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NOBWALK'B 1‘!an NEWSPAPER
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25.1925.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.
Boy Scouts/Act as Messengers for Sant
POOR CHILDREN
OF CITY MADE
GLAD u CLus
“Alias Santa Claus”
Appeal of The Eve
hing Sentinel Is a Big
Success
MANY HELP -
,. Brand New Wagon
Contributed Brings
Hope to Family Bat-
tered by Fortune
The last "Alias Santa. Claus" gifts
l were delivered to the homes of
Norwalk's scores of needy children
. last evening.
;,I Two large trucks were used to
3», carry the articles. of clothing; and
toys. .Both trucks were piled u:
to the top with the many pack:l:cs,
Well over a. score of local Boy Scouts
climbed onto the trucks and acted
as messengers.
Many letters and packages arriv—
ed at The Sentinel office yesterday
and there were many left over ar—
ticles. which were. also piled 6n the
trunks and distributed to dozens of
children who. were seen in the poor
sections of the city.
Bobs Mother Thankful
The brand new wagon which was
vent to The Sentinel office. a few
hours after a letter was published,
written by a. little lad. whose' father
had been dead fora fewvyears. was
delivered to his home last evening
' When the messenger knocked at
the door. the little youngster's mo~
ther opened it and said that "Bob"
was not. at home. However. the
wager: was brought into the houser
"Alias Santa .
~and the mother told
Claus" how her. son had written.
but. had not told his older brothers.
him by
OF BIBLE CLASS
ON DEC 28TH
Will Be Held at Odd
Fellows Hall — Rec-
ord Attendance Is
Expected
A big mass meeting will be held
._ by the ENeryman's Bible class of
' Norwalk at the Odd lr ".ows' Hall.
' corner South Main street and Han-
!ord place South Norwaik. on Mon-
day evening. December 28 at 8
o‘clock. Tickets have been sold all
over the town to men of every walk
ot‘iife. It. is certain that it will be
one of the largest crowds of men
‘who have ever gathercd‘ln Nor-walk.
The program of singing and speak-
ing will begin at 8 o'clock sharp. A
very substantial buffet lunch has
been arranged to be served after the
program. Harry Mosher. chairman
of the program. reports thata acorn-
inittee of ladies from the Rebekahs
‘ will serve roast beef sandwiches. sal-
ad.) relishes; coffee. ice cream and
cake. William Martin of Lafayette
" is, who has charge of the dia-
_bution of the tickets for this
., meeting. reports that the capacity
A of the house will be taxed to the
limit.
. Evenlng'sl’rogrsm. -
The evening pregrsm will com-
mence with music furnished by an
orchestra of young men recruited
M the occasion. Mr. A. Netticton
Phddock .who has been secured as.
,» ‘ehe‘song leader for the class. will
' . mike his debut by leading the com-
it!” in a ten-minute period of snap-
songs. Philip A. Jakob will then
‘8 introduced as master of ceremon-
is. for the evening. The first ad-
(Continued on Page Two.)
—‘—No matter what his you have
- for-gotten to select. you will surely
. find it In Donnelly's and it will be
diflsrcnt as if you selected it
ir-
‘ :w- have many attractive
. We in our Giftbspastasent
‘udwillberesdytossrreyouup
”mundane—Ads.
for fear that “Santa" would pass “
were assembled and packed.
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“ALLA‘s. SANTA CLAUS” PiLE
A portion of the tors contributed by Lenders or The r: Noning Sentinel “no noted a; “Alina sums
Gilli-‘39!" ‘0 the P00? ngfleffi 0‘ the Cllf- “113 llh etc was taken in The Smilnci office “here the gifts
Nearly 1,000 Crowd So.
Norwalk Congrega-
tional Church f o r
Performance
APPLAUDED
Regarded as Best Pro-
duction Given—Com-
mittees Highly Prais-
ed—Lighting Unique
Nearly 1.00 packed the South
Norwalk Congregational church last
evening a religious pageant on “The
Miracle Play of the NEXUVETV" more
elaborate and more beautiful than
any of the miracle plays presented
in the church during the past four
years. Perhaps it was the beautiful
costumes and music or perhaps it
was the unique lighting that made
so a] at an impression on the audi-
eicc. Although fully half of them
have seen this pageant during its
four years of presentation. it was the
production far exceeds all others.
