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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

Miss Adele Sabis of 337 Wilson street was crowned Miss Venta Club" following beauty contest testerday as part of the program of the first annual outing of the Venta Choral club at Lithuanian park on Chestnut Hill road. The contest was held in conjunction with the grand march in which all young women in attendance took part. The judges were John Deliniks, Joseph Shulin- skas and Stanley Verseckas. Since there were 30 contestants and the competition was so great, it re- quired several turns around the floor before the final selection could be made. The announcer and prompter for the grand march was Anthony Lazdauskas.
 Other features on the program were @ skit entitled ''The WPA Workmen," played by John Archie, Anthony Lazdauskas and John Rukauskas; and an explanation of "Why My Wife Went to the Coun- try" given by Charles Popikas, wi11- ner of the tall story contest follow ing 6 recent club meeting. Dancing to the music of the Merry Makers orchestra and refreshments rounded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
Playground ActiUities

phants; E. E. Juniors vs St. Peters; Friday-St. Peters vs All-Stars, E.. g. Juniors vs White Elephants. Mid- gets-Tuesday: Eagles vs Terrors; Wednesday: Indies vs Flashes; Fri day: E. E. Midgets vs Ramblers. The Midget schedule has been re- vised due to the addition of two more clubs to the league. The sched- ule:
 July i4-Eagles vs Terrors
 July l5-Indies vs Flashes
 July l7-E. E. Midgets vs Ram
 blers
 July 2l-Eagles vs Flashes
 July 22-Terrors vs Ramblers
 July 24-Indies vs E. E. Midgets July 28-Eagles vs RamblerS
 July 2e-Flashese vs E. E. Midgets July 3l-Terrors vs Indiese
 Aug. 4-Eagles vs E. E. Midgets Aug. 5-Ramblers vs Indiese Aug. T-Flashes vs Terrors
 Aug. ll-Eagles vs Indies
 Aug. l2-E. E. Midgets vs Terrors Aug. l4-Ramblers vs Flashes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
VACATION SCHOOL COMPLETES WORK

An assembly of i27 pupils of the Pearl Street Vacation school wound up the first week of activity on Sat- urday morning. Motion pictures of Mother Goose" rhymes were shown and group singing was enjoyed by all present.
 Mrs. Leila T. Alexander is direc- tor of the school. Assisting her are: Beginners department. Miss Cyn- thia Mott, superintendent: Miss Vir- ginia Sears and Miss Martha Maran; primary. Miss J. Ruth New, superin- tendent: Miss Marion Wyncoop. Miss Geneva Byrd, Miss Carrie Fills and James Burke: junior. John Holmes, superintendent; Miss Margaret Copeland. J. Hummer Alexander and Eldon Mcintyre; intermediate. Mrs. M. Harvey Ward, Miss Lydia Hawkins, Miss Airline Durham. George Crowder and Russell Wyrick.
 Fifty dollars 8 car is the aver. age tax valuation of automobiles in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
TOWN PLOT

Minstrel TeheaFsais for the huge minstrel show to be held later tn the month at Town Plot playground will start tomorrow under the guide ance Of Supervisors John Dedell and Henry Delpo. The first rehearsal Will start at 2:30 o'clock.
 Thursday Q Pet Show will take place at the popular Town Plot playground Many prizes will be awarded and Q record t,eld os enc trants is expected.
 Tonight the Mount Carmel Holy Name softball team will face the ftams ct 0:l5 o'clock in . regular league contest. Tomorrow night the Acmes and the Falcons are dated to see action.
 The girls veiIey-hail team will hold its first practice session to- night in preparation for the league games which start ,next Monday. Last years contingent Was ono Of the strongest teanis in tho circuit but with q few addltions to the roas ter Of players the Town Plot lae1les threaten to gun away with lhe title'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

NTiddIetOwn'S second. The new type of sodium vapOr lamps for street lighting will be placed along a stretch in MiddetOwn soon, according to news from the Connecticut River city. .Middletown will be the second town in the state to get these lights.
 WallingfOrd was the first There also some in HOlyOke and Lynn, Mass, well few scattered experiments in New York and New Jersey. . The lamps give off orange glow and said to afford the same amount of illumination with maximum reduc- tiOn in light glare. . Accident statistics show ductOn where this type of light has been tried Out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
The eco boys up at Black
COngrats in order

