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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
AIRPLANE AS COWBOY

HinsdaIe, N. Y. - A farmer near an airplane to locate lost cows. He lost four recently and, after lock- ing for them for some time, finally secured the services of a plane and pilot at the local airport. A few minutes cruising over his land lo- cated the lost animals, after which Crosby landed and drove them home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
AIR BOARD SET

Detroit - The Board of Control of the National Aircraft Show of 1892, to be held here next April ? to 10. has ben selected to include the following aviation experts: George s. Wheat. president, United Aircraft and Transport Corporations; Charles s. "Casey" Jones, president, Curtiss- Wright; Luther K. Bell, general manager, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce.; William B. Mayo. Ford engineer. and Edward O.. Macauley. Packard Motors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04
COAL IS 10000

Indianapolis, Indiana The Wisconsin and Iowa departments of the American Legion are en- gagged in a spirited contest to see which will be the first to enroll 3O, ,OOO members for 1932. ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

Singing as an exercise Is . great benefit to anyone suffering from chest or throat weakness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

Rust is estimated to cost the world more than five billion dol- lars year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-04

December 1bth Is the last day that you can pay your personal tax without having to pay s3 instead of S2. Tax Collector Matth ew IT. Hayes will be in his office in the Town Hall each day from a. m. until G ?. m. to receive the tax.
 Meeting Postponed
 The meeting of the 4-H Can't Do Beat Poultry club which was scheduled to hold a meeting with Kenneth spielman Wednesday
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
GRANGE MAKES FIGHT
ON USE OF OLEO
CCOntinpsa from First Pqgel


Resolved, by the National Grange,
that we voice our opposition to the
use of oleomargine as a substitute
for butter in all government institu-
tions, and that our representatives
do all in their power to secure dis
continuance of this practice.
But the Grange went further than
this and brought the matter very
close home to its own membership
and to farmers in general, by bring
ing out the fact, also at its Roches-
ter session, that butter substitutes
of all kinds find extensive use even
in farm homes whose owners do not
happen to be dairymen. Consequent
ly the Grange recommended to its
membership universal, "That our
members use no substitutes for but
ter on their tables; thus setting the
example to others that may result
in improving dairy conditions, and
through the increased use of grain
and feed benefit all agriculture"
The same resolution called upon all
other farm organizations of the ma
tion to join in the present fight and
likewise to appeal to its own mem
bers for constant action in supply
ing their own tables with nothing
but genuine dairy products.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

are made early, you will be ready
to set them out as soon as spring
planting time comes"
In her Household Magazine arti-
Gle Miss Hankinson advises. that for
the most part, Americas native
shrubs are more satisfactory for
year round beauty than those that
are shipped from foreign shores. She
offers the viburnum family for an
example. Its members are numer-
Gus and varied in size. Some one of
them is suitable for almost any
spot, whether for fundation plant
ing, as a background for flowers, to
frame a garden, for screening an
view, or for helping to set
apart an outdoor livingroom. Other
shrubs suggested include the native
hollies, commonly known as black
alder or winterberry, the little low
growing snowberry, and the red
osier dogwood with its dark red
of twigs, white flowers in
and white berries in winter.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF MILFORD
AND HARRINGTON IN CONTEST

The challenge issued by the Mil
ford Presbyterian Sunday School
for an attendance contest with the
Harrington Methodist Protestant
; Sunday School has been accepted.
Each school has a committee of
three to arrange the details. Milford
is represented by DR.. Alfred M.
Eells, Mrs. w. S. Vinyard and J. H.
Walters. Harrington has selected
Rev. R. w. Sapp, Prof. J. c. Mess
ner and E. B. Gruwell.
Last week the two committees
met jointly and elected Rev. Sapp
as chairman of the united body. The
contest will run for fourteen Sun
days, from january to April S. The
losing side will give a social and a
banner to the winners. A credit of
one will be given every time a per-
son will attend his or her school. If
person attends school and then
attends the church service immedi-
ately following such a person will
receive two additional credits. At
tendance at the evening church SER
vice or attendance at the morning
church service without first attend
ing the Sunday school will give no
credits in the contest. A person at
tending a school five consecutive
Sundays will receive a bonus of five
credits. s4'%iIl
The friendly rivalry between the
two communities has already arous-
ed a prompt and active enthusiasm.
1t goes without saying that the pro-
gress of the contest will be observed
with interest.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
MILFORD GRANGE

