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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
TALK ON CRAFTSMANSHIP TO HI-Y CLUB MEMBERS
Tohn Tobin, Basketball Referee, speaks on Golden Rule in
 Athletic World.

John Tobin, the local basketball referee and coach spoke to the mem bors of the Senior Hi-Y club on 'Sportsmanship" last night. "The | Golden Rule defines good sports manship," he said. DO to the other fellow as you would like to have him do 10 you.
 "A good sportsman is a gracious winner and a good loser" he said He explained that being a gracious winner was more difficult than be- | ing a good loser.
 After he had talked about the re- ! lation of good sportSmanship in games he told of how fair play en- tered into evcryones daily exper- 1 fences at school or at work
 Later he spoke of some of his cx- pcrience while refereeing, and about the examinations which must be | passed before referee can be 2 member of the state board of ref croeS.
 He also described the recent radio i broadcast in which he and Leonard l Nixon took part.
 After the talk by Mir. Tobin the members put on the induction cere- mony at which Fred Stcinman was taken into the club. Two new boys attended last nights meeting. Will i liam Stecd and Luther Carl. Be cause of the Christmas holidays the next two meetings will be omitted 1 Thursday, January 9. The White di- , vision gained one point over the Reds in the attendance contest.
 Six members of the club signed up to attend the State Hi-Y conference i in Middletown on January 10 and II. They are Wesley Alvord, Fred
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Q. Are there any desert lands il

Q. Are there any desert lands in Spain?
 A. There is much arid land in Spain, but no desert worth speak ing of.
 Q. Is the population of Los An geles larger than that of Cleveland ? A. According to the estimated population for 1928 Cleveland has a population of 1,010,300 and Los An geles 1.500,000.
 Q. What will prolong the life Of wooden fence posts?
 A. The most effective treatment is to soak them first in hot cresote for five hours and then in cold creosote for the same length of time. This treatment will double or even trebl their lifee.
 Q. Did Harold Lloyd los his' arm during the filming of the movie "Speedy"?
 A. He lost his thumb and fore finger and part Of his hand while he was posing for some comic photo graphs years ago, when he was nAk- ing two-reel comedies. He had q real bomb in his hand which the property man had given him by mistake. It exploded. blowing UT the studio and injuring Lloyd's hand. @. Is it ever too cold to snow? A. The United States weather Bureau says that light snow falls at very low temperatures.
 Q. Does Betty Compson actually play the violin in the picture Street Girl"?
 A. Yes. She played the violin in vaudeville before entering motion | pictures.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
That's Me!

By Lawrence $. Slack 1 was fool and l am a fool and a fool I'll always be; The number of species of fool I've been are many too many to count; Somewhere there may he another fool who in folly is equal to mo,
 Hut there isn't III wager q huge amount. am an ass. an unspcakablc Hss with the largest possible cars; If have a brain, which I greatly doubt, it's probably made of mush: When I sec myself in a looking glass am properly moved 10 tears.
 And every time that I think ot myself l blush. I'm going 10 soak my lcaden head in a bucket Of melted lard. I'm going to stub my favoritc toe against an immovable rock, I'm going to turn a thumb tack up and sit on it good and hard, And kick myself three times around the block.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Club Girls Cook Meal
 While Public Looks On

The girls of the Jubilee Junior Achievement club, prepared, cook ,I and served an oven cooked dinner in the window of the New Britain Gas Light company last night dem oustrating their club work with the aid of q gas range provided by the company. The menu of the meal included roast veal, baked white an baked sweet potatoes, peas, Bavar- ian pineapple cream, fancy cakes and coffee. The club oembers also prepared and cooked ice box cookies in the show window as an addi- tional demonstration. This after noon the club will stage a demon stration in cake making. The girls sold sG worth of their products yes tCrdlN,
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

