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Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-12

In the new state budget is in
cluded S150000 for the Rubidoux
bridge over the Santa Ana River at
the entrance to Riverside and $780,
600 for finishing the Mecca to
Blythe oiled highway.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-12
TASTED FOR JOBLESS

DETROIT, Feb. 12.-(U.H-Her-
bert A. Blum, desiring to contribute
something to the unemployed and
needy, hit upon the idea of fasting
week and giving the SIS he would
have spent for food to charity.
Blum has undergone the fast twice.
The second time he lost l8 pounds
in the seven daYS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-12

Lettuce growers of the Imperial
Valley auctioned two carloads of
lettuce and gave the proceeds to the
Red Cross.
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n
N might well characterize a Benjamin
~ Franklin was generous enough in his
last will and testament to bequeath
estate of $7,500,000 to establish
series of progressive" schools for boys in Ala
bama and the South.
Trustees of the educational foundation estab-
lished by the late Harvey G. Woodward, Bir-
mingham capitalist are proceeding to carry
out the terms Of his will Mr.. Woodward died
in November, 1880, at his vacation home in
Bath, Me. He prescribed that terms of his will
should be kept secret until his DEATH and he
detested publicity.
His frugalty and unique character will be
expressed in the schools which he endowed.
The schools will be for Southern white boys,
but he provides that the teachers for the first
IS years must come from the northern half of
the United States. Only boys of British descent
or who are members of the Caucasian race SEs&
whose parents were born in the United States
will be admitted as pupils. These schools will
have few text books, no examination and no
graduating exercises. No interscholastic ath-
1etics fraternities will be allowed. Foreign
languages will not be taught.
Mr.. Woodward realized himself that his
schools would be more or less of an experiment,
although he gave more than 10 years study to
their establishment. Consequently he specifies
that If after rs years they prove unsuccessful
half of the money shall be bequeathed to the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology, his alma
mater, and the balance go into loan fund for
needy students.
The only restriction on the location of the
schools is that they must not be within so miles
of each other, and must not be within Is miles
of town of more than IL, 900 inhabitants. No
school must have more than 200 students, and
one teacher must be provided for each 10
students After Alabama has been adequately
served Mr.. Woodward desired that schools be
established in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky
Louisiana. Mississippi, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
HARVEY G. WOODWARD inherited a large
share of his fortune as well as his traits
from his father, William H. Woodward, who
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went to Birmingham from the North in the
early days. The elder Woodward with his
brother was one of the largest independent
producers Of iron in the Birmingham district
The son inherited considerable property, but
he was smart enough to hold on to it and see
it grow as Birmingham grew. He was man of
simple tastes and cared nothing for social con-
facts He was interested In doing things with
his hands, and consequently he spent many
days in overalls. He cared nothing for what
people said about him. He had well equipped
workshop at his home, where he could usually
be found making something. He moved his
own lawn, trimmed his own hedge and repaired
his own automobile. In fact, he liked to take
the engine of his automobile to pieces and put
1t back together. Although he was the owner
Of towering downtown buildings, those who
would see him going about them with screw
driver and hammer fixing locks and making
httle repairs here and there, would never have
suspected It,
Many stories Of his fruga1ity are told.
superintendent of one of his Office buildings said
he had habit of borrowing" a chew of
tobacco from him. Sometimes a neighbor rid
ing down on the street car would share the
morning newspaper with Mr.. Woodward. Once
while moving his lawn he was offered "job'
down the street by home owner who was
hunting a workman to NOW his own lawn
Mr.. Woodward had no children, but he had
the interest of the young at heart, and his will
is an expression of that fact. He loved animals,
especially dogs. He had a hobby of collecting
postage and revenue stamps and he left
valuable collection which he desired should be
kept so years sold, and the proceeds be given
to the schools.
Although the bulk of his estate was left for
the establishment and operation of the schools,
he made ample provision for his wife, Annie
louise Woodward, and other near relatives.
7irefN Of
made trustee for his estate. The educa-
tonal foundation will be directed by a self
perpetuating board of governors all well known
Birmingham men,
Purposes of the school are given by Mr..
Woodward in his own words as follows:
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"The value of the school will be not in the
subjects and things taught primarily, but in
the way in which they are taught-in present.
ing the basic principles in their proper order
and relation and, most important of all, in the
training of the mind and body in good habits.
e seems to be generally agreed by those who
have made such study of the subject that the
one thing of greatest value really possible to
teach any one is to teach him to teach himself.
zone of the objects of this school is so Isain-
ing the mind and body Of the pupil that n may
andy his own facilities to facts which come
ouS Of his knowledge and arrive at sane and
proper conclusions, and have not intended
that the school should strive to fill the pupil
with more or less disconnected patches of in
formation in hope that some day he win find
use for them"
The later years of Mr. Woodwards life were
spent in study of schools for boys. He visited
numerous institutions of learning and consulted
with many outstanding educators He sent out
hundreds of missionaries.
His conclusions are based on ideas obtained
both in America and Europe His school
project became sort of obseSsion with him.
It is said that he saved his dimes just as
eagerly as a child does to buy Christmas toys
that his funds would accumulate as quickly
as possible for beginning the work he so keenly
desired
Declaration that Mr.. Woodward was lessen
TALLY on the right track" in his plans for the
schools was made by DR.. Alexander Meicklejohn
for IL years president of Amherst and later
internationally known for his work at tine
University of Wisconsin, where he established
an experimental college
"If the right group of teachers should be given
free hand, should think they might maize
an exceedingly valuable contribution to Ameri-
can education" he said.
The buildings of the schools are to be of plain
but lasting construction and with no arcttSse-
TRIAL adornments. They must not MSaS the
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MAN who lived life of thrift that
might well characterize Benjamin
Franklin was generous enough in his
last will and testament to bequeath
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
St. Petersburg Mayor Former Waterburian,
 To Welcome Mclean
Adams Forwards Superintendent Program of Coming
 Police Convention in Land of Sunshine

