New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1929, Page 2

SPELLING CONTEST PLANS CONPLETED Spellers Get Final Instrections Belore Contest Tuesday Evening Final arrangements for the Her- .ald’s fourth annual spelling bee shave been completed. With but a few minor details to look after, everything is in readi- “Ness for the contest which will select the best speller “n the city for 1929, - .The last spetler has been selected and photographed, and the ‘ast group of photographes is published today. The judges have been selected and “the pronouncer already is selecting | —Ploto by Johnson & Peterson ROSE ZEVIN, Contral Junior High School. *his word list. Their names will be .announced tomorrow. #' The £pelling bee will take place “n the Central Junior High school ,pudltonum next Tuesday evening at +2:30 o'clock. ' The program will start with a half ‘Nour's concert by P ! —TPhoto by Johnson & Peterss . KATHERINE DPA( * Contral Junfor High School. Jite and arum corpa. ® At 7 o'clock Tuesday pelling bee editor for final instruc. fons and discussion of rules. The discussion will tuke place in the au jlorium. Parents, friends or teach- rs Whe accompany the spellers will &ot be permitted to participate m END fllat CORN 512 MAIN ST. OPEN EVENINGS TO 71:30 Men’s and Young Men’s *1 WITH 2 Men’s and Young Men’s . SUITS 22 and 432 Men’s and Young Men’s BLUE SERGE SUITS 324.95 the Boys' Club | evening @pellers will be required to meet the the discussion. Doors open at 7 o'clock. All seats on the main floor of the auditorium are reserved. There are about 250 seats in the balcony which are not reserved. Ushers will be at the door to take tickets and aid in assisting members of the audience in finding seats. All spellers who have not yet in- spected the Herald plant, and who desire to do so, will meet the spell- Ing bee editor at.the Herald office at 11:30 o'clock Saturday forenoon. Oscar Johnson of the photograph- ic firm of Johnson & Peteraon today notified the spelling bee editor that he would follow his usual custem of presenting a mounted photograph to cach speller on the evening of the contest. 1t is planned to publish the rules of the contest Saturday. If spellers have any questions upon which they desire an advance ruling, if they ae | submitted in writing before ¢ o'clock tomorrow afternoon they will be an- | swered in the rules. Saturday' will be the ques- tion and'answer story. If there are any other questions in connection with the contest, they will be aswer- ed Saturday 1t possible. The last group of aspellers comes from the Central Junior High school. The group includes: | Alda Placassky | Alda is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Anthony Ptacasmsky of 55 Collins —Photo by Jehneon & Peterson ALDA PTACANSKY, Central Junior High School. | street. She says she is very opti- mistic about the result of the apell- ing bee and will do her share for the honor of the (entral Junier High school. Alda is the youngest speller of the entire 27 contestants. 8he is but 11 years old Katherine Page Katherine iives with her folks at § Trumbull street. 8he is a daugh- ter of Mr., and Mrs. Logan E. Page. Her father ias vice president and secretary of the Hart and Hutchison |Co. Bhe is a granddaughter o | Abraham Buol, founder of the Buol w\ln(‘hlne Works. 8he is 12 years nld ‘ Rose Zevin ‘r) Zenobia, the names of hoys run' |court of the bosrd of trade. resum- |carried a cargo similar to that of the wlmha\lour in bad weather, 8he listed (hension for the vessel's safety or sea |worthiness on these voyages. |degree list to starboard which he at- | filled. |been a lifeboat |¥one well. There were notices in the From Raymaid Augustyn to Har. | [ all the ‘way *hrough the alphabet. With the girls, there are none in the contest whose names begin with A, but Rose Zevin says she dossn't mind being among the ¥'s, just as long as it is Zevin and not Xero. Rose s the daughter of Mrs. Celia Zevin and she lives at 359 West Main street, She is 12 years old. SAYS YIND GAUSED VESTRIS TOLIST Ghiel Officer of Il-Fated Liner Belore Court Today London, May 2 (M—The inquiry ing. its investigation in the sink- ing of the tseamship Vestris today, heard the testimony of ¥. W. John- | son, its chief officer on the fatal voy- age. Johnson said he was the senior surviving officer and had made two rounds on the Vestris before her final trip. On both of which the ship last boyage, He asserted the ship was good in (very easily in a strong wind. but en Ineither of the earlier voyages had {there been anything resembling & {permanent list. He had no appre- Sometimes in the morning, he re- marked, the vessel would have a six tributed to the swimming tank being Johnson said there would have drill on Monday afternoon of the last voyage had all cabin telling the passengers the boats to which they were assigned. The Vestris, he said, had no list when she left New York, but by Sunday morning under a freshened wind had a list from of from two (o three degrees, which he attributed to the wind and the way the coal was being worked helow. By 100n the list had increased to five degrees which was attributed to an increas- ing wind. He first noticed water getting into the ship about 10 o'clock Sunday morning when she was taking seas over her mooring deck and one or twe ports and several doors wers leaking. He reported te Captain Carey at noon that he had fized these leaks all right. AMHERST TRIUMPHS Ambherst, Muss., May 2 (UP)— Continuing its winning streak, Am- herat triumphed over Bowdoin. 