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New Britain herald., 1928-12-24

street, New Britain. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske. pastor of the Berlin Con- gregationl church, officiated. Bur- ial was il the Fairview cemetery.
 Infant Son Dies
 A new born son of Mir. and Mrs. Lunn Jefferson of East Berlin died last evenng at the New Britain General Hospital, having lived only for a short while. Mrs. Jefferson was reported to be on the road 10 recovery.
 Bag 32 Ducks
 Four Berlin hunters Nho spent a short peiod hunting along the Connectieut shore in the vicinity of Mantle returned Saturday evening and dispAyed 32 wild ducks. The party wat made up of John McCahe. Claude 1enell Edward McMurray and John Watson.
 scout Meetings
 The Berlin Girl Scouts. Troop 1. omitted their regular meeting this afternoo1 on account of the Christi mas holidays.
 The Cub Scouts will hold thsir regular meeting Friday evening at GAS o'clock. The Boy Scouts. Troop l will meet at 7:3O o'clock Both m4etingx will be held at the Berlin Congregational church under the direction of l.. 0. Shjerden.
 Items
 Walton Meagley of New York city has returned home to spend the Christmas holidays with his mother. Mrs. Jane Meagley of Warrington ridge.
 Miss vistoria Fiske. daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Samuel A. Fiske of Worthinet on ridge, has returned home to spend the holidays with her parents. She :s taking . special course at Columbia
 Miss Edith Prentice has returned from New York city 10 spend the holidays with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. George Prentice Of Worthing- ton ridgt
 Miss Natalie Gwatkin. a student at Russell Sage college, is spending the Christmas vacation with her parents. Nr. and Mrs. Leland Gwat- kin Of Warrington ridge.
 Miss Marjorie Snow Of Cleveland. Ohio. will spend the Christmas holl- days with Professor and Mrs. Stan ley l.. Galpin of Worthington ridge.
 Frank Rec of kensington has re- turned from r'ordham university 70 spend the holidays with his parents.
 Mir. and Mrs. Pardon C. Hickey and Mrs. Rickey's father. Roderick Morrison cf wcrthineton ridge. mo- tored to Methuen, Mass.. today to spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Albert Heald and her son and dauxhter-ir-hw. Mr. and Mrs. Will liam Hes'd of Cincinnati. Ohio.
 Mir. and Mrs. Harold Lee Judd aud children. Virginia and Phillip. cf Berlin lest today for Lake Flaci1. ~. ". where they will spend the Christmas season.
 4 son has been born to Mir. and Mrs Stanley Barrett Of Pennington road.
 KensiuGton Team WtstS
 The kensingtcn Boys club inter mediate basketball team won N' second game in the county " league Saturday evening by trounc- ing the Mapping Pioneers. ss to IT, Chotkowski. Gotowala and Lewis led the locals on the cffense while Clark was the star defensive man.
 The summary:
New Britain herald., 1928-12-24
FORMER SELEC7MAN
 CLAIMED BY DEATH Newton Wells Baldwin Suc-
 cumbs at Kensin6ton Home
 HELD OFFICE t5 YEARS
special Musical Program at st. Paul.s Church - Kensington Bas- ketbali Team Wins - Post Offices Omen Until 10 O'Clock.

