New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 16

BOY SCUT COUNGL A1l Offcérs and Committee Mem- b, xcpl On, Rt Alexander H. Scott was re-elected president of the New Britain Boy Scout council aud all other officers and exccutive committee members, with one exception, were again named at the annual meeting of the council held last evening in the State Trad: school gymnasium. The one change in personnel was the appointment of F. Ruymond Gil- patric to fill the place on the ex- ceutive committee left vacant by the vemoval of ¥roderic 1. Fay from the city. The other officers of the coun- il are us follows: first vice-presi- dent, second viee- . Bullen; third vice- " P ; secretary, irickson: treasurer, Judd; corumissioner. ALEXANDER H. SCOTT Charles E. Morgan. The members- at-large of the executive committee are Louis P. Slade, Sherwood Ray- » mond, P. F. King, Morris Saxe, L. A. Sprague, Ralph H. Benson, and F. R. Gilpatrie. Personnel of Council The above named, the chairmen of ail troop committees, and the fol- lowing members from 1927 make up the council: A. N. Abbe, Ernest W. Pelton, George P, Spe J. R. Andrews, F. S. Chamberlain, W. C Hungerford, W. J. Noble, E. W. Pape, Rev. J. E. Klingberg, A. ¥, Corbin, Carl New- man, A, A. Mills, Rev. Lucyan Bo)- nowski, Walter Fletcher, R. A. Cat- lin, Bliss W. Clark, Arthur Ames, | John 8. Black, John W. Lockett, Edward Christ, Rev. Thomas Laden, Dr. Joseph Potts, D. A. A. Ahlquist, Fred Rackliffe, Dwight Skinner, Rabbi Gershon Haddas. Ensign Carl Frederickson. Itev, W, H. Alderson, Hon. John Trumbull, E. M. Harwood, G. B. aylor, lucas, F. M. Holmes, Austin W. Stowell, Harold Howard, Rev. Thom- as Lawlor, Rev. N. R. Gilman, W. B v, Rev. S8amuel Fiske, Walter Bell, C. W. B8tevens, James H.. ‘'oates, Rev. A. A. Ball, George Mc- Cauley, Arthur Fagan, J. E. Stone, Ernest Teich. The nominating committee sisted of George McCauley, l.ucas, and Hardld Shepard. * No Camp Site Yet The campinrg committee rcportea that it had work :d hard and covered several thousands of miles in Con- necticut in search of a camp site to replace the present unsatisfac- tory one at Job's pond, Portland. “We hope soon to have a definite announcement,” the committee stat- ed, “and we bespeak cooperation «n the part of all troop leaders. Un- less this is done we feel that our camping season must be curtailed considerably. “Camp Keemosahbee was con- Aucted for seven weeks from July 2 to August 20, The first two weeks of this period were open to nome seouts, Of the 49 camping days more than half were wet, This in- fluenced the attendance to extent, as at Jeast half a dozen scouts who had enrolled did mot show up. Nostalgia was the cause of two quitting, and we believe the weather had something to do with this. “Our total attendance at camp was 79 different boys with a total scout week unit attendance of 216, Many boys lengthened their and this increasd our weekly age from 2.3 last year to vear. Rix scoutma also attended a weck or more season, “Every ical examination he camp. Upon his was also given weighed in find that 1al of 165 pounds, md 9 showed a one, our baby heasy.we from 221 pounds to con- Noah ind assistants criod of during the camp boy med- ving fr o camp he 1 physical test Upor free and weighing out 52 bovs ¥ ht, dropped N a single lit- ise of sickness voas . Our tic enched canse mp doctor had ver pr except for a fow brii 1nkles I the syting drinking purpes: 1 approval I-our no test, ond cluss ha arded merit ba Lror Ralph Wainwright, Noah | some | {nctea as camp doctor and assistant {camp director: Jaumes Beach acted {as handicraft istructor and assis- | tant water man. A new member en itha staff was E. C, Converst, who had charge of the water and recre- |ational activities. To these men is |1argely due the success of our | camp. | Camp receipts, including an ap- propriatipn of $700, were $2,342.62, |and expenditures were $2,131.03, ef- | fecting & saving of $211.59 on the { pudget. The camping eommmee|Spn'ue. :onsisted of Logan Page, chairman, | Sherwood Raymond, Ralph Wain- wright, P. F. King, Dwight Skinner, ‘und Dr. Joseph Potts. | Soouting Advancement The court of honor committee re- iportfld a gain in the number of boys advancing in rank but a de- | crease in merit badge awards. Tests passed in 1927 were as follows: fen- | derfoot 315, second class 61, first | class 21, merit badges 165, star !rank 7, eagle rank 1, bronze palms | 4. gold palms 2. Firemanship was |again the most popular merit badge and was won by 16 scouts, with 15 