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Pipe Dreams
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Portraits
Hello! I have to report it's most ‘1‘;
unpleasant, getting back to work af-
ter the holiday. With that no one
‘will disagree. So for then Peter is
safe. He knows only too well hols
walking on thin ice today with cv-
i'ryonc inclined to be nervous. jumpy
or touchy.
Was Santa Good To You?
I hope all my friends received
wonderful Christmas presents. I did.
lloy friend gave-me one of the fussy
pipes I have always wanted with the
white spot on the stem. but which
i never had the heart to buy be-
cause of the price.
Christmas is a wonderful season!
Cousin gave me a five dollar gold
piece properly blessed with the
quaint remark that. if I hang on to
it. I can never go broke. llowayton
.“ludy, wife of my very ilkood friend.
gave me a lamp. A lamp is the sym-
bol of knowledge and’God knows as
well as I do'that I need plenty of.
. that.
. I received
l from kind and admiring friends. but
at the moment I am too modest to
. tell you more about them.
You‘re llcurilly Welcome.
Manyhfri'ends sent me notes of
j thanks this morning. for the beauti-
_lul portrait of Peter Prim I sent
\ them in Saturday's column.
Many also thanked me for the ex-
cerpts from Poor Richard's Alma-
nac.
You are quite welcome.
. In the words of a motion picture
‘ magnate. I too could say: This year
I we’ll give the boys nothing, but next
‘year we'll give them twice as much.
She‘s Doubly Blessed
, ‘ Helena Ilill \Vccd. talented friend
“and follow columnist, confided to
me a. tale this morning of tho won-
derful beauty of'thc icy lace on
the trees and dogwood and golden
rod about her home at Wilson Point.
' ‘Thut woman should have been in
poet. said I to myself, after she had
. extolled in a few phrases. the glory
:of the‘scend from her window. in—
rste'bd of a poorly paid and over-
w ked slave of‘ grasping newspaper
u", lshcrs. .
“And think of it. she got up be-
foro. sunrlsothis morning so she'd
miss not a minute of the wondor‘of
the sun's rays painting rainbows on
the slender‘stems of ice.
, ; Some folks are born doubly bless-
d, with an appreciation of beauty
no the ability to climb out of bed
luake.
Standard on To the Rescue
Am able to state with pride in my
10111. that 1 had a perfect alibi for
being late at the office this morning.
,hi'y otherwise perfect oil-burning
j’furnace contraption took it. into its
imechanical head togo out of week
‘Vdurlnfi the night. After much tink-
crlhgand pondering and some lit.-
;:tlo smudge on both hands and face
and with the aid of George.h‘oote. I
'discoercd the Gibbearlng furnace
vas all 0. k. 1t was the oil
_ man
‘ which was to blame. or more spec-
.iflcaliy the lack of it. Communicat-
, ed with the kindly-hearted Standard
Oil (30., confided to a most courteous
. young man the story of my dlfllculto
tops and he promised to arrange that
any deficiency would be alleviated.
‘ " Much Cause for Thanksgiving
9. I have something to be thankful
about today which is that I “m. not
"is. member of that ‘ large clique
known as drinking people. My rea-
son for this sudden Jubilation is
freading a. piece in the papers this
f, morning abouttll having died in
bud about New York because ogr
ovcrmnent insists upon_ putting
lgh‘sounding poisons into' the alco-
‘hol which seems intent ongoing
. nto the making of our choice
Scotch and rye. "
, “My resolution to stick to near-
. beer and sweet cider. made long
afoul!) now rendered more stead-
ast. I blight add:
.‘Tis better by far to
. beer
And live to enjoy more Christmas
‘ cheer. ‘
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‘ drink nong-
. , The Secret’s Out '5.
your friend who has a little km
,to visit little girl chum'of mine yes-
terday to inspect her Christmas
resents. Had no trouble in admir-
ng her dolls and fur coat and fur-
lncd gloves and new dresses and
silk pyjamas.
, Wan leaving when little chum ran
p to my friend and handing him
hoot her gift: said: Take dollle to'
our little girl and tell her she ca
lay with it. if she comes to see me
md brings it with her.