Superintendent of Police Joseph H. Mclean is looking forward to attending the approaching session of the International Association of Chiefs of Police this year with more eagerness than ordinarily. It is not because of the fact that the executive committee has select ed the Land of Sunshine, Florida, for the scene of deliberations, but because the mayor of the prosper ous city of St Petersburg is for mer Waterburian and a personal friend of Superintendent Mclean. Scores of local residents are also acquainted with his honor, Mayor Henry w. Adams, Jr, a former off, cial of the Scovill Manufacturing company.
 Mayor Adams has forwarded to Superintendent Mclean an official souvenir program published in the interests of the convention. It not only contains many beautiful pho- tographs of the city of St Jeters- burg, but many useful details con- corning police department activi- ties. The city which will act as hosts to police chiefs from all parts of the world has a splendidly or- ganized police department which includes an aerial branch and sea patrol.
 The convention will be in ses- sion from October 18th to the 18th. It will be the 38th annual interna- tional confab. It Is possible that former Superintendent George M. Beach, an honorary life member of the organization and represen- tatives of the board of police com-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
Courses in the Y
 Evening School
William B. Elwell Will Be
 Instructor in English

A Survey of English Litera- ture" with William B. Elwell as in- structor will be one of the new course in the "Y" evening school program this fall. Secretary Ar thur L. Purinton announces the courses, instructors and opening dates as follows:
 Public speaking (men), Mary L.. Martin, Monday, October 5; vocab- ulary building and practical Eng fish, John G. Gilmartin, Wednes- day, October IA; salesmanship, Carl c. Gu1liver, Tuesday, October 13; plan reading and drawing, Henry T. Moeckel, Monday, October 19; fundamentals of aviation, Orville D. Crooker, Tuesday, October 20; public speaking (women), Mary L. Martin, Wednesday, October 21;
 metallurgy. John c. Bradley. Thursday, October 22; survey of
 English literature, William B. FL
 well. Monday, october 26: traffic management, James B. Griffin, Fred A. Brown and Frank H .Vickery, Thursday, October 29.
 Dates have not yet been set for two advanced classes in public
 nor for Walter S. Berry's class in the Fundamentals of Modern Leadership"
 All "Y" evening classes are con- ducted under the auspices of the educational and industrial com mittee, Robert E. Platt, chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19

