New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1929, Page 3

O’Brien Impressed of Public Evening School Classes Director Calls Attention to Thirst Which Prompts Workers in Factories. Pupils at the evening schools were lauded for their ambition and per- severance in attending classes after an arduous day’s toil, in the annual report of James E. O'Brien, director of evening schools, which was re- ceived at the school board’s meeting yesterday afternoon. This year's attendance exceeded that of the preceding year by more than 100 per cent; total enroliment of foreign-born adults was 673; six pupils received perfect attendance awards this year who also received the honor last year; four brothers and two sisters won the award as did a widow and mother of nine children. 21 Different Nationalities Another interesting point brought out by Mr. O'Brien was the fact that 21 different nationalities were enrolled in the classes for foreign- born adults, the Poles predominating with the Italians second. Typewriting classes were opencd this year and were very successful A citizenship class for those who ar sceking naturalization was also opened and according to the report, was highly successful. Mr. O'Brien also reports the work done in the Americanization bureau. Both reports, in full follow: “The Evening Schools opened on Beptembe 24 and closed on March 26th, adults were conducted at the Central Junior High, Nathap Hale High and Washington schools on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights during the entire period. *“The total enrollment for classes for foreign-born adults was 673, including 427 men and 246 wo- men. In the continuation or ele- mentary grade classes the total en- rollment was 136. The average at- tendance for the foreign-born ¢ whs 364 and for the elcmentary grade cla 70. “Approximately students in the foreign-born classes attended or more sessions throughout the eve ning school year attended all session: sions of two hours e is a fine achicvement, considercd that the majority of the men and women attending are work- ers in the local factories, many instances, after an arduous day’s tofl, still retained the ambition and perseverance to attend regularly for a perfect attendance record, re- gardless of the many inclement nights during the school year. It a notable fact that this year's per- fect attendance record exceeded that of the preceding year by more than 100 D. A. R. and Legion Awards “As in the past through the good offices of the state department of the D. A. R. beautiful gold pins were awarded to all pupils in the forcgn- 250 when it is who in born classes having a record or per- | fect attendance (as stated for this ear the number was 62.) In addition to receiving these awards from the D. A. R. these pupils also received certificates from the state board of cducation, as well as beautifuily de- signed and appropriate certificates from the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, Eddy Glover Po No. 6. This latter organization presented certificates to all pupi the elementary grades who had a record of perfect attendance, the number in these classes being 10. *“Forty-four pupils, 22 hoys and 22 girls were graduated from the cl mentary grade classes and received diplomas at the graduation exercises held at the Central Junior High school on March 27th, this year by a young man who fir: 'St otal is always a satisfying and inspiring | p ¢ P 3 - | Registration — Beginnings, 319; Dt el s LIS 289; advanced, 63. saw the shores of America only [y " o three years ago, and his . address, | given in perfect more testimonial of the who aspire and desire, “Many interesting incidents d are developed and disclosed the occasion of these annual fa upon awards, which indicate the remark- | able perseverance and thirst for self betterment on the part of many stu- dents. Six students who awards were not strangers happy fecling displayed by ents, for they also received awards last year. There were two instances of man and wife having completed a perfect attendance for the past two years; also two sis- ters and four brothers who attended 150 nights without missing a session. A widow and mother of nine chil- dren, despite the arduous duties at- tendant upon a houschold of this to the recipi- these size, found time to attend regularly | first and sccond papers, 588; miscel- every night. “Begiuning January 1 caus: of insistent demands and in- quirics, typewriting classes were oepned at the Central Junior High school, operating on the same eve- nings as the regular evening schools. Because of an insufficient number of machines, which were inadequate to meet the demands of the many who cnrolled, these classes were operated | in two sections of 1 1-4 hours each |ment of one section. Seventy-one pupils were enrolled, with an average attendan for the 36 sessions