Said gift was accepted and visit
was duly arranged. Humans. oven
willing to pay for it with gifts.
which“ another reason why i pres-
;mt these simple little pieces for
' our‘pcrusul each day as u bribe to
”alloyed like me and come to sce‘
a once in it while; . ’
Yours truly. 3
PETER I'l’illl. ‘
v‘down to a bountiful turkey dinner
manyother presents
Without the assistance of an earth- .
‘funeral chapel of Frederick H. Gan-
i’t‘andee after the accused. eXplalned
liby ones. like company and are ‘
Entered as second-class matter at the pod! offlco‘ut
So. Norwalk. Conn. under th. Act of March it. 1879.
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SOUTH NORWALK, (lbw. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926.
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The Weather
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Increasing cloudiness and “nruu-t
tonight; Tuesday snow or rain and
warmer.
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PRICE THREE CENTS
Sentinel Readers
Give Naramake
Its Best Yuletide
“This is the very best Christmas
that has yet visited the i'aramakc
llomei”
80 said Edward L. Gray. superin-
tendent of tho almshouso on Struw-
berry Hill as the 31 inmates sat
served through the generosity of the
Evening Scntiuol's readers.
One of the women and five of the
men were ill. confined 'to tho hos-
pital but they too received and en-
joyed their share of the turkey, po-
tutoes. turnip, sauce, cclerynnd pie
menu. '—
The dinner was furnished by ‘ihe
benevolent Oscar Schultzc at. cost
price. and cooked by him and his
trusty helpers. ' 1. ,
On the stroke of 12. Christmas
noon, it arrived at the homo, piping
hot and ready to serve. While the
last min to preparations were gov
lug on. the dinner was placed in the
oven to keep warm. . _
At tho' present time the home
houses 27 men hurl 10in“ women.
Those of the men who were able.
came to the dining room for their
feast. There they found. stacked
beside each plate. three packages
of tobacco, more donations received
by tho‘seutiuel from its readers.
Oranges, candy. tics and mufflers
were also among the gifts. which
were evenly distributed so ilmt each
received an equal “share.
lilaeh of the women inmates re-
Ceivcd a box of candy besides a. gift
~—one being given a. warm nightrobe.
another a bunch of flowers. a. third.
a box of patchwork goods and a
fourth. a. jacket. _
The hospital was visited, and.
therein warm quarters were found
these who were confined for various
illnesses sitting up and waiting for
their Christmas dinners.
Everybody seemed to be enjoying
a good time and all were grateful
for the thoughtfulness of Norwnlk's
residents in bringing to them a little
Christmas cheer to-hrlghten their
lonely lives.
McCallum Found
Dead in His” Bed
if
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AfterThree Days I
The reported disappearance Sun-
day ’ihorning of James Henry luc—
Csllum. '11. why occupied the upper
half of the house ‘at 17 Bouton
street,‘led to his discovery later by
Policeman Edward Williams. He was
found dead in his bed. with all his
clothes on, and thcdoors locked.
Medical Examiner William W. Tra-
cey was notified and viewed the re-
mains. He pronounced death from
upoplcxy. and stated he believed it
had occurred probably 1.'Tliursday
nigh‘t. ' if}
The deceased. a popular ‘ resident.
of Springwood.‘was it we’ll. known
painter and a member of the Ischo-
dc. Yacht‘club. He is survived by
four- daughters. 'Mrs. Rysepberg.
Quincy, Mass..‘ Mrs. Sndle' Knapp
and Mrs. William Ralyea. of New
York and Mrs. Hattie Lake of
Brooklyn; two sons James Henry
McCallum. South Bend Brook. N. J..
and Percy McCallum. Whitehall,Ga.
Funeralyservlces will be at the
ung, 84 South Main street.?Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment
will be in Norwalk cemetery.
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vflimomun SPEEDING TO
JQIN \VIFE AND BABY
ours LENI'ENCY IN COURT
The holiday spirit had its effect
upon- local justice this morning
when John MacCarroll. 21 Vermont
man. was arraigned in uptown
court for speeding. through the city
yesterday m o r at n g. MacCarroll's
case was nollcd by. Judge Nehemiah
that he~wss on his way through to
Port Chester to pick nip his wife
and baby who had spent the holiday
there when he was arrested by Mo-
torcycle Policeman Poul McGrath.
