Chester Times (Newspaper) - November 20, 1915, Chester, Pennsylvania CHESTER SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20 1915 h The Man or Woman who is in receipt of regu lar pay should deposit it all in Bank as soon as receiv ed NO MATTER whether the money is to be spent or be saved IT SHOULD BE DEPOSITED Money that is carried in the pocket is often spent thoughtlessly Checks are not written in the same spirit And then depositing ones salary as often as re is a good habit to form 4 Habits go a long way in making character Bank your SALARY Pennsylvania National Bank Its now up to you To save a dollar or two Next the City Hall Our City Public Schools HIGH SCHOOL The first interclass debate was hold at a mooting ot the So ciety on Wednesday The The seventh grade vcd That a Edward Thomas Bui Moving pictures at V Prin cipal S C Miller singing a b My Old Kentucky audience whistling proposition was gle tux on hind values should be levied in the United States The Senior team composed of Hamilton Jackson Hurry Goff and Clarence sustained ami tht Morton Charlos kin and Edward Burtleson supported the negative The judges Miss Rean ey Misa and Miss decided In favor of the The next interclass will oc cur between teams composed of girls Tho topic ia Woman Suffrage the af being presented by the Jun iors the negative by the Seniors A hotly contested debate and the Seniors are struggling to main lain their supremacy Correspondence with Reading and Lancaster is occurring with reference to the selection of a topic to be used in the triangular debate to take place on the evening of March 24 The es of debates will be met from the proceeds of the Noel Feast to be held in December Annual Reception On Friday evening December 3 the annual reception to new pupils and their parents will be given by the Sen iors under the direction of Mtsu and a committee of teachers Katharine Puncheon principal of the Philadelphia School for Girls and Prof C B Pennypacker principal of Lower Merlon High School will be the chief speakers of tho occasion Work of tbe High School will be exhibited and there will be other interesting feat ures Very interesting talks are being giv en each morning in Section A of the Junior English class The following deserve notice Nathan Tollin Ad Mabel A New pro LINCOLN SCHOOL The little folks In Miss Gallaghers Miss Walkers rooms more pleased with their new reading hooks which they received this week They ore also very much Interested v in the Indian Village on the sand table and their poster The boards in the rooms are decorated very suitably for Thanks giving Quite a number of children aro ab sent from the owing to ill ness Joseph has returned to school 1 alter having been out a long time on account of sickness Briggs Edward Flor Gerr Lillian Carr Myrtle Kerr Russell Campbell aro new pupils zu Lincoln Everett Scott has been transferred from Miss Gallaghers room to Frank lin school The children In Miss Files room have completed their aand table of i Holland and are very happy with the results of their efforts Mrs Megonigal Is still with us while Miss Oliver is very much Im proved she has not been able to re turn to school Children and teachers will be glad her back to i her accustomed place In tho school room Mary Rogers Jean cite Jackson Fonza Ruth Gibson Ruth Aikin Carlton Way i Joseph Edna r Rothfuss Jennie Toppin Elsie Merrill Benson Gladys Wherry Anna Thompson and Madaline oJ the sixth grade hat perfect marks in the spelling test this week Tho following pupils in the fifth grade also perfect marks Mary Carson Rich Riggs Andrew mer Dorothy Smith Evelyn Ruth Springer Rachel Howies Flor ence Margaret Spencer John 1 and George Frank Campbell a pupil of Miss Hewitts room has been absent from school for several weeks owing to Ill ness His classmates in Miss Smiths room kindly remembered him with a basket of fruit New flower boxes have been placed in Miss and Ilss McNeals room which will add voty greatly to the appearance of their rooms In these two roomis tho children have made some very artistic baskets tt rafla A Mrs Charles Henry has kindly do plants to the school The following program was car ried out yesterday afternoon Singing RockaBye singing Robert of Lincoln recitation Little Boy Gertrude Hysore recita tion The Chestnut Lillian Ben recitation Miriam Lewis recitation The Squirrels Col Margaret Carson singing The singing is un der tho direction of Miss Laura Miss Howard supervisor of drawing and Miss Greenwood supervisor ot gave several lessons In tho school this week Elizabeth has returned to 1 her studies in the sixth grade after being out for some on account of illness SENSATIONAL OF PACKARD John Callaghan Harold Charles Graden Frank Fran cis Merrill Johnson John Kestner Samuel Hoy Loveland John Archie Francis Wi ilium Jacub Much Ills hi Oer John Honey Theodore Smith inion Walters Warren Walls Sam el Ward recitation Out to Old Aunt