the place. He will take posses­ protein concentrate. Good, DEPOSITS made during the first five sion about April 1. posses John's Church last evening. Rev. baby blue is one ot George B. Gilbert, who was scheduled the new models for calendar days of any month, will draw i A miscellaneous shower was given too, for all young stock, and to be here last evening will preach misses. $16.75 interest from the first day of that month. Jy Miss Helen Stevens of Sprint at St. John's ,pn April 9. dry stock. Come in and get field last week in honor of Miss Dor- The ladies' aid society of Wesley full information. (Mlaaeij' Cress Section, Methodist Church met Tuesday at Second Floor) Present Rate the home of Mrs. Arthur Pascoe on of Interest •••• 5% S. L. Mitchell Main street. GEO. S. PHELPS PAYABLE QUARTERLY, JANUARY, APRIL Plumbing : Heating BROAD BROOK PROSPECT ST. JULY AND OCTOBER 1ST. 40 HIGH STREET TELEPHONE 196-3 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith have returned from their wedding trip and are residing at their new home on Highland Avenue. Springfield INCORPORATED Massachusetts Miss Agnes Drensek of Mill street has returned from St. Francis Hos­ i J Ayrshire Milk pital after undergoing an operation for appendicitis. Distributors and Producers of A son was born March 14 at St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, to Mr. 'B CLEAN MILK FROM and Mrs. Steven Rittlinger of this HEALTHY COWS place. STRICTLY FRESH EGGS Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Benton and son, Arthur, Jr., spent the past week Edgehurst Farm with relatives on Main street. SUFFIELD, CONN. LONGMEADOW ADDED LUXURIES Phones: 600 and 640 TMlle T^ojo/TIhomofiSric. Samuel H. Reid & Son, Owners The Lenten service of the First ^Hartford's Shopping (Benten Church will be held this evening at the Longmeadow Community House. NOT MERE CHANGES Rev. Dr. Arnold E. Look of Spring­ field College will be the speaker. His text will be "The Bible in Religious If Ordering by Phone, Reverse Charge to Us. Longer, lower, smarter appearance. Edward Leete Education." Mrs. Frank B. Mallory Roomier interiors. More comfort­ will sing several selections. Funeral The Longmeadow Women's Benev­ able seats. These and other Oldsmo- olent Society of the First Church Director held a box luncheon at the home of bile advancements such as improved Mrs. Frank M. Coles, 18 Maple road, carburetion, more responsive steer­ yesterday afternoon. OFFICE: 74 MAIN STREET There was a conference of the Sun­ ing, and new fully-enclosed, four- TELEPHONE 180 day School teachers of the First wheel brakes give greater travel Church with Supt. Frank Barber last THE SUIT Monday evening at the Community luxury. Each of Oldsmobile's new Residence: 107 ENFIELD ST. House. TELEPHONE 197 A number of Longmeadow high features can quickly be defined school pupils have signed up for the as an improvement. None could be termed a change made merely is the thing this season for the sake of change. Drive this ALPHONSE TRUDEAU Oldsmobile. You will find it a GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERY pleasant experience ... and, over the CIGARS AND TOBACCO For They Are the Smart and Com­ months and miles, a profitable one. 115 HIGH ST. PHONE 246 THOMPSONVILLE plete Costume For Clever Young TWO-DOOR $| . o. b. factory SEDAN Lansing People and Fashionable Elders.... Spare Tire and Bumper i Extra FRANK P. SMYTH COAL AND WOOD Whatever your type you can be easily Suit-ed at Our coal is the kind that sparkles with pent up heat. It is well screened and in every way satisfactory. Brown Thomson's. Wear the smart Jacket Suit OFFICE: MAIN ST. PHONE CONNECTION .. Peplum Suit.. pinched in Taileur and you will Enfield Street, Thompsonvillfe, Conn. be fashionably dressed. Showing Tweeds, Shark­ skin and Wool Crepe, in pirate blue, tan, grey, rust, brown and black. A FIRM WITH A REPUTATION DSMOB of doing good work for the past 35 years can be of much value to 50 $ 50 you in building your monument. $29 to 49 JOHN VESCE Open Evenings Thompsonville Monumental Works M. J. LIBERTY, Proprietor (Women's and Misses' Sizes ... Second Floor) OFFICE: 97 Pearl Street TELEPHONE 403-4 PRODUCT CE N1 R A 1 I MOTORS

