too-titans ’m res-ow
committee in charge of'the fire
' , at
E. K. BANKS
sup ran YEAR
1' e
insistence on schools prepared a bud-
Nofltiflaclory _,coald ammmmabatthe
secured for electrically thawing them. Illnical education in cities of similar
Possibly over-gnu“ temporary pipisiu to Norwalk. to report what is be-
lu can be used. Washington schwl'iu done in this line hers and advise
i seems to be the-only large buildingi'hll might be undertaken. i sent a
free from trouble. probably due in a 00W of the following questionalre 93
large measure to a very well designed 25 Illperintendantu of cities of our
MARCH RECORDS
WW
1am
lubed-e w Black. get fo what they thought to be suiii- and more recently installed system of
m m cient ads to defray-all expenses for healing and plumbing.
. the year, but the unforsoen rise of ill Your- ccmmittee respectfully sub I
at in the insurance rates soon mits this re and r uests your up
Jim our ,9" *9 eon ea
.alepleted the amount and the con-mit-
tee is without money. A motion was
passed that these policies be renewed
‘ whether ”the board of apportionment
supply the amount necessary. TheI
proud of their action in making these
nect tssry emergency repairs, to pro-
tect and preserve-tile property of the
city. and desire to be instructed in re-
gard to what action you wish us to
P .
all!" I jun.” 35‘“ members argued that they were bound pursue in reference to Jefferson and
Gents—1:300“ to Jane You.” find WW hm to to protect city propert/ and that they. Knudsen. immediate steps should be
M 3011 184“ fill your cm Will", I“ would do it regardless of tilt conse- taken to secure accommodations for
'I , . ‘ mum! 100“" ovm‘ ‘0 quences. . the children of these buildings. in
M ' . m m mm It WUW' Following is the report of the chair- fact. we feel that it in the duty of the
Our no”. I‘ “C I iill— man of the building committee. Wit-imam to open these schools without
Here are overcoats from 815 . ,
’ m ‘35 ilam P. Ward. furthcr delay.
DONNELLY 8 The forced closing of schools has At this time we might say that our
, It. Suits from ‘15 to $35. proven as might have been exptcted forces of janitor. has been of material
flimm Anything low“- in pm. i. lather expensive to the city and the assistance in the thawing out 0! illite‘.
small appropriation made for repairs etc.. and thereby lessencd the cost of
”open to suspicion." anything
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the work done.
We have noticed a very consider-
l in thin year's budget will be exhausted.
Our appropriation for repairs for the
higher is “wilful waste."
In 1 , gloves from
“cums Tribe, No. 26. l. o. R. )i.,
‘ last etc-sing
class initiation to be held ill April.
has-entered the employ
Star.-
- nue. Everyone interested in the nur-
aery. as well as the general public, is
invit‘l-d to attend.
—-BA8KETBALL
Kittlfl'iba". Armory, Friday night.
Norwulk vs. Jersey City. Dancing. Rev
served seats at Dagon's,
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‘Mi'ta Katherine iturke, who succeed-
edvbl'ns Helen 1". Collins as surgical
nurse at the Norwalk hortpitul, has
accepted an appointment on the stulf
of the new health department clinic in
lBI'ldfll‘Wl'l. she will remain with the
local hoepital until the opening of the
new clinic. Mitts Burke's home is ill
Brltlgt-pol t.
Tho bro-ailing of lay bolts in ii..-
loooo'tutlve of the purtsenger train
which left here yesterday afternoon
at I 30 o’clock for South Norwalk and
New York tirade it necessary to stub
the train between Georgetown 'lnl
('amwndnle. Before the train, could
proceed the engine of' the, itidgelleld
brrtuctt train had to be secured to push
the oust-user train to South Norwnlk
Till-to an electric motor was at
tachotl to take the train the remainder
of the trip to New York.~Danbllr)
NPW‘O
Norwalk Division, No. t.'.t.o. it,
have. arranged a delightful program
stormi- twenty-eighth celebration in
honor of St. Patrick's anniversary. The
noted dramatic reader. Miss Marcella
Quinn, of New Haven, will present a
portrayal of J. Hartley Mariner's mo;:i
planting comedy, “Peg 0' My Heart."
