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FIFTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 1. THOMPSONVILLE, CONN., THURSDAY, MA*. 21, 1932 Subscription $2.00 Per Year—Single Copy 5c. DEATH OF JOHN E. HINES BUILDING AND ATTEND ROTARY MEETING Son of Late Michael and Mary Hines Local Club Well Represented at Con­ Local Officials Favor Passes Away in City. ference in Springfield Tuesday. Tax Collection Less Word was received by relatives Twenty-three members of the local here this morning of the death in New LOAN ASS'N ENDS York of John E. Hines, 20, a native Rotary Club attended the annual Road Plan of this town and son of the late Mich­ ITS 16TH YEAR spring conference of the 30th Rotary ael and Mary (Delaney) Hines. He District which was held at the Hotel Than 1931 by $30,000 was a nephew of Mrs. Patrick Lyons Kimball in Springfield last Tuesday. of this town, and the body will be Annual Report Shows The club was given fifth place among New Method of Handling Town Aid Road Con­ brought to her home, 30 School street, the 43 organizations in the district this evening. The funeral will take That Local Organiza­ for the number in attendance in pro­ Figures, However, As Analized by Collector F. A. place Saturday morning with services portion to its membership. All the struction Was Favored Here Last Year—Town in St. Patrick's Church at 9 o'clock. tion Made Substantial members attending were present at Burke, Are Satisfactory Despite Decrease— Burial will be in St. Patrick's Ceme­ the noon luncheon meeting and most May Build Highways Under State Supervision tery. He is survived by a brother, Progress Despite Eco­ of them remained for the conference Danger of Money Shortage Towards End of Raymond, and his grandmother, Mrs. meeting in the afternoon and the din­ —Will Help Relieve Unemployment Situation. Charlotte Cheney of Hartford. Be­ nomic Conditions. ner in the evening. Secretary Louis Fiscal Year If Those in Arrears Do Not Pay Up. -* sides, two other aunts survive him. . ,. , ,, , B. Van Doren was the official repre- That the dirt road improvement They are Miss Agnes Manning of Accordmg to the annual report of Sentative of the local club at the con- Approximately $30,000 less taxes Springfield and Mrs. Frank Webster the Thompsonville Building and Loan KNIGHTS TO GIVE program here as voted by a recent ference. were collected during the month of special town meeting may be carried of Palmer, Mass. Association, which was compiled this FOUR ARTICLES out by the board of selectmen under week by Financial Secretary J. Ham­ March of this year than that which i state supervision is the latest devel­ ilton Potter, the organization has was received by Collector Francis A. MINSTREL SHOW made the usual satisfactory progress opment in the manner of handling the IN WARNING FOR EXERCISES FOR despite the economic conditions. The Burke in the same period last year, town aid road projects in this state. according to tentative figures compil-j MONDAY EVENING This method of administering the report, which according to the system fund was very much favored by the of being compiled semi-annually, is NEW TAXPAYERS ed by him this week regarding the lo­ SPECIAL SESSION local board of selectmen last year, but EDWARD M'LAREN the thirty-second one issued by the cal tax collecting situation. The to­ organization since its institution 1C Annual Entertainment the plan at that time provided that tal amount collected during March towns might bid for the work, but years ago, shows total assets, which Electors Will Act On the of Washington Irving would have to do so in competition HELD YESTERDAY are invested in first mortgage loans, was $374,460.98, as compared with Finance Board Recom­ with private contractors. of $575,800 and cash on hand of $6,- $406,721.07 during March, 1931. Council Will Be Held in 778.39. Officers and Directors of The total amount of the tax war- mendations and Giving This year the plan, which has the Funeral of Veteran Car­ The principal item of its liabilities High School Auditor­ approval of Highway Commissioner $459,297.51, which is approximately John A. Macdonald, Governor Wilbur pet Weaver and Well- is made up of payments on install­ I Officials Right to Bor­ ium—Fine Program. L. Cross and the State Finance board, ment shares which amounts to $381,-. Named—Plans Made to SI 0,000 less than the amount of taxes row Sum to Be Used. provides for the work being done by Known Citizen Held 554.20. There is also a very substan­ that was to be collected in the year the town on estimates of the cost sup­ tial item in the liabilities column of Incorporate and Hold 1931. Of the total amount of the tax With a fine program of solos and From His Late Home $147,768.04. The undivided profits warrant for this year all but $84,- An appropriation of $15,000 will be specialties fully prepared, all is in plied by the state. The change was amount to $14,378.05, while the con­ 836.53 has been collected up to the , , . made, it was said, as an unemploy- Mass Meeting. recomr readiness for the annual minstrel en- Ty,,.- ,• -> , . ., - On Sullivan Avenue. tingent fund amounts to $3,602.20. first week of the present month while nended by the Town Finance tertainment of Washington Irving ™£fAreJ*el The receipts and disbursements for rim-on^ r> p„vK.>r,i- the figure of the uncollected amount! Board at a special meeting of the Council, Knights of Columbus, which at thi s because of demands for relief from The funeral of Edward McLaren, the past six months form a part of president of the Enfield Taxpayers' j , , year was slightly j electors which will be held Tuesday is scheduled for next Monday evening the report. It shows that during that 1 those unable to find work. It is ad-"0ne of Thompsonville's best known Association at a meeting held in the!™? '? °°tha • evening:, April 26, in the Enfield High In the Enfield High School Auditor­ period the association has received in y assembly room Mon ium. The presentation is under the mitted that the cost may be higher and respected citizens, who died sud­ payment of installment shares, $47,- than under the system in vogue last evening. The organizing plans; he"~had""eTnectede under the circum- i urge this additional sum was made at supervision of Harold D. Richards, denly at his home on Sullivan Avenue 587.14. The revenue from interest on went forward rapidly at this meetingy J expected unaei tne cncum ^ ^ Fin£mce Board ^ •who has directed the productions of year, when only experienced men mortgage loans amounted to $16,708. this organization for several years. were employed, but this extra cost Monday morning, was held from his The principal items disbursed were which in addition to the election of; ^ t* tj- weeji Collector Burke' Friday evening in the town building, will come, not from the state, but late home yesterday afternoon and and e[Lkn thp 1 has maintained the same office hours! during which the condition of theva- Mrs. William A. Furey, Jr. will ac­ from the towns. paid out on loans, $32,600, and shares company the musical numbers. Many to inmranrat action necessaiy,at th(? town building as during the rious balances in the appropriations Te State Highway Department will was very largely attended. Many withdrawn $29,438.38. The associa­ of the capable performers of previous tion has approximately 1,000 share­ Tho nnvr>n=Q„ I tax collecting period. From now on made last fall were examined and the supervise all road building and re­ beautiful floral tributes testified to h entertainments are on the program holders. spf fnrth in thP lw lni e will not only be at the town build-1 general condition of the town finances pairing work undertaken by the towns the esteem in which Mr. McLaren was again this year, and there is every held. In the absence of Rev. W. F The complete report of the thirty- assurance that the production will be it was said. The work will be let to second semi-annual statement, to­ will be there from 7 to 9 everv Mon- The specific purpose of the finance the towns on a unit basis and in ac­ Daum, D. D., pastor of the First Pres­ board meeting was to provide addi­ up to the usual high standard which gether with the list of l-eceipts and 1 f Ut byterian Church, of which the deceas­ county' and" municipal go^r^nmentei j Sndin^"tf Xe°S ^° ^° " has been maintained by this organi­ cordance with plans and estimates disbursements for the past six months tional funds for the welfare depart­ furnished by the Highway Depart­ ed was a member, Rev. Oliver W. Bell, atrencies: snrV. ar-Hvi'tioc mQ-,r standing taxes. . . , ment, the original appropriation of zation pastor of the Hazardville Methodist is as follows: the taxpayers of Enfield, and by co­ Even since the close of the tax col­ The following is the complete pro­ ment and its engineers. An inspector Assets. lecting period, Collector Burke states $20,000 having been expended. In from the department will be on hand Church, officiated at the service in the operation with such agencies strive that a"considerable portion of the tax- preparing its recommendation for the gram: Opening chorus, "Sing a New home, and at the grave the committal Loans upon first mort­ to assist ih affecting economy and ef­ Song," entire company; grand open­ to see that all jobs comply with speci­ gages $575,800.00 payers have paid up in whole or m special town meeting, the finance fications and to instruct and advise service was conducted according to ficiency in such activities." Dues board divided the amount into_ three ing overture, "In the Land of the the Masonic ritual by Doric Lodge, Office furniture account 194.10 were placed at $1.00 per year and the part and he expressed conviction that Free," entire company; an invitation, the first selectmen. Cash in banks, May 1, 1932 6,778.39 most of the $30,000 that was out­ separate sums. It is asking in the Although probably he has adequate with Kenneth J. Ridley, worshipful membership is limited to persons as­ warning for the meeting which was "Spend An Evening in Caroline," master in charge. The burial took sessed on a valuation of $2,000 a year standing as compared with the unpaid Samuel Green; tenor solo, "Deep in authority under the dirt roads act to $582,772.49 taxes of last year would be paid up officially issued today, that $10,000 be have the work done in whatever man­ place in the family plot in the Thomp- a more. Federal, state, county or mu­ added to the Poor Away Account and My Heart Dear," John A. Langford; sonville Cemetery, Robert F. Kelly, Liabilities. nicipal office holders are barred from i before the end of the fiscal year. On her way "South Bound," Miss ner he chooses, Commissioner Mac- Installment shares $381,554.20 that $3,000 be provided for the Park : donald discussed the new plan with William P. Gourlie, Albert J. Epstein, and Playgrounds department and $2,- Eleanor Furey; a welcome, "Awake Frank R. Bohman, Horace G. Bodley Single payment shares 21,670.00 mav become6m* T for Spring is Here," Miss Edna Pla- the State Board of Control and Fi­ Certificate of Deposit 12,400.00 2, Sir! ' Ubj6Ct t0 the situation has been about the same as 000 additional for the Roads and nance last Thursday, it is understood, and Douglas King of Doric Lodge of mondon; an echo, "Darktown Strut­ Dividends credited 147,768.04 Tn ' M -R v , +, the town tax. Of the $14,558.86 to Bridges Account. and secured the board's approval of Masons, of which the deceased was a U ba The latter two sums in being rec- ters' Ball," Miss Bernice Young; in member, acting as bearers. Contingent fund 3,602.20 othert, officers electedJ ™were ® asL follows:£n' 3* be collected. *12.688.01 was paid dur- person, Master Jackie Dineen; bari- the change. In addition to giving em- Undivided profits 14,378.05 ing the tax collecting period. These ommended will carry a specific pro- Although in failing health for the Vice-President, F. Howard Stetson; figures compare favorably with the vision that the money be expended in £iT ballad"A Dr^m" Ray' Sum! thy residents of the past few months, Mr. McLaren had Due borrower (unfinished secretary, M. W. Hullivan; treasurer, van; a study in song, "Concentrate ^ns> *^3 F t ? ? wlU T loan) 1,400.00 receipts of the district taxes in pre-' providing work for the unemployed, on You," William A Furey, Jr.; sax- Ppeaseease serousnumerous first selectmen-w— who continued at his work as jacquard Frederick W. Mallard. The board of vious years. - The call for the town meeting con- have maintained from the first that weaver in the plant of the Bigelow- directors named consists of, for three Collector Burke, as well as Town tains the additional provision author- ophone twins; the eternal question, Sanford Carpet Company, having $582,772.49 years, Mr. Burbank, Elliott I. Peter­ "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" they should supervise and have Receipts. Treasurer Sullivan, is particularly izing the selectmen and the treasurer charge of such efforts as were to be been at his post as late as last Fri­ sen, Harry Squires and M. E. Brod- anxious that as much as possible of to borrow the sum if $15,000 in antic- Miss Anna O'Connor; the light fan­ day. He was a native of Greenock, For six months ending Ap­ rick; for two years, F. Howard Stet­ tastic, tap dance, Miss Eleanor Mabee made to get their towns out of the ril 30, 1932: the outstanding taxes be paid during ipation of the revenue from taxes, mud. Scotland, born there May 7, 1859, and son, A. F. Javorski, Antonio Gannus- present fiscal year, as there is grave The meeting will take place at 8 P. and Miss Winnie Torrey; end special­ came to this town with his parents, Cash in banks, November cio and William E. Savage; for one ty, "The Wooden Soldier" and "The The plan has been approved by the 1, 1931 $ 9,199.42 possibility that the town may run M., daylight saving time. executive committee of the Connecti­ Mr. and Mrs. James McLaren in 1877, year, Arthur J. Stewart, Frederick short of funds towards the end of the1 At its meeting Friday evening the China Doll"; ballad, "Where Are You when his father entered the employ Payment upon installment W. Mallard, William A. Fletcher and Girl of My Dreams," "Roxy" Burke; cut Rural Roads Association, which shares 47,587.14 fiscal period. Were the total amount finance board drew up an appeal organization was largely responsible of the old Hartford Carpet Company, John P. Manning. of the difference between collections which was forwarded to the Board of stepping out, "Going to Town," Ev- and he later took a position at the Payment upon single pay­ The 21 members present who sign­ ely Dineen; the inimitable imitators, for the appropriation of $3,000,000 a ment shares 2,200.00 this year and last to carry over be-' Education urging a general reduction year for the town aid road movement. plant, leaving after several years' ed as charter members were: Clar­ yond the present fiscal year it would m the school budget for next year of Shea brothers; ring dem bells, "I'm a service to engage in similar work in Interest 16,708.00 ence D. Burbank, James T. Burgess, Ding Dong Daddy," Ted Lockwood; Chairman P. T. Malley stated today undoubtedly create a shortage of cash least 10 per cent. The board will that the selectmen here would take Lowell, Mass. He returned here some William A. Fletcher, Martin E. Brod- in the towA treasury by the month of make a similar request of the other soprano solo, "Wondtrful Garden of $ 75,694.56 rick, Henry E. Fletcher, Antonio Gan- advantage of the new plan in connec­ years ago and had since been employ­ Disbursements. August. i departments of the town government Dreams," Mrs. Daniel A. Garvey; a ed at the local carpet plant. nuscio, Louis R. Halbwachs, William j as the work of compiling the budget tip to hot pappas, "Your Mama's tion with the building of the roads al­ For six months ending Ap­ ready approved by the town, and that His wife, who was Miss Margaret Hyland, M. W. Hullivan, A. F. Javor­ TAKE VOLUNTARY CUT !fo1' next year is taken up. Goin' to Slow Yo' Down," Eugene ril 30, 1932: ski, Peter Jedziniak, Frederick Mal­ unemployed men so far as it was pos­ Miller before her marriage, died in Paid on loans granted $ 32,600.00 Martin; grand finale, "Whistle and sible would be used on the jobs. The 1926. In his younger days Mr. Mc­ lard, John P. Manning, George S. Blow Your Blues Away," entire com­ Laren was actively interested in Shares withdrawn—dues ... 29,438.33 Phelps, Elliott I. Petersen, F. Howard Employes of Town Street Department members of the board will attend the Shares withdrawn — divi­ Agree to Decrease of 10%. pany. meeting of the Connecticut Rural sports, and he was also affiliated with Stetson, Harry Squires, Philip Sis- TO PROVIDE WORK dends 4,621.65 itzky, Richard M. Smyth, William E. Notice was served on the Board of I Roads Association next Wednesday, fraternal societies, both in Lowell and Single payment shares when the plan will be fully discussed. this place. He is survived by one son, Savage and Arthur J. Stewart. Selectmen yesterday by the employes! William B. McLaren, with whom he withdrawn—dues 550.00 It was planned to hold a mass meet­ of the town street department that)I FOR UNEMPLOYED TO CONFBRTON Single payment shares they would accept a cut of 10 per centi Poor Fishing Season. made his home, three sisters, Mrs. ing in the near future to explain the withdi-awn—dividends 288.97 purpose of the new organization and in their wages. This action was pure-;-^! ^, . Due to the continued cold weather Jessie Maylott of Worcester, and Mrs. Dividend on certificate of local fishermen have had rather poor .Tames Melladew and Mrs. Olin E. to secure new members. ly voluntary on the part of the help, liilm otXeet WOrK Otart" EXPENDITURES of deposit 341.00 In a communication to the board, the! luck since the opening of the season Woodward of Thompsonville, and Annual expenses paid 407.67 ed Yesterday Under last Friday. As compared with other three brothers, Charles of Boston, Captains Meet Tonight. employes stated "knowing the pres-! James of and George, Salary account 668.50 ent economic conditions and the pre-, Heads of Various De­ years the number of local anglers tak­ Cash on hand, May 1, 1932 6,778.39 An important meeting of the cap­ State Supervision Will ing out licenses is exceedingly small. who is assistant clerk of courts in tains of the teams that are to make vailing financial difficulties of munici-j pal financing and being desirous of i partment to Meet With Up to the day on which the season New Haven. $ 75,694.56 the canvass for the "spread employ­ Employ Local Labor. opened only 65 licenses had been is­ ment" movement here will be held helping: the town to keep within its j The annual meeting of the share­ budget, we express our willingness toj Town Finance Board sued by Town Clerk Timothy J. Sulli­ Plan Observance of Arbor Day. holders will be held in the town build­ this evening in the town building. 