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gallons of the best that BafIin Bay could pro-
duce were pumped through the porous bottom
of the schooner.
Each man developed system of his own
either pumping furiously is minutes and rest
ing 80, or applying slow but continuous sue
ton. Both systems had its defenders. But
the most practical method was to dry her up.
then wait in the galley till the water rose
so high somebody in the main cabin got his
feet wet and began to complain.
The skipper lay in his bunk q long time
the first morning listening to somebody re-
arranging the oil casks over his head. Its
queer thing" he remarked at length, to the
deck above him, "in the Arctic there's odorless
flowers and down home there's what you might
call IawlesS laws. ! wish to glory there was
such thing as a noiseless noise. I'd like to
get q bit of Sleep"
A boatload of EskimoS suddenly appeared
from nowhere. It contained an old Peary man
named Poodluna and his family Of husky young
men and women. They came aboard and
promptly went to sleep in q small bin in the
engine room. eight of them In damp skin
clothing using each other as pillows. When
not engaged in gastronomc excuses their wax
ing moments were employed in useful labor
about the schooner.
The second day the food ran out with q
bang This stirred us to action so we hove
anchor and started back TO the supplies. But
no sooner did we leave our shelter than
strong south wind drove us back again and
there we lay for another day. In some mys-
FERROUS manner Billy the Cook produced sar-
dimes out Of the air. They were kippered for
breakfast, griled for lunch and served for
supper in their natural state.
A T length, toward the end of the third day.
of dark
the white background of a glacier. They grew
larger, took on definite form until finally the
glasses revealed the cowboy and the chief
ploddng down the mountainside to the beach,
where's the cabin boy?" some one asked
the chief as he climbed aboard.
left him in the hut" he replied. Slightly
deliriouS with a temperature of los degrees
Looks like touch of bronchitis. You fellows
disappeared without leaving any address. For
all we know you might have gone off some
place and foundered, so we decided to find
out"
The thought of the cabin boy lying alone
in that deSoate spot, waking the echoes with
his delirious babble, was not pleasant. He
seemed long way from home. We hove
anchor at once, and in spite of a bosterous
wind two hours later dropped the hook off the
refuge hut. Then it was only matter Of
minutes before the doctor had him in bed.
The cabin boy slept. Silence, slightly tinged
with defeat, settled over the schooner. We
turned our backs on the north.
The skipper was occupied by the single prob
lem of Bleaching the schooner, Stuffng her
wounds with oakum and staggering home as
rapidly as possible. 1t was sound idea, but
it now developed there wasn't beach in the
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theology geology, zoology and the schooner.
with special reference to the polar regions.
"AI right" he concluded, "if this Is where
she wants to stay we'll pull the sticks out Of
her and make a permanent job Of it. Raise
the matnsail"
It was DONE just in time to catch the full
effect of squall. The sea rose. The schooner
heeled over until her Scuppers were under
water. The skipper yelled like a mailman. She
quivered-bumped twice-heSitated and slipped
off the reef into deep water.
For q few minutes we stood around and
looked at each other. Then the schooner sud-
denly brought up at the end Of the anchor
chain and jibed. That reminded us to heave
the enchor All the stone ballast was piled
on her forecastle, so she rode with her stern
high out of water like Spanish galleon. The
skipper, who had been without sleep for AZ
hours, drowsed with his hand ON the wheel.
Our course became serpentine.
The chief, the cabin boy and cowboy dropped
into the launch and made for the refuge hut
ashore Nobody even waved goOd-by to them.
Yet that was the last We saw Of them for three
days. We crawled around Northumberland
Island
There are still two anchors out" some one
remarked looking over the side. "Thatu save
us lowering them when we arrive where we're
going" was the answer. Once we looked back
at the skipper. He was alone at the wheel.
talking to himself with a great earneStneSS.
Suddenly he burst into laughter uncomfortable.
side-splitting laughter. Evidently he had just
recalled some rather grim pleasantly. Some
one came up from below. shes leaking like
a funnel" he said, then stretched out on the
roof of the after cabin and went to sleep.
AT length we came to rest in q shallow bay
on the north side of the island about II
miles from the refuge hut. Billy the Cook,
broth of boy that he was, resuscitated the
fire in the galley stove and actually produced
ham and eggs from emergency stores that
had been left on board. AS we ate the water
rose over the floor of the main cabin.
This suggested action. "You'd better divide
into shifts and go to it," announced the skip
per, and now for the first time a bilge pump
entered our lives.
Abaft the mainmast there were two Of these
instruments of torture on the schooner. Column
bus probably had pair just like them on the
Santa Maria They were direct descendants
of the type used by Ulysses on his Odyssey In
fact, Noah was probably familiar with the
original model. AS bilge pumps they were
marvellous air suckers. four-hour trick on
the levers of our particular samples was a
hydraulic picnic absolutely devoid of inSpira-
ton. 1t produced cerebral petrifaction. With
dizzy rapidity ones intelligence quotient dropped
to zero. In the fact that the hypnotic rhythm
was positive cure for insomnia lay their sole
virtue.
We only had to take care of about Is gal
Ions minute, so one man easily kept the
water under control.
Yet even that insignificant trickle amounted
to 900 gallons an hour. or 81 900 day, SO for
the 10 days we devoted to the matter, 21.6OO
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Il Schooner on the Rocks in the Arctic-Life
maRefnge HIT Built Of Boxes and Sacks
.Unromantic Chaos Of the Situation
Danish Patrol Boat and Some Comment ON
the Conditions of the Feather.

