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OLD SITE OF WEE BURN OOLI
t CLUB TO BE cu UP INTO LOTS
*22 'Acres to Be Reserved for Darien High School
And Athletic Field
Should Town Exercise
Its Option—New Course at Halter Ridge
Now Ready
DARIIIN, .Iulthi. —-— Announce-
ment was rradc here that the stock-
holders of the Wet) llurn Land cor-
poration oi llaritn lune taken up
the developmcnt. of the old \Vco
Bum (‘Iub property. on the I'ost
head, Noroton and the entire pro-
perty with tho I-tm-ptiou of L": acres
will be cut up into building lots.
The 23 acres that will not he cut
ire being hold for the ‘i‘own of Du-
rien. At the last town meeting , it
was voted to iiutliorize tho Heliool
Committee to secure an option on
332 acres of the Wen llurn Land.
which could be used as the site for
‘- high school tind also for on a 'le-
He ileld. This is the only property
that will not be talrcn up by the
Itocklioltlot's III' III!) club in their
how land development.
Ii. IlroinflL-Id, .Jr., has been molt-
liig a survey of the [annuity during
the past few days. 'Iloatis are being
cut, through the pt'tipcriy from Illn-
Hen avenue. to Park siren-t and to
the I‘m-It road.
The lnstvgatiie of unit on the old
grounds wan plow-d on last Sunday.
July IL'lli. ’I‘ho playing ol goll’ was.
discontinued on that ditto. All mem-
bers of the club will «Itioy their
Bolt at'tho new ix liolo course in
the llaitvr Ititluo auction of llarien.
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The nest Ill"‘illlfi of the Masonic
club of the 'l‘owu ot' lilll'll‘il will be
held on ’i‘uestlav ovI-nliiiz, August II.
Simon \V. t‘ooiu'r, president oi the
uluh. thin \vcck announced the ap—
pointmI-nt of several coitinilticos.
'l‘lio followini.’ are the committees
appointed. liver-alive council. the.
four Oflit‘t't‘s of the club are. IInru-y
H. Watkins. l’ItlwiIi \V, Cooper,
Francis M. Smith. Joseph (‘. I'eicr-
talc and Edward JI. It‘ulier; Member—
ship committee. l'l‘. II. I). Hanson,
C. '1‘. Gilbert and James A. Mac,-
Cammonvi: llalertainnp-nt eoiniiiit-
tee. Arthur ti Maury. I-‘. ll. Poor
and ltay (imther; I-‘iiirtiit-n commit-
tee. l". i‘. M. Jones. Hall. lIIndIey
and 'I‘Iipiiias ltiehnrdsoii and Audit
committee. Iltuld .I. l'IIiInr-nds and
Charles I‘J. Scott.
At thr- Iasi Ilit-l‘IIIll: of the club,
George Gregory of the llalter llitlizo
road, was made ."tIl honorary meni-
her. Mr .tirciznry in now In his his!
year and is oiir-,of the «Latest iii-in:
Masons in t'onnrvcticut.
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HARTFORD. .Iuly lh.——- (AP).
Captain Edward I.. Kelly. who in m-
'I.‘rumbull. hue bet-n relieved of duty
with hondriliurtora. Milli lnfantrv
'Britzade. and Ill-tailed for duty with
the Governor in orders front the
IAdjutent (leneral's ofllr'v. Leave of
lbseneo has boon (routed to Second
Lieutenant, (liven J. White. head-
nunrters company. 43rd Division.
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Joseph Davis
47-49 North Main Street
” South Norwalk, Conn.
BUY
A New Straw Hat
AT A
Reduction of 23;
$2.25 for $3.00 Hats
$3.00 for $4.00 Hats
Open Wednesday Afternoons
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, Treasury Balance
WASHINGTON July 18. «-
t'niicd Hlutrs 'i‘rI-usury net but.
ttuco at close of business July
itl wait “40,011,000.
PUT. HOSE BAIL
TEAM OOINOIO
E NONINPONI
Ai‘i‘niiuciiicnts liaic been coiii
pit-ted tor the annual trip to East
Nortlipoit. Long; Island, by the
l'utnnin iioiio Inuit-bail team to talto
place on Sunday, .Iuiy 20.