Newton Wells Baldwin. oS, lllc- long resident of kensington. former second sclectman for IS years and ono Of the most prominent farmers in this locality. died Saturday eve ming at his home. Death came after an illness of two years. He left his sick bed on election day when ne went to the polls to vote for Her bert Hoover.
 Mir, Baldwin was active in the af- fsirs of the town and held many offices. His last request before ne died was that Miss Mildred Swanson sing "Some Sweet Day at his tun- eral services. He was member or the First Lutheran church in New Britain.
 He leaves his wife. Mrs. Alma Baldwin; a daughter. Mrs. |. I. Johnson of West Hartford; four brothers Ira and George Baldwin Of Remington, William and Reuben Baldwin of New Britain and four sisters, Mrs. James Newel of South- ington. Mrs. Albert Olson. Mrs Her hort Heath and Mrs. Eli Badger. all of New Britain. Funefa, services will he held Wednesday afternoon at oclock |. inc home. Rev. Dr. Abel A. Ahl- ouist. pastor of tho First Lutheran church. ~ill officiate. Burial will Dc in Stockings Corner cemetery. ken' sington.
 special Christmas Program
 A special program of Chr's'mas music for the masses at St. faui church. Kensif,eton. tomorrow mas been arranged by the oreanist and choir director. Madeline Horton .Schmidt.
 Christmas hymns ~ill be sung by the choir at the 7:3O o'clock mass Music will be selected for the o'clock mass. The 10 o'clock mass vii, be a solemn high mass.
 The program for the 10 o'clock mass will be as follows:
 Processionaj. Silent Night Choir Kyrie. Gloria. Steward .. soloists. Mir. l.. Horton. tenor. Al Schmidt and Paul Giana. bass.
 Neni SrGdIOT, MITE Ni' II. t''''h'fH'. Credo ............-.. ste"ard Offertory. sAdeste Fideies Choir. Sanctus. Agnus Dei ... Steward. Soloists. Mrs. F. I.ardner. soprano. Mrs. Brady and Mrs Barnett. con- tra1tos.
 Recessioral . Adeste Fideles
 Post office to Open
 The Berlin and Kensingtcn post offices will remain open until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will close for the remainder Of the day. The Berlin office was forced to open for . short time yesterday in order to handle the Christmas mali.
 Bike Hits Truck
 Joseph Burello. 1T. of kensington. crashed into | parked truck while riding . motorcycle through Becklev Saturday. He sustained . road burn of his right shoulder and complain ed of pains in his left hip. He is employed at Halls brickyard.
 Funeral
 Funeral services for Mrs Mary A. Bell who died Friday afternoon at her home. were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the funeral par lsss of B. C. Porter Sons of 1S Court
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Mapping Pioneers
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
H. ID. Learned Resigns

Fl. d. Learned has resigned as
associate professor of French in
the University to become dean,
and acting president, of the
Asheville Junior College. This
is a new institution which is
just now opening its doors to
students. About 100 students
are expected for the first year.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Carolina Gets Pickwick
Old Theatre Is Taken by New on a
L0ng-Term Lease

The Publix-Saenger company,
which operates the Carolina
Theatre, has now acquired the
Pickwick, and both houses will
be under the management of
the company's representative
here, E. Darlington Smith.
Negotiations leading to this
arrangement have been in pro-
gress for some time, and their
conclusion was announced yes
terday. The moving picture
concern takes the Pickwick
building and equipment from
the owner, S. j, Brockwell, on
long-term lease.
1--WE expect to show an inn
proved line of plays at the Pick
wick" says Mr.. Smith. "The
same projecting machine and the
same piano, which are in excel
lent condition, will be used"
The Carolina is to have a
regular orchestra after next
week, composed of students,
with Allen C. Boren as leader.
The orchestra and organ will
alternate, at both afternoon
and evening performances, so
that there will be continuous
music.
Mr.. Smith is going to decorate
the walls of the Carolina with
collegiate pennants, each one
IL feet long by six feet broad.
These pennants will be those of
the University here, Wake
Forest, Davidson, N. c. State,
Meredith, and Georgia Tech.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Mr.. Munich Loses Arm
Injured in Automobile Accident on
Highway near Staunton, Va.

The friends of H. F. Munich,
member of the faculty of the
University's school of education,
were deeply distressed when
they read in the newspapers last
Friday that he had lost his arm
in an automobile accident near,
Staunton, Virginia. Accompanied
by his family he was descend
ing a grade east of the city, when
the car skidded, left the road,
and turned over. His left arm
was crushed, and when he was
taken to the hospital the ply
sicians found that it must be
amputated above the elbow.
He was accompanied by his
wife and children, but none of
them was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Munich and the children
came home in the car Wednesday
with Ralph driving. They said
Mr.. Munich was sitting up but
would probably have to be in
the hospital in Staunton anoth-
er week.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
In from Delaware

On the way to Durham one
morning last week | met a
gigantic furniture van on the
front of which was painted, in
yellow: "This truck is from Will
mington, Delaware" And on
the way back three hours later
/ met the same vehicle, now
evidently on its return trip to
Delaware.
"Some new member of the
faculty moving in from the
North" / guessed; and the incl
dent set me to reflecting upon
one aspect of the revolution
brought about by the building of
paved highways. A person a.
bout to- change his abode to a
place hundreds of miles away
simply calls upon the van man
and tells him to come to the
house, pack up the furniture,
and take it to his new address.
No elaborate Grating, no loading
to and from a freight car, a
journey in one lap instead of
three, and several days saved.
My guess was correct. 1t was
the furniture and household
equipment of Donald Coney,
who comes from the University
of Delaware to succeed Charles
NJ. Baker as assistant librarian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coney drove down
in their automobile. They are
established in the house on.
PittsborO street recently vacated
by the Janda family.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Harmon Feeds 'Em
Swain Hall Director Gives Players
Lots of PorterhOuse Steak

