TB[K PRESS • THE PRESS An Institution Which Works Ate •v A Home Town Paper For fh . v f For Community Ad- Home Town , vancement. Folks. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED l|f i^I^LD, CONN. pi pfeii FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 29. THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926 J PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPY 5c. v>\'r $*•,;/ ,-; Bigelow-Hartford Carpet. Co. Plan PLAYERS PLAN Of Wisdom of the Complete Audit i ning Semi-Annual Opening Dec. 1st PRODUCTION FOR ITHIN the past few days the town officials of Enfield have had additional proof of the wisdom of the action taken with regard HE semi-annual opening of the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company WOMAN'S CLUB W to the audit of the tax collector's books when the shortage in T has been definitely set for Wednesday, December 1st. It will these accounts was disclosed last spring. This evidence comes from as usual take place at the show rooms of the company in New Funeral Service Held In an incident which occurred during the past week in the city of Mrs. Fanny A. Mulligan York. Preparatory to this event the local plant of the company is Mystery Comedy, "The . St. Patrick's Church on Bridgeport. Five years ago the tax collector of that city was de busily engaged in turning out the samples of the rugs and carpets feated for a re-election -and immediately left the city. A shortage Passes Away Suddenly which will be displayed at the opening. This is a' semi-annual event Hidden Guest" To Be /Monday—Was Leader of approximately $80,000 was discovered in his accounts and he was Last Saturday After in the carpet business,_ and its success usually presages the charac later apprehended in New York and sentenced in the Superior Court ter of the business which the carpet industry is going to experience Presented at the High In the Real Estate and of this state to serve from j>ne to six years in State's prison. Ap noon—Was Mother Of for the six months following the sample display. Local officials of School Auditorium On parently the audit of the tax collector books made at the time was the company are decidedly optimistic over the outlook of the busi Insurance Business. not as thorough an investigation as it might have been, however, Atty. Wm. J. Mulligan. ness for the next six months. Already the company has extended Thursday, Dec. 2. for within a few days the city of Bridgeport officials have run across its working hours and added a considerable number to its force of The funeral of Martin J. Gorman, an additional shortage of $22,000 in the former tax collector's ac The funeral of Mrs. Fanny A. Mul operatives. Some of the departments are working overtime and in The Board of Directors of the En for many years a prominent business count's. The new shortage was discovered in tjie books of 1917- ligan, widow of the late William Mul others a night and day • shift is being used. The opening this year by the local company has been deferred to a later period than usual, field Players announced this morn man of the town and one of its lead 1923. This will bring the tax collector's defalcation up to over $100,- ligan, who was for many years a 000. Meantime he is out on parole and the Bridgeport officials do but it appears to have in no manner effected the business of the ing the cast of the three-act mystery ing real estate dealers, was held on not contemplate further prosecution. The incident is pointed out business and civic leader of the town, concern which is showing a steady improvement. Should it develop comedy, "The Hidden Guest," which Monday morning from his late home, by the officials of the town as a sample of just about what might took place last Tuesday morning with that the introduction of the new designs will meet the favorable re is to be given under the auspices of 25 Walnift street, followed by a sol have occurred here some time in the future had the audit of the services, at St. Justin's Church, Hart ception which the officials anticipate, it means that the local plant emn requiem high mass at St. Pat will be fully employed for the following six months. That the out the Woman's Club of Enfield in the books of the defalcating tax collector of this town been given only ford, and burial was in St. Patrick's rick's Church at 9 o'clock, celebrated the cursory examination which was made in Bridgeport. So far as come will be as anticipated is evident in the opinion of the manage New High School Auditorium on by the pastor, Rev. Daniel J. O'Con the embezzlements were concerned the circumstances were almost Cemetery here. Mrs. Mulligan died ment, for past experience has demonstrated that when the trade con Thursday evening, Dec. 2, at 8:00 P. nor, with Rev. 'John F. Kenney deacon identical even to almost the same number of years' service. The on last Saturday afternoon at the home ditions are at all favorable, and they are said to be at the present M. Miss Edna Plamondon, star of and' Rev. Edwin Gaffney, subdeacon. of her son, Attorney William J. Mul time, the distinctive designs of the local company have always been ly exception being that the Bridgeport situation was disclosed through last season's dramatic production in Mrs. Frederick R. Furey was poloist. a change being made in the office. The additional difference was ligan, 69 Bloomfield Avenue, Hart well received by the trade. President John F. Norman of the Com The floral tributes were numerous that the local officials insisted that an expert examination of the ford. She had been ill for a few days pany visited the local plant last Tuesday in connection with the pre the local high school and "Ted" Sul and beautiful. The bearers were M. books be made for the full period, so that the complete facts would but had practically recovered from parations for the opening next month. livan, who has been prominent in loc W. Hullivan, Michael A. Mitchell, be known at the outset. the indisposition when she suffered a al dramatics for several years will Frederick R. Furey, Patrick F. Hen- sudden heart attack and expired im have the leading roles. Other favor neberry, Selectman James T. Murray mediately. ites to appear will be Mrs. Leon R. and John Holleran. The service was The funeral, which was largely at ARMISTICE DAY LOCAL MAN DIES Abbe, Miss Doris King, Frank R. largely attended by relatives and tended, many of those present being Bohman and Gabriel Pare. friends of the deceased, including a FORMER LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL her former neighbors and friends The complete cast is as follows: delegation of members from the Holy from here, was held at 9:30 from her CELEBRATION i IN AUTO CRASH IN John Judkins, a realtor, Frank R. Name Society of St. Patrick's Church late home and at St. Justin's Church Bohman; Bert Judkins, a college boy and Thompsonville Board of Trade, in WOMAN MARRIED HONOR ROLL IS at 10 o'clock. The services consist and son of John Judkins, "Ted" Sul which Mr. Gorman held membership. ed of a solemn requiem high mass, i EAST HARTFORD livan; Chester Briggs, employed by During the hour of the funeral ser of which Rev. Daniel J. O'Connor, John Judkins, George Spelvin; Tad vice the business places were closed IN NEW JERSEY ANNOUNCED pastor of St. Patrick's Church was Wilson, in college and a member of to enable the business men to attend. celebrant, Rev. Andrew J. Plunkett, Local American Legion jRocco Spinelli Of South the Theta Phi Gamma, Gabriel Pare; The committal service was in St. Pat State Chaplain of the Knights of Co McCarty, a policeman, Ira Bushnell; rick's new cemetery in King Street, Miss Agnes V. Wynne is List of Students Who lumbus, was deacon, Rev. John Mc- Post Have Planned Ex- j Street Dies in Hospital Otto Hubner, a convict, Myron Bur Rev. Edwin Gaffney conducting it. Bride Last Saturday in Have Excelled In Their Cabe of Jewett City was sub-deacon, gess; Ruby Mayfield, a debutante, Mr. Gorman, who was 64 years of and Rev. Andrew Kelly of St. An tensively For Event To From Injuries Receiv Miss Edna Plamondon; Minnie May- age, was a native of Thompsonville West New York, N. J. Studies For Months of thony's Church, Hartford, master of Be Held In High School ed In Accident Yester field, Ruby's aunt, Miss Doris King; and had lived here all his life. His ceremonies. Rev. Francis Nolan, pas Mrs. Barrington, a widow, Miss death occurred early Friday morning —Bride Was A Former Sept. and Oct. is Issued tor of St. Justin's Church read the Auditorium Tonight. day Morning. Vieono Kajander; Nellie Trotwood, a at his" home on Walnut street from Resident Here. By Principal Lee. epistle and gospel and said the pray society girl, Miss Althea Jones; Mel- a heart affection from which he had ers for the dead at the close of the What is being characterized by the , Rocco Spinelli, 34, of South street, anthuria ("Melons"), a servant, Mrs. suffered for several years. After at mass. The music for the mass was committee in charge, as the first real died at the Hartford Hospital last Leon R. Abbe. tending the local schools, Mr. Gorman A pretty wedding of local interest Principal Karl D. Lee of the En rendered by a special quartette un The play is being directed by Mrs. prepared for his business career at took place in St. Joseph's Church of field High School announced this der the direction of Professor Mc Armistice Day celebration locally night from injuries sustained at 10 Thornton E. Vail, assisted by Messrs. the Springfield Business College. He the Palisades, New Jersey, last Sat week the list of honor students in the Carthy, organist. The bearers were since the historic event took place, o'clock yesterday morning when his Bohman and Sullivan. The business Andrew Browne and Sylvester L. end of the production is in the cap first engaged as a grocery clerk, but urday, when Miss Agnes V. Wynne, four classes for the months of Sep will be held this evening in the Aud- automobile collided with a car driv- later entered business for himself and Mitchell of this place, John M. Phil itorium of the New High School, un-|en by Lena M. Kaiser of East Hart- able hands of Harold A. Moseley, daughter of Mrs. Mary Wynne of 311 tember and October. The following general manager of the "Players." finally turned to real estate and in lips, State Secretary of the Knights der the auspices of Horace J. Tang- i ford, at the intersection of Ellington surance in which he built up an ex fifteenth street, West New York, N. is the complete list as announced by of Columbus, Thomas Wigmore, Jr., Stage Manager A, W, Colton of the uay Post, American Legion, assisted^?^ -East liattfovd. tensive and successful business. He J., former well-known residents of the principal: of Norwalk, P. G. Hayes and John : "Players" will have charge of the F. Cavanaugh of Hartford. The bur w +v,„ :v_ r i .lgnace Grigatis and five-year old son, developed a thorough knowledge of this village, was united in marriage y e ladies auxiliary of the post. ajs0 0f street, who were in the stage settings, assisted by Wilbur real estate values in the town and Seniors: David Brainard, Doris ial was in the family plot in St. Pat Colton, J. Edward Lawless and Alex Previous to this time the Post has j Spinelli car at the time of the acci- was frequently consulted by financiers to George A. Buchler of New York Bramwell, Clarke'Carle, Doris Caskie, rick's cemetery. The committal ser ander Johnston, Jr. Tickets for the city. The wedding ceremony was per- Ruth Dolan, Louise Galimberti, Jack- vices and prayers were said by Rev. held banquets and other forms of jdent, escaped with slight bruises, and others seeking information as to r affair may be procured from members property values. He was also very formed by Rev. William A. Keyes, son Green, Margaret Hannon, Ruth Daniel J. O'Connor, assisted by Rev. celebrations to emphasize this day 1 • ^ ,'- Spinelli was born in Italy and of the Woman's Club or the Enfield who also celebrated the nuptial mass. Hughes, William Kelley, Rosalie Maz- John McCabe, Rev. Andrew J. Plunk which is of special significance to the i , ^ m this village for several often employed as an appraiser by S Players. Mrs. John A. Best is chair bankers and insurance adjusters. He Nicholas Murphy, tenor soloist at St. zini, Rosella Muldoon, Helene Perci- ett and Rev. Thomas J. Picker of members of this organization. None j ' ' was employed as a tap- man of the Woman's Club entertain val, Evelyn Phelps, Harold Rapoport, m le p ar retired from active business three Patrick's Cathedral, New York, was Hazard ville. of them, however, has been planned i , r . f ^ of the Big- ment committee that arranged for the soloist at the wedding service and the Marie Ringwald, Jeanette Woodward, Mrs. Mulligan was 78 years of age to give free rein to the unrestrained \ ? • arpet Co. He also production. Indications point to "The years ago owing to failing health. and Stanley Yesukiewicz... Li early life Mr. Gorman became music for which was played by Prof. and was born in the town of Tuam, enjoyment which this day should £ ^ room on High street Hidden Guest" being one of the best Juniors: Elizabeth Best, Carolyn' el ars body as active in the Democratic party, and Hugh Dugan. Mr. Murphy also sang County Galway, Ireland. Her par bring forth, and it is in order to pro- +"' tC ', , ^' dramatic productions ever given loc for several years was chairman of at the reception that followed in the Blowen, Ethel Burnham, Mary Car ents died in her infancy and she came vide this form of a real Armistice ij ™ol"• ». underta^"& parlors ally. the Democratic town committee of evening at the West New York Labor roll, Anna Cyganus, Charles Dutton, to this country with the other mem Day celebration that the local legion- :fu; panels. Browne on High street Lyceum, where dinner was served to Dorothy Fuge, Mabel Goldthorpe, bers of her family when she was nine naires have made such elaborate and i ^ ? morning in charge of Mr. Browne Enfield. He also served the town as Hazel Iskyain, Fannie Niemiec, Sab- to auditor, a member of the Board of 75 guests. years of age. The family settled in varied arrangements for this even-1 " t th" home on South Planning Three Night ath Nigro, Laura Norris and George e M, B afte on Relief, the Board of Assessors • and The bride looked charming in a Tariffville, and resided there until ing's affair. It is to be held in thei"!£? \, J ™° - Besides his Remington. S for some time was the Democratic frock of white georgette crepe, with 1867. Following the disastrous fire new High School Auditorium, and this |v,>n ilfn i° children, Bazaar Entertainment Sophomores: Caroline Comstock, so sever registrar of voters. He served sev tulle veil sprayed with lillies of the which practically wiped out that com in itself assures an abundance of i * '^,J . ? •» J" Ethlyn Connell, Ethel Drake, Dora room to accommodate a large gath-li ,. ? sisters. The funeral will be valley its entire length, and carried munity they moved to Thompsonville, e 6 St. Patrick's Parish Event Will Be eral terms as secretary of the Board ren j0r ra 1 j , 'held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock of Trade. Mr. Gorman held large a shower bouquet of roses and lillies i ^ ^' iJ . * }® Gaudette, Robert where she resided for over 55 years ng Held in St. Joseph's Hall On Nov. of the valley. Miss Margaret Wynne, Gourlie, Eunice Green, Florence Hag- The usual concert will open the fes- 'jni s Church. Rev: J-*3"" 24-26-27—School Children To Pro real estate holdings in town, and al until 3 years ago when she joined onnor ways took an active interest in com sister of the bride, was her maid of inski, Ruth Hawkes, Evelyn Kamin- her son, Attorney William J. Mulli tivities at 8 o'clock, but the real j . ' 9 > pastor, will celebrate vide Special Entertainment. honor. She wore a dress of sandal sky, Joseph Naughton, Nellie Phelps, gan in making her home in Hartford. events of the evening will begin about! mass\ Burial wl11 be m Plans are well underway for the munity affairs, working for all move Claire Sloane, Mary Stinson, Naomi St ments for the advancement of his wood georgette and fawn velvet, with She was a woman of gentle and kind 9. At this time a program of enter- j " Patrick s cemetery. _ three nights' entertainment and baz picture hat to match, and carried yel Thompson. ly disposition whose charity and tainment which has been provided by , rarfTri fl/"VTTm¥¥ Tl^Trvn aar for the benefit of St. Patrick's town while his health permitted. He Freshmen: Kathleen Connell, Dor possessed a quiet and kind disposition low chrysanthemums. Miss Anna M. thoughtfulness for her neighbors and the committee will get underway, and i I 14 H xlll I H M IaHiX Parish, which is to be held November Hansman, a niece of the groom, was othy Clarkin, Mary Connor, Elizabeth friends was proverbial. will be continued intermittently with; 1lllJ OVfU 111 Ijill/O 24th, 26th and 27th in St. Joseph's and.was always willing to lend a Crombie, James Crombie, John Jako- helping hand to those in need. bridesmaid. She wore peach colored During her almost life long resi the dancing for the rest of the even- j Hall. The entertainment for the en georgette with ostrich feather trim wicz, Virginia Jandreau, Leo Lepore, dence here she was actively interest ing. It will consist of comedy I tire three nights is to be provided by Mr. Gorman is survived by his wife, Mary Malley, Hilda Mitchell, Anna who was Miss Mary Ann Ryan of ming and hat, and carried pink chry ed in the affairs of St. Patrick's sketches by a noted Scotch comedian, j OF HARTFORD TO the children of St. Joseph's School. santhemums. Frank J. Kelley was Parakilas, Myron Potter, Doris Quinn, Church of which she was a devoted vocal numbers