i To Be 11 -—Prizes for Both Boys ' and Girls—Events. f June 18. The mee will be governed by the following ules which have 'been drawn up: (1) Classification (a) 'There shall be a junior and seni0i class for both boys and girls (b) the Junior for the girls will incude those up to and including 64 inches to) the Junior class for the girls will in- clude those up to and including 60 inches (d) the senior class for boys‘ shall include those over 64 inches; - (e) the senior class for the girls shall include those over 60 inches. Entries (is) individual; a boy or a girl will be permitted to enter in 3 events from rooms 35. 34. 32. 31. 36. 21 and 22 :a boy rfom room 81 will be permitted to enter in all events and a boy or ii girl from room 28 will be permitted to enter in all events. (b) A room may have four entries in all the events except the relay races. For these a. room may have two teams‘cntcred. each composed of four runners. Heat and finals. (2) Each dnsh shall be run ill two heats. Two of the four~ entries from each room shall be run in each heat. First. second and third places in the heats shall run tho finals. Points. First place. 5 points: sec.- ond place. 3 points. and third place. 1 point. Prizes. (:1) Individual. To the boy scoring the largest number of points. will be given an official league base- ball. To the girl scoring the largest number of points will be given two dollars. To those winning first vines in all events except the relay ruces, "will be awarded gold ribbons and the school letters in red. To those win- ing sccond‘pluces in events with tho abovo exceptions. will be awarded blue: ribbons and the school letter in gold To those winning third place in ‘events. with abote exceptions. will be awarded red ribbons and the school letter in blue. To each member of the winning relay teams will be awarded a school letter in gold. (b) Room. To the room scoring the highest mimber of points will be awarded a pennant. (c) Team. The team winning the baseball game will be given a social with refreshments at the school by the members of the losing team on Tuesday. June 20. Children will be under supervision of teachers as though in school. Track Events. 50-yard dash for the junior and senior classes of the boys and girls; 100-; ard dash for the jun- ior and senior classes of boys and girls: “fl-yard relay for the junior and senior boys; Inn-yard relay for the Junior and senior girls; running broad jump. Junior and senior boys; obstacle race. junior and senior girls: standing broad jump. junior and sen- ior boys: half-mile run. junior and lenlor boys and a baseball game be- tween the Reds and the Blues with the following line—up: lied: Anderson. C: Itisola. P: E. l‘irothermn, 1b; Bar- ry. 2b; Short. ss: Rogonski. 3b: God- frey. Of; A. Brothel-ton. rf; Keogh. if: Murphy. Cnmstoek and Lupton. sub- stitutas. Flues: Miller, 0: Pritchard, P: Beers. lb; Fkidd. 2b: Nolan, ss; Greene. 3b: Mace. cf; ill-mam, rf; Vairnn. lt‘: Mollnnk, Mitchell and Raiston. substitute. A s.‘ 8 With Your Chat . f Gas Man Sometimes a customer will ask us to explain a sudden in- cense in the mount of a gns ‘bill. “‘e connot always do this, but the meta- is an ever pres- 'ent. witness of the conditions of gas consumption. We. or the customer him- self, can verify the -necord of the meter readings; and the accuracy of the meter con be determined by official test, so that we can ascertain without _any question whether the amount of gas charged for in the bill was actually delivered to the premises. What becomes of the gas after it posses through an meterisuiotherqnestion and onooutsideofonrknowlsdgs orcontrol. xamttu 'oordeslrethntonrcostomers receive the full benefitxxom the gasth is‘soppliedto them sodwess-e, More, .Wflldtomehssninvesfl- .0 «other loal coalition to s'ss-ssu-smisou-inuum The Board of Education has given the Center Junior High school per- mission to hold a field meet Monday. Float exp-minntions start Tuesda morning. o 0 held some evening next week. 0 O O of Westpolrt. Compo beach. o o s won four games and lost three. 0 O 0 team won 16 and lost 8 games. Brood River at Broad River school and a large tstion extended to them by the school and come in to view the work of their children. s s s Broad River school was represented in three different numbers in the phy- sical exhibition held last week at the Armory. Pupils from this school» pur- ticipsted in the drill. Jump and little Bo-l‘eep number. 