‘Misu Quinn will be. remembered by
many Norwaik people who hat-.1 bad
the demure of hearing her before.
Feio'lcr'rt full orchestra will lurnisll
the muric and many appropriate songs
will ll-'- rendered by well-known local
artist». The entertainment will be
lzeltt in Lockwoed's Hall on Friday
night. llarcb 15.
C ifymN ews
In?! t
and tnade plans for n 3
John J. Shct'ilan of ilezlcou street,
of Jamcrlj
Dobev-iy, who recently purchased the
old Vunderhoef property of Dr. A. R.
This is the 28th year of service i- L!
for Ma Sileehan with private families.
1310 annual meeting of ”If. Norwnlk.m':(l::: ‘Ljnxi‘hhfrfi. [[1, 36:32.: 7:: htlvt been more or less frozen ilcf-lre' Ill? board Ol' apportionment be ln'.
.Day Nursery automation will be bold . K it u .0 closing in December the slipply»olllcor.'l°Ym°d of the condition of the board
“Mu”, march ”(3,, at the homg of Smith on charges of intoxication and Mr Van "MW” caused a" th lest-'afld the cooperation of the board m.
Mrs. Christian Swartz. 33 West ave. will be tried this afternoon In the ' ‘ ' “ p ' ‘
$1.85 up. Oravats from 50¢:
up. ,
Shirts, Union Underwear. Pa-
jamas, Socks, Handkerchiefs.
And our guarantee of satis-
faction or your cash returned.
Rogers 81 Stevens
3 NORWALK
year was 82,000 ._and when you con- able difference in prices charged in
sider that this is expected to cover re some cases for plumbing. A difference
7 pairs of plumbing. heating, tinntng, of as much as 25 per cent for the same
'larlwntering. painting. etc., for pine'fll‘llt'le invoiced by dliIcrent concerns
.t on school buildlhgs con‘ttinlng about , has been found. These bills we have
‘ '5 class rooms ‘ogether With the ramibeld up for further consideration.
".at nearly all mcterlal used in "-1; As Mr. Ward states. there was ab-
wolk has advanced from to to 100 pert nolulely no new work done save for :-
2mm! in the past year: together withllt’w new valves that were placed in
”UT" NORWM-K, the extremely aevore winter, you u’ill'lht‘ 8889mm! room in ill? high
. not be surprised to know that cxpcn-ti‘chool “Noll Ill't‘d ill? Cll)’ many tons
'ditures taused by freezing. etc, wilpof coal. The committee will undoubt-
ltndoubtedly cause a deficit. dgaplielt’dl)’ show a‘ dellclt, but. had the work
the most earnest efforts of all connect inot Well done, a greater dvflt'll W00"!
ed with the school buildings to Clll‘ybfi shown. ‘
tall our expenses. l Relative to the report and the prob-
l’ipcs in nearly all the buildings‘uble deficit, a motion was made that
l
t
Fred Hayes, of Bridgeport, was
titltctl lick in this city vcslcrduv and
takt-n t-urt- of and later sent to
his home.
i
"TE and water pipes to be drained asfiluem‘d in preparing "to schools '0'
_ far as possible in all of the ltuildingr.i"('cultlnry. The report Vii-'4 accepted
6 Miss Kaherine G. Bee of llridge- Tordot ml” in somc cases it was "filed" m'llltehliyl‘h: xyfornilzfi‘ltetihstlszialicxil
t . , . say 0 ncur some expcnse o secule .
:90“ h” completed hm training com“ tllc services of plumbers and filters to' "198'an that he had not rNPth‘ll the
hi the Norwalk hospital. She is en- . ‘ > t '
loving a vtlcntlln bcfroe t-ttgnsillg ill disconnect pipes and install fittings monthly expenditure account from the
court [000] uptown.
professional work here.
' ' - I . t", rt of the ex lenses ever month to
l Joseph (lahlll and Walter llart-lnr- "wk '" "d“ 0 ”mum u” 9'” no I ’
l t
and anvfm, n ha, been necessary (pegboard. as the charter provided. Dr. ".5 The city expending ”‘9 ""5““ ““3“
;aplte these precautions to do more C. Sharer stated that ho had sent {for playground “mum“ reports 3““
ill“ in the various s‘ntes.
