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New Britain herald., 1929-08-15
NATHAN HALE IS
 WINNER OF MEET
Washington Is Close Second in
 Inter-Playground Events

Yesterday afternoon the streets oi the city resounded with cheers from the municipal playgrounds as zoe children were borne to Willow Brook rark to participate in and witness the annual interplayground track meet. The boys and girls were SC enthusiastic that many exhibited their ability long before the events began. Only two former records were broken, the baseball throw by Eu- nice Mann, and the pole vault by William Thomey.
 In competition for the first place Thomey found it necessary to jump only feet inches, but in the tr.als for a record he made feet inches hettering Bogdanski's record of feet, 1 inches. A fast 100-yard dasf was run but the record of Charlie Gadomski GOA sec.) the old Bart lett playground dash man, was not in danger.
 Twenty-six events were run of and so arranged that each play ground entered 40 contentants rang ing in ages from 10 to Is years.
 First place was won by Nathan Hale playground with Washington e close second.
 Scoring-Nathan Hale 52, Wash ington 50, Smith 31, Willow Brook a5, Vance A, Paradise Park 2i, and Burritt 10.
 The events were:
 Boys shuttle relay race, e,open-1st Smith; 2nd Nathan Hale; 3d Para disc Park.
 1O0-yard dash--1st Stephen Nich- isti, End Leon Hatoff; 3d William Villa.
 Girls basketball throw-1st Adclls Zaleski; 2d Mary Butler; Sd Mary Shugzda.
 Boys running broad-1st Stepher Nichisti; 2d Arthur Albanese; Sc Norbert Mancarella.
 75-yard dash-1st Matthew Avita, ble; 2d Joseph Scully; Sd Joseph Kroph.
 Girls baseball throw-1st Eunice Mann; 2d Anna Granski; 3d Mary Shugzda.
 Pole vault-1st William Thomey od John Andrini; Sd Three ties.
 Boys bidget race-1st Orrin John. son; 2d Leonard F'inkelstein; Sc Henry Neverdoslli.
 Boys potato race-1st John Gre. gor; 2d Luke Zito; Sd William Cor. lnier.
 Girls potato race-1st Elizabeth Nogiel 2d Mary Kowhlewski; Sc Virginia Cormier.
 Boys shuttle relay race-junior- !st Nathan Hale; I'd Paradise Park 3d Burritt.
 Girls running broad-1st Anna Granski; 2d Mary O'Brien; 3d Julia Matulis.
 Boys high jump-1st Nicholas Mancini; 2d Joseph Nedbala; Sc William Thomey.
 Girls 3-legged race - 1st Mary Varhol and Rose Mooshigan; 2d Ar. men and Mazie Kevorkian; Sd Elm. ma Schneider and Eva Akanavich.
 Girls midget race-1st Ruth Fin kelstein; 2d Elizabeth Damoski; Sc Celia Was.
 Boys sack race-1st Joseph Cow. nia; 2d William Cormier; Sd Luke Zlto.
 Girls 75 yard dash-1st Eliza beth Nogiel; 2, Hedwig Milewska I'd Katherine kobelia.
 60 yard dash-1st Katherine Ha- yelis. 2d Olpa Roman. 2d Rernire Gardackas,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15
Constable Arrested
 For Annoying Girl

Newtown, Aug. Is (UP)- Charged with assault, Constable Frederick J. Crouch, AT, and father of eight children, was un- der arrest today after complaint by Miss Dorothy Jordan, IS, con- fectionery store clerk.
 The girl complained the con- stable had been annoying her, to Deputy Sheriff Morris Beers, who enlisted the aid of Prosecutor Paul Cavanaugh and Clerk Will liam Blake.
 The men secreted themselves in the store over which Miss Jordan lives and when Crouch entered the girls room last night, cap- tured him. at gun point. Crouch fled to the roof, but was forced to surrender.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15
ElV1IlZSu.
 Capital Punishment Common