0 O 0 During the month of May twenty- ance. Lincoln School The children of Lincoln school very cleverly carried out their part in the physical education exhibition. . 0 O O The large number of parents and friends who visited school on parents' visiting day. Were well pleased with the work on exhibition. They com- plimented the teachers upon their ex- cellent efforts in carrying out the work of the year. " O O O The banner for nttendsnce was won this week by Rooms 4 and 5. Rowanon School The banner won by Rowayton school last week at the physical ox- hibition is now on display at the school and will be for some time. A coniial invitation is extended to any one interested in seeing it to visit the school at any time. 0 O 0 Room I, for the third consecutive week, won the attendance banner. 0 O O The class rooms snd corridors of Rowayion school were thronged all Thursday afternoon with delighted parents and friends who came hither for the purpose of viewing the work done by their children during the .pasl. The penmsnship of the pupils in general is very good while the drawing exhibited brought to light the fact that embryo artists are in our midst. “’ashington School Despite the threatening clouds which enveloped the sky Thursday afternoon a large number of parents and friends of the children visited the school. to view their work which was on public exhibition. . , . Marvin School The work of the pupils of Marvin school was on public exhibition Thursday afternoon. when a very large number of parents and friends took advantage of this opportunity to come in and see what their children had accomplished during the year. . Jefferson School Yesterday afternoon the work of the children was on exhibition in the 'class rooms and s. very large number of parents and friends came in to view it. Iei'ferson school is very proud of the high showilfi made by both their boys‘ and girls' teams in the physical exhibition held last week at the Ar- mory. Knudsen-School When the parents and'friends of the pupils came to the school Wednes- day afternoon to view the work. they were treated to a. double surprise. The first. in the way of an open air col- progmm included folk dancing. sing- . ing and selection by the kindergarten orchestra. The wonderful work on display was the second pleasant sup- prise. Potnlm School Putnam school observed open hours Friday afternoon. when parents and interested friends come in to view the .work of the students which was on display. The drawings and specimens of writing come in for much praise. - Brookside School Friday was visiting day at Brook- side school end a very large number of parents and friends visited the school to view the splendid work on exhibition. West Nos-walk School One of the most interestingnoth- er’s Day programs that has been giv- sn at the West Norwalk school was witnemed by many parents and friends. Thursday afternoon. An ex- hibit of all kinds of Jchool work was artistically arranged .abouttlie room. Written work of all undo mounted and pressed wild flowers in booklets: aruduréum?‘ hot platter holders, ms. 0 u rpriss tiflto“llothsr.”,ml-Ou‘n ‘ On account of the storm Thursday evening. the picnic planned by the faculty at Compo bench was held in the assembly hall and the guests ls- ° tor visited union Point. The post- eld June ls—Rulesvponed outing it the bench will be A team to be known as the Center Separates and Comprising players from the fifth and‘ sixth grades. will play a. series with the Bodford school Next. Saturday the Science club, to- gether with the French club from Franklin school. will hold. a picnic at The first. team of Center school ha The basketball team has establish- ed what is considered a world's rec- ord. scoring 166 points in one game and breaking the record of 14?. pro- viousiy held by the Passsic High school of New Jersey. The Center Friday afternoon was visiting day number of parents accepted the invi- three pupils were perfect in attend-.10.” weeks. horns owned by l-‘. \Vuldoboro. Maine. and l}. B. W’ails of; tied for third A pen of entered by Albert '1‘. Lenzen from North Attleboro. and a pen of liurred Rocks owned by “'esthampton Bench. L. l.. tied for fourth place with 53 eggs each. The four lending pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows: Plymouth Rocks Davidson Bros. (White) ' I'pton. Mass. Edgar Stoughton (Barred) “'apping. (.‘onn. Francois Barred) “'esthampton Busch. 