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CIIY NEWS
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Norwalk and vicinity:
night; Friday. increasing
and warmer. probably’followed by rain
or snow.
The disturbance which
Fair to-
causing stormy weather in this sec-
‘ lion since last Sunday has now paseed
< tral over Kansas
.p
. l
/
out at sea.
moderate temperatures now prevails
in the central and eastern districts plea for handling the pupils for tile Enrollment—Grades l-lll ...... ii.’
The Pacific storm crossed the Rocky
Mountains yesterday and is now cen-
It is producing
unsettled weather with rain or snow
and rising temperature between the
diocky Mountains and the Mississippi
river. It will probably continue to
move eastward and “web this section spector J. I". Carney in Which he stated' Every seat in the four rooms is now
some time lii‘irday.
Conditions favor for this vicinity:
Fair weather ““0““! by increasing sanitaries and ventilation are very un- Enrollment—Grades I-VI.
cloudiness and rising temperature.
WEATHER ‘A YEAR AGO
TODAY.
Temperature: Low. 28; high,
(36. Clearly.“
Judge‘John J. Walsh is. holding
court in Common Pleas Court. Bridge»
port, in the absence of Judge Scott.7
in 'Danbury. ’
William H.Byl11gton. commodore of
the Norwalk Yacht Club, is in New-
1York for the day attending the an-
nual motorboat shown, at Madison.
Square Garden.
«money deposited with the Fair-
iield County Savings Bank on or be-
fore Friday, February 5th will draw
interest from February 1st.
’The divorce cast; of Jennie Udel‘
man vs. Louis Udelman, of this city,
Will be briefly heard tomorrow in
Bridgeport. The matter of alimony
I {will the determined.
This evening at the home of Lewis
Warden. on East avenue, the members
‘0! the proposed mlnstrel show, to be
given by the Trinity Young Men' a Club
will hold a rehearsal.
An ltalian “peeping Tom", last ev-
suing frightened residents of Chest-1
with the police, but the annoyer had
disappeared when Ofllcer
(Flynn visited the scene‘.
rnolnaules' hld society of the Nor-
.Vwalk M. E. Church held their month-'
. ly meeting at thechurch parlors yes-
\ terday afternoon, and a nominating.
committee was appdinted. It was de-
aided to hold a turkey supper at the
church on next Wednesday.
V Attorney. N. Candee is in Danbury
today engaged in the cattle of Lind-
mrdll vs; Jennings. on action to fix
the boundary line of . property in
-Bmchvllle,‘whlcl1 is being heard he
fore Judge Scott in the Common Pleas
Court of Danbury. The case is a
lengthy one taking allot yesterday,
today and will probably be continued
tomorrow.
1.
A special meeting "of his IFairlleld
V'tOounty Bar will be held in the Super-
«n- Court room, at Brdzeim't, tomor-
row at 9. 30 o‘clock a. in. to cons’d-'
or and determine what action. if any.
will be taken relative to an act now‘
pending in the General Assembly, on-
titled "An act consolidating the Court
mil-laid and the Criminal Court of
Common Hana" This is generally
I Therspsirawhichaue‘bscndaand
Am and Vomniilm #30113quth has!
Ionly a little over. one hundreddolm
or Common Peas for the County or _
. ‘ downy st stat—430114111 rally new
hair growth; all over the scalp.
(Continued tram first [‘80)
rain cannotbooedered thorium-
§tendent smiedaethereisat present
available for that purpose. Her sub
3 mitted anVestimatc for re-shiagiingths
lW’innlpauk school roof and patching
! the Knudsen building, together with a
.new iloor in the former of $880 ile
said that one or two other buildings
need attention and believed the board
{should have at least ”00 for current
lrepair work. B. J. Reynolds moved
that $1. 000 be asked from the Board of.