COngrats in order. The eco boys up at Black Rock State FOrest-Camp ROberts-certainly can take considerable pride in their official paper-the Black Rocker . It's just what the doctor ordered.
 In the current note that E. Daniels is the Edi tOr J. Keegan his assistant, and F. KIescze the Art Editor All three to be congratulated on the fine work they have done and doing in compiling the news of the camp and presenting it in such read able form under the circumstances which must con- front them. And we can't forget the hard-wOrking reporters, ether-RaymOnd ChagnOn, Pat SgrillO Ray Enroe '. '. Nice going, boys, keep up the good york.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
Monday thoughts

Monday thoughts. .Dr. Francis Barnes enjoys
 weekly half f-hOday Wednesday afternoons, but plays Che role of the good samaritan by taking his little sister AIarceIla and her pals Lois and Earl Coleman to Mix vile Pond for dip What happy quartette they are when they don their sun-tan suits Jack CalO pur- chased hOtsy ytOsy pair of golf shorts the other day. but when he went to put them on at the Mattatuck later he discovered there pockets So he had his sister sew five on. Now his fellow linksmen wonder whether they're shorts a caddy bag. Francis DOnahue of the Democrat advertising sta tered St. MaryS hospital this morning for an appen- dectOmy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

Patrick J. Dunn, Mrs, Maurice Fitz- maurice, Mrs. Mary Donovan, Cath erine Griffin, Mary Fitzmaurice, Marguerite Fitzmaurice, Mrs. Mi- chael Kitchen, Margaret Dunphy, Mrs. John Kelly, Marie Barnes, Genevieve Leary, Margaret Broder- ick. Catherine Dover, Loretta Ken nedy, James Barrett, Peter Fitz- Henry, Dr. Francis P. Barnes, Ed ward Loftus, Frank Hardy. James A. Phelan, Francis Fitzgerald, Mi- chael Driscoll, Mago Sheehan, Will liam Dwyer. Patrick Garvey, Harry Ryan. William Keller, Andrew J. Frederick, John A. Kelly, James Tyrrell, Charles Kelly, Francis Mitchell, Michael Kitchen, John F. Dunphy, Jr., Thomas Edmonds, Thomas Kearney, Edward Conlon, Martin Toomey, Joseph Courtney, and Joseph Bowen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
Vas you dere, Scharlie?

Vas you dere, Scharlie? Great grand-daddy to the modern fish story is this grain story taken from the archives of the old scribe who lived up around La Have Nova Scotia, along about 1758. In one of his stories the following interesting bit can be found.
 ear the harbor of La Have one single grain of wheat produced 5O ears of corn each of them so loaded with grain that they forced to enclose all the ears in ring of iron and support them by pole; and near the same spot there field of wheat where every grain of the seed the least put forth eight stalks every one of which had an ear of at least half foot in length. ."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

It's rare treat these tOrrid days to take trip Eo either Chage or Hamilton Park natatOriums and watch the youngsters from all sections of the city dy' day.ing to their hearts content Lately the kas nave been little confused as to the pool days designated for boys SO I'll try to help them out Beginning Mon. day-Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be Ladies Day at the Chase Park tank where Eddie keenan ana Rey,II Fox natroI las supervisors. The fair can make use of Hamilton Park every Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday. So mothers and fathers, keep this schedule handy for Johnny and Mary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
HAMILTON