EDITORS NOTE-Mr. Street
ey here concludes his amusing ac-
count of the scientific expedition of
the schooner Fife M. Morrissey to
Greenland. The a'eSSel had made its
7vuy through sea of icebergs and
ice packs, aVhen, says the author,
"the merit thing qVe did of any im-
bortaMcc 7caS to get ShiP1recked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
BY DANIEL W. STREETER.

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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24
KET VONATTAL FEJEZTETTE
LIE MAGAT EGY LEANY

Debrecenb6l jelentik: = Hor-
vat Amalia 19 ewes debreceni le-
any, aki egyik debreceni ruhaiiz-
letben volt elarusito leany, a deb
recem Csap6-kertnel a nyiregy-
hazai vasuti vonal sinjere fekidt.
"A vonat a sZerencsetlen leanyt
val6saggal lefejezte, ugy hogy
azonnal meghalt. Mig a HOTTEST
re raakadtak, azon keresztiil
ment egy mask vonat is, amely
teljesen 0sszeroncsolta holttes-
tet. Az 0ngyilkossag okat rem
dorsegnek mem sikeriilt megalIa-
pitani. Az ujabb ongyilkossag
azert is Macy feltiinest keltett
Debrecenben, inert ket ev lefor-
CASA alatt a Csap0-kerti utkeresz-
tezesnel, amelyet mar nep ha-
lalsoromponak nevezett ell, mos
tanival egyiitt tizenot ongyilkos-
sag t0rtent.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24

m6djaban indulasa elott tobb IA
togatast tenni. Azoknak tehat,
akikkel mem talalkozhatott, e he
lyen mond listen hozzadot vi
szontlatasra.
Bucsuvacsora. Vasarnap este
az egyhaztanacs es fokent a No
egylet rendezeseben szepen sike-
riilt k0zvacsora volt a tavozo lei
kesz tiszteletere a dijmentesen at
engedett Szuligan Hallban, ahol
szamos mas varosbeli vendeg is
megjelent. Az ujsag mas hely6n
errol olvashato bovebb hiradas,
lit csupan koszonetet mondunk
azoknak, akik faradozasaikkal es
megjelenesiikkel az estet sike-
rultte tettek.
Gyiilesek. Szeretettel felhivjuk
azok figyelmet, akiket ez iIiet,
hogy a jovo het keddJen este az
egyhaztanacs tagjaival rendkivu-
Ii gyiilest tartunk. Tekintettel
ARA, hogy a lelkesz elutazasa
elott ez az utolso egyhaztanacsi
gyiiles, melyen fontos dolgokat
kell elinteznunk, minden egyhaz-
tanacsos tartsa legszorosabb kO-
telessegenek a gyiilesen valo
megjelenest.. Ugyancsak a j0v6
het szerdajan este s oral kezdet-
tel gyiilest tart a N6egylet is. Je-
lenjen meg ezen a Noegylet min
den tagja, inert a teljes oszi pro
gramm megallapitasa a targya a
gyiilesnek.
Betegsegelyzo gyules. Egyhazi
betegsegelyzo egyletiink most va.
sarnap az istentisztelet vegezte-
vel tartja rendes havi gyiileset. A
tisztikar e helyen is keri a tagok
teljes szamban valo megjeleneset
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24

