The Weather;
ram '10me am am
but; comm 10mm " '
noawsax'a has! rawsraraa ’
.. "‘ED 1870 offin“:d‘:m-cu. matter at t e o it; ‘
s. . s. r... .. Conn. a... m. .e ..“m'“ 61‘s..“ SOUTH Nonwux. couriermmnr, FEBRUARY 20. 1925. PRICE THREE cm_
:i: ..
allies Night of
twanls Club Is
best Ever Held
I
”Past President
Presl 'dent
Delivered the One and
At 4th Annual
of Kiwanis
Only Authentic Speech
Ladies Night
Past President
Habeos Corpus to
Get His Wife Back
STAMFORD, 0011.. Feb. 20.—
Goorge F. Vredenburgh of this
city has instituted habeas corpus
proceedings to regain pomesslon
0! his wife. Mary Sherwood
\‘redenburgh .who he claim- 1-
illegally detained at the home of
her mother. Mrs. Hattie Sher-Wood
of Danbury.
airs. Sherwood and her daugh-
ter have been summoned to ap-
II. "081' STEVENS
lll FAIR i .
Sentinel Artist
‘ 1' ‘ ' o
. Rm~ Draws Kiwaluans
» All the famous men in
vim v .1. Kiwi. 1.23
,;. Prepares; ”“81“ “1°" last ctoning and
fi- 1 they're all donn in black and
"."I lC‘ out: White today With {3911611 and
L ,, p“ our ""Champeen llghtenln
ll“ - lie]. I“ “-' artist sketched all the great In:
q"\ .,‘. ('0“-ns lira? treat 3‘15! 33 they We“.
.... - 53“ '11“? paper hats nex‘ery-
ng
_ - . s “o ‘
a\-. 1. §\(Il‘.Rb Don'- TIN-"8 tins concatenation
of impressions Some are good
. ”“1“ "°‘ 8° sood- but they all anrurn c. “1112mm;
"10¢ ‘ ‘,’ ‘l l n I a n have the names tagged on them A
- ._ epoch and . anyho): 00 you should worry.
3. ~ . . . Turn to the cartoon on page 7_ r- .,
. ; . operation . I Ice-Preszdent
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— — 1’.“ or ' luST OF THOSE
:1 '1». god '
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.Those Who Gathered
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. .. :1: At Royal James Inn
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.5.» ;_ For Annual Affair of
~ .se Kiwanis Club
. 2"“! Thos- who attended tho: Kiwani-
.1}.-. ‘verlclubws 'Ladlcs' Night” at the R0311,
‘4”: «as James inn last evening were: ;
f -t"-'« 33" Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bartlet:
. -*':fe~l‘_::.\lr. and Mrs. Earl B Barlow or Nor- “ "
"‘1 nton Manor. Mr. and Mrs. George F ’
‘1‘1133‘8 ten.- Mr. and 31,-... Robert. A Ben- ____ EDWARD 1.0113133:
‘ ' 31“ 'mllct. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bertram. . . l . V
11 scent:- and Mrs. Frederick Brack. My GEORGE H' BARNES ' 3 . -
.31.. r‘38 and Mrs. Frank Brundage Mr. and‘ ' 3 '
-. 9...,me C. mm Bmgmm m... we: Secretor) , ,1 Club Singer
lac-tratef’ Bodwell. Miss Sylvia Brock. 21-. and "W
s on a! 1,Mt-s. “'llliarn a. Cartwright. Mr. and ~ '1
"mm" h‘lra. Paul R. Connery. Mr. and Mn. ’ ‘
Luke A. Conneally. Mr and Mrs. El- 1
r nr P Craig Mr. and Mrs. Joseph '
‘ strtctlyu 1).;le Leo Daxis. Mr. and Mrs. '
ls: even- ECharles T. Dimond.