winning personal health, 12 public tealth, and 11 swimming. The rare i badges were automobiling, bee keep- {ing, chemistry, craftwork in metal, | electricity, interpreting, leather- working, pathtinding, photography, seamanship, and signaling, only one of each being earned. “The above record shows a gain in tenderfoot, second class, and first class over last year's record. The fact that fewer merit badges were «warded we pelieve is due to the new group of merit badge examiners who are on the job,” says the com- mittee’s report. he board of re- view also held monthly sessions and reviewed scouta in second and first class tests. The following members served on the court of honor dur- ing the past year: Raymond Catlin, | Arthur Ames, Neil McDougal, E. M. | Harwood, Ralph Wainwright, | Charles Morgan, G. B. Taylor, and ’\\'. ‘W.. Bullen.” Commissioners' Report Commissioner Charles E. Morgan ireported a successful season in the council. Extracts from his memo- !randum follow: | “The past season has been a very successful one. The growth in scouts |and troops as set forth in the ex- | ecutive’s report is very gratifying, {and the coming year has already |shown signs of a more healthy in- | crease. | *“The camp of 1927 at Job's pond | was again successful in spite of the fact that the site was unsuitable for a large camp. During the past year [T have made a personal study of | camping, both winter and summer, and have been firmly convinced by that study that the camp site to be of greatest value should be easily | acceseible at all times of the year. T find that the summer camp is not | alone what counts, but that winter ‘camps and week-end camps during | the entire season are becoming more | attractive to scouts and leaders | throughout the country. | “There is a iarge percentage of | our scouts who. find it impoasible | to attend the summer camp, but who would be able to attend week- |end camps and derive great bene. fits therefrom, both in recreation |and in scout work. I feel very keenly the neesd of a new site and consequent expansion of camp pro- gram. “Perhaps our mosat difficult prob- “/lem at present is leadership for our | Catholic troops, and we hope that | the coming year will see the solution thereof. Leaders Biggest Need “Our biggest need as a council |is trained leadership,” the training | committee stated in its report. “One approved certified course | tor leaders was conducted from March 1 to April 30 with ten ses- | signs. The enroliment was 61 men, |of whom 48 attended sessions and 135 qualified for certificates. Prac- tically every man receiving & cer- | tificate is lined up for service. It | takes rank as one of the most suc- cessful training courses ever held in ew Britain, ‘An elementary course for council. Four sessions were held at | the Trade schosl and four sessions in Plainville in the Brook-Barnes Legion post rooms. The enrollment | was 21 men, of whem 19 attended sessions. This ~ourse is preliminary to another approved training courss { which will begin its session in Feb- | ruary.” | The committee members were Rev. J. J. Keane, Dwight Skinner, | and William J. Kelley. Council Membership The council now has 23 with 25 scoutmasters and 21 assis- tants, compared with 18 scoutmas- ters and 15 assistants for 20 troops | last year, while the number of scours las increased from 468 to 2. New troops have been organized at the Memorial church, ¥. M. C . Nathar Hal= Junior High school, Emmanuel Gospel church, and hurch of Our Saviour and Bro Jarnes post rooms in Plainville, It | ix expected that New Britain - will have 30 troops by the end of 1928, The troop organization reported the loss of seven masters and scven assistants but said that 16 new scoutmasters and stants had been commissioned, This committer consisted of John. S Bl Arthur Fagan, J. E. Stone Ernest Teich Chvie Service umerous community good turns - reported by the civic mittee as follows “We are hampered in compiling is vecord of Community Good Turns Troop Good Turns he Troop leaders have nof mada matic reparts to the conncil. W slad to liet the followi s ters placed in 300 stores 3 ecouts. American Education post lso distributed re ral the dis- the scom- nd serviee and were windows by s hundred wir for Communicy ¢ tributed b week of 11 | wers to During uniformed s Irive reminder on cars. Scouts aseisted in 1 ind y 20 1ri seouts sssigmed plac sco “Mor ers took iz than 100 part in th Indicidual scouts parac wr the court of honar ynd 1 ch 1 1 at lve and w Britatn tord-Ne new | leaders