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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06
Contract Bridge

The first of series of Thursday afternoon sessions of the Cornell Contract club was held yesterday at the tea room at 61 Church street under the direction of Mrs John c. Moriarty. Top scorers were North and South: Mrs George Rus- sell and Mrs John E. King, 80 1-2; Miss Sally Beardsley and Miss Vir- ginia Smith, 67 1-2; Miss Marion Cunningham and Mrs John Turner, 67; and East and West, Mrs Her. bert Cocraft and Mrs John c. Nor iarty, 75: Mrs James Bowling and Mrs George Culhane, 6S 1-2; Mrs James Conlong and Mrs A. J. Reut- ter tied with Mrs John Collins and Mrs John Murphy, 60.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06
PEOUOT BRIDGE CLUB

In the Thursday evening session of the contract bridge tournament conducted by Mrs George Pierpont at the Pequot club top scorers were North and South: MT and Mrs Ray mond Schroeder, Fl 1-2: and John Luddy and Edward Stevens, Fl; and East and West, Mrs Theodore Breithaupt and Mrs John O'Brien, 69, and Henry Neuman and Mrs Wallace Clark, 6S. Sweepstakes were won by MT and Mrs Ray mond Schroeder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Charles F.. O'Brien of Cherry street has left for St Louis, Cana da, where he will spend some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06
Gard Party WiH. Be Held July 30

A card party will be held at Lake Quassapaug Monday evening July 30, at 8:30 under the auspices of the church of St John of the Cross, Middlebury. Bridge, whist, rummy, pinochle and forty-five will be played. The general chair lady will be Mrs Michael F. O'Con- nell; prize committee chairlady, Mrs Florence E. Jackson; bridge committee chairlady, Mrs Eugene chairlady, Mrs J. V. Montague; William P. Johnson; whist com ly, Woodbury; forty-five com- mittee chairman, Thomas w. Dwy- CT. A meeting of the committees and those interested will be held in Middlebury town hall next Mon- day evening at S:30 o'clock.
 MT and Mrs James McNaught of South Elm street were given re- ception on Sunday in honor of their 52nd wedding anniversary at the home of MT and Mrs William McNaught of Englewood. They were presented with a purse of money from their children and large bouquet of pink roses and delphinium by little Shirley Me- Naught in behalf of the grand children A supper was served following which MT McNaught, who was 79 years old on May 1t, sang several Scotch songs for the guests. Those in attendance were MT and Mrs Jerome Greenleaf, Miss Eleanor Greenleaf, Alfred and Frederick Greenleaf of Bristol, MT and Mrs Thomas McNaught and Miss Eleanor Mcknight of Oak vile, MT and Mrs George Me- Naught and Miss Shirley Me- Naught, MT and Mrs John Me- Naught, Miss Martha McNaught. and John McNaught, Jr, James McNaught, Jr, Miss Margaret Cur rie and MT and Mrs William Me- Naught all of this city. MT and Mrs McNaught were married in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 27, 1882 and came to Waterbury sev- en years later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Invitations to attend an outing to be held at the cottage of Mir and Mrs Louis Prichard at Bantam lake were received at meetings of Can ton T. R. Martin and its auxiliary at Odd Fellows hall last night. The outing will be held the Fist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Misses Georgianna Peters and Lillian Deegan are vacationig for several weeks at the Sullivan sum mer home at Lake Winnepesau- kee, N. H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Miss Elinor Wersinger of Pine street and Miss Isabelle Kiernan of Cooke street and Miss Martha Brandien of Naugatuck have re- turned after vacationing at Lake Zoar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Mrs Raymond Downey and sons. Raymond, Jr, and Kenneth of Plaza avenue, have left to spend two months as the guests of Mrs Downey's mother in Waco, Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Miss Betty Palomba of Summer street and Miss May Yourchyk of Brewster street are registered at the Hotel Lincoln in New York for a week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

Mrs Albert Rosenbeck of South Elm street has returned after spending the week in New York as the guest of her daughter and son. in-law, MT and Mrs Frank De- laney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

MT and Mrs Clarence Freed man of Lexington avenue are en- tertaining Miss Dorothy Bergman of Providence, R. I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-06