The regular meeting of Milford
Grange was held Saturday night
with a large attendance. After q
pod business meeting the third and
Nurth degrees were conferred on a
class of eleven candidates.
Nffcs Ida Roosa having resigned
as MatrOn of the Juvenile Grange
an election was held at this time.
Mrs. Clarence Jester was elected to
fill this. office. Our regular install
lation day dinner will be held Sat-
urday, January 3rd, and State Mas
ter and Mrs. Robinson will be pres
ent to install the new officers at 2
p. m. Everyone come out and help
with this affair.
The play, "Old Acre Folks" was
so well received and so many re-
quests have been made to have it re-
peated that the cast have consented
to give it again ON the evening of
January Goth. This play presents
some unusual situations for an anna
teur production but the members of
this cast were equally capable at
all times.
Anyone who missed seeing "Old
Acre Folks" before cannot afford to
miss it this time, for it is a comedy
drama worth an evening of anyone's
time.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
True Economy

1t has been said that "the power
ty of the poor is their poverty"
In other words, those of us who
have to buy the poorest of goods do
not get quality service from them so
we soon have to buy again. Present
ly we have paid out, in this way, a
sum that, if we had had it at the
time of the first purchase, would
have provided us with a product of
excellence, comfort, appearance, ef-
ticient service and long life consid-
erably in excess of the several
things we have actually bought.
This applies to clothes, shoes, fur
niture and countless other human
needs. That is why the worlds
most expensive automobile is the
most economical to buy and oper-
ate.
Motorists are learning the same
thing about gasoline and oil. A
cheap nameless gas is almost GER
tain to lack the power and punch of
the costliest and more carefully re-
fined fuels and it is likely to contain
Objectionable matter that will bring
grief to the engines innards.
There is. a difference of only
few cents a quart between the low
est grade oil that will quickly turn
to watery, non-protecting sludge
when subjected to the fierce heat of
engine operation and the. finest
types of lubricants made from pure
Pennsylvania crudes that will keep
your motor we'll and happy and
"revoluting" at its peppiest.
In this case saving of a few
cents may reduce the actual value
of your car by hundreds of dollars
and is not even distant relative of
true economy.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
A NelU Alcohol Menace

United States Commissioner of In,
dustrial Alcohol Doctor James M.
Doran, has done an excellent job in
outlawing methanol wood alcohol in
the denaturing of industrial alcohol
for automobile anti-freeze and Other
commercial purposes.
This change, substituting the ef-
fective but non-poisOnous alcotate
for the lethal methanol wood alco-
mol took place January i. 1t will ST.
lence forever the tongues of those
who have criticized the Government
for allowing people foolish enough
to drink denatured alcohol to be
blinded or killed for their folly.
But the picture is not as rosy as
all that. One menace has been re.
moved only to give way to another
of even greater public danger. Doc
tor Doran and medical and health
officials in all parts of the country
are gravely concerned over the flood
of methanol wood alcohol which this
year, for the first time, is being
marketed through stores, garages
and filling stations for automobile
radiator anti-freeze use. The FEEDER
al Government has no jurisdiction
over this new terror.
Already the substitution of this
deadly poison has resulted in a
growing wave of deaths and blind
ness, due. to the ignorance of the
public that the old enemy wood al
cohol is being palmed off on it for
the Governments denatured alco-
hol. In. one case even the store
keeper who sold the deadly material
did not know of the change, slip
ped over on him by methanol dis
tributor, and is facing a possible
prison term as a result of eight
deaths and one case of permanent
blindness.
Methanol or wood alcohol is not
only fatal to drinkers. 1t produces
blindness or death when breathed
into the lungs or absorbed through
the skin in sufficient doses. There is
no known antidote for it, no known
cure. The United States Bureau of
Mines says no apparent i'll effects
follow Slight" exposure to it's
fumes. But who, in small family
garage, or enclosed public filling
station servicing a feet of over
heated cars, can judge the amount
of alcohol exposure his eyes and
lungs are receiving.
The only argument in favor of
methanol wood alcohol as an anti
freeze is that it is cheaper than the
safe but non-poisonous denatured
alcohol now made available to us by
action. You couldn't |
buy new eyes, new lungs or a new
life for a few pennies.
Motoring is already dangerous
1t is up to State and muni-
cipal health authorities everywhere
10 protect citizens from this new
svil, as they have already done in
Seattle and other communities. !
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
REVIVAL SERVICES
BEGIN AT M. P. CHURCH
rContinued from Firsl Pa