The mercy‘i‘wu double in effect.
MncCarroll hold first been charged
with reckless driving. being. forced»
to mt ‘350 cash bond before‘he
could go onto Port Chester. When
the cue-came up the charge was
reduced todweeding and then final-
ly nolled. .. ’n. -
CHALLENGED POLICEMAN
TO FIGHT. IS ARRESTED.
Continuance from any to day was
ordered by Judge. Freeman Light in
downtown city court this morning in .
the case of Leo Collins. Woodward
m-enue. arrested Friday on charges
of intoxication slid; breach of the
peace. - ’ ‘ . . ‘
. Collins was warned by policeman
Drohm when 'he created a disturb—
Christnlas Celebrations
.111. Church, Offices And ,
hedge Keep Everybody Busy
FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES
HAVE KEPT EVERYBODY ON THE HOT-FOOT AND" THE
END IS NOT YET. MANY PARTIES HAVE BEEN HELD,
MANY SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN EN-
JOYED, BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY MORE TO COME.
MOST OF THE CHILDREN’S PARTIES»: IN THE CHURCHES
ARE STILL ’TO BE HELD.
ARTHUR TOLLES’ CAR
GETS BUMP WHILE
HE’S IN THE PALACE
Charges of evading responsi-4
bility. drlflug while intoxicated
and driving without a opera-
tor's license are lielrl"‘against
James Summers. \Veslport. ur-
rested Saturday night by Patrol-
man Webb. t'bllowinr; .uh acold~
dent on North Main street.
Bond was set and furnished at
$300. The case is slated for Sat-
urday. ‘
Summers smashed his car into
a. machine belonging to Arthur
'l‘ollcs. Wilton. which was park-
‘ ed at. the curb on North Main
street. When be {filled to stop.
the pollccn‘ian gave. chase. and
,ovcrtook him on West avenue.
lie was intoxicated and could
not produce a driver's license.
liicanwhilchliir. Tollcs was on—
joyiug “When The Wife's Away"
inside the Palace '; a;
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ANNUAL 'I'U‘ItKEY SUPPER
«The Phoenix Engine company will
have its annual turkey supper at the
Main street fire station Tuesday
night. Jrfhun'ry 4. Invitation cards
have been split out in the malls.
Mts. ‘ McDonnell
‘ Ifown Stairs,
Close Call
Mrs. Nellie McDermott. 3 Charles
street. narrowly escaped serious in-
jury Sunday morning when she fell
headlong down the cellar stairs in
front of Leon Golden’s store on
Washington streetf‘Leo Van Ignult.
janitor in the Roodner bulldln ‘. was
standing nearby and dovo for Mrs.
liIcDermott’s feet; as he saw her so.
but only succeeded in breaking the
fall.
Althoughher face was bleeding
from cuts,” Mrs. McDermottwaa able
to stand up and claimed she was
not: hurt. Patrolman John Toothill
accompanied Mrs. McDermott to her
home where 811:. was attended lay-Dr.
Wolfe. She was treated for cuts on
the in e. Her condition is not so-
rious. .
u; S._Scouting Fleet
. Leaves For‘SOuthern
Waters January'5
wasmno'rdh. —— Tho scouting
fleet. consisting ”of the battleships
Arkansas. Florida. and Texas. ‘witvh
the attendant destroyers bud. alr-
craft. will leave home ports via
Hampton Roads for southern waters.
January 5. . ' .
