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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-25
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Funeral Directors
Lost and Found

HAVING LOST-My passbook, No. 69092, sisued to me by the Water bury Savings Bank, hereby apply for 8 new one. Lizzie Shearon.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-25
Mattresses

YALE MATTRESS CO. Union St. Tel. 3-6330. Your old mattress made over equal to new Special prices this week only.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
Society Is Formed to Protect Snakes;
Authority Asserts Many Are Valuable

eff more people knew that most
snakes are valuable to mankind,
they would not be so eager to de-
stroy every snake they see,' says
Harry c. Gardiner, who is resident
of Detroit, Michigan, and honor
airy president of the Michigan Her
pathological society. The society has
for it's aims the study and protec-
ton of snakes in Michigan.
Gardiner says that the fear of
snakes is deep-laid, and arises
mainly from the belief that most
snakes are poisonous or harmful in
some way. He .refutes this belief
by saying that in Michigan there
are II different kinds of snakes of
which only one is poisonous
massasauga or swamp RATHER. This
snake is rarely more than 80 inches
long. During my Is years of resi-
dence in Michigan, I have never
heard of a death resulting from the
bite of any Michigan snake" says
Gardiner.
The largest Michigan snakes are
the blacksnake and the blue racer,
he says. These two species are
often confused. They both repro
duce by laying eggs, but their feed
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

THERE is an amusing story
4 about the mittens and scarf
shown here. They were not hand
knitted. They were purchased
rather hurriedly and sent to a
young miss who was away at
school. She had wanted something
rather gay and bit foreign look
ing to wear for skating and these
were perfectly plain and pretty
drab. She didn't take her disap-
pointment lying down, but decided
to brighten up that scarf and nit
ten set and make it speak for
eign language as well! She found
the Swedish cross-stitch design
shown here and copied it IN all it's
gay colors on the ends of the scarf
and backs of the mittens.
Hand knitted mittens and other
knitted things in plain colors may
also be decorated with this pert
flower pattern. Start at the upper
right corner of the large flower
and make the cross stitches as
at A and B. This flower is a
brilliant red, the small flowers
bright blue and the stems jade
green.
NOTE = Mrs. Spears Sewing
Book Gifts, Novelties and En-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

back on a man: but Elizabeth had
to be saved before anything else.
"And so, you see, Mr.. Exon )"
And there I saw Elgar approach
ing, against the dusk prevailing
without the court.
For second hesitated. Then
laid Elizabeth down and twitched
the cord from my waist.
And then I went to meet Elgar,
who could not see me And,
as I went, I ripped the gag from
my mouth.
He must have found the case
heavy, for when was almost upon
him, he laid it down for a moment,
to rest his arm.
AS he Strengthened mis- back,
took the man by the throat =.
1t was a curious business and
seemed to belong to the stage or the
cinema's screen, for whilst we two
stood silent, Virgil, little way off,
was addressing the empty car. l
could not hear all he said, but his
tone was as careless as ever and
once he laughed. But Elgar could
not laugh. He never struck me.
From first to last his hands were
tearing at mine. They might as
we'll have torn at the cobbles be-
meath our feet. So for, perhaps, a
full minute Then his knees
sagged, and his arms fell down by
his sides.
Still gripping his throat, lowered
his weight to the ground. Then I
cracked his skull on the cobbles and
let him 60.
The sound was slight enough, but
Percy Virgil heard it-and found it
strange.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

reeked of decay: the sudden chill
of morgue displaced the pleasant
cool of the summer night: the steady
purr of the engine changed to a
snarl: and the darkness became so
thick that I could not have seen my
hand in front of my face. Then l
knew that we were on cobbles, and,
when I lifted my head, I saw the
lines of three ridge-poles against the
sky. We were in the great court of
some mansion, long uninhabited.
Now what possessed Elgar to do
it, l do not know; but, as the car
came to rest and I rose to my feet,
the man slowed round in his seat
and dropped down hand for Eliz-
abeth's dressing-case. AS he heaved
this up, it struck me under the
knees and, because 1 was rising
and was neither up nor down, the
blow made me lose my balance and
sent me backwards into the seat I
had left. Since this was low and
tilted, as good as fell on to my back
and before I could rise again, Per-
cy Virgil was out of the car, on the
opposite side.
Not that I saw him-the darkness
was far too dense. And so, at least,
I knew that had not been seen.
But l knew where he was, for l
heard him using my name.
"The, er, cemetery, Mr.. Exon
it's better known as Palfrey.
Nobody ever comes here, because it
is said to be cursed. But, blessed or
cursed, it has a magnificent we'll
>. Ninety feet deep, Mr.. Exon
And So feet of water-I measured it
yesterday And it's parapet is
of white marble-at least, it used to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