• >,:7 i .,- ;,j> ?',:-V., v ... - _ : ; : v'-^Ui'• Y;""ji^^^;:c;^"v;:C'-^;-;'^;;!:i;^;- { «v>-^r:-••.:??*;•* T;v;'r= ;:•:^:v•;• :' •' ' ••;: • •••" •.-'.•.'. • : ;';'V";" V1--:' ; THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 SEVEN , ;•!:-: ,:W to be found in the State of Connec­ of the bridge is 223 feet, 6 inches. 'm-> ticut. •u-rrr^* Due to the fact that the roadway on ROCK JOB At Lime Rock, the nevr construc­ this part of the work is on a 6 per FORT SHANT0K tion will affect a Very marked im­ cent grade, the design of this bridge provement over existing conditions is rather unique, in that the top chord WILL COMPLETE of travel. The present highway of the trusses has been inclined to SITE ADDED TO RIALTO THEATRE bridge is narrow, approached by a parallel the grade while the bottom sharp curve on the east and its use chord is kept horizontal. This re­ WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT RIVERHIGHWAY necessitates traveling a section of un­ sults in a span which is materially STATE PARR improved country road lying between deeper at one end than the other, but the bridge and the end of the pres­ the reason for this lack of symmetry FREE! ^ _ FREE! Spans Last Gap On the ent improved state highway east of will be quite apparent even to the Old Historic Spot on the the river where a grade crossing with casual eye when the work is com­ 0 Housatonic Road From particularly bad sight lines adds to pleted. Thames River Has Re­ TO EVERY LADY the difficulties of easy passage. The bridge over the railroad con­ Long Island Sound to The work now in process of con­ sists of three plate girder spans of cently Been Purchased THIS CHARMING SEA GREEN PEARL the Berkshire Hills. struction involves the building of a the usual type. These spans are re­ By State Commission new bridge over the Housatonic Riv­ spectively 47 feet, 6 inches, 45 feet, ;) PERSONAL Smart! er, a new bridge over the railroad 4 inches, and 47 feet, 6 inches, or a For Park Purposes. With. the awarding of contract for tracks and about one half mile of ap­ total length of 140 feet, 4 inches. The the superstr ucture of the Lime Rock proach roads, all over entirely new railroad bridge provides underclear- BEAUTY OUTFIT Exclusive! "bridge over the Housatonic River and locations. Starting at the junction ance for two tracks as now planned, The historic site of Fort Shantok of the Housatonic River Road with on the Thames River between New the superstructure for the bridge ov­ with an ultimate capacity of four the road running from Lime Rock to tracks should they ultimately be re­ London and Norwich was recently Attractive! er the railroad, work was started on the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville quired. purchased by the State Park and For­ the last step in closing the gaps ex­ which is now under construction, the Some of the more important quan­ est Commission. This purchase of isting on the Housatonic River Road new project runs to the north °f the titiesles involved in methe construction are | thirty acres increases the area of north of New Milford. When this present bridge and extends straight as follows: 53,000 cubic yards of bor- the F(>rt Shantok State Park to 160 El structure, together with the Cornwall across the river, over the railroad, row for approach fills; 1,850 cubic acres. Here^ between the years 1645 Bridge now under construction, are and, by an easy curve joins the pres­ yards of concrete in piers and abut and 1659, Uncas, the friend of the completed there will be open to mo­ ent improved road leading to Canaan ments.; 510,000 pounds of structural white settlers, and his Mohican war­ torists a continuous stretch of mod­ and the Berkshires. steel in the two bridges. Both of the riors four times repulsed greatly su­ NO STRINGS ern highway extending without a The bridge over the river will con­ bridges will have reinforced concrete perior forces of the Narragansett In­ break from the shore of Long Island sist of a three span deck steel truss floor slabs and substantial pipe and dians. The first park purchases made Sound to the Berkshire Hills and tra­ on concrete piers and abutments. The structural steel railings. Due to the in 1925 secured the Indian village NO CATCHES versing for a great part of its length, I three spans are respectively 72 feet, size of the approach fills and the cer­ site and burial ground