While in G ntonamo spring tar-
get practices d..tactlcal.ymaneuvers
will be clrried out and in March the
United States battle fleet from the
coast will rendezvous with the scout.-
ing fleet. After a. short period in
Guantanamo in which overhaul and
refit work is car d out and “all
navy" athletic con cats to determine
the championships in the various
sports are held. the combined fleets
will sail April 23 for New York. car-
rying out tactical and gunnery ex-
ercises enroute. Updn arrival the
Texas Arkansas and Florida. will go
to home yards to fit out for the lid-
shlpmen’s practice cruise. ~
After a two weeks, liberty and
leave period in New ‘York. which
will afford. many of the West coast
bluejackets their first glimpse of the
tiff”
the middle of May to take part in
the grand joint army-navy maneu-
vers torbe held in the Narragansett
Bay-Long Island Sound area.
metropolis. thé fleets willsall aboufi
-—THE CHRISTMAS BUSINESS
at The Lcudgr WIT) was the largest
in dis history—ll; is a satisfaction
indeed to have preparedwcll with.
stocks. greater than ever before and
once on Railroad avenue by molest.
to“ have this confidence in the buy-
fizigioltilJ “
IK‘IlAKK JNLEWIS GIVEN
' _ WATCH AND CHAIN
The employees at. the busy plant
of if. Jacobs K: Sons in Day street
presented Frank J. Lewis, popular
superintendent of the factory with a
handsome watch and chain at the
annual Chriwnas party for the cm-
ployces Friday afternoon. The pre-
sentation .to Mr. Lewis was made by
James Suvustano on behalf of the
250 cmployes. ‘
The party was at the factory and
the officials of the concern 'werc
hosts. There was singing aud.u three
piece orchestra furnished mlisic for
dancing. A grabbag was a feature of
the party and a lunch consisting of
ice cream. cake. soda. candy fruit
and nuts was served.
n
The employes of the offices of the
Norwalk company Water street, dis-
pensed with business Friday after-
noon at ii o'clock add enjoyed a
Christmas party. the main feature
being a' grabbag from which web
pol-sou received a gift calming muchi
merrlment. Ice cream and cake were
served. '
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Detroit‘s city half will be replaced
by an elaborate structure on the DI?-
troit river as tho uclcus of a civic
center if plans of Councilman John
Jenniebc. Ferris
Widow Of Senator
Dies At Age Of 85
After a long and useful life, dur-
ing which she was one of the social
traders of the city and one of its
11 est beloved and charitable citi-
zi us, Jennie (1. Ferris, widow of tllr
Lite Senator John ill l-‘errts. passed
away last evening {it 7 o'clock 1i!
hi'r home. 30 West avenue.
Mrs. ln‘erris had becn confined to
h. r home in recent years and it will
b. the older residents of the‘ city
who will best remember her for the
.lviighifui figure she was in social
tin of the ciil‘.
lit-v. Frederick ll, .lncolul. fornlI-r
pastor of the South liorwalk Cou-
kI-‘izalioual church, u ho was a
l'l‘l“n<l”i() Mrs. Ferris. will come from
Huntington. Wear; Virginia, to con-
mmt the funeral services at the
home \\'cduraday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. .
Hrs. Ferris was born l«‘cbruary 1'3.
lMi. ucar Stockhridgp, Mass. She
wm married New Year‘s first, M53.
in Stockbridg.» to John ll. Ferris.
ll.» died April 14. 1004. Senator
l""i'l‘ls. who was a. coal merchant.
l'i-lll the Ferris mansion at 20:!
Flux Iliil Road overlooking the. city.
uhivh has, Always mm one-.of. the
i~llti\\‘]llll(’(,‘$ ‘bf Norwnlk. and which
lie.. widow said some years ago to
James Wood. She then moved to
We»! avenue. lllrll. Ferris also main-
tained a summer home. “Cobble
wattage,“ at, Bell Island. .
She leaves threes sons. Jesse M.
1 i-‘v tiris. Newark. N. J.: Dr. C‘. Irving
lu-rris. New York city. and Percy
ll. Ferris. San Francisco, Cal. A
daughter. Eva Lillian.
uni-y if)? 1931",. ,. . . ,
There are ten grandchildren, lint.
lif‘ Adria. Ferris. Ethel Ferris. John
llant‘ord Ferris. 2nd. Charlotte Ilea-
smwicr Ferris. Edward Swan For-
Ferris.
ris, .lcuneth Ferris. Alden
C. Lodlro materialize,
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(Continued on Page Two.)
died J an.