held of approxi- | mately 30, | Another feature of evening school instruction was revived this year and proved highly su tion in citizenship, _especially for those who were secKing naturaliza- tion. These classes were very pop- ular and were conducted for two hours, once & w in school. One hundred nine different pupils took advantage of this opportunity to prepare for the duties of citizenship. “Including the typewriting teach- er and the specialist in citizenship and ninety- training, the evening schools en ployed 36 teachers and three prin- cipals. In addition to this force, spe- cialists in supervised games, dances, et were engaged 10 serve every two weeks for the socials conducted dur- for Knowledge | completing 75 nights of (wo} hours each. Classes for foreign-born Junior | the | {American 50 42 s |Armenian 24 19 4 1 0 1 zilian 2 [ |Canadian 14 16 |Costa Rican ...... 2 [ Czecho 0 Danish " “This function | Snglish, gives one | opportuni- ! ties afforded in America for those | received | ssful and much | Wills, sought after, namely special instruc- | tions, h evening |advice by Enthusiasm { i | | JAMES E. O’'BRIEN, school, after the schools were fina ly scitled, pupils graded, etc., were operated as a separaf unit. Or- ganized on a democratic basis for the purpose of giving the pupils real | expression through their duly elected | representatives, each school was op- erated as a self contained, self deter- mining community, with the guid- & and supervision of the princi s and selected teachers. Varied programs were devised and carricd cut at socials every two weckg The programs included supervised danc. ing, supervised games, instrumental and vocal music, community sings, and educational movi Clubs | unique for evening schools miet eve cial night and did some fine work in scarf painting and design- |ing, under the direction of a regular evening school teacher., Nationalities Classified | “Twenty-one different nationali- ties were enrolled in the clusses for forcign-horn and as in previous the Pol lysis of the yea s predominated. An | records show the fol- |lowing data as to nationality, age, and citizenship status of the men and women enrolled. Nationalitic Men Women Tt German B Hungarian . Italian | Lithuanfan orwegian Polish ... Portugues . 0 3 Russian v B 10 19 | Rtussian § 11 19 | Spanish 0 4 Swedish 31 18 12 i t | Citiz Born tive | Alien Declarant Petitioner: | Naturalize nder A 1 to 30 years old. The following is a summary of the attendancs of both foreign-born and elementary grade classes for the evening school Forelgn Born Classes Number of classes—PBeginnings, Intermediate, 14; advanced, 3. Average attendance 3 4. entary Grade Classes VII, 2; Grade VIIL 3. Total Grad | Registration — Grade VIII, | Averag, | nericanization Burcau Americanization serv conducted at Room 107 Central Junior high hool, was operated six days cach week throughout the year. By personal |interviews, letters and telephone, ad- | vice and service is rendered to many | of our foreign as well as native born residents. A summary of the work accomplished for the past year, be- ginning April 1, 1928 and ending | March 21, 1929 is herewith given. | Seeking legal advice, 21; immigra- |tion matters, 45 employment, 140; | financial matters, 16; naturalization, irade VAT 5 Total 136 [ [ bure |laneous, 7. | “Due to curtailment of employ- |ment throughout the city during the ! past year, the office was besieged al- most daily by foreign-born and others seeking aid in securing work. While in manv instances nothing could be defintely accomplished for the applicant, an effort was made in every case to help by personal solicitation on the part of the di- rector. In many instances employ- kind or another was secured. “In the matter of legal advice, cords were not kept of numerous Is by telephone and personal ! calls relative to the workings of the |immigration and naturalization laws. bills of sale, realty transac- mortgage transactions, insur- ance adviee, cases involving delin- quent children of foreign-born par- ents were brought to the attention of the Americanization bureau for and counsel. The recent change in the immigration and naturalization laws, particularly with referenc to Canadians has brought an avalanche of inquiries, day and night, involving many technicalities important to the ap- plicant. The variations in the im- rigration laws applicable to natur- alized Europeans as well as aliens resident here and abroad has not only opencd up a field of work, re- quiring accurate information ing these intervals. Each and evening | knowledge of short cuts to gain th j points desired, but has also trebled the clerical work of the office suf- ficiently burdened with such work. Letters must be written to immigra- tion officials at Washington and practically every port of entry in the country as well as practically every Amerncan consul in Europe and territory contiguous to the United States. Affidavits of all types must be made out properly, these being executed free of charge to the ap- plicant. “Time that should be properly de- voted to promotion work, particuu- larly in the practically unexplored field here in New Britain, of com- munity center work, is now taken up with much clerical work. Plan- | ning and supervising and promoting evening school classes and attend- ance also constitutes a great part of | |the director’s field. This is attend- ed to for the most part at night dur- ing the evening school year. “Respectfully submitted, JAMES E. O'BRIE “Director of Evening Schools.” 