/ ?&'•& _* ^' J •«?'-•' •-'• :i-v ^^i-rii S ,'. ' •'/' y.'ffls&sf' ' • • g^, ' ' ' ' ' Sf«l ' UTHE PRESS - A Home Town Papef For An Institution Which Works Home Town :^:;iltr:^, j|g For Community Ad- Folkg m tS#>W J.. efc v j§|j^|| W »--*4 «•-*>•' C~*J * «**> - v^*v ™^ ^lli§8 THE ONLY NEWSPAPESE PUBLISHED INr THE TOWN OF; ENFIELD, CONN. ' £-- '= The "Press" Covers More Thau Twenty-Two Suburban Districts, Combining a Population of Over-Thirty Thousand Between Hartford ft Springfield FORTY-f'OIJRTH YEAR— NO. 47. THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR—SINGLE COPY 5e 1 * tfK V.- ST. RAILWAY CO. PLANS PROMISED MAY "BUS" THE am-- m BY MIDDLE OF MAY • 38S& Irving-Cooper .Corp. In Management Consider Conference With the ing the Extension of Building Committee Motor Vehicle System APRIL QUARTER * * ,>-,t ^ • jLouis Burns,Chairman of the' finance Board and This Week; Will Break Now Operating on the Only A Few Bad Spots Several Citizens *Express Disapproval of the Ground About June 1* West Side. LICENSE PLATES Final Selection in the Matter Of An Architect According to the status of the new It is understood that a further ex Remain In The Town Fir the New High School-—No Effort seems To high school building program at the tension of the "Bus" system of trans NOW BEING ISSUED present time, ground will be broken Hjave Been Made To Keep Within the Appro- for. the new structure about June portation over its. lilies is being con 1st. This was the conclusion reach sidered by the management of the Registration Cost Re Business Is No Longer Profitable—Police Activ priation. •W:. ed. after a conference this week be Hartford and Springfield Street rail ity and Jail Sentences Prove Effective—Kitch tween the Building Committee and way, find that eventually the com duced 25 Per Cent— J| The course of the new high school i George Parsons Place the representatives of the Frank Irv en Dives Still Operating—Many, Fearing Jail firoject which at no time in its career] ing-Cooper Corp. of Boston. The pany expects to have them operating Plates Cannot Be Used 4ias run very smooth seems destined ! ^ On Enfield Street Is^M Cooper. Corporation was selected as over the entire territory covered by Until April 1st. Sentence For "Frequenting" Are Going Out of to encounter further obstacles be-, the architectural firm that would plan its tracks. This would mean that in :fore it finally reaches its journeys, If^^^^Destroyed By Fire and supervise the construction of the time the present trolly car equip Town For Their Supply—"Water Wagon" Be -end. The action of the building com- j new building. It was stated at the Announcement was made at the ment will be discarded and the rails state motor vehicle department today comes Popular. mittee in the selection of an archie close of the conference Monday af 1 tect last week does not appear to ternoon that permanent .plans would 'junked." The accomplishment of that motor vehicle registration cer •aneet with universal approval. At be submitted by the middle of May, the latter would be highly pleasing tificates as of April 1 are now being While bootlegging is by no means wine. Many are selling off their . least this is the only deduction that and allow two weeks for the sub to the residents of the more populous issued at the main office in the Cap private supply, which was made un sections of this town where the cars itol and at the branch offices in as yet a lost art in the town, the can be made from the expressions mission of contractors figures. The most pessimistic citizen, who thought der a permit, and are said to be do 3ieard since the findings of the com- date for breaking ground cannot be run through streets that are danger Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, ing a very profitable business. The ;5«iittee were announced. Several set earlier than June 1st. ously narrow and constitute a con and New London. The fee for such the situation hopeless, is now willing police have a fair working knowledge members of the building committee The tentative plans viewed this tinual menace. registration is 75 per cent of the an-, to admit that the business has been of just who those "wine merchants" itself are among the number that are week by the building committee and The limited number of busses al nual charge. j effectively curbed. The law enforce- are and a round up of them is daily mot over pleased with the selection high school officials provides for a ready installed and operating on the In order to eliminate as much con- ment conditions have unquestionably expected. made. They do not however criti-' building 168 feet front and 64 feet west side have proved satisfactory. gestion as possible, number plates improved. Several of the worst A peculiar development of the local •cize the method employed, and are deep. It will contain an auditorium They are said to make better time are being issued to applicants with places in town have abandoned the liquor situation is . that many who •apparently quite satisfied that the and gymnasium, as well as the re than the trolly and are far more com the registration certificates effective business entirely. They have either find their supply curtailed here are committee acted with proper decor quired number of class and office fortable to ride in. It is intimated April 1, but the department made it been closed by arrest and prosecution going to Springfield for it. This re um in reaching the choice made. rooms. These plans will undergo too that the extension program will plain that any one driving a motor 0r through fear of being apprehend- verses a condition that existed when • They point out however that the considerable revision as the result of include the connecting of Thompson- vehicle on the strength of such reg- ed and sent to jail. The firm policy our town was supposed to be wide •^committee did not make what they! suggestions made to the architect's ville and Suffield by bus, and the run istration prior to the first of next 0f the local court in dealing out jail open. At that time we were liber call the right effort, to keep within, FAMILIES HAVE representatives at the conference this ning of a direct bus line from here month will do so at his -or her own sentences has proved one of the most ally patronized by our neighbors over the appropriation made at the townj. week. The building committee hav to Riverside Park during the sum risk, subject to prosecution, if dis- effective barriers against continuing the border. No small factor in the meeting, by disregarding several bids ing completed the preliminary work mer. It is stated that considerable covered, for operating with illegal in the business. It is no longer easy decline of the local bootlegging in that would have insured the con NARROW ESCAPE of securing an architect will hold no better time would be made on this registration. Moreover, it was point- to walk in and buy liquor over the dustry is the number of men, espec struction and equipment of the build further meetings until the final plans side of the river between here and ed out, while enforcement officers counter. The few stores that con- ially the younger men who have gone ing within these figures. After con are submitted for consideration. Springfield, should they be installed, cannot distinguish the April plates tinue to conduct the business in this "on the water wagon." ferring with about forty architects IN ENFIELD BLAZE The Frank Irving-Cooper Corpora due to the fact that no passengers from those issued earlier in the -way are extremely cautious, and con- It is no longer considered the the selection finally simmered down tion was represented at the confer would be picked up beyond the state year, the automobilist who uses his sequently the amount of business smart thing to brag about your "to two, one of whom assured by the ence Monday afternoon by President line. The latter would be taken care car with such plates will be in a they are doing is not proving a pay- bootlegger and what he charges, and figures submitted that the building George Parsons Place Is Cooper, and Vice-President Philip of by the Springfield line just as serious predicament in the event of ing proposition. This latter fact is how plentiful is his supply. A safe they are now on the west side. an accident, from the standpoint of an additional reason for many berth on the water wagon is now •complete could be kept within the Mason of the corporation, and in ad 1 appropriation, and the other, who Totally Destroyed Sat dition to the full membership of the civil as well as criminal action. abandoning the business. It is con- the sensible thing, and the most hope was the one selected, provided a plan urday Night—Damage building committee, Superintendent Under the state law, April 1 is the siderable easier to procure liquor in ful sign is that many young men do that seems certain to bring the cost A. B. Handy and Principal E. H. BECOMES CHOIR beginning of the period during which, flasks. The store keeper who sup- not hesitate to boast about it. Then of construction beyond the amount Estimated at $18,000— Parkman were present. motor vehicles may be registered at' plies it in this manner, either keeps again the attending danger of being -appropriated by the town. The min reduced rates. From that date, own- his supply at home or in some other picked up by the police during the ority members of the committee make Local Dept. Responds. ers are entitled to a pro rata reduc- place far removed from his business course of" a raid and prosecuted' ' as a the ]3oint that, even though the town i ______DIRECTORS NOTE tion in the fee for registration cal-' establishment. This makes detection frequenter, a risk to their reputation ; aneeting gave assurance that more ! The two tenement house which was "FATHER AND SON" culated to. the first day of the month; difficult but at the same time keeps and comfort that few men are anxious m Which such registration is to take j down the volume of business that can to take. This is especially true if " money would be provided if necel- j formerly the George Parsons Place, Mrs. Edward F. Sullivan iary, it was the duty of the commit- effect," but the minimum fee accept- be done. the police adopt a plan that is being tee is possible to kkeep the plans j looted on the lower -end of Enfield TONIGHT Former Local Young ec* $3.00. The quantity of liquor coming to proposed of arresting those who are While m recent years, since motor • the town has fallen off considerably, TWithin the appropriation.jpropri Strset.Street, onnn Parsons' Corner.Corner, was : Si. detected in the act of entering or Louis Burns, chairman of the Fi- Woman Achieves Dis vehicles have come to be regarded by due it is said to the fact that the leaving a place under suspicion of completely destroyed by fire Satur many as necessities, rather than local demand here is no longer equal mance Board emphatically dissents day night. The fire originated in a Second Annual Event to t selling liquor. Should the "picketing from the action taken by the build tinction in the Musical merely pleasure vehicles, especially to the supply that must be trans- plan," which is the name given this ing committee. In an interview to- woodshed in the rear of the house. Be Held in the Chapel World. with the greater popularity of