New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1927, Page 12

HAVE PODR EVES Ouly Few More Than Half Check Normal Vision Only a few more than half of the sersons applying for licenses to op- wrate motqr vehicles in Connecticut have normal vision. A considerable number have been found to be blind in one eye or the other, while sub- normal vision in at least one eye has been discivered in about 45 per sent of the applicants. Five per cent required spectacles to read at all, and about 9 per cent found improved vi- sicn with this artificial aid. These defiiciencies in the vision of applicants have been discovered by state policement who have been giv- Ing “evesight” tests as a part of the regular examination since February 4 From among 29,221 examined 15,361 had “normal” vision, as de- termined by the test. To gain a rat ing of normal the applicant was re- auired to read letters three-eights of an inch high at a distance of 20 feet. With the ald of spectacles 268 others were able to read the let- ters at the required distance Nineteen persons were refused sperators’ licenses because of poor vision. Only two of these returned tor a second. test, which is given w=ithout charge if the application is made to the original examiner with- in 30 days. Second tests were given In 31 other cases and propely ad- Justed spectacles enabled the , appli- sant to pass the test. Restrictions were imposed in 1.- 517 cases when spectacles were re- yuired as an aid to proper vision. On sach operator's license it was noted ‘hat spectacles must be used when- sver that particular driver operated L car A notable discovery resulting from the tests is that a slightly larger percentage of the applicants had poorer vision in the left eye than the right. The applicants are required to submit to a test of each eye sep- arately and of both eyes used to- gether. Ratings for the left eve alone averaged about 5 per cent less than for the right eye. In the 90 cases where absolute blindness in one eye was discovered, 50 of the applicants were blind in the left eye. Several of the appli- cants declared to the examiner that they did not know ‘of the blindness until the tests were given. The passing grade, which is listed as 170, while the normal rating is 20, requires that the applicant be able . to read letters 1 1-4 inches high at a distance of 20 feet. The theory underlying the establishment of the passing grade is that a driver who cannot read such letters at that dis- tance would be unable to distinguish between a child and hydrant at 120 feet, unless the child moved. Many Parties Honor Miss Neri, Bride-to-Be A tea in honor of Miss Eby B. Neri of 71 Robert street was held this afternoon’ at the home of Miss Marle D’Amico of 743 Albany aven- ue. Hartford. Tuesday evening a bridge in her honor was held at the home of Mrs. Nathan Conn of 42 Vance street. In- cluded in the gathering were many out-of town guests. A dinner in her honor was given at the Bond hotel on Wedenesday evening. Miss Nerl will become the bride of Dr. Vincent F. Mendillo on Wednesday, August 17th. She was a teacher at the Monroe school dur- Ing the past year. ! WATER METER INSPECTIONS In compliance with an ordinance requiring that all water meters be in open cellars, the building inspec- tion staff will be called upon to make several hundred inspections and send notices to owners of buildings in which this condition has not been met. The ordinance provides enforcement by the build- ing department. Inspector A. N. Rutherford has been prevented from beginning this work because of the calls for inspections of new construction. Du Pont Polishes SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 Mr. S. A. Fryett, Special Represe:. . of the Du Pont Company, Will Demonstrate NO. 7 DUCO' POLISH NO. 7 NICKEL POLISH NO. 7 AUTO TOP FINISH Mr. Fryett will gladly give you valuable information about the care of DUCO, nickel plating and auto tops BE SURE TO VISIT US SATURDAY, AUGUST 20! The O’Neil Tire & Battery Co. 39 Washington Street NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1927. UTENANT WILLIAMS, NOTED AIR SPEEDER, IS WELL EDUCATED MAN Was Graduated From Fordham, Played With New York | Giants And Joined Naval Reserves In 1917 Lieut. Alford J. Williams |Moffett, chief