New Britain herald., 1929-11-30
Ringing the School Bell for Class in Spelling

i Ringing the School Bell
 for Class in Spelling
 l There seems to be a need for an | orthographical expert to go about | the city and inform various firms and individuals that they have mis- l spelled words in their advertising signs and thereby elicited laughs in- stead of trade from passersby Tn almost every section of New Brit ain We have come across errors of this type, some Of them inadvertent but others of them actual mistakes. Of minor nature is dealers wagon with spring" spell&i "Sppmg." And a sign outside the en- ! trance to q Main street office telling Nould-be customers that the cstaD- | lishment is located "one fligt up.r
 But then there is the eating cs- tablishment which is proudly la | belled as a "re3taraunt." The owner knew there was a "u' in there somewhere but he didn't know just where.
 And the city itself is not frAe from these slips. Take, for instance, sign on Seymour street with the street name spelled "Seymoure.' Or one at the foot of Fairview street with the name rendered as Fair veW.' And there just is no agree ment al all on Carlton street. Some Of the signs-in fact. the majority along this thoroughfare have the word "Carlton' all right, but others insist upon an "e" and bear "Carle- ton"
 We suggest that the matter he brought to the attention of the winner of the next Herald spelling championship.
 And while he or she (probably she, We mournfully admit) is at il, he or she might also recommend some changes other than in ortho- graphy. For instance. there is that shining example of the Northend school. Most people, even longtime residents of the city, are unaware that thlS IS named after a man uf that name and they are at a loss 70 understand how the Northend school is located in the south end of the city. The use of the "godfather's" full name would be a simple remedy here.
 Returning to streets, we find an other case of naming after a man with comical results. Look at Long street. If you can find it. It isn't long at all. but just climbs a cliff and falls off.
 And there is that classical ex- ample: Orchard street. Once, being snoopily inclined. we travereed the entire length of this street with the name suggestive of spreading shade trees and, far from finding any trees or bushes, We discovered that there IS not even a single blade of grass on the entire street.
 What the City Wants Is
 Bigger and Better Thermometers
 Whether there are many real weather bugs" in New Britain is moot question. The "weather bug is the man who wants to know just how cold it is in the winter, how hot it is in the sum- mer, how many inches of rainfall hit the city in a certain storm. the wind velocity when the blinds on his house rattled. etc. Probably, if there are no real enthusiasts in town, one reason is because there are so few therm ometers exposed a A the city shows only three that are readily available in the center of the city, that can be called moro or less accurate.
 There is a certain fascination in realizing just how cold it is these brisk November days. If ones ears numb quickly, cn route to work, it IS easy to guess that the tempera- ture IS below freezing point. but just how much below intrigues the interest. Likewise the summer heat seems more bearable to some of us if we know that it really isn't the heat-Witness the thermometer, which says S4-but the humidity" which seems 10 say boiling point.
 The three therm ometers discov- cred recorded slight variations in temperatures yesterday. a fact that is easily explained. All were near enough together, however, to indi- cate that they are reasonably ac- curate. Someone, apparently, ought 10 start a campaign for more ther- mometers available 10 the passerby.