New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1923, Page 12

- Sabmils Report lo Spteuber ‘A i/ SECRETARY BARNES " THLS OF " WORK . Meeting of Directors General Secretary Clarbnce M, | Barnes submitted his report for Bep- Aember at the menthly meeting of the € A last night, that interest in the assoclation 18 gontinuing to increase, It is ex- that even greator interest will be evident as the winter approaches Mr, Barnes report follows: *To the Board of Directors, “Gentlemen: “Ogtober 18 the opening time for the fall and winter activities, and the gymnasium schedule Is now in oper- stion with a larger attendance than’ has been experienced for many years. | There are 12 gym classes per week for the school and employed boys, | followed by swimming periods, These | classes are mado up of boys from 12 to 18 years of age and so grouped | that the younger d older boys are soparated, Itegular selting-up exer- clses mre given followed by group gumes, Vollowing the boys' classes the business men's classes are held five times a week late in the after- noon. Iarly in the evening the em- ployed boys' classes are held and| are followed by the senlor classes, In addition to these regular classes there are boxing and wrestling classes and two léaders’ corps. Swimming and Jife smving arc taught at stated times, The physicul department committee is made up of the following mem- bers: W, H. Judd, Henry Dressel, Fred Ensworth, I'red Bacon and Dr, Hand. P “A special gronp of men from the Yulean Iron Works, who became in- terested in gymnasium excrelse through Walter Camp's talk Years ago, arc now in their wseason together in the gym. “The attendance in classes for the month of September. was 2,067 and 8,686 baths were taken. A compari- won with last season shows a gain of 600, “The program for this month in- cludes the opening of the training course for the senior and junior lead- ers’ corps—a bhand ball tournament, athletic and aquatic meets with the Hartford Y. M. C. A, for the em- ployed boys and the opening of the boxing class. . Membership. “The membership continues to gain and each month of our fiscal year has showed a substantial in- crease in receipts over the same pe- rlod of last year. The membership campalgn is bringing in many new men and renewals. Industrial, # “The various committees on the ‘activities of the industrial council presented their programs for the sea- #on at a supger held last week. The The report shows two third John L. Davis Bible class will start| with a supper Thursday evening, November 1st. “The employed boys' bhave planned a social night for the ‘employed boys to be held the latter| ‘part of this month. The club for these boys has’started its scason's program and is meeting weekly. “A series of foremen’s nights are| being arranged for as in past sea-| mons, The Americanization commit- Aee is planning to co-operate w ‘director of that work, espec helping make more of natural ‘days. “The new dormitory in the cast half of the Pease house is now open. | Ten rooms have been fitted up and very comfortably furnished. | Boys' Work. “The boys' department commi has been appointed and consists of committee | |she reads a good deal about recruit | halfbacks and she'd think they'd be wiward B Weeks, chairman; J, B Comatock, L. P, Slade, Robert L. Hen- gle, Oharles R, Brown, Ernest De- chant, and Bert Armstreng. Bible sludy classes will start Nevember | Rev, R, N, Gilman wiil teach the high | school classes and the younger boys will be led by Mr, Dorbuck and M Parker, whoe will follow the Christian Citigenship Tralning Program, The Older Boys' conference, whieh was/ held in New Britain last year, will be held n New Lendon Ocleber 26.28, A delegation of elder boys from the |ohurches, the Y. M, O, A and the Boys' elub will attend the meectings. | “Ameng the speakers secured for the Hi-Y elub are Winehell Bmith, lie pe th Charles R, Torry of Yale and Pres. | Angel of Yale, “The membership is made up as| follows Beniors, 606; sustalning, 200; boys, 375; total, 1,180, | “Respectfully submitted, "CLARENCE H, BARNES HARVEST HOME FAIR Zion Methodists Also Plan to Start | Evangelistic Services First of Next Mouth—Peun, Minkter Coming, A harvest home falr will be held at the A, M, E, Zion church Thursday and Friday of this week for which elaborate preparations are being made, There will be special features including an interesting musical pro- gram tach evening, On November 1, Rev. Dr. B, H, Curry of Media, Pennsylvania, will begin a three woeks' evangelistic campalgn in the church, to ki ea vo | Three Teachers Resign Positions in This City Miss Mildred Stone, teacher of bookkeeping at Central Junior High schobl, has resigned to take a posi- tion as h¥ad of the mathematics de- partment of the Salem, Mass., normal school and will leave the city when her successor has been named. The school department also has the res- ignation of Miss Grace Adkins, n | teacher in the same school for the past 10 years, and of Miss Ellen Red- field, teacher