James Whitcomb Martin selection eight Noel Marlon II Elizabeth McClurg Ruth lice Kice round Three Blind Instrumental duets O Thou Sweet Evening Mar on Mitchell piano and audi nce musical director Miss Vida St lair Smith supervisor of music In re Chester schools accompanist Jiss Mary principal of Lowell School Formation of in Miss Margaret principal of the McCall Philadelphia social session nd refreshments The following records have ecn purchased The and Stripes Forever El Capl an March Sousa Band orchestra bird voices Amoureuse Valse Rodolphe orchestra with voices Songs of Our Native The pupils do not always realize hut It is very necessary to bo a good apid speller To be employed In an I or to be successful in the ness world one must ho a good speller I The following pupils of section lave perfect records in far leys room have made an average of per cent or more in a test of ten weeks work in spelling Amelia Francis Elliott and David Rosenblatt 100 per cent Sarah Longhurst Amelia Harper William Sakers and Mary Marks 08 per cent Preston Hulton Noden Eleanor Fitzsimmons May Arment Elizabeth Miller and Alice McWH JH per cent three Islands near North Island Cuba Island and Coney Miss James returned the neat little sum of proceeds from the gale of ice cream and was cleared on the candy sold helps to swell the sum nearer the 500 made Art Bobby Granger a pupil In Mies Masons room has presented to his teacher and classmates a nne large photograph of Thomas Edison the in ventor framed and ready to be hung where all the boys and girls may study this wizard of tho twentieth cen tury The eighth grade Is studying the Mexican War Mexico was settled by the Spaniards and the Spanish names are very difficult to pronounce It will require hard study to learn them but with help everybody is trying to eay these queer names The eighth grade boys are helping Mr Clark and Mr Hosier to make ta bles for the sewing classes The ta bles will be very much appreciated by all the girls who These books have been to the library by Mary McWilliams Samuel George Rightmyer and Benjamin McClelland Folly in Fairy by C Wells Dickies by C Shaw Summer Days at The Boy Inventors Wireless by R Bonner Hanx or The Silver by Mary Mapes Dodge Boat by Oliver Optic The library is open and the librarians are busy tak ing charge John Bell Fred Mussel tin Elizabeth McClurg Frances Mac Mullen Marian Millar Marian Mitch cl Haze Mould Jennie Much Mar garet Alice Rice Dorothy Rosenblatt Sarah Smith Elizabeth Taylor Paul Aim Milton Barraclough Richard Bennett Lewis BuCkman James Ferrigan George Hysore King ston Jump John Knox Francis Mans Augustine McClay William Mc Samuel Miller Clinton Mitchell Henry Haines Pul len Kendall Scott Swimmer Harry Whittle Harry instrumental guar tette Noel Marian Mitch ell Elizabeth Ruth Kelley Alice chorus One Flag We combined eighth grade ac Marian Mitchell march Stars and Stripes DEWEY SCHOOL Tho sensational performance of rv Packard driven by J G Vice President of Engineer ing Packard Motor Car Company In the Bay Speed way at the rate ot miles an hour mado to seem even more astonish ing by the rumor that the car Was a stock tourins model To correct this Impression Mr Vin cent has issued the tion of the car in he drove the lap The motor In the chassis used In general is of stock design and size but Is equipped with a special cam shaft to racing valve ami Ihe arc slightly crowned to give high cr compression The stock motors have 75 pounds compression while this motor has pounds compression The carburetor and intake header I were of larger size than standard lo give more power at higher speed Special spark were used to resist the extreme heat due to high compression and racing sperd The remainder of the chassis IP of 125 model design with tho exception that it is stripped of fenders and s provided with 34mile gear That Is a gear giving 1 speed of 34 miles an hour at 900 re of thG motor instead of 24 at 500 as Is he case with the car and tiros were Tip ear of course a body ami com plete and wish tanks full welshed pounds It was tiilt purely for n purposes as T wanted to de termine inc of 0117 motor of 424 cubic inches pinion displacement without from Sis principles of Tho material ud throughout tho ar Is absolutely as cies intt Dvery stock car rulfs Ibis ear termed a Any n from tiie stock car d it A The Viscose Artificial Silk Ross Lewis John M am Rosabelle Rice Li brary The classin economics Is planning to visit somn of the principal industrial establishments of Chester and vicinity under the guidance of T Woodward Trainer secretary of tho Chamber of Commerce A fine collection of var ious kinds of wood presented by the Keystone Cabinet Company was exam ined by tho class on Thursday Friendly essays were handed In by the Senior English classes last Mon day Orations will soon be under dis cussion and preparation made for the annual oratorical contests to occur af ter