overlooking some of the most beautiful scenery 96 feet, and 48 feet. The total length tainty of settlement of this material the river. The historic fort lies to the present plans provide for a tem­ the north of the village site on a NO CONTEST porary waterbound macadam pave­ high, rocky hill commanding a view ment on these approaches. It is ex­ both up and down the river. Noth­ pected that the ultimate type of pave­ ing is left to mark the scene of these ment to be placed will be reinforced early battles but the faint outline of concrete. a trench along the hill crest, con­ El cealed among the dense growth of GARAGES Kit hardwood sprouts which covers the ground. HOLLAND AND Uncas and the Mohican tribe re­ See Display of this mained friends of the white men throughout their history, even during Beauty Ware in ITALY TO COPY King Philip's War, which destroyed .their deadly foes the Narragansetts. i Probably more battles between In- Our Lobby SAFETY SERIES 'dians took place around this old fort than at any other known locality in New England. In the first seige, in Group of Safety Broad- 1645, following a previous defeat of pavat«! WhlVTl FnrlpH On the Narragansetts at the Great Plain, El Casio W nun JlillUcO Wnjnow Norwich, the tribe was saved by ABSOLUTELY FREE ddiiudryH,.Tanuarv 14 TVTpfiviei Withvvun ^Thomas Leffingwell, an ensignf at AN INDIVIDUAL ARTICLE OR BEAUTY 1Saybrook( who> responding 0 an CARD international Acclaim. Iearnest plea for help carried by a EVERY I messenger who escaped from the fort, t j. _ i* i i „ „ j. piloted a canoe loaded with beef, corn EVERY PERSONAL NIGHT •. "I?? popularity of safe- j ancj peas up the Thames and succeed- SATURDAY ty broadcasts is indicated by the ecj jn getting it into the fort under VALUED AT TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS success of the Second Universal Safe­ cover of the night. ty Series, which ended with Miss Ida In another eruption made by Pes- M. Tarbell's address on January 14, sacus, the Narragansett chief, in the START YOUR OUTFIT Italv Nattena! " Safety^'Council ti? Narra! El nd 1 CAR —2 CAR —3 CAR loi \ ? ? pattern na-, gansetts, when compared with that ATTEND PERSONAL NIGHT Easily Erected by Anyone! Get Our Low Prices! tional broadcasts after the series. 0f the Uncas, was so overwhelming ENTERTAINMENTS Permission has been granted safety,jn p0jnt of numbers, that it is diffi- WRITE OR PHONE THOMPSONVILLE 54. directors from these countries to ]Cult to understand why the Moheg- translate the speeches and plays and, ans were not entirely annihilated There is no obligation on your part other than enjoying use them in radio campaigns against; Making a show of only forty men at our excellent programs. Start your set the first week. accidents Requests for repnnts in- a time, they drew the warriors of Amos D. Bridge's Sons, Inc. creased throughout the series, and Uncas into an ambush, then sudden- HAZARDVILLE, CONN. reached a high point duringt the4-n rtl clos­ />n 1ly rising•• pursued< them.. with arrows ing weeks. The radio playlet "Cock- and bullets to the covers of their Eyed Traffic" drew hundreds of let­ forts. But here the latter rallied, re­ ters of commendation from all parts pulsed their assailants, and in the end of the country. drove them from their territory. An average of more than 26,000 In 1657 another attack was made reprints of the talks and one-act on this fort by the Narragansetts All the Big Talk­ All the Big Talk­ dramas were distributed, in answer j and NianUcs, assisted" by^Pocom- ing Pictures ing Pictures W^?k. durm? the,tocs and Norwootucks, two tribes mNW) For Home Lovers series. That the _ radio is playing ajfr0m Massachusetts, but they were Play Here! T M E A T R. Play Here! big part m bringing the nation to a repulsed. In 1659 the Tunxis, Pocom- reahzation of the seriousness of the toes and Narragansetts agaiA attack- accident problem has been shown in ed the Mohegans at this place, and WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. Your Home... Distinctive the willingness of eminent public I later during the same the Narragan- ^eakers to participate m the move-1 setts were again defeated here by New Ideas for It... FREE ment. Highlights of the series were their adversaries, the Mohegans SS nc ^ j Roger Williams in one