Estimates, and it was so voted
Superintendent Chapman told of his
Iconferenoe with the treasurers of the'
3 local savings banks relative to the es 1
.tabllshment of a bank for the pupils.‘
He said that those banking officials ex-_
. 'pressed their willingness and desire to
laid and cooperate with him in carry
ling out the scheme He reported that
Vibe was ad1ised to study the different
methods and should try out the one
lselected. putting it into force near the
end of the present school year. Then,
if found satisfactory. to commence the
next you right.
l in regard to providing for physicalj
itraining, the superintendent reportedf
?tl1at the basement of the Franklin"
ClOUdilleSS school could be made over into a‘ilue’ consequently not adequate room for;
gymnasium. lie also suggested that
the basements of the two new build
has been lugs be fitted out tor the same pur- this school will be considerably larger ‘
pose 1
Mr. Chapman presented a very thor 1
Pleasant weather “”11 .ough and exhaustive report on school High school. ‘_
accommodations. including in it the;
next year. In going over the report lt;
is appaxent that more new buildings
are necessary, arid the board vo oted tot
113k the Council for the balance of the
chool bond issue of $200 000, with that l
idea in mind. ,
A letter was read from Sanitary in- f
‘thal the Over River building should
be condemned. He declared that the?
desirable The board voted permission:
for leave of absence by the superin-
tendent, who will attend the National
School Superintendents' Association
meeting, at Cincinnati, the last week
in February. ‘
The report of the superintendent tol-
lows in part: l
BOARD OF EDUC ATION, . S
Norwalk, Conn, .
Gentlemen:
I In compliance with your request. 1
V herewith submit a report on school so-
‘commodations. The facts as‘disclosed‘
by the annual enumeration oi chil-
dren. between the ages of four and six
lteen, and by the enrollment of pupils
{in the public schools of the city are?
first presented in order that remedial
:mcasures may be intelligently discus-
sed later
i Enumeration and Enrollment. .\
I 1912.19111914.‘
l Number of children,
I annual enumera-
tion ........ ......5517
Number enrolled in
1 public schools of
I Norwalk (full
term) .......... 1.4.264 4.211 4,317
Distribution of Enrollment.
High “School and 7th
5.987 5.868
,‘ and 8th 1esrs (tall 1
term) ..... ..... 935 1,024 1,160‘
lGrades l-Vl. .2396 2,974 2,953
'1dergarten . 333 213 - 20s
The children entering the kindergaol
.nnt street. A complaint was lodged ten in 1912 were three, four and five Enrollment._Gmdes I-VI
years of age; in 1913. owing to the rule
John E. which made the entrance age tour. Enrollment—Grades 11v
‘thsy were four and five years of age;
iln 1914, because of another change in
the entrance age, five years of age.
The effect of these changes is in some-
GIIILS! GIRLS! TIW IT
BEAUTIFV Willi HAITI
Miue‘ It Thick. Glossy, Wavy,
uriant and Remove All
Dandruff.
Your hair becomes light, wavy. flui-
ty. abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as a yawn girl's
alter a ‘fDanderina hair cleanse." Just
Lux.
Danderlne and carefully draw
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. .This will cleanse
the hair ofdust. dirt and excaasive
oil and in just a few moments you
havedoubled the beauty of your hair.
' Besides beautifying the hair at once.
Danderlne dissolves every. particle of
dandruff; cleanses.‘purlfles and invig-
crates the Vscslp, forever stopping itch-
ing and tailing hair. .
But what will please you most will
be after a few wes’ks’ use when you
will aptuslly see new hair—due and
chamber mailman not imminent
1Enrollment -— Kindergarten and
Wmnhyuieiollomdsta Emllmeat~6raiiu l-Vi
maammmoeiooi I
(03.,1912)
The rules and regulations or the
...... {80 board provide that beginners may en-
to:- school the nrpttyo weeks of Feb-
”(Song 1114.)» (few to seven I rust} as well as the first two weeks of
years page}... .. . ., ........ .. . 593; September.
It the. Wot-the hoard rev; that 152 children have applied for ad-
Muammmm emit-tastes. In tneSesond district it
robin-at morass. VXWW'; would seem necessary to organise an
ing. on: notably be as large as that: afternoon class for first grade pupils,
of 1912.!1. moreover. {immortals-V if the children applying for admission
clinic-”were made nvdlable for all the are to be accommodated Probably
mentions sections of the town, the on temporary arrangements can be made
rehash would probably be double: by planning for the kindergarten chit.
what it is. (drop of the Knudsen to come in. the
The enrollment for the high schoolgforenoon and for the new firstvgrado
period—from the seventh to the‘froup to occupy the kindergarten room
twelfth mwhas. it should be noted” in the afternoon.
increased rim-tug the PM“ three years. V to transfer some of'the older pupils at
A greater proportion of pupils are now 1 North Center and Broad River if the
found in the 7th. 8th and 9th years her: children applying for admission there
fore the compulsory age limit (“are to be accommodated.
years) is reached. Moreover it would General Satin; Plan for September,
appear that an increasing number are 1915.