'i By arrangement with First Select­ Tomorrow Evening. van, whereas 200 was the ordinary Extensive plans are being made by ing, Friday evening, May 6, at 7:45 The chairman of the committee in aCCePllirfd,™=»°f rLvLn61™n Patrick T. Malley, the work of number in previous years. the town school authorities for the F. M. A printed copy of the report charge of this part of the work is ex­ ?Ur T fV. ovriroccPfl o-rnti-1 patching and repairing Elm street celebration of Arbor Day. An unus­ will be presented to each shareholder tremely anxious that those who have ley o e d P , . K " was commenced yesterday under the An important conference will be Clean-Up Week Dates Selected. ual program is being arranged with been invited to head the various teams fication at the voluntary action of the superv5sion of th(? State Highway De. held in the town building tomorrow and supplementary reports will be Notice of the annual clean-up week the exercises for the various schools attend this meeting. The meeting men and snt a e tVip partment. The project will be financ- evening at which members or repre­ made by the officers. The meeting will be addressed by Col. Harry Per­ would go i O:effcct^mmediately. The ^ fr()m the ba,ance for the town has been officially issued being in keeping with the purpose of will elect the executive officers and 1 0 the Sp en ba la C of sentatives of all the boards connected men were paid $4.00 and undei- the .I ' "?, _ ^ „ i : ^ ? .J^ this week by the board of selectmen. the day. The exercises will be held five directors. kins of Hartford, director of the or­ town aid road appropriation which with the town government will be The period designated by the board Friday, April 29, the full program for ganization of the movement in this scale now effective the per diem will i was left over since last year. Ordin- present. The meeting is being called The following are the present offi­ be $3.60. is the week of May 2nd to 7th. which will be published later. cers of the association: President, section. j arily this money would not be avail- by the Town Finance Board, and is . able until July, but through the ef­ for the purpose of discussing the fi­ Walter P. Schwabe; vice-president, J. Francis Browne; financial secretary, forts of the local officials the release nancial status of the various depart­ of it was brought forward to the ments and examining into them to the J. Hamilton Potter; recording secre­ tary, William J. Hughes; treasurer, present time. end that any possible curtailments Plans For Create a Job The work will be supervised by might be made. Improvement In Credit Philip J. Sullivan; directors, John M. Savage, H. Stephen Bridge, A. F. Ja­ Thomas Mulcahy of the State High- The board will advise with the vorski, Tudor Gowdy, Albert C. Rich­ ; way Department, and local labor will Board of Education particularly, in ardson, Philip Sisitzky, Albert J. Ep­ I be used exclusively on the job. It was regard to the budget for next year, Campaign Progressing j expressly for the purpose of provid- which is now in the process of being Situation For Farmers stein, Antonio Gannuscio, Sylvester L. Mitchell, George S. Phelps; audi­ i ing some additional work for the town compiled. As the expenses of the de­ •unemployed that the officials urged partment of education constitutes the tors, Frederick E. Hunter and Harvey C. Brainard. i the highway commissioner to start largest expenditure of the town gov­ If Pending Legislation in Washington Is Passed All Sub-committees Submit Satisfactory Reports the work at once. Approximately ernment, it is the plan of both the $10,000 of the town's share of the Board of Education and the Finance the Serious Credit Situation That Confronts DEMOCRATS PLAN At Meeting of General Committee in Town "dirt road" fund was unspent from Board to pare the budget as much as last year, and this will be used in re­ is safely possible. Connecticut Farmer# May Be Relieved. FOR CONVENTION Building—Captains Meet Tonight. surfacing the roads already improved This same policy will be pursued in last year, and the Elm street repairs analyzing the present and future ex­ which got underway this week. Meeting of Town Committee De­ At the meeting of the "C-reate-a- terial which will acquaint the people penditures of all other departments. Credit legislation which would be Loans made under the provisions of with the facts of the campaign. Chairman Malley estimates that The highway account especially is ex­ helpful to Connecticut fanners, and the proposed legislation are not in­ cide to Send I'ninstructed Job" Campaign Committee, held in with the addition of the town's quota pected to be considerably reduced next Cities and towns all over the coun­ especially to tobacco growers, is pend­ tended for the purpose of financing the town building last evening, a ten­ try are driving hard to consume goods °f the fund for the year beginning year. The selectmen are confident Delegation to Hartford. ing in Washington and according to farm operations directly. Instead, tative program was laid out for the that will create jobs and put men back] July 1, there will be about $28,000 that with the help of the town aid advices from the National Capitol the the proceeds of these loans are whol­ to work. The total men so placed is available for highway work in the road funds, a considerable saving can Plans were perfected by the Demo­ local campaign. The canvassing com­ Connecticut representatives in Con­ ly for the purchase of stock in credit well over 500,000 according to radioltown from now until July, 1933, and be made in the local appropriation gress are working hard for its pass­ corporations. Such loans are expect­ cratic Town Committee at a meeting mittee reported that the same organ­ held last Friday evening in the town reports, and as the returns come from'that this sum, which is wholly from for the road and bridges account for age. The bill, which has been intro­ ed to help provide local credit agen­ ization and same areas would be used all over the country, the improve-: the dirt road appropriation, should next year. Not only will the confer­ duced by Congressman Augustine cies which, in turn, will make loans building for representation at the r Democratic state convention to be as those used for the unemployment mcnt is daily. i elieve the local highway financial ence take up the budget for next year Lonergan, proposes that a credit cor- to farmers. The meat 'in the whole campaign is j burden considerably. but any possible saving that can be held in Hartford, May 16 and 17. The last fall. A meeting of the cap­ poration be organized for which it is Credit corporations established un­ tains will take place this evening at an effort to create a feeling in the . made for the remainder of the pres­ proposed that $10,000,000 be set aside. der this plan will obtain funds for meeting selected Thursday evening, April 28, for the caucus which will 7 o'clock in the town building, to minds of the people that because of | Future Bride Honored by Friends, ent year will be given consideration Under the provisions of existing making loans by rediscounting farm­ the low prices and good values offer-j Mrs. George White was hostess at also. legislation, farmers may establish ers' notes at the Federal Intermediate elect the delegates to this conven­ choose teams and make final arrange­ tion. The caucus will be held in the ments for the big canvassers' rally ed today, there is no time like the .her home on Lafayette street last credit corporations providing _ they Credit banks. Used as a part of the present'for turning the tide of the, Thursday evening for a pre;nuptial Mrs. Mary A. Wynne. have finances to purchase stock in the capital of credit corporations, the Higgins School Auditorium, and ac­ which is to take place on May 4 in cording to the ruling of the State Cen­ the high school auditorium. depression by buying those deferred fete as a surprise honor for Miss Hel- Word has been received here that agricultural credit corporation they $10,000,000 will be the means by purchases and making those delayed! en Jebrysik, given by her associates which farm groups may borrow sev­ tral Committee seven delegates will The speakers' committee reported Mrs. Mary A. Wynne, a former resi­ intend to form. After the establish­ that progress had been made in secur­ improvements which are necessary! in the picking room of the Bigelow- dent of this town, passed away Wed­ ment of such a body, the corporation eral times the amount supplied by the be named. for the high standard of living to Sanford Carpet plant. About 25 were nesday, April 13, at the home of her may borrow from the Intermediate government for loans to farmers. The meeting discussed the possibil­ ing speakers for the various organi­ ity of instructing the delegates to the zation meetings in town, and all pub­ which the American people are deter-' present. Pink and white was the col- daughter, Mrs. George Buchler, 344 Credit bank. The bank is not author­ Under the terms of this proposed , mou vvuuiu mined to live. The purchase of any or scheme employed in the attractive 90th street, Brooklyn, N. Y. She was ized to make loans directly to individ­ act, loans can be made only by indi­ convention and while this move was lic gatherings that would take place favored by some, it was opposed by between now and the actual canvass- goods beyond the bare necessities of ^-corations of j.he living-room and^jof born in Scotland and would have been ual borrowers. viduals. Loan applications, according fife, "no "matter how trifling, or the the large basket containing many to tentative regulations, need not be others and resulted in a final decision ing. They were also laying tentative in this country 53 years on April 15, Under the proposed plan, farmers plans for band concerts and the use of performance of a repair or improve- beautiful and practical gifts compns- of which 15 were spent in this town. will be able to borrow money for the limited to farmers, but in all cases to recommend the sending of an un- ment job around the house will do ing a miscellaneous shower for the purchase of stock in an agricultural they must be submitted by individuals instructed delegation in accordance the broadcasting facilities of a Hart­ She is survived by three daughters, ford station to advertise the value of their bit toward relieving the Ameri- bride-elect. Music and games and re- Mrs. Buchler, Mrs. Thomas Poole and credit corporation if they desire to who desire to purchase stock in agri­ with the practice that has prevailed can workman from his dependence on freshments served by the hostess ad- cultural credit corporations. If bank­ here for years. It is understood also the campaign. Miss Margaret Wynee; four grand­ form one and do not have the neces­ The publicity committee have been charity, and one more allow him to ded much pleasure to the evening, sons, Thomas, Daniel and Richard sary funds to start. This feature is ers, merchants or professional men that the delegates will be selected face the world, secure in his confi- Miss Jebrysik's marriage will teke Poole and William Olsen; one sister, being looked upon by agricultural are interested in providing improved from the floor of the caucus without operating satisfactorily and_ the ways any influence being exerted on the and means committee submitted their dence that he has a job and an oppor- place in Chicopee, her home, on Sat- Mrs. William Watts, and a brother, leaders as a forward step in view of tunity to support himself and family, urday, the 30th. . , Daniel Hochney. the general tight credit situation. 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non-commissioned officers, and the first of these, in point of time, was Dad and Daughter in First Meeting HEALTH OF NEXT ENFIELD SOLDIER Sergeant Elijah Churchill of Enfield. GENERATION MAY The others were Sergeant William EVERYTHING FOR THE PARMER Brown of Stamford and Sergeant SUFFER GREATLY THE AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE i WAS GIVEN RARE Daniel Bissell of Windsor. Not only was this the first instance that such an honor badge was provided in a Depression Will Bring Drastic t MILITARY HONOR truly democratic spirit for the enlist­ Results Unless Diet of Pres­ ed man in the ranks, but it was the oldest in the world with the exception ent Children Is Balanced. Was One of Three Revo­ of the Cross of St. George of Russia. For The Dairy Man— After the Revolution the order : Health of future generations, to say lutionary Veterans to seems to have passed intou disuse and ip « nothing of that of the present young­ Larro and any other formula desired. Receive Purple Heart' it is only within a few years that in- er generation, may be seriously af­ ^~v j Tk.T n • j i. Jterest in it has been aroused through fected by the current depression un­ Order iNOW JtveVlVeQ uy published articles referring to its ex­ less individual families take precau­ istence. Manuscripts discovered in tion to include in their diet the prop­ For The Poutry Man— President Hoover. the Library of Congress have brought er essentials, no matter how little to light material for investigation and may be the money available for food, "Full of Pep" Starting Mash, "Full of Pep" Growing the State Department of Health all the tributes to the memory for this the public is indebted to John warned in a recent bulletin. Mash, Little Chick Feed, Intermediate Chick Feed, and achievements of Washington.Fitzpatrick of the library and the This year's child is a trifle less rug­ during this bicentennial year, none! members of the New Hampshire So- "Full of Pep" Laying Mash and our own mixture 0 e ged, a little more malnourished, more can surpass in interest the revival of;?JT , Cincinnati. Among the joorly clad than in other years, while mash. Incubators, Brooders, Feeders and Fountains. the Purple Heart Order of Military Washington papers was found the lis free and joyous spirit may be Merit, which he established in 1782.1 accompanying Sergeant dampened by the grim spector of un­ And no more appropriate date could! Churchill s Pnrple Heart badge and t( om ) r iei c employment which has invaded his have been selected for its reinstitu-' i lf. J . ®l l ? the full significance home. The problem to be most se­ tion, by order of President Hoover, I ? , .ls distinction, it is herewith cop- ied in riously confronted at this time is to than the 200th anniversary of Wash-! its entirety from the original safeguard his health so that his ca­ ington's birth. |manuscript: pacity for growth may not be per­ Geo. S. Phelps & Co. When funds became too scarce to, "George Washington Esquire, Gen- manently injured. The aftermath of permit of commissions in the Con-jeral and Commander-in-Chief of the war and famine, when food supplies PROSPECT STREET THOMPSONVILLE, CT. tinental army in recognition of un-( forces of the United States of Amer- llllig have failed, is stunted growth, soft usual bravery and service, the Com-jica,... To all to whom these presents pliable bones, poorly developed teeth mander-in-Chief created this Purple-shall come, sendeth Greeting: and lack of resistance to disease. If Heart order of valor, as declared in i "Whereas it hath ever been an es- •K-XftX present conditions continue, the chil­ an entry in his Orderly Book, at New- tablished maxim in the American dren of the present will be faced with burgh, N. Y., his headquarters, on service that the road to glory was op- similar results and the next genera­ August 7, 1782. This is regarded as en to all, that honorary rewards and tion will have to pay the penalty. one of the greatest documents of distinctions were the greatest stimuli It was a momentous day In the lives of this pretty twenty-one-year-old The burden is plainly upon the democracy, and reads in part: to virtuous actions, and that distin­ American girl and her father, a French opera singer, as they met for the shoulders of the adult to make sacri­ "The General, ever desirous to cher­ guished merit should not pass unno­ first time on the deck of a great ocean liner at New York. Like the story of fices so that young children may not ish a virtuous ambition in his soldiers, ticed or unrewarded, and, Whereas suffer. Mothers must be taught to WARNING one of the father's beloved operas, reads the account of how Louis Rousseau as well as to foster and encourage a Board of Officers whereof Brigadier spend even their scant amount of food every species of military merit, di­ General Greaton is president, hath and his daughter had unsuccessfully sought each other for years, once actual­ money wisely. Milk must be included, rects that whenever any singularly been constituted and appointed for the ly living within calling distance of each other in New York. The girl was since it contains growth essentials meritorious action is performed, the purpose of investigating the several born in Dallas, , a few weeks after her father and mother had divorced and a rich source of calcium needed Special Town Meeting author of it shall be permitted to wear pretensions of the candidates for the and separated. Louise Rousseau was at the pier as the liner glided up the for bones and teeth. One fifth or even on his facings, over his left breast, Badge of Military Merit, and said bay, bringing her father to her. She had waited all her life for him. one fourth of the food money should the figure of a heart in purple cloth board having reported in the words be used for milk in order to safe­ THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF ENFIELD, IN THE or silk, edged with narrow lace or following, viz: That Sergeant Elijah guard health. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ARE HEREBY WARNED binding. Not only instances of unus­ Churchill of the 2d Regiment of Light able notice which a brave and faithful or Washington, its founder, but _ is Since vegetables and fruits make ual gallantry, but also of extraordin­ TO MEET IN THE Dragoons, in the several enterprises soldier deserves from his countrymen, made of much more durable> material such an important contribution to ary fidelity and essential service in against Fort St. George and Fort Given under my hand and seal at the than the original,_ and consists of health, containing as they do valuable any way shall meet with a due re­ Slongo on Long Island, in their opin­ heart-shaped medal, its face gold mineral elements and vitamins that ward. The road to glory in a patriot headquarters of the American Army ion acted a very conspicuous and sing- this first day of May, 1783. _ By his bordered and its center of purple promote and favor growth, one fifth Enfield High School Auditorium army and a free country is thus open| ularly meritorious part, that at the Excellency's command, Jonathan enamel. On the obverse side is a re­ can well be spent for these, of which In Thompsonville, in Said Enfield, on n? • • I head of each body of attack, he not Trumbull, Jr., secretary." lief bust of Washington in the uni­ the cheaper varieties should be se­ This general order, in two parts, j only acquitted himself with great gal- The story of the daring exploits of form of a general in the Continental lected, potatoes, cabbage, carrots and also established another decoration, ajlantry, firmness and address, but that the men cited for the Purple Heart, Army. Its reverse is gold, with the onions. Fruits such as oranges and badge of honorary distinction, or; the surprise in one instance, and the as pieced out from the official records, inscription, "For military merit." bananas should be purchased when Tuesday, April 26, 1932 chevron for length of service, but the j success of the attack in the order, is of absorbing interest, but that of The Washington coat of arms is in­ possible since these can be eaten raw revival has reference only to the for- proceeded, in a considerable degree, corporated in the ring which attaches and so made to supply that import At 8:00 o'clock P. M., Daylight Saving Time the Enfield man can only be told, as (7:00 o'clock P. M., Standard Time) mer order. While all army and navy I from his conduct and management, that is of the chiefest concern to us. it to a purple ribbon, bordered with ant vitamin C which has such a pro­ men naturally will feel interested inj "Now therefore, Know Ye, that the It is the tale of two raids within the white. Additional singularly meritor­ found effect on the structure and this, they with many others in town,aforesaid Sergeant Elijah Churchill ious acts performed after the Purple THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH SAID MEET­ British lines. The first was in 1780, health of the teeth. As a substitute ING IS TO BE HELD ARE AS FOLLOWS: will be greatly surprised to learn that j hath fully and truly deserved and hath when, after crossing Long Island Heart has been awarded are to be re­ for these canned tomatoes will furiv m the long-forgotten and hidden i been properly invested with the Hon- sound in open boats, on a bleak No­ warded by the grant of the right to ish an ample source of this vitamin ARTICLE 1. To see what action, if any, the Town will take story of this rare decoration, Enfield orary Badge of Military Merit, and vember night, with a detachment of wear a bronze oak leaf cluster on the and these should be used frequently largely figures in an unsuspected is authorized and entitled to pass and towards appropriating an additional $10,000 for the Poor Away 50 men under Major Benjamin Tall ribbon of the decoration. The decor­ during the week. Account. glory for the heroism of one of its repass all guards and military posts madge, he was chosen, with 16 men ation must be awarded within three One fifth of the food money should men; for, so far as surviving records as fully and amply as any commis­ to attack the main and largest build­ years from the date of the act or serv­ purchase breads and cereals, which ARTICLE 2. To see what action, if any, the Town will take show, this honor medal was awarded sioned officer whatever, and is hereby ings of Fort St. George, the objective ice which earned it. It will not be should be largely of the whole grain towards appropriating an additional $3,000 for the Park and Play­ to only three, all 0f Connecticut, all further recommended to that favor- of the expedition. awarded posthumously. variety. With the purchase of whole grounds Account. As the troops had landed 12 miles Awards of the Purple Heart for milk, vegetables and fruits, breads ARTICLE 3. To see what action, if any, the Town will take from this point, having drifted out acts or service performed prior to and cereals first, other foods such as towards appropriating an additional $2,000 for the Roads and of their way, a longer march to reach Feb. 22, 1932, will be confined to the meats, fish, eggs and fats, which in following persons: (a) To those who, Bridges Account. the fort was necessary, a most peril­ normal times are considered essential ARTICLE 4. To see what action, if any, the Town will take ous venture, as it meant possible at­ as members of the army of the Unit­ to an adequate diet, may be reduced ed States, have been awarded the to authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to borrow $15,000 in an­ tack by a large force of British regu­ to the minimum or eliminated entire­ ticipation of the revenue from Taxes. lars quartered on the island and sev­ meritorious service citation certificate ly if dire necessity demands it. IE>pli>es eral thousand Loyalists and a cut-off by the Commander-in-Chief of the Another group in our community from return to the boats. Tallmadge American Expeditionary forces in the whose health must be safeguarded is PATRICK T. MALLEY, Incorporated concealed his men in the woods, where World War and who make application the mothers who are looking forward to exchange the certificate for the SPRINGFIELD, MASS. not daring to light fires, they shivered to the birth of their little ones. The FRANCIS T. CAREY, all day long, and cold and stiffened Purple Heart and oak leaf cluster per­ mother's food must contain these started on the march under the cover taining to it; (b) to those who are same essential foods, rich sources of HENRY E. SMITH, authorized to wear wound chevrons, of darkness. When within two miles the mineral elements, especially cal­ Selectmen of the Town of Enfield, Conn. of the fort, the intrepid Churchill, as prescribed in Army regulations cium which is so richly supplied in with his handful of men, advanced, 600-95, and who make application for milk, and all the vitamins which are Dated at Enfield, Conn., this 21st day of April, 1932. plunged through the ditch, swarmed the Purple Heart and oak leaf clus­ found in vegetables and fruits as well Try Our New Soap over the stockade and crashed into ters pertaining to it; (c) to those per­ as in milk, and whole grain breads the fort building, while the other two sons not authorized prior to Feb. 22, and cereals. The body framework attacking parties cleared the defenses 1932, to wear the wound chevron who and the teeth of the infant cannot Order by Mail Toilet Size would otherwise have been authorized andAUU inIN tenLCJI minutesMINUTES theTUT; entireCIITNY worksWUINA * _ .V J . . normally develop unless the mother's was taken. A British supply schoon- ^ provislons food contains these valuable elements. er at anchor was also captured. Not ^ Army Regu- Particularly will the teeth of the in­ 6 Cakes 29c a man had been lost, only one was lations 600-95. fant suffer if the mother has a defi­ wounded and 50 prisoners were taken. cient diet since the tooth buds are de­ Notice — Town of Enfield Bath Size All this took place within 24 hours. veloped in the early weeks of prenatal The second raid was against Fort TAXPAYERS life and the foundations for the tem­ Slongo, the next year, and Sergeant ATTENTION! porary and permanent teeth already Churchill was again in the van of the laid when the child is born. 6 Cakes first attacking party and again ac­ Clean-Up Week All persons liable by law to pay quitted himself with the utmost gal­ ENFIELD FIRE DISTRICT NO. lantry. The fort was seized without 1 TAX, laid upon List of October 1, Notice is Hereby Given That the Week of 39c the loss of a single man, 21 prisoners captured and a large quantity of ar­ 1931, are hereby notified that the tillery, stores of small arms and am­ aforesaid taxes will be due April 1, May 2nd to 7th Has Been Designated munition and clothing destroyed. 1932 and payable at the As the Clean-Up Period For Sergeant Bissell's deed of valor was Tax Collector's House ^ITaje' to serve as a spy for over a year and Enfield Street, Enfield the Town of Enfield. that of Sergeant Brown was to cap­ Daily During April, 1932. SHOES FOR WOMEN ture a redoubt at Yorktown. During this period the people of the town are requested Research has revealed very little of All persons having taxes unpaid YOU NEED the life history of our hero, but suffi­ after May 1, 1932 will be charged to clean up all rubbish of every description in and around Cellophane cient to substantiate the claim that 9% Interest from April 1, 1932 un­ NO LONGER their homes, store and plants, and place it conveniently he was from Enfield. He was a des­ til paid, according to law. for removal to the town dump. The Selectmen will pro­ Wrapped cendant of an early Wethersfield set­ Harry H. Woodward, BE TOLD tler, but was born in 1755 on the $ vide adequate haulage facilities to remove all the accum­ Collector. Forks of the Delaware, where his fa­ March 23, 1932. THAT YOU ulation by teams and trucks as required to be available ther Giles had settled in 1751. Elijah (mar 24, apr 7-21) on the days of the clean-up period. We are launching an excellent new soap. Order next appears in the records as one of 5 ' HAVE AN 6 dozens of cakes as soon as you finish reading this. the men on the "Lexington Alarm It is a civic duty as well as an important health measure List" from East Windsor, and as en­ LEGAL NOTICE EXPENSIVE It is FRENCH-milled, rapid lathering in either listing in the 8th regiment in July, and an effective fire preventative to make a thorough job hard or soft water, smooth as satin and in modern AT A COURT OF PROBATE held at 1775, from the same place. He was Enfield within and for the Probate of this clean-up undertaking, and for that reason the ac­ delicate tints and delicate odors. Cellophane married to Eleanor Nooney, daughter District of Enfield, in the County of tive co-operation of every resident of the town is earn­ wrapped, in packages of six, in these shades— of James Nooney of Chester, Mass., Hartford, and State of Connecticut estly requested to make this annual endeavor a success. rose, green, violet, blue, yellow and these odors— March 10, 1777, and in May of that on the 16th day of April, 1932. year he enlisted as a corporal in the Present: AAAAAtoEEE violet, jasmin, rose, lilac, verbena. 4th troop of the 2d Connecticut regi­ Hon. James W. Hayden, Judge. Patrick T. Malley, ment of Col. Elisha Sheldon's Light Estate of Norah Fay, late of the Sizes from 1 to 12 USE ORDER BLANK BELOW Dragoons from Enfield, serving Town of Enfield, Conn., in said Dis­ Francis T. Carey, through the war. His trade was that trict, deceased. of a carpenter and he is described as The Administrator having exhibit­ Henry E. Smith, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, of dark complex­ Abuse not use, FORBES & WALLACE, Inc. ed his account with said Estate to Selectmen of Enfield, Conn. ion, with dark hair and gray eyes. this Court for allowance, it is Springfield, Mass. He was in Enfield in 1784, according Ordered, That the 26th day of Ap­ makes feet grow old to an Allen Book record, but must Dated at Enfield, this 21st day of April, 1932. Please send me Cakes of SAVON pour ril, A. D., 1932, at 10 o'clock in the have removed soon after to Chester, forenoon, at the Probate Office in En­ LE BAIN SOAP - Toilet Size Bath. where he died in 1841, at th age of 85. field, be and the same is assigned for In the Cincinnati museum in Exet­ a hearing on the allowance of said ac­ ..Color. (Check preference.) er, N. H., with other priceless Revo­ count with said Estate, and this Court lutionary relics, there lies a Purple directs the Administrator to cite all NAME... Initials.. Heart badge, faded to a steel gray, persons interested therein to appear edged with a narrow binding that at said time and place, by causing a ADDRESS once was silver and in appearance copy of this order to be published in romantic and much like a valentine. a newspaper having a circulation in TOWN — It was found on a piece of a blue said District, and by causing a copy Dog Owner's homespun uniform in a barn near of this order to be posted on the pub­ Chg.. Cash.„ C. 0. D i~ Deerfield, N. H., several years ago, lic sign post in the Town of Enfield, but the wearer has never been identi­ where deceased lasi dwelt at least fied. As Sergeant Brown's badge has five days before said time assigned The Correct Fit descended in his family and as Serg­ Attention! and return make to this Court. of eant Bissell's is thought to have been JAMES W. HAYDEN. Judge destroyed, with his citation when his home was burned in 1813, it may not be unreasonable to fancy that the Fnna Ietticks The Town Clerk's Office will be open Friday, April 29, ALPHONSE TRUDEAU New Hampshire heart may have re­ GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERY posed on the breast of our Elijah. and Monday, May 2, 1932, i nthe evening from 7 to 9, for Unfortunately, Washington's Book will keep you the accommodation of those desiring to register dogs. CIGARS AND TOBACCO of Merit has been lost, but in refer­ ences to the recipients of this highest Ful-vue Foot-Young Attention is called to the following abstract from the IM HICH ST. PHONE 24« THOMPSONVILLE of military awards, these three men General Statutes, relating to Dogs: only appear. Some one has said that ' Listen to the names of Churchill, Brown and ( "The owner or keeper of any dog which was six Bissell deserve to be revered and link­ Eyes Examined ENNA JETTICK ed with those of Nathan Hale and MELODIES SONGBIRD months old or over on the first day of May and Ethan Allen of undying fame. Con­ every every who neglects or refuses to cause said dog to be Glasses Fitted Friday Evening EPSTEIN'S LIMOUSINE necticut certainly had reason to be Oculist's Prescriptions Filled. Sunday Evening licensed on or before said first day of May shall, proud of her soldiers. Surely there W JZ WBAF to secure a license for said dog after said date, pay were few greater honors in the Con­ New Low Prices. and Associated Station* AMBULANCE tinental Army than to have General to the Town Clerk one dollar in addition to the li­ Washington so show his affection for cense fees hereinafter provided." 8EBVICE AVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS the men in whom unknown greatness had been discovered, by publicly A. B. Mitchell praising them for their "fidelity, per­ Jeweler and Optometrist TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN Motor Livery For All Occasions severance and good sense" and by dic­ N. J. Mirabile tating that "the road to glory in a 12 PEARL ST. TOWN CLERK CALL PHONES 182 AND 620 patriot army and a free country is Opposite lire Station Telephone 124-4 thus open to all." Enfield, Conn., April 21, 1932. THOMPSONVILLE, CONN. And so, after many years of obliv­ THOMPSONVILLE, CT. Thompsonville, Conn. ion, the Purple Heart relives to hon- ••••• "•ytf ' '

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A benefit dance for the unemploy- turesome took advantage of the bpwt* Basketball Team That Really Is "All-American" WINDSOR LOCKS ment welfare fund was held at River- ing up of the season to try their luck, AUTHORITIES TO view, a dance pavilion situated at the At a meeting of the Ladies' Atudl- The annual spring theatrical pres­ town line between this place and iary to the Hibernians on Tuesday INSIST ON USE OF entation of Riverside Council, K. of Windsor on the main highway, last evening, initiation ceremonies were C., a two-act musical comedy entitled Saturday evening. The affair was exemplified on a class of candidates, sponsored by the owner, Frank Ouil- The meeting was followed by a social • ?:f' "The Bold Front," will be given in ette, and the proceeds were turned hour and refreshments served. HAND SIGNALS the Rialto Theatre some time next over to Selectman H. L. Cutler. j Representatives of the several fra- month. The committee in charge has , John Colli, local dog warden, ex- ternal societies of the town have been Police Departments in perfected its plans. Rehearsals will hibited one of the finest catches of asked to co-operate with a committee :;xviw:$¥x:x: trout last Friday evening on his re- of women from the churches which Is Connecticut Requested be under the direction of Robert D. turn from a day's outing. The cold planning for another community card O'Brien, who coached the musical weather kept many of the fishermen party similar to that given a year ago by Commissioner to See show so successfully presented last at home but a few of the more ven- for the welfare fund. That This Form of Sig­ year. Officers of the local branch of the nalling Is Observed. Connecticut Council of Catholic Wom­ en have been selected for the year as A request to police authorities of follows: President, Mrs. George A. Connecticut to insist upon the use of Colli; vice-president, Mrs. Catherine hand signals by motor vehicle oper­ Gantley; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Gil- ators was made this week by Robbins eran; secretary, Mrs. Anthony Gorka; PINE POINT B. Stoeckel, Commissioner of Motor membership committee, Mrs. Margar­ Vehicles. "It is such a simple thing et Franklin; sick visiting committee, Miss Hannah Kelly, Mrs. Dennis Kil­ for a motor vehicle operator to give ty, Mrs. William Rabbett, Sr.; relig­ notice by signal of his intentions that ious education committee, Miss Ela- it becomes a duty on his part to do nor Gantley; garment committee,! GOLF COURSE Mrs. James C. Nugent; Big Sister, I so. It is such a necessary action, too, 1 in most instances," Commissioner Miss Anna Sweeney; social commit- tee, Mrs. Eva Mclntyre; educational LOCATED ON BRAINERD ROAD Stoeckel says, "that it is fair and just and legislative committee, Mrs. Floyd, to impose discipline upon operators Kelsey; publicity committee, Miss who neglect the duty." Ellen Connolly. At the weekly card party of the council held at St. Mary's The requirement that operators School sewing room Tuesday after­ keep vigilance over traffic ahead of noon, the hostess was Mrs. James J. # Here is the Ail-American basketball team. No team ever had a better right to that title, either, as thilFsquad Franklin. them is no less a duty, Commissioner formed at the Los Angeles Y. W. C. A. is composed of pretty representatives from 12 different American Indian NOW OPEN Stoeckel points out but he directs at­ tribes. All of the girls are graduates of the Sherman Indian institute, who have secured employment in Los Angeles. Pupils awarded honors at the close of the fourth marking period at the tention to the fact that cutting in and high school are: First honors, Mary out of traffic without signal occurs so Andrus, Irene Bellingeri, Mary Chap­ frequently now that drivers must be U. S. MUSEUM GETS man, Ida Giacopassi, Stella Giasachi, impressed with the necessity for Teddy Tenero, Mary Dowd, Helen W. E. RUTHERFORD, Prop. proper signalling. The commission­ QUEER COLLECTION Lights of |Exam "Boners" Make |Durnin, Mary Gandolfi, Mary Griffin, HAZARDVILLE, CONN. er states that at this season of the O J WALTER Shirley Jaikson, Anna Shykula, Elea­ year the Department of Motor Vehi­ Names as Fearsome as the NEW YORK TRUMBULL Professors Laugh $ nor Wheeler, Josphine Barberi, Mary cles receives a large number of let­ I Hartford, Conn.