-: ((1th Mr. and Mrs. James Donnelly
~r~ ct Mtss Esther Dlmond. Miss Harriet 0
S. Darts. Lel‘ toy D. Downs. \lr. andlI
« : -rs...r- Mrs. Frederick A. II.lls Mr. and \erI. l
art-nu! \iilton Elwood. Mrs. Ned Fairty. 111) t Be ‘
- 1 com II, T. l-‘airty of New Canaan. hit-.1 \0 '-
~n the tonal Mrs. rthur K. Fitch. Mr. an acclll‘litChe airy
-.t Pub- .3111 Clarence x. Finch. Mr. and Mrs. l lng Favored Declare
- tx'v" of lestr-r E. Pinch of Bridgeport, .‘ir.
an :ag Hand Mrs. Conrad P. Frey. Mr. and' SChOOl HeadS" Pdcei
; = m Mrs. Frank J. Ftnmgan. Mr. and; T
; ,-5 the Mrs. C. Otis Fitch. Miss Luella 1-1.; “ at :‘Iay Begin i .
1. Lam- flinch. Miss OliVe M. chh. Gencral w J ‘
1-1 the «Rush ll Frost. Mr. and Mrs. Charles “ha! ma} lnxehp .n.o a mllk
- At'nr- l‘W. Gngcr Mr. and Mrs Edward E. 'uur. is no“: ; "g on among ”"5
“'v anrham 3 .nl'k deal-ms of Norsl-‘l‘k "110 3".
—_ 1nd Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goodchild l . ‘ ‘ ,_ .- . .
- :at: .37.. and Mrs. Johnny (iruelle 311.! ndixndn. O 9‘ “LL 11.x. thel
and Mrs. Samuel Greenstem. Mr. 311mm“ “a”? "":“"“n} U: Budge-l
.15'}. Mrs. “‘illiam E. Grindrod. Miss port. who r~~:»r.".y opened a branch
'Sue Glover. John M. Glover. R. Bey- in this city axe Tu;‘l‘.l:hll’lg the local
.nzzz. Mr. and Mrs. Max Haut. Mrs. schools with milk. ' > _ - ,
. Augusta Huntington. Dr. H. H. Hefl- 1: is claim-ed _.;. the local dealers FREDERICIL 5- LYO) C' IRVING BYDGTOS
‘ yuan. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hurlbutt. that the milk 5..“ by them Is as. '
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Jakob. Mr. hlgh grade as 3h.“ 501.1 by tho 3111-]?-
' .nd .‘lrs. Harold “I. Jennings. Mr. chell Dun and lint they should he
.4 ..n-l Mrs. Frank 1. Jones. Mr. and allowed to :urmsh the milk. eSCI iption 0 Wns
illrs. Robert Jaseloi‘t. Mr. and Mrs. A: a resutt o: the controversy l . -
John Earl of Sew Canaan: Mr. and several of tho mr‘al dnalers huh). I
{Jere I‘lrvaohn N; Kline, 9“" and 7“”- threatened to wit the price to so low: cm at a ”a 1V 1 t
Lr3~ler ‘t-har.es B. Runes. Elle M. knight. a scale that '11-? Mitchell Dairy}
. mgfifly‘ "_'—— Company. “'1“ to unable to sell. ~
- modern (C ontinued on Page TWO) milk in Norwalk. 9 Followms is a description of the‘ Mrs. Milton Elwood. Rust colort
E "”1: a Principal George 3mm” of the,gowns worn by the women at the canton crepe. lace trimming.
Franklin School stated. that when' Kiwanis Club Ladies Night at the Mrs. 1-3.8 Gotham. Blue canton
‘ t ‘.F :‘flci- ‘the matter of furnishing milk vothel Royal James lnn last evening: c.epe. beaded.
-. '1.j0b. xschools came up. 4:0 only ropresen-’ Mrs. Theodore Olsn‘n. Black can- Mrs Robert )lttchell. Egyptian:
. : ere‘ tatite of any milk deulrr “as iron! ton crepe. beaded. ,grco‘n crepe. lauded.