of art at the' Elihu Burritt Junlor High school. Miss Pearl Snow has been named to suc- ceed Miss Stone. | THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY The young lady across the way says rather old to be in college, the war having ended five years sgo. ¥ 'FLOOR 'VARNISH That natural desire to beautify is happily expressed when a brush is dipped into one of the brilliant “61"* Floor Varnish colors, which stain as they varnish, in one stroke of the brush. “61’ provides the maximum wear and water-resistance on all kinds of floorsand linoleum. It lasts even longer on furni- ture and woodwork. OCCUPIN & JOHNSON Painters and 46 MAMN STREET Decorators Tel. 125 4 J RAISES FLOWERS FOR 1A NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TU!fiSDA‘Y. & riof of every golof and color poami- bination conceivable, In all there NEEDY 'AND SICK PEOPLE H. Allen, of Muskegon, Michigan, Devotes Time to Oheering Up | hospitals and in other places where er, each with its=distinetive coloriug wnd Me own charactesistios. ' My, Allen, during the fowering season, comes down town each day with & supply of biossoms, makes his ’ =7 are 87 varieties of this popular M-‘ irounds, and leaves bouguets at the| R 2, 102 LONDON PAWNBROKERS-ACT 10" DIGNIFY - BUSINESS The “Three Hall" Gentlewen To Bulld & Large Bullkling With Elaborate Flans For Future, Mlfll‘l‘."'lfidfll’ d, loe. Patagonia (land and stakes, and Japan, Canada have very fe are Teamania “ |#rance, The police net witheut and ' DOPE PAYS HIG PROFITS Vienna, Oel, 28.—Coealie smus: glers are active in Austria, bringing in the drug from CGermany and long ago found & consignment of 169 pounds. One kilogram was sold recently for the equivalent of $2,100, Tt was pur- chised firet for § , the profits of middiemen accounting for the spread, | ness. dueer of gladioli tn western Michi- €80, Jhas consecrated his life to the board of directors of the ¥, M. Pres. Ogliby of Trinity college, p,.,,{uldu of flowers for free dl-mhufln‘n and publie buildings in erder that he may extend his message of '“"“""“-mpty handed no one pays any ate |offerings, ing humanity, flowers, he decided to use thgn his medium for showing his | others, ing the flowering season the tract is These in Hospitals, . Whelt v rect | Muskegon, Mieh, Oet. 23, m.’M,,:;::”“:h:h:"”:":;:‘::;. ety Londen, Oect. 23-~London pawsy- ving (hat the greatest merviee Y| . “tonio for persons:who ate {ll of(brekens are golag: up in the world, reon can give to his fellow man 8| g o o ong "u'*‘ the world ever has|The latest example of this is the ereo- At of wpreading choor and NARP |\ oguged,” Mr, Allen said, “I have|tlen @f an pighteanth century wulld A I Allen, the lavwest wos| o0 Tl Bakdie do speak & lans|bullding among the many other tam- guage of gladpess, Kvery morning ous guilds of don, $e iwhen 1 come inte Muskegon ‘with| The pawnbrokers will moreover in 'an armful of flowers strangers speak |the future ‘cooperate on a plgn sim- After T have|llar to the old sullds sud will live and am|up to the reputation of the guilds, by elaborte annual dinners in ob- servance of all the holldays pecullar to their trade, The trade In London has an anclent record going back to the thirteenth century when the Lombard merch were great money-lenders and plh the chief part in the exchanges and money brokerage shops of those days, They kept up connection Wwith the wealthy Ttallan republics, The pre-eminence of the Mediel J Annual Harvest: Fair A. M. E. Zion Church « 315 Church Street October 25 and 26 Special Music and Refreshments each evening — Everybody Invited — hospitals, oharitable institutions|q o' "0 (e Gireet. delivered the blossoms ndness. to' all who look rupon M8l ention to me, It was the flowers that the strangers spoke to before On the Allen farm this year are 120,000 gladioll bulbs in blgssom, The grower s at work on several new varieties, several years bheing re- quired to develop a pew species, About 15 years ago Mr, Allen he.| me imbued with the idea of serv. Always a lover of as e for The Allen farm has 11 acres de- ted to the culture of gladioll, Dur, A single banyan tree has heen known to shelter 7,000 men at a time, End of Month Sale Your Opportunity for Saving Wednesday and Thursday This Week — 2nd Floor— ._at_ Besse-Leland’s F RE.E Football With Every Suit or Coat $2.00 OFF The Price.of Any ~ i Boys’ 2-Pant Knicker Suits In Our Stock $1.00 OFF The Price of Any Boys’ Mackinaw, Sheep Lined or Overcoat In Ofir Stock j s Purchased 2nd Floor $1.00 OFF . The Price of Any Boys’ Wool Sweaters + $5.95 or Better Boys' $1.00 Caps 79c Wed. and Thurs. Only Special Lot Boys’ All Wool Roll Collar Pullover Sweaters $3.95 Navy — Seal — Maroon Special Lot | Boys’ 2 Pant Knicker: Suits While Théy Last $7.00 Boys' $1.00 “Tom Sawyer” and “Puritan”’ Blouses $3.00 OFF Any High School Long Pant Suit In Stock—2nd Floor Small Lot Kiddies’ Wool Novelty Suits Small Sizes $3.79 Boys’ Fine Ribbed Black ~ Hose 6 ¢ $1.00 Wednesday and Thursday Only Department 2nd Floor Besse-Leland’s