J. Obie Harmon, director of
Swain Hall, the University's eat
ing house, is now engaged in
feeding the players according to
the latest dictates of the science
OF dietetics.
"a heavy breakfast, a light
luncheon, and all they Want to
eat at dinner" this is the way
he sums up his feeding pro-
gram. The custom in Chapel
Hill is to have a plentiful meal
in the middle of the day and call
it dinner, but for the purpose of
training athletes the fashion of
the more sophisticated world
is adopted and dinner is served
in the evening.
Porterhouse steak, of the best
quality the market affords, is
the chief article on the menu
when the husky young men come
in from their afternoon practice.
"and, believe me-" says Mr..
Harmond, "they do eat" Each
of the so players at the training
table consumes from half to
three quarters of a pound of
steak.
y. Mr.. Harmon has acquired a
comprehensive knowledge of
diet. He reels off facts about
calories, vitamins, proteins,
carbohydrates, and so on, with
a speed andlassurance that fair
vi makes you dizzy.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
An Early Waddinn

A six-thirty-in-t n-the-morning
wedding was sprung on the vii
lage last Friday when Frederick
b. Mccall was married to Miss
Adeline Denham at the home of
the brides aunt, Mrs. Koch. 1t
was known that Mr.. Mccall and
Miss Denham were to be mar
ried soon but nobody but those
in the secret knew when. Rev.
Alfred S. Lawrence performed
the ceremony.
The few guests appeared
looking sleepy, but were prompt
ly animated not only by the
sight of the beautiful roses and
white jasmine decorating the liv-
ing room but also by the prom
ising breakfast odors floating
in from the rear of the house.
After the ceremony the bride
and groom and the rest of the
company strolled about the yard
until they were called in to the
feast. Seventeen were there.
Mr.. McCalIs parents, his sister,
his brother, and his aunt came
from Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccall started
out for western North Carolina
when the party broke up. When
they return they will take the
K. M. Knox house in Glandon
Forest.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Reavis AIIeviates Blister

Harry Conner has recovered
from a bad blister on his foot.
For two or three days he had to
lie with his foot elevated above
the rest of him, so that the
blood would run away from the
blister. His discomfort was
somewhat alleviated by the dis
ability insurance money he got
from Peter Reavis,
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07

school grounds; through i'm
provementS in the basement of
the school building and various
lesser Improvements; and, in
part, through the excess of
current operating expenditures
over operating income. All the
outlays were considered by the
board essential to the proper de-
velopment and conduct Of the
school. The money was not
available in the treasury, and
so it was borrowed.
B. A. Stevens, the new super
intendent, has prepared for this
coming year a budget which is
about $4,000 less than that of
last year. The greater part of
this saving is made possible be-
cause the University has agreed
to pay all, instead of part as
heretofore, of the salaries of the
faculty members who are teach
ing in the school under the
scheme of cooperation with the
University's school of education.
One of the economies will be
the elimination of instruction in
public school music, and prob
ably there will be no depart
ment of physical education.
If there is an athletic coach his
services will have to be financed
from outside sources.
Last years budget was about
$4,000, and this years will be
about 100000. A total rev.
enue of about $4,000 is
anticipated (from the local
school tax, from the county, and
from extra tuition for three
months from pupils outside the
school district. Hence there
should be surplus of about
$4,000. This may be used, in
some way or other, to help pull
the school out of the hole.
Mr.. Parham, the auditor, is
making an examination of the
schools financial records. When
this is completed and when he
has prepared a statement, the
Bank of Chapel Hill will call the
school board into consultation te
discuss ways and means of
solving the problem of the de-
felt. Representatives of the
University will probably be
asked to sit in at the confer
ence.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
School Finances Are in Serious
Condition: Deficit of $22,5OO