.v . . [be Antone“ Ilgiry Cummn‘ \[lllil‘enfi l‘rzlvly. l'oWd»? blue can-i .‘llSS Hilda. Schreiber. Green lan-
‘ l Each school purchases 1' s own ,1 ton crepe 0“ Cl’ 9" 80” 5““th-
. I mllk 1: use... according to .17, lni’or- ‘1” W R. Cartwright. Navy blue; Mrs. C. P. Frey. Rust color cane
rs. mation given out today. .‘lllk ln- lat-e. chenillotrnld and {m- trimm-é ton crepe. .
r - ~ .. ispectnr l;- Roy D. Downx'. \ med' . in3- 1 ‘ Rig-2.11:" Moore. nhbk .nce over
'1' --; ‘ .. .. 1 .. , . 91‘ “'-
~ .:.t.t_- ;that he hal no supervisxo._. ! Mrs. Samurl h \elsor. {hue can-V, Mrs. Joseph I‘m-is. Brown crepe-
. , -. . . ’ ‘ I 1‘" “Np“ fenlbroirlored.
9:: t capt. SJOlllnd Retum- THE PEOPLE’S ; Mrs. C. E. rant}. New Canaan ‘ Miss Harriet‘Davls. Fancy crepe.
:31 1” Powder blue canton crepe, gold lace ' Mrs. George Barnes. Peach tat-
; Cd Home Last Eve- Mrs. John M. Karl. Xew Canaanflfeuh
° ' ' Powder blue canton and black canr Miss Esthefi Dimend, Grfion can-
~ 4 n!ng Afte}: COHISIOI‘ CHORUS MAY Eton crepe. embroidered. ton crepe. '
MB; In East River ' Mrs. Fred A. Ells. Black and; Mrs. 5‘. 1.. anson. Buss color‘
' ‘ silos. . - white canton crepe. youton crepe.
lie was' Mrs. P. 1. Smith. Blue canton'
.. Captain George Siolund or this
_ .. Musmy. captain on the tugboat R. J-; fcrepe. white lace. - (Continued on Page Eight.)
-. Moran. which was sunk in the East!
73:1}: river \‘ew York city. yesterday.
F \hen the municipal terryboat nod- 10, F Rl
“f“, be man “'anamaker struck it. is mgcommittee on R601“;
_; ‘ 01": New York today making arrange-J ganlza mtwn Decid des!
l“: fir“ 3‘ ments to rates the tug: j .
m‘ - ' After the collision Captain Siolund . On Calhng It Mozart
.- _ Jumped from the tugboat onto the, S o _
“£1350; ferryboat and was followed by three I met}
0‘ member: 0! his tr"?- 111" 0th"; NEW’ YORK. Feb. 2.—Iz Miltonl
, ,e. "”86 men _°n U“ 50“ Jumped "“0 A proposed re-omnizauon ohms J Budlong mom to Rhode Island.
"\D'. - ‘ [.118 water 4;! were late: rescued by People's chorus. enlarging its scope. then in. wife. who for eight
. _» d. . ““CL_EOCSE the tugboat Achburn. . is contained in the report of a. com- has and their New York sport-1m
‘ v t H; ‘1' Captain Atoll!“ returned 1° 5°" mixtee on re—organintion Jun made. as . font-e“. will move to Rhode 1 BRIDGEPORT. ’03- 30- — 1""
' , __ We \‘e walk 1““ evening, none the worse The committee. COHdfimt of I!!! land goo; ‘ men. drowned 1n the urns automo-
. -..1 .‘ w {or 11" experience and 1.“ bright Moseley Becklus. Cha‘m‘nf Lucy This was the declaration of the bile in the Vorwalk river last April
.- n is- and early this morninx for 1“" Mutts Morrison. Grace Haskell. womn who “nee M Fm,” mm- ' " ,
. rm a York city. He has resided in um arm a. Rider. Laura Gorham, 0011- ms nu been . ..omnm, pm"... on ”- “° "‘9 “wad”? Prlnc‘P‘“ m
"' . “0 city tor the put tour yum mak- nd p. F‘rey. Elmer D. Craig. Silas m m 3. 810.000 amp-marking out o!