rCORtinued from FirSt Pags1
music and a fellowship testimony
service.
At IL o'clock, the congregation
was requested to move into the
main auditorium where a song SER
vice was followed by a sermon by
the pastor. His subject was the first
in a series or Daniel, IA Break
With a Great King" or Daniels
Decision Against the Kings Com
mand"
At this service an invitation was
given for those who desired to unite
with the church and at the close of
the sermon an invitation was given
for any who have not yet become
Christians to be converted.
These services will continue until
further announcement. The sub
jects for the sermons will be as fol-
lows:
Thursday evening, January l.
Getting a Higher Commission" or
Daniel and the Kings Dream of
the Great Image"
Friday evening, January Goods S
Stamp on Real Grit" or "The Boys
Thrown Into the Fiery Furnace"
Sunday evening, January "A
Wise Warming" or Seven Years a
Maniac"
Monday evening, January SAN
Awful Judgment" or "The Death of
a Nation"
Tuesday evening, January g.
"The Kind of Man Needed Today"
or Standing True in Lions Den."
Wednesday evening, January 7
"The Second Coming of Christ" or
Daniels Marvellous Vision"
Thursday evening, January g.
"The Ram and the He Goat" or
Daniels Prophecy of Present Day
History"
Friday evening, January g.
when Is the End of the World" or
"The Prophecy of the Seventy
Weeks"
Sunday night, January 1l-"Dan-
iel's Prophecy of the Judgment"
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
Beauty Home Grounds
With Shrubs In Winter

By choosing the right shrubs, a
home grounds can have color and
beauty at all seasons of the year
For many, shrub planting is char
ming, not only when blossoming in
springtime, but also because of the
richness of foliage in summer, and
because of shades and tints of
leaves and fruits, and interesting
bark, and grace Of outline in au-
tumn and winter.
Winter is a good time," observes
Hazel Hankinson, horticulture spe-
cialist, writing in the January
Household Magazine, to select new
shrubs that you would like to see
growing around your home, for
those that bring enjoyment during
the dreary cold months are almost
sure to be gratifying the whole
year trough. Besides, if your plans
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
THE INEVITABLE DISHES
"a Cooks Complaint.)

IA COOKS Complalnt.)
There is one task in this world
| can't perform with calm,
A job which gives me aches and
pains
For which there is no balm.
And that one task is-dishes!
(You never do get through,
You get one batch all neatly wash
ed
There's another batch to, do.)
Our joys are all too fieeting,
Even sorrows fly.
But always we have with us
Dishes to wash and dry.
It's sure as death and taxes
"a fact you can't ignore)
That tho you cleanse each single
dish
You're bound to soil some more.
When, as, and if, the Fairy comes
With those three splendid wishes,
All three of mine will be to get
Out of doing dishes!
The Kitchen Gossip.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
MOTOR RELIEF
TO COME WITH
1881 BUILDING
Road Construction In The
South To Jump Ahead.
IN d. ID. Dufy

Motorists throughout the United
States may look forward to good
year, for current activities of state
highway departments and other
governmental organizations indl-
cate that 1881 will equal if not ex-
ceed the record construction of 1880.
OF particular interest is the fact
that the South will experience by
far its greatest road building per-
iod. Some of the southern states
have learned that the proper hand
ling of assured highway income can
bring about expanded road pro-
grams without additional burden on
the taxpayers.
South Carolina is just getting un-
der way with her $65,OO0,0O0 bond
issue for roads. December 30 that
state received bids on some two
hundred miles of concrete roads.
Louisiana, with her new $6S,00O,-
900 highway bond issue is busying
herself and on January 6 will re-
ceive bids on more than 200 miles
of concrete.
Striking also is that Alabama has
bestirred herself into remarkable
pavement activity and on January
IA will receive bids on 26S miles OF
road projects and five bridges, all
at an estimated cost of $4,679,000.
Several other southern states are
considering financing steps that
may result in considerable hard
surfaced road mileages in 1881.
Of paramount Importance is that
most of the southern states, as well
as many in other sections of the
country, are letting road contracts
early so that work may get under
way without delay.
Public construction is regarded as
the bulwark of employment, for
some three-fourths of all money ex-
pended for construction goes into
the pockets of labor. Labor and
material costs are now exceedingly
low and those communities who
take advantage of these factors will
not only aid in restoring normal
business but will also be lending a
hand to the taxpayer.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
ENGINEERS FEAR
.PREMATURELA
Officials Hasten Studies
For Road and Bridge
Strengthening.