of his letters Charming little cottages ... stately colonials with Addams, of Hull House, Chicago, and:in 1660 writes as follows in refer- eight to ten rooms ... glimpses of Early American in­ the closing speech by her former col- ring to one of the Indian battles at teriors ... English garden fences. You must see league, Miss Ida M. Tarbell. _ the fort: "The Monheggins would not r p v, sPeilkers included Major O. sallie, and the Nannhoggs would not these Thirty-Four pages of alluring pictures of love­ L. Bohenhamer, National Command- spoil the corn for feare of offending ly homes—some actually built and lived in—some or­ er of the American Legion; President!the English" iginal designs. C. E. Pettibone of the National Safe-j ln i893 the Connecticut Society of ? +u°Um Frfn^-lm Wentworth Colonial Dames erected a cairn, a "For Home Lovers," a colorful new book of homes, is of the National Fire Prevention As- cone-shaped pile of stones, suggest- MOVING OUT TONIGHT— Nntfn™?' R?,W1S DuBlois of the I ing by its form an Indian wigwam, yours for the asking Phone your request, drop a National Bureau of Casualty and;to mark the spot to which Lieuten- note in the mail, or, better still, call at our office— Surety Underwriters, and Dr. S. ant Thomas Leffingwell brought sup- "MEN WITHOUT WOMEN" | Parkes Cadman, famous Brooklyn!plies to the Mohegans. The Colonial All talking Movietone with Kenneth MacKenna, Farrell McDonald we'll see that you get your copy. and Paul Page. A salty sea-going dramatic smash! One moment pa^lor a sPeaker. _ _ j Dames have since supplied the funds . °nC nPyS' S,1X ln. number,; to the State Park Commission and a of roaring mirth, the next, grim tragedy. proved unusually popular with radio,stockade fence has been built around All Talking Comedy, "All Stuck Up" Fox Movietone News audiences eveiywhere. The Traffic the burying ground. During the ( FRIDAY—They're All Talking About BILLIE DOVE! "p vf j't »+ i°!§"een Anne> French and Indian, and Dumb, and Cock-EyedL Traffic took,King Philip Wars, the Mohegans Her thrilling beauty! Her gorgeous clothes! Her wonderful voice! The Thompsonville into account accident hazards on the were the faithful allies of Connecti­ on?" «Tr ua^nTlCut Colony- At the close of these "THE OTHER TO-MORROW" 1>>I=» w,Tf a L.Vfe • ? 4.^U1 1 £''eat struggles this tribe had manv One of the Outstanding Hits of the Season with Grant Withers and Lumber Corp. ings dealtr with industrial safety |widows and ophans left by those of Kenneth Thomson. A First National and Vitaphone Picture! themes. The plays were presented; its warriors who lost their lives by ALL TALKING COMEDY, "THE HOOSEGOW" "Everything For the Builder" by the Universal Safety Players of; fighting, and here many of these Metrotone News "Alpine Love Call Skeleton Dance"' New York, under the direction of Ar- • brave and unfortunate people were 92 PROSPECT ST. thur Snyder. The 32 affiliated sta-l buried. SATURDAY AT 2-6-8—Personal Beauty Ware Night! tions of the National Broadcasting! "Certified by Centuries—WOOD—Use It, Nature Renews It" Company carried the Second Univer-!' ' Marion Davies in "NOT SO DUMB" sal Safety Series to the American The comedy "Dulcy" that had New York shrieking for months with people just as they carried the first laughter now comes to the talking screen as Marion Davies' hap­ series, which ran during the early piest picture. It's a joy from start to finish. months of 1929. i Whitworth Street On the Same Program—Shooting Gallery in Natural Color PATHE SOUND NEWS FAINT HEART Mummifying of sacred animals, birds, fish and reptiles, which were New & Second SUNDAY AT 6 AND 8 P. M.— regarded as sacred in Egypt, must have cost the devoted millions of dol­ Hand Furni­ "THE BIG PARTY" TAXPAYERS' lars, according to recent estimates. With Sue Carol, Dixie Lee and Whispering Jack Smith Thousands of bodies were mummified. More than 200 yards of fine linen Burning up Broadway's bright lights at top speed, three lovely las­ cloth, a half yard wide, were used in ture Co. sies, hungry for hectic parties. What a surprise these pretties re­ wrapping one bull. Many fine speci­ PHONE 824 ceive when they forget the boy friends for millionaire playmates in mens of the sacred ibis and birds of one Jbig peppy petting party. ATTENTION ALL TALKING