The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-05

Thirty-five non-members and fifty members of the Oakville Junior Stamp Club exhibited col- lections at the first annual exhibit of the group at the South school (Oakville) auditorium last week. The entire exhibit was under the direction of Bernard Kuntz- weller.
 Some of the non members of the club who entered exhibits were Lamont Hall, O. B. Maxim, William Curtis and Dr. Glen Jackson from Waterbury and Wa tertown. Mrs. Hall, who is one of the leading stamp auctioneers of the state was the principal speak CT at the exhibition. MT. Curtis and Dr. Jackson were the judges.
 The entire list of prize winners, awards and exhibits was arranged under the direction of MT. Kuntz- weller, Miss Frances Griffin, Miss Mary Kilbride, Vito Lapio and Edward Woodruff, Frederick Hooper, of the school staff, oper- ated the motion picture projector.
 Other committees were: Essay contest, Miss Catherine Scanlon, Miss Anna Scanlon and Miss Helen Anderson; furniture, MT. Evans; arrangements of exhibits, Miss Ruth Strockbine and Irene BuSsemey.
 Waterbury's apparent lack of interest in stamp clubs is never considered until one attends 2 meeting or exhibition of one of the clubs in the outlying dis tricts. Oakville, Watertown, Bris- tol, Thomaston, Naugatuck, Bea- con Falls, and other outlying dis tricts have an abundance of ju- venile clubs, which Waterbury seems to almost lack entirely.
 A few schools started to organ ize stamp clubs here but very lit tie is heard of any action on their part. Perhaps the clubs are in Waterbury, hut apparently they have very little action. Let's start a "More Stamp Clubs in Water bury" drive.
 The Frasek Company of White Plains recently purchased a large lot of the Spain Catacomb issue and received the merchandise after considerable delay. In going through the stamps single sheet of the 25 cent value of the Toledo issue, Scott's 1295, was discovered imperforate. This is the first time a sheet has been known to exist in this form.
 The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man is reported to have petitioned the British post office for a set of special stamps dis playing features of the Manx landscape. If the request were granted it might lead to similar demands from other semi-autOnO- nous, notably the Channel Is- lands.
 The Post Office Department has confirmed the report that spe- cial commercial postage stamp will be issued honoring the mem ory of Virginia Dare, the first white child born of English par ents on American soil. This stamp which will be of the 5 cent var iety, will be offered to the public on August 18, 1897, being the 350th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare. It is expected that the first-day sale of the Virginia Dare stamp will take place at the post office at Monteo, located on Roanoke Island, N. c. Other de- tails in connection with the com memorative have not as yet been announced by the department.
 Now that the coronation is over, and the wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis WarfieId solemnized, the English will per- haps settle down to the business of normal stamp collecting (th0se who are interested of course.) During the past few months. what with new issues and coronation and ahdicati tion troubles, the jolly old Englishmen must have been 2 jolly bit disturbed.
 Foreign Notes Salvatore has awarded 8 contract for new airmail set to take the place of the current issue which is some what depleted An error has