of Navy Bureau | set of the flier’s flying face. Washington, Aug. 12 (P—Lieu- |tenant Alford J. Williams, for the | moment at least, the navy's most | prominent speed pilot, has been pur- isu!ng law and aviation simultane- oysly for a considerable part of his not very long life. | Williams was born in Bronx coun- |ty, New York, only 33 years ago. | He first acquired an A. B. degree at | Fordham university. Then he joined |the New York Giants and played | with that team t¥o vyears, after | which he entered business. He used | part of his earnings to study law at | Fordham, which he kept up until |the outbreak of the war. | He enrolled in the naval reserve | force in 1917 and went to the ground tschool for aviation at Boston Tech, after which he received flight train- |ing at Bay Shore, Long Island and | Pensacola, winding up as an, instruc- |tor at the Florida field. He came in 1923 to the Anacostia station in the Distric of Columbia, and Rear Admiral William A. of Aeronautics (above) and in- to which he has been attached ever since, going ahead, meanwhile, with his law studies at Georgetown uni- versity, where he received an LL.B He is now a mem- rk state bar. arted racing in 1922, | at Detroit. A year later, in October, | 1923, he won the Pulitzer torphy in | the international races at St. Louis, | establishing a world's record, which | he still holds, of 246.67 miles an hour. for 200 kilometers in a Navy | R2C1 plane v afterwards he met up a record for airplane speed at Mitchell field, Long Island, at 266.6 miles an hour, but that mark has been topped in France with a of 48 miles. Both of those rec ords were established with land-type machines, but Willilams' new sea- plane, with its 1250 horse power mo- tor, is calculated to have a speed | capacity close to 300 miles an hour, despite the handicap of heavy land- ing gear. Williams s A President Lauds Contest Rapid City, 8. D, Aug. 12 (B— President Coolidge has indorsed a nation-wide “audition” contest de- signed to discover American singers “for themselves, for the country, and to raise the standards of radio programs throughout the United States.” In a letter to C. J. Matthews, fleld manager of the Atwater Kent Foun- dation of Philadelphia, yesterday, the executive said: “I think the national radio audi- tion as outlined in your letter a laudable undertaking. It should stimulate interest in the musically inclined youth of our country and offer them opportunity that other- wise would be unlikely. } DON'T MISS THE BIG DEMONSTRATION “To this end I wish it success and of At Our Store New Britain, Conn. am hopeful much good will therefrom."” come GETS INSURANCE PRIZE James B. Parsons, jr. of Britain was awarded first prize in the “Smith month” contest at the |annual outing of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., at the Farmington Country Club, Mr. Par- sons led the Connecticut agency in volume of business ' during the month and received several com- pany trophies. Peter Crona was se- cond, and Fred D. *Hastings ot Plainville was given a special prize. The local agents present were Mr. Parsons, Mr. Crona, Harry E. Par- ker, Howard Y. Stearns, and John | Sloan. New T T TepresoppeyeTepest J- LT I LB L LT L L L LS TS L L L e E RS s Ta T2 L L F e e T T T T T T TS T LI LS L Eh With Local People at Long-Shore Resorts Miss Jessie I. Gilmour, of New Britain is spending a vacation at the Quonochontaug Inn, at Quonochon- taug, R. L Miss Marian Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bennett, winner of the women's foursome and run- ner-up in the championship tourna- ment held at the golf club at Watch Hill recently, who has been visiting in Lenox, Mass., where she has been a popular figure on the links, and at Nemo and La Resista Girdles and Corselettes beautifu] corset cloth. All sizes .. §223233222202925 22352232222 2223222 22224 3% Priced From Very Moderately Stockbridge bas returned to the Hill. Those who have been spending a vacation at Block Island are Miss Sally Madone, Lilllan Madone, Adolph Rapp, Mary C. McEnroe and R. St. Sauvier Oliver, all of New Britain, who are at the Atlantic Inn. Registered at the Ocean View Hotel, Block Island, have been Frank E. Goodwin, Willlam Moore, Laura Dorlet, H. Martin, C. C. Mc- Carthy, and Dr. J. Dobson, of