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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

Mrs. Jones is the wife of Edwin H. Jones, assistant treasurer of the Waterbury Savings Bank. In 1929 she served as worthy matron of Naomi chapter of this city, one of the largest chapters in the state. In 1882 Mrs. Jones was appointed grand organist of the Grand Chap ter and following this appointment, she was elected each year as Worthy Grand Matron, the highest office in the state organization. It is planned to have the annual conven- tion here in Waterbury next year, at the conclusion of Mrs. Jones term of office.
 The names of those listed on standing committees and those who will be installed have been an- nounced as follows:
 Officers
 Grand Marshal, Mrs. Abbie Y. Bergman, Past Grand Matron; Grand Chaplin, Mrs. Jennie c. Marggraff, Past Grand Matron; Grand Organist, Mrs. Mildred H. Hoxie, Past Matron Adah Chapter No. 30 Grand Organist 1882; Grand Warder, Mrs. Matilda D. Richards, Past Matron Naomi Chapter No. g; Grand Sentinel, William Wookey, Past Patron Watertown Chapter No. 96.
 Officers to Be Installed
 Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. Ruth Angrave Jones, Naomi No. 23; Wor- thy Grand Patron, Alfred Westcott, Excelsior No. 3; Associate Grand Matron, Mrs. Ethel Dewitt Hull, Bethlehem No. 68; Associate Grand Patron, Paul D. Collier, Hesper No. II; Grand Secretary, Mrs. Ida B. Nixon, P. c. M., Lady Washington No. 45; Grand Treasurer, Miss M. Louise Ginand, P. G. M., Orient No. 1; Grand Conductress, Mrs. Maude T. Byles, Charity No. 61.
 Grand Chaplain, Mrs. Jessie F, Pinney, Mystic No. 20; Grand Mar shal, Mrs. Evelyn J. Lounsbury, Meridian No. 8; Grand Organist, Mrs. Cornelia P. Ledgard, Good In- tent No. IT; Grand Adah, Mrs. Ethel F. Damery, WatertoWn No. 96; Grand Ruth, Mrs. M. Ethel Jolly, Olive Branch Mo- 87; Grand Esther, Mrs. Agnes c. Wilson, Pierpont No. 49; Grand Martha, Mrs. Loantha Fl. Barton, Golden Rod No. 34; Grand El0cta, Mrs. Edna B. Sharpe, Betty Putnam No. 106; Grand Warder, Mrs. Catherine M. Rux, Mamanas- co No. 62; Grand Sentinel, Charles L. Dennis, Rhea No. 103.
 Standing committees:
 Jurisprudence
 Mrs. Jennie c. Marggraff, chair man, Waterbury; John L. Brevoort, Lyme; Mrs. Bertha L. s. Gallup, Moosup; Mrs. Abbie Y. Bergman, Hartford; Mrs. Helena Arnold, Hart ford.
 Appeals and Grievances
 Ezra Graham, chairman, Strat- ford; Mrs. Nellie Stewart, New Ca- naan; Mrs. Clara Gillespie, Union- vile; Mrs. Lima Pond, New Haven; Mrs. Mary A. c. Perkins, Bristol.
 Fred L. Fleetham, chairman, Deep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
Legion Group Plans
 Holiday Observance
Memorial Day Program to Follow Last Years Sched- ule; Court Welch Degree Team Going to TorringtOn
WATERVILLE

The April business meeting of Casper s. Davis, Jr, post No. 136, American Legion last nigh tat Fra ternity hall, was very well attended. Commander E. Lester Platt presid- ed.
 Russell Atherton, chairman of the Memorial day committee, announc- ed the preliminary plans for ob- servance of the day by the local post. The program will probably fol- low the general outline of that of last year when Davis post brought WaterVille the first formal local Memorial days program in many years.
 The post, accompanied by its auxiliary unit and fife, drum and bugle corps will participate in the general parade in Waterbury early in the forenoon and the group will then return to Waterville for exer- cises to be held at the fagpole on the Waterville green at Il a. m. A brief program there will feature an excellent speaker, state officer Of the legion. Following these exer- cises there will be procession to Waterville cemetery where wreath will be placed upon the grave of Casper s. Davis, Jr., for whom the past has been named.
 Commander Platt reported that Police Superintendent Roach has promised full cooperation to the post in its campaign to lessen the speeding hazards on Thomaston avenue.
 There was a discussion of plans for the annual sale of peoples in Waterville.
 The American Legion awards medals to be presented to the out standing boy and girl of the grad uating calss at Sprague grammar school, were ordered last night.
 The post will cooperate with its auxiliary unit in behalf of the sick social of the latter organiZa- ton to be held at Sprague gram mar school gymnasium on May 18th.
 It was voted to send the post col- ors to the military ball of Wheeler Young post, Veterans of Foreign Wars on the same date. Further participation in that event is not possible because of the auxiliary function.
 Commander Platt reported that delegates from the post attended the luncheon in Waterbury an dthe din- ner in Norwich last week when Ma tional Commander Ray Murphy wis., ited Connecticut.
 Mrs. E. R. Schmidt of Montoe road was awarded the electric hixer which was given away at the meet ing.
 The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 18th.
 Frederick Seidel heads a commit tee to sponsor the annual spring cleanup of the Waterville ceme- tery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

