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ESTABLISHED 1870
l"Entered no second-class matter at the post office at
So. Norwalk. Conn" under the Act of March 8. 1879.
SOUTH NORWKLiK, CONN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926.
TWELVE PAGES
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‘ Pipe Dreams
And
Portraits
4 Good News.
l'etcr received this this morning:
i have been in to see younabout
Christmas presents for orphan chil-
dren. but I have not inentloned'my
orphan sister. so please remember
her. Thank you. '
Anna Harnl'oskie and .
Johnnie liarmoskie.
4 Clean St. 80. Norwalk.
8 It It
l’eter is glad to ‘be able to tell his
readers that he has been Unoflieialiy
helping out good papa Santa Claus
Kiwanis and referred the above to
Santa Claus Kiwanis-in-chief
Quinlan. who assured him both‘
Johnnie and Anna would be remem-
bered with wonderful gifts.
.
l
at
1'“ Be There.
’l’etcr takes great pleasure in an-
swering the question, Won't you
come? with a hearty YES, said ques-
tion having been appended to the
following kind invitation: .
. The Senior Class of
nineteen hundred twenty-four of the
a Norwnlk High School
requests your presence at the
. Senior Promenade
Friday Evening Juno twentieth
at eight o'clock Norwulk Armory
‘ Admlt'l'wo
1,1)un't Like This But Sup-
pose I'll Have to Print
‘. ‘ It; Was Written.
for Me.
A Norwalk man who shall be
”nameless was told that the girl he
left behind him in New Canaan had
inherited money. He was advised to
go back and marry her.
But she's so homely. he said. I'd
go back it I could marry the money
and put-the girl in the bank.
' t 0 0
I will let you know as soon as I
learn of it, if said Norwalk man
succeeded in doing this.
Please ye poets of these parts, he
oi; bashful, your I’eler needs poems.
{they make wonderful space fillers.
. My emotions overcoming me as a.
. result of the marriage proposal in
the. following letter. (who would
have thought such would betho re-
sult. when the boss asked me to
write an innocent column?) I re-
quested s. very good friend to frame
the reply and here is what he wrote:
’ Dec. 24th,!026
Dear Polly:
I am in lieartiest accord with
your sentiments regarding the hon-
scnsicai patter written by our mu-
.- tual friend Peter.
‘ ‘ It is too bad. He really was not
,. asuch a. bad sort, until this terrible
' . T‘column stuff got into his system.
’ If you only could marry him
and I think. judging from the dos.
cription you give of yourself. you
would make him an ideal mate. then
perhaps together we could cure him
‘ oi! his habit. .5,.
I'll meet you at the Bridge at mid-
; night to discuss matters further with
you.
Yours in haste.
' Hans Grim.
fl 0' I!
At
lift you really must read X r iettcr.’
‘, though I blush for you be are you
' do, here it is: _
. South Norwalk
. Dec. 23rd 1926
My dear Peter: ,, y
I am always interested when a
. new columnist makes his or her de-
‘ but in my favorite newspaper, cape.
. cially when the column smacks of
humor which someone has well said
. ' is the spice of life. However, from
‘ a steady perusal of your column
since its first appearance 1 find it
difficult to decide whether you are
an escaped lunatic from some “asy-
lum for the weak-minded or just
some oldyscrlbblcr in an advanced
' stage of second childhood.
If I continue to read your pipe
. dreams 1 too. like yourself. shall
2.» become plain may. I must confess
“ , that it was only in a; lunatic asylum
. that I ever heard such nonsensical
5‘; patter as you put forth daily in the
sensible front page of The Evening
Sentinel.
. in fact. I am beginning to enter-
tain serious misgivings for‘the tier-
sonal safety of Leroy Downs if he is
housed in the same building with
_ ou; but since you confess you are
an old man. well past the meri-
dian of life. and that you are im-
previous to the charms of feminin-
ity. my fears are‘somewhat eased.
' . Well. dear Peter. I hope you wont
. be offended when you read this mis-
sive. and wish all kindsof maladie-
‘lions on the writer who is a hope-
ful spinster' piling on the years but
istill—hopeful.‘ I am a little over
forty, have blue eyes. not consider-
m. ugly. yet not handsome. still
wear my hairlas my grandmother
did. and um strongly opposed to
(knee-high dresses. My” temper in
sweet sometimes and sometimes
sour and my financial position is
conifertable. So there) it you
know at any mate. npt ext-hiding
yourself. whoaney succumb to my
charms. let me know and i will for)
give all.
