New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 4

m ww Heart school met ‘“referring” and . was lost, B 5T L chool teachers and others ‘8pproached the doors and requested ttance. ‘No ohe was turned away although every available seat Was occupied and there were many standing, The program opened at 7:30 \@'clock with music by the Boys' club ‘aad drum corps under the direction ot Peter W. McCrann. Among other welections played by the boys was the Y. M. T, A. and B. march and the Boys' club march, both compos- o4 by Mr McCrann. 4 Spelling Bee Begins * At 8 o'clock the meeting was ®pened with the introduction of spellers, the presentation of photo- graphs by Johnson & Peterson and the reading of the rules. At 8:20 o'clock the program was turned over to L. P. Slade, principal of the senior high school. The z were seated in three rows. Tows remained seated while the ot er row was spelling. In the rear of the stage were seated J. M. Ward, a member of the board of education, Ernest J. C. Klopp, principal of St. Matthew's achool, Rev. Thomas F. Lawlor, principal of St. Mary's school; Joh: stone Vance, managing editor of the Herald, and Judge B. F. Gaffne fermer chairman of the board of education. Dr. Henry Martin, a member of the school board, was an_interested spectator. On the main floor, directly in front of the stage were the judges, P. F. King, chairman of the board of education; Stanley H. Holmes, superintendent of schools and Rev. | William H. Alderson, pastor of Trin- ity Methodist church and president | of the Rotary club. The Herald | spelling bee editor was master of ceremonies. The spelling bec editor Mary Sobotkiewicz of Sacred John Heath of S8t. Mary's school was unfamiliar with “ingredients” and took a back seat, Robert Burns was too generous with his letters and was penalized for overloading “occasionally” with one “s” too many. Katherine Page got her “a's"” “o's” mixed up in and she entered the ranks of defeat. Three Boys vs. Three Girls When Miss Page went down,. the contest showed signs of taking so much time that an intermission which was planned, was called off and Mr. Slade was requested to pro- ceed. There were three boys and three girls still standing, and the whole atmosphere was tense. As a boy or girl spelled a word the audi- ence scemed to hold its breath wait- ing for one letter to follow amether. was a burst of applause. So keenly did the audience follow the spelling that several times the last letter seemed to be anticipated and cheers and applause broke loose before the speller had finished. Several times Mr. Slade cautioned the audience at the request of the judges to be more conservative ifi its applause. Stanley Partyka of the Sacred Heart school found *phosphorous” too much for him, while ¥reda Neu- mann of St. Matthew's school promptly spelled ~ “arrangement” with more letters in it than M. Webster had allotted. The de 7 Mary's fell by ry Zenobi of St. school, who stumbled and the wayside over “incon- " left only three spellers Each was entitled to a prize, but the question who would get the coveted trip to Washington was just as much in doubt as ever. Last Boy Eliminated The audience scemed to be grow- ing larger all the time. No one rose to leave. The clock on balcony railing showed a few min- utes to 10, the spellers had been spelling for more than an hour and from the Hartford Times occupied a seat in the audience, Defeated Spellers Dry Eyed { The audience was enthusiastic, so much so that it was necessary for Mr. Slade to stop and ask for quiet frequently. Applause was frequent | and persistent, while cheers, | whistles and stamping of feet added | to the noise. Everyone was good natured, and not a tear was shed by a defeated speller. The wbdrds were taken from a set of new spelling books purchased for the occpsion by the Herald upon Mr. Slade’s recommendation, The book is known as “The Towa Spelling 8cales, Their Derivations, Uses and Limitations.” It was com- piled by the Journal of Education Research, and written by Ernest J. | Ashbaugh, professor of school ad- | ministration and assistant director of the bureau of educational . research of the Ohio State university, The book is published by the Public 8chool Publishing Co., of .Blooming: ton, IN. 2 5 Small Words Tricky ; The usual conditions existed, in that the words missed were not ne- | cessarily the hardest. The first speller down was Emma Schaffer of St. Matthew's school, who failed onithe word “coy.” It was a new word:to Emma, and she evidently did not | underst@a it. Irene Yabbe of 8t. Mary's school | also meban unfamiliar word. The | word wgs “gee” used in .driving | oxen and somelimes in driving Lorses. Irene could not get it straightened out