remaining 51115011001 for advanced The following plan seems to be one
work , naturally suggested if the Washington
building. 011 Cedar street, and Jell‘er-
Marvin School Building. son. on Prospect avenue. are ready for
Enrollment~Senior High (tall occupancy:
term) ................... . ...... 349 Vfligh school—Senior High school
in addition, the two basement rooms Franklin building-Junior High school
are used for manual training and do- and, live grade rooms instead 0:
meetie science for pupils of the Junior seven.
schools. Washington buildingv'l‘wo rooms from
the Franklin; four from Putnam;
one from Henry street; a kindergar-
ten (children from the neighbor»
hood and some from the Franklin
kindergarten).
.Putnam school building~—Two“ rooms
and part of another room from lien-
ry street, with the Franklin kinder-
garten, now in Red Men’s Hall. l’h~
pile of these groups will crowd these
There should therefore be at least two small rooms.
more rooms ,awllable for the Junior Lincoln, (‘oncord and Knudsen~ Twne
ty rooms, as usual.
liieury streethhe afternoon class
from the Knudsen; another room for
relief in that section.
. Fitch-Eight rooms occupied.
Marvin-42min rooms occupied.
34 Center-~Junior ii 511 school;
grade rooms and Vitlndergarten.
Enrollment by Buildings.
Franklin (19 rooms.
Junior High (full term) 7th, 81b
and 91h years ................ .. . 502.:
(trades lV- V1 .................. 293
More than 40 pupils are. on the aver-
age. assigned to each room. There is
departmental work in the Junior1
school Next year the class to enter‘
Putnam (4 rooms).
The small rooms of this building are
crowded.
Red Men‘s Hall (1 room).
Enrollmentleudelgarten . . . .
Henry street (4 rooms).
Furollnient—«Grades 1-111 (fall
term) ......................... 1.111
three
dergarten (Over ”River“ pupils with
some from the other side of the
occupied. 3 river).
Concord (9 rooms). éWall street‘—~l~‘our rooms
. 381: much as they are new.
Lincoln (8 rooms) l0ver ltlverv-r-Manual training and do-
Eurollment—(lrsdes I-VI . .. . 3413 mastic science for the Center Junior
Knudsen (3 rooms). 3 High and possibly tor the Senior
Enrollment w Kindergarten and l High; store rooms; possibly one
Grades ill ..... . ............. 145; grade room. . ..
Fitch (7 rooms occupied). I. The above tentative plan provides
enrollment - Kindergarten and lior three additiomi.roomsfor the Jun
Grade LVI . . 256iipr High schools? for an additional kin.
Marvin (7 rooms occupied). Marten in the Washington building.
:for using'the two vacautwrooms in
Grades l-Vi . ........... . . . . .. . 232;)1‘itcl1 and Marvin: It does not provide
There is a vacant room in the Fitch ; for relieving the congested condition
and one in the Mervin. It will tin-lat Broad River and at Winnipank. Nor
doubtedly be necessary to occupy each does it make satisfactory adjustments
of these next year. _ at West Norwalk or in the south part
Center (12 rooms). jof the Second district.
Enrollment—«Junior High school—-- The building at West Norwalk
7th, 8th, 9th .............. 3091 should be replaced at once by a mod-
occupied
. ....... u...
34 l
The. data available show '
‘ ?
It will be necessary ‘
5 .lc1lerson——Seveu grhde rooms and kiu- ‘
-....1dergarten and Grades l-IV. ..
There is an average of more than 43
pupils for each room. The small reel-
tatlon rooms in the south part of the
building. two on each floor. furnishedl
much relief for departmental work in
the High school. The increased on
rollment next year in the Junior school
212‘
cm two-room structure. The city is
not adequately providing for. the chil-
drenvlof West Norwalk. especially in
winter, unless very extensive repairs
are made or s new building is erected:
Broad River and Wlunlpauk would
be permanently relieved by the erec-
tion of a new building In the vicinity
try this—moisten a cloth with s. 111111; ’
it '
will, however. require one additional
home room.
Over River (8 rooms).
Enrollment -— Kindergarten and
Gradesl-VI ..... .........292
William”! (4 rooms).
Enrollment—fired“ ill-VI . . . . . . . 125
Three of the small rooms of this
building are crowded. In one room
there are a few vacant seats.