The trip “III bo made on Htunlcy
'l‘ainuulgo's power boat and final
plans as to tho time of (-Inbarka-
tion will be arranged this week at
a ;;t'iltilill coIIIIiilttvc llit‘t'tllli; of llll'
l'ut Hose Athletic: cmiiinitleo and
tho i'ul lloio; Anniversary coiniiilt-
too which by \otc of a worm com-
pany moi-ting are working togctinr
to make tho trip this year out: that
will go down III history in the 50-
cial registrr of the dear-rum: l’ut
iionc \oluntccrs.
Last ycui' l'ut How lire tiahtrrs
sallt-tl to Long Island and played
the Mlllli.’ hill“ and although the.
*locai boys started oit' like a whirl-
wind and scored six runs in the first
two innings. iniurioe to their star
twirlcr Ilt-puty (ins \‘olk and their
"King of Swat.” |.ouio llain. who
\vcro badly hurt by pitched and
bIItlctl bulls III tIIc Illitltllt.‘ of the
‘llt‘lll so that
by an it to ti
game. liantllcappt ll
they finally lost out
score.
East Northport had not lost a
game at that stage ot’ tlio season so
that it was no disgrace. but the
l'ut iloso hols are looking for re-
venge this season andwili have ltill
Cook in the box and Abe ’l‘arlov
catching with It good team behind
them.
To make matters merry and help
brim: back tho \lotnry this your a
local band will Inalto the trip with
the. team and a capacity crowd iii
assured. The bands will play going
over and at the same and it' the
team dot-sn'i "bring home the bu<
con" tor It'tllll manager Field, who
Is also manager of the band. it cer-
tainly will not he the fault of tho
bnndnieii.
’l‘lie, eoiniulllecs are hcaded by
t‘apt. 'I‘alinndgo of l’ut Hone: Ix-
t‘apt. Iiiil llnnlon. Bill Muller and
Freddie t‘rolscticre and l-‘rnnk Ii,
Field. ‘
IN ulsriiu
iiarry (’l't'Tonnor. 190 Atlantic
street. Bridgeport, was admitted it?
the Norivulli hospital last cvenlnn‘
for iniurlen which he Hustaincd in n
trill while working for the Bridge-
port Construction company in Dar-
icn.
It is understood that he fell from
a scaffold about 10 feet high. He
has a possible. skull fracture.
The Great Iicvelcr
(Winfield. Kant-L. Courier.)
Heat Is a great levelcr. (in a
hot day the millionaire looks as
bedrmzzled its his chauffeur.
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CITY EMPLOYES
ADVISED NOT TO
PAY” INCOME TAX
li’All’l‘lt‘tlltl). .luly IR. — Corpora-
‘Oion t'Ollli-‘U‘I t‘ountryuian advised
employee of the ilartt‘ord water de~
parlmrnt )estf'i‘tlny not. to pay the
income lav required of them by
l‘cderal Ileicnuo t'ollector I'iobcrt U.
I-Iatou. Substantially similar action
has been taken by Mayor Francis 2.
(:uilfollo of Waterbury and Mayor
Henry T. Kim: ot‘ Meriden with re-
gard to llll' \valci' department of-
ficers and cmployes of those cities.
Meanwhile Mayor Stevens inok
«tops to bring about concerted action
by all the affected Iiiiinli'iplrlltles of
t‘onnecticut. lonlvliiK to court pro-
ceedings clialleiizinir the govern-
iur‘nt‘u right to discriminate against
employee of municipal water depart-
ments in the administration of the
law allowing exemption from the In-
eouie tit). to public eiiiployen. Mayor
(littlt'ollo declared promptly when
reached last. night. that he would go
llliii tIlf‘ “Kill.
The orders: of (‘olleotni‘ I'Iiiton. re.
laycd from \i’ashhurton. are to col-
lect the income tax from till water
department employee throughout the
state. not. only tor the past year but
for a period of north years back.
Hartford l‘ubiic Library employee
are NIlltJt‘t‘i to the same orders.
CANANDTIIOCK
iN COLLISION
iN NONNNION
’l‘ivo smashed whet-ls and a dam-
airctl bumper resulted from an ac.-
cidciit which occurred at the corner
of owaytun Inciiuc and Cudlipp
street near the ltowuyton cemetery
corner yesterday afternoon about
8:30 o'clock.
A Stamford truck was proceeding
towards Stamford and had almost
reached the corner when a car sud-
denly chine. onto the highway from
lion'nyton uveuue. travelling in the
direction of Nornallt.
'l‘his corner is unusually danger-
ous and this fact was evidently
known to the drivers. both of whom
claim to have. sounded their horns.
