New Britain herald., 1928-06-18
GIRL NEARLY Blind
IS BEST SCHOLAR
Awarded Prize at Crippled Chill
dren'S Home Graduation

Ncwington, June 1S-Thc annual
baccalaurcate service of the New
! ington Home for Crippled Children
was held yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the home. DIR. Remsen
! b, Ogilby, president of Trinity COL
| lese and a director of the home,
gave the principal address.
; Prizes We're awarded to boys and
! girls for high academic standing and
character The highest award of
| the school. the Good Citizen prize,
! was awarded 10 Manuel Pardo, pres
| ident of the graduating class. The
| directors prize, which is given each
Year to the boy or girl who had the
highest academic standing, was won
! by Julia Godzik. She is also the
Naleiic1orian Of her class. The prize
| is savings bank book showing a
deposit of $50.
! The Mr.. and Mrs. David F.. Ber-
| nard prize was awarded to Harriet
| Zabriski. This prize is given to the
| boy and girl who attains the great
est success at the school by over
| coming great obstacles. This young
| girl attained an average of over 80
! and is almost totally blind. The prize
| for the boy was awarded to Leo
poll kich The James Lester Good :
win prizes for the highest grades in
| English We're awarded TO Rose Ia
donna, Anna Jardine, and Evelyn
| Benedict The ''Holpful' prizes.
awarded to those children who are
the most helpful about the home,
We're by Agnes Biertz. Joseph Step
wien and Louis 1mperator.
A series of twelve prizes is award
Cd each year to those boys and girls
who attain a general high average
| in their studies as We'll as showing
| fine traits of character. Five of
these prizes We're Won by four New
Britain girls and one New Britain
| boy. The prize winners follow: An
! toinctte Giannolti. New Britain,
Kenneth Penny, John Sacowitz,
! Henry Gledzinski. New Britain: We
ronica Ryan. New Britain: Agnes
Biertz Josephine panatoWski, New
Britain: Dorothy Cram. Dorothy
! Lindquist, Paul Mano, Mary Wy
horny, New Britain, and Edith How
ard.
This evening at o'clock the an
nual class banquet will he held and
F.! the class tree will be planted in front
of the home. James Lester Good
win. president of the home will be
| the POSTMASTER.
Center Fire District Meeting
Much interest is being aroused by
the annual meeting of the Center
Fire District which will be held this
evening in the Grange hall. 1t 3
expected that the dispute over the
Craftsmanship of the district which
has been hanging fire since Febru-
airy, will be settled. II is under
stood that several of he old officers
expect to be reelected.
According to the decision Of At
torncy l.. A. Howard Of Hartford, TO
whom the dispute was taken for set
Element. upon the agreement of both
parties concerned. a meeting was TO
! be held for the election of officers.
| II was found that the bylaws called
for the annual meeting to be held in
June The call also includes sug-
gestion that missioners he elect
cd for one. two. and three year
terms so that only one will 90 out
| of office each year.
| Impro, cmcm society Meeting
DIR. a. s. Grant. president Of the
! Maple Hill Improvement society. has
called a meeting Of the executive
committee for Thursday evening at
/ the home of William F. Middlemass.
| Plans will be made for the annual
meeting which is usually held in
I June but will probably be held this
| year in July,
Tax Bills Mailed To-day
Tax Collector F.. r. Proudman
mailed this morning 100 property
| tax bills calling for payments of
Approximately $4,000 on July l..
These bills are figured from the
grand list of October l, 1927, and
! the rate is 90 mills.
! The excess amount of tax due this
year over thdi VI ldSt H'"i - "''''
$40, 900. For the first time sta
-lto which WAS passed at the last
session Of the general assembly will
J he enforced. II requires the pay
mont Of a delinquency tax OF per
cent for the first six months. 10 per
cent for the second six months and
! 10 ncr cent for each succeeding year.