You can get an answer 10 any question Of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald Washington Bureau. 1929 New York avenue. Washington D. C, enclosing two cents in stanpe for reply. Medical, legal and marital advise cannot bc given. nor can e1- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive q per sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are confidential.-Ed Editor.
 Q. Who wrote the song "WiIl You Love Me in December as you did in May"?
 A. The music is by Ernest R. Ball and the words by James J. Walker.
 .. How can the measurements of d square equal in area to a circle, whose diameter is known, be de- tcrmined?
 A. To find the area of circle multiply the square of the radius by 3.1416. Take the square root of the product and it will give you the length Of the sides Of the square.
 Q. Did Philip Refs invent the first telephone?
 A. The telephone was invented in 1878 by Alexander Graham Bell, who was the first 10 utilize a con- tinuous current. intensified and di- unfinished in proportion 10 the sound waves projected into the transmitter. In 1861 Philipp Refs. a German. produced an instrument constructed along lines similar to those laid down by Bourseul, which would transmit sound of constant pitch but was incapable of transmitting continuous speech.
 c. From what was the movie "The Gold Diggers of Broadway taken?
 A. From a play "rhc Gold Dig gers" by Avery llopwood.
 Q. How many spoken languages and dialects are there in the world and in what country is the greatest number found?
 A. Frank II. Nizctclly, managing editor of the Standard Dictionary, is authority for the statement that languages and dialects in the world distributed as follows: America 1924; Asia. 937; Europe, 5S7: and Africa. 27G," The actual number ol languages recently computed by the Frcnc hAcademy is put at 2.796 The inference is that there are 62& dialects. However. it is not easy tC draw the line between a language and q dialect and philogists do not agree on any particular classifica- ton.
 c. How many of the football games between Yale and Princeton have been won by each?
 A. Out of the 53 games Yale has won 2S and Princeton 1G, and nine resulted in ties.
 c. What is poetry?
 A. It is the emotional interpre. tation of nature and life through the imagination, in beautiful anc metrical language
 Q. What is the population 0 Pennsylvania?
 A. The 1928 estimated population was 9.S54,0O0.
 Q. What is the capital of Sovie Russia?
 A. Moscow.
 Q. Why has the sea not bored ; | hole through the earth?
 4. Because the interior resist ance of the earth is greater thai the pressure of the water.
 c. Are the Tarzan stories fact
 A. They are pure fiction.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
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Send all communications to Pun Shop Editor, care ot the New Britain Herald, and your letter
\ Hint in Time.

\ Hint in Time. We've plenty of ash-trays to last our life through, It's cash trays we're needing and cash for 'cm, too. Of course, we're not limiting, and yet, folks, if we Found some in our stocking, how happy wed be!
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Sk FITCH CLUB RECESSES

Following the meeting last night. the Sketch Club of the New Britain Art league recessed for the Christ mas holidays. The next meeting will be held Tuesday evening, Janu- .ary :. at the studio, 90 Cedar street. A number of new members hay" enrolled and il is expected that when classes arc resumed the at tendance will be nearly doubled.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Ritter, Herbert Ritter, Leon Dick inson. Bernard Wosilus and Ebbie Zetterman.
 The memberes of the stamp club met last night under the leadership of Percy Washburn, and spent an interesting evening together. Will bur Miller. Ernest Gaudet, Edward Hoffman, George Durr and Robert Wnener. new members, were pres Wiener, new members, were pres
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
"lm Wild About YOu."
Scientific I-actt

Walter: The paper says that brunettes are more subject to dan druff than blondes. l wonder why that is"
 Richard: "Nery simple. for the same reason that blue serge coat collars are more subject to it than gray ones,'
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Inside Information

Newspaper ownership involves constant worry an dannoyance, which affect the strong nerves. A big newspaper owner has never q minute he can rightly call his own.
 On this subject I am well quail fled to speak, as l am one of the largest newspaper owners in the United States.
 And the wife has just served notice on me that this is tho last time she intends 10 tell me 10 get on the back porch and tie them up in bundles so the old rag man can
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
His Feelings!

"Now, tell mo, Mr. Smith" said the able editor of the Weekly Ran nakaboo. What were your sensa- tons while you were crouchng in your cyclone cellar with the tornado raging above you?''
 Well" replied Sandstorm Smith, of Rampage, Oklahoma. T reckon it's safe to say that l felt sorter under the weather"
 J B. Lees.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Facts ndEancies

The prophets were almost right. Mr. Mellon is resigned to his job. if not from.
 It's easy 10 pick our your su- pcriors They are the people whose little faults you point out as an alibi for your own vile sins.
 Pedestrians couldn't find parking space, either, if each one required q space six feet wide and twelve feet long,
 Longer skirts at least provide work for girls who make alterations to please tho customer.
 Still the laWlessncss of officials doesn't prove the laws wrong. Hes n rare doctor who will take his own medicine.
 Usually you can estimate the size of a town by the shabbiness of its railway station and bootlegGcrs.
 Congressman aren't unique. Par ents lie 10 children and lick the kids for lying.
 What the enforcement squad seems to need most is q dry law that won't get scared and drop it's teeth at sight Of pile Of money. 
 Doctors have revived a dead man by injecting adrenalinc. Boy, take this needle to the stock market.
 Amcricanism: Roasting of our freedom; following like hypnotized sheep when new fad passes by.
 The professions are like trades. except that they feed on mans faults.
 Russia's idea is that people who won't invite her 10 tea have no right 10 say anything if her boys steal Watermclons.
 Protective armament: Keeping sheep dogs to fight other sheep dogs long after the wolves are eNtermi- , mated.
 Fountain pens now have every needed improvement except con trivancc to bark when they are placed in the wrong pocket.
 The philanthropist is the man who pays for the gasoline Why give q state official credit for supporting 1 the government merely because he l spends the tax money?
 Gradually Mexico will escape the i control of the rich. The rich lie late abed And tho polls arc man. aged by the first voters to arrive in l the morning.
 A winter resort is place where you shiver in q room that has nc heating arrangement because such weather is very unusual.
 Republics are provorbially un- grateful, and the White House never speaks a word of thanks for Mr. 1 Brisbane's advice.
 Correct this sentence q remem- Der that she is an intelligent human of seventeen" said the parent, "and never treat her as though she were a half-wit of tive.'
 Copyright 1929, Publishers
 SyndiCate)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Nenher of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is eXclusiNely en- tlued to the use for application of all news credited to lt or not otherwise credited in this paptr and also ioca! 4 news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Ths Herald is on sale daily ID New York al Hotaltngs Newsstand. Times Square; SclUltzs Newsstapds. EutraHcs Grand Central. 4cud Street.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
pick them up!
Help! Help,

