New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1923, Page 13

ELKS SEND DINNERS T0 FIFTY FAMILIES Also Distribute Christmas Boxes in State Institutions PUTNAM & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange Members Hartford Stock Exchange Stanley R. Eddy, Manages 31 West Main $t., Vel 3040 as were a We Offer— Fifty Christmas dinners were de- livered where they will do the most good by New Britain lodge, No. 957, B. P. 0. Elks, today under the direc- tion of Ernest N. Humphrey, who is in charge of the Christmas commit- tee. Each dinner consisted of a tur- key, vagetables, fruit, butter, candy, nuts and whatever else is suitable to grace a Christmas table. Each bas- ket was accompanied by a bag of coke, Members of the Christmas commit- tee of the Elks dellvered hoxes of | candy, nuts and fruit to New Britain inmates of Cheshire reformatory, the school for boys in Meriden, the state| institute for feeble-minded in Mans- fleld, House of Good Shepherd in Hartford, Long Lane farm in Middle- town, the state farm for women at Niantie, the school for boys at Liteh- | field and several other institutions| yesterday. The packages numbered 86. In adition, 75 boxes have been delivered in this city. The Sons of Veterans auxiliary yes- terday delivered Christinas haskets to Civil war veterans and their widows in New Britain, Plainville and Ber- lin, The baskets were filled with fruit, candy, nuts and cake. ' Members of the Disabled Veterans of the World War who are confined to institutions for treatment were re- membered by their buddies yesterday when baskets of fruits and eandy were brought to them by a commit- tee of the New Britain post. Com- rades in the far south were remem- bered, one basket having been sent to South Carolina. | Meals for 350 people and Christ-| mas stockings for 100 additional chil- dren is the plan of Ensign Car] Fred- | erickson for the most successful Christmas the Salvation Army has had in New Britain. This after- noon baskets containing chickens, po- tatoes, crackers, bread, coffee, cocoa, | 50 NEW BRITAIN MACHINE Preferred T JUDD & CO MEMBERS HARTFORD JCK EXCRAN Members New York Stock Exchange Hartford: Hardora-Conn. ‘frust Bldg., 1cl 3-8320 New Britain: 23 West Maiu Street, Tel 1815 and Low (lose 103 1035 We Offer— Scovill Manufacturing Co. Stock RN GRTRI g SN T T T TR EITIR T Thomson, Them & Co. NEW BRITAIN HAKTIORD Britain National Iauk Bldg. 10 Central Row lelephone 2580 Telephone 2-4141 Members Members Hartford Stock Exchange York Stock Exchaage Donald R. Hart, Manager We Offer— 100 Shares American Hardware Price on Application DO NOT ACCERT MARGIN ACCOUNTS N & of the curities company 2 tifice i atter Young fuvorit portion of ed s and fie Sinclair am that New old the all, syn Chino Copper d uny of s0 the came within notice : ks of Sinclair consolidated were owned by the Chase Sceurities | company, he said, hut these had all | been purchased from time to time in the course of normal trading. nor Con Gas Pro It stocks, of ] memorics soon had guests and singing tiful Scoteh musie. [ Cuba © “What kind of clothes do the good | Endicott-dohn . folks wear?” is the title of a song| 6 e e s | written and sung by James Wilson 1=t pfd .. el I A {who is doomed to travel in a whec lml‘(iz n Etlectrie Harry F. Sinclair, holder of the | ,ai. " My Wilson also sang an old|Gen Motors . | blanket leage to the naval reserve In |y’ cavorite “Over the Garden|Goodrick BRI Wyoming, was excused until Thurs- | o, . Gt North pfd day when the committee was told ;,,\ AP S S gy AR had been unable to gather records,f ) Ceo “yo ingividual desires and|Int Mer Mar which e had been asked to produce. | o\ o " niled with candy, oranges| Allis-Chaimers land other good things. Pacific Oil [ ; CUSTOEERS LOST m’m | SBunday afternoon the Sodality of Int Nickel ; St. Mary's church Christinas | Int Paper party and distributed Kelly Sprir Scott Norris and Company of New afternoon. The program consisted of | Kennecott Cop music and recitations, a feature being | lehigh Val York Had Many investors Hooked | gojections by a group of six young | Mid States Oil veral v | Ms_ iPgc Toys, G ; o -~ Wall. women with banjos. i | Toys, Goodies and Gen Happl- | In When They Went to W 1 | Later i the atternosn the Peapie's| N -YiCo8 Dee, 24.