closed | ported on each trip in order to make method, be adopted here it would «day he charged the committee with Owing to a strong wind the blaze was cars, the number of motor vehicles-it worth while. The kitchen dive undoubtedly clean up the few remain of the First Presbyter operated throughout the winter has however continues to survive, espec- ing bad spots that are here, and deal ignoring entirely the recommenda fanned to startling proportions be To find time to capably tions of the Finance Board made at ian Church, i :: mother greatly increased, yet the number of ially in the north end. The stock in a final blow to the bootlegging in fore the intervention of the various seven young and robust children,— and— owners who wait until April 1 to trade of this institution is mostly dustry in the town. 4he town meeting. These recommen fire departments, which responded. at the same time be the director of take out their machines, to get the | dations, as embodied in his report A passing automobilist was the first The second annual "father and one of the finest choirs in the city benefit of the reduced rate, is still i to the meeting were taken from the to observe the flames and after son'.' banquet will be held in the of Boston is no small accomplish large. Over 97,000 of the 186,595' figures of one of the architects whose frantically pounding on the door of chapel of the First Presbyterian ment. This however is being done, motor vehicles registered in Connec-1 •estimate as to the cost of construc the tenement occupied by Mr. and Church this evening and will be at and efficiently enough to merit the ticut last year were registered after tion and equipment submitted to the Mrs. James Ryan succeeded in warn tended by nearly 150 fathers and praise of the highest musical author March 31. Republicans In Row «committee, was lower by several ing the occupants of their danger. sons. D. William Brainard will act ities in that distinctly musical city, .thousand dollars than the figures of The south wing of the house was oc as toastmaster and there will be re by Mrs. Edward H. Sullivan of Dor jthe firm finally selected. "Why pay cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Avery marks by Supt. of Schools Anson B. chester, who was formerly Miss more," again reiterates Mr. Burns, and family, whose furnishings were Handy, Rev. Alfred T. Barr, pastor Bertha O'Hear of this town. Mrs. MUST REPLACE '"when it has been proved that the completely destroyed as well as one of the First church, and William Sullivan is the wife of Edward H. Over Town Committee Tbuilding can be built within the ap hundred and thirty dollars in bills Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, the well-known baritone propriation." which were in the home. Only quick T. Burgess of Enfield street who "will singer. She is organist of St. Mark's SCITICO BRIDGE He again repeated his statement action on the part of Daniel Ryan speak for the sons. The principal Church, Dorchester, Mass., of which Caucus Last Evening Develops A Sharp Fight imade in these columns following the saved the life of his aged mother, speaker will be Dr. John Ellsworth choir her husband is a member. Her town meeting, that the proposition 65, when he carried her safely from Hartzler of Bluffton, O. The enter brother-in-law, Edmund F. Finnerty, Expert Tells Selectmen Between the Two Factions of the Party Over the blaze. Both families were forc tainment program will include com who will be recalled as a well-known (Continued on Page 10.) ed to the street and thence to the munity singing, led by George H. singer here a few years ago is also This Week That Struc the Manner of Selecting Town Committee— shelter of hospitable neighbors, in Cunningham; vocal solos by Peter a member of this noted musical or ture Is Entirely Be their night clothes. Shields and James M. Comrie, cornet ganization. "Old Guard" Wins Decisive Victory After A The Enfield Fire Department were duets by Emil Abrahamson and The advent of the radio has afford yond Repair. Verbal Battle Between Leaders on Both Sides. OBSERVE ST. summoned to the scene first but ow Charles Fowler, Jr., and violin selec ed Mrs. Sullivan, her talented hus ing to the fact that the house is lo tions by Frederick Phelps. A com band, and her capable choir enlarged The Board of Selectmen learned cated outside of the hyrant district, mittee from the ladies aid society of opportunities to display their abil definitely this week that the bridge After electing Dr. Thomas G. Al PATRICK'S DAY their efforts were of little aid in which Mrs. George S. Parsons is ities. A concert given by this choir, in Scitico that practically collapsed corn, Clark L. Hamilton, Arthur J.'TRIP TO SHRINE checking the blaze which were fanned chairman, will serve the banquet. directed by Mrs. " Sullivan, last* week, recently will have to be replaced Stewart and Joseph Carson without Children of Mary Hold to enormous proportions by the The other members of the supper in Boston was repeated through the with a new iron bridge. This infor opposition as delegates to the state strong wind then blowing. The committee are as follows: Mrs. James radio from station WTAT Edison mation was given to the Board by OF SAINT ANNE Supper and Entertain Windsor Locks Fire Department were Bailes, Mrs. Olin E. Woodward, Mrs. Light, Boston, as the feature of the an expert from the Berlin Bridge convention in the Auditorium last also called upon but their equipment Matthew Henry, Miss Gertrude Wies- March 17th program. The Boston Co., who examined it. It is estimat evening, the factions in the local Re mentin St. Joseph's was also unable to cope with the sit ing, Mrs. Allyn J. Woodworth, Mrs. Post of Tuesday says "that it was ed that the replacing of the bridge publican organization clashed over Will Be One of Many uation, which grew in gravity every Carroll Reid. Mrs. Samuel Gamble unquestionably the feature of the loc will cost approximately $4500. This : HalLl' minute under the winds force. The will have charge of the waitresses. al radio program, the numbers of will make a serious inroad into the the manner in which the town com Gifts In Connection Thompsonville Fire Department were Rev. Alfred T. Barr is chairman of fered being mostly enchanting Irish highway appropriation, for the bridge mittee should be elected. A verbal The Children of Mary Sodality of also on the scene and with the aid the general committee and the sub folk songs, that were highly pleas expenditure is an unexpected demand battle of about an hours duration With 10 Nights Bazaar XSt. Patrick's Church observed St. of a pumping device the water from committees are as follows: Speakers, ing." Of the numbers sung by Ed on this account which was not pro followed, in which the status of Which Opens Easter Patrick's Day with a supper, musi- a brook some 2600 feet distant the John A. Best; entertainment, George ward F. Sullivan, the article in the vided for in the budget. Representatives Sisisky and Hyland «cal and literary program last Mon- fire was kept under control, and pre H. Cunningham, chairman, Rev. Al Post states that they were particu The Selectmen have no alternative as members of the party was ser Monday Night. •dajr evening in St. Joseph Hall. Miss vented from spreading to the build fred T. Barr, John A. Best; tickets, larly delightful. in the matter however, for the bridge iously questioned by the leaders of •Julia Turner, presided. The program ings of Walter Sheldon across the William P. Gourlie, chairman, Rev. Mrs. Sullivan is the daughter of must be built or the highway that it the party. The attempt to "read A round trip ticket to the Shrine road. These buildings were menaced A. T. Barr, D. William Brainard, Mr. and Mrs. John F. O'Hear of En connects closed. The latter is im them out of the party" was vehe follows: of St. Anne De Beaupre will be one Brief remarks on life of St. Pat- by the dead grass which caught fire Henry R Cooper, William Thompson, field street. Following her marriage possible, for the bridge spans the mently opposed by the legislative Tick by Rev. Daniel J. O'Connor, and spread. Stanley Anderson, Harry Blowen, to Edward H. Sullivan several years Scantic near the power plant of the representatives. -Both of them as of the principal gifts in connection pastor of St. Patrick's Church; selec Not only the house was consumed John A. Best, George H. Cunning ago she made her home in Boston Somersville Manufacturing Co., and serted that their status as Republi with the Grand Bazaar of the So tions by Children of Mary orchestra, but also the tobacco barn and its ham; publicity, Harvey C. Brainard. where her musical ability has won is a much used highway. It is ex cans was just as good as any mem cieties of St. Patrick's Parish, for John A. Best will preside at the ex her a position of marked distinction pected that work on the replacement ber of the party present at the cau the members of which are the Misses ( contents, owned by Judge Alexander the benefit of the new St. Joseph's Almena, Emma and Jennie Gelinas Arnott of Manchester. The con ercises. in the musical world. Both she and of the bridge will begin immediately. cus, and cited their recognition as :and Miss Viola Massey; overture of tents of the shed were partly cover her husband have broadcasted from such in the party councils during the School, which will be held right af "Irish songs, chorus including the ed with insurance. The total dam EXPLAINS TOWN COUNCIL the Boston stations several times KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA the last term of the general assem ter Easter. The award, with many Misses Mary McCue, Alice and Es age done by the blaze is estimated FORM OF GOVERNMENT during the past year. bly. others was decided upon by the Ex Anthony Burke, Former Resident, Is The chief point at issue in the dis ther Liberty, Bessie CPBrien, Mad- at about $18,000. The house was ecutive committee in charge of the elyn O'Brien, May and Anna Need- the original home of Joshua Abbe, Local League of Women Voters Hear TO PRESENT AUTOMOBILE Victim of Mine Accident. cussion was whether a town commit ham, Elizabeth Shea, Loretta Dooley, grandfather of George Parsons. It Interesting Address by Attorney Mrs. James Fleming of East tee should be elected by the caucus Bazaar at the weekly meeting in St. Ruth Duprey, Gertrude Wing, Martha became the property of Mr. Miskell Stewart Dunning. Testimonial to Father Curtin To Cost street, Suffield, received word Sun or just a chairman who would be Joseph's Hall last Friday evening. "Toolan, Marjorie Pare; solos by the some years ago. Before a good sized meeting in the About $2,500. day that her brother, Anthony Burke, authorized to appoint his own com An elaborate entertainment pro Misses Alice and Esther Liberty, Public Library last Thursday evening The general committee in charge formerly of this village, who for the mittee. After the smoke and dust gram is also planned for each even Miss Loretta Dooley sind Miss May United Presbyterian Church. under the auspices of the local branch of the testimonial to be presented to last ten years had been in Scranton, of the battle cleared away the ac ing, to be followed by dancing. Sev Needham with Miss Elizabeth Hughe? Services as usual next Sabbath at of the League of Women Voters, At