the organization after continuous service of 50 years.
 Several years ago he built his home on Edgehill avenue, erecting on of the finest local houses of that time. Mrs. Healey died a few years ago and he continued to reside alone until last year when ill health and the infirmities of ad- vancing age made it necessary for him to dispose of his local prop erty and to move to Hamden.
 He was of a quiet friendly dispo- sition, a good neighbor and an ex- cellent citizen.
 Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Young; a brother, Frank Healey of Springfield, Mass, and 8 niece of Burlington, Vermont.
 The funeral services will take place from the funeral home of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

River; Abner J. Mcintyre, Fair Ha- ven; William J. Rawlings, New Britain.
 Auditing
 Mrs. Mabel B. Parsons, Hartford, necrology; Mrs. Maize Clark, Higga- mum; Robert Morris. Relief fund, Mrs. Fife N. Horton, West Hart ford. Fraternal correspondent, Mrs. Maud T. Hyles, grand conductress, Groton..
 Announcement of the following dates were made for schools of in- struction by the worthy grand ma tron and worthy grand patron:
 Friday, May 1, West Hartford; {; Saturday, May 2, Bridgeport; Wednesday, May 6, West Haven; Thursday, May 2, New London; Fri day, May 8th, Waterbury.
 Robert Morris day, Saturday Au- gust 29th, meeting at 300, dinner at 500, Wilcox's Pier restaurant, West Haven, Conn.
 Grand Masters day, Saturday September 18th, Masonic Home, Wallingford, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
Dies In Hamden

Willard F. Healey, whose death occurred yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Minnie Young of 1859 Dixwell avenue, in Hamden, was one of Waterville's best known older residents. He had resided To- cally for more than 60 years until he went to Hamden to make his home with his sister about a year ago.
 MT. Healey was born in Burling- ton, Vermont, 80 years ago and came to Waterbury as young man. He entered the employ fthe Am erican Ring company and soon ad- vanced to the position of foreman. A few years ago he retired from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

were spent in Waterbury, most of that periud in the Waterville section of the city.
 Surviving are her husband: four grandchildren, Ronald DeGostia, Erwin DeGostia, Robert DeGostis and Mrs. Prank Karmen, all of this cityj a brother, Albert Thoms of Meriden, and neice Mrs. Caro- line Therbur of Meriden.
 The body has been removed to the Lunny funeral home on Central ave- nue from where the funeral will takt place on Friday morning to St. Michael's R. c. church, Waterville, where requiem mass will be cele- brated at an hour to be announced as soon as all arrangements will have been completed.
 Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
Micah Cleans

SCHOOL OPENS DANCE CLASS
 Toledo, (UP)-A hundred Libby high school senior boys have started a weekly class in ballroom dancing in the school gymnasium. The dean Eugene Hunt, is sponsor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
TESTING LANE NOT
 LOCAL COPS WORRY

Responsibility for trafic at the state motor vehicle testing lane on Thomaston avenue is placed with the state department of motor vehi- cles by Superintendent of Police William J. Roach. Superintendent Roach, commenting on complaints that traffic was at times congested in the vicinity of thelane, said that the state had employed two police men last year on Freight street and that he felt the city was not obligated to supply police officers. Frederick Schoenrock of g Yale street, another well known local resident, died last night at St. Marys hospital following long ill., ness.
 Mrs. Schoenrock was born in Germany Il years ago and had lived in the United States for more than a half century. More than g years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
Eastern Star Staff
 Installed Tonight
Mrs. Edwin H. Jones of Waterbury, Becomes Worthy
 Grand MatrOn-lOO Chapters to Be Represented