—Customers of church held a praisc and song serv-| N YN H & Scott Norris and Co., bankrupt cotton ice AT shown hy enti assembl lustily his = New which beau- me bic ever | e Crucible ane Sugar WE prd 295 440 1% 3014 e | S — —— e |again in good demand, |5 eld b 5 -{Chase N @ . w e ans . was| CIEaT, held by a number of local congrega. |Chase National bank nor the Chase inmates ever expericnced there was to new high records for the - Rid e ening duilness held throughout the day. At St.|of the two New York institutions tes- [time the members of the Sunshine “P€7iNg i : mass at 9 o'clock, another at 10:30 rlier witnesses in the committee's hil will Ovariand hile illys srian |evening it was a round of m»rrl-‘“‘ : ’ will hold a sunrise, service at 5:30|connected with the syndicate organ- | s Yviaon Oliemiest | ke Te 4 : | i s pat LDoRIE S TRIREVE, stitution as the most enthusiastic that |y more, (nited early morning service at 6 o'clock and . New Or- | ithe top of their voices, songs made tomorrow evening. upon Mammoth Oil steck, but added | preferred, 1 ecach. Foreign itenced by circumstances to spend his, ’ 5 ’ . 2 At Bt Sug 417 o'slock fomorrow morsing. lcards recording loans of this class The invocation was pronounced hy! gt G i v Am Sg Rf em.. A special service and ecantata by eligibility. ! Hin veral Christmas solos were| \vo oy At St. Matthew's German Lutheran per cent margin whieh is requir- in the afternoon. Senator | Mrs. Harry Christenson played | Bapimore & O . the day and some longer. Stores Wall street operator, to “make a|mous Girl Scout IFife, Drum and!Cep Leath Co liveries will be made up until noon. rm had never participated It was during the Grance, who says the “Mail Karly” sugar, celery, cranberries, fruit, peas|ulations, and undelivered mail will be Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock | this time, g | order window will not open. = " g > NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1923. : | . Christmas to Be Observed With, Chase National and Securities Co.| Sunshing Society, St. Mary's So-| ovesime-stoci prices aicoias g S |fifm tone at the opening of to Profound Religious Ceremonies | Register Denials dality and Otbers There number of recently strong specialties | such as National [ead and General tions tomorrow morning as part of | Securities company had any official |spent over Saturday and Sunday, ac-| V0Nt S oiing i American metals the annual Christmas exercises.| part in the “street” transactions |cording to Mr. and Mrs, George I, YO8 -"”I'r"_l"43”” = ot " 8 | 3-4 euch. 3 - early dealings. Na- Mary's Catholic churches there will|tified today before the senate public|goeiety went to the home on Satur- ;“ih:)m“.'nr.‘.fxll:\‘::(u‘;‘luxl‘\'.:w:' to 4 1-4 day efternoon until the tired people o inquiry into the ing of naval oil P af;fl P e € B irtee Jiad teatined (Rat bciote of Computing, Tabulating and Record will be special mysic at all masses. ” ment. and American Radiator each advanced | L = h .~ {annual Christmas party by the Sun-|yigng oclock and a regular Christmas|2cd to make a market for the Sin- gy ine gocicty was held, and this party|corn products, Houston Oil scrvice at 5 p. m. s also climbed a point | P. Biggerman, assistant cashier| . ;4" 05 pigce ever has seen. A |ment preferred dropped 1%, of the Chase National, declared he % another one at 8 p. m. | bea S16 to find sideiee 1 ‘leans, Texas & Mexico, 1 2-% A Christmas service will be held had heen unable o n any record Leather {famous the world over by Harry i . | Lauder, is second only to the other| changes opened irregular. . S i fthat some N d 1y a special exercise from 7 until § ) 4% 148 ” (days in a wheel chair, singing a Am Can 