Rev. John F. Curtin, a former curate Pa., was killed in a mining accident tion taken resulted in the defeat of eral of the booths that are to be in .as accompanist at the piano; recita the United Presbyterian Church. torney Stewart Dunning of West at St. Patrick's Parish here, but now Saturday. Mrs. Fleming left im a motion to have the caucus appoint stalled on each side of St. Joseph's tion and dance, Miss Mary Browne; Rev. George Whiteside will speak in Hartford explained the new form of assistant at St. Donato's Parish, New mediately for Scranton. Mr. Burke thg committee, and the election of Hall for the Bazaar will be in charge .solo, "Kerry Dance," Miss Alice Lib- the morning service on the theme, town government under which his Haven, met Tuesday evening and de leaves besides Mrs. Fleming, his wife Dr. Thomas G. Alcorn to his seventh of the ladies committee. Miss Alice ' «erty; Irish jigs, Miss Florence Mur- "Fishers of Men." In the evening home town is operating at the pre cided on a new automobile to cost and three children; also two broth term as chairman of the town com Liberty heads this committee and she •ray and Miss Evelyn Connor; nov service the subject will be, "The True sent time. Mr. Dunning's address about $2500. The canvassing is now ers, John and Benedict, both of mittee. The number on the commit and her associates are making un elty dance, Miss Rosamond Lamont; Freedom." Morning service at 10:30 proved highly interesting and in complete and the solicitors report a Scranton. tee was definitely settled, after some usual preparations for the equipment - Irish dancing, Miss May. Burke, Miss o'clock, evening service at 7:00, Sab- structive. He also explained the generous response from Father Cur- of the women electors present had of these booths. Special attention is •i"Clair Sloan, Miss Evelyn Connor; b&th School at 12:00 and Christian method employed by the Assessors in tin's friends, both in and outside of The regular monthly meeting of raised the point of the right of equal being given to the gift shop and food selections of Irish airs by orchestra. Endeavor at 6:15. Seats free. Gpod his town in reaching property val of the parish. While no definite Primrose Camp, Royal Neighbors of representation on the committee. It sale booths. Miss Katherine Mcln- America, will be held next Wednes was voted that the committee con tyre will have charge of the former '?r- The table decorations were green music. Strangers welcome. ues. West Hartford is chartered un plans have been made as yet for the -and white in keeping with St. Pat- der the town council plan, which pro presentation of the testimonial it is day evening in the rooms in the Odd sist of 24 members, equally divided while the latter will be looked after between men and women electors, by Mrs. Peter Ringwald. Both will - Tick's Day. More than 100 members Announce Engagement vides for a board of elected council- probable it will take place Thursday Fellows Building on High street. -were present at the entertainment. Mr. knd Mrs. Michael Kennedy "an men who in turn select a town man evening when Father Curtin will be After the business session a social with the chairman making the num be assisted by efficient committees. nounce the engagement of their ager to conduct the business of tbe the guest at an informal reception, hour with whist will be enjoyed, the ber 25. Following the adoption of The stock for the booths will be pro s' A feature was the awarding of the vided by the ladies of the parish. M; St. Patrick's cake to the member daughter, Miss Nora Louise to Ray town. According to Mr. Dunning, it in connection with which there will committee of arrangements being this motion the caucus adjourned. mond Murray of Pittsfield, Mass. is working out satifactorily. The be a musical and literary program. Mrs. Benjamin Cardinal and Mrs. Deputy Sheriff Bromage was chair The bazaar will be opened Easter uessing what was under it. Miss Monday night with special exercises Idith Chestnut was the lucky one, The marriage will take place April proportional system of voting is used F. Howard Stetson will make the Harry Crombie. All members and man of the meeting and J. Hamilton *hef guessing a St. Patrick's day hat. 22nd in St. Patrick's Church.^ > s in the election of the council. , presentation. . friends are welcome. Potter was clerk. , in addition to the entertainment., , THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH" 20:1924 • '- "' ' 'J*ri***"' '« '- Ingi^^yw^ - • TP» <. - ,'^ IsryFCeTious Dili, long aormant m Bakers receive biggest share qf Congress, would turn over to un sA^ BRITISH AiD REBELf Hiiwiir known corporation all Alaska's vast price consumers pay for bread. " ' BRIEF CHRONICLES * wealth of platinum. CarelesB smokers blamed for major Oil Fundy Financed Rebellion In Mex Industrials and rails Impart strength ity ot fires-In annual re. ico, Deolares Obregon. - How to Make IVloneyl to the stock ma.ket fire underwriters. Mexico City.—President Obregon is BY LAND AND SEA . Fadpral Trade Commission begins Marcus,Garvey tells' positive thbt he lias sufficient «vl- Inquiry Into alleged broadcasting jnb* d^be^o> the offl^s
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FOR SALE—A TOWN have "taste for this qort of thing, [ Thompsonville either as an onlooker or a partici SjipV' r'-'/Xi Oar Spring 5 Somewhere recently we ran across pant. Excepting someone performs H•'f^p ' Press- a motto something like "this—"Ser a miracle the outlook for the com ffe; Published Thursdays by " vice Before Self." We don't know ing summer is just as dreary. It is r"IBB ADVANCE PRINTING AND what organization has adopted it, a regrettable situation, and one that MILLINERY f PUBLISHING COMPANY and trust we are not infringing on is not good for the youth of our I' 17-29 High St., Thompsonville, Ct. town. .This has been clearly demon • i; - the copyright, but it impressed us very much, because of its local need strated by the forms of recreation 1 > . PHILIP J. SULLIVAN or the application of something like that have developed in our town dur STOCK .Editor and Business Manager it to this community. We have a ing the past year. It is possible ?"¥<• i' 'k Telephone No. 95-2. ^ ; fine citizenry here—men and women. that the time has arrived when we are ready, as a comibunity, to react v ^ :y Haejuat arrived' In small groups many of them are •ft.;,-? • Entered at the Post Office, Thomp once more to our normal condition sonville, Conn., as second class mat- displaying a splendid community It comprises a chiclc land Thursday, March 2Qr-First National spirit, and rendering real service to in the promotion of clean sports. tor. It would seem that it is worth the — All communications should be ad their town. But the majority, in stylish assortment of trim- | ' " —" 9f deed the vast majority, are inflicted experiment and that a revival of dressed to The Thompsonville Press, them might be attempted. Some med hats in the latest| Office, 27-29 High St. Tel. No. 50. with a painful inertia when it comes 'fThe to doing anything for the public organization or group of citizens shiffes, slfldes and colorings, suitable .for I good. We do not mean that they should undertake it. The effort will Serial, "Ruth of the Range'—Episode 2 FINIS—FOR NOW constitute a real service to the youth Misses up to 18 years of age. Each hat |g| should be a rampageous, ranting, or ' - - COMEDIES ating type of a citizen. We abhor of the town. To be a community K'i Our final survey of the local law that would again support and pro is a very special value at the price" we J enforcement situation appears in an the loud mouthed live-wire go-getting booster just as we do the listless, mote sports "for sports sake," would are placing on it. |3®11P • ' ' other column. In stating "that boot be a renewal of the "days of real legging has been thoroughly curbed" lazy and indifferent one. Between Friday, March 21-^American the two however, there is a medium, sport" of the past, while at the same •we mean just that—curbed. It has time we would be living down a none not been completely eradicated, nor a happy and pleasant medium of ac tion, that would be useful if employ too glorious period in our town's jg, •will it ever be in this generation, history. here or elsewhere. But the town ed by the thousands of citizens here ; -V- i h V'.vaV v'oi "THE SHOCK1 has emancipated itself from the stig who are capable of it. 98 PLEASANT ST. THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. Ifr;:-:- ma of "being the worst town in the And there is work to be done— SOUND ADVICE - , FEATURING LON CHANEY Hli state" in the matter of law enforce plenty* of it. Work that will repay the effort a thousand fold. It is . 4. ~ ,, , , ,... , . i ment. Whatever justification there i ii i „ , ,, , , , t(rGet off the fence of political m- 1181s? AND VIRGINIA VALLI #|fit! might have been to this claim, and work that will make the town a bet- j-a . . v ^ n *.• e Conn -r "The Leather Pushers" and Comedies we repeat that, bad though conditions ter place in which to live, and will ^ + ^- radiate happiness and comfort into > ^fagUe °f Women Joters- Go . 'Were, we have never subscribed to t0 Ur this contention in its entirety, it can- every home in the community. But • ^? P^rty _ caucus and express an First complete showing m-im there is considerable of "the lettine: mtelhgent °Pimon- Knocking your >55 t, not be laid at our door any longer. 1S e aD e 01 "l6 .e ti"g party from the outside doesn't do Saturday, March 22-rrFederatedp^ ^ George do it" spirit abroad in the of our /-V, % We are now as free from the illegal much good. Its from the inside that ; vr^ sale of liquor as most of the towns community. And then when "George" you'll have to do your cleaning up." in the state. This is perhaps as does it or attempts to do it he is Sound advice indeed, which might satisfactory a condition as can be ex- roundly criticised and ridiculed by well be extended to the men electors "Itching Palms" 'Si 4„i pected, with an inadequate and im one element and perhaps mildly ap also. In fact because they are long : \ '-'it properly equipped police force. Giv plauded by the other. We lack a er at it, and no doubt the greater Serial, "The Steel Trail" and Comedies " en the right moral support, and with general disposition to put "service offenders in this regard, they are in .i such outside assistance as can be en before self" in the community. It is far greater need of being admonish listed, the present state of things can an unhappy state of affairs because ed in this manner. There must be Mah Jong Pumps, with low and military f Sunday, March 23—Paramount > be maintained until such time as our we are missing the main chance to political parties. According to our citizens realize their duty in provid do ourselves an immeasurable amount civic code they are a necessity. heels, Hoy Toy Pumps, in grey and Cub ing sufficient police protection. In the of good. We need badly to sell our Keeping them functioning in accord •'-Tf.C last analysis the responsibility of selves the community service idea, ance with the highest ideals of civic an heels, Egyptian Sandals, in patent , "The Purple Highway" maintaining law and order in the or as the publicity man would put duty is the important thing. This is