3:5
England, struck Norwalk about
J'rctly lint Dangerous
The storm left the countryside
L'fi\i_‘l'(‘d with a thick routing of lot.-
which prrsentui a. wry beautiful
appearance win-n struck by the sun-
light fulloi'illl‘; the rlrarinx. ‘ it also
hit. considerable damage. in its
wake.
'{ihu Connecticut company
ably suffcrcd‘ 1hr most, because of
the storin.. Street railway service
was tied up by breaks in the over
head wires of the company. The
ion on the wires caused lllf‘lll to be-
'coinu very brittle and they snapped
costly. Must trouble was experi-
enced on iho‘ Norwuik-Ftamford line
where. ulrvs fell in several places,
but by switching from one track to
“further on the: double truck serv—
ice, Silprt'iutvmlrnt Thomas Mc-
Lean manurui to kcrp the cars
running. llf‘tfl'illi,‘ the fact. that they
\vrrn somewhat lvrhind schedule. A
break in the wires at the corner of
Highland avenue and Wilson l'oiut
road lied lulu curs up for u consid-
«rabiu period. Another was reported
at ltyau's snitch and others aloui:
the llhe in Stamford. Several our“
ijeported on lines in the first. dis.
ittrim.
l Superinteiulrut Malena knit cars
and snow “plows running for the
greater part'ui‘ the night so that the
tracks and win-s would be open in
the morning. He had “ire gangs
out bright and early yesterday
morning rcpulring breaks. fly noon
all of the’ breaks had been repaired
FI:
* FRESNO. Cut. (AIM—An earth-
quake was felt here and in Tin-lock.
80 miles from here. at 1:20 o'clock
this morning. The shock was felt by
telephone operators’cnd others. but
apparently did no dimage. Earth-
quake shocks were felt in other San
Joaquin Valley towns about 1:20
this morning. At "l‘urloek. dishes
were rattled. homes shaken and
many persons awakened.
Severe shocks werc‘rcported from
Hanford and Pottersville. but there
were no reports 0' damage. Coal-
lnga. also reported feeling the shocks.
Thought. Car Stolen
' But Brother Had It
Stephen enn.‘ Vail street. Nor-
walk, notlfl the. uptown police
Christmas Eve that his touring car
had been‘ stolen from its parking
place on Main street near the Espo-
silo store and a general alarm was
sent out to that effect. The citY—
wide learch came to an abrupt halt
a short time later the same night
when Benn discovered that his au-
tomobile had merely been borrowed
by his brother.
EARTHQUAKE rREMoR AT FRESNO;
ERCE needs IN MI:
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MEMPHIS. (AID—With thous- probably the most severely hit, point
ands already driven from
homes and property damage esti-
r’hated- variously into the hundreds
of' thousands of dollars. Tennessee,
Arkansas. Mississippi and Kentucky
today were preparing to meet an
even greater emergency. .General
rains predicted for today were ex-
pected to make more acute undi-
tions which were taxing "relief
resources.
Nashville Tenn. with more than.
50 blocks inundated and 2.500 peo-
ple driven from their homes. was
Stalls Car And Gets - 4
' Police Escort-Also a Fine
John nglrbanks. Darlen. arrested
Friday night for driving while in-
toxicated by Patrolman Lo u i s
Ritalin. andrcleased on $300 bond.
wan fined
Freeman Light in The
city court this morning. .
Patrolman Brehn; made the arrest
when Fairbanks stalled his car un-
der the Washington street bridge.
tieing up traffic in i knot. The Pa-
trolman noticed Fairbanks was in—
toxicated when he was unable to
start his ear.
dbxvvntovvn
BY HELENA
7 "I am not sure I agree with you.:’
writes' a. Sentinel reader to me
when you say that people ought to
b free to express their Opinions
9. d advocate‘their belief when those
opinions and beliefs are opposed to
our governemt." ,,
Itvseems to me that tolerance dc-
mands that very thing. One does
not have _to agree with what they
say or believe. but I cannot. see how
anyone can expect. toleration for
himself unless he grants it to others.
. What a. stupid and stagnant
wor'ld it: cold be. if we all agreed!
Ever-yo e concedes. that great
economic and- social wrongs exlflt in
our country, as e eryhcro else.