Some of the outstanding mem- bers of the Foresters of America in Connecticut will visit Water bury this afternoon to attend a special meeting of state survey committee appointed several weeks ago by Grand Chief Ranger Wal ter s. McGowan of Watertown.
 Throughout Connecticut an in tensive study is being made by this committee of fraternal conditions as affecting the Foresters of America. Some very interesting observations have been noted and information of inestimable value obtained. The grand court of Con- necticut which held its state con- vention here in May and departed from a custom of forty years to re- elect MT McGowan as grand chief ranger, has started on a very elab- orase program of work that will interest and benefit a membership of 15,000.
 The meeting this afternoon will be held at Lakeside Tavern. Will liam H. Dunlavey, local sealer of weights and measures and delegate to the recent national convention held in Boston, will be Waterbury 2 representative at the session. Grand Chief Ranger McGowan will pre- side. The committee will discuss measures which will affect Water bury's seven local courts. Grand court officers will commence this month to tour the state, visiting every court and explaining to its
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
Mutual Aid Fund
 Beautifies Hopeville
Play Area Enhanced By Work of City's Under-
 Employed Mer-Work to Continue

Hopeville, always a nice residen- tial section, continues to add to its good appearance so that at the present time that part of the dis trict in the neighborhood of the school is one of the beauty spots of the Naugatuck valley. A large share of the improvement there this year is due to the Mutual E.n- ployment Aid fund. To fully appre- ciate what had been done one would have to visit the place and see what a marked change has been made on the vacant land bounded north on Piedmont street; south on Stiles street; east on Cypress street and west on Autumn street.
 Fronting on Piedmont street there is a baseball ground, one of the finest in the state. Then there is volley ball court and next to this there is a place for the game of quoits and just south of that point plans are under way for ten his courts with a place set of where there will be sand boxes where the children can amuse themselves, so that the committed having the matter in hand have kept in mind the interests of the young and the old.
 The grounds are ideally located for athletic sports. In many in stances families can see what is going on from their own verandas and a very large number can find accommodation beneath the shade of a giant oak tree almost in the center of the grounds, where it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
HUGE BARBERRY
 PLANT FOUND

Pueblo, Colo, (UP)-The worlds s largest common barberry plant. breeder of dread black rust, has been found upon the ranch of J. P. Harbour, southeast of Pueblo, by U. S. department of agriculture specialists.
 The plant has a branch spread of 25 feet-five times that of the ordinary barberry bush. Its stalks are three inches in diameter, and 1t resembles a tree.
 Wayne Reitz, Ralph Shepherd and Martin Erion. the specialists, who have been engaged in the eradication of barberry in this dis trict for three months, estimated the plant had been growing for 25 years.
 They believe it had spread black stem rust, which damaged or de- stroyed thousands of dollars worth of crops each year.
 The plant is so large tha ito de- stroy it by digging it out by the roots would be huge task, and attempts are being made to kill 1t by the injection of poison in It's stalk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
Met Death While
 Serving As Consul
 During Jap Quake
Name to Appear on Bronze Tablet to Be Set Up in Washington By Government as Tribute to Work Two Other Connecticut Men to Share Equal Reward

anese earthquake in 1923 was the occasion of much comment in Wa terbury. Being a native here and having been prominent at Crosby high school, his untimely death caused much regret here. Mir Kirjassoff was a great athlete while attending school here. His appoint ment as consul at Yokohama brought him many congratula- tions from his many Waterbury friends.
 It was on September 1st, 1923, that the Japanese earthquake oc- cured and the news of Consul Kirjassoff's death was immediately flashed to Waterbury. He was at the American consulate when the building collapsed.
 The other two Connecticut men to be honored are Arthur s. Cheney of New Haven and Luther K. Za- briskie of New Haven. MT. Zabris- kie died of smallpox at Agua Caliente, Mexico, while serving as consul there in 1921. MT. Cheney, along with his wife, were killed in an earthquake in Messina, Italy, in 1908. He was American consul at Messina.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19