by the American Leg-1 The children are busy rehearsing this village, together with one daugh Fannie Sharapan, Katherine Simons, ter, Miss Ursula Gorman, and four best man and Jack Webber was the member. Her husband, the late Wil ion quartette, and by the Carroll trio, j plays, readings, songs, dances and usher. Robert Squires and Ruth Woodward. liam Mulligan, who died about twen the well-known broadcasting group, ! humorous sketches. The performers sons, Edgar, John, Martin, Jr., and The high honor pupils were Doris OPPOSE GREYS Arthur, a mail carrier, all of Thomp Mrs. Buchler was a former member ty years ago, was, during his life and toe and fancy dancing by some j include the youngsters in the prim of the Metropolitan Opera chorus, a Caskie, Kathleen Connell, Elizabeth time, one of the leading business men unusually capable artists in that line. ' ary and up to the eighth grade. Judg sonville. and one grandchild. He al Crombie and Mary Malley. so leaves a brother, William E. Gor position she held for five years. of the town, and was prominent in For the dancing which will be con Local Eleven Will Try ing from the finished performances man, associated with his sister, Miss Among the guests was Mme. Sophia every civic movement in connection tinuously from 8 o'clock until 1 in which these youngsters have given in Mary E. Gorman in the Pearl Street Traubman, former star at the Metro with the early progress of the com the morning, except when interrupt Conclusions With Fast the past, the entertainment will be dry goods and millinery store of M. politan Opera, with her sister, Count munity. He established the large ed by the entertainment, the commit Team From Down the a feature of the bazaai*. The child E. Gorman & Co., and another sis ess Van Saden. At the reception Miss HOPE TO PLACE furniture and undertaking business tee has procured the highly capable ren are being instructed under the ter, Mrs. Jennie Griffin, also of this Margie Alhmeyer interpreted the now conducted by Mrs. Mulligan's musical organization, the "A1 Bianchi River Next Sunday On direction of the Misses Alice and Es village. Charleston and general dancing was nephew, J. Francis Browne, as well Reveliers," which ,is an assurance of ther Liberty and the Misses Jane and enjoyed. WINNING HOCKEY as attaining a civic leadership which an excellent dance music program. Park Ave. Grounds. Katherine Sullivan. A handsome Wil The honeymoon will be spent at played no small part in the develop At 11 o'clock the entire assemblage ton Rug and other valuable gifts will Auxiliary Masquerade Niagara Falls and on their return Mr. ment of the town to its present status will be served with an elaborate ! After administering a sound trounc- be given away at the bazaar. and Mrs. Buchler will reside in TEAM IN ARENA as a political unit. luncheon which will be provided by i ing to the much heralded Irish-Amer- Ball Thanksgiving Eve Brooklyn. The bride's gift to the Besides her son. Attorney William the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Horace j icans of Springfield last Sunday and Guest Of Relatives maid of honor was a string of pearls Manager of Local En J. Mulligan, who is State Deputy of | J. Tanguay Post, and this is prom- following it up with a week of steady Will Be Held in Polish Hall Under and to. the bridesmaid an amber the Knights of Columbus, she is sur lsed by the ladies to be the very best ' practice, the Grevs football eleven ex- On 88th Birthday Auspices of Ladies' Auxiliaries of boudoir set with gold tray. The best trant Into the Western vived by three grandchildren, Wil part of the evening's celebration. The ; pect to be in top form for the game J. M. Handley Camp and Horace J. man and usher received leather wal liam, Jean and Kathleen Mulligan. dancing will be in charge of Professor with the South Ends of Hartford on William Calderwood of Springfield, Tanguay Post of Local Veterans. lets with gold corners. N. E. League Invites She is also survived by several nieces John J. Ready, which is an assurance the Park Avenue grounds next Sun- Former Well Known Business Man The United Spanish War Veterans' and nephews, among whom are J. that perfect decorum will be observed, day. From the reports that come Here, Feted At Daughter's Home Ladies' Auxiliary and the American Aspirants For Place on Francis, Daniel J., J. Vincent and An The general committee in charge of from the performances of the Hart- On Pearl Street Last Saturday. Legion Ladies' Auxiliary are uniting Local Young Man To Team To Try Out. drew Browne of this town. the celebration consists of John Hut- ; ford eleven the local bovs will require William Calderwood of Springfield, in giving a masquerade ball in the ton, Thomas Fahey, Abe Sisisky, Dr.; the use of all their skill and speed for many years one of the town's Polish National Hall on Church street Practice in New York E. J. Breslin, Harold A. Lavigne, Mrs. to hold their own. The game with leading business men, celebrated his Thanksgiving eve, November 24th. Manager Harvey White of the loc To Make Plans For the Frank Eartholl, Mrs. Harold A. La- the I-A's last Sundav, however, prov- 88th birthday last Saturday. Mr. Music will be furnished by the Amer Dr. J. Francis Burns, Recent Visitor al hockey team which is going to vigne, Mrs. James Hennessy, Miss ed that the local team is fast arriv- Calderwood had accepted the invita ican Legion Orchestra and John J. At Mother's Home Here, Returns represent the town in the newly form Community Christmas Margaret Fahey, Miss Anna Hanni- ing at the point where in point of tion of his daughter, Mrs. Leslie C. Ready will prompt. Dancing will be To New York City, Where He Will ed Western New England Hockey gan and Mrs. Kenneth Stevens. The form and finish as a football eleven Brainard, of Pearl street, to spend the gin at 8 o'clock and continue until Practice His Profession. League, has issued an invitation to Meeting of Representatives of Social, entertainment will be in charge of; it will very likely excell any team evening in her home and when he ar 2 o'clock in the morning. A prize of Dr. J. Francis Burns, who has been all those who wish to tryout for the Fraternal and Civic Organizations the following committee: II. A. La-; that has represented this organiza- rived found himself the guest at a $5 will be given for the best ladies' spending a week at the home of his team to get in touch with him at Will Be Held in the Masonic Club vigne, John Hutton, Mrs. H. A. La-jtion in previous years. family reunion and dinner attended costume, the same for the best man's mother, Mrs. John A. Burns of Pearl once. This can be done by personal Rooms Next Monday Evening. vigne and Mrs. James Hennessy. The ; The score of 27 to 3 is an indica- by 20 relatives and a few friends. costume, and $2.50 for the most com street, left yesterday for New York call or letter, his post office address Chairman George S. Phelps of the rcireshment committee consists of !tion of how much the team outclassed There was a birthday cake, surmount ic costume. The chairmen of the where he will open an office for the is box 197, Thompsonville. He as Community Christmas Committee an Miss Margaret Fahey, Miss Anna!the Springfield eleven. It was how- ed by rows of candles. general committees are Mrs. Isabelle practice of his profession. Dr. Burns sures everyone a fair and thorough nounced this morning that there Hannigan and Mrs. Kenneth Stevens.! ever, a fine game to witness, and was Mr. Calderwood, a native of Scot Rogers from the Spanish War Vet is a graduate of Fordham University trial. The team will be picked by would be a meeting of the represen (enjoyed by the largest crowd of the land, opened a grocery store here in erans' Auxiliary and Mrs. Earthroll and Georgetown Medical School. He Capt. Phil Stevens of the Springfield tatives of the various social, frater ]Y/To'f"4"l'|ovi7' \XT T^iinn^ [season. Coach Frank Burke used all 1874. Within a few years he had an of the American Legion Auxiliary. has just completed his period as an Professional Hockey team and Man nal and civic organizations in the irxttl/LIICW V* . A7UilIlt; ' his material in the game, and demon- extensive dry goods and grocery bus The assistants representing the for interne at Bellevue Hospital in New ager Sears of -the Arena in Spring rooms of the Masonic Club on Pearl s trat th at h e as an Dies in Indian Orchard f ^ u , r £ abundance of iness in the block at the corner of mer are Mrs. Florence Wing, Miss York. He will open his office on field, where the tryouts are to take street next Monday evening at 8:00 I it. the backneld, as usual, showed Pleasant and Whitworth Streets. He Alice Kelley, Miss Clara Greaves, Thanksgiving Day and will be locat place. o'clock, to begin arrangements for the ithe remarkable speed for which it is was an organizer of the Board of Mrs. Jennie