170 ENTRIES MADE FOR BABY PARADE Garriages to Appear in K. of C. Procession Monday Night The Knights of Columbus Parents’ Exposition will be prefaced with the first baby carriage parade ever seen in this vicinity, A number of floats are on display in the window of the headquarters at 500 Main stre where they are being built by indus trious boys. One hundred and sev- enty entrics have been made to date, The parade will start Monday night promptly at 0, weather permitting, from the headquarters and march directly to the Stanley Arcna. The parade marshal will be W. D. Massey who will lead the first contingent of 75 men of the color guard. The Y. M. T. A. & B. drum corps will follow, with Boy Scouts, baby carriage floats and a rear guard of members of Knights of Columbus. The public generally will not he admitted until after the parade ha; entered the hall in order to protect the babies in the pageant. All holi- ers of reserved seat tickets will oe admitted at 7:30. Every reserved |seat has been sold for Monday and Saturday nights, The performance Monday evening will start immediately after the pa- rade has entered the Arena with an opening address by Mayor A. M. Paonessa, to be followed by a musi- cal program by John L. Sullivan and his Castle Club orchestra. Award- ing of the prizes in the float divi- sion of the baby pageant and in- troduction of the six winring bab! n the health contest will conclude {the first half of the performance. All health charts have been re ceived from Chicago with their health ratings and no baby in any division has received a rating of 100 per cent perfect, which is nothing unusual as only three babies were found in the entire United Statcs with this high rating, . “Miss New Brital | he standing in the Britain™ contest follows: Ida Ravizza 425,450, Hungerford & Sa Anna Anthony 427,200, Southern New England Telephone Co. Frances Kolode 427,200, Raphael's Dept. Store, Sarah Cro@ 426,450, o Louls Croll Plumbing Co. Helen Lech 426,360, New Britain Polish Baking Co, “Pat” Dashner 425913, Stanley Rule & Level Co, Hulda Knight 425,700, North & Judd. Clara Hindler 425504, Landers, | Frary & Clark. Evelyn Carswell 424,900, Hart & | Cooley Mfg. Co. Sleanor Hayes 424,200, nley Work Bessie Works, Georgiana Cadrain 422,897, Stan- ley Rule & Level Co. Alice Martin 420,150, P. J. Flan- nery Co, Cullinan 423,700, Stanley Aldona Huck 417,335, Boston Stor ‘armela Galati 399.116, Stanley Works. Peggy Baltzer 398.200, City Na- tional Bank JOBS DO NOT EXIST BUT MEN HOLD THEM Kingston, Mass., Elects Men to Take Ci of Stray Stock, Also Two Fence-Viewers Kingston, Mass,, April 13. (®— With all due solemnity the little town of Kingston, Mass., elected a pound keeper and a field driver at its annual March town meeting, al- though the town has not had a pound for 50 years. The duties of the field driver, in former times, was to round up stray animats and take them f{o the pound and otherwise see that the creatures did not cause damag Times have changed so that straw cows, pigs and horses no longer ar.: a cause for concern to Kinstonian Even old-timers have forgotten where the pound was situated. But the election was necessary to com- ply with the law. The town likewise chose two fence-viewers, old-time officials whose duty it was to supervise the erection and maintenance of fences and boundaries. They are seldom called upon to act now. Mail Carrier Survives Three Horses, 17 Autos Providence, R. 1., April 13 (P— Horses, wagons and autos may come and go but Willis . Colwell, rural free delivery carrier for Cumberland Hill, goes on indefinitely. During his 21 years «n his route, the longest in the state, he has bade forewell to three horses,’two wagons and which did their bit in the service. Colwell, alone, has weathered the wear and tear of the years. He still is a hardy specimen, speaks of his work as a “joy ride,” and is proud of the fact that his long record hows only two days’ interruption in service, 17 automobiles, all of | | i ‘ | { of Denmark. ' Miss Trambull fo Take Active ithe diplomats met to discuss her sta- | Creek P | bridle paths about FKIDAY, APKIL 5 D. A R. GETTING READY FOR SESSION Part