Seventy-five jurors from New Haven county, from whom will be drawn the panel. to hear the evil dence in the murder trial of Jo- seph W. Wright next week will report Tuesday morning in the To- cal court house for jury service. The list of names was drawn by Attorney George H. Freeman, clerk of the superior court at Water bury.
 Polling of the jury will be the first step in the trial of Wright, the killing of George Duncan in the Wolcott woods on August Sd. Public Defender, Attorney w. W. Gager. assisted by Attorney J. Jo- seph Smith of this city. will rep resent Wright at the trial. State Attorney Lawrence l.. Lewis and Assistant States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald will represent the state.
 Judge Newell Jennings of Bris- tol, who presided over the trial of Gerald Chapman, notorious ban dit, will occupy the bench in the local trial,
 Attorney Freeman at first drew panel of 50 names from this county but later the number was increased to 75. No Waterbury names appear among the prospec- tive jurors but three are Nauga- tuck residents. They are Will liam D. Champion, Walter Noble and F. Alton Clark.
 Following are the names of the jurors to appear Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock:
 Ansonia: William G. Martin, John w. Drew ST, Lockwood Hotchkiss, Lewis E. Mercer, Ed ward J. Stoddard, R. Williams. Der by: Robert Peterson, Andrew P. Anderson, Archibald Duffield, Daniel Fl. Bacon, Samuel E.. Brewster. John w. Kane, Cyrus J. Stafford. Beacon Falls: George Upright. Harry Sparks, Willett Du- Bois. Bethany: George M. Flames Jr, F. Irving Johnson, Wallace s. Saxton; Cheshire, Oscar P. Gum precht. Horace L. Hine. Edward c. Andrews. Hamden, Horace John- son, J. F. Clouse, A. J. Schneider. Meriden, Sperando Ciotti. Willis N. Barber. Andrew Fox. Charles A. Kinney. Sr. George H. Lacourciere, William E. Thayer. Middlebury, Sidney Singleton, Lewis Taylor, Donald Turner. Milford, Charles w. Clark, William Goldsmith, George s. Clark. Erwin w. san ford. George F. White. Nauga- tuck. William D. Champion. Wal ter Noble. F. Alton Clarke. OK. ford. Ralph Wheeler. Eugene A, 1 Wyant. George W. Marion. Pros pect. Thomas Plumb. Lavergne C. clrak, Arthur E. Harrington. Sey- mour, Omar Nlckerson. Charles Maybury, Thomas J. lone, John Atwood, Arthur N. Benedict. Harr, Y. Manweiler; southbury. Christo. pher II. Wagner. Walter Aston
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19

Max D. Kirjassoff, a native of this city and a graduate of Crosby high school, who was killed in the earthquake in Yokohama, Japan, in September, 1923, while serving as United States consul, is to be especially honored by the govern ment. He is one of four Connecti- cut men who died fin action in the United States foreign service and his name, along with those of others who gave their lives while performing such duties, will be in- cluded on bronze tablet to be set up at Washington, D. C., by the state department.
 Joel Barlow is another of the Connecticut men to be honored. Appointed minister plenipotentfary to France on February 27th, 1911, he was invited by Napoleon, then on his Russian campaign, to meet him at Wiinia and discuss a pro- posed treaty. Arriving there Barlow found the French army in retreat from Moscow and becoming in- volved in the disordeed retreat he died of cold and privation on De- cember 26th, 1872, at Zarnowice.
 MT. Kirjassoff's death in the Jap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
SUMMER STORMS AFFECT PHONES
Past Season Not as Troublesome as That
 of 1928
RAINFALL COMPARABLE