Watton, • Mrs. Elvirah ed at 282 East Gunhill Road, Bronx, The manager is highly gratified at annual community Christmas for the Former Well Known Resident of the [ noted with the Luke bovs plaving Trade, and served as president three Wing and Miss Gertrude Wing, and New York. Dr. Burns is a native of the local interest in the movement to poor children of the town. All or Town, Passes Away Following A j their usual brilliant game, and Tier- years. Several years ago Mr. Cald- from the latter are Miss Anna Han- this town and before taking up his have the town represented by a team ganizations who took part in this Long Illness, At His Home In In-jney giving his customary exhibition ewood sold his business and moved to nigan, Mrs. Jane Greaves, Miss Mar college and medical studies graduat in this league. He is confident that movement for the several years that dian Orchard Yesterday Morning, j of line plunging. The spectacular in- Springfield. Mrs. Calderwood died a garet Fahey, Mrs. Rachel Slaybard, ed from St. Joseph's Parochial and when the people here becomes inter it has been carried out and any ad Matthew W. Dunne, 52, a former [ cident of the game was a 95-yard run few years ago and Mr. Calderwood Mrs. Blanche Lavigne and Mrs. the Enfield High Schools. ested in hockey, which he character ditional societies who wish to take well-known resident of this village, ! by Olschafskie from an intercepted recently sold his home in Garfield Gladys Hennessey. izes as the fastest game played to part in it are invited to send repre- died yesterday morning at his home, j pass for a touchdown. It was the Street, Springfield, and is now resid The members of the Woman's Club day, they will support the team which senatives to this meeting. For the 201 Main street, Indian Orchard, fol-| longest run ever made on the field, ing with his oldest son, Edwin C. MRS. LILLIAN FINLAYSON of Enfield will be guests of the Wom he proposes to put in the arena. preliminary meeting, and pending the lowing a long illness. Mr. Dunne was . Manager Gregory M. Sapsuzian is Calderwood, of 59 Fairfield Street. an's Club of Longmeadow at the Com He expects to pick his material appointment of new delegates, those born in Tariffville but had been a resi- j endeavoring to arrange a game with Mr. Calderwood has five sons, Edwin Old Resident of Village Dies At the munity House next Wednesday after from this section of the state and to who served their organizations last dent of this town for 40 years. He : the Windsor Locks eleven for Thanks- C., Frederick C., Herbert H., Charles, Home of Her Daughter On Park noon. Especial attention is directed that end invites the amateur hockey year are urged to be present. moved to Indian Orchard about four i giving Day. all of Springfield, and James of Hart Avenue Thursday Evening. to the hour of the meeting, 2:15 players from all the neighboring years ago and purchased a confec- 1 . ford; also two daughters, Mrs. L. C. Mrs. Lillian Finlayson, 74, widow o'clock. These reciprocity days with towns to try and make the team. He The Woman's Missionary Society tionery store at 165 Main street in The Ladies' Aid Societv of St. An- Brainard of this village and Miss of Alexander Finlayson, died Thurs the Longmeadow club have invariably hopes to have team picked and ready of the First Presbyterian Church met that place, in which business he was j drew's Episcopal Church are plan- Lillian Calderwood of Hartford. day evening in the home of her proved very enjoyable occasions, as for action before the league opening at the home of Mrs. George A. Doug very successful. | ning to have a sale next week Friday daughter, Mrs. Albert Snyder of Park the hostess club always presents for December 1st. All the games will be lass in Suffield last Thursday after Mr. Dunne is survived by his wife J afternoon, Nov. 19, in the vacant Rev. Lyman C. Pettit, D. D., pas Avenue after a long illness. She was its guests a choice intellectual pro played in the arena in Springfield, noon. In the absence of the presi and two sons, Garrett and Matthew, j store in the Baronian block on Pearl tor of the First Presbyterian church, a native of Canada, but had lived in gram and entertains delightfully in and will be in connection with the dent, Miss Georgia Brainard, on ac Jr., of Indian Orchard; two daugh-j street. Fancy and useful articles, in will take for his subject at the morn this village for many years. She is the social part of the event. As an professional hockey league under count of illness, Mrs. William Klein ters, Mrs. Edward Giroux of Indian j eluding aprons and dolls, will be for ing service Sunday, "Laborers With survived by two daughters, Mrs. nounced, the lecturer of the afternoon whose rules the game will be played. had charge and those who took part Orchard and Mrs. Arthur Cote of this sale and a pleasing variety of home- Christ." His topic for the 7 o'clock George Paige of Springfield and Mrs'. will be William Thornton Simpson, in the devotional and study program village and several grandchildren. He cooked food and candy, also packages preaching service will be "Armistice Albert Snyder of this place and sev who is instructor in dramatic litera The teachers of the primary de were Mrs. D. William Brainard, Mrs. also leaves one brother, Thomas E., of greeting cards for the holidays. Day; Several Points of Significance." eral grandchildren. The funeral was ture at Springfield College and di partment of St. Andrew's Church Lyman C. Pettit. Mrs. William P. who conducts a farm on Hazard Ave. The chairman of the affair is Mrs. Sunday School session at 12 and the held Saturday morning at 8:30 from rector of the Theater Guild and Com School will give another card party Gourlie, Mrs. H. C. Moseley and Mrs. The funeral will be held tomorrow Eugene Martin and the other mem- Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:00 the home of Mrs. Snyder on Park munity Players. His subject will be in the parish house, next Wednes Charles Brown. Mrs. John A. Best ( morning at 9 o'clock in St. Matthew's bers of the committee in charge are o'clock. The session will meet at the Avenue followed by a requiem high "La Giaconda," and he will illustrate day evening, Nov. 17, to complete the presided at the piano. The subject . Church, Indian Orchard. A requiem Mrs. Thomas Meginn, Mrs. Frank A. Manse Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. mass at 9 o'clock in St. Patrick's it with dramatic readings. A large balance required for the purchase of for discussion was "The Work Among i high mass will be celebrated by the Stuart, Miss M. Louise Morrison, Mrs. At ,the Wednesday evening service, Church celebrated by Rev. Daniel J. | number of the local club members are chairs for the primary department. the Southern Mountaineers." A large ! pastor and burial will be in the fam- j William C. Fuge, Mrs. Theodore Rich- the subject will be "Our Favorite O'Connor, pastor. Burial was in St. i eagerly anticipating this visit to the Playing will begin at 8 o'clock. The sum was collected in the thank offer ily plot in St. Patrick's Cemetery iniert, Mrs. Sidney Hall and Mrs. Rob- Scripture Texts." Everybody wel . Patrick's Cemetery...... |, Longmeadow club next Wednesday. public is cordially invited to attend. ing, in the form of mite boxes. this village. |ert Jackson. come at theso. services. •7: -f-'-r'•> % :•••:<>!nrr7. •• ;*.*• 1 : pr'; ••• ^ v - \,v "•v-.\ >.•. ;v\ '-y* .j-; *"- * ",.V •'"' '' — ' ''•••' ; ' Y -•j;.:^ -yv -VVV^ 0-m y^f ?W-: : : - >*• >-V!; :V ' v v'' ^ • :' -fi.v: TWO i'-y'" "> >'«< i*'' ' THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THtTftSflAlT, NOVEMBER 11, 1926 A. D. Bridges' & Sons, Hazardville, nffe groves *or trees. - r white pebble if he wished to vote for" iANECQMPANV for $135,904.85. FRENCH PORTERS BIG APPLE CROP "TALLEST BUILDING" Try for Distinction. ; "1 the candidate and a black one if he 44 foot span concrete ROB TOURISTS When this "overtopping occurs a wished to vote against him. bridge over the Little River m TITLE HELD BRIEFLY structure can still hold its rank as one A fortune of $150,000, which has> WILL REBUILD e Woodstock-Putnam Road and TO BOOST TIffiES. of the "leading buildings" through dis been lying in chancery in England linear feet of 2% inch bitumin- Charges for Service Said to tinctive features other than height for almost a century, has just been macadam over 5% inch stone divided between two brothers "^n i a on approaches, to C. A. Hagger- Be Excessive. Superior Height No Longer Architects new plan to Insure per ENFIELD STREET TH IN 1927 manent prestige for the buildings they siste;r. ty» "ebster, Mass., for $32,445.25. A new two-cent postage staia? .'Is •rs, 5,461 feet of 3 inch bitum- * Distinction. design by modern floor plans and Paris.—One hundred francs for car lighting effects, exteriors made attrac being issued by the Post 0.,.cc* eriden Company Giv iftOTM macadamxt over 7 inch stone base rying two suitcases from the customs Crop Is Largest Since partment to commemorate ths 130 .'.l on the East Longmeadow road to the New York.—With the skyscrapers tive by skillful use of terra cotta and shed at Cherbourg to the tender, a of each year being lost in the shadows anniversary of the batt'e of v en Contract by State Construction Co., of Meriden, 1914, Due to More Fav other decorative materials, efficient el Plains. trip of less than 100 yards, is charged of the taller ones erected In the next, evator facilities and generally con Highway Dept.
