New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1925, Page 15

Supervisor Of Nutrition For |* “ Schools Beginning Next Fall kpenses to Be Paid by ed Cross to Bring New Britain Up Nearer Na- tional Standard. A supervisor of nutrition, provid- 2d by and at the expense of the [American Red Cro will be em- ployed in the local publie schools next year, it was voted by the school pourd yesterday afternoon, the mat- ler being referred to the health ind sanitation committee with pow- r to act. A nation-wide health urvey made a ycar ago with the urpose of preventing discase, howed New Britaln to be near the | bottom of the list except in regard o vaccination, and this is thought o be the rcason why this city was elected as one of those in which p nutrition expert was to be placed. he will be employed without ex- pense to the school department, but inder its control as a regular mem- per of the instruction staff, and will Bive instruction to teaclfers and pu- pils in regard to nutrition matters, upplementing the work of school physiclans, dental hyglenists, and physical education directors. Her will begin work next September. Classes on School Roofs Open-air facilities on the roofs of he elementary school buildings will probably be provided in the future, s it was voted by the board to have he school accommodations commit- fee consider this matter. President P, I. King suggested this as a eans of relieving congestion in the presciit open air school and of al- owing pupils to attend outdoor plasses nearer home instead of going 0 a central point. At present, all uch classes are held at the Walnut ill school, with 75 pupils in at- endance, but the capacity ‘there as been reached and there is a ong waiting list, Superintendent tanley H. Holmes reported. In- smuch as the new school buildings re all flat-roofed, he thought that he installation of two ample stair- | favs would be all that would & eded to provide for these clas he school departinent is now Panstructing an addition fo the tanley school, has the plans for vew Fast Side school, and is about a open a competition for the de- igning of a mew Lincoln school. Ir. Holmes said that the proposcd Fhanges could be made in the plans or all of these buildings. Joseph M. Failoran, ¢ e committee on school ac ations recommended on tompetition for the des coln schoo) and pproved, With the increa acilities provided i1 the Stanle: Ancoln, and- Fast Side schaols, the epartment will be in a position to elleve :thé present congestion, for e erowded conditions in the Mon- roe district can be femporarily based by sending children fn that rman of ommo- rchiteet's of the this wa v v e | Write a For This Picture e " | Holmes brought the matter to the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, Monday 1025 morning, November 30, ristmas recess, from riday night, December 18, 1925, to Mon- day morning, January 4, 1926, Easter recess, from Friday night, April 1, 1926, to Tuesday morning, April 13, | | Holidays in term time, convention day In October; Washington's birth- | day, February 22; Memorial day, | May 80, The contrict for sanitation im- | provements at the Flm streat school was awarded to Willlam . Allen, whose bid of $1,276 was the lowest | of the five submitted, Henry T. Burr, who recommended this action on behalf of the finance committee, rald that the work was necessary, as | it had been let go too long and & curt letter had beén recelved from the plumbing inspector, The other bids were as follows: Hayes Con- struction Co., $1,440; A, D, Clifford, |$1,447; 1. Wexler, $1,560; . P.| district to the new Lincoln school. A tract of land, money for which has been provided, is now being sought in the Monroe district. Instructor Is ‘Suspended The fact that Henry C. Dumont, | instructor in woodworking in the Junior high school shops, had been suspended on March 9 was made known to the board by E. M. Pratt, who reported for the teachers' committee. Mr, Dumont had been | here since September, Superintend- ent Holmes said, but, despite re- peated warnings, had falled to sup- | ply the state with the necessary in- formation and had not qualified for {a teacher's cortificate. Because of ||t oot oay the employment of an unapproved | [ LD 9 | inetractor, the local department had | The finance committee was au- | not Teceived its state’grant of $40,. |thorised to pay bills amounting to | 000, but the money has been paid ’“v‘}”“- “‘Jll'}" "'«25'3?",'",‘3“,?.; Mr. Dumont’s suspension. | {NE bills totalling $603.562 in orc to secure dlscount was approved. | since The board approved the committee's | | action. ‘ The schoo! accommaodations com- No Contribution to Memorial | Mittee reported on the bids re-/ A request that Jocal schoolchildren | ceived on 1,050 seats for the audi- | be attewed to contribute toward a |toriums in the Osgood Hill, Smali | national navy and marine memorial | and Stanley schools, McKay & Wal- |at the mouth of the Potomac river |!in, B. C. Porter Sons, and the J. M. /a8 tabled to awalt developments, | Curtin Co, submitted bids, and the he taking of subscriptions is |contract was given to the last namod |against the rules of the board, but | for Mahoney type chairs at $3.85 | exceptions were made recently in be- | aplece. [ half of the Near Last Relfef and the 1,080 With [ preservation of Jefferson’s