New Britain herald., 1920-12-13
PARENTS ID VISIT
 SCHOOL ON FRIDAY Calling Day Planned Before
 Holiday Season TO EXHIBIT SCHOOL WORK

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 Principal Orrin l.. Judd of the local Grammar school, has arranged to hold a parents visiting day on Friday of this week. The school generally has a day set aside every year for this event. when the Christmas school work is exhibited Thee wishing days are always loked forward to ana we'll attended. MT. Judd plans to hold appropriate exercises on Friday, and has forwarded programs of these, to all the parents of the school children. The regular work will be shown during the day until 3:3O o'clock in the afternoon. A Christ mas sale Of articles made by the sewing club of the school will then be held. The articles made by the girls are of material purchased by them selves as the club is in no way 6e- pending on the town or school of- ficials for support. It is sff sustain ing, and on occasions like the visit ing days, when the article can be sold, the money is turned into more
 
 home made food, made by the cook ing class will also be held. These sales will take place between 3:30 and 5:30 o'clock. The profits realized from the food sale. will be turned over to the morning picture fund. This fund is expressely set aside for the ex- penses of obtaining the films used in the school for educational purposes.
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 The school now has contract for the use of one film a week from the government. These films are shown in the rooms and prove very educat- ing. Last week the grades. includ- ing the fourth and eighth grades, were given the privileges of seeing them. The film shown was entitled, School Days. Four days a week pictures. This weekk, the fea- ture picture will be t"The Town of Up and Down" Mir Judd has charge of. the machine and operates it.
 Christmas Carol Singing.
 On Wednesday, December 22, the annual Christmas carol singing day will be held at the school. The parents are also cordially invited to attend this event. Wednesday will be the last day of school, as the holi- day vacation will begin and continue until the first of the year. The sing ing of Christmas carols and other en- tertainments will be held in all tho rooms between 10:30 and 12:30 o'clock. It has been the urgent de- l sire of MT. Judd and the school board, | in having these visiting days to give 1 ha TaF .nr1tc the children at work. It helps the | 10 attain some feature of their school | work that may be shown to their | parents when on a visit
 To Form Association.
 A Parents and Teachers associa- ion will be soon organized provid- ng plans are carried out as hoped Or Plainville is the only town at present, in the vicinity, which has no 'arents and Teachers association at | ne school. For town of it's size, md the number of pupils attending school, it is surprising that such an has not been started, l officials state. However, some time Igo, the principal and the teachers If the school, attempted to interest
 HI 'iiN pi ioJSIl- anu TelO d | 'isiting night. A speaker was secured | O address them, and refreshments we're served. The people failed to ake any interest in it, and the prop sition fell through, which discourag- d the school board. The board. at resent, has plans for holding an- ther meeting of this sort in an en- eavor to start the thing up again. l his will probably be held in the 1iddle of January.
 English War Bride. Plainville has a new English war f ride. She is Mrs. Florence Cemm I z Webb and comes from Birmingham, 'ngland. However, Mrs. Webb has cen living in Plainville for a month T r more, the fact that she comes from l r ngland was recently made known. C he is the wife of Walter Webb, who f employed at the Trumbull Electric 1 a ompany. MT. Webb served for two | ears with the Canadian army and l NV active service across the water. ] e is very averse to making any oasts of his experiences at the front | I ut admits that he was wounded. | cling taken to the hospital at Birm- lgham, England, he met Miss Cemm. | \ hey were engaged and married { lCrc. MT. and Mrs. Webb make I leir home at Sharpe's Crossing. $
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