5 “MO-000 in h in Broad River Re R ch an” rth Lee “W ' H m“ m
- ..n 8 MI 0'30 - 9‘ am. 0 3'00“ and bro est a” flu, .1 1 an: the double tragedy tiled in Superior
2.000 at danemleCia Cble.hasd “’°’ "’° ‘
3“ two m we: ' 9°? "3‘“ ‘ “'3 up " W .2 the type ordinarily prescribed for court 1mm 1-9!le
M... at the Norwalk Tire and Rubber posed revised prospectus. in which The in Ag-
73 \_ com y ”d C e kkee it is stated that the e. “I“ be children. This lhe took under I :3” 5'0"!“ w in
I; 4,, ran. 3‘1"“er 9" um torn ygmun .mMaM-
._ 1 \t ammo a: m. cat, National bank. changed to the Norwalk non-n so- ““3““ uflm°u max: ‘0 a. gm of ’0‘.” c:-
i‘, . 1""6’ °’ ' 3mm m" ‘9' I”! “mum" , wan-ED I! m mm. but. m was drim o! the “WM-
— _ . : am and Am The when Ire divided into - Chlrl .4
j, -_ ~‘-'§"Wl‘. eve Th. N Wk mm a. m m. ‘ Gm. “ha of 11. mm s M a w. “uh!”- ‘°
. 1-, 0 three chance—mitotic. singing man- at to, 1 the “u“ of Vincent
** ’ "smart“ famous 6nd. fired. brand of exam- m and club my.“ Not W oven“ VII “TO-(0d 18$ 0“ 0 Urban or on
=- _ ~ «Undo m. on butter. m butter is made does the new plu- pm pubic '3' M‘ “m“ h’ n: “In no N
4.- ’e called for.li‘rom W sweet emu! rodtabottwopopohrooaoemand MCI-Imulmm - ' "
-'- _"ledontimerlaiighfly-itedllfilthacmmmmmmwum
1 9" pound swamp-coitus mwllabbehcinded. . to.
-=. -‘H ‘ “ ‘l'orryipg. mun-roar. 3’ mmmmmmm
‘COAl. pauses
J FEEl; MAN 18
j m nosrrr
Odd Accident at St.‘
' George Paper Mills
— Skull Fractured
Not Crushed
Abbrey T‘ownns. 2" you! old.
Hill Top lnn Fast ‘5’?!” mm'. is
today in the horwslk hospital in a
serious condition Victim c’ an un«
usual actidont.
A piece of con! slxltlly larrer than
.3 man‘s clinched fist dropped 85
feet from an over-hand coal chute
at the St. George Paper company
plant in Smith strcer. landing on the
head of Down-s Who was cngnzed in
unloading a coal bar:e.
The impact must ha”! been tar-
rlfic. Downes col‘n pser! “ '11 his
head partially split open. H:- was
rushed to the Norwalk hospital in
an automobile. Dr. William J.
Tracey attended him. finding that
his skull was fracturcd. but not
crushed.
At the hospital, it was said.
hownes’ condition was critical. but
that he had a chance of recovering
!lwcause the skull Was rmt crushed
He is conscious.‘ An X-ray was
. taken of the injury.
The accident happem-l about 4:30
o‘clock yesterday afternoon. Down“.
With other employee of the St.
,George company. had been unload-
ing the barge ol’ coal. They had
practically finished and wore en-
raged in scrapping up .1 {my remain.
mg pieces on tho bottom of the
'rarge before quitting.
“'ithout warning. the piece of
' coal tell of: the chute directly abm'e
the barge. It dropped like a flash.
landing on Downes' head.
Considerable difficult y was on.
rountered in getting Downes up-
‘on the dock. Three ladders were‘
.lowered. After a moment the in-
‘gured than became partially con-
scious. Two men carried him. each
lascendlng‘an outside ladder while
g'Do‘nes “as dragged up the mid-
' 'I‘le ladder.