civilized
 Capital Punishment Common
 CoXswain Huck states that people in China are executed by the whole sale lots for the least of offenses. Stealing is one of the worst crimes on the calendar and he is in posses sion of pictures of groups of as many as 50 men, women and chill dren awaiting the knife of the of torture are given criminals for offenses. The most popular of these is the death of a thousand cuts.
 The unfortunate culprit is trussed up on a pole and an official with a sharp knife cuts his body a thou sand times until he is dead. An other popular death besides behead- ing, is called parting the brains from the body" This is the simple act of putting a loaded revolver against a persons head and blowing out his brains.
 Executions in China are public. The Chinese people are allowed to witness them but foreigners and others, such as the sailors, were re- quired to pay an admission fee of 75 cents to watch human head cut off Huck witnessed one of these and he states that one was enough.
 During the time that he has been on the Milwaukee, the ship has covered 144,504 miles. In one year, it covered 36,2o1 miles.
 "Bearded Sailor" Here
 Accompanying Coxswain Huck to this city is John c. Yevchinecz of Johnson City, N. Y, ship mate of the local boy. He plans to live in this city after his discharge from the navy.
 Yevchinecz is known as the "bearded sailor" He is 19 years of age but is possessed of a heavy growth of beard. The captain of the Milwaukee asked him one day how long he could grow the beard. He answered that he could grow a full length of hirsute appendage in little time. The captain gave him permission to grow the beard and his picture has been published in papers throughout the country.
 Upon his return to service, Huck expects the Milwaukee to be sent tc Europe in December. If the orders are received, he will extend his en- listment for two years so that he will have covered almost all the world. His enlistment ends in August 1880.
 Algert has followed in the foot steps of two brothers in seeing service in the navy. Alvern and Joseph Huck were members of the U. s. Navy during the world war and saw active service.
 Alvern is the organizer of a new athletic club which is to be known as the Stanley A. c. with quarters at the corner of Church and Stan ley streets. The club will take part in all lines of sport including bas- ketball. football, roller hockey and baseball. It is expected that the club will be opened next week.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15

story room by a rope Of bedclothing.
 Reformatory officials and state pc lice were admittedly without clues to aid them but they were inclined to believe that the woman's companion in the robbery may have been in strumental in planning her escape.
 Throughout her trial she stead fastly refused to name the man and police efforts to learn his identity from other sources were futile. The robbery, last December, netted only S24O and Mrs. Basse1 ellis capture followed soon afterward. She was sentenced early this year.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15
Pages l3 to 20

A. Kelley, Mrs. NJ. J. Fitzgerald and Miss Anna Coffey, all Of this city.
 She is grandmother to nine chit dren and has four -grandchil- dren, all of them living in New Britain.
 Active Every Day
 Mrs. Coffey doesn't consider her self to be old. She does all of her own housework and keeps busy Ill day long. She has never known ] serious illness besides a cold or some other common ailment. She reads the daily newspapers without the aid of eye glasses, her conten- ton being that 50 per cent of those people who use "specks" do so be- cause it is the style.
 She is an inveterate lover of the automobile and goes riding at every opportunity. She is not a back seat driver" but she delights in let ting whoever her chauffeur may be, know that he is on the right road to their destination by reading the routing numbers on the telegraph poles along the way.
 Mrs. Coffey cares for garden in the rear Of her home and has a variety of flowers. Whenever any of her children, her grandchildren or her great grandchildren are i'll, she is invariably the nurse applying ther own remedies which in all cases have been successful.
 1 The birthday occasion is being observed with a gathering of her immediate family at her home this afternoon. She stated last evening that she could see no reason for any exceptional celebration because she feels as young now as she did 20 years ago.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15
SCENES IN CHINA z SHOCK ]. s SAILOR
Al8ert HuCk Home for First
 Visit in Two Years

Algert Huck, a member of the crew of the |. S. S. Milwaukee, of the Third Division, |. S. navy, is Mrs. Joseph Huck of 326 Church street, on a furlough of , 5 days, the first visit he has made to. his home ill more than two yesrs.
 He enlisted in the navy on August @2, 1926, and was sent to Norfolk for three months training. Follow Ing that, the crew was ordered on loard the Milwaukee to Nicaragua, transporting the first contingent of |. $. marines to that country. So intense was the revolution there at
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15