Summer storms-the bane of the
 telephone repairman's existence
 have been a bit more kindly to-
 wards the wires and service of the
 Southern New England Telephone
 company this year than in the last
 comparable year with respect to the number of rain and thunder storms, which was 1928. In that year, the largest number of tele-
 phone stations to be put out of or
 der in a single storm was close to
 10, ,0OO, while this year the greatest
 number to be rendered temporarily
 useless was 2,000. This years sum-
 mer disturbances, despite the
 greater number of storms, were not much more severe than those of last year when rain was at a premium.
 Storms of unusual severity some- times put as many as fifty percent of the stations in small exchanges out of order. Only one such storm occurred this summer. however. That was early on the evening of August when seventy -mile-an- hour hurricane struck the town of Westport and within an hour rendered hors de combat 1900 tell ephones. A less severe downpour came on July IA which put 2.000 stations out of service, but this storm was general throughout the state. Considerable trouble was
 also encountered by the repairmen in Hartford on August 12 when a
 raging storm interrupted the use of several hundred stations.
 Repair forces of the company have also had much difficulty this summer because of the prevailing humidity. which caused moisture to collect on the equipment at the subscribers premises and put many individual lines out of commission.
 Rain. wind and lightning not only ] inconvenience subscribers. bu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19
Local Youths
 Held at Buffalo
Wanted at Springfield for
 left of a Car

Captain William P. Keegan of the local detective bureau has re- ceived word from the police in Buffalo, N. r., stating that two Waterbury youths wanted in Springfield, Mass, for theft of an automobile were under arrest in that city. The authorities of Springfield are expected to start immediate extradition proceedings. The youths are Steven Dabuda, IS. of 1S4 Division street, and Nor man Bunneli, 21. of R. F. D. ?. They were picked up on the Lake Shore road near Buffalo. A po- liceman became curious over the ownership of a luxurious looking car and the unkempt appearance of its passengers. The machine is the property of Robbins c. Vivian of 39 Florentine Garden, Spring field Mass. The accused admit talk ing the car, the Buffalo police state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-19

is said Indians crowned their chiefs centuries before the coming of the white man.
 Much yet remains to be done before the job will be finished, es- pecially on the southerly end of the property. But a retaining wall is already being built along a part of Stiles and Cypress streets. so that the intention is to carry out plans which will complete the work in a most satisfactory man. ner
 A number of young men amused themselves at volley ball in the court last evening until darkness set in and they were obliged to give it up in the midst of an ex- citing contest. Plans are under way to get a few electric lights on the grounds so that such sports as vol ley ball and other games may be held in the evening without inter- ruption on account of darkness. Tn conversation with a few of the ,, residents last night a reporter for this paper was informed that the committee hopes the Connecticut Light & Power company will do- nate free of charge a few lights so that the park may be used dur ing the evening by those who might l not have time to use 1t during the day time.
 What about a naem for the grounds?" asked the reporter. This query received an evasive answer, but the reporter gathered from what was said that in the near fu- ture an appropriate name for the magnificent school building which overlooks the grounds will be sub- mitted to the department of educa- tion that probably will also serve as a suitable name for the park, which is a part of the school prop erty.
 Hopeville Is noted for a great variety of fine shade trees, but there is room for more. A few naples have been set out along Autumn street, but the work should not stop there. The beautiful grove at the Piedmont club. the hand some church and well-kept lawns along Piedmont street make quite an attractive gateway to the school and the park. so that when Mayor Hayes completes his plans for boulevard on Baldwin street clear down to South Main street, that part of Hopeville in the neigh borhood of the Federated church and schools will be one of the at- tractive spots along the route.