New Britain. At the Adrian Hotel, Mrs. J. A. $5.00 value, well made of $3.50 Advance Showing of Attractive Sullivan, of New Britain, is regis- tered. At the Weekapaug ‘Inn, Weeka- paug, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Felt are registered. Those registered at Cosey Beach | during the first of the month, in-| clude the following from New Brit- ain, at Tougoda Inn, Miss Marie | Jevark and Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayes. Those at Ocean Beach, Conn,, in- clude the following from New Brit- ain, at the Arabella Hotel, Mollie Light, Jeanette Light, John Bonol, Mrs. P. Tierney, William, John and Bernard Tierney. FACTORY TO MUVE New, Haven, Conn.. Aug 12 (P— The Stern-Merrit company. inc., manufacturers of men's neckwear wiil transfer their plan: to this city from New York as soon as the ne- cessary machinery can be set in place at 464-484 Congress avenue according to Frederick H. Wild of this city, treasurer of the concern. The new factory is ' expected to furnish employment to about 250 workers, mostly _women and 100 hands are needed immediately ac- cording to Mr. Wild. Mabrey Hotel, Mrs. H. Rubin, M. Cohen, New Britain. Miss Mary R. Edwards, of New Britain, has been entertaining as guests at her sum- mer home in Mott avenue, Neptune | Park, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Alice Smith, and Mrs. Rose Brophy and family, of New Britain. At the Hotel Griswold, Eastern Point, Mrs. M. N. Judd, of New Britain are among the recent. ar- rivals. For Various - Important Occasions The styles for though not va fall are all ready, al- st in numbers, but they are sufficient to meet the needs of mi- lady’s program for those early fall af- fairs. heautiful satin Very attractively” fashioned in s, satin crepes, flat crepe and georgettes, enormously chic in all the newest autumn colorings, feature trimmings and piece effects. styled in one and two Sizes 16 to 50—1614 to 3015—42L5 to 5214 '10 .$29 Ladies’ Kimonos $2.59 Made of box loom crepes, print- 1 crepes and rayon silk in a beauti- ul selection of colorings and size, very smartly trimmed. Vallles to $5.95 NN loc— Newest Fall Modes Sport Coats Priced in Many Groups from $39 © $69 Of impoited fabrics, mixtures, plaids and camel hair, chicly styled, fur trimmed. : Toga Towel Robes Soft absorbent Turkish towel robes for shore and bath, choice of plain white or colored striped robes for children, men and women. Priced from $2.50 to $4.50. Sat., each . . Dainty hand embroidered linens of dainty lace trim edges or neat hand work embroideries. Doilies, cen- ters, scarfs, ovals, oblongs and napkins. Priced for Saturday . Attractive Basement Specials Complexion Towels Soft absorbent pure white cotton towels, with novelty assorted wide color- ed borders, finished with neat hemstitch, regular 59¢ | valug. Priced for Saturday | each.... Selling Tomorrow Only Novelty Linens 331395 o The Original Price Clearan | | 1250 yards of printed voiles, A. B. C. prints, novel | crepes, 36 inches wide. Gua | tub fast, values to 98c yard clearance price, ardisn e lis for sport wear, 27 Guaranteed tub fast, regula: value. Priced for Satur- day; yarden s inche Novélty Wash i:abrics €@ —Summer Fabrics chiffon Ity silk ranteed . 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Cretonnes End of the season closeouts. special lot, but our regular fine quality materials in bright and conservative patterns. 26 inches wide, special for Saturday, yard Table Stemware cut and green iridescent also solid green and amber optic patterns. lets, high and low Sherbets, cocktails and wines. This is not a 19¢ patterns, Gob. Grass Ru, .6 $2.50 silk . $3.69 Ladies’ Hat Boxes Black enameled cloth, lined with floral cre- tonne, shirred pockets, brass hardware and strong $2.69 Size 18x3 15¢ Grass Rugs gs, odds and ends to close out all fine weaves, all over and plain patterns, | specially marked 36 Size 415xT71) $1.69 Size 6x9 An Outstandfng Sale of Pointex ‘ull Fashioned Silk Hosiery Our Regular $1.65 Quality - For Saturday Only A beautiful semi-chiffon, all silk full fashioned stocking with a 4 inch lisle top in a handsome range of all the newest shades, nude, satin, chateau, chelet, sonata, black white and other smart shades. $1.55 pair Strictly First Quality Hose