Mrs Edwin H. Jones of this city will be installed as Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Connec cut Order of Eastern Star at the installation of 193637 officers to be held tonight at the New Haven Arena One hundred chapters comprising about 3O00O members from the entire sate will be represented and the arena has been elabOratelV decorated for the occasion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

Farewell Party
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Thomaston avenue recently enter tained for Miss Nancy Platt of Fort Hill, and Miss Christian Donahue of Fairmount. The former will make
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
Red Cross Relief Fund Contributors

Additional donations to the Red Cross flood relief drive released at the Red Cross office this morn ing show an increase of $40. The total now stands at $18,464. Those who have sent in donations re- gently are listed as follows: Faith Rebecah Lodge No.
 A, I. O. o. F., ThOmastOn 5 500 w. T. Grant Co. and Elm
 ployees ................... 1000 Plymouth Bran h, addi-
 tIOHa1 @V'VV MT. and Mrs. Bernard
 Fitzpatrick ..... .......... 500
 Recent Contributions =. $40.00
 Total .............. $18,464.00
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

her home on Bucks HliI after tL week and the latter is moving [ Waterbury.
 The guests were Lillian Hag4 gerty, Catherine Williams, Rose mary Denehy, Margaret Signori, Barbara Cookson, Nancy Platt, Doris Downs, Constance Smith, Christine Donahue, Marie Watson, Raymond wilson, Frank Keliher, Vincent Sanzhlout, Donald Marsh, Frank Costenheira, Robert Signori, Marion Even and Robert Sullivan.
 Micah Cleans
 Miss Dorothy Atherton of Essex avenue entertained the Micah Cleans lcub of Grace Methodist Sunday school at her home last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29

BingO Party
 The bingo party of Pride of Welch Circle, Companions of the Forest, at Foresters' hall last night, was
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
BRITISH GUIANA

The Government of British Gui-
ana announces a tropic tour from
Georgetown to the magnificent
Kaietour Falls. Four days to
reach the falls by train and motor
launches along the tree-lined Po-
taro River, three days back to
the coast. You slide through the
late afternoon past river banks
alive with tropic birds, curious
Guiana natives, who have dis
carded head-hunting as pastime
You wait for dusk, but there is
no twilight in the tropics. 1t il
day, then it is night =. suddenly,
w.tlo'.C va H.. III u, c-l
movc5 up the river .oWa.d q
jungle where few white men have
ventured. Today the trip is safe,
comfortable, under strict govern
ment SuDerViSiOc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
INTO LAKE

A T A certain hour one day mil
Nlions of years ago, Nature set
about making new mountain
ranges in Oregon. The earth
rocked and trembled Hundreds CT
roaring volcanoes poured smoke
fire, and cinders into the air. The
earth's crust burst, and the Siski-
yous and Cascades thrust into the
sky. The upheaval created Crate
Lake from giant volcano, Mt.
Mazama, which for centuries s
belched fire and lava day and
night. The mighty cone weakened,
leaving a yawning abyss. In a few
thousand years water from melt
ing SHOWS filled the great bowl c.
the crater. submerged two huge
cinder cones, and made beauti
full lake set in the forest like :;
jewel, ten thousand feet high
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
GREYHOUND BUS LINE
SETS SAFETY RECORD

Public interest today more
than ever before is centered on
safety on the highways, with
deaths and injuries in the last
year mounting to appalling fig
ures. An outstanding example of
safe highway performance has
consistently been recorded by the
Pacific Greyhound Lines, in its
operation on Western highways.
Since 1880 over 25,OOO,0O0 peo-
pie have been carried total of
120,OO0,OOO miles and there have
been only four passenger fatali-
ties, or one for every 100000
passengers carried. Measured
against miles there has been only
one fatality for every 30,000,000
miles Travelled.
Greyhound's remarkable record
speaks well for one phase of
motor transportation and has
shown that the highways provide
a swift, safe method of travel,
when care is taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Here Are Winter
Sports Ready
for Westerners
Want to play? Here's how and