was also conducted by the troops | committee | Rea | Chi party asd 1 acouly at the Newingtom home. Baskets were made‘up distribue ted by Troops's an Thanks- stying. Troops 3, ¢ ¥ oentribu- ted to the last Red Cross fund. We also note that seven troops are listed among contributors to the Com- munity chest. “Members of the civic service committee were Louis P. Slade, chairnfan; Morris Saxe, and Leon A. Financial Report The treasurer’s report showed ex- penditures of $6,025.36 and receipts of $6,052.81 during the year, leav- |ins & bank balance of $27.45. A Te- port was also submitted by the edu- cational publicity committee, which consisted of Ralph H. Benson, Jo- seph Roche, Edward Williametz, E. R. Dechant, and Bernard Kranowits, Scout Executive Oscar A. Egickson made a brief and tabloid report on the councll’s activities during . the year. = WILLIAN DUPONT EXPIRES SUDDENLY Wealthy Chemical Manufacturer Dies Reading Paper Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 21 (UP)— The body of Willlam Du Pont, mil- lionaire industrialist of Wilmington, Del,, was to be shipped to his home today for burial. Du Pont died here yesterday from a heart allment, He had been {ll for two weeks. . Brunswick, Ga.,, Jan. 21 (P— Collapsing while reading & newspa- per in his winler home near here, Willlam Du Point, millionat chemical manufacturer of Wilming- ton, Del,, and long an associate in the powder producipg company learing his family name, died sud- denly yesterday of heart disease. He was in his geventy-third year. With him were his daughters, Mrs, T. H. Somerville of Wilming- ton; Mr. Somerville, Dr. E. J. Ryan of Philadelphia, his personal physi- cian, his eecretary and a nurse. The collapse came unexpectedly while he was surrounded by mem- bers of his household in the draw- ing room just before luncheon, Dr. al conversation Pont participated with his usual lively interest and he had picked up a newspaper when the physician was called from the room. Just as Dr. Ryan reached the hall, it was said, the aged capitalist slumped in his chair without speak- ing and was dead when the phy- cian hurried back, summoned by the cries of the nurse. On Annual Visite Mr. Du Pont caine here about two weeks ago on the annual visit it had been his custom to make for 15 poor health for some time, he was s0ld by Dr. Ryan to have improved greatly since coming South. Since his arrival this winter, Mr. | Du Pont had been taking long mo- | tor rides daily over roads near his | estate, Hopeton, and he had been in excellent spirits throughout his |visit. The estate, which includes a |large game preserve, was converted | from a plantation on the Altamah | river, some 12 miles from here, was ought 15 years ago. | Legal Notice TOWN OF' NEWINGTON The Board of Relief of the town of Newington will meet at the Town | Hall February 1st, 7th, 14th and 218t {from 7 to 9 p. m., to hear appeals |trom the doings of the Board of As- |sessors of sald town. GEORGE HOLT, N. C. AVER . H. COGSWELL, Board of Relief. . Te Ryan said. There had been a gener- | in which Mr. Du| vears, and although he had been in | 'POLLY AND HER PALS ] 5 {CONTAGIOUS, } DOCTOR ¥ convention of the National Wool Growers' assoclation. Portland, Ore, — Adam and Eve im divorced. In bappy days Mr. |and Mra. Lowell E. Dunn lived deep |in the woods for nine days with no shelter or food except what nature provided. London — There are three or four million slaves left in the world to be freed 1f Lady Kathleen Bimon is in- formed correctly. These are in Abyssinia and China, she said in a plea at a showing of the film, “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” New York — Co-eds at Columbla are rebelling against the fad of Dutch treats prevalent there, Nine of them have formed a club on the fundamental principle that co-ed's purse shall remain closed when she is in a man's company. New York — Two daughters of President Calles are to fly hence next week to the Havana confer- ence, Brockton, Mass. — Edgard B. Davis has boyght a bank in order that J. Joseph Cooper, a boyhood chum, with whom he used to play basketball, may be president. Davis, Texas oil magnate, has spent thou ands on & Broadway play dealing with reincarnation, admission to which is free. He extended finan- cial aid to his friend Frank A. Seib- erting, tire manufacturer, when the need was great. New York — Sir Thomas Law- rence's portrait of Lady Mostyn, |painted about 1800, has brought /465,000 in a sale by dealers to a private collector. Harrisburgh, Pa. — For some | reason or other ten applications have !been made this week for the job of |state executioner. There is no va- cancy. The job is held by the exe- |cutioner of Mrs. Snyder and Gray. ‘Washington — The mail was con- | sidered too risky for the barograph that Lindy used in his Paris flight. So it came via the Paris emba to the state department for deliver to the National Acronautical asso- +ciation, Bridgeport—James Musante, 79 founder of large wholesale produce: | | chain in New' England, dies at his | home here. Waterbury—Contradiction given story of Leo Laurito as to his ac- +tions on December 19, by two gar- age employes. Laurito on trial ere for attempted murder of Alex- | under De Nicola. Testimony repre- | sented part of state's attempt to break down Laurito's alibi. Wotherstield—J. 8tanley Welles, captain of Wethersfield fire com- hospital after being struck by an au- tomobile while he was waiting to jump on an approaching fire i truck. Meriden—Although has developed vaccination clinfes | 8,000 school children were *scratch- ed.” Workers at manufacturing plants also vaccinated. A FEW DAYS! | pany number 2, died in the Hartford | no smallpox | have been opcned and more than by a constable in mistake for one of thres men who had robbed a local bank of $10,000, Sidney Yarmul, a hat factory worker, died today. Popalar Students Are Officers SMITH WILL'NOT - of High School Mid-Year Class Next Friday evening a large mid- year class will be given diplomas for completion of three years of work in the Senlor High achool ‘the procession will be the following ofticers: Fred A. Zehrer, presi- dent; Helen Erickson, vice-preai- dent; Giennie Peterson, g and Alden Hewett, treasurer, Yarmul and Michael Resnick, o | follow. worker, were out for their midday lunch when they were stopped by police who were scouring the city in an automobile in search of the bank bandits. Constable Bolduc sald he fired at Yarmul when the latter lowered his hands and placed one of them in his pocket as though he were reaching for a revolver. The constable as- serted he almed at Yarmul's feet, but the bullet struck him in the groin. The two men had been identified as the bank bandits by Armand Robillard, manager of the branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale, who was with the police in the au- tomoblle. The police later, how- ever, released Resnick and an- nounced they were convinced neither of the men was concerned in the holdup. No Trace of Fliers With Coolidge Photos Washington, Jan. 21 (UP)—Word was still lacking today as to the fate, of Pilot Ted Moseley and a me- chanic who left Florida Monday for New York in a plane carrying news veel pictures, The coast guard recelved no word from its boats which wsearched the middle Atlantic coast for the fliers. Army airmen at Langley Field, Va., who joined the hunt yesterday, re- ported no success. | Edward F. Schlee and William §. Brock, famous Detroit aviators, flew here last night from Charleston, §. C. They said they had followed the coast in a vain search for Moseley | | and his companion. They expressed fear the two men may have met death in Chesapeake Bay. They were last seen over Dam Neck, Va., late Monday, SOCIOLOGY CLUB OFFICERS | At a recent mecting of the So- | clology club at the Y. W. C. A. the |following officers were elected: | | President, Dorothy Wesker; vice- | president, Gertrude Lieber; secre- tary and treasurer, Viola Larson. The meetings of the club will be held the first and third Tuesdays of each month and the first monthly trip will be held February 4. | The members of the club plan to| I visit the Visiting Nurse association, Tioys' club, town farm, Fresh Air camp, Newington Home #or Crippled | Children, School for Blind in Hart- ford, School for the Deaf in West Hartford, House of the Good Shep- herd, Cheshire Reformatory, state prison, State Hospital for the Insane, {Middletown and the Children’s Home. | The membership of the club s | open to any girls outside of the Y. | W. C. A. who may be interested in | soclal work. The excursions are open to all members and their | | friends, | : Bell-rgers at Heptonstall church. | near Halifax, rang a record peal of | | “Oxford Treble Bob Major.” involy- ing 17.824 clangs in ten hours and | fifty-ono minutes, Merely Margy, An Awfully Sweet Girl = THE DELEGATION ™M NOT SURE YET suT 75 JUST AS WELL IF WE KEEP HIM ISOLATED ForR | ment ~—Photo by Johnson & Peterson FRED A. ZEHRER Presigent Zehrer has held office in his class the greater part of the time he has been in the