ugy 12 tagia szinten atrandult
Conneautra, ahol az egyhaz d. u.
tartotta csaladias jellegii kiran-
dulasat Township Parkban.
Fiataljaink megjelentek ezen a
kirandulason es kozelebbrol is
megismerkedtek az ottani fatal
saggal. Egy par orat toltottek ko-
z0ttuk.
Lorantffyak gyilese. Lorantffy
Zsuzsanna Noegyletunk az elmult
vasarnap delutan tartotta rendes
gyiileset. Mint rendesen, a tagok
most is nagyon szep szamban vol
tax a gyiilesen. Sok fontos tar
gyat elinteztek, piknikre silk
seges el6keszileteket megtettek,
ajanlataikkal es gyiijtesiikkel az
anyagi eredmenyt mar j6 elore
szinte biztositottak. Meg a nyar
forro napjait is felhasznaljak en-
mex a szorgalmas egyletnek buz-
90 faradhatatlan tagjai. Dicseret
illeti oket.
Konfirmalas. A lelkesz huszon-
ct ifju keresztyent keszit elo a
konfirmaciora. Vizsgajuk august
tus Gen, szombaton este lesz, mig
a konfirmacioi szertartas 10-en,
vasarnap, amikor az Urnak scent
asztala is meg lesz teritve aratasi
alkalomra. A novendekek, egyet-
len egyet kiveve, mind magyarul
kesziilnek konfirmacioi vizsgara
A het munkarendje. Mindennap
delelott es delutan nyari minden-
napos magyar iskola. Hetf6n este
szindarab pr6ba. Penteken este
ismetl0sok magyar iskolaja. Va.
sarnap delelott fel 10-kor vasar-
napi iskola. Eel 11-kor istentisz-
telet, utanna kozgyiiles. Vasar.
nap delutan a Ref. Egyesiilet %
osztalyanak gyiilese IS p9nz
beszedes. Este fel 7-kor C. K. osz.
szejovetel.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24
OVAKODJUNK A MERGEZETT
SZESZES ITALOKTOL!

A sziiletesnapok es unnepna-
pok altalaban nemcsak az egysze-
Ri polgar szahlara jelentenek XII
magaslo idopontot, de a tilos ital-
keszitonek is, aki ilyenkor es sok-
szor egyiitt arat Macy kaszas-
sal. :" Egeszen mindennapos ese-
meny, hogy emberek mergezett
ital fogyasztasa Matt ido elott
elpusztulnak. Unnepek alatt meg
sokkalta veszedelmesebb dolog
italt venni, vagy elfogadni, mint
normalis korHlmenyek kozott.
Ilyenkor ueyanis a tiltott ital-
fozes jobbah divatozik, inert van
max lelketlen emberek, akik szi-
vesen hasznaljak Xxi az alkalmat,
hogy az iinnepi mamorban fellel-
kesult embernek hamis, merges,
vagy tokeletesen artalmatlan, de
hatastalan, vagy olyan anyagok-
bol kesziilt italt adjanak ell, anne
lyek rendkiviil karos hatassal
vannak a szervezetre.
A bootlegerek, altal forgalom-
ba hozott italok analizalasa So
ran kideriilt, hogy lenyegesebb
resziiket vagy az olcso es k0zon-
seges moonshine, vagy a kisse fl
nomitott dcnaturalt szesz kepezi.
Mar pedig denaturalt szesz,
mem emberi szeszfogyasztasra ke-
sziilt, hanem ipari c6lokra. Szinte
hihetetlenUl hangzik, hogy a
mintegy 100000 palinka minta
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24