The finances of the Chapel
Hill school are in a serious con-
dition.
The pay of teachers is three
months in arrears, and nobody
seems to know where the money
to make up this deficiency is
coming from.
In addition, there is an ac-
cumulated deficit of approx
mately $22,5OO. Of this.
$l6,5OO had accumulated a
year ago; the remaining $4,000
represents deficit from last
years operations: the excess of
expenditures over income in the
year 1927-1928.
Notes bearing the personal
endorsements of the members
OF the school board-W. S.
Robertson, E. A. Abernethy,
r. W. Knight, Mrs. w. D. Toy.
r. A. Eubanks, and N. w. Wal
ker-are held by the Bank of
Chapel Hill as security for the
debt of $16,5O0. That is, these
SIX individuals are legally liable
for the debt. Of course it is
not expected that they will be
called upon to pay it. A plan of
financing, by which the burden
Will be assumed by the com
munlty, will surely be worked
out. Unless refunding is re-
sorted to, by means of a bond is
sue, the solution of the problem
must come through appropria-
tiors from the annual budget
for several years to come.
Which means limitation in the
range of the schools activities.
Already an arrangement has
been made, with the state de-
partment Of education, to obtain
$4,000 from the states "lit-
erary fund" to, reduce by that
much the $16,5OO owed to the
bank. This loan of $4,000
bears interest at 4 per cent.
and must be paid in ten annual
installments. Thus $1,000, plus
interest, must be provided for
in every years budget.
AS for the deficit of $4,000 in
Cured last year, it is not yet
known how that is to be taken
care of.
The older deficit of $16,500
came about through the pur-
chase of land to extend the
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
DIR. Webb Passes Through

DR.. Louis Webb of New Or
leans came day before yesterday
to see his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. d. Webb, and left yesterday.
He has been a physician for
many years and has occupied a
high position with the United
States Veterans Bureau, but he
says he wants to learn some
thing more and so is going to
Leland Stanford University to
study during this next winter.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Chapel Hill Chatf

In this paper recently was a
diatribe against hotels in which
the beds were equipped with
short sheets. Carter Dalton of
High Point tells me that the
hotel which does not supply
sheets long enough to cover the
guest from head to foot, with
something to spare, is disobeying
the law; and he encloses a copy
of the 1921 statute, as follows:
"Pillow-slips and sheets, clean
sets; all hotels shall hereafter
provide each bed, bunk, cot, or
other sleeping place for the use
of guests with pillow-slips, un-
der and top sheets to be suffi-
cient width to cover the mat
tress thereof, and to be at least
ninety (90) inches long. All
pillow slips and sheets, after be-
ing used by one guest, must be
washed and ironed before used
by another guest, a clean set be-
ing furnished each succeeding
guest"
In telling last week of the
guineas' intrusion upon Presi-
dent Chase when he was making
a speech at Scotland Neck, | was
puzzled as to how to reproduce
in print their peculiar noise.
Oscar Coffin initiated guinea
for me. From my own expert
ence with these fowl | knew it
to be an. excellent imitation, but
it was hard to write down. The
day the paper came out Louis
Wilson told me that the sound
made by guinea was designat-
ed by the word "potrack". |
looked in the Century dictionary
and there it was: "potrack,
imitation; to cry as a guinea
fowl (rare)." :"
4 4
That Mr.. Coffin knows so
well how to reproduce the voice
of a guinea is due to the circum-
stance that a family of five
guineas sat on a limb just out
side his clearinghouse window
when he taught school in a
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07

Seventy-nine athletic coaches
attended the University's
seventh annual coaching school
which closed its program Satur-
day. Certificates were awarded
to fourteen who had completed
a two-year course. r. A. Fet-
zer was the director.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Mr.. Howard Comes Back

Rev. B. J. Howard, who was
pastor of the Christian church
here for several years before he
went to Jonesboro, is coming
back to Chapel Hill next week.
He will preach in the Christian
church every Sunday except the
second in each month.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
CUT OF $1S7,OOO
In LIABILITIES OF
REALTY COMPANY
They Now Stand at $4,000;
Receivers Reducing Them
as Fast as Possible
SLUMP IN LAND VALUES