COMEDY. "THE BARBER'S DAUGHTER" the hawk and falcon type have been Y. PIEPUL, Manager found. SPORTLIGHT SNAPSHOT "SOLE MATES" MONDAY AND TUESDAY— All persons liable by law to pay Town Tax in the Town of "RIO RITA" with Bebe Daniels Enfield, and DISTRICT NO. 2 and DISTRICT NO. 10 TAX, With John Boles and 100 others. By verdict of millions the "eighth wonder of the world." Never before has screen or stage seen such laid upon list of 1929, are hereby notified that the afore­ a wealth of beauty, splendor, music or drama. Enchanting new said taxes will be due March 1st, 1930, and payable at the Tobacco and General songs enriching the splendid drama and mag­ nificent spectacle. Purpose Farms "MY WIFE" plus "ROMANY LASS" Tax Collector's Office SMALL PLACES SUITABLE FOR GARDENING OR WEDNESDAY AN1) THURSDAY— POULTRY RAISING Lovely and young but unable to endure this ugly TOWN BUILDING, THOMPSONVILLE Croesus, she fled him. Only to later find her­ Enfield St., 6 room house, all Near Hazardville, 9 room house self in the arms of a young, handsome fellow modei'n, steam heat, 3-4 acres all modern. Barn, garage, to­ who was one and the same man. Her husband Daily During March 1930, from 10 A. M. to of land. bacco shed, 6 acres of land. with a remodeled face! 1 P. M.; 2 P. M. to 5 P. M. Enfield St., 2 family house, in Scitico, 9 room house. Barn, Elinor Glyn's First Talking Picture wilh Warner good condition. Five acres of garage and tobacco shed. A Baxter and Catherine Dale Owen Also Saturday, March 29,1930, and Monday, land. good place. Scitico, 2 houses, tobacco sheds March 31, 1930, the Tax Collector's Office Enfield St., 9 room house, mod­ and 12 acres of land. "SUCH MEN ARE ern. Barn, tobacco shed, two garages, 8 acres of land. Somers, 5 room house, tobacco will be open evenings from 7 to 9 P. M. shed, 40 acres of land. $2500. DANGEROUS" ALL TALKING COMEDY, "HIGH TONED" Near Hazardville, 6 room house Somers, 4 room house with 16 At Post Office, Hazardville, Thursday, Mar. with 5 acres of land. ac^es of land. $2200. Fox Movietone News Talking Studio 20, 1930, from 1 P. M. to 4 P. M. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Single, double and three family houses in Thompsonville and its suburbs. Some nice places on some of the very finest residential All persons having Taxes unpaid after April 1, 1930, will streets in the town. be charged 9 per cent interest from March 1, 1930 to Sep­ BUILDING LOTS—One on Washington Avenue, a select spot to tember 1, 1930; 10 per cent interest from September 1, cations around town. build your home. Others in many lo 1930 to February 28, 1931, and 12 per cent thereafter, to­ One on Washington Avenue, a select spot to build your home. gether with Collector's fees, according to law. Others in many locations around town.

Francis A. Burke, Collector. William Hyland When looking for a perfect evening's entertainment, why not motor to Windsor Locks where February 13th, 1930. Enfield Street Phone 137-3 Enfield, Conn. you will SEE and HEAR the pick of the leading Broadway Talking, Singing and Dancing Hits :vy:>v^_-"<*/;V:«S";i'V^

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follows: "The Petition of Charles Kil- Stella Olmsted leads the Senior C. will the "Son of Man" return? Shall lam, James W. Porter and other in­ E. Society meeting at 6 P. M. On He find faith here? The class is op-, mamtm RECORDS OF OLD habitants of Enfield, requesting to be Wednesday of this week the union en to all men and closes at 12:20. organized into a company of rifle­ CHURCH NEWS Lenten service was held at Somers The Christian Endeavor round table men has been receivea by His Ex­ and next week will be at the Unit­ is held at 6 P. M. each Sunday, open RIFLE CLUB HERE cellency, the commander-in-chief, and ed Presbyterian Church. The inter­ to all young people. The topic for he deemed it expedient to grant the UNITED PRESBYTERIAN est and attendance continues to grow. Sunday will be "Successful Evangel­ prayer of said petition. The said Home Builders' Club -meets at the ism in Mission Fields." The Wednes­ NASH -- DODGE ARE UNCOVERED Charles Killam and others are here­ "The Man Who Walked With God" home of Mr. and Mrs. Anson Corbin day night union Lenten service will by authorized to raise by volunteer Sunday Evening Theme. next _ Monday evening.