The injured man “as then placed
'in an automobile and taken to the
hospital by George Leach. Steps
late to be taken by the St. George
'Paper company to protein! similar
accidents.
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—'n. Hungarian Young Men's
Catholic A-o. will give a plenum
boll. Friday evening. at Kish's Ball.
All. invited—Adv.
STUDEBAKER CARS ox DISPLAY
AT ransom lemon CA8 00.
The Rudebaker can. in "Pb!-
models. are displayed at The Reyn-
olda' Motor Car Coll eutabliohmoat.
Just a low mp. acro- lhe street
from the local Armory. The Duplex
models. and cloud earl of this ho
inane make of can for thayur "as
"(l as tho-1r legal
pear in Bridgeport today belore
Judge Leonard J. Nickerson in
the Superior Court and show
cause. it any. why Mrs. Vreden-
burgh should not be restored to
her husband.
Mr. and lira. Vredenburgh
were married in Port Chester.
N. 17.. December 13. 1924. ac.
cording to the writ. Mrs. Vre-
denburgb is about 17 years of
age. At the time of the mar-
riage Hrs. Sherwood made corn-
plaint to the Dunbury authorities
that both her son and daughter
had eloped. and asked auistance
in finding them.
ST ORFS ARE TO
REMAIN CLOSED
Banks to Observe
, Washington’s Birth-
day As Legal Holi-
day on Feb. 23rd
SCHOOLS OPEN
lAt Most of the Facto-
ries Here the Report
Is “‘Vork As Usuapol”
Xnasmuch as Washingtonl Birth-
way falls on Sunday this year-.01;-
holiday will lm generally absent-d in
.\orwalk Monday
The banks Will observe
holiday and “-122
l
Monday
be
Iclot-ed all day.
i The post office employes will also
lhave a day off. as it is their yearly
ltustom to boil their \arious conv‘n-
tions \l'ashlngtnns Birthday
Practically all thu stores wil? ob-
serve Monday as the natal day of
school children have nothing to feel
merry about. School will be open
as usual.
A canvas 0! the local stores shew-
ed that. as a Whole. the business sec-
tion will be closed on Monday. Mar-
chmta who announce their inten-
tion 0! closing are:
Conneally & Bracken. Joseph Davis.
kFrank Jacoby, H. Krieg’er & Co..
Keeler‘s Shoe Store. Mill Outlet
Store. Milton Elwood. Norwalk
Agency. Rogers & Stevens. Roller’s.
Tristram & Hyatt. F. W'. Woolworth.
G. B. “'orth. Sterling Furniture Co..
Collins'. Angevtne’l. Alexanders
and Land-man's.
The store of Albert D Morgan will
remain open all day.
The maJorlty of plants and tac-
torles will function as usual on Mon-
day. At those reached by The Even-
ing Sentinel i: was stated that there
uould be work as usual. Among
those questioned were: Crofut &
Knapp. Cluett-Peabody. Lockwood
Mtg. 00.. Nash Engineering Co. and
the Norwalk Loch Co. At the R. I:
G. Corset company it was stated thal
would close. and that“ presumably it
iwould. close. nad that presumably it
‘VOuli "run as usual."
W 80me
Archer Hendrick and
‘ Barry
lwalk. were married at 7.30
evening. at the Somali: Methodist
Episcopal church. by Rev. George
B. Tompkins. Miss Amy Louise
Cooper was the bridesmaid and
Oscar P. Law-on was the best man.
A sausrtmo DRINK.
Whether it's a milk shake or a
manna-experience at the-ode
fountain conducted at The Cliford
Pharmacy. The boot syrups obtain-
able are need here and everything
else that mad- tor “quality." Brick
)1. Paisley. Prop—Adv.
—wm YOUR CAR MINA“
Boston Store. Coleburn & Lauder.
there had been no notice as yet that '
Annie Cecelia Pybua. both of Xor-l
last '
NEXT MONDAY'
the Father of his country—but the5
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a. H- .. .....
iElectric Light plant.