Christmas Severn of the Seniors aro essays on for entry In the na tional contest under tho direction of the National Educational Association There aro nine prizes tho first being ono hundred dollars Next Wednesday afternoon the Thanksgiving entertainment will bo given under the direction of the Dram atic Society Pupils drawn from the and Junior classes will presen a short play coached by Miss Doyle Miss Nellie Godon is teaching the Ind ian dance On Monday in tho Senior physics class MInshall Holden gave n very talk on Balloons The Structure and and John Higl The There followed a lively discussion of th principles upon which balloons ant aeroplanes are constructed and opei ated This was participated in by John Hay William Irwin Charles Lee Taylor Wilson Ross and Car roll Ford I The Senior class nex week will learn the joy of nn unknown solution of tho First an Second Groups of Metals Yesterday was the an of Abraham Lincolns fa mous address at the dedication of th National Cemetery at Gettysburg Nov ember IS 1SS3 To commemorate thl event tho address was given from th main platform at the morning exercis es by Edwin Pike of the Senior clos and Jane Baker recited John Burn of Both selections wore exceptionally well given and received enthusiastically by the students T Irwin a member of the Senior class recited Spartacus to the before one of the classes in Roman history on Thursday after noon One of the topics fr the days work had been the Gladiatorial War and the selection very appropriate The members of the history class aro very grateful to William Irwin for his kindness time and effort for their ben and pleasure Shoe Fund Benefit A Noel Feast for the benefit ot the Shoe Fund of the Chester School Dis and of the Literary Society will be held at the High School on the evenings of Thursday and Friday De cember 16 and 17 On Thursday eve ning the pupils of tho Freshman and Sophomore classes will conduct an en the auditorium under tho direction of a committee headed by Miss Lee On Friday evening the Seniors and Juniors will have charge of tho entertainment under tho sion ot Miss Doyle In addition to the entertainments there will be the fol lowing special features in the class rooms Gypsy fortuneteller Camp Fire Girls Boy Scouts Parcel Post Delivery bake and candy sale English tearoom Christmarkt and Klatch The Christmarkt Is entirely new in Chester and will no doubt attract much attention It will be held on the fourth floor under the direction of Miss Birtwell and a corps of assistants com posed of the teachers of German and their pupils Tho will present a German street at Christmas showing the booths sellers ot cakes and candies Christmas trees tab leaux picturing German myths street etc The pupils will be in cos tume and the cakes and candies will be made by the of the domestic science class in accordance with pen nine German recipes furnished by Miss Birtwell who spent two seasons in Germany Miss Laura B Renney in of the Social Service Society Is of the committee directing the Feast All the teachers of the High School have been assigned to commit tees and they will lc assisted by the pupils who are actively interested in the success of the Commercial Notes Five rf the clns have been awarded pennants tho past week by the Type writer Company Miss Tur ner has been granted card rase The other of the tiro of thee nnd within a short time thoy hope to he successful in winning them A visitor to the Commercial Depart ment on Miss Dorothy Rosenblatt Alice Rice James 1 man Sumner Knowles Evans by George Hysore and Henry I take care of this work for the eighth grade and In the seventh rade David Farraday Thomas But The following pupils were excused rom taking tho physiology test be causo they did such excellent daily work SA section Beulah Ives Mar an Mitchell Jennie Much SB sec ion Helen Abbott Gladys Bull Ger rude Taintor Knowles Evans Covert McCabe Fred Musselman and Clayton Slaw tor The Girls A called a meeting Monday afternoon at oclock and organized six basketball teams for 191G The following girls were elected captains of the teams 8A Newsome William Walls and Samuel Samuel Nethery Warren Walters Yesterdays Musical Program Friday morning the eighth grade musical program was as follows hymn Glorious Things of Thee Aro from Stabat Mater Bible rending principal S C Miller chorus The Blue Bells of SB Helen Abbott Annie Ashworth Lena teams will begin practicing next Tues day afternoon Thursday afternoon Dewey and Franklin met at the Fifth Ward nnd a fine game was played on both sides It was a hardfought game during which the Franklin plucky quarterback James Mellon was bauly bruiser about the shoulder but with tho true Franklin spirit bravely fin ished tho first Tho game ended with a score of In favor ot Dewey Yes thats score but a schools never beaten until it gives In and Whether we win or we lose This is the school well always choose Franklin Franklin