Rowayton (4 meme).
of the Fair Grounds. This building
should be ldrge enough to accommo‘
date a, considerable section of the old
Center district. it would then be “pos-
sible to avoid using the rented rooms
on Wall street. ,The Broad River
building cannot be made to meet re-
quirements in that section for another
year. The Winnipauk building is now
in need of very extensive repairs.
, Relief in the south part oi- the Sec-
-- ~ 127 and district can come only in one way
, -—by the erection of a new building. ‘
89 Delay in a building program means
‘ more rented rooms,‘and the very seri-
#115 ous dilliculty of transferring large
groups of elementary pupils. ’
North Center (2 rooms).
...WInnlpsuk (3 rooms).
Enrollment—Grades I-VI.
Broad River (2 rooms).
anneal
Enrollment—Grades I-VI ......” 67 Rggpecuufly submitted _
West Norwalk (1 room). m T. CHAPMAN.
Enrollment—Grades I-VI .......'. 47 . _.______._..
Brookslds (2 rooms). ' " ' ‘
Enrollment—Grades I-V is 00W" FARM LEAGUE
~_—.—_
Cranbury (1 room). Meeting for Organisation in Norwalk
' Next Monday.
Aimeeting for the organization of
the proposed farm bureau in Fair-
NOVEl INTRODUCTION
Monday ‘atternoon‘at two o'clock In
the City Hall. Norwalk. and it is ex-
pected that. a good-sized delegation
of Danbury men interested in. the
project will be present and'that prac-
ticaliy every town in the county will
be represented. '. ..
. The functions of the league 1 are
stated as toliows:—-
Dr. Howard Co Makes a Special
Price
The Dr. Howard Company have en-
tered into an arrangement wit Bax-
tor s drug store. by which a special in-
troductory offer will be made or 26
cents on the 50 cent size of their cel— To 00.0“th and units all the
ebrated specific for the cure of con-' business iorcos and attack common
stlpation and dyspepsia. ’ ‘ problems. f Falrfleld county the
iI-leadaohes, coated tongue dizziness. apggrtaigiggntoiflered by us by the
gas oaths stomach specks before the never bill that passed the m1 9"“
eyes. constipatibu and sllvformp‘ot me. "a...
11m and liver trouble are soon cured fl Tod? 3:131; gdsixgltgfi co
1 . on 8. 0
bydlxfir’clmggtéfmmim able to‘ °’ “J“ b° “mu" “mnm'
secure 6' .1lv' a llmtted supply. sosevery-
one who wishes to be cured of dY‘s-Y
pepsin or anrtlnation should all)? ‘.
on him at once or send blur :6 ts
roduo“
The reiteration“
“ boils agricultural and:
"and M. J. Riordan. '
field county has been called for ’next'
um- / .
.To make more attraétive. our rur- .
h‘il'd amortisation of 1
Our
.730“ 0' ,
‘RANGES
is also most album 11?th “I
cltlll. .
mimosa, MAGEE
YORK. PERI EG’I‘ *
ACORN
Also Repairs for All Issues.
lanes 81 Hotchkiss
Comprny
n wm s1. yore-Ito
PIANOS AND PLAYERA PIANOS.
ThelM.Sonnenberg§PianoCo
104 Washington 'St.
Established 1888.
Down‘on lhcfilarmi'“
you will get no better vegetables than
in this stone. We make a point of giv-
ing strictest attention to the
BUYING 0F VEGETABLES
and always Insist upon getting the
best. in the market. And customers
get the benefit. without. any trouble
on their purl. Our prices are moder-
ate.
:Ghiollo 5:81 Kuban ::
lllUSTC II. 51111 BIlOUK.
‘ ':-::{'SALE
Now In
Pregress
Louis Avrick”
POBTOFFIOE ILOGK v i“
..Itevm'upswm
cm
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1
NORWALK coursAén-No NOTES.
(The Commercial Record)
Marvin Beach Houses
Arrangements are being made by
P. d J. La‘rrauri for the" erection of
several houses on the Marvin Beach
tract, where they have. purchased a
number of.lots. The houses will be
of frame construction, arranged for
no family each, with all improve-
ments. rho owners will do the
work.
West Street House
Work has been started
frame house Which Stephen Ung—
val‘y will erect for himself on West
street. ,. It will be of wood containing
six rooms, with improvements. and
will out about $2. 500.
The National Bridge Works have
the contract (or the structural steel
in the theatre for S J. Kantor. E.
0. Born Sons. New York, architects,
general contrac-
tor.‘ .. ‘1
111111111111; Jun-v Dreaeumm.’