it, "sell the town to ourselves." We and Mandalay colors, Black Suede in } COMEDIES AND WEEKLY NEWS; community rests with the people of ±, , , „ , not always possible. There are ar m this community, and the manner in ® Re market for an enlivened features connected with political Egyptian and one strap and pump style. > which it can be done is perfectly public spirit, which is a commodity party activity that are distasteful to • clear. When the right time comes, easy to acquire if we only bestir the high minded citizen. They can We have a complete stock of Silk Stockings MONDAY, TUES. and WEDNESDAY . which will be when the budget is be ourselves. not be remedied by holding aloof in all colors to match our Slippers, ing made up next fall, let ample however The only hope is in active March 24th, 25th and 26th funds be provided for an adequate OUR SPORTING STATUS participation. It may be discourag V police force and the law enforcement ing at times, but in the end the opin 1 problem will be solved in this com ion of those who stand for the bet- munity for all time. In one respect at least our town ter and finer things will prevail, George H. Cunningham "The Humming Bird" has gone backward. We have be- The women are showing a commend- THE ARCHITECT QUESTION come woefully lacking in sporting able tendency to enter actively into 55 PEARL STREET spirit. We mean of course so far as the political field, and the above ad FEATURING GLORIA SWANSON It was hardly to be expected that it applies to the promotion of ath- vice, to those who hesitate to do so, USUAL ADMISSION > the selection of an architect for the letics. In a town that once excelled is sound and timely. It is good ad- new high school would be accomplish in this activity, this condition, to an vice, not only to their own sex, but ^ Change of Two Reel Subjects Every Day | ed without a difference of opinion. outsider, may be difficult to under-, it is an example that the male polit- We were fully prepared for this. The stand, but it is no conundrum to the" ical leaders might well follow. stories that come from the final meet people here. It is the natural re-: ing however are decidedly contradic action that comes when anything' * tory, and this makes the conclusions has been overdone. Our exploiting reached by the committee difficult to of world's champion basket and base ring understand. If an opportunity has ball teams carried our athletic activ Don't Forget ities to an extreme, which could been lost to effect a considerable sav •rf;, ing in the construction of the build have only one result. This excursion To have your Watch or •> * ing, by the selection of another ar into the higher world of sport was Clock taken care of before chitect, the committee has failed in of course disastrous from several it is worn out and remem its duty to the taxpayers. On the angles. It was absolutely worthless Newest of the New .in Milady*» so far as developing either of these ber the place to have it other hand if this were not possible done. /except at a sacrifice of some features sports locally, and because of the is that are essential, then any criticism taste it created among the local pat of the committee is unjust. The rons for "the big time stuff," it des versions given concerning the meet troyed for the time being any chance ing are slightly confusing, but they of a healthy revival of these pas Robert F. King will no doubt be cleared up when the times. 133 ENFIELD ST. , : matter comes up again at a town The past winter has been a par ipeeting should an additional appro ticularly dismal one for those who Scores of beautiful pumps in the newest priation be required. It is possible \ effects you ever saw. A feature is made that the committee may succeed in And when you see the .-K-V.'•"f paring down the plans of the present of the charming new - rK*. architect to come within the present Wonderful array of col • c appropriation, and obviate the neces Greeting Cards for Easter ors, patterns and de sity of the electors meeting again. And other occasions ; Place and Score Cards arid a new This would no doubt end further con- signs you will be glad & • Ifls ••• , troversy, which would be highly sat assortment of Gifts and Prises are now on sale in our isfactory to the people of the town, Home Gift Shop. that you accepted this who are no doubt fed up on contro THE BUCKLEY LINE for which we are agents, offers invitation to choose versies over the important question, attractive dress and drapery materials, which we shall ?!.f V ' and are willing to see an end to it be glad to show you here or in your own home. your new Ties for •/fl; ' all, and the school built as quickly Spring while the collec-., : as possible. E. A. WOODWORTH M. E. TIBBETTS tion is complete. ^ FIRE PROTECTION HERE 180 Pearl St. (Near the Library) * ' pfThedistastrous fire of Saturday p.i'...... ' njgjjt on lower Enfield Street em SKS#-" phasized again the incompleteness of w•?&Vf our fire protection so far as the en tire town is concerned. We have F. J. SOUTHIERE four well organized and reasonable c ymm p P 1 well equipped fire districts, but they TRADE MARK REOISTCRKO 108 Main St., Thompsonville, Conn. - - Cut Out Front 2 Button Pump T . Ir , do not include a vast area of the town within their lines, on which is BATTERIES SOLD, RECHARGED located some valuable property. Among the latter is the section in AND REPAIRED which the fire of Saturday evening At- took place. It is not in any of the *5 *7 four districts, nor is any of the sec ; tion below it extending to the town EDWARD J. KELLER 1 AND— ' - «' p £ line. A large water main runs PHONE 524-5 47 PEARL STREET Hot through this part of the town, but Mah Jong Buckle Effect Strap V. without hydrants it is of no value for ;-vV-' fire protection. It is reasonable to Our White Pine Sash are superior to suppose that if the fire protection of most oth^r woods. ? r ^ ] $R-50 "•.J 'A the town was centralized under town management instead of being divided A Firm With A Reputation • t ^ 'Xj: into districts of limited area, that a hydrant or two would be located in of doing good work for the past 35 ,-g$i the region affected the other evening Years can be of much value to you FERTILIZER In patent, gray suMe; Alligator and Mouse m and at least one of the buildings brown leathers. Come in and see these Jpf.^ved. 1 r in building your monument. J Our Bridge's Special Tobacco Fertil In this day of motor truck equip- izer has given fine results the past year. latest models in footwear—for dancing, ihent there is less need than ever to Thompsonville Monumental Works • ' ij Bet up district lines. Any one of street and sportwear. Your choice of flat, v the pieces of apparatus in the dif- M. J. LIBERTY, Proprietor Agents for Bowker, V.-C. Co., and other ^ Cuban, and Spanish heels at s ferent fire districts would, at the OFFICE, 97 Pearl St. TELEPHONE 403-4 brands. | ^ ' *' i i present time, cover the distance to mmap# <£w* ' /v' '•v \ the remotest section of the town in •l'/ 4;'', i;a few minutes. Their usefulness on '-y'i teaching there of course would de- pend on the water supply. This Wrecking Crane—Day or Night t i should be extended throughout the NONE HIGHER ~V V j town where ever reasonably possible, Dodge Cars Kelly-Springfield Tires We Have a veiy flneWof Seed Oats'! ;; and an adequate number of hydrants now on hand. Come and see them. $&'• .'.7 installed. The conviction is growing W'-^yr. •. that the fire fighting forces of the v ^ : town should be co-ordinated and AUTO REPAIRING A placed tinder town jurisdiction. This : no reflection on the present ex Amos D. Bride's Sohfing. - MIRABILE'S cellent and willing district-organiza 311 GEORGE S. BRIDGE V,- INCORPORATED f " tions, but it would mean enlarged ;REAR_174 ENFIELD STREET f Cor. Pleasant and School St# opportunities for more effective work Residence Phone 343-3 SI "hone 461 ««%^,*ft^HAZ^:RIJVILLE C0NNttr fsill! Phone 119-13 Thompsonville, Conifc And more efficient fire protection for • '*•. '• ' ' •; '• ' .'S''*"-''*'*'' ' *•'" fe-- • the enlLv Icvmi...... ; : _ • >"' ":•'•• ?mr- '" vYT^K- ^ r-'jVp:^?^ 'i.:^A^- --«vvr^?;^Vs;;^;v^'.:^ Vijfeta^'' • -•mm—"- • ' •' '• *«&•»-: - '
n «4£«4 •lite 'frfteii^ttm . 7 ' and ta^ro^*»s ,'9^. . ^ t .. . in the' ev- Gladys- Buck- have... a.singing., &e wi&'-a^ <^»ttnrahity- dance dfnpmg specialty and Ernest Tur- gin the Community houQe. n will sing_ a tenpr eqlo assisted 1©%; Si Harold Brown 6f- Norway street a chorus of girlsi is ill witii diphtiieria and the house rMr. and Mrs. George. J. Gordon of is - quarantined. The Nbrway street Main street have been entertaining jschool is nearby, but as it is Mr. their cousin, Miss MarjOrie McCauley Brown , and none of the children, who of New Britain. arie illj it is hoped the disease will Amos D. Bridge , is seriously ill at m::^n •" ^is^SMss not get into the school. his home on Fairlawn avenue • CITF'RTiSiT liable iM^ri,5RiW^:;kffliyon^ Marthas Pff®Sl Ezra T. Burgess, Civil war veter t .i.»" OUIfmiii;.: !Prnn«rfwi.Pomeroy, KHElizabethkaKa** Knhhe.Roche, Helen ^ - fy~ an, has .had .quite, a sickness this oV u Roffirett, Alice Simmons and Irene winter, but has recovered. - WAREHOUSE POINT 'tt a special meeting, of the town Tracy. . Miss Walda. Dimock is |n the Chap- of finance Saturday / night in Palisado.Lodge of Odd Fellows in Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Mj\ and . Mrs. Benedict of New Joseph R. Sperry has been laid up Selectmen's office- "the tax rate minstrelr Show will play in Granby where she underwent an operation York haye moved to og,e" of Clifton at his home the past few weeks but fe the year was fixed at 12% mills tomorrow .evening. The minstrel met for: appendicitis on-Thursday morn^ Kibbe's new houses on Ellington has recovered so that he is able to . the dollar. Taxes- are payable witfT-a great success here last Feb ing: . street. ;• V get • around again. All persons liable by law to pay Town Tax in the Town SHI 1 and if paid on-or before Ap- ruary. and has had several invitations The Somers Saw and Grist mill Mrs> J. j. Dwyer of Homecrest Evening Star Chapter, O. E. S. of Enfield, District No. 10 AND DISTRICT NO. 2, laid _ 15.: the property owners can. dg- to play and has accepted Granby property changed hands Friday when street is spending some time with will hold a military whist party this qttet 2 -per cent from their lists and and Thompsonville. deeds, were drawn transferring, the her sister in St. Petersburg, Fla. evening in Masonic hall. upon list of 1923, are hereby notified that the aforesaid if; not paid- by May 1 an additional TOe Women's Club of the Congre proprty from; Mrs. Winifred Ever- Mrs. Clarence Dole of Bliss road Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rising ~ of taxes will be due March 1st, 1924, and payable at the 9 per cent is added.. The' tax~rate of gational Church gave a. reception for etts to Charles and Anna; Grant of has been ill but is some better. Hartford are the happy parents of Tax Collector's Office at 36 Pearl Street, Thompsonville, |2% • mills is the same as last year. the members Of - the parish Friday Franklin, Conn. Dr. Fred F. Dexter; who has been a son, John Warren, born last week. where I will meet you to receive said taxes as follows: * Annotmcement has ' . been made evening in the parish house. An Jean Lovett, the little daughter of ill has improved and with Mrs. Dex- Mrs, Rising was formerly Miss Lil ^hat Rev. John L. Davis of the Trin interesting mdsical program was giv- Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Lovett, has been ter, left Friday for Atlantic City, lian R. Newberry "of this place. ity M&shodist- GhHrch -of r NewrBrit- en^,:.,;.;, • .v. _ • spending several days with her;grand N"J., to recuperate. Miss May Cone is confined to her Saturday, March 1, 1924, 9 A. M. to 4 i;fit will, speak*,at the First Congre- mother, Mrs. M. A., Kibbe of Thomp- Miss Florence M. Kempton, who*Is home with a dislocated shoulder re P. M. and Each Day During March ~ tional Church oil tie night of Ap- sonville. . ceived "when she slipped on the bridge at Bellaire,' Fla., expects to come last week. ~ . and April from 2 P. M. to 5 P. M. v t 9 at 7:45 o'clock. A male quar- * WINDSOR. LOCKS Mrs. Walter Bliss has had as a re north to Pinehurst, N. C., April 1. : tet will sing under the auspices of cent guest, her sister-in-law, Mrs. • William H. Rhodes of Hopkins fbe fourth entertainment ndiyision of Leroy Cummihgs, 'seven weeks did George Bliss of Longmeadow, Mass. Place spent Sunday with his daugh Ji Ramsay Macdonald, British Suffield-Grange..,.'