Franklin Hish Averages in Spelling The following pupils in Sliss Han Lewis Eva McBride Mildred McCul lough Mildred Mell Ethel Miller Wil Monroe Hilda Mould Ellen Frances Honey Margaret Sil cox Gertrude Taintor Ruth Webster Allen Barber John Bell Isador Bloom Harvey Bridge Knowles Evans Co vert Fitz William Homeland Abram Johnson Samuel Kay Thomas Kinsley James McCabe Frederick Musselman Sumner Oliver Charles Remington James Schurman Clayton Slawter Frederick Wright James Mellon Raymond Wing piano solo Medita Ellen Rigney chorus Flow Gently Sweet 8A Lillian Aik en Sarah Bailey Barbara Battle Mary Casner Elizabeth Frame Anna Hinderhoffer Orpha Ives Ruth Louise Mair Mr Goff and Mr McAdam two young men from the Chester High School came to the school on Tues day morning ot this week and gave an illustrated talk on the Panama Ca which was much enjoyed by pu pils and teachers Mr Goft spoke and Mr operated the lantern The football team won a victory over the Franklin School team on Wednesday afternoon at the Fifth Ward Park The score was 60 Bren nan of Dewey went over the line with the ball as the whistle blew for the end of the half making the only touchdown of the game A feature of the game was a 25yard dash through center Damico did some good tack ling for Dewey and Burrows made several fine runs Mr Smith of the High School ref ereed the game and Mr Hosier of the High School acted as umpire Bar ton and were tho Members of the Larkin School team which defeated both the Franklin and Dewey teams to the tune of 350 and Mr Pickering principal i of the Lar kin School were interested spectators on the side lines The Franklin played 3 good game and the Dewey boys are to meet them again before the close of the season The halls and classrooms of Dewey School were enlivened cheers and yells for tho team the school and star players on Thursday morning aft er the victory The seventh and eighth grades are for oilcloth In Miss drawing class The seventh grade girls have about finished their aprons and caps and aro nearly ready to begin gift towels and for Christmas Miss Ralphs fourth grade is mak ing blotter pads in drawing class The following program was carried out at the Friday morning exercises of the grammar department Scriptural reading Dwyer Hymn Oh Worship the school declamation Things William Can piano solo Memories of Spring Charlotte Lessy declamation Little Miss Brag Marion Whitta ker piano solo The Swallows Anna Dautel A Talk on the Panama Louis Wasser man chorus Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken school tween 11 on Wednesday touching the life and work of Dr Booker T Washington The fifth sixth seventh and eighth grades were addressed by the princi pal S G Thomas In the assembly room while W K Valentine addressed the 3B and BA 4B and JA and 5A grades in 4A room Appropriate songa were sung Miss Lillian Dannaker supervisor of primary department spent half day with us on Wednesday and gathered a list of names of pupils who are above age compared with their grade Miss Dannaker left sev eral suggestions with the which all will use in helping their All are working to reduce their per centage of absence This week found that since September 7 out of nearly 450 pupils 2G9 had not been absent at all 61 have been absent once 39 have been absent twice and 11 have been three times Of tardiness it was found the number not late at all was 311 late once 3U late twice 17 late three times 9 It is the earnest endeavor with the aid of the attend ance officer to make even a better showing than this The drawing in the fifth and eighth grades is progressing nicely and with the present it is hoped to see some splendid work along this line for the present school year In a meeting of the teachers of the a few days ago it was agreed to bend every effort to increase the percentage ol attendance We feel that we do not have the cooperation of parents along this lino or so many pupils would not lose so many half days despite tho work of the attend ance officer The funds still pour In for the piano we hape to have paid for in a few more weeks As soon as we close the contract for the piano we shall install a moving picture machine but not call upon the children to pay one cent by way contribution GARTSIDE SCHOOL become BO Interested In their study at Indians that they are seen scalping In the yard at In Mrs Millers room the pads have been a source of much in terest LARKIN SCHOOL At the opening exercises on iu morning tho following given by the School reading by Mr Baud The Whistler ty Arthur B Miserere Caruso C o M Frances Alga selections by School ol chestra sone by School Or y the school Many of the pupils in both and grades are much i in preparing an esSay on The Society Dames of America s for the best Thursday afternoon the football went to Upland returned with other to their Miss Deakyne was much pleased her last visit to the school with i progress the seventh