1. What facilities and equipment
do your schools have for free play.
and in what gradest.
i 2. Do you have an equipped gym-
nasium for your high school pupils“-
At about what expense is it equipped'
3. Do your grade school pupils have
any gymnasium opportunities?-
4. Do you require systematic cal
isthenlc exercises in your schools?
in what glues?-
6. Approximately how much time‘
daily?-
6. Do you have out of door play.
.’ '5' 13.? THE WORLD’S BEST INCUBATOR
22 EXCLUSIVE POINTS OF MERIT'
The StandardColonylirooder
(rstenud July 4. 1916)
(Patented April 24, 1917)
(Patented May a, 1917)
THE MOST REMARKABLE ,
COAL BURNING BROOD ER
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ground Ivvaratus.- At about what (1- EVER INVENTED
I)fziliiettutlwcr to question No. 1. about! GROWS f l WHERE
s3 per cent. of the reports show little;
else than school playground-.4. The'
others have some play apparatus ori
have supervised play. . ‘
in answor to Question No. 2 abouti
70 per cent. of the high schools llavcf
gymnas’ums with more or less equip-i
eat. The average expense of high‘
school gymnasulms equipment, for‘
all schools reporting, is 8685. 3'
in but few of these cities do any of:
the grade school pupils have access it):
gymnasium. in one city all recently
built grade schools have gymnasiums.
Eighty per cent. of these cities re-
quire regular systematic calirlthenl‘c
exercises. dally, and the usual time
given is 1 to 15 minutes. in New
'Jersey the state law requires 150 min-
ctlu. roR raise 800'“!!!
pics a week of all schools. Moat of
ALBERT D. MORGAN
the first eight grades, One my ”AM —._._... 7
eludes the ninth, one: the tenth an'l been provided for. The report was ac- that end a call has been sent out to all
one includes the entire high school. fcopied. istate regents by Miss ' Cornelia B.
in answerto Question No. 6 we find} ~————— —- - I Smith, chairman of the conservation
half of the schools reporting have D- A- ll- STATE CONFERENCE committee of the D. A. R., urging the
more or lead playground apparatus. tN WINDSOR, MARCH Zl'real patriotic performance ofagen-
Two who haven't provide play super-l ... ulne war service in production and
visors, preferring to spend money tori The twenty~fiftb annual state coll? saving of food. The campaign started
directors 0'! play than for apparatus ‘ terrace of regents, delegates and liltt-r-l on March 4,
nates. elected to represent the Count-mi
ittcut Daughters of the American MVOM
000 as the total of its several grounds. : lutlon at the twenty-seventh Continen-
. .
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“13"?“2‘. air
I ' ‘ r" pro" “é
ohfihgm’
Showing a Standard Colony Brooder in Operation With .1050
Chicks
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. A GRAVE DANGER.
The past week has shown but two
( r and 9 C .n r. I Illirl l' "19 ‘ame city dill. reports 5‘ II C €83 whl I] will b vene in instances 0' the plot to drive “19 Unit.
’ Q‘ R h i Ci 'f'k in .u h ll ' m. l Oll‘l' , c on
"In. 0’ .‘ialden. 51.88.. were Stranded [y n bl? "I '0 commence' ‘ l)’ l d K i la. u I
in this city and appealed to the po school. as some systems could not be ctent. as he represents the mayor. buhlhm‘ ”Chm“ gymnasium “WWW-ml ol,Wattlttngton. D C.. on Monday, Apr"
' I . ?
ilfi“ for aid Thev were given carfarc ”"9"!" dfllned—lwllbll' the lllfill nevertheless, ‘ motion “"3 passed. '
to their hometown and promised to school and (“mi"- in the llllll school‘llll‘i “ duplicate b" "’“1 i" ”‘0 mayor
Isomc work was done to conserve cbal ll"“""“’-
jby changes in ”spun," Hall. A NW; A bill prostntgtl by .i. .l. (‘oieman for
'work done on thoplumbing system of
Fitch's school will laid OVcr for inves-
tigation. ,. .