Eggless Custard Sale 33 Pearl Street, Thompsonville, Conn, Cost Him $10 Fine Brockton, Mass.—Judge Carroll C. King had a busy day in district court here with cases that resulted from the Brockton fair. One case established itself as well out of the ordinary. It concerned one Lester Kohn, a con- cessionnaire at the grounds. He was Riddle Fitments charged with "sale of custard contain ing no eggs." State Health Inspector OUT OF BUSINESS Daniel G. McCarthy brought the The standard of home lighting charge, claiming that Kohn was doing STOCK IN HANDS OF AUCTIONEERS a rushing business in selling custards, For replacing old-style fixtures—or equipping hut he informed Judge King that a new homes—Riddle Fitments offer supreme custard is not a custard without eggs. value in authentic styles. Wonderful selection Kohn paid a $10 tine and It Is the at moderate prices. first time in the history of the local The Stock court that a conviction lias been made 22 Years on such a charge. In the hands of the W. RALEIGH B. BROWN —of honest trading and J. Burack Co., merchan 119 MAIN STREET now comes the END! Sale Starts dise brokers, who are noted as New England's THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. The entire stock must be Presidents, Popes sold within the next ten greatest bargain distrib Authorized Riddle Dealer utors. Folks! here is the Have Longest Lives days, regardless of what biggest buying opportun Washington.—What class of it will bring. A com ity that ever came your persons live the longest as an plete sell out and get out. way. average? Occupants of the White House hold the record for longevity, FRIDAY according to statistics on nota ble men compiled by Pitrim Arrow Laundered Children's Wool We Have Been Abroad Sorokin, a Russian economist. Their average life span Is al Collars Sweaters most exactly the biblical three Again For Your score and ten. Close on their heels as long- 5c each lived mortals are the popes of Christmas Gifts the Roman Catholic church, who average G9.G years. A third F you have been an enthusiastic visitor.to group includes American mil 9:30 in the Morning I our former collections of Old World Furni lionaires, with 00.2 years. Schol Men's Big Yank Men's Felt ture and Art Wares, displayed in TREASURE ars and scientists average (57.3 AISLE, the rather different trend of this sea years and writing men 64.4 Work Shirts son's collections will interest you a-new. Or, years. A Few of the Many Great if you are a first time visitor, the fact that The poorest showing was made by the hereditary mon- Bargains That Await You! such unique pieces can be found anywhere out arclis of Europe. Though this 59c side of New York galleries, will be as much of group included some very long- a surprise as the exceedingly reasonable prices, lived families, the average lon which never fail to impress one. gevity was only 53.G years. In Big Boys' Suits Boys' Overcoats explanation of the poor showing Mens Winter Caps Mayo's Ribbed of kings, It lias been pointed out Hand Carved Furniture * that other groups represent the $1.50 values Underwear Venetian and Mexican Glass results of selection. $1.98 $1.98 The presidency and the papa Old Spanish Glass Lanterns cy, for example, are both elec 79c 65c * Inexpensive Brasses tive offices and are filled In variably by men of mnture Children's Shoes Ladies' Shoes Italian Terra Cotta years and usually good health, Imported Smoking Stands who have made their own rec ords, while monarchs are nota Men's Strong Men's Dress f fe'-. Glass Jars and Bottles bilities simply by accident o 19c pair 0- Work Pants 48c Shoes Kl birth, and by the same accident Venetian Lacquered Chairs of birth may come of stocks de Small Gift Novelties cidedly inferior so far as health LOOK FOR THE SIGN GOING OUT OF and vigor are concerned. $1.29 $1.89 One buys gifts here from one dollar to one BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND OF thousand dollars, with equal assurance as to th6ir unique distinction as pleasing gifts. An individual electric power plant | consisting of a small generator, On the Fourth Floor i spring-driven, supplies sufficient cur- 33 PEARL ST j rent to operate a light bulb. Ten I seconds. of cranking by hand pro W Arnnsnn duces three minutes of light. H« If • /Al UlldUll THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. Forbes & Wallace, Inc. The Japanese have forbidden the ancient Korean custom of SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS design on the neck of a girl who jilted her lover. 'O • V . V* .
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THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1926 THREB OLD KAISERHOF a larger popuidtfon, ana increase me m - - K » ARCH DAM STANDS basis of taxation, for tlje support of English Fight Blindness struments, costumes and decorations. .v,v'v.v .<, ?. IS DOOMED TO GO government The first band consisted of an organ With Ultra-Violet Rays ist, drummer and four trumpeters. AGAINST ALL TESTS Built to Height of Sixty Feet. * Odd Bits of News Famous Hostelry to Become London.—Surgeons have succeeded A near riot was caused among the Early in April, after months of in restoring sight to diseased eyes women on a Toledo car when a man • .;; .V Office Building.. §§!f work,' excavation in thew*w granite sidesOIUCB j and by standardizingUtmug theuur methodUlClUUa ofQI For the theft of thirty-five lip came aboard carrying a steel cage f; 5; i Experimental Structure in sticks a New York man was sentenc and bottom of the gorge for the foun- treatment have opened up the way containing a number of white mice. ' V • Berlin. — The German government High Sierra a Success. dation of the dam across Stevenson for a new attack on blindness, said A, ed to three years in the penitentiary. The average age of a tree is 200 Even the Mildest Cases has decided to purchase the historic f 1 - ' creek was completed, April 19 the first J. M. Tarrant, secretary of Moor- Pineapples have been known to to 300 years, although some variet Kaiserhof hotel on Wllhelmatrasse and New York.—The "arch dam," erect concrete was placed in the wooden fields, the biggest eye hospital in^ the reach the weight of seventeen pounds. ies live 2,000 years. IS Should be Made Known to convert it into an office building. ed in a steep canyon of the Sierra, forms, and on June 4 the last concrete British empire. A year's experiment ' , In its
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T "vi:-.'-. U'MB Wtf.-.'J S--' *OUR< mmmm. . , . '---r.'iT a»a.t it • capnot be accom himself unfit to have it, the commis egal Notice mmm The Thompsonville plished by lfassitadfe,s»bybwi'ljajs8ez- sioner said. f , . JThe CfcrnjAtUSLt : faire," by sluggishness. It, • dim' only It is clear • that there is a great be done when all citizens' give to it cdnsider*tJph r , THE TBOMPgONVILLE PRESS. mVXfDAY, NOVEMBER 11^1926 v~ •:y >y%-y:*' '^r\ FIVB /- • marriage took~plac€, find' tfloved 'to "house next week l^ursday- and Fri- reports'.!"Since' October 1,"the "deparfc-p J ; Lss'ssj' Denver about SB yearai agol Bteides day evenings;;. fjhevsskle vpll> .c Body by Fisher TATION-TO-STATION toll telephone ) rates' now start to decrease at 7 S o'clock instead of 8:30 in the even P ONTIA.C SIX is Nationally ing. During the new hour and a half r J from 7:00 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. a decrease of 25% of the day rate is in effect. A -something new in Motor Car second decrease at 8:30 P. M. makes the Known for Inexpensive Upkeep rate from 8:30 P. M. to 4:30 A-. M. about 50% of the day rate. These dis Performance Thousands of users are en« counts apply where the day Station-to- The smoothness and quiets you that some other car also POMTIAC SIX is so slight as to be negligible. is vibrationless. For then you joying the qualities of power* Station rate is 40 cents or more, with a ness of the Greatest Buick In view of the thrilling per* minimum reduced rate of 35 cents. Ever Built defy description. may be induced to drive the stamina, acceleration and com two cars, and compare them. fort which establish the Pontiac formance abilities with which it These two decreases, ones at 7 P. M. This remarkable new motor is combined, such inexpensive and the other at 8:30 P. M., give