- All young be held April 2 in the United Pres- enlistment within the limits of the "The Ladder Jacob Saw in a married couples invited. byterian Church. The preacher will We Now Have On Display the New Members of the Present 19th Regiment of Infantry, a com­ Dream" will be the theme for study be Rev, George Whiteside,ide, pastorpasto of pany of riflemen to be annexed to Club Find Account of in the 10:30 hour. The subject for FIRST PRESBYTERIAN the church. The musicallusical program said 19th Regiment and to be denom­ the 7 P. M. hour will be, "The Man will be directed by George A. Heden- Dodge 6 and 8 in Line Organizing: First Club inated the First Rifle Company and Who Walked With God." The child­ burg of Hazardville. The Ladies' las such to be gubject to all the laws, ren's talk as usual early in the 10:30 "Lenten Meditation on the Character of God" Subject Sunday. Aid Society will, hold a "tea" this Nearly 100 Years Ago , rules and regulations for the govern- service. The Sunday School opens evening at 7:30 in the social rooms ^ You are under no obligation by T_4-„ ment of the militia, which are or may promptly at 9:30 A. M. The opening Next Sunday in the First Presby­ : terian Church, the minister, Rev. ,W. of the church. Every member is in­ ; asking us for a demonstration! interesting. - be estabiished." exercises are important and intended vited to be present. for every member. Please note the Fletcher Daum, D. D., will have for I Howard O. Golder of this town, 35 time—9:30 A. M. Owing to conflict­ his sermon topic, "Lenten Meditation 'ANNA CHRISTIE" COMING On the Character of God." There Rev. Edwin Gaffney of St. Pat­ COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR FINE years ago found in the old Henry ing dates the Sunday School social rick's Church delivered the Lenten Booth house at Allen's Corner, a was changed from Tuesday evening will be a special musical program un­ STOCK OF USED CARS Greta Garbo's First Talkie to Be At­ der the leadership of Mrs. Sarah A. sermon in St. Bernard's Church, Haz­ fjook in which were the records of of this week to tomorrow evening at ardville, last evening before a large the organization of the first military traction at Franklin Next Week. Bodley. At 7 P. M., evening pray­ The 7:30. This will be the third social congregation. This evening Father ° "A SAFE PLACE TO BUY USED CARS" Company—j here 92 years agoo- which— is— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's screen conducted by the school. The former ers, an illustrated address upon Hof- man's great paintinjg, "The Arrest Gaffney will be the Lenten preacher of'much interest to the infield Rifle; adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's wide- occasions were greatly enjoyed. The at Sacred Heart Church in Suffield. Club, which has been recently organ-! ly known drama, "Anna Christie, program will be of special interest of Jesus" will be given by the min­ ized. The petition for the company starring Greta_ Garbo in her_ first to all. Another year's work is draw­ ister. If you are a lover of the great was signed by Charles Killam, James |talking role, will be the attraction at paintings of the world, you will be Simmons Motor.<< ing to a close. The secretaries and CARD OF THANES it: W. Porter and others, on March 29, j the Franklin Theatre next Monday interested to attend these evening treasurers are requested to make up gatherings.: 1838, and was granted by the com- j and Tuesday. The picture, said to their reports as soon as possible af­ To all. my neighbors, friends and mander-in-chief, through the office of; be the most distinguished of Clar- ter the close of the month. The Wed­ The Men's Bible Class, held at co-workers, who, by kindly thought, the adjutant general, Samuel L. Pit- 'ence Brown's directorial efforts, was nesday evening topic will be a review 11:45 A. M., vHlI discuss the topic: sympathetic word, and generous lov­ "Do We Bother; God With Our Pray­ kin, at East Hartford, April 3rd of adapted from the original stage play of the quarter's lessons. The choir ing deed, have helped me to bear a Enfield and Elm Sts. Phonie. 426 '^|l%ttittpsonville that year, effective when 50 men had .by Frances Marion. The supporting practice as usual at 8:30. On next ers?" with the following sub-topics: heavy burden of sickness and sor­ fceen enrolled. 