New Britain herald., 1928-03-28
PhinuiM News
STATE IMPROVING
 FOOT OF COOK ST.
Landscape Bureau Bounding Roadbd by Concrete Posts
TO SELL WORK OF BLIND

Local Women Cooperating With
 State Authortties-lutting Final
 Touches on Professor Pcpp'-
 School Girls Attend Exhibit-
 4 safety measure and a means of Identification are being combined by the state landscape bureau. which is setting up concrete posts beside the highway at the junction Of Cook street with the New Britain Road. 4 force of men began opera tions there yesterday and continued today. set ting up a series of these posts along the highway line. worth or the main road and east Of Cook street. The posts arc standard type with a long heavy base buried in the ground and protruding portion shaped somo- what like a tooth or tusk.
 Cooks corner has been quite un- slightly in spite of the laying Of the concrete highway and the creation Of a triangular green at the road intersection, for beside the pavement there has been a wide stretch oi ground which was formerly part oi the highway and which has beer still used as such by motorists who wanted to "cut" the corner short l The constant passage of these car: has turned the roadside into a mud ! hole, but the posts will contlne traf' | fic 10 the highway and allow th' l planting of grass seed and the beau | tifying of the territory lying behlnc l them.
 i This tendency to cut the corno has also resulted in several accl dents and many inumera hle ones as drivers cut out of line and sho by other on the right hand side | This dangerous practice will also b stopped by the work now being don by the landscape bureau.
 To sell Work of Blind
 A sale Of articles made by hlin' persons receiving vocational lnstruc 1ion from the state will be held o' Wednesday, April 1, in the vacan store in the Strand theater building under the auspices Of the stat board Of education of the blind. Ms Susan Todd. sales manager. will b in charge and will he assisted by group of Tlainville women.
 In addition 10 supporting insttu tions for the blind, the state main tains four teachers who instruct tn Sightless persons in their own home: Miss Ivy Meade of Hartford is tn instructor in this part of Connect cut, and the articles to be sold her were made by the blind people l their own homes under Miss Meade direction.
 The articles which vii be offere include baskets, tea stands. stools braided, knitted, crocheted, and Wo ven rugs: aprons. ironing board GOV CTS, clothes pin bags. holders, dis towels, dust caps, and other seWe articles. Home made candy made b partially sighted person will als be sold.
 A demonstration showing what tn blind can be taught will be present cd during the sale, but the characte of this has not yet been decided. Tn sale will begin at 10 a. m. and con tinue until ?. m.
 The Plainville women who arc as sisting Miss Todd are Mrs. Williar A. Albright, Mrs. Joseph Allart Mrs Charles r. Brainard, Mir William A. Cassidy. Mrs. John Fs niola. Mrs. Emil Granson, Mir Frank Hart. Mrs. Leroy T. Masol Mrs. Victor R. McRurney Mrs. Joh F Mitchell. Mrs. J. Edwin Nilsson. MT Emerson Pratt, Mrs. Fred Shit Mrs. Howard Smith. and MT Charles S. Wyckoff.
 "Profcssor Pepp" Friday
 Final touches are now beir added 10 "Profcssor Fcpp," Il three-act farce comedy which wi be presented Friday evening in II High school auditorium by t' Masquc and Gown club of Il school. The production being d rectod by Vice Principal Dougl; , Macdonald.
 The scenes arc on the campus Siddcll college. and when the cu . tain goes up on the first act u audience sees Esther Sncldeman the midst of "the varsity drag In mediately the stage is filled with
 bunch of college s'udents-vcr good looking and most collegiate. l fact, the tip-off on correct clothf for sport wear this spring will | given in Professor Pcpp' by th