Wallace: What color is a baby when 1t is cross?" Briggs: "Don't know: give it up. Wallace: "Why, yeller, of course"
 J J. Battle. Copyright. 1929, Reproduction
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Her (OnlnleX!

Madge: "Carol won't speak to any of LIS since she moved into that swell apartment"
 RoXane Yes, she has a su- periority dupleX.'
 Shirley RaiScr.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Life-like dolls are being made now that are almost human except that when you squeeze one it doesn't say: "ct'S eat'
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

The prophets were almost right. Mir. Mellon is resigned to his job. if not from.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Correct this sentence "1 remem- Der that she is an intelligent human of seventeen" said the parent, "and never treat her as though she were a half-wit of five.'
 Copyright 1929, Publishers
 SyndiCate)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

What the enforcement squad seems to need most is q dry law that won't get scared and drop it's teeth at sight Of pile Of money.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Doctors have revived a dead man by injecting adrcnalinc. Boy, take this needle to the stock market.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Usually you can estimate the size of a town by the shabbiness of its railway station and bootlcgGcrs.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

AmcriCanism: Roasting of our freedom; following like hypnotized sheep when a new fad passes by.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Russia's idea is that people who won't invite her 10 tea have no right 10 say anything if her boys steal Watermelons.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Congressman aren't unique. Par cnts lie 10 children and lick the kids for lying.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Republics arc provorbially un- grateful, and the White House never speaks a word of thanks for Mr. Brisbane's advice.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Protective armamcnt Keeping sheep dogs to fight other sheep dogs long after the wolves are eNtermi- mated.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

The professions are like trades. except that they feed on mans faults.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

It's easy 10 pick our your su- pcriors. They are the people whose little faults you point out as an alibi for your own vile sins.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Pedestrians couldn't find parking space, either, if each one required a space six feet wide and twelve feet long.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Still, the laWlessnoss of officials doesn't prove the laws wrong. Hes n rare doctor who will take his own medicine.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

X winter resort is place where you shivor in q room that has no heating arrangement because such weather is very unusual.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Fountain pens now have every needed improvement except q con- trivance to bark when they are placed in the wrong pocket.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
Have Something Good To Sen-Tel The World About It On This Page
LEGAL ADVERTISING

Estate, situated in Cameron
County, Texas. described as follows.
to wit: Being 20 acres of land
more or less lying about four miles
West from Harrington, Texas. and
being the East half of Block No. rs
in Survey No. Is, Cameron County
School Lands. as same appears
upon the official map of a sub
division of said survey No. Is made
by A. w. Amthor of record in the
office Of the County Clerk Of Cam
eron County. Texas. referred to and
made a part hereof for description,
said tract Of land being known as
the Will D. DePrang tract of land:
and levied upon as the property of
Will d. DePrang and that on the
first Tuesday in August, 1929, the
same being the 9Th day of said
month, at the Court House door, Of
Cameron County, in the City of
Brownsville. Texas. between the
hours Of 10 a. m. and 4 b. m, BY
virtue Of said levy and said order
Of sale, / will sell said above de-
scribed Real Estate at public ven
due, for cash, to the highest bidder.
as the property Of said Will d. De-
Prang.
And in compliance with law. /
give this motive by publication, in
the English language, once a week
for three consecutive weeks imme-
diately preceding said day Of sale,
in The Brownsville Herald, a
newspaper published in Cameron
County.
Witness my hand, this Bird day of
July, 1929.
w. r. Brown, Sheriff,
Cameron County, Texas.
BY L. a.. Jagou, Deputy.
7-4-11-18-34S3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
G ADVERTISING