Your namesake. i
POuL'r mun
And so I remain.
Hopefully. .
. PETER I’RIM
Ed '
Candle; in all size packages from
. kind he like: including thoufamous
Krusch
spots aim
H. s! ammo; crass "
JUNE .1925, PLAN DANCE
counrsv own, one. 27
s,
President Everett Buckley. of the
alumni association of the Nor-
walk High school composed of
the graduates of N. H. S. of June
1926. has completed his plans for
the second dance and meeting which
will take place at the Norwa'lk
Country club. December 27. After
the meeting a. social time will bu
held and a dance will follow. Mark
Donohue and his Society Melody
Boys will furnish the music for
dancing as well as the entertainment
of the evening. A-iarge number of
graduates. have signified their inten-
tions of attending the routs-ion and
President Buckley says all signs
seem to point to success. ‘
The Alumni association of Febru-
ary 1926. of which Edward llwycr
is president but; changed its plans
and will hold a dunee’instend of a
banquet. The dance will be held at
the Country club. December 1'9.
SEEK TRACE OF MAN
SEEN DURING FIRE 15‘
GIRLS" SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
GREENWICH. (Al’).-Pollco and
firemen continued their search this
morning at the ruins of Ely School.
destroyed by fir-6‘ yesterday. .11 an
effort to find Granville Lingarde. an
empioye on a neighboring .state
who has not been seen since the
school blaze. . '
Litigarde responded to the fire
alarm and was seen to enter the
burning building several times. He
was missing. however after the blaze
was extinguished.
Searchiights were used by the
searchers last night but no trace of
the man was found. ‘
CLUETT AND PEABODY
OFFICE GIRLS "AVE
CHRISTMAS PARTY.
A Christmas party was held late
yesterday afternoon in the office of
Ciuett, Peabody and company ‘for
the girls in the office. There was a
grabbag and gifts were exchanged.
Ice cream and cake were served.
. .
Pulley Co. Doing
. ‘ O , W ‘”
. .1 Big Boston Job
The Policy Refrigerating and
Supply Co. at the present time is
handling one otthe largest ‘jobs un-
dertaken by this enterprising con-
cern. Its men are installntlng a re,-
frigerating system in the new Parker
House. Boston. This hotel will con-
tain 850 rooms. Companies from all
over the east bid for this work
which was secured by the local com—
pany. _
-—~.i—-—-—-——-———-_..
ANOTHER BICYCLE TAKEN
FROM WALL STREET.
. Bicycle thieves have settlod'upon
the area about the Benedict New's
store on Wall street. No’rwalk. .aa a.
land of plenty. For the fourth time
in the last few months a bike was
stolen last night from directly in
front of the store. The bicycle wash
red painted Pope model and be-
longed to Raymond Hodges. ti Cross
street.
7—A new store. A fresh stock.
Leonard Cigar News Store. Clifford
Block. A wonderful stock of.
Schrat't's Candles put‘ up immoat
beautiful boxes. Also toys of the bet-'
ter kinda—Adv.
~—THE STAR LAUNDRY
does all features of laundry work——
has a modern plant and a painstak—
ing and an efficient force of em-
Dioyeea Its delivery service covers
ailcections of Norwaik and vicinity.
Your laundry work will receive
careful attontlomhcre.. it Cross St.
Phone 38H.—;Adv.. .
fiWHlTMAN’I CANDXES FOR HER
Cigars. cigarettes etc. for him—at
The Clifford, Pharmacy. Whitman's
one-half to five pound. Cigars the
Jean Val Jean Commissioners (Box
of 10) at 33.25. If its a gift of, candy
or cigars you have in mind. it In
‘casy
t
hero. Wm. M. Paisley, Props—Adv.
f
Fresh Start Made Toward
Revised Charter To ‘ Ease
Growing Pains Of Norwaik
. The elimination of the fifth taxing district. the establishment
it of a. department of public safety, the establishment, of the office
of comptroller and a yearly audit of the city books are the high
for in the revision of the charter by a committee
from the c on council which held its first meeting last evening.