—"Boners" re- X Colturi, Helen Mazurek, Kathryn We- ters complaining of bad driving prac- Animals Themselves. ¥ lieve the dullness of reading ex- nis, Glenn White; seiond honors, Wil­ tices. Keepers of billiard halls in New amination papers, says Prof. X liam Sheehan, Gertrude Gallagher, "The principal form of offense * Frances O'Connell, Madeline Tasilo, which inspires these letters is the Washington.—Creatures that look York tell me that the depression has Henry A. Perkins of Trinity col- J* had a peculiar effect on their business. Benny Osowecki, Felix Pohorylo and turning of cars from the curb without like the fearsome animals portrayed I lege. Mary Raccone. in a well known insect eradlcator ad­ In the old days they got a lot of pa­ v Here are a few he listed as *:* signal or warning of any kind. Often y The depositors' committee, share­ these cars are turned into the path of vertisement have been received by the tronage from the heads of firms. Then v encountered in Trinity examina- X holders, directors and receiver of the others which are likely to be in re­ Smithsonian institution. business boomed to such an extent ? tions: X closed Windsor Locks Trust and Safe DEMOCRATIC stricted spaces in heavily traveled The specimens were collected by Dr. that the firm heads did not feel they V districts," the commissioner says, re­ r "Work Is the ability to do Deposit Company held a meeting in Hugh M. Smith, former chief of the had to be on the job all the time. They y something. the town building last Friday eve­ ferring to the complaints. United States bureau of fisheries, who began to take afternoons off, instead y ning. As a result of the meeting "Managers of many truck concerns y "Aristotle says that grass at- X have made rules for their drivers say­ now is employed by the Siamese gov­ of just going out for lunch and a game y tains form when it is eaten by a steps were taken which, it is hoped, CAUCUS ernment to develop the nation's fish­ of billiards, and betook themselves to y will result in a reopening of the bank ing they will not hold them responsi­ y cow. X in the near future. A committee, con­ ble for being run into from the rear ing resources. golf courses. Trade came in such vol­ y "Cicero must have been a •£ but will hold them for accidents caus­ So grotesque are the beasts that ume that they did not have to solicit y sisting of Rev. John A. Conlan, pas­ y very careful critic and a very X tor of St. Mary's Church, Town Clerk THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF ed when they run into something Siamese mothers might well scare their it, and they felt their subordinates y careful writer. His writings are 4 James D. Outerson, Andrew Steele of ENFIELD, CONN., ARE REQUESTED TO ahead. In other words, the responsi­ young into eating their spinach with could handle the details. But, when y y forever emphasizing the point X Warehouse Point, a member of the MEET IN CAUCUS IN THE bility in many cases is prima facie threats of them and tipplers turn to the bubble burst, they were back at y he wishes to emphasize. y former board of directors of the bank, upon the operators to see what is teetotalers at their first glimpse of a their desks. Many did not want to y Dr. E. Harvey Richmond and Verdine ahead of them. y "As the moon approaches full "There has been so much educa­ 14-foot lizard or such. These have spend either the money or the time and is nearer the earth, it has *»] L. Mather, the latter the first treas­ A. D. Higgins School Auditorium golf requires. A number have taken urer of the bank for several years tional matter and publicity on the re­ names as awful as their looks; names stronger attraction and effects In Thompsonville, in Said Enfield, on quirement for signalling it seems im­ like gnu saiman praindra that put to up billiards again. They can play a Iy (sic!) the apple. £ until his retirement a few years ago, game of billiards without taking up y was appointed to draw up plans for possible there is anyone who does not shame those of Chinese towns in the y "Mass in a body is solid, it is recapitalizing the bank and to pro­ know it is his duty to warn traffic battle zone. a lot of time and, moreover, they can y the force attracted to the earth. X vide ways and means to permit with­ when turning. Consequently, it is A sort of miniature dinosaur, the get back to their offices in a hurry A football player needs mass. % Thursday, April 28, 1932 hoped that police authorities will in­ * drawals by depositors when sufficient giant water lizard, or hia, is among on a telephone call. "Since women can vote, voting X funds warrant it. Sentiment is strong At 8:15 o'clock P. M., Daylight Saving Time sist upon the giving of hand signals. the strangest of Doctor Smith's collec­ * » • * for reorganizing the bank under new "The left-hand turn is the particu­ has ceased to be a privilege. $ (7:15 o'clock P. M., Standard Time) tion. The Smithsonian's specimen is Billiards is an old game. A Span­ "Mass is an object that con- X control and it is possible that depos-1 larly dangerous turn because of the *y itors having money in the closed bank fact that a car approaching from the about seven feet long, although some iard Imported a billiard table to St y tains weight. Weight is what V For the purpose of electing delegates to the Democratic have been reported as measuring 14 Augustine about the time of the first y can apportion some of their funds; rear is always supposed to pass on y the object weighs. .*< toward new capital stock. the left, except in directed traffic, so feet It has a long neck, tiny head settlement there. I don't know when y "When some one applies an y State Convention to be held in Hartford, May 16 and 17, y 1932, for the election of delegates to the Democratic Na­ that the signal for this turn ought al­ and long, heavy tall. Occasionally, or where the first public billiards room y epitaph to you it is sometimes ^ ways to be presented in unmistakable Doctor Smith says, this monster visits was established, but it must have been y very hard to reply. X tional Convention to be held at , 111., and for the form. The drivers giving the signals, the city limits of Bangkok, the Siamese long ago. At first, billiards was played y "The average man Is rather •J appointment of a State Central Committee. too, should be unusually careful be capital, where it makes its appear­ with four balls, but in the course of y PALILLA'S DRY fore making any turns to make sure below normal. X Per Order of the Democratic Town Committee, ance in canals through large gardens time some men grew so expert that "When it says here 'Compare GOODS STORE the operators of other cars in traffic it was felt the game must be made * know what they are about to do." and in thick shrubbery. It destroys with civilized communities' It X 16 ALDEN AVENUB many chickens and ducks. The hias more difficult. So they reduced the would be all right to take the Grover C. Luke, Chairman. eggs are deemed a gift fit for the number of balls to three. That was United States." X T Hemstitching and Dressmaldag Dated at Enfield, Conn., April 21, 1932. king. all right until there came along a rath­ •> Steam Cleaning - Pressing The gnu kon kob, "head biting" er small man from the Middle West snake to you, is also numbered in the by the name of Jacob Schaefer. FRANKLIN collection. It is the popular belief in • * • i Slam that this creature bites with its The professional game, In those tall on dark nights and with its head days, ended when one of the players 1 THEATER on moonlight nights. Doctor Smith had scored 1,000 points. In an ex- j says it is often seen on Bangkok roads hibitlon match in California, Schaefer Thornpsonville's Honse of Hits rainy nights, head concealed in its ran 1,000 points from spot. He did j folds and tall standing erect. It again and again until it became evi­ A sort of living diamond Is the "sun dent that he could run 1,000 points THURSDAY, APRIL 21— ray" snake. Even in the preserva- any time he happened to be feeling LOW tory it shows a glowing Iridescence well. An opponent who brought his which gives it the appearance of a pet cue to a match with Schaefer nev­ "BIG PARADE" gem. Natives say it is very poisonous. er got a chance to use It. So they had IN SOUND Doctor Smith has brought with him to make the game over. It was Jacob Featuring several specimens of a snake that is Schaefer who made them put balk aspiring to the standing broad Jump lines on the table. John Gilbert record. * * « "One morning as I got out of bed," Miss Annie Smith Peck, the famous SPRING PRICE News Reel and Comedies the collector writes, "a full sized gnu mountain climber, is eighty-one years slaman praindra was sunning Itself old. She was born In Providence and Matinee at 2 Evening 7:30 on the sill of a double door opening was graduated from the University of on the veranda. As I approached it Michigan in 1878. She remained there ran behind the double door and climbed long enough to take a master's degree. on SATURDAY, APRIL 23— to the top, where it sprang to the rail Then she studied music in Germany, of the veranda. The distance was and Greek and archeology in Athens. about seven feet." She later taught mathematics in a "LAW AND school in Cincinnati, and Latin at Pur­ due and Smith. When she had noth­ ORDER" Chinese Bible Version ing else to do, she climbed mountains, wrote books, and lectured. Miss Peck OPPERS Featuring One of Most Popular London.—The Chinese version of the climbed the Matterhorn in 1895, and Walter Houston and Bible is enjoying a greater demand Popocatepetl and Orizaba in 1897. CONNECTICUT than any other except the English, it Apparently no mountain peak in South Lois Wilson was revealed here. America or the Alps was too high for her. In 1898, she clambered to the Serial, "DETECTIVE LLOYD" The figures were supplied by the British and Foreign Bible society, top of Mt. Huascaran, in Peru, a mat­ News Reel and Comedies which distributes Bibles in 651 differ­ ter of 21,812 feet, the highest point at­ ent languages. tained by any American in the Amer­ Matinee at 2 Eve. 6:30-8:30 The Bible's popularity Increased by icas. The Lima Geographical society leaps and bounds during 1931, the so­ named a mountain after her. ciety reported, saying It had distrib­ • • * SUNDAY, APRIL 24— uted 11,888,226 books of scripture Knowledge and exercise appear to throughout the world. It attributed have kept Miss Peck active and well. "BUSINESS the fact to a greater need for spiritu­ Not long ago, she was in a street car al comfort in an age of difficulty and accident and three ribs were brok­ pessimism. en. She had to stay In a hospital for AND Beveral weeks and went home still Finish the wearing a plaster cast. About two PLEASURE" days after she reached home there was a dinner given by the Society of Heating Season Featuring Women Geographers, which she was anxious to attend. A friend called up with $11:25 WILL ROGERS Radio Service to tell her how much everyone would miss her. News Reel and Comedies You will never know what "Why should they miss me?" said Koppers Coke CASH PRICE Matinee at 2 Eve. 6:30-8:30 real radio service is un­ Miss Peck. "I certainly will be there. til you have tried I have asked two guests." our method! And she was there, plaster cast and and see how these features all. You couldn't keep a mountain can save you Per Net Ton in Your Bin TUESDAY, APRIL 26— It is real factory service and climber from climbing out of bed when of the expert kind that only those familiar with radio con­ she felt like it. The same spirit that "BROKEN struction can give. No matter took her to the tip of lofty peaks took \ 1932

possible for the taxpayers, that they school are alert to these possibilities The ThompsonviUe have set the figure at the amount and advantages is an evidence that DIET OF INFANT 3#? $400 EGG WEEK • '•W which is to be provided. they are "on their toes" in education­ BEST CONTROL OF f PRIZES OFFERED i.„ m mum hm m Press There can be no quarrel with them al matters. This fact, coupled with TEETH'S FUTURE Ask Us About the Way to v Pnblished Thursdays by on that score, for no matter for what the prestige which any measure of More Than 50,000 Copies of the JTHE ADVANCE PRINTING AND purpose the spirit of economy should success in the contest brings to the PUBLISHING COMPANY prevail to the highest degree possible school and the town, makes it an un­ Enamel Structure Formed Be­ Rules of State Contest Being 17-29 High Street, Telephone 50 in the handling of public funds today. dertaking worth while. fore Birth and in Early Years Distributed This Week. ThompsonviUe, Conn. There can be no exceptions then to WIN $500 IN CASH Dental Chief Asserts. fe"< the position that has been taken by WHAT DOES BOYS' WEEK MEAN | Thousands pf school children and J PHILIP J. SULLIVAN the finance board in that matter, and TO YOU? I Editor and Business Manager I Proper diet in infancy and early adults in r all parts of the state will the sum recommended should be vot­ this week receive information as to OR A TRIP TO Entered at tbo Post Office, Thomp- ed without question. If it should de­ The week of April 30 to May 7 is'™00? 8°™™ ^ velop, as it is very likely to, that the how they may participate in and win NEW YORK, HAVANA, MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS, •onville, Conn., as second class mat- Boys' Week What of it' Does it of the teeth fchroughout llfe> Dr< C' the $400 cash prizes offered in the tar. amount is insufficient towards the ee*'. wnat 01 uoes ; R. Salmons, chief of the Division of National Egg Week Slogan and Essay LOUISVILLE, AGUA CALIENTA, SEATTLE, close of the fiscal year, it will be read­ mean anything to the average man Mouth Hygiene of the state Depart. Contest. The State Department of HOLLYWOOD, CHICAGO OR . ily understood that it is due to the OUR FIFTY-THIRD that thousands upon thousands of; ment of Health, declared recently in Agriculture, Extension Service of the persistent needs of those out of em­ boys are looking forward to that pe-' the department's weekly broadcast. Connecticut Agricultural College and other interested organizations are With this issue The Press enters its ployment rather than any laxity or This Is the Allen-A Travel Contest extravagance on the part of officials. riod as a time that has been specifi­ No system of brushing, polishing and distributing more than 50,000 copies fifty-third year. We of the human cally designated as their "week" ? filling can make good teeth out of of the rules of the contest, which will family who have reached that period And, of course, the additional reason Sponsored by Allen-A Hosiery Co. that the estimate was closely figured. Will Boys' Week be a success if the those which were poorly formed and last for the duration of Egg Week in our existence, will not be found ad­ celebration provides merely for the poorly developed in the beginning, Dr. from May 1 to 7. mitting that we are by any means old. Should the town "get away" with The slogan and essay contest on the COME IN and get an entry blank and the expenditure of an actual appro­ gathering together of groups of boys Salmons stated. Although brushing We would insist in fact that we are for their own entertainment and subject of "The Food Value of Eggs examine our Spring and Summer Stock \ in the prime of life, which perhaps is priation of $30,000 for the needy and general care of the teeth is by no is open to any resident of Connecti­ this year, it will have accomplished pleasure ? cut. The contest consists of an ap­ of ALLEN-A Hosiery and Underwear. to a great extent true. For a news­ Youth is naturally enamored of means to be neglected, the building more than any municipality of its size of good teeth depends entirely upon propriate slogan of not over ten words paper to have attained that age also that we have been able to observe. play; it loves romance; it craves ad­ setting forth the peculiar and wonder­ is no indication that the years are diet in infancy and even upon the pre­ Even figuring that an additional $10,- venture. It is not necessary to set ful food value of eggs and their place telling on it, and that it is tottering natal diet of the expectant mother. 