.: '.. ' ;;>- son ,of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cum- ter, Mrs. Milton Oaks, in Millers Prime Minister, is a straphanger, At Tak Collector's Office, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Allen of riding to his office in crowded trains. . About 60 horses were brought irt- mings died at their home at 30 Chest Niantic have been guests at the home Falls, where Mr. Oaks is connected +n tiiia tn^yp R«t.i|^dav afternoon nut street Monday morning of bron Of Mr. Allen's sister, Mrs Albert S. with the Millers Falls Manufactur Town Building smpjped from Western States, ~ £tffd chial * pneumonia. The; funeral was- Hulburt. They made the trip by ing Company. »sf| ' ' these will be-distributed and used on held at the home Tuesday afternoon motor and were accompanied by Mr. Mrs. Gordon H. Seymour, who has •Mm • - ? several of the large tobacco planta and the body was takerir to Wood- and' Mrs. William .Dorman and Mrs. been in Springfield Hospital for the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th, 1924 tions this summer. lawn, Everett, Mass., for burial. Deeley also of Niantic, who lived at last six week& has recovered and is The employes'^f the George King An organ recital and musical will the home of Mr. and Mrs. George now in her home in Farmington Ave. Electrical 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.—7 P. M. to 9 P. M. warehouse, which has, been packing be given in the Congregational Slate.. tobacco this winter fo? the Connecti Church this evenifig, t^. special oc-* HAZARDVILLE cut Valtey Tobacco ^Growers' Asso casion being to demonstrate the im The Somers Woman's Club were THURSDAY, MAY 1st, 1924 ciation, finished work Saturday when provement in the organ which has entertained this afternoon at the Contractor "Mr. and Mrs. George K. King were been under repair and remodeling home of Mrs. George A. Pease with The third of a series of "well baby" 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.—7 P. M. to 9 P. M. given a! large electric reading lamp. for several weeks. The recital will Mrs; Pease, Mrs. J. A. Boweman and conferences was held Monday at the Refreshments were* served and games be by Edwin F. Laubin, organist of Mrs._ Francis Bill as hostesses. institute. Children under five years Wiring, Fixtures ? Miss Marion Cooley was given a of age were examined free by the AT POST OFFICE, HAZARDVILLE, WEDNESDAY, enjoyed at the King home. the Asylum Hill Congregational miscellaneous shower Saturday after attending physicians. The America Sumatra Tobacco Co. church in Hartford and the ' vocal noon at the home of Miss Edna Aus It is hoped that the repairs to the , and Supplies 5 MARCH 19th and APRIL 16th FROM 1 TO 4 P. M. plant in the south part of the town selections will be by the quartet of that church.. tin at Sixteen Acres in honor of her interior of the Methodist Church will received during the last week 65 cars approaching marriage to Fred Health be completed so that the dedication All persons having Taxes unpaid after May 1, 1924, will of fertilizer to use, on the plantation The directors of the Windsor Locks of Sixteen Acres. The decorations may take place on Palm Sunday, be charged 9 per cent, interest from April 1, 1924, to here and;'in Hayden-Station:..- The Tifust and Safe Deposit Company wdre in yellow, the centerpiece be April 12. The carpenters and decor representative of the company* Rob have contracted with the R. G. Bent ing daffodils. Miss Cooley received ators have about completed their F. J. Oates gether with collector's fees, according to law. ert McGomb is making plans for Co. of Hartford to remodel the lower many beautiful and useful' gifts. work and the installing of the new sterilizing the tobacco not beds 'dur floor of the bank building v at the Mr. and Mrs._ Frank Connell "enter- Estey organ and the windows will v78PROSPECT ST. Clark L. Hamilton, Collector. ing the 'week. corner'of Spring arid Main streets, tain^d s|ven ^tables at a St. Patrick's begin about ^ March 24.: j and actual work will begitL next PHONE—Days 156-13 Pleading guilty to a charge of las whist party at their home at Somers- The "Springfield Follies" to be February 14th, 1924. civious carriage," after the jury in week. The bank acquired the prop yille.Saturday night. The first wom- given at the Broadway Theatre the' /, Evenings, 427 ^ Che superior court: had-listeoed to the erty, a three story building from i R; fan'§ J)rize was won by Mrs. Fredf A. weelc of March 24, will have three | revolting., details of the • case;., for a Hi and V. L..Mather last November Street of Springfield' and "Albert young people from Hazardville tak- \ day, James Cain, Jr.,. Williajn Hill, and- on the morning .of' New. Year's. •Riley won .thfe first, men's prize. The Fnincis '; Whale^ Charles' O'Brien; Hay a% disastrous fire gutted; the in* -innprs of the. booby, prizes.; w.ere Steve Obion, Bronislaw Kulas and: teriorof -the building; starting in the; rs. Albert R. Riley and Richard Joseph vfirackiiiiski, all • of - 'Suffield,: celliar. of a macaroni manufacturing; D.elajaey. Refreshmente, w^re served ^ilant'whidi occupied the middle .store • . XT* '''' v who were on trial on a more serious ; 1 piter^which :theare ;was, a. humorous • :'K charge preferred by, Mrs. Mildred of the first- floor. Since that time * program. . . Frankoskih Yacovipi, 18 years old of the bank directors have ~ taken, up Mrst W. W. Pease entertained hec. Suffield| 'were Friday " sentenced to several plans toward, the future, of Sister, Mf&. Alson Allen of Agawam six mo&ths in jail, the maximum the; btrildiiig'. and finally reached a over the week-end.. I decision t<^ make such alterations^ as, sentence under the charge' to which, .-The- SamersvCile Child Welfare ^ •• ' 'they pleaded, by Judg@ Maltbie in the Tyere necessary to make it a- suitable Club met this-afternoon-at the home, criminal superior court. The change home for the' bank for many years of Mrs./ J|ones Slattery. fpr the reg of plea came after the state's case to- eome. ^ ular ? meeting. had beeH fully submitted. It was .: The:- recent^ canvass; for funds foj' Miss DOris Avery, accompanied by 23,000 Men !'* t i claimed-by the state that the young the Salvation Army ' Home Service her roommate at the Willimantic i men took the girl to a lonely spot in work netted the suiii of $491i84; in; State Normal-- School; Miss Anna t the woods late .tin the,night; of De this town which goes toward the' Regan; spent1 the week-end in the cember 8th and there assaulted her. work of; the army in the Hartford, home of hpr parents, Mr. and Mrs. After the plea was. accepted several district. The' canvass a year agp Daniel: Avery. - - -t you the utmost in fine cars "character" witnesses from Suffield Tbere n^tted- $667^4. , testified-on behalf of" the young men . Casiiniro Matroni has sold his two claiming that they bore , good repu faniily'.dwelling house on WhitwortK ^ LONGMEADOW ^ street to Felix Raffo>J This was the I HERE are 23,000 of us build tations in the -town... William J. Announcement has been made that great opportunity ior economies and All Studebaker models art Granfield of Springfield, who with house Which- was gutted by a fire ing Studebaker cars. Most of savings. James A; Curry, represented theto, about' a month ago, when a fire hy more tham.$£>Qp wasr cleared: byfte equipped with Timken bearings. drant in fronti of the house could not recent card.party and. dance, giveii. hy 4 :7-.> us are partners in; the busi We have a $10,000,000 body plant, There are few cars in America, re made an eloquent flleai fottheyouns* Jbe opened-by the firemen when they women in Sfet Maiy'i Chtoch in the 4 Ty. I ness. thousands of'us are stockhold men. Judge Maltbie, in imposing arrived:- Community, Buildjngi to maintain the Studebaker standard gardless of price, which equal ours the maximum sentence, stressed the ers. All of us, after a certain time, of coach work. There sons, fathers point he has brought out several The United States Civil Service The good work ,of the Longmeadow getdividendR.on. wages. " "r pn this point. In our Light-Six, for times previous this term that.it is commission has announced :an open volunteer'fire department saved the and grandfathers are* working to instance, we put more Timken bear not the ihdividual cdse; but the effect 'competitive examination for post home of Walter J. McKenna, 53 War All of us, after two years, get vaca gether, to build such bodies as Stude ings than are used in any competitive obtained . in safeguarding thb inno master of the local office, the term ren Terrace, at 2 o'clock 'Monday, tions with pay. All of us, after one baker always built. Of ' Postmaster John F. Oates ending when a -blaze which broke, out. in tne car, within $1,500 of its price, < cent which mugt be considered the : year, get divid^nds on wages. After conflicting penalty. June 5, after' his eight years of ser kitchen was confined to that one Those bodies are finished by many We give unusual equipment. On Several of the tobacco growers vice. The. examination is not one room. The family, unable- to go five years. that annual dividend adds operations, including 15. cpats of undfir civil service rtiles but is held down the stairs because of the smoke 10% to our earnings. some Big-Six models, for instance, about toton have started whdt is; called up Charles L. Hoytr, who ltv6S paint and varnish. called "sterilizing." This method, under an executive order. The ex we include two nickel-plated bump-' amination will be held April 8th and: .next- door, who, in turn telephoned The company spends vast sums The open bodies are upholstered ers, one or two extra disc wheels which is believed to make the ground the-fire headquarters. The siren ' was- lor the . hot beds in which tobacco while it is expected',; that a republi on co-operative work with cord-tires,a courtesy . .? *"iU can will be appointed, Postmaster sounded and fight men with the ap with us. When we rer '-*4 seed. is iown, sweeter and also pre' Oates; a democrat, plans to take the paratus torefe almost immediatley on- light, a motometer, steel f vents w^eds^from growing in with examination, as well as Henry L. the spot, using the hydrant in front tire, we get pensions. '; ^ trunk, etc. the small tobacco plants, is increas of Mr. Hoyt's residence. !