Senior High school, and has been active in athletics, having won three letters a year for threc years, Last week he was award the Willlam F. Burns Memori trophy for excellence in athietics, studles, and character. He {8 the son of Mrs. Augusta Zehrer of Trin- Pplace in the esteem of the pupils and faculty, Last year, a committee of faculty and pupils of the 1927 mid- year class elected her one of the | two marshals at the graduation. Miss Peterson has been in the leading ranks of scholars through- out her Benior High school career. She won many friends by her loyal GLENNIE PETERSON Secretary work in the interest of the class and was rewarded by her election as secretary. S8he is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peterson of 224 Rentschler street. ity street, and is a member of Alpha | Iota Epsilon fraternity. HELEN ERICKSON Vice-President Miss kson 18 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Erickson of 18 Hart street. She has held a high Police Take Precaution “ To Protect C unfavorable demonstrations were expected, a heavy police guard was called out today to protect Willlam Cosgrave, first president of the Irish Free State when he arrives. Partisans of both the Irish repub- lican and Irish Free State move- predicted Cosgrave's visit would be free from disorder, How- cever, police prepared to guard Cos- grave's every movement during the day. He is to attend several meet- ings and to decorate the monuments of 8heridan and Grant. In the offices of the Trish repub- lican movement were stacks of osgrave ' Chicago, Jan. 21 (UP)—While no | ALDEN HEWETT Treasurer Alden Hewett Is also an athlete at the school. He played on the bas- ketball squad last year and this year, and was also a substitute mem- ber of the football squad. He spends much time on his greatest hobby, golf. He is a member of the Delta XI fraternity and is the son of Fred | M. Hewett of 49 Walnut street, { pamphlets, which were to be au-f tributed. They charge Cosgrave * a traitor to Irish independence” and | that he is “under the thumb of British royalty.” W. P. Lyndon, edi- tor of the Irish republic, said op- | ponents of Cosgrave had been cau- tioned to refrain from disorder. PLAN POLISH CLUBHOUSE | Plans for a club house similar to | that owned by the ¥. M. T. A. & 8, society, will be discussed by rep- | resentatives of Polish clubs at a | meeting in Falcon hall on Beavep street tomorrow afternoon. The session which has been called by the | Falcon and Polish Political clubs, FORCE THE FGHT Plans to Take Time in Sesate Battle Dwight, Ill, Jan. 31 UM—Frank L. Smith is going to take his “@me about planning action to gaih the seat in the United States senate which that body was denied-him. “There’s no great rush,” he said upon his return from Chicago con- ferences with Gov. Small, Mayor Thompson and other republican | party leaders, “and there's nothing to say for publication now.” Smith’s friends seemed to be agreed that the Dwight banker would fight for his senate seat, if it took the entire six-year-term to { Which he was elected. Small’s Stand Governor 8mall in his statement yesterday made it clear that the state of Illinois regards Smith as having been legally chosen, and that he would take no steps either to make Smith an appointive senator or 1o make other moves to give the state the two senate representatives to which it is entitled. For him to appoint the Dwight man to the senate, the governor believes, would be in effect an ac-. knowledgment of the senate’ right in refusing to accept the origi- nal certificate of election. This attempt of the United States senate to declare a vacancy in the consti- tutional representation of Illinois in {the United States senate,” he said, I“is wholly unwarranted, in my | judgment, and constitutes a danger- ous attempt to nullify the rights of a sovereign state and the peeple | thereof,” Aside from the statement by Goy- ernor Small, there has been no com- ment from the principals involved— Smith, party leaders or Samuel In. sull, utilities head, whose contribu- ;uons to the Smith campaign fund started the investigation which end- ed in the senate’s “thumbs down" vote. City Items, Dubowy Brothers complained to the police last evening that children ihave stolen lumber and damaged five houses owned by them at 27 to 331 Hurlburt strect. The ma- Jority of the houses are unoccupied, New lunch specials at Crowell's. —advt, Elmer Holmes of 12 Maple street | was arrested by Officer W. P. 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