000 has been spent for this purpose aside a particular period of the year The enamel, which is the protective in the human diet. The slogan is to with decreptitude. In fact if it lives for the stressing of these traits in the be accompanied by an essay of not GEO. H. CUNNINGHAM from the street and highway fund in layer covering all of the exposed por­ up to the best traditions of its class supplying work for the unemployed, life of a boy. Week after week, tion of the tooth, is fully formed and more than 200 words, giving in detail and craft, it should be giving unmis­ the description, meaning and intent Shoes, Hosiery and Furnishings and the addition, also, of the approxi­ month after month, the normal boy completed in the bones of the jaws takable evidence of youthful alert­ has the privilege and opportunity of long before the tooth comes into its of the slogan. mately $10,000 that was expended by All slogans and essays must be 55 PEARL STREET THOMPSONYILLE, CT. ness and at the same time be demon­ the unemployment relief committee, engaging in many of the activities place in the mouth. The tooth doesn't strating that it has profited from the grow bigger after it comes into place, postmarked during the week of the the cost of the whole distressing sit­ that make up the program of Boys' contest from May 1 to 7 and mailed experience of the years through which Week. The week of April 30 to May nor can lime salts or other elements uation will be comparatively low. And be added in any appreciable quanti­ to Chairman, Egg Slogan Commit­ it has passed. This we hope is the it is doubtful if any more was accom­ 7 will be no different from any that tee, Storrs, Conn. The Connecticut status of this publication at the pres­ ties after nature's original develop­ plished anywhere for the amount of precede or follow it unless it affords ment. It is a debatable question Slogan and Essay Committee and ent time, and if it is not it is at least money expended. an opportunity for the boy to estab­ whether the enamel is not entirely in­ other egg interests have made it pos­ the aim of its publishers. lish a closer relationship with the ert and cut off completely from any sible to offer prizes totaling $200 In carrying out the result of its age which are to be awarded exclusively ( 's WHAT IT MEANS adults of the community in a way of the nourishing fluids of the body. ThompsonviUe Leading Tailoring House" and experience its policy is primarily that will serve as an inspiration to Naturally, if the enamel is weak in to Connecticut residents. The prizes aimed to foster the community inter­ structure, decay will start more read­ are divided as follows: $50 for the both in the weeks to come. first prize, $40 for second prize, $30 est in all things and all activities that If for no other reason than that we Boys are essentially the same as ily and progress with greater rapid­ ity. In many cases, even the most for third prize, $20 for four prize, $10 are helpful in making it a fitting should try anything and everything they were a generation age: they like for fifth prize and $5 each for the FUR STORAGE abiding place for those who reside that might possibly increase employ­ scrupulous care and most modern re­ the men who like them; they respond parative methods cannot keep space next ten best. here. In keeping with the best tra­ ment, it is proper that we should un­ to the men who demonstrate an ac­ The ten best Connecticut slogans and CLEANSING dertake the "create-a-job" campaign with the destruction. The dental pro­ andA ditions of the newspaper craft, it tive interest in their welfare. Many fession has discovered that correct • essays will be eligible for the Standard Rates seeks to keep the people of Enfield here. This is not, however a mere of the great men of today are frank diet is the most important factor in $200 offered in national prizes divided and vicinity informd on all the events gesture, but something that has been the_ same as those for Connecticut The preservation of your fur coats, fur trim in acknowledging that a large share building strong enamel. If any of the cloth coats or even valuable plain cloth of this section that are of public in­ conceived with the very best inten­ elements are lacking in the diet dur­ residents. Those who have not re­ of their success has been due to the ceived their instructions about the coats, tuxedos or oriental rugs is a recog­ terest and in which the public inter­ tions, and has been successful where friendly interest of some man during ing the period when the teeth are be­ nized necessity. We offer a reliable, bond­ ing formed, it follows inevitably that contest may secure complete infor­ est will be best served by their pub­ the right effort has been put into it. some period of their early develop­ mation from their county farm bur­ ed and insured Cold Storage Service. lication. It was inaugurated for the purpose ment. they will also be lacking in the teeth and the enamel consequently will be eau, Prof. Roy E. Jones of Storrs, or Phone Us to Collect Your Coats At the same time it endeavors by of finding employment for a million Every boy should be encouraged to the Connecticut Department of Agri­ men for a period of at least three of poor quality. fearless and unbiased weekly com­ participate in the activities of Boys' Dr. Salmons further emphasized culture at Hartford. ment to reflect public opinion on all months, and it is making steady and Week, but the men of the community the necessity for care of the child's questions of community interest, and consistent progress in that direction. will overlook an opportunity to do a first or temporary teeth. If they are LEGAL NOTICE so shape and influence it that it might It commits nobody to anything but vast amount of good if they do not neglected, all of the bones of the head DRY CLEANSING contribute towards a happier, more what they would normally do in time. supplement the regular program with and face suffer from underdevelop­ Notice is hereby given that a pub­ prosperous and progressive commun­ The purpose, however, is to create a an increased personal interest in the ment, resulting in restrictions of the lic hearing will be held by the Zoning and DYEING Board of Appeals of the Town of En­ ity. In its relations with the com­ certain volume of employment in the boys with whom they come in contact. air passages and sinuses, and, there­ We maintain the highest standards of dry next few weeks, which in turn would fore, mouth breathing, adenoids, dis­ field, Conn., at the Town Building, mercial life of this section it aims to There should not be a single boy in ThompsonviUe, Conn., Monday eve­ or steam cleansing available. Quality work zealously serve its best interests m increase the purchasing power of a this community during Boys' Week eased tonsils, lack of chest develop­ is assured by experienced workmen and a ment and a generally unfavorable in­ ning, May 2, 1932, at 7:30 P. M., day­ desire to render reliable service. There are keeping with the honorable and ethi­ large number of people and thereby whose life has not been enriched by fluence upon the complete physical light saving time, on the application cal practices of the newspaper pub­ cause a break in the vicious circle by a more intimate contact with men and many articles besides wearing apparel that development and well being of the of Norman H. Trudeau for permit to can be dry cleansed to advantage. House- lishing business. which the economic and industrial life their world. child. build a gasoline station on Hazard cleaning time brings to mind Rugs, Por- If these efforts, honestly made as is bound at the present time. Care of these early teeth should in­ Avenue, ThompsonviUe, in the Town tiers, Table Covers, Bed Covers, Bed Puffs, they are, indicate the age that our The canvass, which will be made New Books at the Public Library. clude proper daily brushing from the of Enfield, Conn. etc. years proclaim, we must accept the here early in May, will ask for The following new books were re­ earliest possible date; a diet not only Board of Appeals of the dictum, but to us at least there comes pledges of proposed work, or possible cently added at the local public li­ of tooth building materials, but of Enfield Zoning Commission. brary: "Marry for Love," Allene Cor­ tough fibrous foods which require Guy F. Bushnell, Chairman. the comfort that we are growing old expenditures for merchandise. So far Dated at Enfield, Conn., this gracefully. as the movement and the person or liss; "Lover's Loot," Eric Hatch; vigorous chewing; and frequent vis­ "Love Girl," May Edginton; "Gam­ its to the dentist. Sometimes, in baby 21st day of April, 1932. FLEMING TAILORING CO. concern solicited, that ends the con­ ing Lady," Alden Hatch; "Hills Were teeth as well as in the permanent Louis B. Van Doren, Clerk. THE TAX COLLECTIONS tact, and there only remains for the Higher Then," Hugh MacNair Kah- ones, decay starts almost as soon as (apr 21-28) THOMPSONVILLE individual or industry to keep the ler; "These Changing Years," Eliza­ the teeth come into place and fre­ ESTELLE BUILDING TELEPHONE 210 Enfield appears to have done well compact entered into. There will be beth Stancy Payne; "The Irish Beau­ quently the damage at even three and in the matter of getting in the taxes, no money involved, no follow-up af­ ties," E. Barrington; "Grand Old one half to four years is irreparable. as it was generally expected would terwards, or no disclosing of the re­ Man," Dyke Acland; "Lady_ With a The child should be taken to the den be the case. The tentative figures of sult of the canvass to any builder or Past," Harriet Henry; "Saturday tist at the age of two and one half business man. That insures that no­ Night," Thomas Moult; "The Bull years, at the latest, and thereafter Lawn Mowers the collector, which appear in another Moose," Ridgwell Cullum. at regular intervals. column, indicate, as it was understood body will be annoyed afterwards by they would, that there was a falling the representatives of any business off in the receipts as compared with concern which might be included in Sharpened last year. the pledges. It will be seen, therefore, that this Work Guaranteed and The shrinkage in the revenue from Prices Reasonable. this source, which was the cause of is a purely confidential agreement, which, while having a practical pur­ ENTRE NOUS much anxiety on the part of the offi­ cials, is not serious. It may, if a rea­ pose, has also a psychological one. For what would be more heartening SISITZKY'S sonable amount of the still outstand­ It doesn't need that one has a ring­ the situation that confronts them, and Edward Hunter ing tax money is not paid in the next to the people in general than to wake side seat to observe that the newly some of the obstacles that they will 10 Russell Street Phone 514-4 three months, cause a cash shortage up about the middle of next May and organized Taxpayers' League is in have to overcome, and the greatest of in August. This, while it may cause find that there was several thousand all these obstacles is public opinion. dollars worth of work available in the for a gruelling battle, and that the some momentary embarrassment, is members of that body must be pre­ One thought we leave with them. nothing alarming. We will at least next three months, and several more thousands of dollars worth of mer­ pared "to take it," if they are going Forget the offices and the office hold­ PUBLIC MARKET have the resources in unpaid taxes, to achieve anything that will be help­ ers, for they are committed to a pol­ Two Phones: 3 and 4 which is more than most of the mu­ chandise to be purchased. ful to the taxpayers and the improve­ icy of not being interested in them nicipalities that had trouble of this The thing is feasible and should ment of the town government. anyway. Forget the manner in which \ f A kl 24-28 PEARL ST. THOMPSONVILLE, CT. character have. work here as it has elsewhere. It the jobs are administered, for they SERVTCR merely requires that the people get Apparently the movement is under cannot even change that. Get down Our situation would be analagous to fundamentals and attack the sys­ to a business concern which went the right slant on it, and do as they grave suspicion, and there are mur- V Mn Shoulder aa Smoked or Fresh -4 /\ always have done in this community— murings that the project has ulterior tem, for there, my brethren, is where short of cash, but had plenty of re­ motives, so to speak. The frequent the trouble lies. sources, including a number of bills carry it through to a very satisfac­ Pork Chops Shoulders |I|C protestations of the non-partisan 2 Lbs. for Per Lb. receivable that were good, but could tory success. There is no hocus-pocus character and purpose of the organi­ You can shout extravagance until We have a selection of up-to- not be realized upon promptly. So magic to the affair, it is simply one zation has evidently only deepened the crack of doom, but the next fel­ of the many things that are being date modern apartments at that it would appear that even in this the feeling that there is a coiored man low will be just as extravagant as reasonable prices in good lo­ tried to relieve the incredible condi­ in the offing somewhere. the present and the ones before them, Silver Leaf Legs of «r year of municipal stress most every­ cations. Telephone 450 and where, we are going to make the tions that unemployment has brought but you will not make an appreciable Lard Lamb LtOC grade here without any special effort about in this and other communities. Of course, the men engaged in this dent in the situation until you correct list your wants. (Swift's) Lb. pkg. 8c task are no novices in matters of this'the method, in several instances, that Per lb. being required. Of course, an assur­ The patriotic organization which in­ itiated it may be assured that so far kind, and mutterings, conjectures and is being employed in the conduct of ance of a little more ready cash tow­ innuendos are nothing new to them, your municipal affairs. The system FINE ards the close of the fiscal year would as a consistent effort goes every en­ or to anyone else that ever undertook is like that famed brook of the im­ A very desirable farm near Granulated » ^ Confec. make the town officials more comfort­ deavor that brains and energy can anything of this character at any mortal Tennyson: office holders may ThompsonviUe for sale, lease, make will be used to put it across. time. Hence we say they must make conie and office holders may go, but or rent, suitable for tobacco Sugar able, and that can only be had by the Sugar 40C 2 pkgs. for 15c delinquent taxpayers paying up. The final success of it, of course, rests up their mind to "take it" if the en­ the system goes on forever—until it growing or gardening. 10 lbs. for V But the situation is satisfactory with the people of the community who terprise is going to survive. is changed. are in a position to help, and we are just the same, and particularly from Undoubtedly this League can be that always comforting angle—the certain they will not fail. They never They can duck, as some of them Tender Choice €\ o have before. will, sidestep as some of them can, helpful in the present crisis, but we disposition of the taxpayers to pay. and employ all the other tactics of cannot see much that they can accom­ Van Doren Service Bureau Short Steaks Round Steak £ Most every taxpayer paid something the roped arena, but in the last anal­ plish in the regulation of municipal Per lb. 35c Per lb. on their taxes, according to Collector WAS WORTH WHILE ysis the success of the project de­ expenditures, that the finance board REAL ESTATE DEPT. Francis A. Burke, and most every­ pends on the extent to which the is not doing already. This board is Phone 450 body, too, would have paid it all if it Just because the local high school group will ignore unfavorable criti­ doing a fine job in checking up mu­ Choice Tender Stewing were humanly possible for them to do debating teams failed to win first cism and keep on the job. nicipal expenditures, and in supervis­ ing the formulating of the budget for Fowl ZOC it. We have no deliberate shirkers in place in the state contest is no reason Sirloin Steak for not being proud of them. The fact They will be blameless and all that, next year. Per Lb. 27c Per lb. this respect here, but for the most but the thing will go on just the same. obvious reasons in the world even that they lost this coveted honor by the narrowest possible margin should One or two of them will occasionally Unless We miss our guess they will some of the leading taxpayers were err, and perhaps speak out of turn, make a very noticeable slash in the Country Roasting compelled to adopt the installment be cause for much gratification, not as they have already, which does not general bill of the municipal outlay payment plan this year. All of which only to those directly connected with serve to do the cause any good, but for the coming fiscal year and bring Roll Butter Chickens 29C school work, but to all citizens of the about a corresponding reduction in 25c (Small) Per lb. proves the oft repeated contention that must not deter them. Per Lb. that our people here meet this obliga­ town. The achievement of winning the tax rate. The new organization tion annually more faithfully and second position is no small compli­ One thing they must do—and at can be of great assistance in carrying ment to our local educational system once—cease protesting regarding the out this program, and in the mean­ Best Roll Massasoit — with a finer disposition than any com­ time set itself to the bigger task of munity—anywhere. and those in charge of it. purity of their motives. "Thou doth Butter Coffee o5C That a thoroughly good training protest much," said the Bard of Avon making a thorough study of the meth­ 29c centuries ago, and that bit of advice od of municipal management, with the Per Lb. Per lb. job had been done on these youngsters still holds good. If they do, whatever idea of revising the whole program. AT A LOW COST was perfectly clear to any who "lis­ political proclivities any of them have FIRST OF THE SEASON tened in" on the contest here last or may have had will all the sooner Well, so much for that—more anon. If anything, the Finance Board and week. The youngsters did surprising­ be forgotten. In the meantime, here is one for the Fresh Caught Buck Shad 19c lb. the town officials can be accused of ly well from a declamatory stand­ book. Watchmen going home from You Will Never being over-cautious in their estimate point and their matter was unusually Another thing, the quickest way to their night of toil the other morning, Fresh Caught Roe Shad 35c lb. of the requirements of the welfare well conceived. Anyway, they appear disabuse the public mind, we mean just as the twinkling stars and misty the critical public, of course, of the moon were disappearing, beheld a Buy a Diamond Fresh Herrings 15c lb. Small Smelts 12c lb. dpartment for the remainder of the to have convincingly proved their case Mackerel 12c lb. Haddock 6c lb. fiscal year. Certainly the amount for the opinion of the judges was loftiness of their motives is not to in­ strange spectacle on Enfield street. Cheaper Than which is being asked at the forthcom­ dulge in petty criticism of the man-j unanimously in their favor. In Mer- ner in which this or that department] At first it looked like a man mow- Steak Cod, Halibut, Salmon, Steak Blue, Scollops, Oy­ ing town meeting is an evidence of iden, where the other team of the is being conducted. The job they are ling with a scythe. Swish, swish, and At the Present sters, Smoked Fillets, Quohaugs and Fresh Fillets. close figuring on their part. The sum school was performing the same eve­ undertaking is too big for that sort then strange gutteral noises. While that is specifically set down for the ning, the verdict was against them by of thing. I they paused at a safe distance to in­ Time... welfare department would scarcely do vestigate, the early morning light Fancy Brisket Roasts of Heavy Beef _ 23c lb. a margin of one vote, which is all You will never get a chance to Premier Golden Bantam Corn, special 2 cans for 25c were it not for the fact that the two that separated the school from the Unless they adopt this course im­ broke over the Somers mountains and inspect a better stock of Diam­ amounts allotted to other depart­ state championship. mediately, and check the tendency revealed Ernest Larabee, the tonsor- "Our Choice" Sliced Beets 10c can that some of the members are dis­ ial artist, getting in a few practice onds than we are showing just ments are precisely for the same pur­ It is good for the school, and ex­ now. Even though you are not Buckeye Malt - — ...