Children of Hamilton Park play ground will have a chance to ex- hibit their pets on Wednesday, when the annual Pet Show will be held under the direction of Edward o. Donnell, head supervisor, assisted by Misses Christine Kelly, Margaret Connell, Rosemary Bowling and John Foley. All the pets entered in the show must be on a leash ac- cording to the rules of the contest.
 Herbert Price and Miss Charlotte Fandiller will give dancing and mu- sic lessons and courses in dramatics in the stone pavilion this after noon and evening. Over 100 chil- dren were in attendance at last weeks classes. A musical show will be put on by the children of the playground some time in the near future.
 Musical Show
 The initial musical show of the season will be held tonight at the stone pavilion under the direction of Mir. Price. The members of the cast have been under his guidance since last winter.
 Individual sewing and knitting classes received many applicants last week and these classes threat ened to be the largest in the play- ground circuit if the new members continue pouring in. The instruc- tors in charge of these classes are Miss Egan and Miss Ryan, assisted lby Miss Kelly. Mr. Dove and MT. Foe ley are handling the large num- Der of boys who are interested tn the plane modelling classes.
 V0IIey-Dall
 The inter-playground voiley ball leagues for the older boys and girls will swing into action this week. Miss Kelly. who is in charge of the girls league. will release the sched. nle today. Miss Kelly has held sev- eTal practice sessions for the girls at Hamilton park and with Q vet. eran team expects her cohorts to be in the thick of the fight for the title. The senior boys volley ball team, directed by Eddie oDonnell, will play its first game Thursday night, Many Of last years stars, Tommy Mates. "soots" Calabrese, Nick Tambeaella and the Graham brothers will again be seen with Hamilton.
 Baseball
 The baseball leagues at Hamilton park got of to Q fine start the past week with many highly contested games. There is much rivalry this season as most of the players mak- ing up the clubs are real ball play- CTS. The results of last weeks cons tests found the National taking over the Arrows and the Tip-T0ps being nosed out by Connie Carlos Wolves ln the senior league, while in the junior league Carl Benson's E. E, Juniors won over Buddy Maycelilla and his All-8taFs, and Mike Thomp- son and his St. Peter's club scored a win over the White Elephants Tn the midget league, the Ramblera defeated the Eagles and the D. n Aidgeta eWaInped the v. E. IeKroEs
 TIils weeks games: @enlcg~K Kuess dnys Nationals vs Wip~Tupa; Thurs day: Wolves Ya Arrows. Junior | Tuesdays All Stars vs White hle'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

Mildred c. Dunne, supervisor at Chase Park, and Bill Cass assistant park superintendent finally got around to settling their long drawn out argument as to who was the better golfer at the Municipal course Friday night The pair went out in high spirits and brought along Gladys Hubbe to act as referee The match start ed at 73O o'clock and at 8I5 o'clock both Me and Bill were still on the first green The delay, so they tell me, was due to Miss Dunnes employing the ancient Chinese method of counting This system is used extensively in the game of "Jacko and "Duck-onthe-Rock" Darkness
 finally intevened and the pair left the course unable to settle the question of supremacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
Hnt. weather story

Hot weather story Believe it or not New York traffic up Harlem way seriously disrupted last week
 during the excessive heat wave And it happened this way. Draw-bridges across the Harlem River refused to close after they had been raised to allow boats to along the stream. There three bridges that went on strike and when New Workers meet with trou be like this, there's always much fuss and Stewing
 The latter quite easy due to the with which the suns rays produced boiling sensation inside of auomo- piles The bridges affected were the 145th street. Madison bridge at 138h street. and the McCombs Dam bridge The reason the bridges wouldn't work-we the sun expanded the structures so much that they didn't fit together again. And in order to get the bridge ends to mesh properly they tried to cool them with water and ice Eventually they had to burn and saw away plates on the ends of the bridges. So you see the weather is just as tough on bridges as persons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

CTS, and shareholders. One such owner (the mas- sive concern has been family venture for sev- eral generations) has always counted an aver age profit in distributed and undistributed divi. holders for years there has been split-up of 300 million francs year.
 Echo From the French Revolution of 1593
 Hence, the reforms which the Blum cabinet asked recently of the French parliament laws reg ulating the 4Ohour week. rates of wages, the right of collective bargaining, and vacatonwith-pay priv ileges for workers-Seem to be very moderate con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

visiting with relatives in Detroit, Mich.
 John W. Bendler. ST., of Highland avenue is resting comfortably at his home following his recent release from the Waterbury hospital. MT. Bendler was injured in @ fall.
 MF. Carmel Feast
 The feast of Our Lady of Mt. Car mel will be celebrated fgyl parish- toners of Mt. Carmel church with @ mass Thursday morning and . general observance over the week. end. The grounds near the church will be arranged to resemble an Italian village an da carnival will be held all day Saturday and Sum- day with band concert each night. Sunday evening the exercises will be completed with fireworks.
 The committee in charge includes Carmine Eterginio, general chair. man, Anthony Caputo. Salvators Fibre, John Moffa, Italio Giovann. and Vincent Mature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

Clerks Get Pittances-Owners Divide Melons
 The waitress lot, however, was rather luxuiri- ous compared to the ordinary unskilled en- ploye in big Paris store. Women's wages are 250 francs month, mems 100 francs more. There are no tips, but there is small commission on what they sell, above a certain amount. Maybe they double, even triple, their wages in this way. CThese, of course are not expert salesnnen in the luxury trades but common, run-of- e-rni sales girls and salesmen in the big popular-priced ba- zaarS)
 Meanwhile, the big department stores have never been losing business for directors, own-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
pOpPIEs IN THE MOONLIGHT

