New Britain herald., 1930-06-10
PainuiMe Nelus
DOROTHY J. GORDON NAMED SUPERVISOR
Will Have Charge of Broad
 Street Playground
MRS. E. CARNEY KILLED

Funeral of Mrs. Catherine J..
 Thompson-Howard s. Tyler Re
 Ceiyes Scholarship at Storrs Col legc-Mecting of Auxiliary. Ms Dorothy J Gordon of Hart ford has been chosen supervisor of the Broad street playground for the coming summer, according to an an nouncement made today by Princi- pal Orrin L. Judd chairman of the i playground committee. Miss Gordon a graduate of the Teachers col lege, Columbia university She ma | jored in physical education. | She has been engaged in gymna- sium work for seven years. She has ] also done playground work during the summer in West Hartford. Fair 1 field and other places. Miss Gordon comes highly recommended as a su- pervisor for playground work and i for physical education. She is en 1 thusiastic,' energetic, and sympa- thetic with children and their inter ests
 Her aim will be 10 have in Plain vile a playground progressive in every way for the physical growth and development of the children. 1 The playground will open on Mon l day, July '. and will remain open 1 six weeks until August IS. The hours will be the same as last year, 2 to ! dren under II years Of age from all the elementary schools of the town will be admitted On Saturdays the playground will close at ? noon for the day.
 The playground will again be sponsored this year by the Plainville Graded School association and also supported from the receipts realized from the operetta given recently by the pupils of the Broad and Linden street schools
 Although no new apparatus will he installed. several other new fea- lures in equipment will be intro duced. The children of the town, for six weeks. will have quiet safe place 10 play and enjoy themselves instead of being exposed 10 danger by playing in the streets.
 The playground committee and the association thank the teachers and the tovspeople for their efforts and general support in the recent entertainment by the school children thus making 1t possible to maintain and run the playground for another summer.
 IL Is hoped that by another year the town will accept the equipment and maintain and operate the play ground itself in the future.
 Mrs. r. Carney Killed
 Further word from HerEimer, \. Y, received today disclosed the in- formation that Mrs. Florence Cub bins Carney had also been killed in the automobile accident \that took the life of her one year old daughter Sunday night.
 Mrs. Carney vas former resi- dent of New Britain aand Plainville. being the daughter of Constable and Mrs William Gubbins of Cronk road, She was a member of the Church of Our Lady Of Mercy before her marriage.
 Members Of the family here stated today that they had received no de- tails of the fatal accident outside of the fact that both Mrs. Carney and her daughter had been killed, The news Of the fatal accident created great sorrow here as Mrs. Carney had a large number of her friendly and kindly disposition. She formerly taught in the Sunday school classes at St. John the Evan eelist church in New Britain. Her father. Constable Gubhins. IS in Herkimer, making funeral ar arrangements. No word has been re- ceived from him. but 1t is possible that the body of Mrs Carney will be brought here for burial.
 Visit New York
 Pupils in the fifth and sixth grades lin the Nature club al the Broad street school. accompanied by Miss Albera Wallen. their teacher. and Principal Orrin L. Judd, spent the weekend in New York visiting places of interest
 Those making the trip were Marie Onofrio. Ruth Hill. Rose SaIamonc Philip ConIon, Victor Coleman, and Walter Bronki. pupils, and Charles Webster. Bronx park. the statute of Liberty. and tho WoolWorth building were among some of the : places visited The youngsters had : many interesting experiences to tell : aboue their trip 10 the great me tropolis,
 Receives scholarship Howard 2. Tyler son Of Mir and Mrs. Henry Tyler of nionyille ave : nue and graduate Of the Plainylie : High school received the E. stevens Henry scholarship prize at the 47th
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