an ex car is vibrationless beyond And you will better appreci 825MOAN •room Six as such a revolutionary ate the amazing smoothness, upkeep is an expressive example cellent opportunity for the wide-awake belief. value. And in addition, they toll user to save money. Toll telephone at every speed, which now are discovering that it either ofthebrilliantengineeringwhich service carries your voice quickly, natur We hope someone else tells belongs to Buick. costs less to operate the Pontiac has helped to make the Pontiac ally, and accurately over the wire. Six than smaller cars of less re Six the most popular car of its Whethe? for business, social, or the Greatest cent design, or that the difference type ever introduced. family conversation, let the telephone J FnUfac Six Landau Sedan, $895. Oakland Six, companion to Pontiac Six, $1025 to $1295. bridge the gap. Aa pricm at factory. Eaty to pay on tfw UWral Orntral Motor* Tim« Payment Plan. n ? * THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND A15-15 EVER BUILT Oakland and Pontiac Sales & Service TELEPHONE COMPANY 140 Enfield Street Phone 736 Thompsonville, Ct. BELL SYSTEM One Policy One Syitem Vnjrvtnal Senrfct ENFIELD MOTOR CO. Buick Sales and Service OAKLAND-PONTIACPRODUCT* .AI MOTORS 152 ENFIELD STREET TELEPHONE 164 THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. -'5^— •_T , # '•' ..v - > > • v •'j'/V'. z . • v.. '-V'\ 'C'''o-. CV:. • v-V.'!'VV:-.' v.-'.; • ''-I,-.' J J.tj "if®! .im : • - Mm THE THOMPSONYILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1926 8EVENS less of a market factor this season than last. .Holdings of chickens'and YANGTZE IS LIFEfiSs TELLS OF LINCOLN'S fowls are five million pounds larger OLD SWIMMIN' The severe "two-story frame house low and filled with air, thus combin than a year ago and ten million His ARTERY OF CHINA m RIVAL IN DEBATE on Main street where Riley was born ing strength with lightness. TURKEYS ARE pounds larger than the five-year av-' HOLE VANISHING is occupied by his widowed sister-in- The ancients used ostrich eggshells erage, however, offsetting to some I?® law and her sister. For ten cents vis for drinking cups. Hfi degree the decline in turkeys. One of Few Who Matched itors are permitted to roam the rooms Palms are regarded by the people ' ®E5f' How To Select Turkeys. Only River Outside Amer Stream Immortalized by Riley TO BE HIGHER ?> Wit# With President. . and finger the possessions of Riley of Egypt as symbols of peace and When you select your turkey for ica Guarded by U, S, Giving Out. rest and are held sacred. Thanksgiving, one of the chief con which still are retained there. Before he discovered a bent for Two woolen rugs resembling Amer Predictions Being Made siderations, is the amount and quality White Hall, 111.—Joslah Lamborn, ican dollars bills, made in Greece, of the flesh of the body, especially 'Washington.—The only river outside one of the few men who matched wits Greenfield, Ind.—The laughter of verse-making Riley was a sign painter, m children at play drowns out "the were seized by customs officers when tThat They Will be More on the breast, back, and hips. Plen American territory on which United with Abraham Lincoln In debate, and and several examples of his craftsman gurgle of the water 'round the drift brought to this country under the law ty of flesh means plenty of meat for States gunboats are constantly on whose name had been practically ship are preserved here. » - , Costly Than For Past just below" the "old swimmln' hole" forbidding imitation of the national carving, and there should be also a guard; the busiest river waterway in burled in an obscure grave here, will currency. generous amount of fat to insure a and few of the surroundings as James v Two Years—The Crop moist, tender turkey. The French the world; and the stream whose live again in a history of his life now J. Penimore Cooper's decision to basin holds a greater population than being written. Whitcomb Riley knew, them during his Radio Apparatus Value write came after he had read a very f Is Not So Large. always expose a turkey in the market boyhood days here remain. m with the back up so the housewife any other. The history of H. P. Loweustein of poorly written novel. m A Riley memorial park with a play Jumps 215.5 Per Cent To shoot a projectile to the moon f can better observe how plump the Such, according. to a bulletin from Kansas City, member of a White Hall Thanksgiving turkey eating will fee ground borders Brandywine creek at Washington. — The* tremendous it would be necessary for it to have bird is. the Washington (D. C.) headquarters family, will be placed in the archives the "old swimmin' hole" which the i growth of America's newest industry a velocity of seven miles a second. somewhat more costly this year than Feeling the end of the brest or of the National Geographic society, of the Illinois State Historical society Hoosier poet immortalized in rhyme. —radio—was made manifest by sta The average big gun can give a speed in the past two years, according to keel bone and examining the spurs Is the Yangtze river of China, where, at Springfield. Lamborn was a for A railroad bridge, an electric, line tistics published by the Department of only about one one-hundredth of a holiday prediction made recently. or the feet may give some idea of because of looting expeditions by Chi that rate. The turkey crop is not as large as the age of a turkey, but these tests mer attorney general of Illinois. He trestle and the National trail, an Im of Commerce. nese factional troops, the United Lake Michigan is the only one of it was last year or the year before, are not infallible so far as picking died at the age of thirty-eight in 1847 portant east-aud-west motor highway, In 1925 the value of all radio ap- States naval authorities have warned and he was burled in the old White the Great Lakes lying wholly with and a prediction of 45 to 48 cents a out a good tender turkey is concern cross the creek near the "swimmln" paratus manufactured was $170,390,- pound for this year's Thanksgiving ed.- Almost any turkey can be cook American ships to curtail sailings on Hall cemetery, where his body has 572, an increase of 215.5 per cent over in the boundary of the United States. part of the stream. hole." The pastoral quietude of the In the past six years bandits have turkey is not considered pessimistic. ed so that it is tender, but it is, of lain marked only by a simple slab. spot, broken only by the hoarse solo the 1913 production, worth $54,000,- stolen approximately $50,000,000 The cool weather this fall has been course, easier to roast a young bird. "The Yangtze Klang cannot quite The story of how his grave was re 470. The number of tube-type receiv favorable "turkty weather." so long The best method of cooking a turkey of a bullfrog or the plaintive call of a from the United States mails. claim to be either the greatest or the stored was told by R. B. Pearce, secre dove, as Riley knew It six decades ing sets manufactured Increased from As an act of revenge a Belgian ae 'the days and the nights are com is that by which the flesh is kept longest river in the world," says the tary of the White Hall Historical so 190,374 in 1923 to 2,180,622 last year sowed mustard seeds in a neighbor's paratively warm, turkeys continue to moist and juicy. Cooking it in a ciety. ago, has been lost in the march of Foam the country and fail to put on covered roaster with a little water in bulletin. "Its length Is about 8,000 the years. Few of the heavy-foliaged and the number of radio tubes in newly plowed field. He was heavily miles and it is therefore exceeded by "The issuance of a pamphlet by Mr. creased from 4,687,400 to 23,934,658. fined and sentenced to fifteen days in flesh. When the temperature falls, the bottom in a carefully regulated trees that lined the banks prison. they are content to cease wandering oven will prevent it from drying out. the Mississippi-Missouri, the Amazon, Lowenstein in 1919," Mr. Pearce said, the rates of Increases being 1,045.4 the Nile and one or two others. In "awakened new interest in this for 1 Contrary to popular belief traffic on off, and settle down to grain feeding The time, for cooking varies accord In the long , lazy days per cent and 410.6 per cent, respec the Mississippi River has doubled in which rapidly adds pounds of turkey ing to the age of the turkey and its volume It probably ranks third: after mer attorney general of Illinois. With Where the humdrum of school made tively. volume in the past forty years. meat. The crop generally is further size. the Amazon and the Congo. But the renewed search for facts of his life, so many runaways. Crystal type sets fell from 223.303, The custom of having a turkey for How pleasant was the Journey down A road sign in Palestine reads: advanced than at this time in sev Yangtze can lay