New Britain herald., 1929-06-17
PhinpiM Mews
PROMINENT WOMAN
 CALLED BY DEATH In. Slllh Whodd Wls noth9
 Of Local niDullctur6 B TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

Large Class Receives Coaarssatioa
 at Church of Our Lady of Asscy-
 Monde. Mclito Wedding - Play ground Supervisor Appoiatsd.
 Sarah Ann Tayisr Wheeler. widow of James Frank Wheeler. died yesterday merntng at her Aon.s st l31 East Main street. She was one of the best known end snost re- spectsd citizens of Ptsipvtlls. having lived here for more than 90 years. Nrs. Wheeler was s7 years old. She was berA in HuddsrsAsla. Eng, land. on January %. let2. ths daughter Of Jonas and Mary Smith Taylor. Bsfert coming ts Pisiavllls. shs had lived in Plantsvills fer co years.
 She is survived by . son. Frank T. Wheeler. treasurer of the Trumbpil Electric O.. . daughter. Mies Salis l.. Wheeler Of Plainville, q sister Miss Grace Taylor. age s1 years, sf Brooklyn. N. r.: and . brother. Jenas ]. Taylor ot Waterbury. Before coming to Plainvlle, she was among the most active workers in the Plantsvtlis Baptist church. The funeral will be held tomor, row afternoon at ::30 o'clock at her home at l:7 East Main street. Rev. c. H. Gardner, pastor of the Plants- vile Baptist church both at the present time and when Mrs. Wheeler resided there. will officiate. Burial will be in the Wheeler family plot in oak Hill cemetery, southinston. 1 :s in Graduating Ciass 1 Governor John H. irumbull will present diplomas to class of 22 at the graduation exercises of Plain=> vile High school to be held tomor- row night at s o'clock in the school auditorium. The class contains 10 boys and l. girls.
 Clyde M. Hill, Ph. D.. of Yale. will be the speaker The invocation will | be given by Rev. Austin F. Munich. curate at the Church of Our Lady i of Mercy. Various members of the graduating class will contribute to the program.
 The class motto is 'Scientia Est Potentia", which means knowledge is power" The class flower is the red rose, ana the class colors are crimson and white. Walter Gerks ,s the class marshal
 Graduation Program
 The graduation program which 1 was arranged by Vice Principal Douglas s. Mcdonald, Is as fol- lows:
 ! March, War of the Priests, tMen- l delssohn) .., Helen Donnelly, 80 Invocation ~. Rev. Austin Munich The Town Beautifui"- ........... Abbie Ruth Usher The Morning Wind, (Branscombe) Girls Clee club Address Clyde NJ. Hill. Ph. D.. Yale Railroads Versus Aviation .......... Ruth Hamlin Tyler Presentation of diplomas ! ..... Governor John H. Trumbull Class Ode Benediction ... Rev. Arthur A. Ball March. War of the Priests, (Mcn- dclssohn) .... Helen Donnelly. go John Varone, 30 List Of Graduates The members of the graduating class are as follows: Carl Peterson, Martin Conlin. Nelson Royce, Oscar i Johnson. James Simpson, Jr,. Carl McQibbon, Howard Purdy. Nickolas 1 Faniolo, Walter Gerke. Robert Dec gan, Lucy Rapacky. Abbie Usher, Dorothy Ives. Ruth Lewis Anna Ruscxyk. Anna Coleman. Doris Spen. cer Ruth Tyler. Conttance Vicinus, Esther Sneideman. Katherine Gra- bow ski. and Vivian Davis. Glass OlTt.ees Walter Gerke ib the president of the graduating class. He is also the president of the Athletic association | end class marshal and was captain of the basketball team during the reason of 1G2s-1929. He has played an important part in school athletics since entering the institution. Miss Ruth Tyler is the vice presi- dent of the class. She is an honor pupil and will be commencement night speaker She plans to enter .