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Extra Clerks At
Post Office F01- ‘
Big Rush Today
A great number 0! Norwalk resi-
dents have harkened to the plea of
and office officials to mail Christ-
IIII gifts early. Hundnds have been
entering the post office the past few
days laden with packdges.’ and an
falling or the peak season conges-
tion is given every evening by the
.im lines which are formed in front
of the various windows.
The first personnel expansion for
the holiday season will be made 'at
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the post office today. alien addition-
al clerits will be on hand to aid in
handling the rush of business dur-
ing the next ten da3s.
The public is urged to buy stamps
in large quantities now before the
real rush begins. and direct and
stamp their mail at home. and thus
escape the .congestion at the post of-
ties.
Hunts Big Game .
I. 0 N D O N. -—Col. William Hay-
ward commanding omcer of the
15th New York National Guard is in
Africa hunting big game. Hayward's
goal was the country beyond Nai-
robi. than northward to Khartoum,
where the party was to be joined by
Mrs. Hayward.
Man3 lluat Gold
Of French Buccaneers
NEW 0 R L E A N B.—-Mysterlous
bands or treasure hunters still
range across the Louisiana marshes.
They are seeking the buried spoils
the markings made by‘ l tlfltlt
Ihu buccancer is stiid to have
cached vast stores of doubloous and
pieces of eight along the great coas-
tal stretch southe'est of Now Or.
leans.-
Reported discovery of a buried
treasure near Vermillion llay a year
ago caused considerable excitement.
One party of treasure seekers
went so far as to pull up a post set
by government surveyors. evidently
believing that the stake was one 0!
hte markin'gs made by Lafitte.
. . . G I F T 3
THAT ARE 'SURE TO PLEASE
You are sure to please her with a gift of hosiery. Our hosiery
has the reputation for quality and wear.
HOISERY SPECIALLY PRICED
Trimlit Hosiery . ' Onyx Pointex
of fine lustrous Silk full fashion- Si k Hosiery
ed in all the newest shades. E
in all leading shades
$1.39 :1 pr. $1.65 a pr
, . . ‘ $1. 59 a pr. $1.95 a pr
3P8!" , 3PM 3Pairs 3rd“
For $3. 95 For $4. 65 For $4.45 For $5.45
Silken Undergarments and Negligees are the most truly accept-
able of all feminine gifts. Teddies, Nightgowns, P a j a m a s,
Slips, Step-ins and Bloomers in all pastel shades. moderately '
priced.
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“ . Mme. Jeannette
56 South Main Street
South Norwalk, Conn
' from a local point
School Board
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roady mad: definite prourt-ss along
several lines. These discussions also
develop plans for courst‘s of study
revision. which in turn moans cont—
mtttees of teachers and principals
at work on some curriculum revis-
ion by subjects. In this way we
are constantly checking the educa-
tional process and as ts'r as possible
checking results objectively titru
standardised tests. .
"Last. Wednesday. December 8,
in grades five. six and seven a son.
oral survey test in arithmetic was
'given to all pupils. These tests are
furnished by the department or ed-
ucation at Boston university and
schOol systems throughout NI'W Eng-
land are co-operating dn this sur-
vey; It is arranged as a sort of ar-
ithmetic contest and the finnl t‘olll-
pllatlon of results will indicute to
tho \arious cooperating school sys-
tems, Just where they stund with
reference to results in arithmetic in- E
structlcn especially in tho tunda ,
nlontals for those groups. It is g you
interesting co-operative enterpris'
and should be extremely valuablt
of vii-1v. Th1
board will be interested to learn. 1‘
um sure. of the results from the test
\vhcn they come in. It will be n13 E
Museum to report these rcsultr E
probably at the next meeting of th. I
hotlrtl. Surely. at the February inert ‘
ing.
"That the teachers in our HClIOOl.‘
are interested in professional gro .vih
nud desire to co ulnue to be studcntn'
at their job. is evident by the fact
that we n0w have over 60 touchersl
studying under professors comet-ind E
with the department of education at E
Ynlc university. We have two group:
of teachers who meet rcglllurly for
a two hour session Monday after
noons from four to six at the st-niot
high school. A group of 34 elomcn
tury school teachers take :1 mum
in i'lill‘ilf‘nit‘lry school inr-thmls under
l’rofcusor‘Oalts. Another group of
schior and Junior high school trach-
ors is taking a course in educational
tests and measurements under Dr.
Masher. There are 27 tunt'htrs cn.
rolled in this course. ’i‘ht's» I‘Oili‘lINI
will continue through a period of 15 l
weeks and great interest is evident E
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by the number of teachers enrolled
in the courses. in addition to these.
there‘are a large number of teachers
who are taking Saturday courses and
extension courses at one kind or
another. Later in the year. I will
give a qpmpicto tablatlon of the
number of teachers who are improv.
ing t h e in so i v e s protessionaliy
through advanced study of subjects
intimately connected with their
daily job.
"The showing during educational
week. in terms of visits mad» oy pa.
trons of the schools. is very good
and probably achieved the figures of
last year. A full and complain ro—
porl will be ready for tho nr-xt
meeting of the board.
“The attendance figures for No-
vember show a consistently high
average. The averalte attendance for
the month being 95.01 as compared
with 94.03 for a year ago. ' ,
“Altogether the business of edu-
cation ln Norwalk seems to be pro-
gressing smoothly. and we now-
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ever forward."
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by‘ taking advfittage of the plan we preserit. E‘-
Just a small down payment and a little each pay 1
day. That should solve your holiday problem im-'
mediately.
Men’s Suits and Overcoats
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A Gift That Boys Will Like
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The extra knickers
mean a dress-up suit
and an everyday suit in
one. This means two
suits for the price of
one. Get the practical
gift for their Xmas.
Priced
$6.98 .. $27.50
N ot the money
you s p e n d so
much as the se-
lection you make.
Not the cost of
the garment so
much as its fit-
ness for YOU
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salesgirls s t u d y
t h e personality
of their patrones—
ses, and you may
be sure that if
we sell you one
or more dresses
from this splen-
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you’ll get the one
you like most.
$5.98 1°
$35.00
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season’s most fashionable.
Your child will be well dress-
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raters ro smash.
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