MT and Mrs Joseph Connolly have returned from their wedding trip and. have takep up their resi- dence on Willow street. Mrs Con- nollg was formerly Miss Gather inc McAloon of Windsor street
Evening star., 1934-02-18

cialised job They have given the Job Of egg
laying to one female (or at most . very few)
In the group and that one female needs but
sue mate. So one male = enough biologicaIly.
for an insect city Of many Thousands Of In
divduals.
In : ternnite colony the queen mother, with
the assistance o6 her consort POUNDS the colony
BY digging out bridal chamber and laying
her frst eeu. The worker termites developing
from those eggs eu1arEe the nest and thence
forth the queen ana heE mate work no more
She becomes enormous -loos her 0gure en-.
tirely-untn her body = almost wholly = mas
OF egg-producing tissue. The workers feed her.
and . guard Of nerce-jawed soldier termites
form . ring around her 70 guard her against
any molestatiou. H1 mate, bigger than the
workers. but inEsnincant In comparison with
her maternal vastnesg, remains at her side,
mating with her from time 10 time. 20 that
she may keep On laying eegs, laying. laying.
laying. But be exerts NO other influence In
the Affairs Of the termitaxtum. Aside from this
parental pair the termite colony k nation
without sex: for the workers and soldiers.
though automatically both males and females,
are physiologically ~neuters." incapable Of
mating Or parenthood. To found new colonies
. few young are diverted from the physiologi-
cally sexle8 state ~ special feeding and per-
mitted to grow up into queens and males.
But II the lone male In = tamite colony 3
consigned to . position compared with which
that Of the late Prince Albert, victoria's con-
sort wAs . veritAble czArism. the role of the
male among the bees Is even more drastically
reduced.
THE male ternite 1t least stays alive and i
real husband to his queen. The male
bee mates but once with the young queen who
deigns TO accept him on her marriage hight
and that very act seals his doom. For hi
marriage = hymeneal hara-kiri. no less.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

The mated queen nies back TO her hive to as-
sumo the duties of motherhood. She lives in
the dark, laying endless series Of eggs In the
brood cells NE workers prepare for her. How.
from that single fatal wedding, she able to
keep up her tremendous fertility7
The ansuer to that riddle had TO await
researches Of many generations Of puxzied
entomoiogists and practical bee keepers. But
It was finally learned that the queen bee has
IN her body . special container In which the
entire stock or eex cells from her long-dead
mate are stored. The queen b able 70 release
them :. wili. 70 fertiiise the ess. abe lays.
This = the ultimate and completest solution
u the problem Of the male. M
The elimination Of the male sex Il carried
just - far among the worker bees as It = with
the queen: for whereas the termites have
"neuter" males H well - ~neuter" females
amone their soldier and worker castles, the
bees and their relatives. the ants and wasps,
have none but "neuterr females
beehive \ Utopia Of old maids, incapable
Of responding to any attentions on the part Of
the useless surviving drones, they hustle these
poor useless male bums about, and when chilly
weather comes on they thrust them outdoors
to perish Of cold and want.
They manage the affairs Of the hive, and
when > jealous Old queen would sting and kin
cncoming successor queens In their brood cells
these e1hcient spinsters put even their mother
into her place. and decide among Themselves
which and how many Of her fully female
daughters and biologicaIly necessary but other
wise useleas sons may be permitted to mature.
A. compared with these almost perfectly
smooth running, female controlled societies
AMONG the insects, the turbulent groups among
mAls dominated higher vertebratas cut . sorry
figure, II We take completeness of eociAlinti0n
for criterion Of high biological development.
Says Dr.. Wheeler:
ssT1ne n,aIe hss nov become so dominant in
Evening star., 1934-02-18


regard them e. male societies In contradis&anes
ticn to the female societies Of the bees sn4
ants and lower mammals> and the bisexual
societies Of the termites.
Moreover. many Of the manifestations e
this dominance show quite clearly that pr:
tion Of the human males have never been
completely socialized. Throughout the a9e4
the agUessiveness, curiosity, unstable tnteah.
eence, contentioumess and other social md
antisociAl tendencies which the male has In.
herited from his anthropoid ancestors has9
kept society In constant turmoil
Indeed, our histories seem to be little more
than the elabogately recorded nisbehavior q
males"
"Yet this boiling Of the social kettle kept -
by the irrepressibly troublesome male b noe q
net social los, Or. Wheeler indicetes. Wastes
fully perhaps, but effectively. this constant
unrest makes for progress It has helped q
the evolution of new forms Of ME.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

"a 50
4ni's and Bees
Alou 50 He'll Is /
Thai The Male, 4
~ NHisance md
Trouble-M1ker as
q Mammal IS PM
in H1s Plaee and
the Sex Problem Is
ELIMINATED.
BY DIR. FRANK THONE.
BY DIR. FRANK THONE.