Want to play? Here's how and
wherei
Lake Arrowhead in Southern
California, Yosemite, and Tahoe
in Central California, Mt. Shasta
in Northern California, Mt. Hood
in Oregon, and Mt. Rainier and
Mt. Baker in Washington, are ali
offering gay winter sports which
will attract world travellers as
well as Americans.
Among the varied activities be-
ing featured in these places is
skiing, skating, tobogganing, ice
hockey, curling, fancy costume
skating, carnivals, ski-joring,
sleigh and dog-team rides, speed
skating ski lodges. ice-skating
gymkhanas, snowshoeing, and
figure skating.
The United States is rivaling
Switzerland when it comes to
winter sports, according to re-
ports brought back by globe trot-
ters, who claim that Western
cities so near the Fairgrounds
make the section doubly attrac-
tive.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

COUTHERN beaches - Santa
- Barbara, Santa Monica, Mali
bu, Long Beach, famous Catalina
Island-give warm hospitality to
surf riders and those who like
leisurely days on the seashore.
Under the golden desert sunshine
of Palm Springs. true summer
sports are scheduled. Early risers
partake of a cowboy breakfast
ride" swimming, golf or tennis.
Visitors find escape from noise
and hurry, in a distinctly differ
ent world. The mysterious charm
of the desert is shared by the
many popular resorts, in the
heart of California's palm oasis.
Here at the foot of Mt. San ia
cinto, summer fingers the year
round. Nearby is Palm Canyon,
once the shore of a prehistoric
sea, still covered by sea fauna,
and edged by Americas tallest
palms.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
New Highways Will Lead Visitors
to Famous Old Mexican Ruins

The entire city is surrounded by
flower bespangled foliage of
brilliant tints and hues. The ap-
proach is over old Spanish bridges
still in use.
On the route are huge boulders
with carved hieroglyphics COM
memorating Aztec victories, re-
minding visitors of another civili-
zation. Eventually, following the
map, one comes to Puebla, with
its churches and cathedrals slop-
ing on the Sierra Madre hills. 1t
has been called the Rome of Mex
ica and has a distinct Andalusian
influence with architecture embel-
lished by Moorish and Persian
tiles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

~UBTERRANEAN ruins have
y been discovered by scientists
in Mexico, bringing to light many
facts not known before concern
ing this ancient land. These ruins
are said to have sewers, wells and
drains, and are believed to be
relics of the First Epoch.
Highways leading winter visit
ors over all parts of the country
are now being built so that the
world may watch Mexico discover
it's ancient history. One such road
leads to Cuernavaca, known for
it's haunting beauty of scenic WIS.,
tas, where the beautiful palace of
Cortez introduces another note
showing the Spanish ancestry.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
WINTER OlYMPICS
THE Winter Olympic Games TAX

THE Winter Olympic Games take
place this season at Garmisch-
Partenkirchen in the Bavarian
Alps. The meeting introduces sew
eral innovations from the spec
tators' point of view . ski
stadium to centralize thrilling ski
ing events . cross-country ski
races, and relay ski races which
start and finish at the stadium.
Bob-sled runs are major attrac-
ton, with ice-curling and shalom
contests. Snow games make ma
tions forget war games!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
SOMEWHERE ON
THE BLUE PACIFIC

a few years ago a strange sub
marine was found floating on the
lanes to Hawaii. She drifted with
open hatch, an unnamed, un-
manned derelict, for countless
months. Barnacles encrusted her
hull, and no nation claimed her;
nor was there record of her loss.
Was she a relic of the World
War? Was she the monster of
some modern pirate band? Some
one knew, but her story grows
DINNER, and she becomes another
mystery of the sea.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Over the Captains Coffee Cup
Travel Tales From Everywhere
- by Whit WeIlman

kIOW'S the time when land
IN bound folks yearn for far
places. The wind whistles rumors
and stories, there's nip to the
air that brings great-coat collars
up like tops'ls before a storm.
Barricaded behind their steaming
coffee cups, oldtime shippers spin
their yarns. It's time to wander
in curling tobacco smoke through
adventures that men still live.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
EMERALD BUDDHA

4 YARDS bask in the sun on the
l. palace steps of Angkor Wat
ruined temple in the jungle of
Cambodia. For hundreds of years
the forgotten Khmer nation wor-
shipped a fabulous emerald idol
a Buddha six inches tall, carved
from a single incredible emerald
The green idol is lost today -
hidden in some Oriental temple.
guarded by priests. Collectors
have searched the world, for this
Buddha is the largest merald
ever known.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
CALIFORNIA

