New Britain herald., 1925-06-04
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 SPEAKING CONTEST William Weber and Helen OSt.
 man Victorious Last Night WELL BABY CONFERENCE Postponed Event To Be Held June
 1O-Heat Causes Prostrations-
 Odd Fellows Memorial Service
 Plainyille Items.
 William Weber and Helen Ostman were the prize winners in the public high school speaking contest held last night in the high school rooms Of the Linden street school earning the most points in spirited com petition in which all the entrants made fine showings. Miss Ostman scored 2lS points and was awarded the girls prize, Virginia Conforti re- ccivinS honorable. mention with 2l4 points and forcing the winner 10 the utmost. William Weber earned 23O points and led the boys by a com fortably margin, Edmund ToIi SCOT ing 2O9 points for honorable men, tion.
 The program was as follows;
 Piano Solo, ..... Mildred Flodquist How He Saved St. Michaels .,....
 ........,......... Lucy Rogers Shylock to Antonio ............ .......,....... George BaCkman The Sacrifice Of Sydney Carton.
 .........,.......,., Helen Ostman The Seminole Reply ,,..,..,..
 .......,....,,, Victor Hurtado Vocal Solo ..... Mildred Woodruff Excelsior ....... Marjorie Rutland The Duct from The Lady Of the
 Lake" ............ Charles Mills The Soldiers Reprieve. ........,
 ...,.....,.... Virginia Conforti Columbus .......... Edmund Tolli Piano, Violin Duet ..............
 George Bachman, Sebastian Arcari The Smack in School. ...........
 .............. Mildred Woodruff The Message to Garcia ......... ................. Howard Purdy Abraham Lincoln ...........
 .............. Elizabeth Stanley Antony's Speech ... William Weber
 A lareg attendance was present in spite of the hot weather and all eX- pressed themselves as highly pleased with the evenings program and the work of the participants. The judges were Principal Bernard Ross Of the East Hartford high school; Principal Donald E, Swettt of the Alfred Plant school, West Hartford and Mir. Small of Lewis high school, South ington.
 Well Baby Clinic
 The postponed we'll baby clinic for Plainville will be held on We'd nesday, June 10, at the American Legion rooms on Whiting street un- der the supervision of Dr, Elizabeth Insraham. director of the state bu- reau of child hygiene. The clinic will be open from 10 o'clock in the morning 10 noon and from 1:3O 10 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Plainville Public Health Nursing as- sciation urges all mothers to bring their babies and children of pre- school age for examination, weigh ing, and measuring, all of which will be free of charge 10 mothers, the expense being borne by the state.
 The well child conference is edu- cationaI and preventive in pur- pose, being designed to keep the child alive and well until 1t is ready for school, when the school physi- elan can keep a proper watch over it. Mothers are instructed in the proper feeding of children and in the care Of them. Infant mortality is found to be greatly reduced by these clinics.
 A clinic Of this sort has not been ! held in PlainVilIe for two years, but | the last one was great success, , more than 200 mothers bringing their babies 10 be examined. Plans were made to hold one last month, !. but the presence of typhoid fever Tod {. 10 the postponcment. At present, Dr. ! George F, Cook, tho health officer, , reports that there is not single | case of contagious disease in Plain . vile, so that the health association feels safe in holding the clinic.
 Heat Causes PrOstrati0ns
 The terrific heat have continued 10 hold PlainviIlo in it's Criy 'rday with no relief yet in sight, Thormomc- ters retained their ruddy blush as the mercury shot upward danger ously near the tops of their tubes, Temperatures around Plainville con- ter shortly before room ranging from 9o in the shade to III in the sun. "Is it hot enough for you?" has replaced Hello" as a form of and there ar" no voices dissenting from inc affirmative re- ply.
 Local doctors report numerous heat prostrations of varying degrees Of seriousness, although no deaths have occurred. Live stock and poul- try arc also feeling 'ho effects of the torridity and arc being prostratcd in Il common with human beings. S'N- 'ral dead chickens are reported by .