New Britain herald., 1928-08-11
new SCHOOL NOW
NEARS COMPLETION
Green-Hlls Building to Be Ready
Next Wednesday
IS THOROUGHLY MODERN
Has Nine Rooms and An Assembly
Hall For Community Purpose
Life Guard Pulls in Another Help
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less Baiher-Other News Items.
On Wednesday, August 18th, the
new Green Hills school on Pine
street, which has been under con-
structlon for the past several
months, Will be formally turned over
by the special buldlng committee 10
the district committee For the past
few weeks painters have been en-
gagged on the interior and their
work Will be completed within the
leNt day or two. Plans for the
dedication of the new building are
now under way and date for these
exercises will be set for some time
before the opening of the fall term.
The new school. located south of
the railroad tracks in Forestville is
in the 18th school district. 1t con-
talns eight grade rooms and large
kindergarten, which may also be
used as an assembly room or for
community purposes. 1t is of brick
proof construction, and is modern in
every respect The total cost OF the
structure was slightly in excess of
SIS, 1000, remarkably low figure in
the opinion of school officials.
With the opening of the new
school in September, all of the chill
dren south of the railroad tracks
will be accommodated in the new
structure. BY this arrangement. it
will be unnecessary for the young
sters to pass through the center Of
Forestville where there is large
mount of automobile traffic at all
times during the day. It is estimat-
ed that approximately 300 children
will be enrolled at the new school
in September.
It was at first planned to use only
four rooms OF the new building for
the present to accommodate the
children IN the lower grades After
careful consideration by the district
officials, the idea was discarded,
however. as impractlcable In pre-
pairing the budget for the 192S-29
school year, the expense of adding
three additional teachers was in
cluded. Several teachers Will be
Transferred from the Academy street
school to the Pine street location.
This will not handicap the old school
Tor the reason that for the past two
years It was found necessary in sew
cral Instances to assign two teach
ers to the same room on account of
the large enrolment.
Harry u. Williamson. principal of
the Academy street school, will also
supervise the efforts of the teachers
IN the new school building. To as
slst him in his work. it is understood
that a vice principal will be ap-
pointed in the near future.
Life Guard Acts Promptly
Grattan O'Conncll. popular life
guard at the Rockwell Park Lagoon
for the past several years, who is
credited with a number of rescues,
added still another one to his credit
Friday afternoon. This time il was
a. young woman. who had ventured
100 far out. and was f1oundering
helplcssly when he reached her, She
was brought to the shore by O'Con
nell and there resuscitated.
Attracted by the pleasant shade
and sparkling waters of the lagoon.
the young woman. accompanied by
her hus band. drove onto the grounds
IN an automobile bearing New York
Incense plates. Downing bathing
SUITS. they started to wade from the
nlNlng tower to the small island in
the middle of the lagoon. The
wafer between the two points is
sha no" except at the channel. The
husband. who was walking ahead
off into the channel and
ne1ns able to swim. started back TO-
ward shore. When he arrived on
the bank he happened to look
backward and was terrified to see
his Wife struggling in the deep
waters Her predicament was no.
nced at the same time by OConnall. /
VINO Immediately started for the
spot in his boat. Reaching the |
struggling womans side. OConnell
dlved overheard and erssping her
for the shore In the mean |
time, the husband had started back |
10 ms Uife's assistance, which was
NOT required. however A short |
time later. the woman recovered |
=
house. A short time later both hus- |
band and wife departed in their au |
tomohle. refusing to divulee their |
names.
Pheasants Released
One hundred and fifty pheasants |
We're released In wooded sections in !
different parts of the city on Thurs !