The members of the charter rovi-
sion committee are Councilmen Her-
bert 0. Pollard, Stanley L. 'l‘ali-
madge. Towers I“. Hamilton. John
Mills. and, Robert. 0.. Oliver. N0
chairman was named at the meeting
last evening.
The department of public safety
would control both the fire and po-
lice departments. 'l'hrce commission-
ers would form a board to direct
each of the departments. The com-
missioners Would be either named by
the council or thennayor. The sys-
tem would be similar to the one in
operation in Bridgeport and other
large Connecticut cities at the pre-
sent time.
The elimination of the fifth tax-
ing district is probably the greatest
problem that will be faced by the
committee in the revision of the
charter. This would mean that per-
sons residing within any section of
the city would be entitled to pollen
and fire protection and sewers and
would pay taxes accordingly. At the
present time only the residents and
propel-iv owners in the fourth tax-
ing district are entitled to sewer.“
and fire and police protection. The
fourth taxing district is made lift of
the first. second and third
districts. The remainder of the city
is in the fifth taxing districts. .
This move has been 'talked‘ of for,
sometime. It would mean the ca-
tabllshmcnt of large fire and police
departments and would also mean
that the city would receive a con-
siderable larger amount in taxes
each year.
The creating of the office of
comptroller or city bookkeeper has
been advocated for sometime. He
would keep all of the books of the
city and would thus relieve other
city officials of considerable work.
The establishment of a yearly au-
dit of the books of the city is an-
other popular move. There should
be little opposition to this measure.
The work of putting the amend-
ments into form has not been start-
ed by the committee“ They were
simply talked over at the meeting
last evening. .Another meeting will
be held in the near future at which
time the work of drawing up the
proposed amendments so that they
may be approved and presented to
state legislature. will be started.
$40,000;RealEstate , , _
Sale In Upper Norwai
k
William Kruseh.~ local realtor,
purchased the Ratchford building in
Main street. through the Ciek Real-
ty Company of Stamford. this morn-
ing. The price is estimated at about
340.000.
The property is located at 20-22
Main street, in the first district. The
building comprims three stores and
four apartments and is three stories.
It is of semi-brick construction.
‘Mr. Krusch intends to make ex-
tensive improvements to the proper-
ty. Work will be startedin the near
future. Byxbee's Flower shop and
Fratto's electrical store are located
on the ground floor of the building.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
SERVICE SUNDAY FOR
‘ EVEItYMAN BIBLE CLASS.
$.45 ‘
There “will be a special Christmas
service held by the Everyman's bible
class Sunday morning at 9 o'clock.
Jim Elicnwood. the class leader, will
deliver a special Christmas message.
There will be special music and a
solo by a local artist.
Plans are nearing completion for
the annual meeting and banquet of
the class to be held' during January.
The first issue of the class paper is
being planned for January 2. .~
——ch1. A NECESSITY
Nothing is so cheerful during the
holiday season as a well heated
home-that is. fundamental. other
things good health. the holiday spirit
and the good things of the season
follow along. All sizes ct good clean
burning coal at Alfred Brown’s.
Phone _2393-2——Adv.
g—A GIFT OF JEWELRY
,is lasting and useful~it is a remind-
er of the giver and a ,icy to the reel-
pient. {this store's stock is varied and
complete thiaholiday shopping sea-
son with Diamonds. Watches Jewel-
ry. Silverware. Glassware. etc. It in
to make selections ,of gift
things at Lauder-'3. 06 Washington
StaAdv.
taxing ,
F - E. Butler Killed
ln‘Eatlyl Morning .
automobile out
BRIDGEPORT. Dec. 24.—:I~"rank
1-). Butler. department manager and
director of the Rowland Dry Goods
company was instantly killed about
1:30 this morning when his auto-
mobile struck a trolley car on Brok-
iawn avenue.
Miss Margaret Kimlin, record
clerk for the Rowland company. who
was with Butler in the car at the
time of the accident is in St. Vin-
cent's hospital serlously inmrcd.
Mr. Butler is survived by a widow
and three children. He was at mph.
ew of J. G. Howland. founder of the
company. .
John ll. McMurrat ‘
Dies in. Bridgeport
unwourour. t.\r).'--.lolm n.