in her mind, what the word was, 8he finally took a chance and spelled “gep.” Wheninformed as to the correct | word, she replicd ruefully, “Oh, Gee, | is that what I missed?" | Fred Donati of the Nathan Hale school was the first boy to fall. Fred lost out on “represented.” Alda Ptcosky of the Central Junior High school missed on ‘“exercise.” Mary O'Brien of St. Joseph's school went down on “reference.” Dorothy | Meehan of St. Mary's school met a | new word. Dorothy was unfamilar | with the word, but spelled one which seemed more applicable to the mod- | ern generation. She spelled “dater” | but was called out. | “You'd” Is High Hurdle Clarissa Barrett of the Camp| school found “junior” toe much for | her, while Catherine Coffey went up | against an abbreviation and missed | out on “You'd.” | Mildred Pich of the Nathan Hale Junior High school lost out an medi- | cine, while “license,” a word not | used as freely as in an earlier gen- cration was the Waterloo for Ver- onica 8hea of St. Mary's schoo' Agnes Bteege of St. Matthew's schoo epelied “past” for “passed” and join ed the ranks of those on the bac seats. Blanche Murrsy was give «¢ssential.” Blanche said she spelie it correctly, but it sounded to th audience as well as the judges o though *she started it with an cause of her defeat. Rose Katz o cause of her defeat. Rose Kitz o the Nathan Hale school, left out on “n” in unnecessary and found it was 2n essential letter. Margaret Phalon of St. Mary's school misspelled “annually.” Walter Rival of St. Matthew’s school, says his spelling book spelled semester with an “I" but the men who com- piled modern dictionaries left out the “I” and Walter was out of Juck. Roderic Linnehan of Si. Joseph's school was a popular speller among & large group. Roderic made a splon- did record until he added one o 100 many in “losing” and he was iost. Rose Horwitz stumbled over 1wo previous words and was permitted fo proceed after the judges expressed doubt, but failed 1o successfully Randle “scientific.” a haif, but so raptly absorbed was the audience that no one thought of leaving. “Notary” pronounced Mr. Slade. It was one which Raymond Augustyn of the Sacred Heart school had never heard of before. It marked the end of any hopes that a boy would go to Washington this year, There were two spellers left, Edch was obviously nervous. Those on the stage could almost feel the breathing of the crowd. Even the defeated spellers stopped whisper- ing to listen. “Commissioner,” said the an- nouncer. Rose Zevin's nerve had gone. Undoubtedly able to spell the word, the strain was too much. She faltered and was lost, and with her defeat went the ambitions of the Central junfor high school. Motherless Girl Wins There was one chance, maybe the sole remaining speller would mis- spell also. It was too much to ex- pect. Teresa Chiaravalloti of 'St. Joseph's school, is the daughter of a poor laboring man, who had come to this country a few years before she was born. Left mother- less at the age of six she was used to surmounting difficulties. She spelled the word and the contest was over, Then pandemonium broke loose. Throwing all reserve aside Teresa gave an impromptu dance on tin: stage, much to the amusement of thé mudience, as she shricked her Jjoy in a burst of sheer ecst The crowd moved. not toward the door, but toward the stage. The winners disappeared amidst a sea of their friends. Mrs. Owen Higgins, whose. daughter Mary was runner- up in the 1928 contest, grabbed Teresa and carried her off on her shoulders, Judge B. . Gaffney who waited patiently for an opportunity to pre- sent the prizes was powerless. It was a scene of wild but good na- tured confusion. The crowd swarm- ed all around the judges’ table un- til they were almost submerged. They were unable to get away so they sat still. “Its My Daughter” A little Italian, a man of middle age. his face aglow with pleasure and pride, rushed up to the plat- form and shook hands with every- body in sight. “It's my daughter, it's my daughter,” he shouted. He as Angelo Chiaravalloti, who when | Cal BENEFICIAL LOAN | SOCIETY 201, Raphael Building, Se-ond | v, 99 West Main Strect, Between ngton and Open to 5 Licensed by the Siate and Bonded to the Pablic Y you will not this day a flor: puss vithout to the one who iven so much of 1 fe for you. Order to- iny Vlts Floral Shopp2 441 W. Main St. Tel. 1195 or 1331 tribite his with flowers When the word was completed there | the |° NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNHESDAY, MAY 8 1929. Second and Third in Spelling Bee ROSE ZEVIN, (‘c‘;n,rll Junior High School, Second Place. RAYMOND AUGUSTYN Sacred Heart School, Third Place, he was the age of Teresa, was 2 poverty stricken