Spoon and egg race-1st Rather inc Havelis; 2d Mary Shugzda; Sd Virginia Cormier.
 Girls shuttle relay-open-1s Willow Brook; 2d Washington; 3d Burritt.
 Girls shuttle relaw under 14-1 st Washington; 2d Smith; Sd Burritt.
 Boys relay-1st Nathan Hale; I'd Vance; Sd Willow Brook, Girls relay-lst Washington; 2i Willow Brook; Sd Paradise Park.
 Ribbon race-1st Willow Brook I'd Washington; Sd Nathan Hale.
 The prizes for the various events will be awarded today at city hall. The track officials of the meet were: starter, Attorney David Dunn; juGg cs, Attorneys Cabelus, Downs, and O'keefe; referee, Attorney William Hagearty; track officials, Frank Nc Grath, William Paul, John Cianci and the Misses Adler and Kalmano- 'Nitz; scorer, William W. T. Squire and announcer, Cy Schoonmaker.
 The meet lasted orly two hours and the rapidity with which the events were executed testifies to the fact that the officials had not for gotten the intricaces of the potato sack and th-ee-legged races.
 Supervisor Jchn Smithwick is par | tlcularly grateful for the generosity of Monier Bros, Kolodney Bros, A Hing Rubber Co.,, H. J. Donnelly Co.,, Raphaels Dept. store and the Fair Dept. stores, and for the assist ance rendered by the traffic depart lnents of North & Judd Co.,, Landers I'rary X Clark Co.,. Stanley Works 3nd the American Hardware Corp. NJ. o. Bowen, air mail pilot on the Cheyenne-D Denver Pueblo route, sounds a motor car horn when he lands.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15

The work of another sculptor will perpetuate the memory of Au- gustus Saint-Gaudens in the French town of that name.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15

NJ. o. Bowen, air mail pilot on the Cheyenne Denver Pueblo route, sounds a motor car horn when he lands.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-15

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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13

was united in marriage with Flora,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Workman, Of Woodgrove. Soon al
ter their marriage they located on
farm at Anita, Ia, where the wife
died a number of years ago. Three
daughters survive, one on farm at
Anita, Ia, one in Wisconsin, and
the third in Chicago. The funeral
services was conducted on Sunday,
June 8, with interment in the GEM
etery at Adair, Ia. He leaves two
brothers, Henry G. Combs of Rein
ersville, and John C. Combs of Cum
herfand.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13

Miss Phyllis Graham left Sunday
evening to visit friends at Chicago.
Mrs. Leonard Brewer of McCon-
nelsvilIe spent few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. James Moore,
last week. She returned home with
her husband Sunday.
On Wednesday, June 5, several OF
the neighbors and friends of Mrs.
Rilla McVeigh gathered at her
home, to spend the day with her, it
being her birthday. A nice dinner
was served, and all present had a
very enjoyable time.
Mrs. Mary Patterson is visiting at
McConnelsville at the home of her
son Don Patterson, and wife, and
her daughter and husband Mr.. and
Mrs. Perl Savage. She will also visit
at the home of her daughter and
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Moore,
before returning home.
Mrs. Grant Mummey of Utica Wis
tied over Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Pettibone.
Miss Mabel Davis has returned
home, after spending a week at the
home of Mrs Rebecca Welch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Gilbreath and
family of Utica spent over Sunday
here
The Farmerette club will meet
with Mrs. Elva Robinson, on June
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
Asked To Watch For Pest

Housekeepers throughout a. large
section of the United States are be-
ing enlisted by the United States
government as inspectors anu
scouts in the effort to repel thor
oughly dangerous foreign enemy
the Mediterranean fruit fiy-wh1ch
has already invaded the country.
Fruit from Florida, where the in
festation of the fruit fly was first
discovered, has been placed under
an embargo, but only after much
fruit which may have been harDor-
ing the pest, had been shipped 10
distant states. Federal authorities
urge the utmost care In inspecting
anv fruit imported from FLORIDA
Except for the watermelon and the
pineapple, all fruits grown IN the
United States are vulnerable to the
attacks of the Mediterranean frult
fly. The fly is to be found in the
form of small maggots or worms,
inside the pulp of the fruit. When
these maggots have reached fuli
size or when they have been WORK
ing for some time, the infestatlon Is
easily discovered since they Will de-
stroy most of the pulp. before
that time. any fruit which is sus-
piciously soft, or in which any sort
Of worms or maggots are found, IS
open to suspicion. Destruction d
such fruit is urged by the govern
ment. To make sure OF killing the
maggots. the fruit should be bolled
or baked for a long period. Throwing
it into the garbage is the surese
method of giving the maggots an
opportunity to grow and spread.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
REINERSUILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Walter
(Lois HID arrived at the S. L. Hill
home here last Thursday evening,
from Pennsylvania, a few miles out
of Pittsburgh, where they have
spent the past year. Mr.. Walter re-
turned Friday, Mrs. Walter remain
ing for a longer visit.
DIR. and Mrs. H. l.. Fiscus and
daughter Opal, left last Thursday
for a fortnight's visit in eastern Ohio
and Pennsylvania.
Filling Station and Lunch Room
G. W. Phillis has sold his lots
across the road from the Mrs. Jen-
ME Smith property, to DR.. Fiscus.
We understand the lots were bought
for other parties, who expect to
erect a filling station and luncI,
room on the property.
Miss Rita Smith has closed her
school at Orrville, and returned to
her home here She has been en-
ployed as teacher in the Orrville
schools for next year again, which
will make the third year in the same
location.
Jesse Grandstaff of Coshocton was
visitor at the Mrs. Viola Grand
staff home here, Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashton of
McConnelsyille, were Sunday visitors
at the Mrs. Alice Ashton home, here
Most of the business houses of
Caldwell have concluded to discon-
tinue the practice of Thursday af
ternoon closing of their business
places, which is much better for the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
STOCKPORT RI. 8