The resignation of Miss .it‘ssie Stir-i
info was read and referred to tho Sup.
ct-inti-ndent null tht- teat-ht-rs' commi:-
lot‘.
in reply to a communlca'ion from
return it all won as they arrived.
liourtlas Fowler Women's nelltsl'l’W-‘il M Roflflon and must be re.
('t)t‘pii. ill'f'Ol't‘linK to an announcement WWW» Tl” W319? main fillDPlflntl the
3nmtle bv Mrs. Ella Armour. the prelv sanitarlcs “l Franklin also froae b¢°
'lttt-nt. will not meet this Friday litter New meter and the street, but for-
noon for the usual sewing circle. but tunately 3'10”!" l'lDt' from Franklin
will meet as usual at 3. Friday evening. Hire" to limiting was open and by in
for the regulal meeting, :stalling ll0m? plains water was se-
' 'curcd for entire building. Small re-
ed States out of the war by placing
, lli. will take place in Windsor. Tues‘ powdered glass in the baby's candy.
Asa rule the mostattentloh to lltc‘day, March 21. by invitation of the 711° 011° nearest home was reported
physical education or the chlldren—as'Ablgail Wolcott Ellsworth Garment")!!! Stoninston. where the class is
"“194 bit Utes" reports~ls gii‘en ianhis meeting had previously been int-"this “59 '83 found in or “Don Still
the Central and Western states, ncxtlnounced for Xaugatllck. The sessionfill'ol’s- The Oil)" comes from Califor-
tllc Eastern and lowest the southern; will be held in the Windsor Congress "l“ and l“ ‘0 the 9'19“ that Ell” M5
group. llonal parish house at ,0 a. m. ibeen found in bread served to the in-
in this city it "pm. fl". no“! for; Reports of state officers and com-' mates of an orphan asylum. it is only
59M”! physical training 1““ b9” ”L" ‘ mlttees will be presented and election,a question of time when "’9 country
“mind and the “5““ ‘Whi’m" “"of a state regent. a state vlcoregcntfiwm be Show“! by the intelligence
ort'lacs have had .more or Ea “"0""?8 state recording sccrctary, a state that Mrs. Da'vld Higgins. 0' Jericho
“on' ”"Wflauy l“ ”'9 '0'" 3mm” 7 treasurer and three councillors will be Center, \'t.. has found traces M ‘1.” in
Washington requesting the possible
The preliminary game at the armory pairs were necessary at Putnam. Many .
use of a pltbllc school house for ral-I
on Friday night will be betwoen the frozen pipes at Concord and Lincoln:
First company Home Guards and the in the former a great deal of work was
iiarstrom Five. The lineup and 0th” niccrlsary. This work was largely
announcements will be made tomor- done by the Janitors. of' these two'
row. The big game will be beth't‘n buildings. it was necessary to re-
r’l'l'h‘f‘y City and the Norwalk team. place a lead pipe water connection to
-~—-~-~-~— - the meter which burst in the Lincoln
building.
Winnipatlk it deprived of water by :l
frceze-up in the street. but the sanita-a
rims are outside and provision will be
made for drinking water and individ-
ual cups. Over Rlvcr using hot air fur-
nnces was not much affected. Ono
_ main nt Marvin was frozen outside of
(loom? Hudson. 9 local soldit‘r. and building bllt fortunately another line
Frank "an“ started brawling over tr. schools permitted, after a little.
30",”th at the corncl' of Harbor plumbing was (lone. a sufficient supply
avenue anti Merwln street. uptown. of water. No reportu of serious nature
last night. and were arrested. They have been received from the Brook-
me mm "min, bonds of ’30 9m.“ on .uitlc, Broad River. West Norwalk or
(:llfll‘t'P-‘i M mum“ ”mu” for trial in (‘rtlnburyz At Jefferson, somewhere
this an”. lwtween building and street, the water
‘ pipc is frozen. The interior pipes are
all right. A leak in the. roof. the
Not-walk people are awaiting with blame for which we may ask the archi-
that will be hero soon, the board voted
that any school house in the. city would
be placed at their disposal.