home, | Mrs, Iffle G. Kimball, chalrman | Monticello, and Superintendent | of the health and sanitation com- | mittee, reported that sight tests without ' had been given to 10,654 puplls, with the result that 1,080 had heen found | "Mrs. Effie G. Kimball was skepti- | to suffer from defectivasvision, while cal and opposed the plan, saying |41 were cross-eyed and * 26 had |that there were enough monunients | discased eyes or lids, {Veing erceted in and around Wash- |ington. President King said the | project seemed a worthy one and | was endorsed by many prominent { people, but he thought it best to de- lay action until the action of other ‘Alllfls was known. | Increase In Holmes' Salary Superintendent Holmes was unani- mously reelected for another three- r term at an annual v of ,500, an increase of $500; this is [ the highest now being pald to a city official. Mr. Holmes has held |the ofice of superintendent ever since that position ablished in 1906, Defective Vision |attention of the recommendation. board The schedule for the senior high school baseball team, calling for 18 | games, was adopted. The schedule is printed on the sporting page, The finance committee was em powered to act ag a salary commit- [tea and confer with the teachers' commliitee In regard fo the salarles of the teachers next year. Those present at the meeting were President P. F, King, Secretary . M. Pratt. William J. Kerin, Henry T. Bure, Joseph M. Halloran, Mrs, Nffie G, Kimball, Mrs. Laura P. s | Mangan. and Superintendent Stanley . Tolmes Y. W.C. A NOTES) The Y. W. C. A and gym reopen tonight after a week's holiday. The most popular spring term begins this weeks with the new swimming classes for which registrations should now be made. Many have been received already. Milder weather brings a lavger pool attendance and many girls will now | learn to swim in preparation for the summer's vacation A new term of eight weeks begins on Wednesday of this weck at the | Y pool. € Wednesday and uL, classes for women. Wednesday, 6:30-7:00 p. m., pri- 7:00-7:30 p. m., private . m., class for be- p. m., class for 0:00 p. m., class 1 Cross life saving, Friday, 00 p. m., diving and advanced strokes: 30 p. m., class for intermedis S . 8:00-8:30 p. m., class for interme- | diate §:30-9:00 p. m, class School Calen, The Easter recess in the schools will be asweek Jater next vear than has been the custom, the change be- ing proposed by Mrs. Laura P. Mangan. Mrs. ) an argued that the vacation came during holy week under the present scheme, thus de- priving two-thirds of the teachers of entertainment and allowing them to return to school rested bodily but still mentally stale. The school term is divided into periods of five weeks. and Mrs, Mangan pointed out that one of these is now split by the Baster recess and would he intact if {the vacation were mude a week later, Her suggestion was approved and [the following calendar for 1925-1926 ted hoo's open, Monday, September 7. 1925, and c I . Jun 1926 2 Thanksgivin, from Wed- nesday noon, November 25, 1923, to . swimming pool private scniors: and Plunges, Inesday 2:00- Friday, Tuesda Thursday 5:200:00 p. m 7:00-9:00 p. m. For a Quick Plunges, Saturd Tes- sons in st nd diving: 10:00- m., Red Cross life saving plunges, 10:30-11:00 a. m.; ay. 4:00 p. m. he health class will be held as 4 usual tonight at 7:30 p. m. Chil- dren's dancing classes will be held on Saturday morning as usual WIFE OF VIGTI 1S 70 TESTIFY Will Take Stand Against Shel- Tey in Tennessee Case Knoxville, Tenn., ~Hear- ty grand jury to determine whether it will retur an indictment against Willlam 8 T harging witl criminal ass aking. was hegun at Maryville. 1t tood that Mrs. Laura Poe, im of ihe assanlt in De- 924, and widowed by a bul- narauder’s pistol as I April 14 Used Car Sale Would you like to practice a little in selling an auto- '’ ried fo7preventiih mobile by advertisin your own to sell. Try your Write.a want ad to help this man sell his car. Some day you may have one of e principal witn will hand at it now. If your ad is the best received by the Herald you will win $10.00 in gold. Turn now to the classified section of this paper. Study the ads there to see just what points the best ones con- tain. Then get a pencil and paper and write the best ad vou can devise to help this man sell his used car. tudent county o Your fice rt zed assault ad must not contain more than fifty words and must be th © I He has mailed so that it will reach the paper before midnight Saturday. Write your full name, addr at the top of the sheet. Herald. Eleven prizes are offered; the first is $10.00; each of the next ten is a pair of theater tickets to the Palacc 2 theater. Write your ad now. You may win the $10.00. Send in as many ads as you like. Address your letter, “Write a Want Ad” Contest, care ; - ‘. xis! 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CHASTAIN TAKEN IN' HIGH WINDS LIKE Hess ON OLD WARRANT ~ CYCLONE IN WEST § Issued in 1924, Served on Chap- man Witness Last Night Indiana and Parts of Michigan Feel Big Gale senton Harbor, Mich., April 14.