The Black reunion will be held
at Mt. Olivet church on Wednesday,
June 26. All relatives and friends
are invited to attend.
Preaching at Mt. Olivet Sunday
afternoon, June 16, at 2:3O O'Clock.
Death of Mrs. Strickling
Mrs. John Strickling who haa
been i'll for some time, passed away
at her home Saturday afternoon
about four o'clock, aged SO years.
The remains were taken Tuesday
morning to Friendly, w. Va, where
funeral services will be held. She
is survived by her husband, While
residing here she had made many
friends, who were sorry to learn OF
her passing. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Rollison attended the funeral.
f. r. Graham spent Friday at Co.
lumbus, on business.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
NATURE MONTH BY MONTH
BY Prof. Allen c. Conger, of the
Department of Zoology. Ohio
Wesleyan University

I JUNE-and the brown backed
fellow who is humping so persist
emily at the screen of my lighted
window must therefore be a June
bug. Scientists, ever-insistent upon
accuracy, call him the May beetle
IT must be admitted that he is a
beetle rather than a bug, but sure
! ly months mean but little when
weather shows such vagaries as in
/ the present season.
AS dusk falls the May beetles
come up from the grass of lawns
and fields, mostly to feed upon the
| foliage of trees, but many there
are who are lured by lights to
spend an altogether fruitless eve
| ming, always humping and falling,
to lie with wildly cropping legs until
perchance they right themselves.
His lack of skill stamps him nov
ice at the aviation game, for surely
no insect is more awkward than
this common beetle. To tell the
truth, he should be more at home
underground, for he is miner of
several years experience.
This buzzing, blundering fellow
at my window was Matched from All
egg laid by the mother beetle in the
late spring of 1926. After few
weeks of development in the soil,
tiny soft white grub emerged to be-
gin life of tunneling and feeding
upon the roots of plants. All sum-
mer long it fed and grew and with
the approach of cold it burrowed
deeper and became dormant. Spring
of 1927 awakened it to activity and
second season of feeding and
growing followed. Again a winter
of Information and the renewal of
activity with the call Of spring.
Just a year ago remarkable
event took place. BY June the big
soft bodied grub had reached it's
full development. It's body was
white in color and it's tan head was
provided with powerful jaws. Ma
ture had as yet given no eyes to
came quiet and there followed that
nature-miracle which we call met
amorphosis. BY July the pupa
stage was ended and we find, not
pale, soft, blind, wingless grub, but
colored, hard-shelled beetle with
eyes and wings. There was still a
long term to serve underground,
for not until this spring did this
beetle make it's way to the surface.
Now with his fellows, he waits the
coming of dusk and with the dark
he sails aloft on these new-found
wings.
The three-year cycle results in
marked annual fiuctuation in mum,
bers of May beetles. This year
should bring them in large num-
bers and it may be of interest to
make personal observations check
ing the accuracy of the prediction.
What an existence-three long
years of blind cropping and then
few short weeks of light and air.
Yet such an exile seems short when
compared with the underground
life of an insect which is more name
than reality to many of us. We
have all heard of the seventeen
year loeusts and perhaps know by
sight and sound their more common
cousins, the common cicadas,
whose loud buzzing rasps our ears
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13