(owen Castle in the Christian Science MonitoFJ Red peoples spread beneath summer moon, Their petals closed. their c0loTs soft, subdued; saw them Ghen they blazed Ilumpnanuy A field of scarlet pageantFy ct noon, Az men, whose lives are glorious for while, May find contentmant in quieter hour,
 tranquil respite from the heat or day
 And 50 in peaceful contemplation smile. OWEN CASTLE in the Christian Science Monitor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
SUIT OVER BILL

Damages of $750 are claimed in an action brought in common pleas court against Alex and Sophie Slkal- aban by pr. Jacob Gancher. The action is based on an alleged unpaid bill amounting to $525.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
Tall.Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
LINES FROM FAITH"
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Better trust all and be deceived And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that if believed Had blessed ones life with true believing. Youth, with swift feet walks onward in the way; The land of joy lies all before his eyes; Age, stumbling, fingers slowly day by day, still looking back, for it behind him lies
 FRANCES ANNE KEGBLE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

A star cluster measured by astFo- nomers ln 1885 Is said to be Q bile lion tTillion miles away from the earth,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13
AnsGOers To
 Test Questions

Below are the ansAers to test questions printed on page c.
 1. As a maker Of clocks. 2. 4 table Of holy days, saints days. Church festivals, and the like,
 3. EKOdus.
 {. French author, p0et, and critic.
 s. Alaska.
 6. Exclusion from religious privileges.
 ]. Chronology.
 R, Yes,
 Q. Inability t0 Fesd and write ene's ewn language. 70. William Shakespeare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-13

visiting with relatives in Detroit, Mich.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27

How can you resist this appeal
ing pair of kittens? Their ''por-
trait on a pillow top or picture
will add charm to your home
aside from your pleasure in max
ing it. And how effective it is,
worked quickly in colorful floss,
the crosses an easy 8 to the inch.
Since the motif requires but the
merest outline, you're finished be-
fore you know it!
In pattern 1904 you will find a
transfer pattern of these kittens
1874 by IA inches; color chart
and key, material requirements !;
illustrations of all stitches needed.
To obtain this pattern send 10
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth St., New York. N. Y.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
H2NnhNM q
q Question:.

A mixture of one part vinegar
and two parts linseed oil, applied
with a soft cloth to suitcases and
bags will clean and polish them.
A large piece of plotting paper
placed on the closet floor will alb
sorb moisture from wet rubbers
that may be placed in closet
scorch on cotton or linen may
be removed with soap and water.
Wet the spot with water and ex-
pose to the sun for a day or
longer if necessary. The scorch
disappears more rapidly II the
material is moistened first.
If YOUR garden peas get too
hard for serving in the regular
way. cook them until tender,
press through a sieve and use the
pulp in soup.
Minced ham and chopped green
pepper makes tasty filling for
deviled eggs.
If you want your glassware to
sparkle, add a little lemon juice
to the water in which it is rlnsed.
g Associated Newspapers-WNu service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
Wa+er+iqh+ Sand

How it happens that highway
NAB which approaches to within
40 feet of the east shore Of Musk
ellonge lake and is three feet be-
low lake level is not flooded with
water is part of mystery that
has puzzled biologists for a long
time and is now proving a source
of interest to CCC workers at
Camp Lake Superior. Further
the north shore of Muskellunge
lake is elevated between SO and
go feet above Lake Superior al
though the distance between the
two bodies of water at one point
is only 200 feet.
Some explanation of these phe-
nomena may be had in the fact
that when sand from the shore OF
Muskellonge lake is placed in
water glass and covered with
water it will not allow the water
to penetrate it. But why this
should be true when the SAND
from Lake Superior, only a shor'
distance away, is readily pene
trated by water is another mys
tery.-Detroit News.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
ITCHY
PALM
\ n1ss ABBY FORBES was not