k0ziil csak 10 szazalek utotte meg
a normalis merteket.
Az italcsempeszesnek fokent
harom formaja divatozik ma: a
dugva forgalomba hozott szeszes
ital, a denaturalt alkohol es a
moonshme. TIT mindjart meg kell
jegyezniink, hogy az ugynevezetl
valodi" kulfoldi italokat, a leg
t0bb esetben "megkeresztelik :,
hogy bootlegger annal tCb5
penzt csikarhasson XII az arany-
lag kis szallitmanybol. Icy lesz
azutan egy valodi uveg konyak-
b6l kett6, s6t legtobbszor = ha-
rom. Ilyenkor keriil azutan sorra
a denaturalt szesz a mesterseges
szinesites.
A methanol, vagy faalkohol,
rendkiviil karos az emberi seer
vezetre, igen sok esetben azonnali
halalt, vagy megvakulast jelent
az ilyen alkohol fogyasztasa.
Maskor paralizist eredmenyez. A
t0rvenytelen alkohol keszites har
madik modja: a moonshine, anne
lyet legtobbszor olyan egyenek
es olyan megbizhatatlan modon
keszitenek, hogy fogyasztasa egy-
altalan mem jelenthet elvezetet,
de annal biztosabb seer SERVE
yet lerombolasara.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24
MAGYAR REFORMATUS
EGYHAZ
Lelkesz:
LAKY ZSIGMOND.
Templom es par6kia:
737 Mahoning Ave. Tel. 39949.

Kozgyllesiink. Egyhazunk koz
gyiilese a rank k0vetkez0 vasar
nap lesz megtartva templom
utani idoben. Sziveskedjenek d
tagok nagy szamban megjelenni
Egyhazunk pikniket tart. Nya-
ri mindennapos iskolank kOItse-
geilfek fedezesere szombaton del
utan es este pikniket tartunk az
Ohio Works Play Groundjan, a
Steel Street vegen. Remeljiik,
hogy egyhazuhk tagjai es joaka-
roi nagyszamban megjelennek a
pikniken.
Nyari iskolank vizsgaja. Nyari
mlndennapos magyar iskolank
zar6 vizsgaja augustus 3-an. va
sarnap delelott lesz megtartva az
istentiszteleti oraban. A zar6un-
nepely pedig este fel s oral kez-
dettel. Amennyiben deli 12-t0I es-
te Zig egyhazunkban semmifele
program nem lesz, egyhazunk
tagJainak es erdeklodoknek al
kalmuk lesz kimenni az Idora
Parkba Nagybizottsag altal
rendezend3 Magyar Napra, -
amennyiben k0zolt program
szerint eppen a delutani orakban
lesz a Nagybizottsag programme
bemutatya.
Lelkesziink Conneautban. Az
egyhaz lelkesze multi szombaton
meghivasra elment Younss-
town Y.MC.A. Campra, North
Springfield, Pa. -ba. Amennyiben
az ideje megengedte, szivesen tett
eleget conneauti ref. lelkesz
meghivasanak es vasarnap Con-
neauton predikalt sep szamu
gyiilekezet elott.. Delutall egyha-
zunk Napsugar Egyesuletenek
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24
GYtjLEKEZETI NAPTAR.