No little credit can be given Mrs.
Franklin Iring Smith. who directed
the pageant. Credit must also be
given to Francis H. Northrup. who
executed all lighting arrangements.
which were connected with an im-
provised switchboard. which he
also lnadc.
The setting for the pageant was
in an oriental court yard. The en-
tire front of the church was trans~
the setting. Entrance to the cop
yard wasthrough a stone archwa
in the rear. With the exception of
the soft lighting arrangements dur-
ing the presentation the body of the
church was ill only by'randles at the
foot of the stage. which lighted the
curling smoke issuing from the in-
cense pots.
The service opened with a prelude
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(Continued on Page Two.)
GIFT FURNITURE.
at A. J. Collins 00. you will find
hundreds of gifts for the home-ov-
erstuffed chairs: Bplnct Desks.
Windsor chairs. Tea wagons. gate
leg tables. occasional tables. end
tables. telephone sets. smoking
wands. Davenport tables. sewing
cabinets. all moderately priced.—
Adv.
general opinion of all that this year's.
formed to prepare the large stage fa
Greeting
STRIKE SNAG
CEL'LLNC LAND
FOR HOSPITAL
HARTFORD. Dec. 24. —— (AP).
Difficulty'cncouutcrod by the state
in making legal service on one of
the heirs of the late Ellen '1‘. Mc-
Cook. has tied up litigation institut-
ei by States Attorney Ari ur M
Brown, of New London County. to
take by right of eminent domain. a
portion of McCook point at Niantlc
for an extension of (he Seaside
Sanitarium for bone tubcrcular
children.
Mrs. Eliza Roots. a missionary in
ii nkow. China. is the heir to make
legal service upon whom t-he stair.
has struck the snag. Efforts to
serve the papers by mail have prov-
ed unsatisfactory. Mr. Brown said
today. and other means. tho nature
of which he preferred not to dis-
close. are being employed to accom-
plish the purpose.
WESTPORT MAN
INJURED, FELL
FROM A TRUCK
John Hosko. of Gault are. West-
port was (taken to the Norwalk Hos-
pital yesterday suffering from in-
jdries to his legs and feet. after he
fell (mi a truck owned' by Gulf
Brothers. of Westport.
Noboby saw the accident. bu tit is
believed that Hoekd tried to get off
the truck backwards and in doing
so. he fell under the wheels. He was
taken to the hospital in the Weapon
ambulance where it is said his in-
Jurlcs are not serious.
‘FIVE YEARS ATQT
and not done yet—for you still have
the family washing in do next week
and the next. Why not turn that
Job over to Brophy's Laundry-
You'll be amzed at how much bap-
pisr life will become. The price
charged will prove to be money well
invested in health and happiness
be
Juli. phone 360 and your‘s will
called ton—Adv.
'bcrs’ hearth is alight.
GovernOr’s Christmas,
BRIDGI‘IPOR’I‘, Dec. 24 (AP).—
Executive Secretary Kelly tonight
made public a Christmas message
rom Governor John H. Trumbull to
the people of Connecticut. '1‘ch mes-
sage follows. in part: 4
"We are. most of us. busy people.
Perhaps it is that very quality of
keeping busy which makes us- a
prosperous and contented and happy
type of folk. But we are finding
more and more occasic ~'to be busy
in a. very special kind of way at
Christmas time. We are realizing
that there is no real happiness in
our own fireside unless our neigh-
The spirit of
the founder of Christmas is that of
an open hand. and a. large heart and
a light in ovary window. May we
keep that spirit. so that when we
come to grow old. We may say, with
old Marley. ‘Mankind was my busi-
ness; the common welfare was my
business; charity. mercy. forbear-
ance and benevolence were all my
business; the dealings of my trado
were but a drop of “Later in tho
comprehensiNc ocean of my busi-
noses"
MICKEY WALKER
OPERATED, HAD
TOE INFECTION
NEW YORK. N. Y.. Dec. 24. ——
(AP). Micky Walker. world's wei-
ter weight boxing champion. todny
underwent an operation caused by
L! toe infection.