McMurruy. a former Bridgeport rc-
presentative to the siatc- legislature
and member of the common council
and a resident here for to years.
died at St. Vinccnt'a hospital today
following a long illness. He was
68 years of age. He was born in
Ireland coming that to Bradford
and later to Bridgeport. He leaves
a widow, two daughters and .one
son. ’
Mr. MeMurray was known in
Bridgeport affectionately as "May-
or" McMurray. a rank bellowed.
Mr. McMurray was very Well
known in A. 0. li.‘ circles in Nor-
waik and. all over the state.
in the old days his place of busi.
ness was a opuar resort in the
south end or Bridgeport and . nv
an argument: was new» and tin“ fli-
ed over his bar,.eonccrning the
liberation of 'Erin‘ from England‘s
hated yoke.
Ho carried the title if ”Mayor"
and was an imposing figure in
parades. either afoot or on horse-
back. Tall, straight and: broad
across the shoulders. he was a fine
example of the type of Irishman
who emigrated to America in the
latter decades of the last century.
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Norwalk Franklin Co. .
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‘ Plans For Expansion
It was learned today that the
Norwalk Franklin Co. has taken a
lease on the store next to its pres-
ent quarters at 95 Wall street and
that William Keellmer, architect.
has drawn plans for converting the
new quarters and the present show-
room into one greatly enlarged
saiesroom which will'havc an en.
trance to the garage direct from
Wall street. -
The shop‘ and garage of the local
Franklin company also will be en-
larged to provide greater facilities
for owners of cars of this make.
HomerEW. Ring. treasurer and
manager of the company. has made
an enviable reputation for himself
in the year he has been with the
company. He reports sales have
greatly increased. ' It was also learn-
ed that the local company has taken
over the Danbury territory and that
a‘tsalesroom will be opened in that
C 5'.
Wilson Young
Tokeneke Home»
Burned Today
Almost Total Loss Despite
Efforts of Darien‘ Fire-
men—Cause Is Unknown
The residence of Wils on
Young, Old Farm road,
Tokeneke, was almost totally de.
stroyed by fire which broke out
at 2 o’clock this morning. The
house, owned'by Attorney Ben-
jamin Mead, Stamford, had been
rented by Mrs. Gerrit Smith,
Tokeneke, prominent New York
decorator, and sub-let to Mr.
Young. ‘
’i'hc llarien Volunteer fire com-
pany answered the call at 115:) this
morning. The Norolon company was
called, to the scene at 2:45. Under
the direction of Chief Sharer.
streams of water were sent into the
burning house, but the fire had
gained too much headway for the
firemen to be of much assistance.
The cause of the blaze is not
known. The occupants. Mr. Young,
lllii wife and child. put in the alarm
from a neighbors' house and later
went to the hometot E. liopc quto‘n.
where they spent the night. I'
Only a few articles were saved
from the flames. Expensive furnish-
ings belonging to Mrs. Smith and
valued at between $5,000 and $6,000
Were all lost. Valuable paintings.
collected by Mrs. Smith abroad. were
ruined. Estimate of the entire cost
of. damage is not known. but is set
at about 820.000.
1,200 Tons Coal
'Burn in Cedar
Hill R. if. Yards
NEW HAVEN, (Al’)—Fire in a
coal pocket at the Cedar Hill yards
'of the New iiayen railroad this
morning destroyed about 1,200 tons
of coal.- caused a. loss of approxi-
mately $15,000 and tied up traffic
on the‘liartford branch. The flames
believed to have started through
spontaneous combustion leaped high
in the air and could be seen. for
several blocks.
The. firemen were hampered by
the intense heat which scorched
woodwork 200 feet away, and by
falling beams which, crashing into
the tire. sent sparks showering in all
directions. Several firemen narrow-
ly escaped injury when tile supports
of an elevator, used to load coal.
gave way and brought heavy ma-
chinery tumbling to the ground,
The tire is believed to have been
smouldering for several hours.
llosc lines had to he strung- across
the trucks nearby and live trains
wen: delayed.