Pitiful pover ‘is in every com-
munity and very often those who
suffer are the» victims of economic
conditions and/ their misfortunes are
not the result of laziness or incom-
petence. ‘ -.
Child Labor still A Curse
, Child labor is still a curse in our
nation. Organized Vice in still un-
controlled. Poliucai corruption still
challenges honest government.
Unequal reward-for equnl effort.
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SASDNEWOMAN SEES IT -.
HILL WEED
men and women who have genuine
ability, and work with perseverancb
and earnestness go thropgh their
lives in comparative poverty.
These and a. mhundred other
wrongs are crying for a solution.
The right. to discuss these things
and to proposeVremedies. however
radical. seems only the part of wis—
dom. If their solution requires a
fundamental change in any part or
all of our economic or political sys-
tem, then the nation that (lewd. in
the face of the ridicule and opposi-
tion of a. whole world. to establish
free. p o p u i a. r self-government.
would certainly dare to effect any.
phange that the materlty ayes con-
vinced. would make a. happier. bet-
ter country. '
Had it: i: been for the real free.
dam of s sch, ,press and assem-
blage that existed in the colonies
our political system yould never
have been evolved. .
Since receiving this letter I have
beengreadlng some of the speeches
made b Prdrlck Henry. John An.
ems. D niel Webster and some of
tho 0th “great men of our country
the struggles against the
who lad“
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at. cxl
in ‘ their day. and
cord ‘ ‘ ‘
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their
3‘26 and costs by Judge ‘
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in the area. affected by the floods.
Four were known dead as a result
of“ the swollen rivers and other
smaller streams in the affected area.
Three were drownings resulting di-
l‘ino Bluff. Arkansas. two men were.
drowned when their car turned into
a small stream. a similar accident
cest 3. Columbus. l\li55.. man his
life. Exposure from wading in a
creek was the, cause of a fourth
death. 7; a».
Lockwood Company
.WinsFirst Move In ,.
" Petition of A. Gall
' Claiming that the -- lung .
which caused Alexander Gail's dis-
ability was the result of three pits
tacks of rpneumonia and not. of his
occupation. counsel for the Lockwood
Manufacturing company. won its
fight against the petition of Mr.
Gall. 20 Paradise street. for com-
pensation. Gall. who has been for
years a foundry worker for the com-
pany. applied for. compensation or:
grounds that his affliction. bron-
chietasis. was caused by inhaling
moulding dust. “ .
The case he‘s been the subject of
several xtended hearings. thegirst
of which was called last summer.
Five physician; Were called to give
expert testimony concerning the
origin of Gail's afflictifil. and the
{Sim total of their evidence was
such that Compensation Commis-
sioner 1-). T, Buckingham in his cou-
eluslon states thd’t' Gail's occupation
was not the reason for his lung trou-
ble.
The Lockwood Malnfacturlng
company and its insuring company
were represented by Light. Duubnr
and Quinlan.
DEPUTY CHIEF AND MRS.
, POWELL ENTERTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Powell.
.hn. of Holyokc. Mass. spent the
holidays with Deputy Fire Chief and
Mrs. William J. Powell. 19 Cutter
avenue. Chief Powell‘s sister. Mrs.
Joseph Kemp. of Yonkersgvss also
a. guest. s
.——THE‘ CLIFFORD PHARMACY
PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
has grown in its business during
the year. 1926. It: can be credited to
the policy inaugurated over. two
years ago-(when this business
changed 'handIJ-ofbcvlng the
in dr s. complete Mocha. efficient
in it! man ‘ ‘c‘ ‘
Trolley, Phone. 'And Light
Repair ,, Gangs. Kept Going
By Storm’s Heavy Ice Pack
A sleet, hail. snow and rain 'storm .which swept all New
p r o 1.» i
DDLE wrsl ;
rectly from automobile accidents. At;
troublqg
10:30 o'clock Saturday evening
and continued throughout the night. The first indication of a
storm was when hail started to fall. ‘This was followed by sleet,
then rain and wound up with snow which stopped falling short-
ly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning?
and the ears were running near the
schedule.