The truck. from the force of the
Impact. swerved and skidded across
to the. left side of the street landing
on the trolley tracks.
Trolleys were held up by the ac-
cident for twenty Initiates.
50 arrests were made.
New Gym Needed
(Continued from race One.)
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parents \vas eniphnsl‘ed by Mr.
litind. He said that. his work will
be greatly assisted by the co-work-
ing of the parents. lie requests
that his office he. an information
bureau for those ptrsens who are
interested in the wrli'are of pupils
here.
Hts attitude. on athletics was clear-
Iy shown recently at the Board of
Education meeting. at which the
itirst appropriation was granted for
athletics in the local high school.
lie town! a course in physical edu-
cation to be supervised by a person,
who will conduct physical trnlnins
as well as sports.
A student council. an institution
which was founded in the Norwalk
High School in 1922 by Principal
William Noyes. is Considered favor.
ably by Mr. Lund. He maintains
that a secondary school education
should combine the practical as well
as- the book knowledge. Student
government. he says. Rives ample
opportunity for pupils to under.
stand the principals of working and
living together in Rood relationship.
lie commended Zilr. Jakob‘s initia-
tive in the Inauguration of class or-
gnnmtions.
IDNpline.
He had little to my on the mat.
ter of discipline. That. he believes,
milieu new as m m
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THE AUDIENCE OBJECTS
only by actual contact with e. stu-
tlt:lll lltltl_\'. ‘
According to Mr. Ltitid there ‘will
be little change in the subculs' cur-
Iiciila. With the personnel Intact
and courocs of study tho same no in
past )cars, he has little reason to
believe that any llllltlHlllUlm will be
made in lhl‘ high school. There
will ho aoiiic slight changes in llio
iltll’lllttl preparatory course. due to
a recent change in requirement on
the part of the stale normal schools.
but as yet he has received no dc-
tliiitc instructions concerning the
exact details of it. ‘
it is felt that n time-worn agita-
tion. that, for a gymnasium for the
high school. will, be Curried on en-
truetienlly by Mr. .l.und. He is of
the new school. which realizes the
\llllltli' 0! body training. The gym-
nasium question here has been dis-
cussed for many years. In fact.
students iii the high school have
conducted campaigns for it yearly
since the. erection of the West. Ave-
nue structure. It is believed now
that. with sufficient. cooperation on
thr- part of citizens and with the
hacking by tho Board of Education,
a gymnasium may be soon a reality.
()ptiniNlt'.
Conirnenliiii: on the administra-
tion of schools during the past few
years. Mr. Laud said that he finds
Norifiilk np-io-the-mlnute in some
Instances. and decidedly lax in
others. Conditions here. he said.
are average. lie is optimistic coit-
ecrnlng his work here. and has
hopes of raisins; the standard of
education locally. ‘
It is known that at the present
time the. local high school is not.
graded \cry highly. yet considering
the population of the city and the
incl-lilies. Mr. Luild sees no reason
to be. downcast. regarding further
prospects. Students who have
uraduatcd from the local institution
have. received a prescribed training.
in colleges they have tnred well.
and except for slight corrections
that can be made from time to Hate.
it is felt that no radical alterations
will be. put into effect.
"Please let the citizens of Nor-
ivalk know my attitude." said Mr.
Lund. concludinp.r the interview. "I
am startling off by asking the ques-
tloii '\\‘hat Is Ritzlit'." If there i!
nnyth'l; wrong. we will find that
out in sine time."
Outdoor gw
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The money will go to some deserv-
lng girl who desires to attend col-
lege. but lacks funds.
Bathing Beauty Review.
The bathing beauty review attract-
ed much favorable comment.
Thosg who took pint included:
llclen Beaver, Dorothy Maxwell. An-
ita Herrick. Eleanor Tilppe, Eugenia
newborn, Mary Blackford. Alice
Schubert and Virginia Blackford.
"Little Annie Rooney." given by
Mary Bluekford uuth Landon Her-
rick was especial' ' good and brought
numerous laughs and cncorcs.
Harold Allen and Louise Waddcll
were good in an Argentine Tango.
Miss Agnes Scott. entertained with
scene from Shakespeare.
Then ther ' was a scene from the
“Better Old." featuring "Tommy,
You're a Nice Boy." with Virginia
lllackford and Felix MulgI-cw.
The last, number included different
types of girls. each in costume por-
trailing her own particular nature
and occupation.