1041, *!t’“:lehm‘m"(;l e “l:' be “‘;I'" 'l: and explaining that the bank looked |Christmas hymn which he personally | (o oo, DL JOINS German LUtheran CRUrCA (., ryrther than the marketability and Rev. Lyman Johnson, who was| y i ogr ran ;:w chol_r will be held by the Bwedish ' lywo qoaept a reasonable amount of | followed by addresses by Rev. J. Lol o0 ey & Tel ethany church tomorrow —MOTMINE oyppy shares if the remaining collat- {sung by Mrs, Mary T. Crean, a num-|aie Tp & 8 F.. church there will be a service in|.q js considered to amply protect the (ber of them by request of those liVing | Ay Guit & W I {loan.” There will be special masses in all waich, democrat, Montana, the wit- pfano selcctions. Musie of the bugle,| peth Steel 1t Catholic churches, n declaved he had never heard of {fife and drum, a new feature on the|(on Textile and business places will be closed for inarket,” for the Mammoth Oil issuc. Bugle corps, and was followed by!(fes & Ohio the day. The post office will he open W. W. Downing, assistant treasurer, | Harry lLauder impersonations by | ohi Mi st p There will be some mail which will ate operating in the progr M fail of delivery tomoerrow according its offic time campaign was not such of a succ Mail carries this year must stop at and other good things were distrib- | held over until Wednesday. Within uted to a number of familles totalling | the past few days the mail has been stockings econtaining toys, animal Tomorrow the stamps, registry and crackers, oranges and candy will be!general delivery windows will be open HEADS MERIDEN BANK Meriden, Dee, 24.~John G. Nagel | SANTA “SlTs NURSERY P. KEOGH of New York Bridgeport w Haven JOHN onsolidated Stock Bl STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire to New Yok G',' . GROFI' Mg toom 509, N, B, Nat'l Bank Blig.~Tel 1012 Fuller Richter Aldrich § @ 04 PEARL ST. HARTFORD, CONN. Telephone 25261 New Britain Office, 122 Main St. E. T. BRAINARD, Mgr, We offer— AMERICAN HARDWARE AT THL MARKIEN rave Member € Waterbury Danbkury Middietown | market. Oil and sugar shares werr Sunrise Christmas services will be, Washington, Dec. 24.—Neither the| The happiest Christmas town home Bl ot el Advesced 1 Other churches plan services to be|Mammoth Oil stock, representatives |Kibbe, who are in charge. From the|49'a" o hoiiday be Christmas mass at 5:30 a. m. a|lands coramittee. oints and General Cigar lliving there retired to their beds last| P The Elim Swedish Baptist church the bank and Securitics company were Saturday afternoon at 2 o'elock the syou4 115 points, all at new 1 telair subsidiary organized to opera!mhas gone into the records of the in-|pamous Play The Salvation Army will hold an " Railways Invest {vision of some 60 people, singing at [ s’ s havi 9 > Tobacco Products and Centra at the South Congregational church|f Customers' ioans having been made k) sion of a 76-ycar-old man, sen-| High 4 | brokers' loans, He produced severa I had written, Am Sm & tomorrow morning at 10:45 o'clock. |, oo o collateral in determining its ) | Sullivan nd Rev. Dr. George W. C.| A1 wool ...... at 5 o'clock. ral is gilt-edged,” he explained, “The English for the children at 5 o'clock | there. Bald 1.oco ... Answering questions by Factories will be closed, some for tne campaign by Jesse Livermore, | program, was given by the now fa-|un Pacific in the morning and regular mail de- Chase S tes- | Dave Young. Chi 1t to Superintendent of Mails James B. company's rec o'elock noon, according to postal reg- 260 persons. | 30 per cent heavier than a year ago wgiven to 100 children. | from 9 until 11 o'clock. The money of this city, treasurer of the A\lefldon“ e Savings Bank, was elected president at & meeting of the directors this| afternoon to succeed the late Bugene | Christmas A. Hall and Clifford 8. Burge of sm»l-[ ton was clected treasurer, Benefactor Distributes ness to Mrs, O'Brien’s Charges, Norf W ~“ there and boxes of candy were| Off & Wes brokerage house, lost $40,000 on