claim to a much more and the beginning of his history, the the old dusty lane valued at $669,906. in 1923 to 112,656, "You are entering Nazareth. Speed eral years, and reports from the Thanksgiving dinner dates back to important factor than mere bigness historical society restored the grave the early New England settlers, who Where the tracks of our bare feet was worth $344,079, in 1925. limit fifteen miles an hour." country consistently tell of the high or length. With Its tributary rivers, and put It in presentable condition. all print so plain The Library of Congress has a quality of the turkeys. In Texas, found turkeys wild and highly recom collection of music and musical com which is the big early state for turk mended by the Indians. Domestic lakes and canals, It constitutes the "Only recently Mr. Loweustein remain. The Brandywine itself, once inland water system most used by found a statement where Stephen A. position of more than one million eys, the crop is believed to exceed turkeys are at their prime in the fall a sizable stream, now is sluggish and items. It is the second largest in last year when many of the young and their size makes them suitable man as a carrier of his commerce. Douglas credited Lamborn with put shallow and contains scarcely enough Odd Bits of News the world. poults were lost during the hot dry for serving to a good many people, "The Yangtze rises In central Tibet ting him (Douglas) on the oratorical water for swimming. Much of the powder used in the summer. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mis so that the custom, for practical rea at an altitude of 15,000 feet or more map in a debate between these two Greenfield basks contentedly In the j The face value today of the thirty War of 1812 contained saltpeter tak souri, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio are ex sons, has continued down to the pre among the tangled mass of mountains men. Both being Democrats, Mr. Low en from the Mammoth Cave, Ken pected to have fewer turkeys for the sent. glory that came to her favorite son. |pieces of silver mentioned in the Bible and plateaus that also give birth to enstein was unable at the time to state The distinction of having been his ps about $22.50. tucky. Wheel tracks of ox-drawn market this season while the other vehicles are still plainly visible in the states report flocks of about the three other huge Asiatic streams: the what the debate concerned." birthplace and the center of many of | The Chinese learned how to make A gold ring lost thirty-five years Yellow, the Mekong and the Salween. "Josiah Lamborn was one of a co cave. i same size as last year. ago in Kentucky was found recently the scenes he sketched in rhyme is j paper by watching wasps build their More than 70,000 African elephants Stocks of turkeys in storage are In its journey to the sea It cuts terie of young lawyers," Mr. Lowen- one of the city's most stable commer- j nests. in a hogshead of tobacco sent to Bel are killed each year for the ivory in less than half as large as at this through several distinct mountain stein's story said, "who used to meet oUll I The bones of flying birds are hoi- their tusks. time a year ago and 40 per cent be fast, Ireland. The man who found ranges, forming some of the deepest in the evening with Mr. Lincoln at low the five-year average. Reserves the ring delivered it personally to river gorges in the world. At one Speed's store in Springfield, 111., and of frozen turkeys, therefore, will be relatives of the owner. point in Yunnan, the gorge of the riv discuss political and other subjects er is 13,000 feet deep. In 1923 and of general interest. 1924 these far western gorges of the It was said that Lamborn was Lin Yangtze were explored and for the coln's equal, but death overtook him first time photographed by an expe and cut short his career, and he is dition of the National Geographic so now almost forgotten. cfliuy Mpj ciety, headed by Joseph F. Rock. Not Yangtze to Chinese. Boy Reared in Arctic BUSINESS DIRECTORY "As a whole, the river Is known as Will Test "Civilization" the Yangtze only to the western San Francisco.—Civilization and world. It has perhaps a dozen names "easy living" are being put to the test to the Chinese at different points along by Thomas "Mickey" Gordon. The its course. Only the two or three "trial" will determine whether Mickey, Wm. Hyland, Jr. A FIRM WITH A REPUTATION hundred miles nearest the ocean go who was born at Point Barrow, by the name 'Yangtze Kiang' to the Alaska, twenty-one years ago and lived natives. The most popular names of doing good work for the past 35 there until this fall, will go back to Farms and farther up are the Chinese equiva the nortliland. years can be of much value to you lents of 'The Long River* and 'The Mickey was brought here by his fa Residential Great River.' ther, Tom Gordon, fur trader at in building your monument. "The Yangtze is a west-east river Point Barrow for 40 years. Tom Gor Properties flowing In the lower temperate zone. don fitted out the 1915 expedition of Placed In the same latitude in Amer Vllhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, Thompsonville Monumental Works ica, the stream would rise In south and is a personal friend of Roald _ M. J. LIBERTY, Proprietor western Arizona not far north of ENFIELD ST. Amundsen. OFFICE, 97 Pearl Street TELEPHONE 403-4 Yuma. It would cross into Texas The Gordons, father and son, Came j Thompsonville, Conn. just east of El Paso and zigzag south south on the fur-trading schooner eastward to Monterey, Mexico, its Charles Brower. "Ever since he was ; southernmost point. Turning north a small boy I promised I'd take him • eastward it would then parallel the 'outside' to see the bright world of I Gulf coast a few miles inland, pass The make-believe," said the elder Gordon. Electric Shop Thompsonville Electric Co. BCTJON ing near Houston, New Orleans, and "Make-believe, because It doesn't 39 North Main Street Pensacola, to flow into the ocean at seem substantial to me any more. Savannah. To duplicate actual con Phone 620 Open Evenings ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Let the boy look around. I go North f EIectricaI ditions this imaginary American Yang next spring, when the ice breaks." ° Appliances & National Mazda Lamps Oil Heaters. tze should, of course, have a solid Mickey can choose for himself— RADIO SETS TELEPHONE 524-3 77 HIGH STREET block of rich territory to the south between "make-believe" and the where the Gulf of Mexico lies. AND SERVICE For best results use SOCONY KEROSENE KEROSENE frozen land of his birth. OIL "On this relocated river, ocean-go Ask For a Demonstration STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK ing ships would sail 640 miles to New Write for booklet • • • 26 Broadway Orleans, the relative position of Han Dainty Cigarettes Win Name kow, China's greatest distributing cen Favor From Paris Men ter. Smaller river steamers would Address ascend more than 300 miles farther to Paris.—Cigarettes of dainty color, Brainard-Ahrens, Inc. Houston, the relative position of for years an affectation of feminine Chungking, head of steam navigation, smokers who shop in Fifth avenue, LARGBST INSURANCE AGENCY IN NORTHERN CONN. % passing en route through the famous Bond street and the Rue de la Paix, mid-Yangtze gorges. Junks would as have captivated the male of the spe Sapsuzian & FACTS cies in France. TJili it on* of tht cend as far as the Texas-Mexican bor rcaioni why thtri der and beyond. Not long ago, as an experiment, the Simmons arc m»f« Fiigidairtt "Nothing but Insurance" state tobacco monopoly began wrap fa MM than all «ifwr "The Yangtze Is the life artery of SULLIVAN BLOCK cirrtrit refrigttotori ping its higher-priced cigarettes in Si. field Offlc* eombfntd, fiddi* China. It drains an area of 770,000 paper of various lines—coral, ame Thompaonrllle OMtm fional reaiom art square miles, equal to one-quarter the Phone W. Locks Dir. 222-3 eovtrtd in OIACT ad* thyst and emerald. They have proven Office Tel. 45-2 Residence U-l total area of the United States; and so popular that the monopoly intends INSURANCE and in this basin live approximately 175,- J to adopt other colors, and even to Is REAL ESTATE 000,000 people—once and a half the sue one assorted package under the population of our 48 states. r name of "rainbow." NOTARY PUBLIC Natural Commercial Advantages. The ordinary cheaper French cig "At no other place in the world are arette will remain what it lias always Office Telephone, 294-2 ALPHONSE TRUDEAU been—neither a thing of beauty nor three all-important economic factors Thompsonville, Conn. making for trade so happily associ a joy. GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERY, ated : a broad, deep-natural waterway CIGARS AND TOBACCO for ships and a teeming, civilized pop 115 High St., Thompsonville, Conn. ulation living on fertile, cultivated Telephone 246 soli. The Yangtze, from 30 to 40 miles ** Indian Strums Ukulele ® William J. Mulligan wide at its mouth, is a broad open This illustration thows door to the sea inviting the ships of the as Fire Warms Cellar Attorney At Law how springs are used to support the com• world to enter. And enter they do. New York.