The operation. involving rerlloval
of the entire toe nail. which had
frequently caused Walker trouble
was performed by Dr. J. H. Amey.
at his hospital.
The champion will be fold up for
a week according to his representa-
tive. Teddy Hayes. but expects to
resume training at the end of that
time in preparation for defending
his title against Tommy Millinn
of England on January 2:.
1N THE WINTER.
The healing comfort of the home
is mighty important indeed, To pro-
cuoe the maximum of heat for the
fuel consumed your "health plant”
should be in proper order Nelson
M. White's experts can make an in-
rpccfion now and rccommend what
should be done—and do it if you so
desire to North Main street-—Adv
1....
) to 10 years in \N‘i-LlLersficld prison.
. woman had cut Muxiuno in self IlE‘i
CLARA bus
18 FR u
LLLCLL COURT
Killed Fidelle Correra
Mariano ' With Pen
Knife Thrust in
Heart On Sept. 6
SELF DEFENSE .
Emma Garnett Given
from 5 to 10 Years
for Murder of Alfred
J. Waite
Clara Jones, colorul. who thrust
the blade of ll pen knife into thr-
heurt of l’iddl‘lle Corrrlu Mariano.
causing his .dvuth on the night of
BoptC-miwr 0, was given her {rm--
dam in the Criminal Superior Court.
In Bridgeport. by Judge Edwin C.
Dickenson. yesterday attornmun.
Emma Garnett. colored,
hnckcd Alfred J. Waite to death
with a knife in his Water street
apartment. was sentenced to from b
.‘
who
The murder of Mariano occurred
in a mm in Raymond strm It “as
brought out in count that the Joncsl
Tense. He was a Portuguese aye-tori
opener.
The murder of Waite. by the Gar-
nctt woman or "lllack Emma" as
she was knew“ to the police. caused
considerable uzltallon for a neutral
clean up of the so called “lliaci:
Bell."
PARKELCLNCELS
JAlL SENTENCE
FOR ACCIDENT
Drove Car That Crash-
ed Into Truck Result-
ing in Death of Edw. '
Kelley
FOUR MONTHS
Judge Said Public Safe-
ty Demanded Send-
ing Him to Serve Pri-
son Term
Le Roy Parkoton. ago 20 years.
Plymouth street. was sentenced in
four month in the County Jail. by
Judge Edwin C. Dickenson. in the
Criminal Superior Court at llridgc-
port. yesterday afternoon. .
Parketon was driNlng the ma~
chine in West memo that crashed
into the roar of a truck on Novem-
ber 7. and resulted in the death of
Edward Kelley. 19 years old. of
Clark strcet.
Judge Dickenson stated that the
demands of public safety made the
imposition of jail sentence neces-
nary. Pnrketon has been in jail since
the night of the accident.
CLLLCACC DAILY
Ls SOLD FOR
ABOUT $15,000,000
CHICAGO., 11].. Dec. 24.--(AP.)
The Chicago Daily News was sold to-
day to Walter A. Strong. for several
years its business manager. for ap-
pmxlmately “5.000.000. The trans-
fer marks the end of the 50 year
ownership of the late Victor Lawson
and the beginning of a new manage.
ment in which members of the pre-
sent departmental organisation and
editorial staff will share.
—-!OUR CAR BATTERY.
During the winter ,rnonfhs (if you
are not running your car) needs
proper care and attention. Excel-
lent fadlitles here for dry or wpt
storage (of day make of battery.)
Give your battery the care its im-
REV.
Christmas
ANDREW F. CHAMBERLAIN
Pastor, South Norwulk M. ll. ('ILurL-h
m
Cmtinu
11nd uullccded. Yet-~-
out forces that have completely
lived than ever before.
each other better than last year.
War and strife have a lower
ever before.
Love, confidence,
cheer.
'I‘chre gratitude springs up
pure love of giving.
teLiul gifts.
boy and girl and CAN cry man and
poor, a Merry Christmas.
Christmas is the grout glad festival of tch vear
It is bee cause in the long ago there came to caxth a little
babe born in an obscure Nillago and among stLHLLLLgcrs unknown,
" 'lloNv efilm a moment may precede
“Om- tlmt shall thrill the \iOi‘Id l'--oLL-vLL.