classes have made with their and caps Some of the eighth girls have finished their The December meeting ot the Par Association ot the Gart side School he held Wednesday evening December 1 The speaker will be Mrs iaw of Philadelphia The children in Mrs Barretts and Mrs Millers room are striving hard to win the pennant for punctuality Both rooms won it last This has been the means of reducing much of the lateness in the school Mrs Barretts children are prepar ing a Thanksgiving program which they hopo to have their parents wit ness Miss Greenes little children have FIRESTONE DEFINED There are hundreds of people remember tho question What ij Firestone Mean asked n the Slav paws tp Like many sayings In the play this question Hex a ot business The enthusiastic vaunt the word Firestone would the mind of their backer its Tires Truv fhey were it ty but it win S noticed that they selected for thel on tres a name that Tires and nothing else he tire In This is a tribute to quality of uro auct Further it is a great to specialization Sixteen years of tire makes leader ship in quality thoroughly logical Answering thoroughly logical the advertising teno Question Firestone that of quality of product which S turn denotes satisfaction service economy m mileage tire specialists produced by real WATTS SCHOOL Superintendent J Linwood Eisen berg came to the building this week and left some notes suggestive of a i program which was carried out DC I FALL SHOES A We are ready to show and sell GOOD SCHOOL SHOES for Bova and Girls 2 A Boys Scout Shoos to T A Boys Dress Shoes Black Colt Skin Gun Metal and Russet X to MISSES AND CHILDRENS SHOES f X Full School and V f N EDUCATOR SHOES Y Made by Rice and Hutchins and White Buckskin i Black and Russet I A Bell Phone 1137W Cor Ulrich Streets A Pretty Clothes For If theres any one time of the y ear we want pretty clothes v its around Thanksgiving With the winter starting in real earnest and party time com ing will blame us And this store was never so well prepared to furnish the clothes at such modest buy v Gloves Hosiery Suits Coats Skirts COAT SUITS that any woman would be proud to made cif wool suitings whipcords serge gaberdine satin lined plain tailored or fur trimmed A wide variety of styles and An Evasive Answer Belle Harry didnt know I asked him to Ux Smith girl He simply to Brother 1 should ny you were the jno who was for an cx NOVELTY COATS for misses and girls wool mixtures in full length and three quarter length PLUSH sale of to kinds the very latest styles in silk plush nicely rn saucy new models in Serbian colors Kid Gloves and Cape Gloves black and colors guaranteed a pair Cashmere Gloves and Lined Gloves of various sorts samples and odd lots of 75c and kinds Childrens Woolen Gloves and Mittens Womens Silk and white extra Hose 25c black 50c Womens fast black Seamless Hose Superb Furs lustrous Fox Sets roll muff and collar tOC Aft Sets of Coney and Belgian Lynx to Childrens to There is a style to suit your taste and your PIQUANT HATS swell little shapes mostly black Special V Trimmed Hats to WE TRIM HATS FREE For Men and Boys Mens Socks for work extra heavy 3 pairs for 25c Instructor in the ville T Hish School They are il to visitors in tho ious nny mfn in b cosne Mr M would ho very ly interested short the clashes ns they find in hr FRANKLIN SCHOOL Heavy Fleece Lined or Ribbed Underwear the regular 50c kind at 39c as Shirts for work and dress a very large all 49c Patrons nnd of the Frankiin nnd irc ed to attend the next of the to be held in the auditorium of the Franklin in Improved Does not Cause nor Send The harny combination f laxatives n BROMO JONINE 3ic Quinine in this form a far effect than Ihr end it can be hy anyone head to call or the full name for signature it B W Grove 2oc The will Miss McGuire who needs no the Chester puNic as ed at the Teachers Institute and Home School of School Every time she lectures she has a new and her talks arc always coort The following program will be conducted Boys Suits double breasted and Norfolk styles Corduroy Trousers 79c oOc Trousers 8 to 12 year sizes Bags Mesh Purses and Bags 49c to Novelty Pins and Brooches lOc to 9Sc Flat chased and bangle ban gle bracelets 49c to Leather Bags plain and fit ted 49c to NECKWEAR of newer sorts Dainty collars 23c 49c and Chemisettes 39c to 9Sc Neck Cords 9c 23c Center Pieces in Ameri can Lace and Nottingham designs 49c Renaissance and Mexi can drawn scarfs 49c to Cluny Trimmed Pieces 39c to Napkins a Table Covers to Lace Curtains in great quantity and good quality 39c to a piece color Sweaters School Sweaters for boys and girls Wool Sweaters for men and women all sizes good assortment value x Womens Angora Vests just the thing to wear under a coat ona cool day 98c Waists Newly arrived several lovely styles in waists white blue pink AO Dainty Voiles and Lingerie 98c K SCHWARTZ Edgmont Avenue Seventh and Welsh Streets Chester Pa