—...... 49c can pose as the $10,000 additional for un­ playing in this direction already— shots with his newly acquired golf ceedingly so for the pupils to have they are sunk. They will simply con­ clubs. ready to buy, come in and look Campbell's Tomato Soup ...... —...... 8c can employment relief. entered this contest. The training firm the suspicion that the movement them over any way. We will Kellogg's Corn Flakes 8c pkg. But even the total of all three ap­ and experience all around will be im­ is predicated on political discontent And speaking of barbers, that sure­ enjoy showing them to you. Toilet Paper 9 rolls for 25c propriations will hardly suffice at the mensely beneficial. Few things in the and that its prime movers are disap­ ly was a startling headline in the Frankfurts _ ...... 2 lbs. for 25c rate that the demands for aid are in­ way of knowledge will be more use­ pointed office holders and political morning paper a few days ago that Whole Best Rice - — 4 lbs. for 25c creasing. Nor is there any probabil­ ful to the students when they have malcontents. read "ThompsonviUe Barbers Start a Fresh Ground Hamburg Steak ...... 15c lb. ity that the situation will show any taken up the serious work of life, than Cutting Bee." Well, that sounded Arthur H. Lee marked improvement in the present that which can be acquired in the re­ We do not believe any such thing, familiar, if startling, for barbers just All 5c Bars of Candy—our price 3c bar fiscal year. No doubt it is due to the search work and study which are nec but we are voicing the sentiment com­ do something like that occasionally— Jeweler • Optician Camels, Lucky Strikes, Old Gold, Chesterfields, 2 pkgs., 25c monly expressed regarding this un­ quite occasionally. But, of course, as Fresh Pea Beans ..... 5c lb.—6 lbs. for 25c fact that the officials are hopeful of essary preliminaries to an affair of dertaking, and are stating them plain­ it developed afterwards, when the 30 PEARL STREET conditions being better, and that the this kind. ly to those engaged in it so that they facts were revealed, the article re­ Peaches, sliced 2 cans for 25c burden should be made as light as That those in charge of the local may have no misunderstanding about ferred to prices:—not faces. 'if. •JH

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Missionary Society Meeting. GIBSON—LOVE NUPTIAL committee. Visitors are expected tat RINGS FOR MARBLE The Woman's Missionary Society of be present from chapters in Suffield, « the United Presbyterian Church neld Former Local Girl Bride of Chicopee GRAND MATRON Windsor Locks, Windsor, Rockvill«, f their regular monthly meeting at the LOCAL NEWS NOTES Man in That Place Last Friday. Warehouse Point, East Hartford, TOURNAMENT ARE home of Mrs. Sarah Fiedler on Church A wedding of interest to many rel­ Hartford and Palmer, Mass. t ' street Friday afternoon. A part of atives and friends in this community TO VISIT LOCAL the program was the reading of let­ and Suffield took place in Chicopee Observe Victory Night. * ' ^ ters from mission workers in various The regular monthly meeting of the NOW BEING BUILT Thompsonville Board of Trade at the last Friday, when Miss Elizabeth W. In keeping with the program spon- :MI fields by Mrs. James C. Lamont, the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Enfield Inn, Wednesday, May 4. His Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James O.E.S. CHAPTER secretary. These were of especial in­ Episcopal Church will be held at the subject will be "What Are You Afraid Love, formerly of this place, became sored throughout the nation by the f§|g Work Has Commenced terest because all of the writers are home of Mrs. Arthtfr C. Eddy on Of?" the bride of Frederick W. Gibson, al­ American Legion, the Horace J. Tan- well known in town. Miss Marion South street this evening at 7:30. The first game of the Grammar so of Chicopee, at her home on Front Mrs. Ida B. Nixon and guay Post and Auxiliary held a joint for Event Which Is Be­ Kane of Dalton, Mass., who is a niece The Ladies' Aid Society of St. An­ School Baseball League will be play­ street. Snapdragon and roses were observance of "Victory Night" Mon- , of Mrs. Fiedler, wrote from Japan, ed tomorrow afternoon when the St. Staff of State Officers day evening. The speaker of the eve- > Miss Betsy Fleming from India and drew's Episcopal Church met at the attractively arranged in decoration ing Conducted Here As home of Mrs. Robert J. Jackson on Joseph's team, representing the local for the event, which was a very quiet, to Pay Annual Inspec­ ning was Judge James E. Cannon of Miss Sally Dickey from Evanston, 111., Parochial school, will oppose the Suf­ Windsor Locks, past district f com­ where Rev. George Whiteside was Bigelow Avenue last Thursday eve­ but pleasant affair, only immediate Part of National Com­ ning. Plans were outlined for a food field Grammar School team. relatives being present. tion Visit at Meeting mander of the Legion. In addition to formerly pastor of a church. Miss Making what is understood to be the address, there was a musical pro­ petition for Boys. Kane and Miss Fleming have both ad­ sale to be conducted by the society in The ceremony was performed by the vacant store in the Sisitzky build­ her last trip before being taken out Rev. William Reid, pastor of the Unit­ Tomorrow Night. gram and refreshments were served. dressed audiences at the local church of commission, the U. S. Navy Dirig­ With the work of building the rings, and Miss Dickey was engaged in mis­ ing at the corner of Pearl and Cen­ ed Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Ernest tral street, Friday afternoon, May 6. ible Los Angeles passed gracefully Sykes of Worcester, sister of the Ionic Chapter, O. E. S., will be hon­ which began this week, the plans for sionary work for this church a few over the center of the town Tuesday years ago. Mrs. Arthur Clark read a Mrs. Mary B. Bishop of Putnam, a bride, was her attendant as matron ored by the presence of Mrs. Ida B. the boys of the town participating in genealogist of note, will be the speak­ forenoon, flying low and in a south­ of honor, and the groom's brother, Nixon of Middletown, worthy grand selection on the mission topic for the erly direction. the marble tournament are fast tak­ afternoon. Mrs. Lamont and Mrs. er in the Connecticut D. A. R. weekly William Gibson of Chicopee, acted as matron, and her suite of grand offi­ Our special box of cut flowers on best man. A gown of peach colored SPECIALS ing shape. The locations selected so Leslie Creelman were appointed dele­ radio program Tuesday afternoon, at cials, at the meeting in the Masonic 1:45, daylight saving time. Her sub­ sale again this Saturday at $1.00.— crepe was worn by the bride and she far for the scene of the preliminary- gates to represent the society at the Spaulding Gardens.—(adv. Temple tomorrow evening at 8 P. M. Presbyterial in session at Clinton, ject will be "The Trail of the Tomb­ carried a bouquet of bride roses show­ For CHILDREN contests are Cottage Green, Union stone." WTIC, Hartford, is the sta­ The Woman's Club of Enfield met ered with lily of the valley. The ma­ This will be the occasion of the an­ Mass., today. yesterday afternoon at the home of street, South-End Playgrounds and tion for this broadcast. tron of honor was attired in navy blue nual inspection of the work of the or­ Mrs. J. Carlton Cady on Enfield street. crepe and she carried American roses. COATS North Main Street ball grounds. The Card Party Enjoyable Event. Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Remington The meeting was addressed by Aug- der, including the conferring of the 2 to 6 years. After a wedding supper, Mr. and Mrs. initiatory degree, which will be exem­ committer expects that most of these The bridge party conducted by Sis­ of River Boulevard, Suffield, are re­ gustus H. Smith of Springfield. Gibson departed for a honeymoon rings will be completed in the next ter Fabian Circle, Daughters of Isa­ ceiving congratulations over the birth The Rainbow Girls of Warehouse plified by Mrs. Mary Lear, the worthy tour in New York State and on their matron, Joseph Burgwinkle, the wor­ $2.98 to $3.98 few days, and the location of the one bella, in the form of an April shower, of a son at Wesson Maternity Hospi­ Point will hold a social and dance in return they will live with the bride's to be constructed in Hazardville will in Knights of Columbus Hall Monday tal in Springfield Sunday night. The the high school auditorium, Saturday thy patron, and the other officers of parents. Mrs. Gibson has been in the the chapter. follow. evening was a pronounced success and boy is Harold Nelson Remington, Jr., evening, May 7. The public is cord­ employ of the A. G. Spalding Sports DRESSES Just as fast as the rings are com­ socially enjoyable. An innovation and his grandparents are Mr. and ially invited to attend. An interesting progiam of music in Mrs. George N. Remington of River Goods Company as a telephone oper­ connection with the ceremonies, has 2 to 6 years. pleted the boys will be invited to be­ from the^ usual fee for playing was a The Ladies' Benevolent Society of ator and Mr. Gibson has a position gin practicing, and every opportunity contribution of articles of clothing or Boulevard and Mr. and Mrs. Harold the Enfield Congregational Church been planned by the music committee, Hue of South Manchester. as chemist with the same firm. Mr. Miss Florence M. Gourlie, Mrs. Car- will be given them to get in shape for foodstuffs by each participant in the will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Paul and Mrs. Love, with their family, re­ 59c to $1.00 the preliminary contests which will game _ and from these, together with Mothers' Day is May 8th, and it's Connor on Enfield street next week dice A. Bishop, and Mrs. Emma B. moved from Thompsonville to Chico­ Ganner. Mrs. Bishop will be the solo­ begin in about two weeks. During donations brought to the rooms from not too early to make your selection Friday afternoon at 2:30. pee about 20 years ago. the next few days the members of the many others, a large quantity of ma­ of Mottoes and hand-painted Greet­ The schools of the town are plan­ ist of the evening. A supper will be SWEATERS committee will be busy placing the terial was collected for the relief of ing Cards for that day. Spaulding ning a George Washington Bicenten­ served at 6:30 in the banquet hall and 2 to 6 years. material for the ring construction and the needy in town. Seven baskets Gardens.—(adv. Colonial Party Meeting Feature. this will be in charge of Mrs. Flora nial celebration to take place Arbor A colonial party will be a feature supervising the job. were filled with provisions and with A special meeting of the Society of Day, April 29. The program for this H. Frew, chairman, Mrs. Margaret The Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Com­ the wearing apparel provided were the Busy Bee will be held in the home of the regular monthly meeting of Burt, Mrs. Elizabeth Fairman, Mrs. $1.00 event will be announced in next the Ladies' Aid Society of the First pany is supplying the necessary lum­ distributed by members of the Circle of Mrs. Robert Graham, Maple street, week's issue. Elizabeth Neelans and Mrs. Christine ber for the work and the loam is be­ Tuesday. In the game prizes were Hazardville, Saturday evening, April Presbyterian Church in the chapel MacLaren. Decorations will be ar­ Announcement of the birth of this evening at 7:30. To make this a ing furnished by the town. Town of­ awarded to Miss Katharine Sullivan 23, at 8 o'clock. Important business daughter to Rev. and Mrs. John H. ranged by the dining room commit­ ficials and playground authorities are for the highest score, and to Miss is to be discussed and all those inter­ success, it is hoped that as many as tee, Mrs. Alice M. Hilditch, chairman, THE MALIA Egner in Brooklyn, N. Y., last Friday, possible will appear in costumes of co-operating splendidly with the com­ Alice Woods for the second honor. ested are earnestly requested to be has been received by friends in town. Mrs. Mae P. Hall and Mrs. Florence mittee in this work. A number of men Miss Josephine Galimberti received a present. any old-time period. The business Savage, and Mrs. Elsie M. Knight, Mrs. Egner before her marriage was session will be followed by the social SHOPPE who are out of employment have vol­ consolation favor. The men of St. Mary's Episcopal Miss Patience M. Love, former local chairman, Mrs. Emilie P. Evans and 53 PEARL ST. unteered to aid in the construction Church, Hazardville,, under the direc­ school nurse. hour, when Mrs. William Klein will Mrs. Nellie G. Hilditch and Thomas work. The entry blanks were receiv­ tion of the Parish Committee, will direct a program of entertainment Shields comprise the reservations Attending Continental Congress. William J. Hughes, Jr., son of Mr and the affair will conclude with a tea ed this week and the committee will Mrs. Frederick E. Hunter of En­ give an oyster supper Friday, April and Mrs. William J. Hughes of Pearl be ready in a day or two to receive 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Parish for which Mrs. Frederick Leach, Mrs. field street is in Washington, D. C., street, is a member of the Philhar­ James Melladew, Miss Ruth C. Mella- entries for the play-offs. for the week, attending the 41st Con­ House. There will be old-time danc­ monic Orchestra at Holy Cross Col­ Announcements of interest regard­ ing after the supper. dew and Mrs. Christine McLaren will tinental Congress of the Daughters lege, which will assist the Glee Club be hostesses. All ladies of the church ing the tournament will appear regu­ of the American Revolution as a rep­ Dog owners are warned by Town of that institution in the concert to larly in the Springfield newspapers Clerk Timothy J. Sullivan that the are cordially invited to be present and resentative of Penelope Terry Abbey be given in Springfield tomorrow eve­ help the society to make of this a and in the columns of The Press. The Chapter of this town. She is regist­ zero hour for getting their dogs li­ ning. A number from here will at­ project is arousing tremendous inter­ censed is fast approaching. In addi­ most enjoyable event as well as a ered at the Burlington Hotel, and is tend. fitting Washington bicentennial ob­ est among the youngsters of the town accompanied by Mrs. Mark W. Bush- tion to his regular hours at the town The members of Patrick F. Triggs servance. and its success is already assured. nell of Pearl street. building, Mr. Sullivan will be at his Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will office, Friday evening, April 29, and hold a public bridge and whist party Turtle Found in Yard. Monday, May 2, from 7 to 9 for the this evening at their clubrooms on convenience of license applicants. Somebody's turtle has evidently run Fleasant street. Attractive prizes amuck, according to a report received J. Francis Browne, Jr., has been on will be awarded and refreshments a business trip for the last year trav­ served after the card games. this morning from 73 School street, eling through British Columbia, Seat­ _ The Ladies' Aid Society of Metho­ where one of unusual size was found Free! $6 Permanent Wave tle and the Pacific Coast, and is now dist Episcopal Church will meet with early today. It is marked B. B. 1912- stopping at the Y. M. C. A. building 1932. The neighbors are caring for Beginning Monday, April 25th, and continuing all Mrs. J. C. Millard of Enfield street the strange visitor until it is claimed week, all patrons of this beauty parlor, whether for in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday afternoon, April 28, at the purchase of Cosmetics or work done, will be en­ Rev. C. H. Rust of Longmeadow 2:30. Tea will be served. Mrs. Ken­ by its owner if such there be. titled to a free ticket on a drawing for a $6.00 Frigi- will be the principal speaker at the neth E. Myers will be the assistant dine G. M. Permanent Wave. Drawing to take place annual reunion and banquet of the hostess. on Saturday, April 30th at 6:00 P. M. FOURNIER BEAUTY PARLOR HAZARDVILLE HAPPENINGS MALLEY BLDG. PHONE 572-2 PEARL STREET Miss Jeanette Thomes, daughter of beat. Miss Wilson never missed a day Mr. and Mrs. George Thomes, is at while in Enfield High School and New the Stafford Springs Hospital recov­ Britain Normal, and has a perfect ering from an operation for the re­ record of 11 years at the Hazardville moval of her appendix. Grammar School without an absence. Miss Ann Rich is chairman of the While we may well be sorry for her New Low Prices On committee of the Catholic Women's illness and the breaking of such a re­ Club sponsoring a public bridge and markable record, we are glad to re­ whist in the Grammar School Audi­ port she is downstairs and hopes to The conveniences Anthracite Coal torium this evening, for the benefit of be back at her school duties before the week is out. NOW IN EFFECT the Recreational Center Association. 