The Press., 1920-12-09
SUPERIOR COURT

land County Superior Court opened Friday morning with Judge Frank D. Haines of Portland on the bench
 Mabel l.. Pratt was granted di- vorce from Howard w. Pratt on the grounds of assertion. Lawyer M. D. O'Connell of Stafford appeared for Mrs. Pratt, who testified that she was married in 1912. Mrs Pratt gave her maiden name as Matel L. Hobby and said she was deserted in 1916, after she had failed to heed her husbands demand to support the family as he decided he wasn't going to do it. Other witnesses who testified to the effect that Pratt had demanded Mrs Pratt to go to work, were Edward A. brother of Mrs, Pratt and Deputy Sheriff William o. Eldredge of West Wilmington. The decree was granted on the grounds of desertion.
 The case of the town of Andovcr against C. E. White ct al, was the ar gument of a demurrer. This case re- suited in the collection of taxes for three years 1916, 1718 The defend- ant took mortgage for 5000 in se- curity for two notes and the owner of the property did not pay his taxes, SO the town is looking to the owner of the mortgage.
 The Winter Gardens annual revue,
 The Passing Show of 1919," will open at the Court Square theater, Spring field, next week beginning Monday night, with matinees Wednesday, Fri lay and Saturday. The Winter Garden has made twentysix productions and not one of these has surpassed this new show in magnificence of produc ton, scintillating shower of wit and humOr; in merry, tuneful melodies, or in novelty and gorgeousness in cos tuning. Altogether this show is a tornado of fun and frolic. The Pass ing Show of 1919" differs from the usual Winter Garden extravaganza insomuch that a good part of the en- tertainment is made up of travesties on the more important dramatic sue cesses of the year. As to the latter, the burlesque on East and Vest" The Just" and Humble Inn" are the more elaborate and have met with greater favor. Of the twenty scenes there is one alone which would be sufficient to designate the Passing Show" as being transcendently spec tacular, the same being the Court of King Solomon. The more important Avon Comedy Four, Jack Leslie, Lon 1xso IJol Hazel Cox, Ruth Brothers, Al Martin, Harry Turpin, Kyra, Merle Hartwell, Eddie Miller, Peggy Mer- riment, Ray Oddo and the Winter Gar den's famous Aurora girls.
 The annual meeting and election of officers of the Holland County Farm Bureau was held Thursday in the Farm Bureau rooms in the Prescott block, Rockville. There were two ses sions. At the morning session at 10.3O the election of officers and the usual routine business took place
 The nominating committee which con- sisted of Mrs. A. H. Benton of Ando- yer; John McKinstrey of Ellington; Mrs. w. B. Whitlock of Somers; Oliver Driggs of Vernon; Samuel Johnson of West Willington presented the following list of officers who were elected on their recommendation President, E. s. Edgerton of Vernon; l.. c. Robinson of Col umbia; secretary, MissGertrude White of Andover; treasurer, John McKin strey of Ellington. In addition to these officers town directors were also appointed, After the business session, dinner was served and thirty-three sat down to this spread. In the afternoon there was general and the members expressed their views al out expanding the Farm Bureau. The individual membership fee was increased from $1 to $2 and the family membership fee was in creased to $5 per year. Directors elected were as follows: Direct DTS at large, c. H, Savage, Storrs; A. A. Cushman, South Coventry; Harold Clark, Mansfield; town directors, Andover, Luther Ran lall, Mrs. A. Benton; Bolton; Andrew Maneggia, Mrs, J, w. Phelps; William Wolf, Mrs. Fannie Dixon Welch; Coventry, H. B, Pom eroy, Mrs. w. s. Haven; Ellington, Robert Hyde, Mrs. J. T. Mcknight; Hebron, Mr. Dickinson, Mrs. Robert Foote; Mansfield, Harold Storrs, Mrs. Theron Swift; Somers, Clifford Par sons, Mrs. Bert Cooley; Stafford, T. F. Martin, Miss Mary Newton; Holland, Samuel Johnson, Mrs. Hubbard West; Union, George Heck, Mrs. George Kos UT; Vernon, o. K. Driggs, Mrs. A. R. Lathrop; Willington, R. L. Birdsall, Mrs. George V. Smith. The Farm Bu- reau membership is now 712 as con- pared with 679 one year ago.
 Many Film Pictures Per Second.
 Taking motion pictures at the rate of some 15.OOO second with a camera and iens Is the recent achievement of a French scientist. High-speed pho tography IS not new, but heretofore has depended upon electric-spark shadows. without lenses, and lacking sufficient illumination for clear defi hilton. The mechanism of the camera consists of an aluminium reel electri cally driven at 5000 r. D. m. and film at 164 feet second. At this rate pictures 2 inches high are made about 10000 times second.
 larger and smaller surfaces being ex- posed at respectively slower and faster speeds, says the August Popular Me chanics Magazine in an article carry Ing full-page illustration.
 The illuminant is stream of high. tension electric sparks with a ire luency of about 8O,OOO a second. pro- 1uced at the focal point of concave and kept from flaming. by current of air.