—A cold and lone Jjrttsor mechamsm in Trans-shipping is unnecessary for 640 some North American Indian EDWARD LEETE a Frigidaire cabinet. Office Vibration is absorbed, miles, ocean-going steamers ascending crawled into the basement of an Thompsonville noise is eliminated, apartment house in West End trouble'free and de» easily that distance to Hankow. But 27 HIGH STREET FUNERAL DIRECTOR pendable operation i$ broad as the Yangtze is, it is crowded ! avenue and built himself a fire. Telephone 50 107 ENFIELD STREET TELEPHONE 1*7 w»sured. He then wrapped a blanket with traffic. The traveler finds no i OFFICE 74. MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 18# around his shivering shoulders break in the unending stream of steam- ! Hartford Office mS • ers, barges, junks and sampans. And ! and strummed a ukulele accom frequently he encounters one of the paniment to a series of plaintive 983 MAIN STREET beyond comparison huge rafts of logs on each of which the prairie songs. The combination Telepnone 2-1412 crew and their families have built a of smoke and doleful notes was WILLIAM E. SAVAGE little village. On these floating is too much for tenants, who RIGIDAIRE employs a noiseless, flexible lands, pigs and chlckerfe wander about, called Patrolman Costa of the General Contractor and Builder Fpower transmission. The compressor is children play, and women hang out West Sixty-eighth street station. Successor to Thomas Savage & Sons mounted on flexible springs, and the knowledge their wash and carry on other do Another tenant turned in a fire C. ROGERS & CO. THERE IS NOTHING TOO LARGE OR SMALL FOR lift of General Motors engineers has been applied in mestic duties exactly as in some lit alarm. TO HANDLE IN THE BUILDING LINK. reducing vibration. And automatic lubrication tle Chinese hamlet on dry ground. Costa dragged the Indian out OPTICIANS CAMERAS Frigidaire Offers keeps it quiet. "When China was forced after the into the open air and demanded More for Less When you buy an electric refrigerator make middle of the past century to open his name. New Low sure that you are getting flexible power trans up interior ports to the commerce of "Charles Mohawk," the Indian ARE YOUR GLASSES PRICES mission and freedom from vibration—the great the West, the ships of the United replied. BECOMING? est possible number of cubic feet of food capacity States, Great Britain, France, and oth "Mohawk what?" persisted There is no reason why your FRANK P. SMYTH fnalia of ltt«6oia $170 at the lowest cost—the greater ice-freezing er powers entered the Yangtze. This Costa. glasses should not enhance COAL AND WOOD Model mttil ciblM capacity—the low operating cost that is made shipping was often in danger because "Mohawk Indian," the prison your appearance, instead of «*. ft. food (opacity detracting from it. We make possible by frost coil cooling—and the more of uprisings and looted towns. The er replied. Oar coal is the kind that sparkles with vent ud heat It Model M-7 metal cabin** glasses that you will be glad ftMdairc ~ OWT 7 (fcHfl precise engineering and manufacturing standards powers, including the United States, It developed that Charles Mo is well screened and in every way satisfactory. «M. fu food capacity $jl\J to wear. Model M>9 metal cabinrt of General Motors. All of these features are therefore stationed gunboats on the hawk wns forty-two years old. —• omt 9 1245 Main St., Springfield OFFICE. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE CONNECTION tu. ft. food eapuelty offered only in genuine Frigidaire. Yangtze to protect their interests. He said he had been a rider This is the only place In the world with "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and (AUprittt /. «. fc. Doym) Call at our display room, telephone or mail Enfield Street. ThomnsonvUle. Conn. Aad HI Frigid where the United States navy main later with the 101 Ranch. He MrtkiMd M (i the coupon for complete information. frnrnn rtrfwudp. tains such a force on a foreign river. had a photograph of Colonel Since the World war this flotilla, now Cody with him. Magistrate Nor The Northern Conn. Power consisting of seven boats, has been ris in the West Side court sen L. N. Wiley, D. D. S. known officially as the American tenced him to six months in the Company—Telephone 300 , 'Yangtze patrol.' Their cruising Itin workhouse on a charge of disor Dental Office EPSTEIN'S EXPRESS Extracting A Specialty erary takes them far up the Yangtze derly conduct. Local and Long Distance Furniture and Piano Moyiaff river. TELEPHONE 870 91 Enfield St. Thompsonville Daily Express—Springfield, Worcester Incandescent lamps are now made idaire Small electric refrigerators for bus and Boston PRODVC1 HP GENERAL MOTORS with two filaments. When one burns iness offices are now manufactured. ! f" out at the end of a lamp's normal They contain humidors for cigars, LONG DISTANCE HAULING Northern Conn. Power Company life, the removal of a small cap in freezing trays to make ice cubes and S. L. Mitchell STORAGE WAREHOU8E More than 250,000 users are now Please scad me complete information about Frigidaire. the base of the lamp exposes the con sufficient shelf space for the proper enjoying the satisfaction which nections to the other filament and the storage of beverages. PLUMBING AM) H«AT1N« Offiee Phone 82-5 119 Metis Street only genuine Frigidaire can give. Name- ...... lamp goes back into service. It is reported from Berlin that 40 HIGH STREET House Phone 1S2 -— 39 Central Sine* Address- ; 'Only two states—Colorado and some industrious German has pat Wyoming—have unbroken straight ented an electrical device for dealing PHONTC 1S6 S Spfd. Ofteo, 96 Lyman St. Boston Offieo, > Gtis Bt line boundaries on all sides. cards in a game. v ; ; : ; l vp >' 'v^'-v'y-Vr''*.*•*•.?S'-.vr-'?':-:y; f '^>vV'Sc-T'^ :V''-/'/s;''"- " -"' .' /•VV^-^.r^v-•:'<-W - ;^;v. '•' •?*::•• ;;Sf. S ;; T^r.Vl-i {••' "r- '.•%••" : -i:v :":Wpvv •'t'f .v:-.'::;,^:'\-•.v. •;>'•••:;•*:••-".;: !'\* •••;;•/.'•• -. ': I^A-f '";?o..;A^//' :®t ::.&A EIGHT THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, 11, 1926 iods. Substitutions: Springfield Col pioneer in the anti-slavery movement. lege, Birdsell for Cochran, Holden for The erection of the third meeting Meuhleck, Cochran for Birdsell, De FORMER PASTOR house, now the old Town Hall, was Enfield High School Notes Long for Newman, Meuhleck for an outstanding episode of his Holden, Holden for Chesley, Madan "He was followed by Rev. Ni for Hall, Hutchir.s for Clemens, Ros- Prudden, or Priest Prudden, as he Come To The High Schorl " Close Successful Football Season. !' furnished the chief excite- tall for Smith, Kaufman for Acker- was commonly called on account of On Friday afternoon, Nov. 5, En wf the game when he intercept man, Lugi for Schwartz, Wollman for his imposing appearance. His pas field High School closed its 1926 foot ed a Springfield forward pass and Bragdon; Enfield, Esiukevicz for Ro- ID.A.R. torate extended over a period of 33 ball season when it lost a well played rsfh sixty yards on the Enfield side well, Quinn for Esieukevicz, Ingra- years and during this time the church and hard fought game to the fresh of tike field to make a touchdown. ham for Quinn, Thompson for Naugh- was greatly blessed, reaching its high man class team of Springfield Coir Urapfr • Crombie called him offside on ton, Fanelli for Tina. ^ Rev. Oliver W. Means, tide of prosperity and having a mem- lege, by the score of 7 to 0. The loc- the ok ty yard line, as he was crowd * * * * * D. D., Gives Interesting of 322. When Priest Prud Horace J. Tanguay al players entered the game lacking ed a few inches over the line when One amusing feature of Merrill's den died the church bell was tolled the services of four regulars who a Springfield player-made a dive to offside run for a touchdown was the Talk On the Ministers all day. His successor, Rev. Francis Legion, In declared deficient in some of tackle him. Regardless the incident partial success of the Springfield Baron Robbins, was a man of the studies at the closing of the aroused the warmly partisan spectat player who tried to tackle him. The Of the Old Enfield Con iritual quality. There were ranks. Springfield brought ors. Umpire Crombie recalled the opposing back ran and sprang into during his 41 years of twenty-five large men, heavy for- ball and the ,game was resumed at the air after Merrill, barely missing gregational Church, i service, and as a result 355 united midable aggregation against the s