Phifizk_ Wank. son or Mr.
W. Webb, 0! 4‘ mph;
essay eouést. “metlcut’s part in
whlch
was open.“ the senior boys at the
Nanak Ebb. School is today a
much command lad and
eager unfigcipator a: his trip to the
Nation's Capital at Washington.
which is the prize to: the winning
essay. Ho will so on’ the trip during
the Easter vacation together with
the mmg class of the Bridge-
por: High School.
When asked this morning how it
felt to be a prize Winner, Wehle said
it was a. big surprise to find that he
had been chosen the winner by the
committee in charge, but that he
was overjoyed w the honor and
with the prospe seeing W’ash-
lugton.
"It has my ambition” he
said , 3Ver since I knew the first
fill." .37 about gmernmeut, to at :end 2;
Popular and madame.
- . be graéusted in June.
"1‘: c mi He is a. Very
member 01' the high school.
erasing massage: of the
“Bimbo" which
E: ;: Very ac-
asscciatlcn 01“
h l: was an ofificer. is an im—
or in the dramatic club
ion to all his ozher qual-
? lacs. Vas Voted rc- emly the hand-
somest :el‘ow high school
senior class. He played an import-E
" DaddV Long Legs, ’ the
, and had one of
5 roles :1 “Bimbo," the
s musical comedy. He
the letter N for merited
on in basketball and root»
'stag ed
He wiil enter either Georgetown
or Notre Dame University in the
fall and Wm take up either journal-
km or art. He is very apt in both.
"being an associate. editor at this
year‘s serdov- class book and also one
Kiwanis essay, writ-
OW‘SIB
first Shot.
‘On «kpril 1’3, 1175, was fired the
’shot heard round the world." Thé
"tdependence was on’
70 of the last that. at
Con ord had uied sway, trusty mes-
Song 2:51 were speeding southward.
spread g news and begging
- Connection; .0 come to the rescue
' of her strlc ken neighboring colony.
Never, as e shall see. was a. favor
. more generously granted. .
‘ ’ “At the outbreak o: hositillties
~ mm Great Britain, thé population
or Connecticut was 193,392 whites
and. about , «=3 blacks. Historians
tell us that the people or Connecti-
cut were almost entirely Anglo-Sax-
on, still though not so numerous as
in Wehusetts and elsewhere.
there must have been a. goodly
spriakllng o: Hibernians in the col-
ony, judging 1‘: cm the many Celtic
names founi in fine 05,ch military
" that claw. Whatever
oi: lineage, they were men of.
stem stat: dependable. and rugged
33 (the soil from whence they drew
7 Wazoo. T12911- love of freedom
was intense; gheir patriotism un-
hounded
3 “Was Connecticut prepared to:
the prominent part she was destined
to take in the War to: Indepemb
, case? Here so than any other ca}.
0223'. Ea: towns had appropriated
large sums of money for the pur-
chase or and: ad ammunition; they
12.2.6 seen to it that rigid discipline
was maintained in the militia: Com-
mitéees of $19k: had been appoint-
ed and the enfira'wlouy waited but
AU. WHEN
WKfl \KORK
.‘ne
send. A
“The film of w nun-ed
it!
o: Pomfret. the m
fighter.
term, he left his oxen
d rode direct to Boston ‘11”
once dismountlnz. ’He was paw
depth: the ma Intel mm- f
ticslly in command at B‘nn‘ker 3m .
and the detachment of Mafia:
troops under hi: cow !
fiercely and courageously} they
nation that unequaled dad ,
”3° 9 remit”; use -
secured the America
in:
the daring Putnam put hbfifea in
danger many met. in 1113 cm
check that. retreat.
the sixty4hreeba
used in the
were a. present
cut colony.
“Small wonder that the
Connecticut were so
from the COM
Oval-Mid.
barrels 01 mg:_
battle of ”39:33:;an
Wot '1
caught the inspiration from that:
Va ien: governor. 30mm Trum-
bull; "Brother Jonathan.” the am
friend and adviser of Washington
They were more fortune in
respect. than other colonies. m t
w}: use goVemors were vulture-us,
and they were :emsrkubly united. ,
Doing M BR. ',
"The men who remained home
were determined
They made 1119 miserable to: the
Tories—~33 the British sympathise“
were called. One illustration will
sufilce. In New York City, I. for:
named James Rivington, published
a notorious. anti-American and pro-
Britlsh paper called the “New York
Gabetteer.” The Connecticut pa.-
trlots determined to stop this propa- '
ganda. so a company of 75 men,
under the command of Captain Isaac
Sears, rode to New York. raided the
shop and carried away the type and
machinery, thus silencing the min-
chievous publication.
“It is not stating too much to sly
that for a. long period 0’! the Reva-
lotion. Connecticut bore almost the
entire brunt o: the fighting and far
more than he: share~ln the burden
of expense. 'The Army of 0 North
in 1775 consisted o! 2.590 on, 2.-
560 or which were Connecticut men.
and when Washington settled down
in the vicinity at New York, more
than halt othlstorcewss menus
necticut. If m from use“ Wed
patriots that the commuder—in-chle!
secured the services 0! Nathan Hale.
Thlryoung captain in "Kuowltou‘ 3’
Connecticut regiment volunteered to
enter the British lines in the caps-
city or a spy and discover the
strength and plans of the enemy on
Long Island. The youth was cap-
turedfiust as success was about to
mourn his venture. He was tried
and banged as a. spy. Bis dying
words. "I only regret. that I have
but one life to give to: my country,"
have immortalized hlm.
Ken and Kelley.
“Connecticut was known as the
‘vatsion State," and with good
mason. She was always on hand
to contribute more than he: just
share or men and money. When
the Father 0: our Country sbplled
to Trumbull to: aid during the ten
rihle winter at Valley Force, the
Connecticut colony appropriated
$209 809 to buy the beef to: the
starving army. The cattle were do.
livered surely to the army with the
exception of one hundred and thirty
steers which tell mm the hands '0!
the enemy. In this mane: through
the generodty 01 Connecticut and
through her self-sacrifice, the Con-
ants! army was ind tram d1;-
bending and the hope of victory
once more mused in the heart: of.
all patriots.
“Do no? think tint Connecticut
was immune from luvnfion by the
British. He: com towns tutored
diretuny {man the was of General
Try-on.
‘fimto mwsmnuden
1-511deth Genetfl'rry.
onthenfledmtothembe.
W
to do their hit;
was. m Scuff": W {W ~
Cannon. mm A;- Webb. '
the Atmy’l 11“qu 9::er
ington street, 1111‘?!» W
M. Sex-echo of cm W
at his home.
' Mrs; Michael Olefin; ‘.
3111 1-6311 spent sates-Ear '
York city. ' 7
’ ' ‘ tick
Andrew Gungy 01-503“ m mm
street is visiting in Ealflm
mcm Clean an. summon- :Mdouhun 'm.“' as"
modem; the «Meat new» of: ' 3 ‘ ' ’
Elisabeth street, which ' '
1y destroyed by are.
0 l ‘ ’
3 Ralph Garfield is confined;
home on Lowe urea; by 1111:
Obituary.
Mn KR, I)“
Cove avenue. Ethic avenue;
- noon at 1: 80 o'clock.
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