B. A. Ntaolstobpen
L. B. C. Lunch Monday
it was definitely learned today
that the L. B. C. Lunch will reopen
the restaurant. formerly eonduétcd
at 174 Washington street by the late
Joseph W. Rooney. According to
present plans the place will be. ready
to do business Monday B. A. Nichols
is to be the new owner :1an the man-
agement will be the same as that
which ran the old South Norwaik
lunch.
am
The swallow is estimated to fly
.240 miles a day. They stick close
to land and never leave it unless
compelled.
IntereSting Data On ‘ClaSs
‘ Of Norwalkv High 1918'
[31' FRANCIS I). CROSBY
Tribulation of a questionnaire, sent
recently to tho (it living active and
honorary members of the 1918 grad-
uating class of the Norwalk high
school reveals some very interesting
statistics.
The member" living furthercst
from Norwalk is William 11. Baird of
West Palm each. Florida. Mrs.
Susie Coley Smythe takes second
honors with a residence at Fart Ben-
nlng. Georgia. ‘
Other members living at some dis-
tance aret. Manuel Tarlov now in
Ashvillc. N, (3.; Donald J. Corridon
of Washington; D. (2.; and Edward
T. Ryan of Pittsburgh. Pa
The classmate coming from the
greatest distance to attend the ninth
annual reunion of '18 is Marian H.
MacQucen of Hot Springs. Va. This
yearly (rent of the clan; will take
place Saturday evening at the Roy-
al James Inn at 8 p. m. _
A list of the members of the class
with present addresses 'Jllows: '
Percival P. Anderson. 132 l-lalstead
street. East Orange. N. J.: Gladys P.
Atwater. 2 Maple street. Norwalk;
William H. Baird. P. O. Box 1657.
New Year.
worth-while things of life, so
With a Merry
the citizens of Norwalk.
GREETINGS FROM THE MAYOR
With greetings at the approach of Christmas and the
The spirit of the Yule-tide turns our thoughts to the more
sincerewish that the year may prove a most bounteous one
for you all, and, as it passes, may you find its days filled to the
brim with health, friendships, happiness and prosperity.
Christmas and a Happy New Year to all
my Christmas message is the
THOMAS ROBINS.
. av comm
Sinco,hearing so many arguments
about ‘Charter revision and the
abolition of the Fourth Taxing Dis-
trict. I have discovered that the
taxing districts and the voting dis-
tricts are not one and the same
thing. ,
I am not ashamed to confer; my
former ignorance on that point 130'
cause I nod that lots or other peo-
ple do not know the difference. As
an understanding of that. difference
is necessary to an intelligent opin-
ion about the various proposed
charter amendments. I am going to
point out today Just what those_dis-
trietg are, so that. explanations. will
nobbe necessary when I discuss the
Chimes that are being talked about.
The present city covers the entire
township of Norma-Ila ' It is divided
1111.0 mo voting. districts. The iii-st
I
t
AS ONE "WOMAN SEES-1T
HILL WEED
comprises the old Borough. later the
City of Norwalk. The second is the
former'City of South Norwalk. The
third is the old Fire D1;‘..ict of East,
Norwalk. The fourth is all that
part of the township north or the
center ot/‘the Boston i‘ost'ltoad on
the west. of the river. and the New
York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad on the east side, not in-
cluded in the first and third dia-
trlcis. The fifth is all tint part of
the township south of the center of
the Boston Post ,Road on the west.
side of the river not included in the
old City-of South Nemalk. j
Tn ring Districts Another thing. ‘
The six taxing district: are quite
another thing. The first three tax-
ing districts are the same no the
(Continued on Page 8i: i.
West Palm Beach. Florida; (Mrs)
Gladys Beach Carpenter. ii Butts
place. East Norwalk; (Mrs) liazel
Bean Sturdevnut. “:4 la'dlis avenue,
East Norwalk; (Ml-s.) Eunice Blake
Shufelt. Chestnut Hill avenue. Nor-
walk; Frederick W. Brock, 39
Quintard avenue. South Not-walk;
Raymond I-l. Brady. 50 ilat’nilton av-
enue, Auburn. N. Y.; Gertrude H.