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hens o f Accomplish. A»
ments of Citizens' of
Old City of South
Norwalk
{CITES WATER AND
- ELECTRIC r: ANTS
What Has Board Ac-
complished But Ne-
gate \Vishes of Peo-
ple? He Asks
“The Board of Obstruction and
Elm." is a term applied to the
[M Board of listirnlle III
“Tux-lion by Richard H. Golden, a.
mayor of the city of South Km.
In t kttcr Wrcd today by The
‘Evt'ninz ermine}.
It n his contention that public
meetings at citizens were far more
anCU‘e of main Ihan the we.
sent methods at the Board.
In. letter. which. it is m
is in answer to on." written some
time ago hy “imam II. “931.“.
umber of thr- llnnl-d of Estimate.
: iollowr
"Before tit-re unn such a M
as a Board of Estzrnate and Taxation
in our City nearly fifty years ago.
'he citizens at g public meeting of
the then Cle of South NW
Wired to issue hond<,to the amount
of One Hundred Thousand Dollar,
'0 introduce the present water m-
r-‘m. Th».- (‘ommlttre or Commis-
‘sioners at that time looked abou:
for an expert to enzlneer the work.
They snlcrfri the lain “’m. 8. kids.
a hydraulic «nginr-er Ile guy. the
Pity an own it ju” hr eighty-ave
thousand " T‘e citizens of
!
under“
.South Nomi}; at a public meeting
voted for the outlay. and about
after the Water was turned on there
"as a jolllf‘catlon meeting held in
the thvn leli'ary hall. on North
Main "rm-t. at Which meeting it
wag rare] to present Mr. Ride? with
;.‘lve hundred dollars as a pretest.
There Were (‘roakers in our midst
at that time. the some as there an
at the present. Who sold the engineer
could not brim: 'hc water to South
Norwalk. llt- did :l, hou’cxer, and
at a hydrau‘ic pressure of 85 pounds
to the square inch. I imagine the
present water supply at this the
could be sold for a million and n
half dollars. all of which 118.! not
been very much of a cost to the
tax payers of the S~'cond district.
as lhv: expense has largely been void
for by c consumers.
Llcc‘ trio Plant
“The next successful effort of the
vxu'zens of South Norwalk. (and bo-
fore such a body known as a. 80.88
of Estimate and Taxation wattl-
Iroduee‘i into our body politic). w
the estlbllshlng of the Millie!“
There we
again in the City many crochet;
but after a. “hard right an appropflnv
non of 8:. 250'- was voted by th.
peo.ple who then ruled. The com-
mltvee or commisstoners. then ap-
pointed or elected, looked about for
an expert and were Very forum."
in finding one in 1hr person of It.
.\. E. \Vlnchesler. “ he at the preo-
‘J‘kA‘A-‘A
'L
on: time has not. only a nauonai
ppmarlon, hut ..n international one
a» well. klc has pmlen a wonder-
:ul asset to the Second District. He.
as was done to introducing an
water work. completed the Electric
\Vorks for 820,006—lwcniy-flve hm}.
dred dollars less than the approvrh‘
lion. Fixe hundred dollars of this
amount was presented to Hr. Wha-
chester. and the balance. 83.000, paid
the running expenses 0! the M
plant for six months. According to.
their recent report. the total gross
profits {rom this plant from August
(Continued on Page Two.)
\VANTED — Salesman for outlida
selling. Call after 4 o‘clock Saul?-
day. James l'onnelly. 1645 So.
Main St.
ANCLIMTOIES AND HROODEBS
The Buckeye Incububator (the
famous hot water machine and the
Standard Brooder are carried in
stock at The Morgan Store. Sow is
:he time that this particular unc-
chandlae la in demand and interest-
ed pat-ties should inspect then. ran-
chlnes at their earliest convenience.
“b.1113. Morgan Hardware. W‘-
ington 8t.
JADE FROM THE. BEST
.0! Interim and cooked with Crisco
—that‘a what you can always 0:1
peel Chen you buy Hulllnn's m
Undo Grails-rs. Hniltgxn'e Pout"
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