3 to 2, in a closely-contested baseball game here yesterday. EX-G0V. ROBERTS DEAD N HARTFORD Served as State's Executive in 1905 and 1006 Hartford, May 2 P—Henry Rob. erts, governor of Connecticut n 1905 and 1906, died late yesterday afternoon from an illness which had made him infirm for several years. The death had been expected for some time although his condition had shown no material change until today. Mr. Roberts was born in Brook- lyn, N. Y., on January 22, 1853, and his paternal ancestry ran back to William Roberts, whe came to this country from Wales in 1654, and in- cluded in the line George Hoberts, who was a Revolutionary army of- ficer. A maternal ancestor waz Cap- tain Thomas Evans, whose hero- ism in the French and Indian wars is commemorated by a monument at Deerfleld, Mass. Mr. Roberts’ boyhood was on a farm in S8outh Windsor. He wis graduated from Hartford high school in 1873, from Yale college in 1877 and the law school in 1879, The next year he entered business in the office of the Hartford Woven Wire Mattress company of which he was active head eventually for more than & quarter century, Expert on Finance During a very active husiness ca- reer he held directorship in banks, the Hartford Electric Light, and a power company, hia knowledge of finance being recognized. We served long as a director of Slater Indus- trial school at Winaton, N. C, Mr, Roberts began in politics as a ward alderman, and then as a waler commissioner, going next to the | REMOVAL SALE f MARKET AND STORE FIXTURES. One meat box, 8x10 (cork insulated). Meat box, 6x12. Butter box, 5 holes; Cash reg- ister. Meat case, 8 ft, long. Five hundred gallon oil tank. One meat block. Also 2 88 coils for Frigidaire. Dodge Brothers Truck (rebuilt) Ford 1925 Runabout Delivery James A. Spinetta 160 MAIN ST. Removing to 437-439 West Main St. house and then to the senate and was elected lieutenant governor in 1993 and then became governor for a single term, After leaving public office he retired to private life and seldom was secn at political uffairs. On the othe' hand he gave greater attention to his tastes for literature and art, and greater interest in his memberships in the Sons of the Am- erican Revolution, Connecticut So- clety of Colonial Wars and his vari- ous clubs. He was companionable and had agreeable qualities which cndeared him to a wide circle of friends. In recent years failing health made him take life quietly. Mr. Roberts married Miss Caroline E. Smith at Bridgeport, October 8§, 1881, and there were two children, Jochn Taylor Roberts and Edward Constant Roberts, City Storm Bound Inauguration Day 1t is recalled that on the day Gov- ernor Roberts was inaugurated the streets were olocked with snow. The city cleaned a path for the Gover- nor's Foot Guard so that the inaugu r~1 parade mi_ht puss Mr. Robe: house, at the window of which his aged mother viewed the military as it passed with her son as the chief figure in the spoctacle. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoen. Connie Talmadge Plans Third Marital Venture Hollywood, May ¢ (UP) ~— The screen colony's next social event of major interest will be the third mar- ital venture of Constance Talmadge, blonde film comedienne, whose mar- riage to Townsend Netcher, Chicago merchant, will take place next Wed- nesday. The wedding will be held at the home of the actress’ sister, Mrs. Na- talie Keaton, wife of Buster Keaton, also of the films. More than 1,132,000 vacuum cleaners were manufactured in the United States during 1928, About 60,270 of these were exported. @N Saturday night the old PEASE HOUSE, famed for its food, will be open for its 71st season. Run down for the evening—Orchestra, of course. And George, our old time Chef de Cuisine, will prepare you s Boned Shad, than which there is no better. Lobwters, Crabs and Clams right out of the water, or chicken and steaks, if you will. We'll be hast to about 300 or more guests on Saturday with ease and comfort. Oh, no! Very Much Alive—But It Is Very dUIET. burner causes trouble. be convinced. TARICANI MEN’S SHOP FORMERLY WITH BESSE-LELAND STORE WORK SHIRTS .95 All Wool 59¢ and yid Hand Tailored ~—§5¢ 7 Men’s onD Special Men s HOSE Men’s Blue TROUSERS Price LISLE 581 Men’s Summer 2-PIECE UNDERWEAR 39¢ and 85¢ SIZES FRIDAY TO 50 Men’s DRESS SHIRTS 95¢ and $ l 95 .95 $145,.9%2 SATURDAY -The QUIET MAY Automati¢ Oil Burner is noted for its quietness and durability. A cheap A good oil burner is the cheapest in the long run. 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Cardinal O'Cennell today hegan his formal calls on cardinals of the Curia and recelving their calls at his hotel suite. Tomerrew he will visit his Titular church, San Clemente. On Saturday he will prosent the pli- grims to the Pentitf and on Men- day he will moter te Naples. Many oid triends of hin daye i e student .and (hen _ recter the Amorican celiege, have boen «aling upen him heurly. HARVARD APPOINTMENTS Cambridge, Mass., May 3 (UP)— Honry Chauncey of Columbus, 0. and Deuglas Swain Byers of Nerth Andeover have .been appeinted assiat. ant deans at Hervard university, n was saneunced today. Chauncey will sucoeed umhu Gratwick as assistant dean ol epe- halt.of the freshman class, and Byers will replace G. . Benedict a8 assistant dean in charge of pecerd. will last longer if you drive it over rigid, smooth- surfaced pavements of portisnd cement concrets. No other type of pavement is s0 easy on your car . .and o8 your nerves Ask your city authorities for more concrete streets. 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