in Allair Washington, April 13 P—The ac- tion of the diplomatic corps in adopting a provisional arrangement according te Mrs. Edward Everert Gann, sister afd official hostess of Vice President Curtis, the social rank of a vice president's wife has been accepted as a graceful decision. While it applies only to the honors to be shown Mrs. Gann by members of the corps and does not bind oth- er branches of official society in Washington, it is the custom to foi- low where the ambassadors leal and no questions are likely to be raised, Discussion of Mrs. Gann's posi- tion did not begin in the diplomatic corps, but arose first in other branches of official society after the election of Mrs. George H. Moses of New Hampshire, wife of the pres dent pro tem. of the senate, to the presidency of the senate ladic luncheon club, an honor usually a, corded 10 the wife of the vice presi- dent, veral years ago, the club decid- ed not to enlarge or increase its number by admitting the sisters or relatives other than the wivs of senators to membership. At the time, there were a number of charming women at the head of sen- atorial houscholds and acting as of- ficial hostesses, who were not their wives. After the recent clection, Mrs. Gann, who had never been a member, was made an honorary member so that she might, if she wished, attend the luncheons. There has not been a luncheon since that time, While the diplomats were In week and ne paper writers ence on Mrs, Gann’s position, she shrubbery in the charming garden of her home in Cleveland Park ani scemed utterly unmindful of t situation. She is democratic personally looks after ev ry detail of her home, keeping her servants for years at a time, and on the day tus, had arranged with workmen to attend to repairs in the house. While she was in her garden a photographer arrived and she quick- ly engaged him in® picking weeds from the flower beds, training vines and in other useful pursuits, but he | got his picture. At the reception which the vi president and Mrs, Gann held in the Chinese room of the Mayflower in honor of the diplomatic corps there was not the slightest trace of there ever having been a controversy, and it was one «f the most notable of spring social cvents thus far, The first lady of the land finds time for many interesting occasions besides the hospitalities within the White House where there are always guests coming and going. groups of strangers to be received, and the ordering of domestic affairs of the mansion. One afternoon she at- tended the tea given in her honor by the members of the American Association of University Women ut their club house on I street. She is a member of the club and only members were present, but it was a | large and happy affair. Mrs. Hoover wore a velvet gown. quitc simply designed, and a hat with velvet as a trimming. She was very happy and spontaneous in her greetings, and with spring flowers, good conversation and laughter, she ieft the club in radiant mood. William Henry, the uncle of Mrs. Hoover, whose home is at Wahpeton, North Dakota, and her younger sister, Mrs. Jean Henry Large, are both at the White House, Mrs, Large is taller than Mrs. Hoo- ver and has been found to be very happy, cordial and interesting. e | Secretary of State Stimson is de- voting his hours of recreation to horse back riding, generally in Rock | . Sunday he had with him one of his Americal friends and a voung British officer. 1t was obviou: that riding is not a business but a pleasure with Secretary Stimson. Close behind him was Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger, fromer Eleanor Patter- son, one of the most accomplished riders at the capital, Meeting Secre- tary Stimson on the bridle path also were dozens of other well known so- ciety folk, out for a ride. For more than a quarter of a cen- tury—with only a brief break—the most conspicuous figure on the the capital has been Mr. Constantin Brun, minister He has taught such women as the Couatess of Suffolk— Daisy Leiter; Mrs. Colin Campbell, formerly Miss Nancy Leiter; Mrs. B. | umner Welles, formerly Mrs, Peter | oclet Gerry, and before that Miss Mathilde Townsend. | | Washington's strects and avenues are enlivened with hundreds of gaily dressed women wearing their biue ribbon badges and aftired as if for an aiternoon reception as they pass from their hotels to Continental Hall, or visit or go sightseeing. These are he delegates to the congress of ih: tional Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, which begins Monday and will continue for a week, The oustanding so~ial event ir connecticn with the congress wili be the ball to be given at the Willard carly next weak by the arsident general and nationzl board of man- ageraent for the several hund el pages attending the delegates. Miss Florence Trumbull, who witk Miss Bina Day Deneen is personal