boy residing on th sunny shores of Italy. Fortune has not |broadly upen Mr. Chiaravalloti and [today his sole worldly possessions |include a horse and dilapidated wa- gon which he uses to haul ashes and do other odd jobs, and a few rooms of not very pretentious furniture on the first floor of a tenement on Weh- ster Hill, But the reverses of fortune were far from his mind last night. He would. not have changed places with any of the crowned heads of rope. His girl was the champion 't the world do what it here’ll be a big celebration tonight,” he confided. smiled very | Rose Zevin finally made her way back to the platform and was pre- sented with a fountain pen, the gift of the Adkins Printing Co. Raymond | Augustyn who won a savings bank deposit of $5 as the gift of the Com- mercial Trust Co., disappeared and did not receive his gift until today. Teresa’s Teachers Elated There was no rest for the nuns at the St. Joseph's convent. A few minutes after the close of the con- test Rev. Father Lawlor telephoned the result to Rev. John J. Keane. Rev. John F. Donohue, pastor of St. Joseph's church was out of the city. Father Keane notified the nuns in the convent. Until a late hour last night the same telephone kept ringing. This morning before 7 o'clock the entire eighth grade school, led by Roderic Linnehan and Mary O"Brien, who were proud in their defeat that the prize had comme to their school, went into the church for an early mass, accom- panied by the new “We've all prqmised to go to mass every day during the month of May Father Donohue has promised to suspend school for one day and take the whole crowd for a picnic. “The children won't let him forget it | | 2nd Prize~$1,000 Awerded to ARTHUR HOYT 25 Ivory Street, ¥'. Rosbury, Mass. “A BEAM OF LIGHT OR A CANDLE BRIGHT" Written on the “Candle Light” Feature | | | Thos. B. Clark, Pittsburgh, Pa., Ann Jana, San Francisco, Cal., A. B. Dale, Los Gatos, Cal., Lyun Z. Hill, Erie, Pa., Robert A. Waymira, Overton, Nev. George 0. Mercer. Coatesville, Pa., champion. | out of gratitude,” confided Teresa. | 10 PRIZES OF $100 EACH were awarded to the following: “A SIMPLE REVAMP FROM A FLASH TO A LAMP" “HAS A WAY OF RENEWING ITS LirE” “SURVIVES THE SHOCKS OF FALLS AND KNOCKS™ “IT SELLS FAST FOR ITS CELLS LAST" “THE SHOCK OF THE, FALL TA IN THE SPRING' either,” said Sister Martina, mother |supor|or at the school. Winner Native of This City Teresa was born in New Britain. She is 15 years old. When she six her mother died. She now li with her father and stepmother, sis- ter Marion and brother Antonio. She is secretary of her class and rates as a good student in her school. She hopes that her father will be able to send her to business college when she graduates from grammar school. She admits that she has no hope of going to college. She was taken to school this morning by the spelling bee editor, As soon as the car stopped at the schoolyard it was literally covered with children who swarmed all over running board, fenders, hood and everywhere a child could hang on. “Unusual composure and confid- ence won the match,” said Mr. Slade | this morning. He said he had been watching Teresa all through the contest and was satisfied that her ability to retain her composure was what helped her win, “She's a nice girl. I'm glad she won.” Thus did Rose Zevin declare her sportsmanship as she left the hall. Special Notice Public whist and pinochle tourna- ment, Thursday evening, May 9th, at 8 o'clock. 0dd :llows Hall, down- stairs.—Advt. Notice Bids will be received by the un- dersigned until noon Friday for tak- ing down and removing premiscs known as 18 and 20 South High Street, right back of the post office building on South High Street. (Signed) WILLIAM H. CADWELL, Office with The Beaton & Cadwell Mfg. Co, Main Street, Rear of Kresge's, New Britain, Conn, {Constance WEDS AGAINTORAY Townseod Netcher fo Become Her Third Husband Beverly Hills, Cal, May 8 ® — Talmadge, vivacious screen actress, made regdy for her marriage today to Townsend Netch- er, Chicago merchant, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Buster Keaton. Keaton, film comedian, was 10 |give her in marriage, while Mrs, Keaton and another sister, Norma Talmadge, were chosen as matrons of honor. A number of close friends, | mostly film folk, had invitations to the wedding. | Miss Talmadge had been married | previously to John Pialoglou, tobac- co magnate, and Captain Alastair MacIntosh, both of whom she di- vorced. Netcher had been married to Gertrude Selby, an actress, and divorced her recently. Honeymoon plans were indefinite, the couple expecting to go immedi- ately to the Santa Monica, Cal, ;home which Netcher has built for his bride. City Items