• ing in use in this towrt from year to Cutler, a republican. So Studebaker cars See how Studebaker year. Edward J.' Ferguson, who mOved ' B, H. Spencer of Hopkins -place represent the best that How we do this from this place to New York city will lecture On "Gladioli" tonight be we, in combination, know gained top place The Mapleton Literary Club met recently, has accepted a position in fore the Garden Club in the lower We give you these ex Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. that city with one Of the Sheffield lecture hall -of • the City. Library in how fo qffer you; f ^ t tra values through quan H. L. Spear'on Mapleton avehiie Springfield. • * * 145,167 people last year paid $201,000,000 The Women's Republican club met Farpi Stores. •# tity production. We Tobacco warehouses in this town Mr. and Mrs. G.' R. Jenkins of Some of us belong to for Studebaker cars. build 150,000 cars per Thursday afternoon at the home of that have been assorting and pack Longmeadow street, have been enter Mrs. Carolyn M. F. Sutton on Main ing during the winter for . the Con taining for a week Mrs. Frank H. management. If we do The sales have almost trebled in the past year — more than any street. necticut _ valley Tohacco Growers Stearns of Johnson, Vt., mother of Tbetter than expected, we three years. Studebaker growth in fine cars other fine-car builder. Ralph L. Bearce, who for .many Mrs. Jenkins, who returned Satur years was* headmaster of the Suffield Association, will close in a few days. get 10% of the excess. is the marvel of this industry. •- Our large expenses are • A whist party and entertainment day.; . . divided by that enormous School and is now headmaster of the was given in. St. Mary's Hall Mon. St. Patrick's day was observed in So every man among Go see the reasons. See the scores of extra Powder Plant School in Duxbury, day evening by the ladies' Auxiliary Longmeadow both afternoon and ev us does his best to make output. Mass., has announced that on . July of thfe A. O. H. ening. The troop of .Girl Scouts had Studebaker casssupreme. values Studebaker offers. We do it by building 1 he will become principal of Brew Robert J. Keefe has gone to Bos' our own bodies, our own ster Acaideftiy in Wolfebor'o, N. H. ton on a business trip, and while There are 13 models. Prices start at $1025. This position was given Mr. Bearce Our fine backing They go to the highest price a fine car needs parts. Thus we save out last September at a meeting of the there he Will visit' two brother's, side profits. ' i ''. Raymond S., a student at Boston - Behind us is an hon- to cost. school officials. The school was University and Thomas, who is em We do it because we founded in 1820 and was perpetuated ployed by the United States Veterans bred name. For 72 years Don't buy a car for years to come without have up-to-date plants, and endowed in 1887 by John Brew Bureau. , • M. J. Connor Studebaker has been the ster. knowing how Studebaker gained its amazing with all forms of modem George A. Sheldon of West, Suf Mrs'.- Ma#y J. O'Hara, 70 years old, REAL ESTATE leader in quality and, popularity. equipment. field, for 40 years* leader of the choir wife Of - Thomas J.. O'Hara, died class. • * * Thursday* evening after a short ill fc|^ of the Congregational Church of that ness at. her home on Oak: street. AND We have $90,000,000 of The results are these? place, has tendered his . resignation assets. We have $50,000,- to take effect at .once. Mr. Sheldon She was. a daughter of the late Dan Beauty, quality and iel'and Catherine Flaherty and was INSURANCE 000 in model plants. We have 12,500 in real leather. The closed bodies in has served faithfully for... all- these bai-ri and ispeiit practically all of her luxury such as no maker can surpass. 1- V 2 years but resigns' &t thid time, to let 3-- up-to-date rrachines. So Studebaker Chase Mohair. That is made from Prices far below the usual. Our some ybfinger members of the church life ia this . town. Besides her hus- cars are built by modern and efficient ,=.._. she leaves one daughter, Mrs. ENFIELD STREET the, silky fleece of Angora goats. Light-Six, built by, ordinary methods, «arry onithe worlc. ' V r-' methods. ••• The town clerk has v t^sceived his 'alter L, Williams, 'two grandchild- TELEPHONE 222 We pay for those extras r— and would sell for from $200 to $400 refi, two Si6t|rs, Mrs. William H; 4 others—out of savings.' Building our yearly sdpply of dog licenses: and :p'BHen'ahd,Miss Catherine E. Flah- We have' an engineering depart more. Our Big-Six can be compared tags and is now ready to receive th§ ertjr of Windsor Locks and one broth ment which costs $500^000 yearly. own bodies saves you on some types oiiiy with the highest-priced cars in. dog taxes at any time. By paying er, James 9,'. Flaherty of iChicagij That to maintain and develop Stude up to $300 per car. : the world. these before May l, the date of ex 111. -Mrs.: O'S^ira was a member, of baker standards. piration, dog owners can.save a dol St, Mary!s Church for more thah We never stint Here are 13 models, from $1,025 to 'I • AS lar on edch license. We subject. Studebaker cars to The rule here is to give the utmost A beefsteak supper was served fbrty years. She wfs also a mem- $2,685. Each of them offers scores laist evening in Grange Hall, under bfe^6f the Ladies' Auxiliary of Wind 30,OOP inspections." That requires in every part and detail. of advantages over any comparable sor Locks; NThe funeral was held •f 1,200 men. All told over 70,000 ma We have 35 formulas for steel. car. They offer such values that the "'tlr the auspices of the Suffield Grange. Supday afternoon at, 3 o'clock at St. There -was a large attendance lit Mary's Church, and bjurial was in St. chine and hand operations are per Each has been demonstrated best for trend toward Studebakers has be ^ ' v tbe dance held in Academy Hall, formed in manufacture of a Stude its purpose. Pn some of these steels come overwhelming. West Suffield Saturday evening by a Mary's cemetery. A- requiem high group oft young ladies. r inass waS celebrated ( Mondfey morn In Warehouse " baker car. In so many operations, we pay 15% premium to get the for Go analyze the reasons before you ' ; * * ing' ifi MieAOfy of Mrs. O'Hara. though each one is small, there is a mulas exact. buy a quality car. Thete was, .a • large attendance, at ^ Point Center -- s WINDSOR' the whist pjSfty given Tuesday even . v ing by Euclid Chapter, O. E. S. ih A 9 Ek>om Modem - * Property in Windsor owned By An Masonic Hall. L I G K T - S IX SPE C I A L - S I X BI G • SI X drew Kovell was ordered sold April. Pupils of the local i| high School re-, House, 7 car garage, 14, at 2' P. M., to satisfy a foreclos ceiving first honors ; for the month, 5-Pass. 112-in.W.B. 40 H. P. 5-Pass. 119-in.W.B. S0H.P. 7-Pass. 126-in.W.B. 60 H. P. ure action to recover on a mortgage of February arenas follows:! Firahk^ store'and Dixie Fill-, Touring ...... $1045 Touring ...... $1425 Touring $1750 Boyle,- Mary Byrtie, Raymond Ha£. Roadster (2-Pass.) ..... 1400 Speedster (5-Pass.) . « for $2,728.58 held by George R. Ford i ing Station. Store, m • rc 1835 \: at a hearing before-Judge Marvfruiit cocjci' Bfil<^ed Orvis, Francis Dragnl,, Coupe-Roadster (2-Pass.) . . ... 1195 Cou i ,s p v Coupe (5-PaiBs.) . . . 1395 Coupe (5-Pass.) 1895 Coupe (5-Pass.) • ' .. ' the Superior Court Frid&y. Louis Sarah Compaine, Ariene Hancobk, fully equipped. | *r • • m 2495 b"- • . - v Slpgifetik. Jackson, '• Edna - Mocklw, Sedan 1485 Sedan 1985 Sedan 2685 : 4 • 'V H. Katz was appointed to "con '• X'- ' i X duct the . sale and R. H. Deming, Dorothy Phelps, and Mary Boyle. - '.['i John W. Coogan and Edward J. Ker- Those receiving second honors were Splendid ; ^ (Allprlee* /. o. jh. fmotory. Teraw to matt your convenience.) • V?- ' : #3 . V '. nan of Windsor were named appraisr^ Mary Caffrye, Mary Chesnalvich, Opportunity ;H|^garjst ,^B|u(fajl^
.X'. r.-• 'i'V.t'A'V 'mimpffi m< % signed in 17IJ3, the original mrvey- ors believing that this territory was a purple sontb of the 4?tb parallel instead of times ac&dSniqtse* with the rank north-of it. ; officers. The profession has.been ' "The Agriculturar - In the Yukon, during January, the recognized by official. thermometer hovered around zero Of 2,750 bills introduced' ^ "Everything"Ewythtog for thetne ranFfirto andamntomrv HiWt - ;; daily as contrasted with previous House of Representatives on its first JL. ye&rs When it ran from forty, to legislative day* 2,475 were measures, seventy below. appropriating public money or prop Killing of wild game quickly to erty for favored individuals, groups prevent torture by steel traps ^may or localities. For The Chkken Rais^ii nomic Research which shows that ports. He visits the village more be made possible. Movement of the The death,rate from alcoholism in "" r " W?-- >?:;> The Pullman company is issuing a the hired girl on the farm working frequently and receives many visit trap woUld break container filled England is twice as great among ||bulletin on the dangerous and in by the week puts in from one to five ors. professional men, clerks and shop- creasing habit of women smoking m '•0 berths, It is said that if the custom hours less per week than does the Less than two per cent of the 30,- keepers as among skilled' and Un is not curbed, smoking compartments hred man working by the month. 000 boys and igirls from the Dr. A poor carpenter of Freiffia, Italy, skilled workmen.- ; for women will have to be consi|er- Also the female employed by the day Bernardo's Homes in England, who has qualified "it's a seismic expert and In a little old-fashioned village in works about one-sixth less time than have been sent to Canada and Aus by means of instruments of nis own the Connecticut1- hills lives a woman ®d> the male day worker. tralia have been failures. These invention he has been able to fore of moderate means who resents the The Post Office Department Is pre- newly coined word, "scofflaw" as ap • paring to make almost 1,500,000,000 A woman spoke in an English children come from the most dense cast accurately every earthquake in cathedral for the first time in 1,300 ly crowded and destitute area of the that section of Europe. plied to those who violate the pro postal cards during 1925. years when Lady Barrett recently United Kingdom, and every one was A Danish aviator in an American hibition laws. She has offered a We haye both the Coal and Oil Stove During the severe midwinter, addressed a gathering in Canterbury. a castaway until rescued. plane flew over the Andes with a prize of $100 for the best invented ers. A complete stock of feed suitable from mountain sheep in Southwestern Col The most northern part of the passenger, the first time the feat word that will serve as an antithes orado were forced to come down to A collector of colonial silverware was ever accomplished. is to "scofflaw." the baby chick period until full grown; We the settlements of man for fodder. in New York City paid $4,200 at United States proper is 100. square The trowel used by George Wash "White spats, tea drinkers and At Ouray, Colorado, hay is provided auction for the silver bowl made by miles in Beltrami County, Minnesota, ington to lay the corner stone of the cookie pushers" should be eliminated carry a variety of Feeders arid Fountains. for them on their daily visits during Paul Revere and presented to Gen eral William Shepherd by tjie on the northwestern shore of the National Capitol on September SB, from the diplomatic corps, Hugh Gib the severest weather. The citizens Lake of the Woods. This tract is 17S3, has been loaned to the Grand son, Minister to Poland, urged in the are proud of the herd and defend Springfield (Massachusetts) militia for suppressing the Shays" Rebellion completely separated from the State Masonic Lodge of England by . the House Foreign Affairs Committee. . them both from the weather and of Minnesota by the lake and can Grand Lodge of New York. The Federal Government owns 148 GEORGE S. PHELPS & CQP| >.from human enemies. in 1787. not be reached by land without trav The people of the United States national forests comprising a total An issue of silver coins to be call- Station KFKB, the Brinkley Jones Hospital, of Milford, Kansas, is eling over Canadian territory. It spent $150,000,000 on radio in 1923. of 156,000,000 acres. The use of the .Prospect Street, ThompsonviHe, Conn.