— A high wind and e storm ac- anled by a heavy downpour of caused two deaths, wrecked a Lyle | pa completed factory building, an apped off numerous telephone poles in Berrien county last night. men wer killed when they came in contact with & high tension wire that had been blown down, Indianapolls, April 14—A wind- r that almost attained the pro- ado, hopp bout na last night, leaving in ke damaked homes, uprooted and levelled power and com- nication lines. Apparently entering the west, the storm ivan in the southwes tion only a few miles north of the itory hit by last month's disas- ado, then moved north- tracing a path through Tndian- Kokomo, South jend and veering castward to Tort The New York dealt a heavy blow to the hopes of Gerald Chapman in a new trial, if one Is when they arrested police com rain granted, Chastain, chief alibi witness at the murder trial, last night on an old bench warrant charging extortion. Chastain was arrested as he was leaving the office of Judge Ireder- Groehl, senfor counsel for Chapman, with whom he had been engaged in conferen The warrant on which Chastain was arrested was dated August 21, 1021, and was Issued on complaint of an Insurance broker, who alleg- ed that Chastain, had obtained $70 nd demanded $50 a week for life under a threat to expose him to the police, friends and relatives. Just what effect the arrest of Chastain would have on his testi- mony in another trial of Chapman, | or whether he will be available if such a trial is held could not be learned. In his testimony at the Chapman trial, Chastain admitted that he had served a term in the Atlanta penitentiary and had been a convict nurse in the ward Chap- man was confined in at the time of his escape. The defense banked heavily on the testimony of Chastain, the alibi claimed by Chapman being based on his story. Chastain testified that he met the fugitive on the night of October 11 between § and 9 o'clock and after going to his stationery .yl veurs, He was ed store on Albany avenue for a short AL achosis anlll sradinted ftrom time, spent the rest of the night un- | yale. He has been active in poli- til 2 o'clock the mrorning of Octo- | {ies and at the last city election ber 12 at the “Wildey club.”" TN0 | came within 79 votcs of being elect- other witnesses testified that they oq mayor of the city had seen Chapman in the Chastain e §s well known throughout the store with the proprietor hetween 'goioin 1 $ and 9 o'clock the night of Octo- | pieted rm as District Deputy Grand ted Ruler for the Conn- ccticut district east. He was the os lted ruler of the Bristol New York, April 14, who® was Gerald chief alibi witness at his recent trial for murder was held in §1,000 bail today for trial on a c o of tempted extortion. I last nig! o Irederick J. Groehl, Chapn chief counsel, représented €1 s in court today and denounc s Michacl and arrest as unwarranted. Chastain at the Lewis and I arrested on an indictment found 'ton strects and another lot at against him in 1921 on complaint 'corner of Lewis and Concord streets. of Albert Best, an insurance broker, | Gustavus I Davis has sold to that he had attempted to compel |Millicent P, Hull four tracks of land him to pay $30 weekly for life to nts strect comprising 8 withhold information Chastain |acres, 9 acres, 13 acres and 13 acres claimed to possess. Chastain in the federal peni- tentiary at Atlanta with Chapmar and nursed him in the prison firmary a short time before the mail landit’s sensafional escape. He tes- | American tified at the murder trial that Chap- Victor 'y, & pa man had been his companion in a | Stevens Drooklyn speakeasy until the morning of last October 1 hours before Patrolm slain in New Britain, © for Skelly’s murder that vas convicted hanged June Two trous tor west bolis, tinally Wayne, No fatalities or re veported but t BRISTOL NEWS (Coninued from Page Scven) iries al dam- serious ir aper man in this city for sev- tain, is also probation offi- iate of the ools and has heen connected Bristol Pre Publishing : past several years. perty Transfers Donovan has sold to Augusta Killian a lot local scl the for 1 was arrested corner of xing- s sold Hull ) mington ave- Millicent P. Hull Trust Co. Ny o The ORIGINAL ; + Malted Milk: 4 ) % “and Diet | ForInfants, Invaiids, ; &% The Aged — Digestible—No Cooking. WATERBURY CATCHER SOLD Waterbury, April 14.—The Wat jury Eastern league club today an- nounced of Catcher T atterson to the Worcester club of | league. the sale the same Get back that lost weight! First Bottle Brought Improvement “Pains in my side and back caused me lots of trouble day and night. 1 could hardly walk my beat. Tanlac fixed me up quick. I noticed the : Jar sanil improvement after the first ve written us glowing bottle.”” Patrolman Wm. J. 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Value $1.65 to $2.00 ) . Women’s Hosiery Of pure silk and ra graduated circular Were $1.50 a pair Children’s Socks Of colored mercer rayon striped tops. ron, light and med ium colored grounds with contrasting stripes. d lisle with contra sting 29c¢ irrvegulars. Children’s Hose With self turn over tops « of black and Values 35¢ and Children’s Sport Of mereerized cotton, 1 in various Value 50c and 6:5¢ Men’s Silk Hose Pure th 18¢, 3 50c ead, broken lines SOMi¢ S0e Hose oy 1 Tane urn over toj ese are 3 e 61700 1 color read si dar colors. A Men’s Fiber Hose special Men’s Fiber Plated In plain and drop stitc and colors. itv. Price v d effects ertisea Men’s Silk Hose Men's pure silk hose 21.00 black onl I 11, 111 onl grade. Sizes 101 Hosiery Sale—Street Floor