'cast contains Charles Bickford, G. F. Wednesday evening, April 2, the un­ Is God a Judge or Father? Who is row,? I desire, from" a full heart, to In accordance with the adjutant's |Marion, Marie Dressier in her first ion services will be held in the Unit­ our judge? Do we ask justice of say, "Thank You." Orders, the militiamen met on April i straight role, James T. Mack and Lee ed Presbyterian Church. This will God? Shall we fear God? When Elizabeth Thompson. 14, "in front of the inn of Col. Owens j Phelps. The picture will represent be the fifth in the series. The pas­ in Enfield," and elected George C. j Marion's third portrayal of the fath- tor, Rev. George Whiteside, will be Owens captain, Robert B. Morrison, \ er role, the actor having played the the preacher. The Christian Endeav-; 'lieutenant, and Lorenzo D. Parker,! original stage role with Pauline Lord, or Society will open a book contest ensign. Early records tell of meet-[later again assuming the part in the next Sunday evening. It is expected- fngs for drills, parade and inspection! silent picture made with Blanche both sides will be well represented!^ purposes at Col. Owens' inn, the Ho-' Sweet. Garbo's performance as An- *>el of Warren Kibbe in Somers, thejna is declared to be the finest thing otel of Clark B. Howes in Stafford, 1 she has ever done, the tragic sincer­ METHODIST EPISCOPAL jand the East Hartford meeting house. ity of the role being of the type td : The official order for the organiza- which the distinguished actress is Reception of New Members at Morn- j tion of the company reads in part as particularly well suited. ing Service Next Sunday. ( On Sunday at the Friendly Church ; in the Center, there will be a recep- j md North tion of new members at the 10:30 j morning worship. The pastor, Rev. i THOMPSONVILLE Wilfred D. Hamilton, will deliver the j closing sermon of his pastorate in Thompsonville. The unusual feature connected with this will be that the sermon will be the one he preached opening his pastorate here. The sub­ ject is, "The Ideal Church of Christ." The church quartet will sing. The to Church School will meet in three de­ partments at 12 o'clock. The Men's Brotherhood Bible Class will have for its discussion topic, "The Law of the Cross." At the 7 P. M. Pleasant Hour the pastor will present the illustrated short sermon planned for last Sun­ day. A good audience last Sunday evening enjoyed the fine devotional illustrated service of "The Passion of Jesus Christ." The wonderful art re­ The Latest Up-to-Date Domestic productions delivered a powerful ser­ mon as interpreted by the scriptures. That great painting, "The Light of the World," the most popular paint­ Rotary Electric Sewing Machine ing of the 19th century, in a beauti­ ful reproduction will be the center of Come In and See How Easy It Sunday evening's devotions. Next Wednesday at 7:30 P. M., the Union Is To Make Your Own Clothes Lenten Service will be held in the United Presbyterian Church with the Miss Hazel Ferris will show you many pastor, Rev. George Whiteside, as preacher. The New England South­ short cuts in home sewing-—show you ern Conference of Methodist Episco­ pal Church opens its annual session how a sewing machine more than pays next Tuesday evening in the New London Methodist Church. Every dav for itself. these sessions are open to the public. Every Thursday from 7 to 8 in the , Cretonne , chapel is young people's hour. A Curtain Nets Friday All Day - Saturday Until 12:30 welcome for everyone at all services of this church. 23c and 49c 49c and 79c > The Northern Connecticut HAZARDVILLE METHODIST A small room can be ' You can have flowers blootrf- charmingly curtained |ng at your windows, as well as Foreign Pastor to Be Guest at Month­ with a lacey net that in­ ly Supper This Evening. In the garden ... or you can Power Company Rev. and Mrs. Ernest N. Bauman, vites the light . . . yet bring your furniture up-to-date who for 23 years have been working covcrs the windows suf­ jvith gay modernistic coverings as missionaries at Junin, Argentine ficiently. Filet and shad­ '« f . with a few yards of this Republic, South America, will be the ow net patterns. (tunning cretonne to help yout guests of honor