The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28


 talk which will be given Miss Stevens Assisting Mrs. Carter as hostesses will be Mrs William stahl, Mrs. Wilbur Allen Mrs. Hedley Relyea, Mrs J. R. Putnam Mrs. Unico Barone and Mrs Edna MerrilS
 This and that. . Regina Leonard never forgets me when the time draws near for the annual recital of her proteges. She dropped in yesterday with two Annie Oaklies for the affair which will be held this evening at Temple Hall. Mrs Carl F. Loether ot Al State street was admitted to the Waterbury hospital yesterday to undergo appendicitis operation. Mary Antonnachi R. N. now stationed in Shelton, enjoyed inspection tour of the office yesterday a1ter noon. John Morrissey was her most obliging gulde
 Breathers C. H. Flint is busy hand-shaking these days having just accepted the responsible position vcepresident in charge of sales at the Peter Paul Company in Naugatuck Just recently the D!ean1 Dream Factory was awarded bronze pacque in the national packagng contest for excellence in the makeup of its packages William H. Hoffman's name was omitted from the prospective list of graduates at Drggs schoo which appeared in print the other evening. It was an oversight Bill, so please excuse Mrs Jonn Mchay 1 of Mansfield Avenue and Fred Dexel Of Wocott Roao were the only local winners in the name contest con ducted recently by Hartford concern Their rewards were electric coasters.
 Barbs . . In Indo. China trousers men wear skirts and children are known by number but it's primitive imitation of the New Deal Trou- be with most athletes who cracked up was they had too
 %'h drad d be he hooed te gross did the reeng. .. The National Grange is con- ducting safety campaign for farmers. This will re-
 
 peans really aren't twoaced about the debts; it's more likely a case of duel personality.
 In the good old Dsv ahsEs was n9 to Exchange Place the morning to watch the National Guard march by with colors proudly flying and pano playing martial air. You had your favorlte captain colonel and how your little treble voice would pipe as he strode by head erect shoulders thrown back, and every inch the soldier That was the big feature Of he daV he was along and you footed with him out to the cemetery to the graves decorated That's very lovely custom that many families still practice right here in Waterbury,
 Along about afternoon there might be an excuse to beg nickel from Dad that you could run down to the corner drug store for collegece. If Dad was feeling pretty good he might give you extra nickel for pack age of wild cherry drops favorite confecton Of many youths Sometimes you might take in the morning ing afternoon game of the holiday doube-header Of the Old Connecticut League the teams splitting the games up between cities then New Britain Meriden were a- ways to be Waterburys opponents for Decoration Day.
 Deaconate to novelist That's the story of Le- Grand CannOn Jr, New Havener whose first novel is just the market by Farrar & Rinehart It's "A Mighty Fortress" and New Enganders should go for it as the locale is New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut It's not the New England of today, though, but pre-Cvil War days Cannon is native New Havener and educated in its public schools, moving up to Yale and ending with Harvard Business School. He has been in business for some few years working for Austin, NicOls and Company but since writing has occupied most of his time has given up all business pursuits for the liter ary . Judging by his first novel he's off to good start . The title to item We'll, Cannon's deacon in New Haven church. Maybe that explains his preacher hero, Zeke Peele
 Editor Tall Tower Topics I quite interested in reading last nights column about the operation of the first trolley line in Connecticut down at Ansonia and Derby. had heard read about this long time ago. but the details bit vague in my mind Your inter- esting article filled in the vacancies Perhaps you also had the facts at hand but didn't them, about the If he firSte fhnraA in