1 Playing will begin at 8 o'clock and "Marty" Thompson was home over Money kept in a mattress that make Frigidaire users so enthusiastic— Stove $14.25 No. 2 Buck 8.00 refreshments will be served following the week-end from Providence Col­ is both unsafe and idle. the card games. All are invited to lege, where he has been attending Money kept in the Thomp­ the fast ice freezing—the low operating Chestnut 14.00 Kopper's Coke 11.75 attend this worthy social event. school, and if reports are correct, he sonville Trust Company is Pea - 12.00 Unsplit Wood 4.00 Miss Marion Wilson, daughter of lias been making good in the tryouts Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson, was forc­ for the varsity baseball team. protected and it brings No. 1 Buck 9.50 Split Wood 4.50 ed to go home from school on Thurs­ you profit in the form of cost—the absolute dependability year day with a serious case of tonsilitis. The men of St. Mary's Parish, un­ A discount of 50c per ton allowed for prompt payment. der the direction of the Parish Com­ an annual interest. This breaks a record of perfect at­ mittee, will give an oyster supper on after year—these are the things to look Range and Fuel Oil Orders Promptly Filled—Phone 496. tendance at school which is hard to Friday, April 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 in The money you deposit the parish house. There will be old- not only works for you, FRANK P. SMYTH time dancing after the supper. but it works for hundreds for in an electric refrigerator. If you want FUEL DEALER A special meeting of the Society of of others, because it is put the Busy Bee will be held in the home into circulation. For thus 98 Prospect Street—Phone 496 Thompsonville, Conn. CLASSIFIED ADS of Mrs. Robert Graham, Maple street, them, be sure that the electric refrigerator Saturday evening, April 23, at 8 P. M. lending your money you Important business is to be discussed are paid an interest of and all those interested are earnestly 4 % on the dollar per year. you buy bears the name of the genuine MISCELLANEOUS requested to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pelkey and Save for Prosperity LOST—Ladies' Gruen Wrist Watch, family have returned from Pawtuck- Monday night between South Pearl, et, R. I., where they went to attend This little cleaning help Franklin and Enfield Street. Re­ the funeral of his brother, Paul Pel- ward if returned to 42 Garden St. key, a former resident of this village. The Telephone 449. dl Mrs. Peter Davis is at home recov­ ering from a very serious illness. Her daughter, Gertrude, is caring for her. Thompsonville FRIGIDAIRE FOR SALE Mrs. E. E. Corbin has been com­ FOR SALE — Hard wood, $8.00 per pelled to remain in bed for the past Trust Co. week with an attack of grippe. cord; soft wood, $7.00 per cord; THOMPSONVILLE, CT. sawed any length, full measure. Alexander Bridge was able to re­ Jl Wiers' Wood Yard, Phone Thomp­ port back to work after a week spent Open Saturday Evenings FRE sonville 698-21. d3 with old man "flu." The RCA spent Thursday evening 7 to 8 P. M. FOR SALE — Caddy house, rear of discussing the possibility of baseball to introduce Stan's Dinner at State Line. Open­ in the village this year. Some talk Qeneral JHotors ing on three sides; with awnings. developed regarding the formation of Suitable for road stand. Reason­ a team to play outside Sunday base­ able price. For information Phone ball. The RCA finally voted to put a r BIG ONE Springfield 4-0830. dl girls' team and a boys' team in the Value field and left the details to the execu­ Just do two things... neither of which will tive committee. cost you a penny. Brine us the certificate TO RENT May 19 and May 20 were the dates And now — because of the savings efleeted at the bottom of this advertisement. And TO RENT—Modern six room flat. suggested by the manager of "The while you are here, watch a demonstra­ Steam heated. Screened. Moun­ College Flapper" committee, Blaine by quantity production, and the purchasing tion of the G-E $27.50 cleaner. This tain View Avenue. Telephone D'Arcy, for the presentation of that 656-3. dl very comic and interesting play. power of General Motors, Frigidaire prices soft, chemically treated chamoisette dust There is a very great need for some cloth will be handed to you, free. TO RENT—Five room flat on Enfield money to close up the basketball sea­ are greatly reduced. You can buy a genuine Frigidaire Street; best residential section; $25 We know what we have in this cleaner: son and start the baseball program. —the 4 cubic foot Moraine Model—with its Super- a splendid light weight machine with a per month. Phone 804-4. tf Everyone will desire to purchase one or more tickets for this production, powerful G-E motor ... a machine that TO RENT—Furnished rooms, located Power, faster freezing, low operating cost and short distance from business cen­ sponsored by the RCA, and see a good cleans easily with little effort, at a low show and also help the boys and girls known value for as little as $130 f. o. b. Dayton. ter. Teachers preferred. Reason­ of the village. price. You are not obligated in any way able price. Inquire 25 Prospect whatever by looking at it. And we gladly The Enfield Grange held their reg­ Street. d2 ular meeting last night in Institute give you the dust cloth to remember it by. GARAGE TO RENT—Central loca­ Hall at the usual time. If you can't come to the store, mail us tion, rent very reasonable. Inquire Rev. and Mrs. Earl E. Story, ac­ the certificate with your name and ad­ 25 Prospect Street. d3 companied by their daughter, were dress. Our salesman will take you afree dust visitors in the village over the week­ To Be Safe TO RENT—Apartment at 164 Pearl end and Dr. Story preached in the cloth and a cleaner for demonstration. Street, opposite Public Library. Methodist Church. Dr. Story and the Be Insured THIS CERTIFICATE IS VALUABLE. Inquire M. C. Sullivan, 72 High pastor, Rev. Oliver W. Bell, were Street, Phone 177. tf schoolmates at Boston University. Fire may strike your prop­ CLIP IT. GOOD FOR 5 DAYS ONLY TO RENT—10 acres of tobacco land Word has been received that Rev. erty at an unexpected mo­ with shed and laths. Inquire of and Mrs. Marion J. Creeger will visit ment despite the precau­ Remarkably light weight... Atty. Arthur R. Bostick or Mrs. H. the Pacific Coast this summer. Rev. aluminum motor base, body A. Button, Suffield. dl Mr. Creeger, who is a former pastor tions you have taken to and cap. Remarkably power­ This certificate entitles of the Methodist Church here, is at­ fight it. Do all you can to ful. . .G-E ball bearing motor TO RENT—4-room tenement, all im­ ,.. requiring no oiling. Re­ Name tending the International Rotary Con­ keep fire away, but to be markably gentle ... lengthens provements, with garage. Inquire vention in Seattle, Wash., as a dele­ the life of every rug and car­ Address John H. Parker, 363 Enfield Street. entirely safe, be insured. pet it touches. gate from the Middletown (Conn.) 50 to a G-E Cleaner demonstration, and a Telephone 584. tf Rotary Club. The premiums are negli­ FREE DUST CLOTH. TO RENT—Five room tenement, all The fishing season opened with a gible in comparison to the G-E CLEANER$0"7 / / Junior Model / modern, first floor. Will be avail­ bang last Friday and good catches loss sustained from fire. able about April 15. Inquire John were reported by a number of local Holleran, 31 Pease Street. d52 disciples of Ike Walton. The "real fishermen" are waiting for a little TO RENT—Five room tenement on warmer weather to bring in the "big Gorman Avenue. Inquire of M. E. ones." BRAINARD- FRANK BARRILA Gorman & Co., Pearl street. tf The Northern Connecticut TO RENT—Five room apartment; al­ Nearly 2,700,000 pairs of gloves AHRENS, Inc. GENERAL®ELECTRIC Home Appliances so seven room house, modern im­ were made in Belgium for exporta­ provements, on Sullivan Avenue. tion last year. Phone 45-2 Power Company 12 PEARL STREET TELEPHONE 1057 Inquire M. C. Sullivan, 72 High St., Passenger automobiles made in 106 MAIN STREET Telephone 177. tf France last year totaled 160,000. '••• KSS&S/:'' /^// BIX THE THOMPSONVILLE PRESS, THURSDAY, 21, 1932

prised Sunday evening gy relatives the occasion. ened the 1932 season last Friday witli Prepare for Eucharistic Congress SUFFIELD and friendsin observance of their sil­ Town Clerk and Mrs. Harold N. a 3 to 2 victory over the Springfield SUPPORT OF ver wedding anniversary. Mr. and Remington of River Boulevard are College freshmen. Suffield won one; The local American Legion Post Mrs. Leahey were married in Suffield the parents of a son, Harold Nelson, of the singles matches and took both, and Ladies' Auxiliary held a meeting by Rev. John A. Creedon at Sacred Jr., bom last Sunday at the Wesson doubles. Summary: Singles, Thomp­ t HEALTH AND last Monday evening in the town hall Heart Church 25 years ago. Mr. Maternity Hospital, Springfield. son, Springfield, beat Lindquist, Suf­ Leahey, who is prominently known in The Suffield Grange entertained the field. 6-2, 6-4; Hill, Suffield, beat which "was largely attended. This town, is a veteran of the Spanish- entire cast and directors of the min­ Clark, Springfield, 6-2, 2-6, 8-6; Mor­ !' SOCIAL WORK meeting was in keeping with the na­ American War, and is a member of strel show, which it held recently, at gan, Springfield, beat Fuge, Suffield,. tional program sponsored by the John M. Handley Camp, U. S. W. V., a dinner party at the Highland Hotel 7-5, 7-6, 6-1. Doubles: Hill and Fuge* Amercian Legion. There was group of Thompsonville. He is a mail car­ in Springfield. Entertainment was Suffield, beat Thompson and Clark of Never So Important As singing and the nationwide radio rier at the local post office. Mr. and furnished by Paul Noffke, Springfield Springfield, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; and Lind­ During: the Present De­ broadcast was heard. Mrs. Leahey have two sons. They magician, and Earl W. Spaulding of quist and Watterman, Suffield, beat Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leahey of were the recipients of many appro­ this town. Morgan and Smith of Springfield, pression, Urged by the Taintor street were pleasantly sur­ priate and beautiful gifts in honor of The Suffield School tennis team op­ 6-4, 6-4. Head of Cornell Uni­ versity in Radio Talk. Pill Pointing out that the tangible phy­ sical assets of the nation can always be replaced in a short time, but that years of effort are required to raise the level of public health and social standards, Dr. Livingston Farrand, president of Cornell University, urg­ ed continued public support of health w-KSiS-v-: and social work during the depression in a radio address broadcast recently from WEAF, New York, over a coast to coast network of the National Broadcasting Company. "The importance of this work can­ not be over-emphasized, he declared, "for the collapse of morale and the gloom of despair pave the way not Accelerating only for social and moral disintegra­ tion but for disease as well. The mo­ mentum given to this side of social welfare work is undoubtedly carry­ ing innumerable families past a crisis which in former years would have wrecked them." "The public is benefiting today by its previous support of preventive work," he continued, but went on to say that nothing can run solely on momentum, and that "unless the pub­ A scene in Phoenix park, Dublin, during the construction of some build­ lic is reminded continuously of vital ings which are going up especially for the eucharistic congress which is to social facts the advances and achieve­ be held here this summer. ments of science are soon replaced by folk lore and superstition." "We have on the one hand those tangible, material resources con­ structed or brought into being by the hand of man—food, clothing, build­ ings, machinery. And on the other AT THE CHURCHES hand are those intangible assets that can be built up only with the help of nature and by the slow processes of St. Patrick's Church. us to create and sustain whatever can education, but which nevertheless de­ Services next Sunday morning will make human life worth while. To off­ Oi termine the vital characteristics of a be held on standard time, at the usual set this philosophy is that other great people—mental and moral standards, hours, 7:30, 9 and 10:30. The day­ statement, "Apart from Me Ye Can the intelligence level, the educational light saving schedule will become ef­ Do Nothing." level, self reliance, and resourceful­ fective at noon Sunday, with the ves­ In the 7 P. M. service, the subject ness. And the keystone is health, for per service at 3 o'clock. for study will be "Our Leisure Time— with loss of health there begins a de­ How Make the Most of It?" This is cay in those complex psychological First Presbyterian. a live question today. Millions might processes which determine a nation's Beginning next Sunday all services well be interested. In good times as place in the sun—optimism rapidly will be conducted on daylight saving well as times of depression, leisure is turns to pessimism, which in turn is time. At the morning worship hour still a problem that might well ar­ succeeded by despair; despair subtly at 10:30, the sermon will be preached rest the attention of the thoughtful. and insidiously replaces hope. It is by Dr. Henry Lincoln Bailey. Church Sunday School as usual at 9:30 A. M. but a step from despair to despera­ School will be held immediately at A welcome and a place for all. At tion and we find ourselves trembling the close of the morning service, in­ 6:15 the Christian Endeavor Societies on the brink of a national catas­ cluding the Men's Bible Class meet­ meet. "Opportunities for Life In­ trophe." ing, which this Sunday will be led by vestment" will be the subject for dis­ _ He called attention to the educa­ the president, Lawrence G. Evans. cussion. A large attendance is ex­ tional "Early Diagnosis Campaign" The topic for discussion will be from pected. The regular Wednesday eve­ now being conducted by the affiliated the Romans (12, 3-21), "Division of ning hour at 7:30, followed by choir tuberculosis associations throughout Work in the Kingdom." At 6 P. M. rehearsal. The Young People's Mis­ the country as an example of preven­ the Young People's devotional meet­ sionary meeting will be held Tuesday tive health work that is producing ex­ ing will be led by Chester Brainard, evening at 8 P. M. This is the usual cellent results, and declared, "Our Jr. The topic will be "Opportunity monthly session and a full attendance is requested. tangible resources could be destroyed for Life Investment." P over night and yet be replaced in a All plans for the men's inter-church short time with a comparatively in­ supper, to be held Tuesday, May 3, in Hazardville Methodist. significant loss to industry. Thompsonville have been completed. On Thursday evening, April 28, in "Those things, however, that are of Hartford, Holyoke, Springfield and the vestry, the Ladies' Aid Society the body and of the spirit must be Thompsonville will be represented at will serve their regular supper under maintained, or the very standards of the gathering. William P. Gourlie is the direction of Mrs. Merrill Bridge civilization will drop and the advan­ chairman of the committee in charge as chairman, assisted by her commit­ ces achieved by public health work of local arrangements and reserva­ tee, Mrs. S. A. Bridge, Mrs. Leland after a quarter century of effort will tions may be made with him. Hawthorne, Mrs. George Albee, Mrs. be wiped out, and we shall be forced Arthur Graham, Mrs. Ellis J. Gor­ to begin all over again. It is there­ Enfield Congregational. don and Mrs. Phillippe Favre. The fore of vital importance that we con­ All services Sunday are scheduled Christian Endeavor Society will give tinue to maintain the present stand­ to begin on daylight saving time. The a "hit-and-miss" program following ards of social work and health pro­ service of morning worship will be the supper at 7 P. M., daylight sav­ tection at whatever cost may be nec­ conducted by the pastor, Rev. Ray­ ing time. the essary. Nowhere is it truer than in mond A. Waser. His sermon topic Church School at 10 A. M., followed CASH maintaining public health work that will be, "The Churchgoer and Prohi­ by the morning worship services at an ounce of prevention is worth a bition." This Sunday is being ob­ 11 A. M., with preaching by the pas­ pound of cure. It is far better to served as Men's Sunday and every tor, Rev. Oliver W. Bell. Music will erect a fence at the top of a cliff than man in the parish is urged to make a be rendered by the choir, with Mrs. to maintain a hospital at the bottom special effort to attend this service. Ernest B. Buck as soloist. Christian of the cliff." It is hoped a large group will be pres­ Endeavor Societies will meet at 6 P. ent. The exercises are being spon­ M., as usflal. The Intermediate C. E. sored by the Men's Brotherhood or­ Society has planned to go to South World's Biggest Drink ganization of the church. Manchester and visit the young peo­ Last Sunday evening the Young REGISTER ple's society of the Methodist Church S Measured; It's Water People's Society enjoyed a visit with of that city. The party will leave the Chapel Hill, N. C.