(ALIFORNIA'S S winter holidays
- are centered at Lake Tahoe,
Truckee, Yosemite Valley and
Lake Arrowhead, where weeks of
brilliant sunshine are drawing
thousands. The National Park
Service has marked new ski
trails, prepared ski slopes, to,oog-
gan slides and other facilities.
Make your holiday trip now,
while snow sports are in full
swing! Enjoy a week or a week
end of speeding toboggans, moon
light sleigh rides, dog-team trips,
ice skating, snowshoe trips.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
NEVADA ARIZONA

7 HE gateway to Boulder Dam
largest dam in the world
is Las Vegas, picturesque city of
Southern Nevada. The city itself
is reminiscent Of the Old West.
with extremely liberal laws, and
a cosmopolitan population. It is
the center of unequalled noun
tain and desert splendor, the
starting point for the ancient
Valley of Fire, the north rim of
the Grand Canyon. and Furnace
Creek in Death Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19

another voice. I'VE are sorry
we find it impossible to establish
satisfactory contact with the
plane, now almost 1000 miles dis
tant. >" Adventure of the high
est order flashed on, and was
gone. Listeners could feel the far
horizons shrink, feel uncomfor-
tably small for a moment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
WASHINGTON

4 At. BAKER and Mt. Rainier
" in Washington are meccas
for the expert and novice-young
and old alike, where hills and
gentle slopes present the "Skiers'
Paradise" Ski school courses at
Rainier National Park are con-
Quoted by world-renowned in
str1IptOrc
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
Select Your
Own Weather
These Days

\V/INTER holidays can be an
" exploration of your own Pa
cifc Coast!
From the Canadian line to the
Mexican border, vacation adven-
turers are discovering variety
of winter and summer sports to
suit their mood. Snow mountains
for rosy-cheeked ski enthusiasts;
warm beaches for salt-air addicts;
and lazy desert days for tanned
sun worshippers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
COMING EVENTS
WASHINGTON

Feb. 1-2. Spokane Ski Tourna-
ment. At Skimore, Dishman.
Jan. 1926. Winter Sports Car
nival. At Mt. Hood and Portland.
OREGON
Feb. 29-March 1. Champion Ski
Races. At Mt. Hood.
April 13. Knights Templar
Grand Commandery of Oregon.
At Portland.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
OREGON

~REGON offers snow sports
Yin the magnificent Cascade
Mountains, from Mt. Hood south
ward to Mt. jefferson; Crater
Lake, where a full winter pro-
gram is under way; Wallowa
Lake National forest, a detached
portion of the Rockies with small
glaciers and snow on higher
peaks through the year
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
THE TALENT OF
DICK WETJEN

makes the most of stories like
that. Albert Richard Wetjen,
counted tops" among sea writ
ers, is out on the Pacific today
gathering data for more adven-
ture yarns for the nations maya
zines. He writes as he goes, TAX
ing notes, and boarding them
against the time he uses a desk
again. A chubby little man with
a friendly smile, he wouldn't be
taken for an adventurer in queer
corners of the world. But then,
you never know what a man
loves until you listen a while.
BEFORE THE RADIO
spread safeguards across the
ocean, Commodore J. H. Trask,
retired skipper of the Australian
run, with his ship homeward
bound to California, found his
fuel was exhausted. The Mate
and crew went oversize in a life
boat to look for help. The ship
drifted along for days, and pas
sengers began to demand, How
are we fixed for food? Why"
he assured them, there's eat
ables on this ship to feed us a
year" But he didn't explain that
the food consisted of a cargo of
coconuts. They were rescued
day or so later, and the Commo-
dore was saved embarrassment.
OUR OWN ROMANCE
can lie close to home. A few days
ago through the speaker of motor
car radios came a voice, half
lost in the crash of lightning 1000
miles away. With the sound of
storm was the roar of great en-
gines, speeding the speaker across
the Pacific near Manila. He rode
the Philippine Clipper, recounting
the progress of his flight. Silence
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-19
A HUNDRED
GRAND STORIES

were lost the other day, when a
man died in San Francisco. He
was a fireman, Captain William
J. Nicholson, who for four dec
ades roamed the Embarcadero to
protect San Francisco's shipping
A local paper honored his pass
ing with six inches of type; six
measured inches to tell of the
lives saved by his daring in
plunging into smoke-filled hulls
stringing writing fire-hose
from the bay to fre-gutted build
ings in the disaster of 1906. The
best tales have never been printed
They lie in the quiet hearts of
men like Nicholson are some
times told on a bridge or we'll
deck hatch by those who saw and
remember.