1.. I. W. H. B. Kent (Rsrrcd) Casenovia. N. Y. \t‘liilc “'ysndottes Lady Anderson liarrold. England “’oorlbridge Orchards Woodbridge. Conn. Frank P. Matteson Davlsvilie. R. I. Moran Bethany. Conn. Rhode [Hand Rods cert. given on the school grounds. The i ’ Production Falling Off—~56 Per'Cent. Yield Lé‘ét Week. STORES. Conn. June O.-—The hens fat Storrs have now laid a grand total of more than 100.000 eggs. Weekly production is falling off a little as was to be expected and as happens in ev- ery flock. Last week the birds came through with 8927 eggs or a yield‘of more than 56- per cent. This seems ‘quio satisfactory to the management. especially in view of two or three hot sultry days that are not conducive to The fact is that a few heat prostrations were expected, but fortunately none developed. Poul-- ti‘ymen who are doing trspnesting should nevertheless be warned that during t'he_next two months there are sure to his days on which it will be necessary to devote extra time and at- tention to their have to remain in trapnests for two hours or more on hot days may suf- fer prostration which usually results‘ egg production. pen ifli a. production of .‘V’illow Egg VVhlto Leghorn: from East hforiches L. 1., was second best week with a score of 57. eggs. lncl-‘ dontaily it may be added that this pen gained 15 e pen of Eng ish “'yaiidottes that have been leading the contest for the last Two oth- r pens of Leg- M. Johnson Oil California. place with 55 eggs each. White Rocks lr‘mnmis North Bcnnlngton. Vt. Fenside Farm Foxboro. Mass. Pinecrest Orchards Groton. Mass. E. Newton Senrlgs Pomfret Center. Conn. “Title [Morris Pussy Willow Egg Farm East Mnricnea. 1.. 1. Roy H. White College Park. Md. Hollywood Farm ‘ Hollywood. “'ashingtoi Rapp's Leghorn Farm Atlantic Highlands. N. J. PARKERS . Ruth Silliman of New Canaan was found guilty of violation of the city parking ordinance city court this morning. and. sentence was suspended. S. J. Stannard of this city forfeited a bond of five dollars. He was also to appear of the puking ordinance. v “Wis-H union- nesmszz.’ :. Hens that Barred Rocks from Berwick. Maine. owned by Jasper E. Guptil were the thirty-firs! 69 eggs. for the . Anderson's .3 x in the downtown for violntion 7 SIMPLE RULES THAT .. MIGHT SAVE 11,000 LIVES ,. my." , . 'y. J‘\ Fatali :the farmer a cold simulder. he went to her husband and told of their re- to murder the woman. On an excuse thst they were going to take her to s show. they brought her to Norwalk by train and took her down the rail- frond tracks as far as the “'hite Bridge. Here. while lmpesio stoml guard. Fuda struck his wife over tho head with a. hatchet killing her in- stantly. Be laid her body acres the tracks with the idea that it would be 'was a bright. night and the engineer .of a slow freight train sighted the body and stopped the train before reaching the body. The police were notified and the body brought to pc- lice headquarters. tified as that: of Mrs. Fuds. ‘Wo were tipped off that Ends and lrnpeslo ,wero in NW'York city. 'Ffl“ was locoted by Detedh'e Petroeina. 'of'tho New York Police. ltaiian squad. who was later murdered in luly. He ro- fused to confess. Impesio was ap- prehended in Buffalo. N. Y. The men finally talked. were convicted and hung. , lfarnous Lambert murder in Wilton happened. The Norwaik police. to- gether with tho Pinkerton men. worked on the case. Lambert was a. school teacher and was found dead in his home with n bullet through hi- heart. For days. we were unable to obtain sny clue to the murderer. Fin. ally we learned from James Riley. who at that time work edin the Nor- wsik iockshop. that he had noticed two strangers riding on. a Winnipauk (Coalition: from Pm 1) *- Sundsy. Look at or. difference today. through the main streets every hour. "I remember (yuan Hoyt'f that» was the only theatre in the city. Evin then there was only two or three shows staged a week. Today the pe- lico have to hurdle the after-the-thei- tre crowd. "There is one rather odd thingihlt I have noted in recent years and that is a falling off in the number of‘chie- ken thieves. At one time. not so non! yours ago. we received a com- plaint about. chickens being stolen on an average of once a week. Today We don‘t [it such a complaint once o veer. ‘ ' "I. Feminine- s. time when the theft of s. hor‘sewss considered nearly as serious as murder. At lent sis rig! were stolen each year. causing s. ter- rible. howl. Today the theft: of an automobile, is such a common occur- cltement except to the owner. "In olden days we looked after the saloons and saw that they were closed on time. .If