^ : ^ ... ed "shillings," equal to 10,000 pre broadcasting an agricultural exten came into the possession of the Radio statistics show 2,500,000 re national forests is encouraged, pro sent Austrian crowns, are to be sion course by direct wire from Kan United States through a geographi ceiving sets having more than .8,000,- vided certain regulations for fire pro minted in Vienna. sas State Agrciultural College, Man cal error in the Treaty of Paris 000 listeners. tection are observed. James Eads Howe, known all over hattan, Kansas. Full college credits America as the millionaire hobo and will be given upon satisfactory com benefactor of the downtrodden, has pletion of the course and passing of -forsaken the hobo life and plans to a written examination. settle down and enjoy life in San The oldest dwelling in Germany, Diego, California, in the land of sun- possibly the oldest in Europe, is lo • £" shine and orange groves, according to cated in the little hamlet of Winkel, reports. ^ ^ The scandal of Teapot Dome is in the valley of the Rhine, and is 1,- m . / having a repercussion in Italy where 200 years old. ; Non-resident aliens coming to & .'4fpSt is said the negotiations between America to lecture and write articles :"K''lpihe Italian Government and Harry would be required to file a sworn i'ry- ^ ^Sinclair wer6 temporarily stopped, statement of the purposes and inten vi ise»
';;vfv J,,:!,;/,. ^ ;v> .;:r T v 7 EIGHT THE TfaOMPSONYIliLE PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924- iPP MUMi GCKet •which "win nope to anew ttam nation. The choice of a Democrat as The Centralized La Follette's running mate would give both the old parties. READY the movement a non-partisan charac The Wisconsin Senator's visitors y High School SUI WANG, PH. D. WM .:• ter. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of say he also is opposed to a third party the Navy In the Wilson Cabinet, also convention. A "progressive" meeting The report of a State superintend Brilliant Student Receix ed TO LEAD THIRD PARTY is mentioned for the Vice Presidency. is scheduled for Jane 17 in St Paul, ent of schools in the West shows in Her Degree at Northwestern Senator La Follette is discouraging after th^ Republican convention, un striking contrast the per capita coBt fciils der supervision..,of the Committee of of tuition in the small high school his friends from making a fight for with the cost in the school where at m Oppose Coolidge, if He Is him in the Republican canrention, but Forty-eight. Senator La Follette has directed his efforts to prevent that tendance was up in the hundreds. In Nominate!) and G. 0. P. Adopts has Indicated to them that should the one high school with 47 pnpils in Cleveland nomination and . platform meeting being converted into a third 1922 the cost per pupil in attend party convention. • Conservative Platform. v be reactionary from the viewpoint of ance was $659, while the per-capita his group he will not look with dis cost for a high school of 566 pupil# favor upon a third party nomination. was only $127. | Washington. — Senator La Follette Leaders of movements, mostly In ' LATEST EVENTS * Answering a correspondent of the ;||ypi Wisconsin •will accept a third party United States Bureau of Education, the Central West and Northwestern AT WASHINGTON Department of the Interior, th Com mT'"to*« • Wrn.irtTsOtt ^ - semination for the Presidency If the States, to push a third party have missioner discusses the viewpoint ; Sepubllcan convention In Cleveland in been in convention with the Wiscon that secondary education concerns itr Jone nominates President Coolidge sin Senator. Resignation of Theodore Roosevelt de self with life purposes rather than, *nd adopts a "conservative" platform, Senator La Follette is reported as manded in House. with traditional subject-matter, that feeling that his group has no hope of Hughes approves rewording of immi need exists within the community for ijs-,, Associate Justice Brandeis of the several lines of training as looking HUWted States Supreme Court is wide- accomplishing within the Republican gration bill text. Party what it is aiming to bring about, towards occupation, that freedom of Feminine Charm '^ly favored among the third party pro- Soldier bonus and income tax cut once occupational choice for the child is jwmtfra for tie Vies Preaid^iiaJ np.~~-.i- but must look for., success in a third more entangled as ex-service men an essential American ideal, and renew efforts to save cash alterna says: tive clause. "Such a viewpoint and such ideals Coolidge may be urged to call new make secondary school administration Fine for Best for Naval Arms Conference to eliminate in the United States . a matter of submarine competition. compromise. On the one hand, is little"''
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: ii ' " """".V., 1924 . oral Charles G. Datfes, 'wtfrcn Ti "prac basis of tirese general principles, tne experts propose to set up an interna vv:-:. PAY tically agreed upon by the experts, tional bank, to have exclusive right to JUDGE 1CL JONES though the working oat of some do-, the Issue of German currency on a tails and the drawing op of the text gold basis. The bank plan'provides Looms Up as Nominee mayrequire another week, is based on{ foi the co-operation of the allies and. For Governor of Illinois these fundamental findings: . ^ neutral nations with the Germans in The Gorman people most pay as supplying capital and In the manage IC/f^v-v Allies to Help Nation Stabilize nmdi..ln taxes as anyof the people of ment of the institution, which is to be < BUSINESSN DIRECTBRY- - -- - ^1'-' * the allied counties. located in some country neutral In the |i' * « . t **> ' i st ;«• (, > ; , Mark With $400,060,00Q In- Germany mailt pay the \naxlmam of late war. her capacity In reparation. The capital.of the_bapfc remfttosjo , ternationai Bank. The German. „ economic machine be fixed; .indications qre that It will most be frei to function onder Ger- be In the neighborhood of #400,000,000, Aperiean Society for the Preservation of Public Health man control, unhindered by any Inter- of which half will .come from Ger William J. Mulligan Affiliated with International Alliance of Physicians «mi Surgeon* JDEBT DEPOSITORY URGED farenas' from theoutside. many, a&d the remainder from abroad. and National Association of Progressive Medicine. Minimum amounts must be paid at Foreign) subscriptions to loans to raise j Attorney At Law lae* for Installment* oh Reparation, oneo, orin the immediate future, on the necpssary amount,- or to capital, if, Dr. EL H. Clough, Naturopath| reparations, thesetobe Increased In fln&l arrangements so provide, will be a in °' National Association of Naturopath* r FM Payable at One*—P ranch pittportibntOthe revival of Germany's secured by a lien on Germany's pro Thompsonville Office; Sullivan Block—•TeL 168-4 Thompsonville, Conn- •urronder of Roads, Minos.... prosperity and according to her eco ductive; monopolies. > 27 HIGH STREET , pp and Industries. ' nomic; condition. : . The ajettjair upfot * bank of issne Is Telephone 5#;V •"* >-j-ji ^ K 1 •••!••:">: W: Order to put Gonhany In a posi expected not onl/toassnre permanent tion, to carry out her part of the pro stability of the mark, but to furnish fej Paris.—The report of the flint com- gram, whlchthareport will suggest to ^flexjbje medium-through which repa Hartford Office .vdttMLOf ^soeitB uQd$rBriga
1::L THE THOMPSONVILLE ' " Interior finish of plane oak. var 'braryj Offices for Superintendent and Not Satisfied With nish finish; slate blackboards, with Principal, and Teachers' room. The Course Taken In cork pining strips, teachers closet, In the basement there will be book c&ae and wardrobes in connec toilet rooms. Domestic Science room, ~ Selecting Architect tion with each class room, corridor Manual Training room, Lunch room, r"'« ' •• '•! '' t-v floors of concrete finish, and class Boiler and Fuel robms. THERE IS AN ATTRACTIVE ^^I^ontinued from Page 1) room floors of hard maple or of There will be an audience room linoleum. Ample plumbing fixtures seating at least 600 and a Gymnas ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS I fiSsSt'accompanied his recommendation of the latest design and best type, ium about 40x70 with spectators PAPER HEADED K : ' the town meeting meets the school with drinking fountains on each gallery, Locker and Shower bath j' acquirements as compiled by Super floor. Stand pipe with hose reel at rooms, etc. —The Market Place V-. intendent A. B. Handy. In the in each floor. Vacuum cleaning outfit The above allowance is to cover • terview he quoted this data as it was with plenty of nozzles for easy clean the complete cost including the con ;• " presented to the - town meeting by ing. tracts, Architects fees, furnishings, K: fcha as chairman o£ the finance Heating by steam with both direct etc., ready to occupy. - "•-V board. The following was his recom and indirect radiation in the rooms, ' r mendation: and positive ventilation of the best WILLIAM T. JEFFERY r':" >•" type. Electric lighting ' throughout i'- .