ALBANY, N. 1:, Feb. 4.-~'r11e jury
in the trial of Malcolm Gifford, 'Jr..'
of Hudson. accused of slaying Frank
J. Clute, a chauffeur. disagreed yes-
tcrday .and was discharged. It had
been out about twenty houis. '
5 10 can “essentials"
IS VDIIIl lAXATIVE
,For Sick Headache,. Sour Stomach,
Slugglsh Liver and Bowcls.
Get a locent box. ‘
Put aside—just once—the Salts.
Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters
which merely torce a. passageway,
through the bowels, but do not thor.
, ough‘ly cleanse, freshen and purity
these drainage organs, and have no
exact whatever upon the liver and-
stomach
Keep your "insides" pure and. fresh
with Gascsrets, Which thoroughly
cle‘anse tho’stomach. remove the un-
digested. sour. food and foul gases.
take the excess ’Vb‘ile from the liver
and carry cut or the system all the f :
, constipated waste matter and poisons '
in the bowels.
on B“
HOWLANDS
~Entranceon Main St, Fairfield Ave, and Cannon St. '
Wrasse. (hm.
Thursday, 1411b. 4, this
Rowland sewing-machines
now to club members
wholpay one dollar
11’: »1 ' v
“t make it wonderfully-easy to procure a roll
efficient sewing-machine.
able
lhe H011 land Sewing—Mdchine
,club opens its roll of 111e111bcrship February 4th By
joining that cit1I),an\ houseuife may procure a llowiandi
machine at regular cash [)l'lt c. it in
amounts, keep it in valued service «luring entire
15 being paid for.
11:11 for small 1‘
time it 3, .
The machine is delivered immediatc- ‘
Iy upon au‘eptamc of the members application and pay"
ment of the first amount of
-1
one dollar ,
Ihis dollar is not a spetial he charged for privi- ‘ '
logo of joining the club. It is simply the first payment ‘1
upon the price of the machine which ’one chooses.
When the dqliar 15 paid. a member agrees to pay the ‘1
balance in stated sums at stated intervals. That is the ’-
entire procedure—and the machine hurxics to the home ‘
for service A
Such is the plan Now for a word of the machines
themselves.
Howland machines 319 made for the store by a
concern that stands at the very front rank of American
sewing- -machine manufacturers. E1 ery machine is
built sturdily of first grade material. Every machine has
roller or ball bearings wherever they will add to case “
and quietness of running. livery machine
ishcd, encased in nttrnctiu‘ cabinet, sold
guarantee of satisfactory service
time.
is carefully fin—
under a full 3.1
Vfor almost—unlimited
walaud machines will do every sort of family sew-1
ing to the satisfaction of the critical woman. They are
, dependable, easy to operate, ready for immediate service -
in the sewing-room. ‘ V ‘ H
H’ere are {he different grades: «2 a - I; a
'1 Reliance, automatic lift and drop-— $25.00 is ‘1
:, Reliance. hand lift and drop—~ $22.51: G '
.‘ ._ Eclipse, 5 drawer, hand lift and drop—— $15.00 .
New England automatic lift and drop-— ‘ $20.00 .
Eclipse, automatic lift and drop—- $17. 50' ‘
Reliance Cabinet, a machine of special design— $39.00
The prices given are the regular cash prices of the
machines. These prices are never deviated from. Club "
members will pay them—41111 they have the privilege of
paying them 111 small amounts ‘11hich are not burdensome. '
Let us make it clear as or) stal that the first dol— . “
lar paid by a club member 15 not an added dollar. If 15
‘simply the first dollar. For example the member who " ,.
chooses a $25 Reliance machine pays one dollar and her 1%
machine is delivered. The balance 00f $24 is paid in‘ ‘ 1
regular amounts afterward. But the machine goes hom‘c
with payment of the first dollar.
. To get fair idea of how excellent H‘owland mach4
rues are, come and inspect them and test thcin.
Club membchlrIp list open now. Ready!
Third Floor
1.
The HowI'and Dry Geods Company
............
..............
, ‘ I I,I,I,I,I.I,l.l,l I‘l.l.l,l:l
The laIcSI ladlcs’ Slice Q5
this an attractive grey top, oi suede
or cloth and is very neat
and attractive
in button or lace models
Ask to see 11." “
Conneally&Bracken
.. 81 Washington Street. Telephone rays-s.
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