EN- are the worlds worst nui-
sances. II you doubt that. just
eayesdrop at any shen-party...
There you win hear the short
comines Of the obstrepercus
male discussed with clarity.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

One Of nssune's most spec.
fdcnlar examples of the
kind Of male rivalry which
makes for disorder -Gsd
progress-esC0 bull moose
fighting 70 see s0hich will
soin the mate.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
FLOOD WATERS DEVASTATE
 WIDE AREA SOUTH POLAND

WARSAW, July 20 Receding flood waters in Southern Poland Thursday left behind a scene of devastation and death over wide area in which 120 bodies have been recovered and 180 other persons are reported missing. It. was the most destructive flood in the history of the nation. A huge wave of water. the result of there weeks of unceas- ing rain, was sweeping down the Vistula Thursday but the lower shores of the Ricerate were banked and no great disasters were expected there. The crest of the flood wave is expected to reach Warsaw Satur- day.
 Airplanes and boats penetrating the afflicted areas report shortage of food and suitable drinking water. the latter being rationed out in some places from tanks at railway stations. Incredible deeds of flood heroism were reported.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
BRITAIN PLANS Al NEW AIR
 SQADRONS FOR DEFENSE

LONDON, July 2O.-Stanley Bald win, Lord President of the Council and acting prime minister, Thurs day told the House of Commons that Al new air squadrons will be creat- ed under the plans for British air defense which the government be- lieves has been made necessary by failure of the powers to agree on disarmament. Baldwin explained that 3 of the squadrons will be added to the home force bringing the total to 85 and that the others will be for service with the Fleet abroad. The expansion, which means the addition of nearly 500 planes, will take five years and is designed to make the British air forces equal to that of any power within striking distance"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
WILFRED STUMP APPOINTED
 ASST. DIST. ATTY. OF 1ST DIV

Wilfred Stump yesterday received appointment as assistant district at torney of the First Judicial Divis- ion, Alaska, with headquarters at Ketchikan, according to a radio gram received by his mother, Mrs. P. L. Stump.
 The Ketchikan office was discon- tinued about two years ago as an economy measure. All cases arising in the southern end of the division will again be handled through the Ketchikan office as soon as the young Wrangell man takes office.
 Since his graduation from the law school of the University of Wash ington in 1892, Stump has main tained an office in Seattle to gain experience, but has never given up his Wrangell residence.
 He was admitted to the Alaska Bar last March by Judge George F. Alexander on motion of Wm. A. HolZheimer.
 He will leave for Ketchikan July 2S, following his marriage to Miss Ruth Farmer of Seattle and will probably enter upon his new, duties on August 1.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
ALASKAN WOMAN SUCCESSFUL
 IN LIFE INSURANCE FIELD

Kathryn L. Galen of Cordova, travelling representative for Alaska of the New York Life Insurance Co.,, arrived here on the Aleutian Tuesday from Ketchikan where she has spent the past six months. She will be in Wrangell, probably for two weeks in the interest of her company.
 Mrs. Galen, is well known throughout the Territory. She has been writing insurance for the past eight years and is very successful. Last year, despite the depression, she sold policies totaling over S1OO,000. This gave her member ship in the much coveted $100,000 Club. In the list of 1893 members of the club her name was fourth from the top in the Seattle division which comprises Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, California, western Canada and Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
NEWS FROM
 ALL OVER
 THE WORLD
FRISCO WORKERS ARE USING
 ROLLER SKATES AND BICYCLES

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.- To the accompaniment of scattered guerilla warfare and hoodlumi5m carried on by rowing bands of strik- CTS and sympathizers, and with 4000 militiamen ready to answer a call to riot duty, San Francisco carried on today despite paralyz- ing general strike. The walkout be- came effective at am. with an estimated 40,000 men on strike.
 But, apparently undaunted, the large mass of the population put on it's walking shoes and trudged over sidewalks and streets to business as usual. At the peak of the rush hour streets were crowded with a great parade ot pedestrians, while auto mobiles, their gas supplies replen- ished yesterday by visits to out of town filling stations, whirled through the thoroughfares.
 People rode bicycles and few resorted to roller skates, thousands carried lunches. The strike was thoroughly effective but the popu- lace still had it's spirit and San Francisco today was far from the deserted village of yesterday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
Three Submarines Will
 Visit Here Over Sun.