They included:
The country girl. Carol Mills: the
“garden club girl. New C iinan. Mary
I-‘auntlcroy; the polo irl. Dorian.
Mary German; the moiety girl.
Stamford. Gladys Candy: the golf
girl. Norwalk .Elenuor Trtppo; the
artistic girl. Westport. Janet Schu-
bert: the medics trlrl. Harriet Di-
mond: the Wellesley girl. pm Crav-
ford: the Smith girl. Anita Herrick:
the Bryn Mawr girl. Alice Schubert:
the Vassar girl. Virginia Blackford.
The stage director to whom more
than a word of credit is due was Miss
Mary Blacktord. while the pianist
was Miss Ruth McGregor.
Those who sold candy and clau-
cites included: Miss Mary and Miss
Harriet Wadsworth. Miss Ermine
Skofield. Miss Marcia Hamilton.
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Sleeves. M rs. Herold steeped All.
Bismuth" Mariette and Ill-1hr-
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Miss Janet Crawford. Miss Imogene
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SCOPES’ TRIAL
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cast- wns tried In the Rhea. court.
It: prlved of u. chance to hear a de-
bate. of opposing counsel, the visit-
ors looked at the court room. visit-
t'il the drug store "where It started"
and wondered if every passing bare-
liearled man was John Thomas
Scopes. the defendant.
St‘opon was apparently not per-
turbed by Judge itauluton's decision
to keep scientific testimony out of
the case. its did not change expres-
sion its the Judge read his deci-
sion and he was able to go swim-
ming in the afternoon. Scopes said
he has no plans after the trial ends.
Around the counsel tables in the
arena, where the evoliition_issue is
being contested daily accumulations
of mail litter the floor. Scopes and
attorneys of defense and prosecu-
tion are receiiiniir scores of letters.
One to the young teacher announc-
ed shirt if he would present to
Judge Itnulston the inclosed "mo-
tion" the court would “immediately
release him" and end the trial.
Pamphlets. booklets. leaflets and
folders. discoursing on many phases
of legal and economic subjects flood
the desks of the principals in the
evolution case. All the senders hope
to hr- of some “assistance" to the
representatives of one party or the
other. In the custody of the court
is a bundle of letters and. circulars
addressed to members of the guy
by name as "Juryman in the Scopes
Trial."
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CHURCH NOTICES
Swedish Congfi‘gationsl Church
Van Zant St... near East. Ave.
East Norwnlk
I‘tcv. H. Granstrom. raster
Sunday services:
10.1:- n. in. Morning worship.
1?! m. Sunday school. Mr Axcl
Amundsen. 'supcrintcndem.
' p. m. Evening service. Topic.
"Evt-iiitlon."
Thursday evening 8 p. m. Prayer
seriicc.
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Ft. l'ctcr's Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Cedar Street
Rev. L. C. chzcl. Pastor
German service at 10 a. m.
English service at 11 a. m. Sub-
ject of sermon. “Christ's Explana-
tion of the Fifth Commandment."
Everybody is cordially welcome.
Baby Marasarme Louise Grab will
be baptized in the German service.
Our annual picnic will be held at
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Drnvcs.
Mr. and Mrs. Pcchtold and Mr. and
Mrs. Lepper on Newtown avenue in
Cranbury Saturday. July 25. All
those who wish to so out are re-
quested to assemble at the church
between 1:30 and 2:00 p. m. and
machines will take them out to the
picnic grounds and bring them back
in the evening. Refreshments will
be served for reasonable prices.
Declares Apai'tments
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would certainly produce a net re-
turn on the cost of not less than 8
per cent. the company Would uti-
dertake the operation. ‘
"The amendment was passed. and
the Company after having obtained
bids that seemed to make it res.-
sonably certain that 8 per cent. net
could be obtained on the investment
started the erection In the Borough
of Queens. of titty-tour (5]) apart-
ments involving the expenditure of
over $7,000,000. The buildings
were all completed in May 1924
and all were rented faster than they
could be completed. The space pro- .
vided homes for two thou-and one
hundred twenty-live (21:5) fam-
ilies and many thousands of fami—
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TRISTRAM 89° HYA .
Norwalk’s Leading Dry Goods Store
Norwalk, Conn.
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VENTILATING
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VUDOR PORCH SHADESU '
Just imagine how much more pleasure and
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that blows.