they didn't close. we arrested the proprietor. In those days we raided many a "blind tiger." Today there are no saloons and wi must have on iffidavit before we can laid places where intoxicating liquor is being sold illegally. . "I think that the sale of ‘dope- in Nor-walk is on the increase. At one time we had dope fiends come to the police station for treatment. Tod“ this has been done away with. I have heard of dope being sold in the city. but the police have been unable to obtain any evidence which would lead to conviction in case of arrests. "\Vhat are the high-lights in crime that I have figured in?" asked Chief Pennington with a chuckle. “Why. probably the most gruesome case l ever handled .was that known as the \Vhite Bridge murder. “It was another case in which Jell- ousy overs. woman figured. and hope pened on February 17. 1897. Stom- lord people figured in it. Nicodemus lmpesio, an. Italian. paid court to the wife of Guiseppi Fuds. all of Storm ford. When Mrs. Fudn finally gov! lotions. “The two men deliberately planned mangled by a train . "Unfortunntely for the two men it "No days later the body was iden- “lt was just a year later when the trolley. It was this tip that put us ‘ f “3f: 5‘} 15i%:au¢iio: Faulty 5.: Brake muslin ' SATURDAY, JUNE9 .1 Hundred: of automobiles passing Pedestrian crossings-tron j in the curb. LOOK Lari-rs . At the. center of the me. LOOK mom. morgue. m Motorist traveling onwet pavement. Avoid high speed; Avoid wet sweetest rolls. - ‘3: Slow downer-r by reducing speed ‘of motor, i. e., re- duce gas and spark. causing motor compression to set: as brake. ' 4: Avoid in. of broke. ‘ . 5‘ B: Throflhggsarshtonvmewillspin ands-stud! car's forward manhunt. ' Thinnest be avoided. relics that it rarely causes much ex. l D v mrmmmnmcnm 1 ___,\ Watch Our Wind“, 7': ,RADIO serum \ . THE NORWA‘ ELECTRIC 9L5“ PHONE 297. Victrolas Sold on Easy Terms \ DONNELL : on tho right trail after we had spent days scouring the country for tramps. The tip resulted in the arrest of Ben- ‘ Jamil-i Willis and James Brochouse. of two of Lambert's » < Fitch. of 17 Riverside avenue. were 3°“ "N “mm“ “d held at ;:30 o'clock lhil aftérnocn "Another interesting case happened in ‘hihre'fiizbnnc' gums} George Harris officiated and burial e 9’9““ was in Norf'ield cqn te '. Charles Coppola. the Norwaik jitney r r) W“ “6"" 301"“? _The funeral of MN. Margherita and the man is still missing. self. think that he is dead." In tpite of his thirty years 0n the morning at 9 o’colck and from St. force. Chief Pennington is , as hole Joseph's church at 9:30 o‘clock. In- “ His scores . of ferment will beta the family plot in friends are already planning a coin. St. Mary's cemetery. . completion of thirty *' years of faithful service with the do~ ’ Because of the high price of wool Cl'l'YNEW lulu Relen Elisabeth W b h. in - - has finished her sophomgrem.‘ ‘ o T00 L’te, F 01‘ ClaSSlfiCItIOfl. Columbia University. has returned to her home at at Putnam avenue for the F08 SALE-“mu" 6 room home' summer vacation. Woodworth of Columbia Heights. Brooklyn. will lecture in Red T0 LET—Nice. large. furnished room. Men's Hall. South Norwalk. tomorrow bath connecting. desirable for mar- afternocn at 8 o'clock. daylight, tang, ried couple. Inquire 1 Cedar St. Phone theme. "Coming 623. Korea 18:“. end hearty as ever. bration on his year at the Scriptural Back from Hell Soon." John 5:25.19. Rev. 20:13.14. All wcl: NOW IS THE TI‘IME Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Mt: Julienne Dumortior and Milton Gregory Peck whieh2will take place in Trinity Episcopal church. Saturday otter-noon. o'cloe. with Chapman‘E. sending in their window boxes at this- MV“ "‘3“? °‘ W" chmh- °m°“““‘- time to hue the same filled with bed- M 'KING GEORGES AUNT DIES this establishment out be of great By Associated Pres. ~LONDON.Jone 9.-—-Prlncess Christ- every occasion are always here- isn. aunt. of King George died this Store located at 7t Washington St. The Princess Helene Augusta \‘ie- Zandt. St. Phone Stilt—Adv. toris. more generally known as Prin- cess Christian from the name of her husband. was born May 25. 1846. She was the third daughter of Queen Vic: ‘0 COHEN torts. of Great Britisn and was thus I. sister of the in. King Edwnrd' vn 181’ wuhlnsmo St. 80- Km and an sunt c! the pruent British sovereign. Shy was married in July How should I treat fins wood use to Prince r‘i-eaoi-icl: Christian or "In 11' "‘3 hm. 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