The receivers of the Chapel
Hill Insurance and Realty Com
pany On. E. Hogan, l. w. Pritch-
ard, and w. S. Roberson) have
reduced the debts of the con-
cern by $187 1000 since they took
charge last fall. The balance
sheet prepared soon after the
receivership was created showed
liabilities of $557,000; the latest
balance sheet, dated September
/, 1928, shows liabilities of
$370,0O0.
These figures ~ars~exclusive of
the company's capital stock,
amounting to $4,000.
Although the assets are down
in the latest statement at
$429, ,OOO-that is, $4,000 in ex-
cess of the liabilities other than
stock-it is certain that they
are far below that amount in
actual market value. They have
simply been carried forward in
the statements, from month to
month, at the valuations at
which they stood on the books
of the company before it went
into bankruptcy.
The two main items in the list
of assets, accounting for all but
$4,000 of the total are: (D
real estate $257,OOO and (2)
notes and mortgagesS133, 900.
Because of the slump in the
market value of real estate the
receivers have delayed the sale of
the company's holdings, hoping
that conditions would improve.
They have advertised sale of
the Strowd farm, the old country
club site, and other tracts for
Friday, September %, three
weeks from today. These pro-
perties were put up at auction
several months ago, but the he bids bids
were so far below expectations
that the receivers would not re-
commend to the court that the
sale be confirmed. Under the
terms of the legal order creating
the receivership all sales have to
be confirmed by the court before
deeds can be passed. --.
Of the notes and mortgages
receivable, put down in the as
sets at $133,000, some are good
for face value, some are collecti-
BILE only in part, and some are
no good at all. The receivers
are not prepared to make an
estimate of the actual market
value of these notes and mort
cages.
When Mr.. Hogan was asked
yesterday when the receivers
would be able to close up the af-
fairs of the company he said it
was impossible to set time. 1t
is in the discretion of the court.
When the receivers have done all
that they can to turn the assets
into cash, at what they consider
reasonable prices, they will have
to auction off what is left and
accept the highest bids.
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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
An Advertisement. .

Roger McCutcheon advertised
his Essex coach for sale in the
last issue of the Weekly\. The
paper got to it's subscribers Fri
day morning. w. ]. Mckee read
the advertisement and by noon
Friday had bought the car.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
TRAPPED in FIRE.
BERNARDS LEAVE
HOUSE EBYLADDER
Smoke from Blaze of Mysteri-
Gus Origin Blocks Way
Down the Stairs
MR.. BERNARD BURNS FOOT

With flame and smoke
blocking the staircase of their
home, the old Presbyterian par
sonage, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Ber-
nard had to climb out of a
second-story windows in the
middle of the night Monday, and
descend to the ground by lad
der which the firemen pushed
up to the front perch roof. Miss
Emily Dewey Mitchell, Mrs.
Bernard's daughter, had already
carried little Mary Stanly Ber-
nard to safety.
Nobody knows how the fire
started Half an hour after
midnight Mrs. Bernard heard
a noise and awakened her huS-
band. He went downstairs to
see what the trouble was, when
he looked out on the back porch,
he found the wooden box, on
which stood the kerosene oil can,
afire. He grabbed the can and
threw it off the porch and then
rushed back into the house,
slamming the door behind him,
in search of rake, a broom, or
any sort of long stick with which
he could shove the blazing box
off. But the flames crawled
quickly up the house wall, and
when he turned back toward the
door smoke was pouring in
through the transom.
Meanwhile Miss Emily Dewey
had gone up and got Mary Stan
ly, who had broken arm, and
had taken her across the street
to the Mangum's. Mr.. Bernard
dashed up the steps to his wife.
When they started to come down
they were met by a cloud of
sitting smoke, aM so they turn
ed back toward he front of the
house and escaped over the porch
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The fire company responded
promptly after the alarm sound
ded, and in few minutes had
the fire out. The damage was
confined mostly to the back
porch, the one-st0ry rear exten-
sion, and the roof. The plaster
ard and ffo0rs ffffo0rs IN IN the main structure
were damaged by water, but
most of the clothing hanging in
= the closets was not even wet, and
the furniture came out nearly
whole. The total loss, exclusive
of the contents of the house was
perhaps about $4,000.
Mr.. Bernard's foot was badly
burned while he was fighting
the fire, and he has to walk with
,crutches.
Reavis AIIeyiates Blister
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
ROIIins-MeIick Marriage

Thomas Scott Rollins, Jr., and
Miss Ellen MeIick were married
in Elizabeth City Monday. Mr..
Rollins and Miss MeIick were
students in the University here.
Miss MeIick taught in the Chapel
Hill school this last year.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Carolina ROzzeIIe

Mr.. and Mrs. C. Excel Roz-
zelle have a daughter, Carolina
Rozzelle, born Monday in Watts
Hospital, Durham.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1928-09-07
Latham Comes Here Oct. u

Robert Latham, editor of the
Asheyille Citizen, will deliver the
University Day address here
October IL. Mr.. Latham was
formerly editor Of the Charles
ton News and Courier.