—The world's big- the older Young People's groups of church at 5 P. M. Over 30 of the so­ jeat drink of water has been discov- the Central Baptist Church in Hart­ ciety members enjoyed a social at the ed and measured at the University ford. An inspiring talk on the mes­ Bridge's cottage on Somers Mountain The delicate clang of the cash register keys, accom­ S North Carolina. sage of the Old Testament Prophets last Monday evening. It Is the dally swallow taken by was given. This Sunday evening the "Blasting at the Rock of Ages" is panied by an insistent obligato of cash drawers $rees and plants In summer. Its size meeting will be held at the parsonage the general theme of the pastor's ad­ j» 20 to 30 per cent of the water In at 6:45. The topic for discussion is, dresses on Sunday evening at 7:30 P. opening and closing is music to the merchant's ears. "What Shall I do With Sunday?" M., daylight saving time. Remember brooks and streams. The leader of worship and discussion the change in time begins this Sun­ This was computed in rhythmic will be Miss Carolyn Chillson. Sun­ day. The tour of the Holy Land will What annoys most merchants today is the extreme­ dally rise and fall in the water of day School will meet at 12 o'clock. be concluded at the evening services Jiforth Carolina streams. The fourth annual meeting of the in the picture trip which is being ly slow tempo in which this commercial music is "Ground water" gave the clew. Council of Congregational Women of made as a prelude to the program. Connecticut will be held at the Sec­ Everyone invited. Prayer meeting in played on their cash registers. Today, as yesterday, ond Congregational Church in Water- the vestry at 7:30 P. M. Special ad­ bury on Wednesday, April 27. There vices to Methodists will be the sub­ accelerating the pace of your cash register is accom­ will be two sessions, one at 10:30 in ject of the pastor's address. The the morning and the final at 2 P. M., Church School teachers and officers WELDING AND daylight saving time. Addresses will met in the vestry on Tuesday under plished by tuning up on your advertising. be gvien by Miss Ruth Cowles of Af­ the new superintendent, Miss Marie BRAZING rica, Miss Amy Welcher of Hartford R. Collins. OF ALL KINDS and Mrs. R. C. Mitchell of Boston. During the noon hour there will be The Press reaches, by reason of its wide circulation, Auto Body, Fender and the usual exhibits. The women of SOMERS Radiator Repairing this church are cordially invited to those purchasing markets that still make purchases, attend the council meetings. Sheet Metal Work. The Visiting Nurse Association that still build sales for merchants, that still read The Roofing and Gotten. Methodist Episcopal. sponsored a fashion show last eve­ All services beginning Sunday will ning at Piedmont Hall. The models Press for news of bargains, seasonable merchandise, be held on daylight saving time. At were chosen from Somers and Som- 10 o'clock the usual Church School ersville. A Hartford store sent its Tony Troiano session will be held. Morning wor­ stylist to dress the models. A food innovations, and competitive prices—markets that 1U No. Main. St Phone ft-S ship at 11, with sermon by the pastor, sale preceded the fashion show which Thorn psonrflle, Cobb. took place at 7:30. will keep your cash registers busy. To set your cash Rev. G. Stanley Helps, on "A New In­ The Tolland County 4-H Clubs will ternational Through Christ." The hold an egg show in the auditorium Christian Endeavor Society will meet of the Kibbe-Fuller School on Fri­ registers clanging, get the people to buy from you at 6:15 P. M. On Thursday, April 28, day, May 6. the Ladies' Aid Society will meet at The Young Matrons' bridge club by advertising in The Press. 2:30 in the home of Mrs. J. C. Mil­ met at the home of Mrs. Ralph Car­ Thompsonville lard, 255 Enfield street. Mrs. Ken­ penter on last Thursday afternoon. neth C. Myers will be the assistant Mrs. William Ross won the first prize hostess. and Mrs. Ronald Martin the consola­ Monumental tion. United Presbyterian. Mrs. Elmer J. Cooke and infant Works Plans are being worked out for the daughter, Frances, have returned to observance of Mothers' Day, which their home in Somersville from the Call 50 or drop us a card, and we will send M. J. LIBERTY, Proprietor comes the second Sunday in May. A .Johnson Memorial Hospital in Staf­ special invitation is extended to all ford Springs. mothers and parents in general to a representative who will explain in detail the Office: 97 Pearl St. visit the Sunday School that day and benefits derived from advertising in The Press look over the work of the classes. The LEGAL NOTICE Phone 403-4 children are faithful and are happy in their work. The parents will do well to look in on the school and fol­ Building Permits Granted. low the children through their exer­ Frank Bielonko, house, Shaker cises. Mothers' Day is Sunday, May Road. 8. It will be a special day in all the L. C. Gasnell and S. Rothwell, gar­ services for parents and children. age, 27 Oak Avenue. Edward Leete Mention has been made of adopting Francis T. Carey, barn, South Haz­ for the next three months in the Wed­ ardville Road. Funeral nesday evening service, the plan fol­ T. Marinaccio, printing office, 95 Director lowed Mist year during May, June and Spring street. July. The different organizations of Enfield Zoning Commission: THE PRESS the church, in turn, took charge of Adelard J. Ballard, OFFICE: 74 MAIN STREET the meetings. The attendance and in­ William J. Hines, Telephone 1M terest was excellent and the results James Luicci, were very much worth while. Frank E. Rosenberger. The usual service next Sunday at Herbert Varno. : 107 ENFIELD ST. 10:30 A. M. The sermon topic will Dated at Enfield, Conn., this be, "What About Humanism?" Its 13th day of April, 1932. 1*7 supporters say we are alone in an un­ Louis B. 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house, rafters, should not be more than twenty inches apart. HERE'S HOW THE HOME SUGGESTIONS Experience contradicts the tradi­ *• * Aisjfwyjf'«•* BUILDING FUNDS DIVIDE tion that roof decks must be slatted DESIRE TO OWN to avoid the decay of wooden shingles. FOR BlIUDING Tight under roofing gives opposition Just where does the home building to burning brands, prevents unneces­ ONE'S HOME NOT money go? How much to the car­ sary heat losses and contributes to penters, the masons, the electricians? THE NEW HOME the stiffness of the roof structure. What part of the material costs does Thirty per cent fuel waste is through ON THE WANE lumber represent—plumbing, finish­ roofs, and a good wooden blanket is ing? Here are some authentic tab­ Poor Construction Can well worth while for wood is a natur­ les published by the Architects' Small al insulator. Idea Still Strong Among House Service Bureau: Be Avoided by Observ­ Labor Expenditures Most houses are safe enough so far All Classes and Is Rea­ Carpenters 49.6 ing a Few of the Rules as the floor supports are concerned, Bricklayers 6.2 but the floor should be rigid and stiff son For Growing Sen­ of Building Which Can Hodcarriers 2.2 to prevent cracking plaster or springy Plasterers and squeaking floors. Walking or timent In Favor of the 7.9 Be Easily Learned. -nui Plumbers 8.7 stamping will often reveal any weak­ Home Loan Bank Bill. Electricians 2.6 ness in the floors. Painters Unfortunately, "jerry-building," or 10.0 A good foundation won't be of much Common laborers 6.3 poor construction, is quite common in use if the frame of your house is Refuting all claims that desire for All others 6.5 poor. Pay particular attention to a home is waning, family after fam­ some localities, and the man who is those parts of the frame which sup­ •willing to be imposed upon may get ports weight or resists the pressure ily, from the country doctor's to the 100.0 day laborer's, is today for the first Material Expenditures the worst of a house buying transac­ of the wind. Plenty of windows are Lumber 45.0 tion. All people can't be carpenters needed, but each window is a hole in time demanding the "right to own its Brick 4.2 but it is not difficult to acquire an ele­ the wall which weakens it unless com­ own home." These unassuming folk, Cement 3.5 pensated for. This compensation is silent so long about their greatest Lime 2.2 mentary knowledge of some of the taken care of by proper framing of Sand .... •simple principles of good construc­ yearning, are speaking up, encourag­ 2.4 the openings. If tne opening is more Glass 2.3 tion, which will be a protection in than three feet wide, it should be ed by the growing sentiment in favor Lath 2.6 buying a house. trussed across the top. Side studs I of the Home Loan Bank Bill whose Plumbing "Top and bottom" construction 10.3 should be doubled and doubled pieces I Oft"tot** )•«tOS.CN f os. ,I enactment by Congress would solve Heating equipment .. 8.4 might be said to be the most import­ should be used at the top and bottom. their delimma. Electric equipment 3.6 ant guides to a good house, and your Success in framing depends upon The United States Building and Roofing 5.6 inspection should start with these two nailing. Your house should have 20 Loan League, through its member as- Finishing hardware 2.5 elements. First of all look at the DINING penny spikes used freely for toe nail­ E.OOM sociatiins which have helped half of Paint and varnish ., 4.0 foundation of the house. Any sett­ ing studs and joining two inch lumber the small homeowners in the country Of IN Miscellaneous 3.4 ling or cracking there is certain to be generally, 8 or 10 penny nails should rote M to achieve their goal, and as a result reflected in the super-structure, no os. be used in sheathing and sub-flooring 4UN of broadcast talks by its leaders, is 100.0 matter how good. The footing for the and each board should be nailed at LOOM receiving daily letters repeating the foundation should be below the frost least twice where it crosses framing LIVING E.OOM declai-ation of needing a home. Presi­ Rutherfordton, N. C. — When his line, and should be at least four in­ members. See that wall cavities are JPlan N». 8-A-74: National Lumber Manufacturer* Association dent Hoover is with them, the writers cow was not _ measuring up to expec­ ches wider on each side than the foun­ properly stopped, thus the fire haz­ thankfully point out, recalling his re­ tations in milk production, Henry L. dation itself. If the foundation is not ard in your home will be reduced at cent statement in the foreword of the | Davis, farmer, investigated and found FIB.ST FLOOB. PLAN 1 a single unit like poured concrete, it least fifty per cent. Be sure that fire­ r CLIUM6 NtlCHT *4* first report of the Home Ownership that the cow was mothering a 10- should be carefully inspected to see places and chimneys are properly in­ A Style Always in Good Taste Conference, "Every thrifty family months-old-hog that had fed, like a that it is intact. sulated. has an inherent right to own a home." calf, from the cow. About half the weight of a building Home builders and home buyers are "I want a home, not an expensive is supported on the middle line posts, OUTHERN hospitality centers around many such delightful homes {AUTtLNATL | structure, nor anything on the ex­ learning that good workmanship and as this one. Colonial of this type has been in good taste for more • LOCATION »Ofc I which should rest on low masonry good materials always pay in the long S I iLltPlNG POLCMt treme, just a modest comfortable piers. These posts support the gird­ run. In many items of construction, than 200 years. It has the added advantage of being economical to house of five or six rooms," writes a er on which the inner ends of floor build. The square plan eliminates broken roof lines and provides floor physician in a small Southern town. such as flashings, roofs, electrical JIWING joists rest, as well as the partitions equipment, hardware, screens and the area which is divided into rooms of excellent proportions. This means R.OO/W "I have no doubts at all about meet­ Wm. Hyland -which carry the upper floors of the like, the so called cheap materials economy in construction as well as materials. *o • »'•a ing the payments, at any time, and in house. The piers should be slightly prove far more expensive at the end case of sickness, I have enough insur­ higher than the basement floor, in or­ of ten years. A survey made by an There are six good rooms, a full basement and an attic. The open LOCATION ance to cover any emergency. I own porch may be placed at the rear if desired. POtL der to prevent rot. The joists should association of contractors in Chicago iUtflMGPOLCH a nice building lot in one of the best ALL KINDS OP not be more than 16 inches on center, showed that $10,000 dwellings, built The house is wood construction, siding exterior and shingle roof. sections of the town. I am very anx­ and to prevent dry rot the ends should of cheaper elements for about 10 per ious to build at this time, while con­ REAL ESTATE If you are interested in a house of this size and equipment it is worth­ ptD eoow BID tOO/A be tightly embedded in masonry. All cent less, proved to be 82 per cent . a'-y-is'-A* lK-y struction can be had at low cost. I while to study these plans carefully. They offer the utmost in con­ CIO am one of the million that desire and joists spans of over eight feet should more expensive at the end of ten • be cross bridged. years than houses built with good ma­ venience, comfort and equipment, consistent with the size and type of need a home." ENFIELD STREET house. SECOND FLOOK PLAN Yet—the League points out, home Inspect the roof of the home you terials in the first place. CC1LINC WIICHT *-<** are thinking of buying next. Be sure financing credit in this country has ENFIELD, CONN. that the pitch or slope is ample for GOVERN COST OF HOUSE been so unmobilized that this man Phone 137*3 drainage. If the gutters are placed ACCORDING TO LOT COST WOOD SHINGLES MAKE ONE can Lumber Standards there are three shingles should have a slope not less must wait indefinitely. The building too high on a roof without sufficient OF TIGHTEST KNOWN ROOFS recognized sizes of perfect shingles. than 1 to 4, or, in other words, a rise and loan associations, organized to pitch they will become clogged with The price we will have to pay for They are all grade A or vertical of one foot for every two feet of hor­ meet the ordinary man's home needs, snow and ice in the winter, and water Owner Should Exercise Care in Selec- grain. The U. S. Government grad­ izontal span of the roof. Chimneys, need a system where they can secure will back up under the roof covering, a lot on which we plan the new home of Material and See That They ing and packing rules describes the plumbing, vent pipes, dormers and additional long time money, before rotting the roof boards and ruining will depend a great deal on whether Are Applied Properly. varieties as follows: 24-inch, 4|2; 18- other projections should be thorough­ they can take care of all the pleas atHE BESLPAIKT F0RU1E JOBl the ceilings of rooms below. It is im­ the land is "improved." Where Wood shingles make one of the inch, 5|2-1|4; 16-inch, 5|2. The B ly flashed where they pass through represented by such letters. That is portant that rafters supporting the streets, curbing, sidewalks, water, tightest known roofs and they will grade shingles described in these the roof with non-corrodable metal, what the Home Loan Bank Bill can roof be numerous and stiff enough to electricity, gas, and sewerage im­ easily last fifty years if the owner rules are clear shingles but are not preferably sheet zinc or copper. Gal­ do, its proponents repeatedly have do the job well. In the ordinary frame provements have not been made, a lot will use a little care in the selection all vertical grain and should never vanized iron will seldom, or ever, last brought out. may sometimes be obtained for less of his material and see that they are be used except on side walls. as long as the roofing material itself, "We do not ask or expect any man­ applied according to the best prac­ ner of charity, we only want better than five per cent of the total cost of Sixteen inch shingles should be laid and leakage will occur around such the house and the lot. Ten per cent tices. The first rule for a good shingle five inches to the weather, 18-inch openings. Ridge boards on shingle homes for our families and to have will likely be the upper limit. If all roof is to see that the stock is all 100 shingles five inches and 24-inch seven roofs should be of dense heartwood, them we must be allowed to use mon­ J. F. HYDACK improvements have been made, the per cent vertical grain, entirely free inches. Wood shingles should not be preferably of some durable species ey that belongs to others and a good Colonial Paint will not crack, peel r. Successor to S. L. Mitchell from sap, and perfectly clear. Ver­ long time to pay it back, and we will It is made from Pure Unseed Oil, Pure cost of the lot will frequently run to laid with tight joints, for under the like cypress. Shingle lath should be White Pure Oxide of Zinc, ground and amal* 20 per cent, but only rarely should it tical grain shingles take stain evenly, rules of manufacture a little varia­ spruce. do well," writes the secretary of an gamated by apccial machinery. Ho adulterants of Plumbing : Heating exceed 25 per cent. Front foot val­ lie flat on the roof and never curl. tion in width is allowable between tip association whose directors are bak­ any kind in Colonial Paint 40 HIGH STREET ues as shown by recent sales, and as­ The rule second in importance is to and butt. Moreover, the swelling re­ Unusually mild weather during the ers, barbers, hotel waiters and other Phone 196-5 Thompsonville sessed valuations may serve to check see that shingles are fastened to the sulting from moisture may cause the late months of 1931 prevented the laboring men. "Today we have ap­ values. roof with copper-steel nails, or gal­ shingles to slip. If laid tightly to­ usual number of fatalities in Great plication for $3500. The person has vanized hot dipped nails. The com­ gether, one of the beauties of a shing­ Lakes shipping. There have been no a very nice lot and wishes to build, mon ungalvanized nail rusts out in a led wall is lost, viz: the shadow lines fatalities involving lake boats caught but we are unable to supply him with few years and loosens the shingle which come from 1-8 to 1-4 spacing in ice or storm during the year. the required money. We have such long before it is otherwise affected of the shingles. Water polo is becoming popular in calls very often." by the elements. Under the Ameri­ Roof surfaces to be covered with Scotland. So the chorus swells stronger. The president of the United States Build­ THE THOMPSONVILLE ing and Loan League, William E. Best of Pittsburgh, summed up their plea before the House sub-committee con­ LUMBER CORP. A Cottage With A Future ducting hearings on the bill last week, E. J. Keller "The common folk are looking to Con­ 43 PEARL ST. OFFERS YOU A BRAND NEW BY CORA W.WILSON gress to pass this bill." 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