Brenda. Ilowuyton avenue. lioway-
ton. " ‘ '
John A. Cancvari. :10. Liberty
Square. East Norwalk; (Mm) Susie
Coley Smyihe. 29th infantry. Fort
Benning, Georgia; Donald J. Cor~
rldon. 1342 13th street. N. W.,
Washington. D. 0.; Francis D. Cros-
by. 55 Seaview avenue. East Nor-
. walk
Cornell S.- Dikeman. 902:4 Kelsey
avenue. Queens Village. N. Y.; Les-
lie D. N. Davis (1101).) 15 Rowan
street, East Norwaik; Edward Dube.
43 East 30th street. New York, N.
Kenneth F. Hagan. 22 Beidon av-
enue. Norwalk; (Mrs.) Margaret Fa.-
gan Adams, 35 West Main street.
Norwalk; (Mrs.) Evelyn Ferriss Ap-
pleby. New Canaan; (Mrs) Leila
Finch Hopkins. 519 Poplar ,street.
Lordship. Bridgeport; Walter H.
Foster. 11 Thames avenue. Norwalk;
Benjamin Friedman. 3572 De Kalb
avenue. Bronx. N. Y.
Mrs. Esther Gandrup ‘Iioolbcck
37 Cliff street. East Port Chester;
Harold B. Clans. Old King's high-
way.. Darlen; Charles Goodchild.
168 East avenue, Norwnlk; Morris
A. Goodwin. 16 Spring street. South
Norwalk; (Mrs.) Glendora Hagar
Major. 1 Park avenue. Keene. N. H.
(Mrs) Anna. Heinrich Addis. Col-
'lcgeville, Pm" Elizabeth M. Hend-
ricks. 166 East avenue. Norwalk;
Olive M. Hipson. 9 Seaside place.
East Norwa‘lk; Carrol M. I-lollister,
62 West 56th street. New York;
Girl's.) Elizabeth Irvine Stumpfel,
Star Route, Newburgh, N. Y.: Solo.
mon Jaffee. 1426 Min street.
Brooklyn; (Mrs.) Muriel. Janos
Hohn. 10 1-2 Cove avenue. East
Norwulk: Robert R. Keeler. P. O.
Routei'No. 8. Ridgeflcld: I‘tebceea
(Continued on Page Two.)
-—LASTING GIFTS
You will find the best kinds of
gifts at Sterling‘s—alnsting gifts that
will be remembered long after
Christmas. Sterling Furniture com-
pany. 43-65 North Main street.
South Namath—Adv.
-
——GIFT SHOP SUGGESTIONS .
Christmas shopping will save both
time and money by visiting the store
of A. J. COLLINS COMPANY. There
you'll find gathered together in
pleasing variety. hundreds. of gifts
that will suggest the appropriate
thing for nearly every one On your
list. and priced epiceedingly low.—
AdV. .
Train. To
jured numbered 39. ‘ .
BRIDGEPORTER TRIES .TO
DRINK OFF COLD AND
FINE 01" $100 FOLLOWS
The old story of liquor as a pre-
ventativo for sickness was told by
Eduard Simpson. 73 Central street,
‘llririgoport. when arraigned in the
downtown eliy court, before Judge
Freeman Light this morning. Simp-
son was arrested yesterday for driv-
ing while intoxicated, following a
collision on Lexington avenue.
lle had taken 10 grains of quinine
and tuolnmblcrs of hot wine to
ward off a cold, and offered this
as an excuse for his intoxicated
condition when taken in custody
yesterday. lr‘inc of $100 was im-
posed. llls license will hr} suspend’
ed. *
BIT V‘VIIA'I‘ICVER “'EATHER
MA Y B 1') SA STA CLAUS
\. ON "1' FAIL TO COME
BOSTON (A l"). -~ New England's
Christmas weather appeared prob-
iemulical today; it. might be rain or
it might be snow. The weather
Bureau said one or the other was
probable tonight, and tomorrow.
_ the total known dead to 18.
- Pearce.
Engineer Believing Other;
Be On Siding
Plows Head-on Into It
y
ROOKMART, Georgia. (AP).——Eighteen persons were killed
as a result of the head-on collision here last night between the
Ponce de Leon, northbound from Miami to Chicago and the Royal
Palm, southbound of the Southern Railway. The seriously in.