No- | distributed to each person. Follow-| 1‘?. ”"” vember 2 when their accounts were ing this program a group of young! mf.l. \"‘y closed out in fictitious transactions, women from the Stanley Works gave | ,,”m'l. n Benjamin Spicker, 20 year old margin a vocal and instrumental Bt Forty scrap books made by Miss Justine Baeon, who is only three| years old, were among the gifts and other good things given to 100 little tots at the New Britain Day nursery | Suturday afternoon, It was the most enjoyable and generous Christmas the ! nursery has ever seen, rding to Mrs, IPrank J. O'Brien, superintend- ent. A large tree was decorated and P& Antonas Rizauckas Antonas Rizauckas of 328 Church street died this morning. e was 66 years of age and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Chaponis of 45 Belden street, and two brothers, John of this city and Peter of Lithuania. Funeral {e.,vq Claus was there in person to arrangements arc incomplete. |look after the wants of his friends. % - g | Candy, oranges, apples, tooth brushes, Walter Huatt. | dolls for the littie girls and autos for Walter, the five months old son of [{he boys, scrap books, balls, sets of | Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hnatt of )9i.nghpg and other delightful things Sexton street, died yesterday and was|were presented to the youngsters. buried this morning. Interment Was' The air was full of thrills and the in Fairview cemetery, {patron saint of childhood’s Christmas {made the rounds and handed the | packages to the tiny kiddies, most of {them mere babics. The mothers of yunpral’ the children were guests of Mrs, O'Brien and Sunta Claus, i Helen MeDonough, mise, made and filled Max J. Schmidt. |which were distributed. The funcral of Max J, Schmidt, wno} A program of dancing and singing died suddenly Saturday morning, Was .. s.osented by the following young held this afternoon. Services were| 00 0 i Loy and after round held at 2 o'clock at the home, 439 ot b 2 3 enthusiastic applause from their ju- Church street. Rev. Raymond N.|i .0 4uaience: Margaret Bray, .\I:r_v (fnman officiated. Burial was m;k-mm,’,. Virginia Costello, Marion Fairview cemectery. |Wells, Mildred Kernowitz, Estella |Gould, Bdith Fishman and Anna| ever in ex- foregoing FLEM 8 16 % 106 %, 4 19 Co Tel. 29580 1 ! l 1191, 63 107 800y 1431 10% 601, 41 . &n 143 b or 1 ] ‘Beneficial Joans z Pay Your Christmas Bills (utnam Next June Spread the big expence of Christmas over six months, Get a Beneficial loan on your guaranteed note or home furniture. We will lend vou up to $300, charge only the low, legal interest rate and allow you to fifteen months to repay. Fair, isn't it? John D. Humphrey. The funeral of John D. Humphrey, formerly of New Britain, who dicd ¥riday afternoon in the hospital at| Great Barrington, Mass, was held this afternoon. Services were hel at 2:39 in the Congregational church at Norfolk and burial was in Norfolk. Miss Laurence Aoullet I"uneral services for Miss Laurence Aoullet were held this morning at 9 com. . 150 Power pfd LAUNCHES COOLIDGE BOON Coleman Du Pont of Delaware Today Call, write or phone for our epecial Christmas loan plan. k Beneficial Loan Society t 5 Professional Buil teomery PrORTAM, | piere Arrow clerk, testified at a bankruptey hear-|including readings and recitations NV Con Coh ing today. |Gifts were provided by the girls for oo v Accounts for approximately 4,000 each person, ‘I: A } ;:‘ E bales of cotton, he said, were wiped| *The merriest Christmas we ST out when the firm set a false quota- had here,” sald Mrs, Kibhe o ! tion of cents a pound, 45 points | pressing her thanks to the bt Lelow the market, Arrangements were | organizations, [ebtal made through the national cotton and | = ‘L'h‘.m- l. - grain exchange, he asscrted, to sign| 'rrl l-"n sales slips at that price with other| C s \: = Pauid Within a few minutes after the ae- o Tobnceo l’:"“ counts had been closed, Spicker testi- —— | Il"un':‘;- ;-_:m'”:'r “'\|\"1:~h|r: :1:k ',\'l‘lr,v‘w:"nnfl l';. r-’».l;":'; W, "_ Bishop of Emmons place will | U 8 Indus Alco ‘ X spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. [ 8 Rubber Co [on .