page to Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, the out- going president general, has asked | her fiance. Mr. John Coolidge, to come on for the ball. All of the state societies, includ- ing Massachusetts. which next week also gives a reception for the Secre- tary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles council at the British embassy last | were | awaiting the result of the confer- |M*Mbers prescnt, it was decided Lo andg | April, 1929. SA'tunvA Y,_At‘mh 13, 1920, ] {LEGION WILL PRESENT REVIVAL OF “PINAFORE” Gilbert and Sullivan Opera to Be Presented With Local Talent at Palace Theat Gilbert opera, “H. presented at April and Sullivan’s famous M. 8. Pinafore” will be the Palace theater on and 24, under the aus- pices of Eddy-Glover post, American Legion. No more popular opera was ever written. The music is widely known and muny old timers are waiting for the chance to witness once again a performance of this opera. Eighteen years have passed since the public of New Britain has had a chance 1o witness “Pinafore.” New Britain's best known singers will appear in the cast and will be a large chorus, A complete scenic production will be given. The opera will be under the direction ot George V. C. Lord of Boston, who is remembercd here for the excellent pertormances of “King Dodo,” “The Gingerbread Man,” “Going Up,” and other amateur productions he has directed. He recently produced “H. M. 8. Pinafore” at Wellesley college with great success. Music will be furnished by an orchestra of 10 pieces of the best trained musicians lin the city. Mrs. Ruth Bennett Li accompamst for the opera and John A. Lindsay is assisting Mr. Lord in directing the choru DEMOCRATIC BOARD BLAMES PAONESSA IN SHARP REBUKF (Continued from First Page) democratic town committee, held ut the democratic headguarters, on April 11th, 1929, with 12 of the 14 take official notice of your rec t | was pruning rose bushes and other |Statements corcerning certain men- | bers of the democratic town commit- tee, which appeared in the Britain papers. on the 10th day of 1929. The action decided upon was to send to you this com- munication in the form of a letter, in order that former expericnces of coloring of newspaper accounts Ly certain newspapermen to our disad- vantage, be avoided. “It was very difficult at first to understand your attitude for many reasons. In the first place, it seemed to the democratic town committee, that the proper place for your state: there | T |ments to Le made was at & town always willing to step aside when | continued Mr. Corbett. “We may committee mecting, and general public. After it recalled by several commiittee that you ny active or the committ not to lne more able members of the purty ex- | not have anything in the fair more had be-n their willingne: 1o become |than 500 feet nigh, but we hope @ 1embers of Ll nmore actively concerned than they |creat a verticality more intriguing v uever taken | have been in the past, than the near by skyscrapers. The consulting interest in | “Sincercly yours. tower of Babel probably did not ex. CXeept just prior 10 “DEMOCRATIC |crved 250 feet but compared with mayoralty clections in which you “TOWN COMMITTEE, |the huts in which people lived then were a candidate, it was readily un- | “T. J. Smith, Chairman. |it was of enormous height.” derstood that you were Lut follow- Each floor of the buildings will be set Lack to provide for streets and sidewalks. Visitors to leave the in your usual custom “It was still dilficult to sce why PLAN FAIRY CITY you should accuse your own house ‘:-::"I‘:jmis must pass through sev- -al {of being in disorder until the con- '“{:F;-re PR, SR clusion was reached that, judgig j ake asy from the conducting of your office, j2or then lo, 2= seeryihing SN in your selecting of officials, and the St Ey ing © overlooked.” re. maraed Corhett. trend of your cfiorts towards the : + lwe are goin; 'e"M 'hthnm.‘ Hea s . e 4 to give them some. employment oL clty, workere, At C{]lo[‘efl L]ghts and no“ng,vhmz absolutely new in archi- would be impossible to determine tecture.” which house you considered your S w’“ Del Y i 3 instances in which the city at large cerned. the weltare of wus in no way cor- : ) ; i City Items Chicago, April 13, (#—An en- chanted fairy city is to rise in Lake onsiderable prominence WiS \ichigan off the shores of Chicago.| Frank Albert Anderson. 42, was given to the fact that you shoull " Volcanoes of light playing on|arrested last night by Detective criticise the town committee for its clouds of gases and vapors—phos- | Sergeant G C. Ellinger on Main {lack ot wiforts, when according 0 yhorescent seas and canals illumi- (Strect for non-support. A Hartford the official check list not all of 1 dsay is the | Everybody’s doing it- he'dlike to see New Britain have ts own public golf course. nated hy submerged colored — building globes officer took him back to Hartford to reach the chgible for trial. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson family menbers of your immic seemings voted on clection day. stars, towei and columns disap- | formerly iived in this city, was explained to the satisfaction of |pearing into’ the heavens—bulldings| Officer 666—clever show. Drama the town committex, by reculling Ui of cclluloid and glass — interiors | Guild actors. Special scenery and fuct that you reside with your fam- of fantastic structures, changing | costumes.—advt, ily in the town of Kast Hampton, colors at the push of a button—| Frank Denunzio, 15, of 421 Car and probably it would be ery in- noiseless clectric launches — moving | bin avenue, caught his left hang i convenient in many ances 1o walks and escalators running |a dough roller at the Quaiity Baking make certain arrangements which from floor to floor. Co. on Lafayette street last night might casily be made did you re- are the suggestions to be and sustained painful injuries for side in New Dritain itted April 29 to the Chicago |which he was treated at New Brit. 'he town committee heartily ecntennial committee their by ain General hospital. agrees With you in your statement architects. | concerning on: of our membe ; H : : Visitors to the 1953 exposition will | Sehoo) John L. Fagan, and entertaing the |5 R o B A e, Move I Frats Banned highest opinion of his loyalty and By New Arkansas Law Little Rock, Ark., April 13 (P—A law just signed by Governor Parnell ing sidewalks will carry them from ability. As a matter of fact, that o 9 ) the street level to the artificial | part of your statement stands forth ! ' strects below like an oasis in a dvseit. Both JONN "y, iy yity of engineers has been |forbidding fraternities, so.orities or Fagan and Frank Zapatka worked called into play to obtain an effect Other secret societies in high schoois diligently and well in the ffth ward | o C caity a certain points with- | OF 5Chools of lower rank, has caused on the last clection day; and their out having the buildings anyway | Stir throughout the state. efforts are deserving great praise W p..p the height of the skyscrapers| The act provides for sus ension or spite of the fact that the ward Was | cornying Chicago's skyline and the | expulsion of any pupil in a school temporarily lost fo the demoeratic 'y, ground of the fair. A series |below the rank of junior college ranks. We rez e that your secm- of islands in Lake Michigan will be ing inconsistercy in advocating for ion onals: chairman of the town committe A permanent fireworks impres- | ternity. member of the ward which was de- oo (G 1 given by shifting colored | AD exception was made for local feated on election day, was not lights, passing over a group of col- |Chapters of national organizations. tually inconsistent for we know of 5" 0onGiicted of celluloid, tiling | SOMe Of the leaders of the societies who is, or is pledged to become, a |member of a secret society or fra. t for the expos Joh ability and nterest 0 yng glass. The columns will appear |52V affiliation with a national organ- the democratic party o niove and their points to reach |123tion Will make them legal. feel that the cause for the fantastic height | poor showing made on electio ighting is one of the most im. | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS was a general lethargy rortant considerations, "Harvey Wi- | of voters which was a ley Corhett of New York, chairman " To4e sult of the crushing of hopes of architactural commission Special Notice which they entertained last fall, and said. he possibilities of artificial A rummage sale will be held at not lack of cffort on the part of t, both day and night, are so|505 Main St. next Tuesday morn. the town committee Ar lysis 7f great they almost scare us.” |ing, April 16, 1923.—advt. the result, us examined by far- | Visitors, moving from building to | sighted politicians, gives ground for building on the noiscless launches, % o great encouragement for the future. will travel between the especially Special Notice Guided by their advice, the town built islands over canals, whose wa-| A dance will be given by the ters will chan boat slips along. Verticality is a committee wil] continue to carry on to the hest of its ability, the con- duct of the democratic affairs being | : color as the silent | Evergreen society, Saturday, April |13, at 0da Fellows' Hall, Arch St relative thing.” | —advt. Have YOU Voted On A Municipal Golt Course For New Britain? telling the Chamber whether or not Cut out the golf ballot below And write us “yes” or “no” and anything else you think about it Do it today! GOLF BALLOT ccretary, New Britain Chamber of Commerce: Here's what I think about a public golf course for New Britain: Francis Adams, are entertaining. ‘ ADDRESS