Ire forming on the overhead pow-
vr hues Used by trolleys caused three
film's in the hilllll‘. number 01 days.
jtwo of them om‘urrlng yesterday
interning. in each case the toilcy
was scorched when the Wire was
1‘cut in two by a hot arc and fell up-
1on the car. .
Fire department chemicalsfivcrc
called out on still alarms for both
of yesterday's tires. The first fire
reported “as at 3:20 o'clock on the
\Vinuipauk lino “hen the first frol-
lcy out. stopped momentarily be.-
cause of ice on the rails in front of
the Charles if, Harris. llIC.. plant.
When the “in: dmmud in this cur-e
it fell alaninril. the front bumper and
«:auso-d another arc. li‘lnmes "but
out and caught. flu: woodwork.
scorching n patch about three feet.
in diameter on the front. of the ves-
fibula.
'l'liv- :zm‘mul \\ :15 ri‘portml shortly
heron: S o‘clock on the Ilorlol.
i‘oin't line in East Not-walk. In this
case fiu- severed wire fell upon the
top of the car but did no more dam-
age than the other. The first accl-
drnt of tho. trio J‘iuppenm}. iu‘ lilo-wavy
ton i‘i'iday, .
«‘liuperlntendent Thomas Madman
of the Connecticut company explains
that the ice on the wires makes a
.coutaet. uith the trolley pole dtflicult
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E Mrs. Hazel Kane
3 Died Friday Morning
Danbury Hogliité1
.‘ilrs. llazel la. Kane. Danbury.
,kuown in .Norwaik as the wife of
Patrick J. Kane. who recently was
convicted on a charge of bigamy in
superior court. passed away Friday
in the Danbury . hospital after a
short. illness of fincumonla.
The deceased. who was Miss lla-
zcl l'l. liloshler of. Danbury before
her marriage to Kane. was 28 years
of age. She is survived by a son.
seven months old. three. sisters and
two brothers, all of Danbury. Fun-
eral services will be Tuesday at 2:30
from 'l‘omlinson‘s .Iilortuury. Dan-
. bury. .
Kane Was arrested in this city. a
few months ago when it became
known that he had previously mar-
ried in New York. Ila received a-
suspended jail séntence of one year.
Sprinkle White Sand
0r. Streets For Dead
Emperor «Japan
TOKYO. (AP).—-Sllent and bare-
lleaded,rmoro than a million mour-
ners lined th‘é four mile route from
Haraluku station to the Imperial
palace as the body of the late em-
peror, Yoshlhito was returned to To-
kyo tonight from the royal villa. at.
llayama. where he died Christmas
day. i
From the railroad station to the
palace the streets ~were sprinkled
with white sand as a: ceremony cf
purification. On either side the way
was fringed with soldiers dud police-
men, 15,000 K them. ‘
uonv mono IN RUINS .
Oi.l BURNED EL! SCHOOL.
GREENWICH, (AP.-—Tbo body
of Granville Lingarde, superintcu.
dent of the J. It. McKee estufi‘: here.
was found today in the ruins of tho
Ely School for Girls, destroyed by
fire Thursday morning. Lingarde
was one of the first to answer the
burning building many times. After
we blaze had 5 been extinguished
however. he could not be found.
LONG ISLANDER LOSES $1
FOR HITTING STANDA II)
Henry A. Holman, 53 Jackson
avenue. Long Island City. left $7 a.
the note n station Christmas Eve to
.pay fo brenlflge of a 'traffic
stannard and two red lanterns struck
by. his automobile when it skidded in
a. circle. at the Wall street. safety
zone. "r
~THE STAR LAUNDRY
does all feature: of laundry work——
has a modern plant and a painstak-
ing and an efficient force of em-
‘bpt ployoes. Its delivery service covers
3; Inc"
‘ ll
i
but
fire alarm and was seen to enter the .
v Only. the has ‘01- material‘s at "all
Fairfield Drug
Alld‘ Real Estate
Dealer Stuck-Up
Tllltlilfi BANDITS TAKE I)“;
now. PROM JOHN E. norm
l.\’ srmm .ixn i-zsoAru ’I‘lll,
MORNING. . .