‘ To that still moment none would hood
“Mun 's doom was linked no more to st‘vr. ‘
“The night the oral no name had worn
“To it a happy name is given;
"For in that stable lay new born
“Tile peaceful Prince of earth and Homer] '
There Christmas came to be. and from that stable Ill1\C gonc
changed the “mid.
It “as Napoleon who said: “( acsnr, Alexander (harloumgue
and l founded empires on force and tllcv pL*1',ileeLl Jesus i lLrist
ll crucified lcu', alone founded an emphe on low and millions
of men “01le gladly die for Him.
Today we join with multitudes the world around to acclaim
l'lllll king Who has put love in the hearts of men.
This Christmas day we are nearer the ideals for which (.‘lLrist
Great, men are more willing to sit down together and dis-
cuss their differences. and to settle debuted subjects by conference.
The nations of the world are nearer together, understanding
seat in the councils of men than
candor, sympathy. political honesty. come
nearer to ruling the spirits of national leaders today.
In Church and State in School and Home the slum. of Good
t‘hcer rules because Jesus Christ is supremclv the-source of all
and gifts are exchanged out of
The great gift of God has made the world a gift house.
.. On Christmas day cNeryonc has a gift for cNerwnc else.
Smiles and hearty expressions of good wishes. are far above ma-
Vie join in the hLLppN custom and here and LLmN'N wish cv e1 v
woman, old and young, rich and
TWO COASTINC
HILLS NAMED
Quintard' Avenue in
Second District and
Fitch Hill in First,
Designated .
Mayor Thomas Robins has desig-
nated coasting hills in the First and
Seven-l districts.
He has named Quintard avenue in
the Second District and Fitch Hill
in the First District. .
An official notice naming those
hill M" be published in the near fu-
ture. '
May or Robins stated that the hills
will be closed to traffic during the
time that they are being used by
coasters. '9
Ho stated that the coasters must
be careful shout destroying proper-
ty and that if any complaints \Nere
rccelvcd by him he would stop the
coasting.
‘ Z‘OCKETBOOK OWNER FOUND
A pocketbook. which had been
turned over to ihe_uptown police
two weeks ago. has been claimed by
Mrs. Paul Schultz of Westport ave-
nue. The police fbund the owner
by WLiting to a Mrs. Katie O'Brien
was found in the pocketbook. Mrs
O'Brien then helped ,to find “the
owner by telling the police who“:
she was leltlng with When in Nor-
walk.
MULLIGAN'S CBULLERS
The home-made kind. How good
they are. Made from pure creamery
butter. heavy pasteurisu milk. real
shell eggs. sugar and the best of
other materials. Cooked in
parlance demands. Reasonable
mics The ltyss Battery Storage Co.
”What Are. Phone ”la-Adv. _
Crisco. Wrapped to used paper
bags. Stores all over this vicinity
sell them. Tuition ”doll-Adv.
BY THE MAYOR LN THREE
THIRD EALsE
ALARM RUNG
DAYS
Chief Bogardus Pro-
it voked «Guilty Are
Severe Pen-
- 'd outdwdim. in ones
’ a'r‘rm. last owning.
if were turned in from
«'
quite provok . I’
responded to thetpecond 'alorm last
evenlfit
tie st’aled that the ringing of false
alarms was a seriouiieii'rnatter. and
that if the person *i-pas i NNho
Nru doing this. that he a
severely dealt with -
Each time thatfihe apparatus A;
sponds to an alarm It is necessary
for. the firemen to clean and polish
the- apparatus.
A serious fire loss might result if
a fire broke out. while the apparatus
was responding to a false alarm it
was pointed out.
The penalty is a. severe one.
on _ .
s'r. ‘Lsunaa's JEWELRY srona.
-- One may see many many things
of New York city. who” adduflthat sum the difficult problems on
the Xmas gift list. Toilet ware sets
including pearl. ivory. amber, blue
and other numbers in the very Iat-
est designs are here. glassware in
wide variety and silNerwsre (Sterl-
ing. ed and hollow were) are
other ass that are quite complete.
Place Lsuder‘s store on your list of
places to be' visited open evenings
until Xmas. as Washington St.