The death. today of little Goldie
Williams, of Detroit, in a. hospital
at Cedartown. and of W. H. Brew-
er, baggagemaster on the Ponee de,
Leon. in a hospital at Rome. brought
Hath
road officials. said they did not be-
lieve any more bodies would in-
found in the wreckage. This has
been thoroughly searched,
The Ponce do Leon with J. M.
road foreman of engines,
at the throttle, was maintaii'iing its
schedule with a long train., It was
under orders to take sidings at
Rockmnrt to p.153 the Royal Palm
which had pulled up on the main
line to await the northbound train.
Railrohrl officials at the wrecksaitl -
the siding was occupied partly by
a freight train which also was be-
lieved to have caused Pearce to.
think that the Royal Palm was on
the sidetrack.
The Ponce do, Leon coming down
an eight mile grade at high speed
hit the Royal Palm engine head-on.
The day coach or the northbound
special jammed into the diner just:
behind. The dining car was leveled
and only three occupants were
known to have escaped. The bag-
gage and club combination car of
the Royal Palm was badly darn-
aged. ,
Norwalk.”
With these words Frederick J.
Moran president of the Board of
Trade, who is leaving thecity after
seven years‘ residence to accept a
business opportunity in Hartford.
opened his formal farewell to 94
close friends and business acuaint-
ances who gave him a public testi-
monial dinner at the Itoyal James
inn. last niglm,
New Spirit Dawns
The dinner. held under the joint
auspices of the Kiwanis club. the
Board of Trade, and the Knights of
Columbus, was a. representative
gathering offithc city's most public-
spirited citizens. Because of this as-
pcct. it was called by Peter Foley.
speaking for the Knights of Colum-
bus. the "dawn of a ’new spirit.‘
Calling attention to the fact that
after years of devotion to civic duty
Mr. Moran in leaving has brought
about a junction of civic forces, Mr.
Foley named him: “The godfather
of the new spirit."
Each speaker was limited to four
minutes. Talks were informal. sin-
cere. cheerful in .tone. Still this
tone of the addresses served only to
heighten the sense of regret appar-
ently felt by the members of the
gathering. many of whom left me
holiday rush business in their estab-
lishments in order to be present.
The Speakers
The speakers or the evening were:
Judge William F. Tammany. Floyd
E. Williamson 0: Boston; Peter
Foley. General Russell Frost,
Charles E. Hoyt. Arthur‘N. Wheel-
er. George H. Barnes. Frank Good-
ehlld, Edward J. Quinlan and the
Rev. 19. F. MeGregor. TheIRcv. Fr.
Thomas J. Finn gave the invocation.
Symbolical of the spirit of the
gathering was the seating arrange—
ment. speakers sitting the length of
the he d table were flanked by
Father "inn and the Rev. McGreg-
or. who sat facing each other at the
two ends.
“Auld Lang Syne” closed the af-
fair. after which a majority of the
(C'ontlnuod on Page Three.)
C d: K Party Not Held.
The Christians party and luncheon
scheduledto be held for employes of
the women's hat department at the
Crofut and Knapp Hat factory this
noon was called off.
*T‘IIOSE FAMOUS COOKIE?
and crullers-Muliigan'sualways so
good and excellent in quality are
to be had at stores all over‘this
vicinity. The cookies are made in
a variety of brands including. sugar.
oatmeal. molasses. hermiis. etc.
Only the best of materials at all
times are used in :fulligan made
”coda-wild“
May As Well Be Bead, Not I
To Live In Norwarlk *Says
F. J. Meran About To Leave
“Friends, Romans. countrymen. We come to bury Caesar,
not to praise him. You know the words of the quotation. They
refer to a dead man and are appropriate here because we
say that a man may as well be dead as live anywhere“ else but
might:
Japanese‘ Ruler .
Succumbs Today
A flash received by the Associated
Press at press time states that Etn-
peror Yoshihito of Japan is dead.
DRABEK-HART‘WCK ‘ '
CARS IN COLLISION
Slight damage was done to cars
driven by Joseph Drabek, 18 Grand
street. and Vincent Hortwick. 55
Woodward avenue. when they col-
lided last evening on Monroe street.
—________
Alvah B. Wilmott Ill.
Alvah B. Wilmett, prominent Dar-
len resident is seriously ill at his
home. 191 Post Road.
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CHRISTMAS DAY
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publishing custOm Tile
Sentinel will be published as
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row, Christmas Day.
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