Complaint was made to the police today by the janitor of the Wash- ington school that several windows in the building were broken last night. At 11:30 o’clock last night, Lieu- tenant Samuel Bamforth was noti- fied by telephone that a man named McCune, who had escaped from Nor- wich state hospital, was at 190 North street. Officer Hellberg inves- tigated but did not find the man. Today, it was learned that he had been released from the hospital and was not wanted. Miss Elsie Gourson of 42 Hartford avenue is confined to New Britain General hospital where she under- went a slight operation. The regular meeting of Pride Cir- cle, Lady Foresters, will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Red Men’s hall, 277 Main street. Busi. ness of importance will be transact- ed. William C. and Minnie Ptolomey have sold through, the agency of Carlson & Carlson, their farm and poultry bisiness in Plantsville to Mary V. Spain of this vity. E . ___ __ _J Notice The CONNECTICUT BOARD OF EXAMINATION AND REGISTRA- TION OF NURSES will hold its an- nual meeting at 50 Glenbrook Road, Stamford, Conn., on June 5, 1929, at 10:30 a. m. (daylight saving time). Examinations for registration will be held at State Capitol, Hartford, June 19th and 20th, WINIFRED A. HART. R. N. _ Secretary. State Library, Hartford, Conn. of the $10,000.. Prizes for the Best Slogans in the “Flashlight Feature” Contest HE winners in the Bonp $10,000 “Flashlight- Feature” Slogan Contest have at last been de- cided. Over 250,000 people from every section of the country took time to study the six outstanding fea- tures of Bonp Flashlights and Batteries and to send us their slogan suggestions. While thousands selected the Candle-light feature as the most important one on which to submit slo- gans, other contestants chose the Shock-absorbers, the Safety Seal, Fibre Case or the 3.-way Safety Switch. However, b gans were written far the greatest number of slo- t the remarkable “Recuper- ation” feature of BOND Batteries. At the left are the names of the three major prize winners with their successful slogans. Below these for more than three thousands are listed the winners of the ten $100 awards. Difficult to pick the 1183 winners! Selecting the winners from such a vast avalanche of entries - has been a long and difficult task. A large staff was months 'd-nfly' of judging, alone, took over four of good slogans. Some of the best, however, had to be_disearded because they were too did not apply directly to any one particular Flashlights or Mono-Cells, as the rules specified. Complete list of winners at your dealer’s busy ! There were literally they feature of Bonp To all who submitted slogans, the Bond Electric Corperation extends its acknowledgments and thasks. We nave sent the TFAIR CONSTANGE | WHO IS HE? R. J. Greenberg of 66 Hartford avenue, says in his, or is it her, let- ter, to the silhouette editor: *Truly I should gnash by teeth it I didn't guess the Nash dealer—it is 'more'n’ enough to distinguish Moran.” He, or is it she, had no difficulty in identifying John B. Maran, dealer in Nash and other automobiles, and his, or is it she, letter is rather clever. we think. How does this strike you? “The silhouette in Tuesday’s paper is that of John B. Moran, local deal- er tor DeSoto and Nash cars, and of other popular makes of automobiles. Mr. Moran came into prominence some time ago when he sold an au- tomobile for one cent, to Raymond Carlson. Mr. Moran's place of busi- ness is on Church street. He was formerly with North & Judd Mfg. Co., but left their employ to go into business for himself. Truly, I should gnash my teeth if 1 didn't guess the Nash dealer—it is 'more’'n’ enough to distinguish Moran.” ‘We thought you'd agree, and the $1 awaits R. J. Greenberg at the Herald office. Tonight we are showing you a man prominent in public life. His father, in another city, was a red-hot | democrat, but he is an equally ener- | getic follower of the G. 0. P. He has been in public office for many years and there are a goodly number of voters who have said with the strongest weapon they possess, that he should have a more important office. Manufacturing, church ac- | tivities and politics keep him a busy man. Who is he? | T 1.—Identify likeness, 2.—Describe how he makes livell- hood 3.—Address communications to “Bilhouette™ Editor, New Britain Herald 4.—Contest closes at 2 p. m. fol- lowing insertion—Saturday 10 a. m. S.—~Answers may be malled or broyght to the Herald oftice, 6.—Credit given for neatnesa, 7.—One dollar awarded daily for best answer according te rules, 8—No telephone guesses. $13,000 SUIT SETTLED Action Brought By Mrs. Adeline L. 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