at the monthly sup­ per and social gathering of the Lad­ ies' Aid Society this evening. Ev­ eryone will be invited to meet the ac­ cepted missionaries of the church SISITZKY'S who will return this year to South America as the workers in the Haz­ ardville church's parish abroad. At the service of worship on Sun­ PUBLIC MARKET day morning the class of young people who have been studying in 28 Pearl Street Phones: 3 or 4 the confirmation class will be bap­ tised and received into the church. The pastor will continue his consid­ eration of the general theme of the month, "Christ and the Cross" and Money Saving Prices for will also preach at the evening serv­ ices. This is the last Sundav of the Methodist Conference year. The pas­ Friday and Saturday tor will be at the annual conference Cretonne to be held at New London over the Overdrapes Fresh Walnut Meats, special 59c lb. next Sunday and Prof. Arnold E. Look, Ph. D., of Springfield College 19c and 29c Granulated Sugar 20 lbs. for $1.00 will be the preacher in the pastor's 98c Yard absence. Quaint patterns to cur­ Our Own Sausage Meat, special ...... 29c lb. tain bedroom windows Church School session is held at 10 . . . lively designs for Fancy Young Ducks, 5 to 6 lb. weight, spe­ A. M. Junior Christian Endeavor at the sunparlor . . . mod­ Rayon damask in lus­ 3 P. M., with Donald and Arthur Al­ ernistic patterns for liv­ trous allovcr patterns cial at : 32c lb. len leading the discussion. Miss ing room windows . . . makes draperies that look Round Steak (by the slice) 33c lb. in any color your room ever so much more ex­ demands 1 pensive than they are 1 5Q Legs of Lamb 35c lb. inches wide. Best Rib Corned Beef 18c lb. PALILLA'S DRY Choice Tender Short or Sirloin Steaks, 39c lb. GOODS STORE Choice Rib Roasts of Beef 25c lb. up 44 High St., Thompsonville This is the time to bring Fresh Pigs Liver 2 lbs. for 19c DRESSMAKING BY ORDER new personajity and Fancy Bacon Squares 21c lb. HEMSTITCHING Criss-Cross fresh color into your Fresh Rib Beef 18c lb. Cleaning and Pressing home! Here the drapery Fresh Lamb Flanks 15c lb. Curtains departments just brimful Fresh Pigs Feet (all front feet) 3 lbs. for 25c o f n e w curtains, cre­ Panel Curtains 98c a set tonnes and damasks . . . ~ FISH DEPARTMENT Many Smart like a garden of Spring With Fringe Steak Cod, Steak Blue, Halibut, Flounders, Gage Models Let in the sun . . . and use flowers. The prices are Mackerel, Salmon, Quohaugs, Smelts, criss-cross curtains to do the miles from extravagance 98c each Herring and Oysters. ARE HERE FOR YOUR trick! For these are of sheer ... so you can easily re­ APPROVAL marquisette, with tie-backs and decorate any room or For your dining room and cornice valance to match, and are the entire house ... and living room, fringed panel cur­ Maxwell House Coffee, special 41c lb. Come in and make your se­ self-ruffled I Your choice of tains will give the right touch Best Tub Butter — 42c U). still keep well within your to your windows. 40 and 45 lection while stock is var­ cream or beige. inehes wide, 2J4 yards long. Fresh Eggs 39c doz. budget. Only 98c each I Mixed Nuts (new) 29c lb. ied. Misses' and Children's Maine Potatoes 45c peck Hats in desirable shapes Selected White Mealy Potatoes 60c peck and rightly priced. Nayasset Coffee 23c lb. Exquisite FILET 5 pc. Ruffled VOILE Regular 45c Coffee, special - ;. 39c lb. $1.50 to $2.98 Old Fashioned Chocolate Drops, special - 29c lb. CURTAIN NETS CURTAIN SETS Hitter's Pure Catsup 2 bottles for 25c Vanity Fair Under­ Fancy Sliced Peaches - 19c can wear and Hosiery 39c a yard 25c Catsup (special) 2 bottles for 45c $149 Confectionery Sugar 2 pkgs. for 15c "Whether it's new curtains for the Bring room, dining room or bedroom you're planning This is rightly an attention-commanding val­ Baker's Cocoa 19c can ue! Two side curtains, valance and tie-backs Palm and Olive Oil Soap , 12 cakes for 59c THE MALIA . . it's safe and more than sane to select these filet curtain nets at the J. C. Penney of crisp voile with pert ruffles in a contrasting Uneeda Biscuits, special 6 pkgs. for 25c color (color fast). California Juicy Lemons ...... 35c doz. SHOPPE store! Weston Assorted English Biscuits, special ...... 39c pkg. 53 Pearl Street '

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