The report of Mr. Paddock. urchin-ct
of the Knudsefi school. reported the
fact that some improvements that had
not been counted on in the contract
were considered and would require
more funds to carry them through. lie
stated that only the cellar remained
unfinished. therefore, Mr. Buchanan
was empowcrrdto open a grade room'
in the building on Thursday.
Mr. Buchanan's report for the month
of February follows:
Superintendent's February Report.
To the Board of Education:
Gentlemen: in. accord with your
permission given a‘ month ago. i spent
two days recently visiting schools in
Maryland and New Jersey, then at-
tended tl'tc National Superintendent's
Association at Atlantic City. This with
one of the bestsesslom of the associa-
Stttr of (‘ollllullin (‘irt-lc, Compan-
ions of the Forest, will meet tomorrow
t-vcning. at which time there will be
on open meeting. and Mrs. Annie (i.
i’otll, Suprcme.iw‘inancial Socrciliry.
will give it talk to the members. it is
hoped that there will be a large at-
tentltlnce,
tht- llptoun court ,room
fttion.
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lies in illi- Third Liberty Loan Drll‘ciw "0 "l“ "l" ““3"“ Mid "Y!"
TM” scents small doubt that ”5‘: held. The new revision of the consti- ‘ a bag 0! flour that came from the ”to"
”mm". filli'sll‘ll “,1,”ng have lilui'h‘tutlon flnd bylaws 0' the national “mat Jericho ('eMen—Hurtford‘Courant.
mP'r’lcieiy, D. A.‘R., will be considered and?
0! ”m human body “d ”'3' it" regular! such other business transacted as is? PRICES
use. is one of the chief essentials of at
.proper to come before the meeting. . , .
flood school. i would advise that? Luncheon will be served in Grace? 53“ YORK. Mulch 6.—Change of
every school room. at least from the. church parish house anti applicatious‘venue was gianted "v Supreme Lonrt
,. . ' ' ‘ 'Juatlce Whitaker today to Rosewell
kindllgartert '0 ”"3 “13m" 8”"‘9 for luncheon tickets with checks for
: " ‘ ' D. Cooper. president of the Dairy-
should place calisthenlc exercises l" the same should be sent to Mutt . l d i th the
its regular daily pmgram to be )lrntpfleome M. Burnham, Broad “"99"":Zzger:a:il:h:qle:~:: 32:“! 9:1:
ticcd with its strict fidelity as reading, Windsor. on or before March 14. ichar ed with one it c a‘ raife [the
or arithmetic. . t g‘ , c p a y o
Our high school ii iii sh uld h ve All state ofllcers and chairmen of price of milk in New York state. their
encouragement an: pp‘po ‘0 it at state committees will present their nn-tcounsel represented to the court that ‘ .
‘ o r on .y or
physical training and athletics. in the
nual reports at this time. ‘because of pteiudice a fair and impar
absence of a gymnasium could We not
arrange for the use of the armory for,
certain afternoon hours and let boys
1n! girls divide the time. “till coup"
paratlvcly small expense for equip-
ment and numerous useful'tirills could
be provide-d. Such Work would have
to be directed but We could probably
secure. tcachors who would be able
to do this afternoon work in addition I
to the teaching in their respective tie-
partments. '
CONSPIRED TO RAISE MILK
. “mm, eager to aid in any and that trial could not be held in New
every good work, the Daughters are York county or in any other county
joining the food conservation cam- in New York 0"” and ”Red that the
lptllgrl of the state farm bureau and to ‘trial he set in some county "outside
the city limits.
interest the rc-ollening of the Norwallt let" to (litterminc. was ordered re- "0" l “8"“ “'9" attend'd- War ””0
We should look forward to better
library. ('oal is now obtainable and paired to savb ceilings. The main sup-
_
-_._-.. - .—~ ._-_ ~——-~————-———|bm wry "we“ “any needed now. ply pipes front street at Knudsen are
’0' 00m, 03m, HEAD-nth? public has been shut off from its also froch and plumbers who have
AGE, 3T0» ' Ebase cf reading supply for nearly ”'0 “mm" ”W"! over any that they are
I'm ml. tram! an, "0' beginning to feel unable to determine the trouble lin-
U3E3~ P. O. LAXATIVE GOLD: we hardship 0, going without books. If it'hl‘i they excavate to the min. This
TABLETS ill be not available to We“ the library will be costly as the lines are a long
256 Box 'all day. a couple of hours is all that is distance front street. especially at Jef-
mpcegsary to permit'the public to at ferrlon. where. some will have to a?