Shades.
comfort you would have if you could use your
porch from early Spring until late in the Fall;
if you could add another room to your home;
an out-of-dOOI' living room where you could
live both night and day; a room shady and
comfortable where you will enjoy every breeze
You can easily make a “New Room” of .
this with “Vudor” Porch Shades and you need .
never feel “shut in” for you can readily see I
out and have all the light and air you want. ‘
It. requires only a moderate expenditure of
money to equip your porch with Vudor Porch
Sizes and Prices of Vudor Porch Siiadcs
3ft.widex7ft.6in.drop.................$ 3.00
4ft.widex7ft.6in. drop.................. 3.90
lift. widex7ft.6in. drop.................. 5.50
'6ft. widex7ft.6in.drop................., 6.50
7ft.widex7ft.6in.drop................. 7.75
8ft.widex7ft.6in. drop 8.75
9ft. widex7ft.6in. drop................. 10.25
10ft. widex7ft.6in.drop................. 11.25
12 ft. widex7ft.6in. drop................. 13.75
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Riverside
t Drive out to Riverside and
| see this beautiful place.
'Come prepared to spend
the whole day if you like.
‘"fake the state road
. through Newtown to San-
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‘ An Invitation to van=
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.You Will Like Your Neighbors
at
Riverside on Lake Zoar,
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FTER all the most important thing in any ‘com.
muuity is the character of the people who live
We are particularly proud of the folks ..
at Riverside on Lake Zoar, for if ever there, was a com.
munity of substantial men and women this IS it.
,The fifty or more families who have already erect-
ed cottages here are the class of people with whom you ‘
will be pleased to associate, and delighted to have your
children grown up among.
Each is the possessor of a cozy cottage of which i
he is justly proud. The illustration shows a few of the ‘
many cottages at Riverside.
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Information as to terms.
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prices. Iotli available. etc..
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1 First National Bank Bldg. Bridgeport. Conn. ,
Phone Barnum 1674
by the agent in charge of the pro-
perty to rent only to families of
limited incomes who really, needed
lower rents than were possible to
obtain warmers else.
"TheCotupany is now able to re-
DorLthe financial results of the
operation of.the properties for one
year viz:~from July 1st. '19“ to
June 30th, 1925. The tal cost to
the-Company of land and buildings
including builders costs .nnd .fees.‘
architects fees. taxes during con-
struction in fact every expenditure
of money made by the Company
was—$7,363,168.84.
“The rent collected for the twelve
months trom.July 1,-1924 todane
so. 1925 was—81.040.196.06.
"The expense of operation for the
twelve months including every ex-
pendituret made for an on the pro-
perly wes—S:‘59.01(.64.
"Leaving net for the twelve
months—$681,181.42. which Is anet
return on the total cost. of—9.:51
per cent. or 1 1-4 per cent. more
than the Company considered would
be a. satisfactory return when the
or less than 1-4 of 1 per cent. be-
low tbe Company’s original esti-
mate of what would be a satisfac-
tory net retur'. \
"It is usual with real estate men.
builders and investors .to allow
something for vacancies‘and loss of
rent. ‘The Company made no such
allowance. believing that the low
rentals and the desirability of the
houses would practically eliminate
this item. The results have proved
that the Company was right in this
assumption for there has been lost.
only $406.54 from this cause.
"The Company intends at. the end
of each year to figure 6 per cent
on the thembook value or theJiro-
petites. this amount to be used for
income. Any amount that is earn-
ed over. 6 per cent. is to be credited
to the cost of the properties thereby
making a considerable reduction
each year. This will enable it to
meet the full taxes beginning in
1932 and still maintain about the
same ratio of reduction of cost."
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operation she started. .
“During the six months. January
1. 19:6 to July 1. 1926 the Com-
pany has been paying taxes on the
basis of the tax exemption laws
governing taxes on such houses.
These laws do not. expire until Dec.
31. 1911. If however full taxes
lies who desired to rent could not.
Mil
. be “commodities. ‘0er 1m
Were paid for 1925 the net. return
.Vrpglfl be reduced to 3.1". per cent.
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Record of Rain
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July ls—st. Swlthln's Day. .Rain
July is ...........Raln
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SPECIAL »;
Campiete set of 6 demount-
able wheels for Ford Cars.
$13.95
usual price $20
TIMES SQUARE
m““wsurpiy Co., Inc."
Auto
64 North Main St. '
South Norwalk, Conn.
SO II S A L
Ndw GOING ON
Real Bargains
Rogers & Stevens
TWO STORES . f
Norwslk 80. Hawaii
Both stores closed "
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