--Fur storage. a per cent of mod-
eling. repairing gluing at ucsd
rates. Croce Fur Co.. “I ,. a St.
Phone W m. aug’
HUR
ACCIDENT TAKES
hulomobile skidded on the
l”.
PLACE AT CEDAR‘
ST. AND POST RD.
Iniurc‘d Men Are Tak-
on to Now alk Hospi-
tal —- One Suffers
Brain Concussion
WHEEL BREAKS
All in Car Rendered
U ncouscious— Police
Car Hit When Sec-
ond Auto Skids
, 'l'NNo persons “\‘l‘l' injured when an
slippery
pavcmcnt and turned ovf’r at the
corner of Cedar stroll and Connecti-
cut awnue yesterday afternoon.
Lewis Nazzaro orb h~LLLgLLlLLCll is in
the NorNNalk Hospital summing from
a slight concussion of the brain and
other bruises.
Sicphcn Valcntlk of lictts plaCu
“as tn .1ch at the Norunik Hospi-
lul for cuts and brulscu
Both men “one aiionde by Dr.
William .l. Tracey who was (blind to
tho hospital.
The ann were ridding along Con-
necticut avenue. in a sedan. owned
by Nicholas Audlno of 1.3mm street.
and driven by Albert Labrunovltch
of Church street.
Smmtr lulo Cedar
Labrauovllch swung the machine
into Cedar street. at :1 very low rate
of speed. but as he did so the rear
and skidded on the slippery pave-
ment and went off tho curb, strik-
ing a hole and breaking off one of
the wheels.
The machine then turned over
twice and stopped with the NN‘hccls in
the air.
All four nwn NN'cL‘c knnr-lml un-
conscious. bui Audino and Labrano-
‘vit ch soon recovered.
Nuzznrn did not l'f‘tllln conscious-
nnsu until he reached tho. hospital.
Roth he and \‘nlonllk had a num-
ber of (‘llls about the face and at
first were thought to be seriously
injured.
l'ut Davey Ilcips
Davey. manager of the
.Al'l(ll‘(‘\\' Davey stores in this sec-
tion. was driving along Connecticut
avenue. .1. short distance from Au—
Llino‘s car at the time of the sect.
dent and assisted in pulling the four
men out of the wreck car.
Motorcycle I‘oliccmun l‘zlul Mc-
Grath and Patrolman John 'i'.ot-
hill went to the scene and conduct-
ed an investigation. They report-
ed that Labrnnovitch was driving
slow at the time of the accident and
that it was unavoidable.
It was statcd at the hospital last
evening that Nuzzaro’s condition was
not serious and that he would be
discharged from there within a few
daya
Pat rick
'Notlicr Car Skids
The car was badly wrecked.
While Officers McGrailL and Toots
hill worn at the seen: of the acci-
dl‘ni. another machine pL'oL‘ccding
along Connectcut avenue skidded
on the pavement and struck their
car, rinnmging one of the mud
gimme.
WM...” .._...
APPEAL FOR
CHAPMAN TO BE
SIGNED TODAY ‘
Attorneys Leave for
New York—Have Au 3
Appointment With
'3 Nudge Hand ‘2
HAI\‘l"Ol{D. ‘ Doc. 24.-(AP.)
The ‘appcui‘bf'Gcrald Chapman to
the i‘lrcuit‘Court of Appeals for. the '
second judicial district will be algn- _,
ed this evening in New York I???
Judge Learned Hand. Attorney Ray
Iii. Wiley of Springflt-ld and Attor-
ney Charles w. Murphy of llanbury
left this afternoon for New York .
where they have an appointment “
with Judge Hand. The appeal will '.
be filed with the clerk at the District _
Court at New Haven on Saturday.
THIS XMAS EASON. .
-'rhe Clifford P rmncy is well ..
stocked indeed with the famous“
Whitman candles in all also pack-
ages from one half to the pounds:
Cotys Perfumes and pow-“den i
complete line as wcll as Hod .
perfumes and toilet articles' ‘
bridgs's writing papers
packages from Mo to 88.00:
and cigarettes for the men J
manicurlng sets from s: to
and many other things. V111.
PM" Prop. -Ad'. “
Norwalk Chronicler