\4;\_4 [nlur 16, he said the firm was | yo, "y Bishop of Springficld, 1 8 Steel short ..n‘m\u, m}r« of volton, worth| = yyo.. forget Firemen's Ball, New|U 8 8teel pfd aimost $10,000,000. | Year's Eve, State Armory.—advt Utah Copper i Stanley Woman's Relief Corps will| Willys Overland o | hold a regular meeting at | Westinghouse Airplane, Believed to Be | /1), %, 5 TGS B D ™ Ntonas e 10-year-old U. 8. Mail, in Bad (r“h‘”'rm-uv Bacchanalgan ,,‘,‘1 e el s 100 stockings| pyine Wyo., Dec. 26.—An airplane | Firemen’s ball, New Year's eve, State N belleved 1o be a mail ship from Chey- ATmOry.—adit. Local Stock Quotahons enne, crashed three miles east of here | TENAtzZ Wisk of Grove street was abepl B this morning. The pilot was picked |Arrested this morning by Sergeant| up by & passing motorist and brought | JONN King on a warrant issucd by the | & Co) to a hospital here. He is uncen- :';;';h;rl\f;t;:|‘;~ Alvrhuxivw-" charging him Bid Asked | scious and has not been identifind, | With reckicss driving. % er 4 o dtnuln:m.., Dee, 24.—Jdames (Dinty) | Chief Willlam C. Hart has received : ”"l’j‘l 4 1 : b 2 Moore, air mail ploit fell near Burns| {0 the policomen boxes of cigars ‘™ :,:A“r‘r:‘_’ evaNe 4 Wyo., today according to word receiv- | [T0m Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods, A n"‘ e l' Caran | by od at the local air mail feld. He was| N Abbe, Edward N. Stanley, Alfred "'f" P note of thanks ix sounded by seriously injured. | LeWitt, Louis Raphael, the Dickinson Bl'lings & \ - O'Brien to the Rotary club, the | | Drug co., and the Fair department |DBllings & Spencer pfd rl Scouts, Miss Mary Smith, Mrs,| | store. Bristol Brass Brown and ether fricnds who heiped. Alien Property Office | T ool C g | make the children happy. | v Conw Tt & Is Open to Any Probers. CHANGE IN PROGRAN - Washington, Dee, 24.-=Thomas Vaf Miller, alien properiy custodian told Hart & President Coolidge today that his of- Weather Interferes With Municipal Mfd EI fice would welcome any investigation Landers A J R Mo ] 1t Mo Faercises Satur . . » congress may decide to ma turday but Same Con ifd bl 101- o'clock at St. Peter's church. Rev. Charles Coppens officiated and inter- ment was in 8t. Mary's cemetery. The pall bearers were Ferdinand Boisson- nault, Lucien Bisson, Albert LaBonte, | Alphonso DeMers, George LeHaux and James Marco. Miss Catherine McGrail. Funeral services for Miss Cather- ine McGrail were held this morning at 9 o'clock from her latc home at 17 Summer sireet and at 9.30 o'clock from St, Mary's church. Rev. Wil- llam Krause was celcbrant at a sol- emn high mass, Rev. William Dow- ney of Hartford was deason, Rev. Francis Egan of Hartford was sub- dcason and Rev. Francis Keough was master of ceremonies. Rev. John T Winters, Rev. Thomas Laden and| Rev, Peter Coffey were in the sane- | taary. The Carthy, James n t | | | | | ! | | | | pail bearers were James Mc- ¢ Jonn Keogh, Martin Curry, McGrail, Lawrenes Downey of Thompsonville and William McKeon of Hartford. As the body was b into the church a quartet sang Vacant Chair,” and as the body borne frem the church “Nearer My God to Thee” was rendered neral was largely attended and there were many beautiful floral tributes Fathers Downey, Egan, laden, Keough and Coffey conducted the committal services at the grave and interment was in St. Mary's ceme- tery. ——— JOSEPH A, HAFFEY | Parlors 33 Myrtle St service Exceptional, Lady A-sistant Tel. Parlor 1625-2 Nesidence 17 Summer St —1625-3 — a la with leader | will be laid to obtain a Coolidge | gation from Delaware to the republi- hext ion stroct the Young. which struck and killed Nikolai Lau- relli on the from criminal responsibility in a find- The fu-{ing by Coroncr Phelan Mrs. Matilda Gulofl_' ,’90, died at lived for the« services will be held Wednesday after- noon st will officiate ches of snow fel Begins Active Work in Behalft of President’s Reelection, Wilmington, De! Dee. 246.