Julius 81, vasarnap, d. e.
fel II 6rakor istentisztelet es
nyari magyar iskola zaroiinne-
pelye. Utana az egyhazi Bs.
Egy1et reiides llaei sbtyiifese.
Julius 90, kedd, este 8 ora
kor az egyhaztanacs rendkivJ-
Ii gyulese.
Julius 30, szerda, a Noegylet
rendkiviili k0zgyulese.
Multi vasarnapunk. Gy6ny0ru
iinnepet iiltiink az elmult vasar-
nap. 21 ifju testveriink (11 leany,
10 flu tett vallast ekes feleEetek-
ben hiter0l a gyiilekezet el0tt s
jarult kozvetlen utana scent
asztalhoz. Hiveink nagy serege
vett reszt ezen az iinnepi aktuson
S gyiilekezetiink t0rteneteben
meg soha ilyen Macy szamban
mem vettek reszt az aratasi Urva-
csoraban, mint ez alkalommal.
Az urvacsorai jegyeket Vezse Ist-
van es Borko Mihalyne testve-
reink adomanyoztak. Newell ell
latott boritekokban $3.50 ado
manyt tettek testvereink, chez
jarul az elozo vasarnap tett egy
$500 adomany nevtelen per-
sely 81 20 oszege, mellyel egyiitt
az urvacsorai kiil0n adomanyok
osszege $3.50 volt. 1llesse erette
koszonet az adakozokat.
Konfirmaltak. Tiz honapi elo-
kesziilet utan vasarnap a kovet-
kezo ifjak vetettek fel konfir-
maci6 altal Egyhazunk felnott
tagjai koze: Ajvasz Aranka, Ba-
log Emilia, Csepke Janos, Egry
Bella, Gagyi Bella, Hodori Bella,
Hura Margit, Kiss Ilona, Kovacs
lmre, Liska Gyula, Markovics
Balazs, Pallay Janos, Schwartz
Iona, Tatar Frida, Tatar Maria.
10th Ferenc, 10th Maria. Varga
1rma, Varga Margit, Veres Kal-
man, Zsupek Julia.
Vizsga. A rank k0yetkez6 va
sarnapi istentisztelet kereteben
lesz a nyari magyar iskola Unne-
pelyes vizsgaja. Kerjiik a sziil5-
ket, hogy gyermekeikkel egyutt
pontosan fel lire jelenjenek
meg, hogy a kezdes semmi kese-
delmet ne szenvedjen.
Latogatasok. Lelkesz al elmult
ket h6nap folyaman minden rem
des egyhaztagunkat meglatogat-
ia otthonaban. Volt nehany olyan
hely, ahol tobbszor is megfordult,
lie a csaladokat mem talalta ott-
hon. Sajnalja EFT, de mar mines
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1930-07-24
WEST SIDEI MAGYAR ROM.
KATHOLIKUS HTTKOZSEG
("Magyarok Nagyasszonya")
Piebanos:
FIT. DR.. NYIRI ISTVAN.
Lakas: 3O8 N. Maryland. Tel. 9464O
Mise vasarnaponkint 10 6rakor.
Sep evforduloi iinnepseget rem

dezhetiink 0sszel. Novemberben
lesz ket eve, hogy sajat plebanosa
vezetesevel alakult meg az hit
k0zseg, melynek elokeszito mum
kait ket es fel evig vegezte a hi
vek egy csoportja. Egy eve lesz
akkor, hogy alapk6, maid temp
lomszentelesi unnepseget tartot-
tunk. Ezen az evfordulokkal fog
egybeesni par6kia, hall-iskola
kombinalt epiiletek felszentelese,
melyek epiteset a Schrembs piis-
pok engedelyevel no vegen
kezdjuk meg. E hir hallatara
0r0mtol sugarzott a hivek apra-
janak, nagyjanak area mutt
vasarnapi miseken, inert van
imadsag hajleka, lesz szorakozo
hely es tanitasi hely is az ifJak
es gyermekek szamara. A piisp0k
ur elott d0ntott az az argumen
tum, hogy ha nehezek is a m,lnka
viszonyok, megis megmutattak a
steeltoni hivek, hogy tudnak al
dozni, inert jelen nehez viszo-
nyok kozt is leapasztottuk az
adossagot 4,400 dollarra, ha to-
vabb is ilyen igyekezetete tanusi-
tunk, az a 1S-20,000 dollar ados-
sag, mely az epiiletek fel@pitese
utan fogja terhelni 10000 dol
lara becsiilhet6 property-ket,
As ev alatt megsziinik es hozza-
lathatunk a templom felso resz5-
mex felepitesehez. Ell sziviinkben
az az eros remeny, hogy a hivek-
ben, kiket dolgok kivitele meg
0rvendeztetett, mem fog csalat-
kozni sem a piisp0k, sem pleba-
nos, XII hivei igyekezeterol a leg
nagyobb elismeressel nyilatko.
zott, mikor az engedely utan ia
radozott. Az igyekezetnek mar is
tobben tevekeny jelet adjak az
ifjak k0zul is, inert kezdik fizet-
getni az alapitvanyt.
Pikniket is tartunk az ujjon-
nan emelend6 epiiletek javara a
j0vo vasarnap a Sander Ivan
farmjan (szemben White farm
mali. Ez alkalommal sorsoljuk Xxi
a Pinter Marion altal aiandeko
zott ertekes, sep citerat, ha ak
korra tiketek elkelnek. Terme
szetes, hogy Macy mulatsagra
Youngstown es kornyeke ossze.
magyarsaga hivatalos es remel
juk, hogy az 0r0mhir halIatars
egyiitt is fognak velik 0rvendez
nj ezen mulatsagon.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-11
East Woodstock