* [k Proposed High School with the latest type fixtures: fire The building for which $250,000 is Well Known Hazardville Resident V'- < -• alarm system; -master clock ana pro Dies Suddenly. • - ' recommended is proposed to be built gram clock with secondary clocks and of brick with pressed brick facing William Joseph Jeffery, 63 years ; 7 It gives us a good deal of buzzers in each room; complete tel of age, died suddenly last evening at »Tifl cast stone trim; foundations of ephone system to all parts of the concrete; floors of reinforced con his home on Main street, Hazard ^ pleasure to say that the % -«V building, making a complete up-to- ville. Mr. Jeffery had worked all crete throughout; roof flat with tar date equipment. r and slag roofing; partitions fireproof day in the Somersville Manufactur mm / company has a local office The following rooms on the first ing Co., and after eating supper com • ^ • and ceilings of metal lath and plas and second floors: sufficient class ^nd that its local repre- t' ter. Stairs of steel and Concrete. plained of not feeling well. The ;,V-- rooms of about 40 pupils capacity, doctor was summoned but he con ix and study rooms and probably two ,, sentatives shared in the 'r . • tinued to fail, dying at ten o'clock. r v.' ' for Commercial use, giving total of Dr. Shepherd, who attended him making of that record; 'S - 500 pupils; also Chemical and Phy gave heart disease as the cause -of j •-'/ ;• r ...... Buy Before the sical Laboratory with complete death. I equipment, and Lecture room; Li- Mr. Jeffery was born in Devonshire, England, but had lived in Hazardville Price Advances ^ for 32 years, coming from Katonnah, N. Y. Besides his widow, he leaves M&TCH AND one daughter, Mary and four grand children, Joseph Shannon, steno eJEWELRY grapher for the war department at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Frank REl Shannon of Holyoke, Mrs. William WESTINGHOUSE JR. Complete with head set and Sutkin of New York and Lena Shan antenna outfit „ $15,001; non of Hazardville. The funeral will 311 be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock WESTINGHOUSE RS. Complete with tubes and bat in St. Bernard's Church. Burial will teries $40.00 "M A*.-J» GIACONI^j^^^^ be in St. Bernard's cemetery. CROSLEY XJ. Complete with loud speaker and an •H/U.. ASSISTANT MANAGER DISPUTE AIRED IN COURT tenna outfit $75.00 The important thing KENNEDY V. Complete with loud speaker, tubes and 44 PEARL STREET Morris Mnich Fined $20 and Costs about repair work is For Attacking Fellow Worker. batteries $125.00 i^gTHOMPSONVILLE, CONNp^S to remember that Morris Mnich, 33, was before the FREED EISEMANN NR5. Complete with R3 Magna-, local court Tuesday morning charg vox, tubes, batteries, storage battery rectifier and an when it is done by such ed with committing an assault on James Phillips, 68, of 17 Martin tenna outfit - $240.00 expert workmanship street, while both men were at their The WALTHAM work in the bleaching department of as we employ you can the carpet mills Monday night. He trust your most ex was fined $20 and costs amounting ARLINGTON to $37.91, which he paid. Phillips SPECIALS pensive Watch or came into court with his head com RALEIGH B. BROWN 3 WATCH pletely bandaged and there were choice piece of Jewel gashes under both yes, which were Radio Headquarters 15 Jewel movement in a sewed up by Dr. John F. McHugh. 119 MAIN STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. 25 year case, boxed, cased ry to us and be sure (According to the testimony, Phillips and px*iced at the factory that it will be return resented being called a Turk, he be 18 Naval Oranges 25c will sell for more than ing a Greek, and he struck Mnich ed to you in perfect with a small stick, whereupon the 3 Grape Fruit •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a**** 25c L-y. $25.00 in a few weeks. order. latter pushed the man up against a We have just one dozen post, face forward and then admin K 3 Lbs. Fresh Hamburg •••••••••••••••••••••••••••a** 35c istered several terrific jolts in the left at the old price. vicinity of the aged man's eyes. Of Do Your V Legs of Lamb ...... 35c : :'SR ficer Leon Bernier of the Bigelow- A. H. Lee Hartford Carpet Company police force f Roasting Chickens •••••••••••••••I 45c arrested Mnich. He was represented IS Roasts of Beef ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••(•••(••ft 25c to 40c A. B. Mitchell Jeweler by Attorney Harold Bromage. JEWELER & OPTICIAN 30 PEARL ST. 12 PEARL ST. D. A. R. TO HOLD MEETING THOMPSONVILLE At Home of Mrs. Edward Killam of Pearl Street, Saturday, Mar. 29. NOW C. L. HAMILTON The next regular meeting of the Penelope Terry Abbe Chapter, D. A. ; TRUE BROTHERS R. will be held at the home of Mrs. Pearl St, Thompsonville " Edward Killam on Pearl street next We can supply you with all the latest 1924 m Jewelers week Saturday, the 29th, at 3:30 P. Spring patterns in Maxwell Wall Papers. , LOUIS 3 SHOES)]) M. The literary program will con sist of a paper on the "Development aiaaaa of Hazardville" by Mrs. Joseph Wat jt'jta aa You Don't Want All grades in Varnishes, Orange and aaaaa son and a paper on the Terry family aaaaa by Mrs. Leon R. Abbe. There will White Shellac. Come to our store and let us THE CHARLES ALAIMO CO'S But One Ring also be reports of a state conference But you'd like to see which will be held next week Thurs quote a price on the paint for your home. MODERN MARKETING SYSTEM day and Friday in the Center church hundreds of them when you on the Green, New Haven. The Where quality and reasonable prices go- come to select. That's Thursday session will begin at 2 what you will find at True o'clock and in the evening a pag hand in hand with service. Scan thisfj Brothers. eant, "Glimpses of Our Country's Thompsonville Hardware Co. list of History," in five episodes, will be Immense Variety, presented by the Foreign-Born adult i 112-114 MAIN STREET High Grade, Fair Price, classes of the New Haven Public f ! Night School. Luncheon will be ARC## in ALL Our Lines served at Hotel Taft on Friday. The SUPPORT 8:05 train from Thompsonville will Springfield, Mass. arrive in New Haven in ample time For Comfort and Health Buy 408-410 Main, 6-8 Pynchon Sts. for the morning meetings on Friday. and Saturday Arch Support Shoes True Brothers' Corner LIMITATION OF CLAIMS Sill MEAT DEPT. Iff| Made by AT A COURT OF PROBATE hold- Thomson- Crooker Shoe Co, en at Enfield, within and for the Fresh Pork Loins 18c lb .Boston District of Enfield, on the 18th 1 day of March, A. D. 1924. Fresh Shoulders 12 /^c lb WANTED Present, Charles J. Fowler, Judge. 4 to 5 Lb. Roasts of Pork ttlMHMIMHIIIIHt 18c lb On motion of K. J. Puchinski, Scit- ico, Conn., executor on the estate of 4 to 5 lb. Native Chicken 35c lb RELIABLE Barbara Raches, late of the Town of SPECIALS FOR Enfield within said district, deceas Small Armour Hams 18c lb MAN ed. Round Steak, by the slice 25c lb This court doth decree that six FRIDAY And Saturday Lean Smoked Shoulders 11c lb Who is energetic and a hustler months be allowed and limited for Sugar Cured Bacon to represent the Hartford Fac the creditors of said estate to exhib - 18c lb tory branch of a nationally it their claims against the same to 1924 SUPPLY OF VEGETABLE AND Rib Roasts of Beef 18c lb known manufacturer in this the executor and directs that public FLOWER SEEDS HAVE ARRIVED Pot Roasts of Beef 15c tt> and surrounding towns as sales notice be given of this order by ad Milk Fed Veal a specialty—Legs of Veal 22c lb man. Must have car. Good vertising in a newspaper having a Pot Roast of Veal earnings and prospects for ad circulation in said district and by 14c lb vancement. Write fully or call posting a copy thereof on the public MEAT DEPT. Veal Stew lbs for 25c sign-post in said town of Enfield Loins of Lamb 30c lb nearest the place where the deceased Shoulder Steak ...... 18c lb Home Made Sausage Meat 22c lb Louis Shoe Store last dwelt. 420 MAIN STREET J. E. FISHER Certified from Record, Legs of Lamb 35c lb SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 88 CHURCH STREET CHARLES J. FOWLER, Judge. Whole Small Pork Loins 18c lb GROCERIES Mail Orders Filled HARTFORD, CONN. Open Saturday Evenings Whole Fresh Hams 18c lb Sugar ...1.. 9V2C lb—by the 100, $8.90 NOTICE Whole Smoked Hams 18c lb Sweet Corn, large size 5 cans 55c Lamb Stew 2 lbs 25c Large Onions - 6 lbs for 25c The persons interested in the ap Large Bunch of California Asparagus 50c bunch TWO 2-FAMILY HOUSES, both in the town, most desirable peal of Charles E. Pease from the Rib Roasts of Beef 18c lb up Blue Rose Rice 3 lbs for 22c residential section. Decision of the Selectmen of the Lemons 2 dozen for 35c ONE 2-FAMILY HOUSE, three minutes walk from post office. Town of Enfield, in establishing the A well built house in A1 condition. Bath. Electric lights. Gas. lines of Brainard Road and all per fi GROCERY DEPT. Pea Beans ... 3 lbs for 25c $6500. Easy terms. sons owning land adjoining said Large Sweet Florida Oranges 25c dozen ENFIELD STREET, high class residence of fourteen rooms, on highway are notified and cited to ap California Walnuts ...... ;.L..... % lbs for 35c Guaranteed Fresh Eggs ..... 2 dozen for 65c a large lot. Close to where our new high school is to be built. This pear before the Superior Court to Baker's Cocoa, V& lb. can 17c Pork and Beans : 98c dozen is a good buy. be holden at Hartford, within and Laundry Soap 6 bars for 25c Campbell's Tomato Soup $1.05 dozen IN SOMERS. Eight room thoroughly well built house in A1 for the County of Hartford on the Maine Style Corn 2 cans for 25c condition. Poultry house, small barn, about four acres of land. Well First Tuesday of April, 1924, then York State Pea Beans .... 3 lbs for 25c ?: : ^7: located. A Bargain. and there to answer ugto said ap Teco Pancake Flour 2 pkgs 25c Dry Peaches or Apricots 2 lbs for 25c 20 ACRE FARM near town, 10 acre tobacco shed room. Good peal and the matters therein alleged. Ritter's Pure Catsup, 2 bottles 25c California Prunes 3 lbs for 35c barn, poultry house. House fairly good, land Al. A good buy for Dated at Enfield, this 19th day of Kellogg's Corn Flakes - 2 for 15c Kellogg's Corn Flakes .... 7c package •&;•. y;-. March, 1924. someone. CHARLES E. PEASE, Cape Cod Cranberries, 2 quarts for —. 25c Shredded Wheat lie package We have 50 Fruit, Poultry, Tobacco, Dairy and Vegetable farms. Petitioner. Best Pastry Flour 99c sack Tick Tock ....—...— — 3 packages for 25c Some very desirable places that we would be glad to show you. By Harold J. Bromage, Atty. Gold Medal Flour $1.05 sack Stickney & Poor's Prepared Mustard 3 jars for 25c' 2 GOOD BUYS in central Pearl St. Business property/ If Thompsonville is to have a future these properties are valuable ones The British Ambassador at Wash Blue Ribbon Toilet Paper ; > 7 rolls for 25c' to own. ington has a salary just over $12,- Silii FRUIT DEPT. Laundry Soap 6 bars for 25c Dependable information on matters relating to either real estate 000, but in addition he has a com Celery, Cauliflpwer, Lettuce and Spinach or insurance. pletely appointed embassy at his dis California Sunkist Oranges...... 2 doz. 35c Fresh Sauerkraut 4 lbs 25c posal and an allowance of more than Pickled Fresh Shoulders .... 2 lbs 25c Cl v Arthur E. Barney & Son $85,000, thus totaling $97,350. The Large Grape Fruit 4 for 25c American Ambassador at London has Mushrooms, Green Peppers, Strawberries, Cauliflow Pickled Spare Ribs 5.—— 2 lbs 25c J;- 69 HIGH ST. — TEL. 450 — ODD FELLOWS BLDG. a salary of $17,500, and in addition he must pay for the upkeep of the er, Spinach, Red Radishes, New Cabbage, Spanish • & embassy from his private pocket. Oiiions, Topatoes and Rhubard. pip SR Real Estate Insurance The Chas. Alaimo Co. Deadly Germs Oddly Sprtad. Germs carried on the feet of bird*1 FISH DEPT. Hi TELEPHONE 4S6 :^k§l and by currents of air are said to Large Bloater Mackerel, Fresh Herring, Blue, Salmon, ^ " SATISFIED CUSTOMERS OUR BEST ASSET 5 spread outbreaks of "foot-and-mouth" r }.$• Halibut, Oysters, Smelts and Finnan Haddie. |g| 40 PEARL STREET disease among cattle,
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