Designated to visit Wrangell during the period of July 21-23, the Ortoian, submarine salvage vesseL the Norwhal, one of the two largest submarines in the world and the Dolphin, the most recent addition to the fleet of Submarine Division Twelve, will arrive in port Satur- day morning.
 The Ortolan carries five officers and 64 enlisted men, the Norwhal eight officers and so enlisted men and the Dolphin five officers and 60 men.
 The Chamber of Commerce at the request of the Town Council, will have charge of the entertainment of the officers and men during their stay in Wrangell. The members of the entertainment committee are A. w. H. Smith, chairman, Leo Me Cormack, R. w. J. Reed and W. c. Waters.
 They appointed on the reception committee Mayor c. P. Kirtland, F. S. Barnes, president of the cham Der, and the three federal officers at Wrangell, Deputy United States Collector of Customs, R. W. J. Reed. Deputy United States Marshal James Nolan and United States Commissioner J. w. Stedman.
 Entertainment Plans
 The entertainment plans include tea to the officers by the women of the Civic Club in the high school auditorium on Saturday afternoon from 3:3O to 4:3O. An invitation to the general adult public is extend ed for this occasion.
 The courtesy committee of the club. Mrs. A. w. H. Smith, Mrs. F. s. Barnes and Mrs. z. M. Brad ford and the president, Mrs M. O.. Johnson, will have charge of the arrangements for the tea.
 The reception committee for the tea will be Mayor and Mrs Kirt- land, Councilmen Anderson, Brue- ger, H. R. Coulter, L. M Campbell, F. c. Hanford, and Arnt Sorset, Federal officers Reed, Nolan and Stedman, Mrs. Coulter, Mrs. Han ford, Mrs. Sorset, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Stedman.
 A reception will be rendered the officers at the Bills Club rooms and
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
c. P. KirtIand HonOred
 By High Masonic Office

Loomis Baldrey, grand master of the F. & A. M. grand lodge, state If Washington, and Homer Mark acting grand marshal, visited in Wrangell as the guests of local Masons, while the Aleutian was in port northbound Tuesday. MT. Bald rey was accompanied by his wife Jerry Mark, and Mrs. Mark Both families live at Bellingham, Wash ington.
 The two officials will visit all the Masonic lodges of the Territory. c. P. Kirtland joined the party at Wrangell and went to Petersburg, where he was installed before the
 etersburg lodge as district deputy grand master for three-year term of office.
 MT. Kirtland's jurisdiction em- braces all of southeastern Alaska and includes the lodges at Ketchi- kan, Petersburg, Juneau, Douglas and Skagway.
 The deputy system supersedes the custodian system which has been in effect in Alaska since 1920. Other Alaskans who will receive the same honor as accorded to MT. Kirtland are o. H. Cochrane, who will have charge of Nome and Fair banks, and Robert Bragaw, of An chorage, who will be given jufis- diction over the lodges of south west Alaska. Mr. Cochrane's term will be for one year while MT. Brawgow's appointment is for two years.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
Jeffries Here On 7th
 Vacation At Wrangell

R. H. Jeffries and Terry Mayes arrived here from Los Angeles on the Aleutian Tuesday for a sum mer's outing of several weeks as the guest of George NJ Bidwell, both in his home at Wrangell and aboard his cabin cruiser, the Yigi- lant.
 MT. Jeffries, who owns and oper- ates the Newmarket Meat Company of Los Angeles, is on his seventh vacation trip to Wrangell, while MT. Mayes, who is connected with the Jeffries Bank Note Company of Los Angeles, has but one former trip to his credit. In company with Mrs. Mayes he spent several weeks with the Bidwells three years ago.
 On account of strike conditions the two men drove to Seattle by way of Sacramento, without pass ing through San Francisco. At Se- attle they engaged passage on the Alaska Line steamer Aleutian which the company dispatched from Tacoma with both a capacity cargo and passenger list.
 The sailing of the vessel was delayed six and one-half hours due to attempted blocking of the freight trucks. The passengers were taken to Tacoma by ferry.
 Los Angeles has suffered the least of the Pacific coast cities, says MT. Jeffries, due to the fact that longshoremen were kept in two barkentines out in the harbor of San Pedro, where boats were loaded and unloaded under police guard.
 A sufficient number of deputy sheriffs and policemen were provid- ed so that trucks got through with out the disturbance of commerce which prevailed at San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
Billion Finds $7O Gold
 Bearing Quartz Ledge