-Cole- man Du Pont, Delaware member of republican national committee to- he day launched a Coolidge boom in this He will confer this afternoon number of other republican in his offices in the Du Pont tate, a puilding. At this conference, the ground work national convention at Cleveland June an Case Against Driver of Automobile Truck Nolled 24.—1In the city outt today the case of manslaughter muel Kauftan of 225 Mar- Bridgeport was nolled with permission of Judge Samuel J. Kaufman driver of a truck Stamford, Dee gainst Post road was exonerated Dies at the Town Home Mrs. Matilda Guioff, age %0 years, about 6 a‘clock last evening Town Home where she had past six months, Funcral the M. W. Gaudian, pastor of John's German Lutheran church, and interment will be in metery. “airview 1 INCHES OF SNOW Ruffale. N » 1 For be e loday. said Mr. resolution to dircct a senate inquiry Into the administration of alien pro- perty has been introduced by Senator King, demoerat, Utah. Mr. Miller also went over with the president his annual report which will be sent to congress the first of the year Picks Pansies in Snow Day Before Christmas ' jes in New England on Christmas Eve annw sounds like a “mid winter dream,” but it was no dream on the of ¥Fred Clough of East Berlin. Clangh came inte the Herald of- fice this mot and brought the pansies with him to prove his case Monday morning since last ough has picked pansies in his gardsn. “Tow s you 4o it?” asked the reporter who has four that the easiest way to raise pansies was to horrow them from the neigh “It'e easy if you know how.” Clough, who not eonly has s 1o sell but in days gone prizes as 1o e some- Picking pa Every March Mr. © bors. raised pan by has won “All you Wave to g ab Tty begin to grow smaller, cu o plant down to about ar 1f from the ground. You evs in & few weeks m the frost i the peporter number of reentt " when vour time a pansics t the ineh and a b w1 have mice fie and they will ¥ Kitle them.” that “he onght to know whe until the agrend INJURIES PROV FATAL Philadeiphia. Dee. 24.—Julian vell Huff. a member th Mawe polo tean 1 the Bryn Mawr hospital hral hemorrhaze hrough of ast from a cere- uries r n Mr ago. ians Huff wa: 45 cert Will be Given Later, Altiiough the the municipal weather interfered with Christmas exere th at Christmas tree Saturday evening, the concert planne vpl'_v the A. M. E. Zion church of negro folk songs and Southern Christmas melo- lies will be given some evening in the week Orthedox « ¢ choir of the TRus- sent a native Christmas songs by three Rus. wide reputation now slar reh wil the ring the holi- wifl b Among <cason is © the Meriden auditorium students and alumni of the Rochelle living in Con- Decomber A was given last year and proved 4 it is expected that a nmumber o w Britain's T -t attend the Wittstein's cight-pices New Haven will furn sale of Sovereign Trading Company Uncollected Accounts, dnay ich in city b jege of New coticut on Fad similar a huge success vou dance this «il vear orchestra of music b hook e Company will the highest . 1 p. m SMEDLEY Uncoliected ounts Sovereign Trading sold at publi der at the Hunger the sale to 1 & Cam ember P o' order ¢ oard o CHARLES Secretary N NB North & Seovill B Gas B Machin Machine pfd Niles-Bemt-Po Tud N ek 1tussell Stow & Wi Mg Co Mg Co I Telephone ard Screw Work oy nion Mfg Co STATEMENT 83458 ReEAsERY PR, LAFAYETTE sT. B H 3 5 ? F 3 3 2 | Open 9 to 5:30 7 W ST MAIN STREET o turdays 9 1o 1 T T TR Y s N SO e e TIONS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS — Evershe S0c and up. Wate p Pene man and Wahl Pens, $2.75 and up. Drafting Instruments, $5.50 and up. Drafting Outf plete $12.50, d Oil Paints, 50¢ and up. Water Color ai Typewriters, £10.00 and up. Come in NOW and e your selection ATTHLALATHLALALALALALALALASARANARA SR AR NANANSS NEW BRITAIN TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE ; 9% WEST VAN ST, ’