in late summer. In some way the
life cycles have slipped cog here
and there, so that we have in tha
northern states seventeen distinct
broods, one appearing each year
Some of these annual broods are in
significant, while others are wide
spread and abundant. Brood x,
perhaps the largest, appeared last
in 1919. This was not the celebrat-
ed war brood, with the mysterious
w on their wings, but unfortunate
ly for the superstition, all the race
bear this strange device and so
another fine fanciful tale is ruined.
The adult cicadas emerge from
the ground in late spring and leave
their molted skins on the trunks Of
trees. After mating, the females
lay their eggs in the punctured
bark of the twigs of shrubs and
trees, especially oaks, hickories ana
apples Nearly two months later,
the young emerge from the eggs
and drop to the ground, into which
they burrow. They finally attach
themselves by a sucking beak to
the roots of a tree and settle down
for long stay. Those tiny young
cicadas who thus started life in
1919 have spent ten-year term in
their underground dungeons. Seven
years more must be served and then
on some early summer day in 1885
they will crawl up into the open air,
shed their last nymphal skin and
try their wings in fight.
Why nature exacted SO heavy a
penalty from these periodical cica-
das. no one can explain. They are
in no way more highly developed
than their common cousins of late
summer, whose life cycle stretches
over only two years. 1t is only
another of those seeming inconsist-
encies which make the wrestling or
secrets from mother nature such an
intriguing and ofttimes battling
proposition.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
TRIADELPHIA

Elder Thos. Butterfield of Zanes-
vile will preach here at the Church
Of Christ Sunday morning and eve
ming, June 16.
A very pleasant social time was
enjoyed by about SO young folks,
who gathered at the Martin home
Tuesday night to help Miss Fern
Martin celebrate her birthday anni-
versary. Music and games were en-
joyed and the young men furnished
a treat of candy.
d. l.. Maxwell and family spent
Sunday with relatives at GAINESVILLE
Miss Mabel Maxwell who had spent
the week with GAINESVILLE relatives
returned home with them
The school board met Saturday
in regular session, paid some bills
and hired the following teachers for
the coming year: Lemon Hill, Mrs.
Ethel Eye; Peeper Run, r. c..
Wetherell North Star, Wilford
Scott; Dougan. Russell Dempster;
Triadelphia, Miss Ruth Falconer.
Roy Appleman who has been
teaching school at Troy, O., return
ed Saturday to his home here
where he will spend the summer.
T. Il. Sdl peHtoT ana Idm1ly at
tended the Waterman reunion at
Waterford Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Butt and son Ollie
Butt and wife, John Dougan and
wife and Mr.. Latta, all of New Lex
ington, were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mrs Ura Nelson and Ly-
man Risen.
]. NJ. Ford was at GAINESVILLE on
business Wednesday and Thursday,
last week.
Ernest Norris and family spent
Sunday with GAINESVILLE relatives.
Vincent Richardson of the east
side spent Sunday with his son
Herman Richardson and family.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13

SPURRIER RIDGE

N. M. Wood and wife were Sum
day guests of Theodore Newburn's.
Mrs Charley Vincent and children
of Millfield visited with her parents,
Brant Shook and wife, Friday and
Saturday.
Jesse Shook and family visited
with his father, Isaac Shook, recent
ly.
Mrs. Charley Hopkins spent one
day last week with her sister, Mrs.
Chas. woodward.
Lem Pierpoint and wife, Gene and
Faye Steffy and Edith Shook were
Sunday afternoon callers at Lizzie
Adrian's.
The woodward brothers are drill
ing well ON Harvey Hallowell's
farm.
j. H. Adrian and family, Lizzie
Adrian and Lem Pierpoint motored
to Marietta Tuesday
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-06-13
Party At Poplar Ridge Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Massey enter
tanned a family party at their Poplar
Ridge home, Sunday last. A fine
dinner was served at one o'clock,
one of the special features being
strawberry short cake. The after
noon was spent taking pictures on
the lawn, beside the rambler rose
trellis. and with piano and radio mu-
sic. The company included Z. r.
Massey Of Jonesboro, Ind; MISS
Marie Hansel, GAINESVILLE; Mr.. and
Mrs. p. j. Massey, and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Massey and son James. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Wainwright of Nc
Connelsville joined the party in the
afternoon. The same evening Miss
Hansel and Mr.. Massey who had
been visiting relatives here, return
ed TO their homes.-XX.