summon Paul Berthold Murphy by
making publication Of this Citation
once in each week for four sue
cessibe weeks previous to the return
day hereof to appear at the next
regular term of the Criminal Dis
trict Court of Cameron County, to
be holden at the Court House there
of, in Brownsville, Texas, on the
first Monday in September, A. d.
1929 the same being the End day Of
September "A. d. 1929. then and
there to answer a petition filed in
said Court on the gath day of June,
"A. ID. 1929 in a suit, numbered on
the docket Of said Court No. 1892,
wherein Ella Mae Murphy is Plain
tiff, and Paul Berthold Murphy is
Defendant, and said petition al
leging that the plaintiff was duly
and legally married to the defend
ant April goth, 1913; that plaintiff
has been a bonafide resident Of
State Of Texas for more than twelve
months and has resided in Cameron
County, for more than six months
preceding the filing Of this suit:
that at all times she has conducted
herself with propriety, doing her
duty as a wife; that in September
1925 defendant Intentionally aban-
doned plaintiff and such abandon
ment has been for more than three
years; that defendant has failed
and refused to support and main
tain plaintiff and their two chill
dren; Plaintiff prays for a dissolu-
ton Of the marriage contract from
the defendant, for the care and Gus
tody Of their two minor children
and for all general and just relief.
Herein Fail Not, but have before
said Court, at its aforesaid next
regular term. this writ with your
thereon. showing how you
executed the same.
Given Under my Hand and the
Seal Of said Court, at office in
Brownsville, Texas, this, the gath
dav Of June A. D. 1929.
(SEAL)
Jno. P. Seaman, Clerk, District
Court, Cameron County.
true copy ] certify,
Jno. P. Seaman, Clerk District
Cameron County, Texas.
6-27-4-11-18-3481.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
SHERIFF'S SALE

0A4ANA
THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY
OF CAMERON;
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of a certain order of sale is
sued out Of the honorable district
court Of Cameron county on the 9th
day Of July, 1929, by Jno. P. Seaman,
clerk of said court, for the sum OF
fifty-tWo hundred Seventy-one and
53-100 (~$5,271.53) dollars and costs
of suit, under a Judgment, in favor
Of South Texas Lumber company,
in a certain cause in said court,
No. 1913, and styled: South Texas
Lumber company VS.. j. D. McInnis
ct al, placed in my hands for serv-
ice, I, w. +. Brown, as sheriff Of
Cameron county, Texas, did on the
18th day of July, 1929, levy on GER
tain real estate, situated in Cameron
county, Texas, described as follows,
to-Wit: All that certain tract, piece
or parcel Of land lying and being
in the county of Cameron, state of
Texas, and being q part of No. Is.
in block No. 8, Of the toWnsite Of
La Feria, in the La Feria grant, de-
scrlbed by metes and bounds as fol-
lows:-Beginning at a point in the
west line Of said lot No. 18, lis south
north line Of lot No. 13, thence
south five feet, thence east parallel
with the north line of No. Is, a
distance Of 80 fit. through the east
line Of said lot 18, thence south
along and with the east line, a dis
tance Of 19 #. 8 inches from the
southeast corner; thence west paraI-
lei with the north line Of said lot
IL, a distance Of 100 it. to the west
line Of said lot IS, for the southwest
corner; thence north with the west
line Of said lot 18, a distance Of "a
it. 8 inches to the place of begin
ming. Also the shelving, lavatory
and toilet fixtures on said land, and
levied upon as the property of j..
ID. Mc1nness and Porter j. Elliott.
and that on the first Tuesday in
August, 1929, the same being the
9Th day of said month, at the court
house door of Cameron county, in
the city of Brownsville, Texas, be-
tween the hours Of 10 a. m. and 4
p. m, by virtue of said levy and
said order of sale, / will sell said
above described real estate at public
vendue, for cash to the highest bid
der, as the property Of said j.. ID.
Mcrnnes and Porter j. Elliott.
And in compliance with law. 1 give
this notice by publication, in the
English language, once a week for
three consecutive weeks Immediate
ly preceding said day Of sale, in the
Brownsville Herald, a newspaper
published in Cameron county. Wit
ness my hand this 18th day Of July.
1929,
w. r. BROWN, sheriff, Cameron
county, Texas.
l.. A. JAGOU, deputy.
7-12-19-26-3489.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-12
SHERTFF'S SALE
THE "A OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON


Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue Of a certain order Of sale issued
out Of the Honorable District Court
OF Marion County, on the % day
Of June, 1929, by l.. T. Gray, Clerk
Of said Court for the sum of Nine
teen Thousand Three Hundred
Seventy-Five & 76-10O Dollars and
costs of suit, under a judgment in
favor Of w. T. Conner, Jr., o. w.
Conner and M. A. Conner, compos-
ing the partnership Conner Broth
ers, and w. r. DePrang in a GER
tain cause in said Court, No. 9675
and styled Conner Brothers vs.. w.
r. DePrang, ct ais, placed in my
hands for service, I, the under
signed, as Sheriff of Cameron
County. Texas, did, on the Bird day
of July, 1929, levy on certain Real