Alarm is expressed by State High
way Officials throughout the country
over what they fear may prove a
premature movement to legally in
crease motor loads and also to ex-
tend the legal width of motor buses
before highway engineers are able
to determine. scientifically what the
effects would be on present con-
struction.
Recent tests of motor vehicles,
particularly of motor trucks and
motor buses, as moving loads, indi-
cate that wide differentials exist in
the impact reactions produced on
roads, depending upon the tire
equipment, speed and other Vari-
ables.
The data at the present time is so
incomplete that the State Highway
Officials at their recent sessions at
Pittsburgh unanimously passed a
resolution opposing any changes in
bus width and truck load weight
now permitted by the laws of the
States.
It is expected that the investiga-
tions now going forward will be
completed within few months and
at that time a definite recommended
tion will be made for any changes.
In the meantime, state highway Off
cials are hoping that no State will
let down the bars to wider buses
and heavier motor truck loads until
their investigations have been COM
pleted.
The width of bus beyond So
inches will be opposed by all States
and particularly so in view of the
fact that most of the roads are not
now more than 20 feet wide. ~
Furthermore, a very careful can
vass of the bridges now in use in
the various states shows that over
so per cent were constructed before
the present regulation as to load
weight went into effect. In fact,
these bridges are now under con-
slant watch to prevent accidents
and loss Of life. To permit. increas-
ed truck loads and wider buses be-
fore these deficient structures can
be brought to date will be inviting
danger.
Highway officials are well aware
of the seriousness of the bridge sit
uation and are doing their utmost
to correct it as speedily as possible.
Their. chief concern, however, is
that no additional load weight be
authorized by law until the bridges
are either strengthened or rebuilt
altogether.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
VARIATION IN PRICE AFFECTS
EGG CONSUMPTION

NutritiOnists believe that the use
of an egg a day for every growing
child and the mother and three or
four eggs per week for every other
adult could be recommended from
the standpoint of economy as we'll
as of good nutrition if the year.
round cost of eggs to the consumer
is compatible with the limitations
/ of family incomes. In seasons of
scarcity and high prices many fam
lilies can not afford to use eggs
freely.
In addressing the National Poultry
Congress recently DR.. Hazel X. Site
beling, of the Bureau of Home Eco
nomics, United States Department of
Agriculture, discussed the food val
ue of eggs, especially in the diet of
young children. Iron and Vitamins
A and D are particularly abundant
in egg yolks, she said.
"It is difficult to measure the egg
consumption of the country, because
many eggs are consumed by pro-
ducers or sold at retail directly
without going through the trade
CAlJAAIOAo LAOAA WAASu OJdJlollCS are
derived. From many records of act
ual food consumption by farm fam
lilies it would seem that eggs are not
more generally used by farmers than
by people at large.
"a large factor in the variation in
the use Of eggs is a question of
price. Since the egg not only con-
tributes nutritive value to the diet
but facilitates so many cookery pro-
eesses, which would otherwise be
difficult or impracticable, the de-
mand tends to keep up all through
the year, while the fresh supply is
most abundant during the spring and
summer months. Consequently the
price of fresh eggs varies from sea-
son to season with the supply. Dur
ing the winter months there is
price variation between fresh and
eggs. The cold-storage in
dustry has gone a long way toward
stabilizipg the price of eggs, but the
needs to learn that stor-
age eggs may be used quite as satis-
factorily as fresh eggs for most
cooking purposes. 1t will be easier
to educate the public to give a prop
er recognition to the place of eggs
in the diet when as much care and
Standardization can be given to the
egg supply as is now given to the
milk supply"
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
Happy NelU Year