MONEY CASH PAYMENT
PAYMENT ON RECENT
0N PROPERTY SALn
(il‘NMlCNZ- MAKE GE'I':\\\';\Y 1‘
(ill . TOURING (,‘All. HICAIIC‘
I‘ll) 'l‘(.i\\".\l.lll BRIDGI'JI'UR'I‘—
SURPRISE]? A'l‘ AMOUNT U“
1.00'1‘.
E‘AIRFIELD. (AP).——John E.
Boyle, druggist, was held up and.
robbed of $10,750 shortly before
11 o‘clock today by threemrm-
ed men who entered his store.
The robbers made their escape
in a touring car bearing Connec-
ticut markers.
Most of the money was in a.
bankroll in Boyle's pocket, 8. can-ii
payment on a. real estate deal of!
last Week when Boyle sold 10 slum;
cottagvs at .l“airtlelti Lionel). Lloqu
'ad been carrying $10,000 in $500
itiis on his person since last week.
intending to lake the money to New.
York for deposit in ‘a-ibank there
was prevented from getting;
down to New ‘York on account of
the Christmas rush.
’t‘wo lllCll entered the store and_
when lloylc turned to go behind tho
counter to wait on them. one thrush
a revolver against the back of
l'i-zggio'sdicodpmt «named "open u'u
that cash register." After Boyle.
covered by tho revolver. had opened.
the cash register he was ordered to
stand aside. While one of the ban-
dits moved towar“, the door to act
as a. guard, the ct fer twirled a. re-
volver around and waved the muzzlo
menacingly under Boyle's nose in<
strueting him .u get to the back of!
the store unless he wished to have
his brains blown out.
After emptying the cash drawer.
tbo bandit turned to the proprietor.
‘fl.ot's see what you‘ve got in your“
pockets" said the man.
Keeping the muzzle oftbe heaW
revolver trained upon Boyle. the"
bandit made a quick search of the
druggist's pockets. Reall g the
extent of his find. the ho] upman
did not wait any longer.
"Get back there and don't move
until we get away or we'll kill you."
the man said to' BOylc.
The drugglst obeyed stopping only
long enough to glance out to the
street where the third bandit was
sitting in a green touring car. All
three robbers got into the car and
immediately headed in the direction
of Bridgeport. Boyle immediately
telephoned the Bridgeport police a.'
description of the car. Search is be.
ing made in all directions.
9mm
Toreador Head
At; Norm Today
Attorney John T. Dwycr was elect-
ed president of” the Toreador Club
at the weekly luncheon held in
Shadow Lawn Inn this noon. At.-
tornoy Dwyer has served as first.
vloe wpresident Since the organization
of the club. Heisucceeds Tax Collec-
tor Lawrenco K. Paul. . ‘
The other officers follow:
goryl
lan ; .
Third .vico president-Judge Free-
rqan Light.
Fourth vice president—Lenoy D.
Downs. .
Fifth vice president~Arthur Olseri
Secretary—Henry Vallcnt.
’i‘reasurcr—Charlcs I“. Wieke.
Chaplain—William F. Bishop, Jr.
Choirmaslcr—Arthur F. Jutten.
Sergeant At Arms—Paul R. Conn
“CIT- i
Charles B. Treadwell. . '
Charles Booth Treadwcii. son of
John P. Trbadwoll. chairman of the
directors of the National Bank of
Norwalk. died yesterday morning of
pneumonia in ‘Salamanaca. N. 1?.
Death came after a. vgry short ill-
ness. ’ '
Funeral scrtlces for the young
man will be held from the Congre-
gational church in New Milford.
Conn. Wednesday aftcrnoon at 2
o'clock. Interment will be in New
Milford cemetery.
-—THOSE FAMOUS COOKIE?
and cruiicrs——l\fuiUtah's—always.so
good. and excellent in quality are.
to be had at stores all over this
vicinity. The cookies are made in
:3 variety of brands Including. sugar.
loatmeol. molasses. hermlis, etc.
).
First vice presidezt~Clayton Gre-
Second vice president—R. :8. Iran,
Norwalk Chronicler