o. W. Billion returned home on the Yukon Tuesday morning from the Cache creek district where he has re-staked mining claims which he first located seventeen years ago.
 The property is on Bird creek, fifty miles out from Talkeetan which is about one hundred miles from Anchorage on the Alaska Rail- road. Billion discovered a new ledge of gold bearing quartz this trip from which samples were assayed by the Bird Creek Mining Co.,, which operates two hydraulic giants and maintains an assay office one and one-half miles from his claims. The ore assayed $70 ton.
 Billion brought out a number of other pieces of rock which he has sent to the States for assay. He staked ground in the name of him. self, T. J. Mcbride, Harris Harms and Mrs H. R. Coulter of Wrangell.
 The property is in a highly min- eralized district not far from Mt. Mckinley. The Peters Creek Mining Company has eight giants in opera tion eight miles from the Billion claims and there are a number of men taking out gold in that sec tion.
 Billion intends to take in five ton stamp mill next winter over the snow.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
Maj. CarrutherS Will
 Arrive Here Aug. 7

A letter written on July at Ed monton, Alberta, Canada, received this week by the publisher of the Sentinel from Major w. J. Car ruthers, will be read with interest by all the old Wrangell friends of the Carruthers family, as well as by the many friends of the Major at the various Alaskan points where Salvation Army corps are main tained, which he visited regularly during the years of his first ap- pointment as Divisional Comman- der of Alaska and Northern British Columbia. The main part of the letter follows:
 Just line to let you know how pleased we are, over our reappoint- ment to Alaska. While we have been away six years we have never lost our interest in the Territory and in dear old Wrangell The Sen tinel has kept us in touch with so many of the different happenings that we feel as if we had just been away on a long trip and were now heading for home.
 Major and Mrs. Habkirk, Mrs. Carruthers and myself had the great pleasure of having dinner to- day with Bishop Rowe who is visit ing in Edmonton before starting on his long trip to the Arctic by plane. We had a real Alaska re- union and had a pleasant and pro- fitable hour together.
 We are now making our fare we'll visits to the different centers in Alberta, and all being well will leave Edmonton August for Wrangell via Vancouver. This will bring us to the end of our journey on the morning of August '. Kind ly pass on our greetings to all old friends and tell them how delighted we are to be coming back to Alaska once more.
 "We appreciate the wonderful work that Major and Mrs. Acton have accomplished in the Alaska Division and only hope we may add our further effort to all the valued , work of the past.
 Major and Mrs. Habkirk are farewelling, too. They are being moved to Calgary and will have charge of Social Service work there as they have had in Edmonton. They wish to be remembered to all Wrangel1 friends"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-07-20
Town Council Handles
 GriSt of New Business

The town council held a post poned meeting in the city hall last night with Mayor Kirtland and Councilmen Anderson, Brueg Campbell, Coulter, Hanford and Sorset present.
 Contract Compensation
 Ernest c. Anderson appeared be- fore the council in connection with the garbage ramp contract, his con- tention being that he should be en- titled to compensation on the con- tract which a previous council had authorized to be awarded to him but which was never executed. A general discussion prevailed but no action was taken.
 Petition for New Street
 A petition was presented for the construction of new street be- tween lots and 1 in block Is and affecting the homes of Carl Bradley, James Green and Warren Chisholm. The present sidewalk lies upon the property of Warren Chisholm. The walk is so badly broken that traffic cannot pass over it and none of the three residences could be reached by the fire truck in case of fire.
 A resolution presented with the petition authorized the street com mittee to construct the new street and the mayor and city clerk to enter into an agreement for the Town of Wrangell with Warren c. Chisholm to connect his property in block IS with a sewer connection without cost in lieu of the transfer of a 10-foot right of way now owned by him, the sewer connec- tion to be made when the proposed sewer system is put in that district, and that the street committee be authorized to negotiate with the trustees of the Bishop Rowe hospi- tai for an additional 10-foot strip of land for the new street on east assessment for the street improve ment. The resolution upon vote was passed unanimously.
 Claims aggregating $5,062.50 on the general fund and $1,S83.51 on the light plant fund were ordered paid.
 Water Department
 The water committee by Sorset reported an ample supply in the reservoir. The committee members
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