New Years Day this year may
seem to many folks a time for sad
considerations of wishes more drab-
ly practical than hopefully gay.
Happy New Year" if agricultural
or commercial hard times are up
permost in ones mind may have a
sound of hollow optimism. Yet pes
simistic hard bargaining for better
business cannot in itself work a
miracle.
We must go forward with a GER
tain sureness of heart. This is the
soundest kind of gaiety. 1t holds
with wisdom that better times will
develop from careful reasoning and
good will.
A many page volume could be
written on the times in the history
of this world when active common
sense optimism has pulled nations
and individuals through their ap-
parently blaekest hours. This is not
the muddling policy, nor is il, the
dilatory practice of letting George
do it. It means using our heads and
our hearts simultaneously-and ac-
lively.
There is no reason why 1881
should not end up by being a good
average year for those who produce
practical commodities. A scanning
of the horizon is giving observers
good ground for concluding that
better Styling" of practical textiles
such as cotton will prove a good
commercial move. This should be
good news for plantation farmers.
The industries promoting cotton
have big plans for 1881. Hundreds of
mills throughout the country will be
using durened cotton in garments
styled we'll enough to suit the most
fastidious taste for beauty, yet these
garments will not be beyond even
the somewhat thin purses of a So
called depression period.
This will be an excellent year for
good housewives to invent new ways
Of making potatoes, and beets, corn
and cabbage especially deletcable to
eat. In short, if everybody would
stop right this minute TALKING
hard times and make a New Years
resolution to make good old standby
American products more attractive
than ever before we should leap
ahead several months in the restor-
alton of BETTER DAYS.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
Copyright. 1880. by Hoyle. Jr.
ARTICLE No. 9

Here is a recent description of Auc-
tion Bridge that is well worthy of
quoting:
Auction is the finest card game that
ever was devised for the delight of
mankind. 1t is also highly educational,
giving the best of training to the facul-
ties Of memory, observation, and logi-
cal deduction, besides developing the
imagination and teaching practical psy-
chology."
In that connection the following
story is very much to the point:
Leaving one Of the largest Bridge
clubs in the country the other day
with two friends who had lost heavily,
l heard one Of them say;
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
STATE FEDERATION
TO MEET JANUARY %

The board meeting OF the
Delaware State Federation of
WOmen's Clubs will be held
in Dover on Thursday, Janu-
ary %, beginning at 1880.
Luncheon will be served by
the organization and those de-
string to make reservations
should notify Miss Anna
Hayes, Of Dover.
The State Federation presi-
dent, DR.. Dalema Draper, has
announced the following pro-
gram for the month of Janu-
ary: January 6, Laurel Club;
January 8, SelbyVille Club;
January 8, Smyrna Club; jan
uary 13 to IL, the January
board meeting of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs
in Washington; January %,
Wyoming Round Table ami
versary; January %, Whining
ton New Century Club ami
versary luncheon.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

I wish I had never learned to play
this darn game
THE other player said: I wish that
had.'"
The second speaker was right, C.
course. Why not learn to play better
Bridge4 If you really. try, you can
improve your game; but there's no
royal road to learning. The more you
give in study and thought to the game,
the more it will give to you in pleasure
and mental development. It will also
pay mighty good cash dividends. A
careful study of the following end plays
is one way to improve an important
part of your game, so take full advan.
tage of the opportunity.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

Spades are trumps and Z is in the
lead. How can Y 2 win four Of the five
tricks against any defensee
Solution: q should lead the seven of
diamonds and trump in Y's hand with
the six of spades. Y should now lead
the jack of clubs. B must trump this
or 2 will take heart discard and can
then only lose one heart trick. When
B trumps, z should overtrump, thus
winning the trick. z should then lead
the seven of hearts which A can cover
or play under. If A covers, Y should
pl"-' 80. oN-d. I7c.- cO"rnple, SUD-
pose A plays the eight Of hearts. Y
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
nearts j, O., 8
Clubs none
Diamonds 10
Spades - at

should play the ten and B should win
the trick with the jack. B must now
lead a heart and Y z must win. the next
two tricks. Note that if 2 leads any
card at trick three other than the seven
Of hearts, A B will win two tricks. For
example, suppose z leads the nine Of
hearts. A should play the queen and
Y can either win or refuse to win the,
trick. If he wins it, he must lead
heart and A B must win two tricks.
If he refuses to win it, A should lead
a heart and B must thus win a heart
trick with the jack.