- Silica-Powell Corporation ' turn and procur books. ‘ me—
. N0 Worklcss Days.
’Oncc yourmoueyccmmencutooarninteruthereitm
uoworklessdays. Itmssbnly continues at work-until you
yithdnwit—whichyou maydoincashwhsneveryoauud
to. nan in ymnvngtucoustwsstsnmmosis.
. BOXES ”it it YEAR
fit-His lllakc new demands on the Playgrounds and supervised play. To
schools and war time enthusiasm gives “9'9 ‘0 bring HilCll things to pasa out
a new energy to school work. Much i schools should at once begin the crea-
of the discussion at Atlantic City had tion 0’ 3 fund for lhls purpose. There
reference to the new features of “"9- Varicus ways in which tltis'can be
school work made necessary by w;r_id0lle. One popular means for raising
Among the many impressive addresscsffuml-‘l ’0' such 90790805 Just now in
wcrc thone by the governor of New! the raising of school gardens, the pro
Jersey. the governor of .\'ew York, thr- ' tlucc to he sold at a school childrens
. president of the State University of imarltet, half 0! the proceeds to go to
New York. Mr. Claxton. National Con»,! the Will“! who Sl't’W 1"" "8'3”le
missibnor of Education and Congress. and half to the playground food.
than Stevens of Nebraska. just back 0“? hllh 301100” are planning lot"
in StoutMFigures
BACK and FRONT LACE
Effect in Astonishing Redction‘
from the scenes of war activityin
Franco. Perhaps the most helpful
met-tings which 1 attended was the one
for superintendents of cities of about
2.»,000 inhabitants. The discussion
basket ball and buscball for the in-
coming session but we should all I)
come serious about the physical vvcll
being of the children and join our
effort» to hasten the day when all will
Hips, bust and abdomen reduced 1 to 5
inches, you look 10 to 20 pounds lighter.
You are no longer STOUT, yt it can wear
more fashionable styles; and you get
Satisfaction and Value at most moder-
, schools had joined
have good opportunities for right.
physical as well as mental education.
Very unity.
G. V. BUCHANAN.
The fuel committee reported that
they had obtained one car of coal and
that another was forthcoming before
long. The committee thought that
me price. X011 never wore more
fortable or easy feeling" cofiiLlii.
LACE BACK REDUSO STYLES
No.73. Low Bust. Coutil, price
No.7“. Medium Rust, (ion-ii, price
No. 7|]. rt Stout Figural.
‘0 Low Duct. Coulll. price
With“! Elastic Com in" 731
No. 11a.
mostly concerned the subjects of phy-
sical education and school gardening;
Among the various reports of school
activities in the different cities repre-
sented was one to, the effect that all
tho pupils enrolled in the schools of
the cut-in question were subscribers
mitt-miles". Another city reportv
).
ch. Boat
me Bud
i
com-
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
’3
ed that all the children .x'ltt all their 'Iher had reluctant funds to carry them
the ‘ Junior Red
Cross and paid their dues. Reports on
South "Willis!
,the_ accomplishments of school garden-
ers were amusing and plans for the op»
lentils mm m’. amt interesting
and suggestive.
through the remaining cold weather. . “ nu" ”a "Wm“ l"
The balance will Just do that with mam stud" and Anion Figures
care, although the majority of the /. ’l "W'MW-i‘mehefi rams.
schools have been closed for the past M m. "on.“ M'w'" ' ““"'
isniylttisg. Uneq‘ualied for Cantonment and shape-mottmtngfil.
manna I30!" lam. m; 1 l'.‘
I?”
tea works. This allow-how inade-
‘ acutely the various committees have “’3'“
Clasp
/.
Norwalk Chronicler