Mrs. Ernest K. Pike has been en- tertaining her cousin, Mrs. Wallace of New Haven.
 Mrs. Nora Smitchell and friends of Oxford, Mass. visited Harry Town send and family Sunday.
 Mrs. Irving Spencer of TakOa, Washington state came last week to spend the fall and winter with her husbands parents, Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Spencer who are in feeble health.
 Mrs. Charles Lee and daughter Marjorie of Brooklyn, N. Y. return ed to their home last Friday after visiting Wendell Bosworth and fam fly. Mrs. Lee for q week. and Mari orie for the month of August
 The barn of Elton Witter was struck by Tightening during the electrical storm of Saturday eve ming. The damage was slight. Some hail fell. 1t was one of the hardest showers of the season.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-11
West Woodstock

s. r. Butler spent Monday in Bos- ton.
 Mrs. John Shepard has been con fined to her bed by illness this past week.
 Nelson Lefebure is filling his silo this week.
 John Wallace is very seriously ili at his home.
 Earl Marcy is reshingling the roof of his house.
 Mrs. Jane Nj. Brett is sojourning at the Brick house.
 Mrs. Ida Bourbeau entertained her son and his friend over the week end
 The oldest son of Elmer Hopkins is in Day Kimball hospital with a broken leg.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Davis of Providence were at their cottage over the weekend.
 Miss Elinor W. Perrin is taking the first years course at the Willi- mantle State Normal School.
 Miss Alma Hendrickson ana friend from West Hartford spent Sunday with Mir. ad Mrs. John Hendrickson.
 During the severe electrical storm of last Saturday evening a tree near Madame Bensamon's home was struck by lightning.
 Mrs. F.. B. Stevens. who k the guest of Mrs. Jane NJ, Brett enter tained large party of her friends from Long Meadow on Tuesday of this week.
 William Cram of Eastford is re- modelling the Henry Lyon place now owned by Mrs. Jane Nj. Brett and is also experimenting the excavation for a well at the same place.
 "Nothing But The Truth" a comedy in three acts will be given at Woodstock Academy on Septem- Der l6th, at s.30 p. m. (d. s. t.) for the benefit of the Nurses Home Fund The play is excellent and very pleasant evening is promised.-Ady.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-11

sill-Suppose you were lost in the ...;ids of & Tom Thumb golf course? what would you doE
 SiIIier-Oh, there would be enough .old pop and hot dogs around to Zen us alive for months. The Path finder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-09-11
South Woodstock

Mrs. Charles s. Sheldon enjoyed a trip to Rocky Point recently.
 While glad of rainfall, We hope it 1t will clear for the days of the fair.
 Mrs. Belle Young visited Mrs. Carl Marcy in West Woodstoek a few days last week.
 The Swedish Ladies Society will meet with Mrs. Charles Nelson on Thursday afternoon. September 18th.
 Mrs. C. F. Pratt of Pomfret Cen ter. and son. Albert $. Pratt of White Plains. N. Y. called on friends in the village Saturday afternoon.
 The annual meeting of the South Woodstock Baptist church will be held Saturday evening September l3 at eight o'clock Cd. s. t.l to elect of- ficers for the coming year, and to transact any other proper business.
 Two hard showers visited us Sat urday night. The lightning struck trees in several places and at Mrs. C. w. Bowen's home, Bald Hill. Tel ephones were put out of commission and the hail cut foliage and flowers while torrents of rain fell. the hard est shower of the summer. we think
 The Ladies Aid held the annual meeting on Thursday afternoon of last week. with Mrs. John Chap nam. The election of officers resulted in Miss Nellie Lowe, president, Mrs. John Chapman, first yice-president; Miss Minnie Wells, second vice-pres- ident: Mrs. Harmon French, secre- tary: Mrs. Fred W. Williams, treas urer; Mrs. Clarence Williams, treas urer Relief fund. The next meet ing will be with Mrs. E. c. Perry September IS.
 Nothing But The Truth" al comedy in three acts will be given at Woodstock Academy on Septem- the benefit of the Nurses Home Fund The play is excellent and very pleasant evening isl promised.-Adv.