Kiss ABBY FORbEo was nv
M superstitious. That is, not
very. Of course, she would never
walk under ladder when she could
walk around it, and if a black cat
crossed her path it gave her the
horrors, and when she spilled SAT-
she always tossed pinch OF II over
her shoulder on to the stove.
No. Miss Abby was not really
superstitious, but when even non
superstitious people have an ltchy
right palm and it continues to itch
for no apparent reason despite your
hest efforts to ignore it-wen, you
lust can't ignore it. Miss Abby knew
that an itchy right palm meant you
were going to meet some one new.
Today Miss Abby sat in her rock
ing chair near the dining room WIN
dow scratching her itchy right palm
and staring out at her flower bed
and wondering. It was spring, and
the flower bed was glorious RIOT
of color. Miss Abby was proud OF
that flower bed; just yesterday she
had left off puttering around IN II,
planning to spend the remainder OF
the week spring housekeeping.
And now this business of the itchy
right palm had come up and so she
had decided to postpone the house
cleaning for at least day. That
morning she had spent an extra
half hour prinping. She ha
gowned herself in a spic-
dress of blue print and curled the
,,nr,1lv locks of her brown hair into
little ringlets.
You see, Miss Abby was fort.
and she'd missed something IN lie
Romance. Once, to be sure, year.
I ago, she'd kept company for awhile
with Orion Pratt, but Orion ha'
gone away and Miss Abby ha'
stayed at home and dreamed an
hoped and wished, until student
she found herself at forty, with a
emptiness in her heart that eve
l bright flower beds couldn't ill.
Il And right then a knock sounde
] on Miss Abby's front door. She CAV
little start, even though she ha
4 expected the knock, and sat yer
J still for a minute, conscious OF tn
| futtering of her heart. But pre-
| emily she stood up and made ne
| way through the living room an
| opened the door. The person stan'
! ing there was man, a very ia
and handsome and clean looklr
= man, with gray eyes and graylr
q hair, and wide, humorous mout
d Good morning." said the ma!
4 and stepped, unlimited, inside. ABB
| didn't answer him, and he regardt
| her queerly, and then went alo'
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
By BARBARA BENEDICT
g Associated Newspapers.
WNU Service.

the hall and through the living room
door. Miss Abby didn't know what
to do. 1t was all so strange ana
queer and unreal. But after mo-
ment she mustered her courage ana
followed him through the door. And
right then her heart seemed to stop
beating. A terrible coldness came
over her. For, looking through the
dining room into the kitchen, she
could see the man gazing UP at the
gas meter on the wall and Wrltlng
something down in book.
A tear welled up in Miss Abby's
eve. and she quickly brushed 1t
away. She felt suddenly older than
her years and very tired. She
wanted to sit down and rest-and
cry. Folk couldn't understand how
she felt, because no one could pos
sibly know.
The gas man came back through
the dining room and stood over
ABBY and stared at her and there
was a strange light in his eyes.
| Unexpectedly he said: aren't you
Abby Forbes?" And Abby looked up
at him and caught her breath, be-
cause there was something about
him that famed into flame dying
ember of memory.
eyes" she said. eyes, that's who
I am" And the gas man threw
back his head and laughed.
81 thought So" He suddenly
leaned toward her and the depths
of his gray eyes held something that
caused Abby's heart to begin its
futtering again. "And you don't re-
member me. You don't remember
Orion Pratt who used to keep com
pany with you?"
Abby felt as though she were go
ing to faint. But she didn't. She re
covered and said of course She re
membered him and wouldn't he 81
down minute and she'd maxi
! some tea and they'd talk of oil
4 times. So Orion Pratt sat down i
the rocker and looked out at Abby
d flower bed, and presently Abb
e brought him a cup of tea, and the
d talked of old times. Abby's pair
y began to itch again and Orio
e looked at it and told her that She
: better be careful Of poison ivy 8
r this time of year. He noticed, n
d said, that some was growing out
l. her flower bed. And Abby blushe
Il and said that must be it, becaus
g he really wasn't someone new, wa
6 he? Which puzzled Orion, but b
!. let it pass and mentioned that Abb
i, was prettier than she'd ever bee
y before, and that he wasn't marie
d and-but, shucks, you can que:
" how it all turned out
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
REDUCE TIME LOST
FROM MONTHLY PAIN

Wouldn't it be grand and glorious feeling to
know that next month and each month to
follow there will be no more excessively BAD
DAYS that you can attend your duties without
further interruption or loss OF time!
Take SALOON tablets to relieve the pain and
srfferinp. You can depend on eALICON to the
utmost. It is quick relief. forms no habits and
has no bad effects. For your eficiency's sake.
as well as for your comfort
Ask your druggist for SALOON.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-08-27
HEARTBURN?

Its surprising how many have heart
burn. Hurried eating, overeating, heavy
smoking, excessive drinking all lead to
heartburn. When it comes, heed the
warning. Your stomach is on strike.