engage the prong from it's hole, and
the stoutest strap will be loosed
and all restraint be at an end.
My fingers were free. If I could
contrive to thread the blade of the
screw driver over the frame of the
buckle and under the prong
1t was difficult business. I was
working blind and my fingers had
not fair play, and though I soon
found the buckle, I could not reach
this with my fingers and so could
not guide the blade, while the move
ment of the car was distracting the
aim which I tried to make.
Again and again I was on the
edge of success, and then the car
would lurch and l would lose prong
and buckle and sometimes my bal
ance, too. And once the blade was
in place, but, before I could drive it
home, wheel dropped into a pot
hole and shook it out could have
screamed with the rage of a thwart-
ed child
And then, at last, the blade slid
under the prong -.
1, What happened I do not know, for
I never examined the strap, but
know was trying to lever the prong
from its place and the buckle was
turning with it and spelling my
game, when, all of a sudden, the
strap went slack on my wrists and
I knew I was free.
Now my impulse was to do muir
der, and do it at once: break Ell
gar's neck and then choke Virgil to
death: and but for Elizabeth's pres
ence, I think that I should have
done that-and as like as not lost
my own life, when the car, which
was travelling fast, crashed into a
tree. But Elizabeth had to be saved.
And so 1 did nothing at all but
shake the strap from my wrists and
keep my hands behind me and use
my brain.
At once I saw that the first thing
for me to do was to free myself
from the cord which put my lady in
peril whenever moved.
WIN my eyes upon virgil ana Eli
gar, I felt for the knot at my waist.
This / found and united. Then l
made a bow-knot in it's stead, which
I could undo in a flash whenever
I pleased.
Then, I saw that, for better or
worse, I must not launch my at
tack until the car was at rest, for
if, in the struggle, the car were to
leave the road, Elizabeth, bound
hand and foot, might fare very i'll.
And then remembered that Per-
cy Virgil was armed.
This showed me that, come what
might, l must deal with him first:
else, whilst I was dealing with Ell
gar, he might very well put me out.
And there, without any warning,
our lights were dipped" and Vir-
gil reduced his speed
Till now l had been too much en-
gagged to observe our way, and now
could see next to nothing from
where l sat: but the road was
rough and winding, and though
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

ing habits are different. Black
snakes, also called pilot snakes,
feed mostly upon small, warm
blooded animals, such as field mice,
rats, gophers and occasionally on
birds. Blue racers prey upon cold
blooded creatures, such as frogs,
salamanders and small lizards, in
addition to the menu of the black
snake.
Commonest of all Michigan
snakes is the garter snake, which,
except that it may sometimes eat
fish, is generally considered benefi-
cial. This snake seems very fond
of earthWorms. The smallest snake
in the state is secretive little fell
low called the red-bellied snake,
which grows to about 10 inches.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
o Dornford Yates

it was, the hope which Virgil had
murdered came back to life.
1t was a small screwdriver :.
which Elgar or some mechanic had
left in the back of the car :.
some eight inches long, over all :.
with fine enough blade. For all
I know, it may have been there for
weeks, for, the seat being tilted up,
it had lodged between the seat and
the padding on the back of the car;
: and I should never have found it
or known it was there, if my wrists
had not been fastened behind my
back.
Now, as I have said, my wrists
were strapped together-not bound
with cord. And every strap has a
buckle, and every buckle a prong.
When a man or a beast is re-
strained by leather strap, it is
upon the prong of the buckle that
such restraint must depend. Dis
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during he.
change usually from 3S to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 hrs sleep and if you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for tuonsen. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms thai
often accompany change Of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
SERIAL FICTION
She Painted Ter Face
II stony Of lo4e and intrigue BY D0RNFoRD YATES
WNU Service

there were trees on the right, there
were none o. the left. Whereso-
ever we might be bound for, I
judged we were nearly there, and l
held myself all ready to strike the
instant we stopped.
I have said, that the night was
dark, and since we were sunk in.
some valley which ran north and
south, we were denied the glow
which heralds the rising moon. Still,
I could see some six feet-and that
was more than I needed to do what
had to be done.
And there, as though in reply, the
car passed over some rise and then
swept into surroundings of which /
shall always think as the mouth of
Hell.
In a flash the world was trans
figured.
The afr, which had been sweet,
became the breath of corruption
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24

be white-and it has three statues
about it statues of men in arm
or, leaning upon their swords. How's
that for a sepulchre? wish you
could see it, Mr.. Exon. I'm stand
ing beside it now. Elgar, you see,
has gone to borrow some stones :.
to go into the dressing-case. AS an
chors go, it wasn't quite heavy
enough -
By now my door was open, and I
was half out of the car, with Eliza
beth in my arms.
"You see, we shall lower that
first: and that will be attached to
my cousins feet. And then we shall
lower her: and as she's already at
tached, that will bring us directly to
you.''
/ was on the cobbles now and was
stealing the way we had come. I
never found it so hard to turn my
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
Decorate knitted things with cross stitch.

broidery-has helped thousands Of
women to use odds and ends OF
materials and their spare time to
make things to sell and to use for
gifts and church bazaars. If
your home is your hobby you will
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will be included free. Address
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
Our Presidents

Grant was christened Hiram
Ulysses, but through an error
on the muster roll at West
Point it was changed to Ulys-
ses Simpson.
John Tyler was a member of
the Confederate congress.
Martin Van Buren, was
shreWd in political intrigue and
campaign manipulation, and
gained many nicknames. He
was variously known as the
Little Magician" ''Little
Van," and "King Martin the
First"
Theodore Roosevelt and
Woodrow Wilson were awarded
the Nobel peace prize.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-11-24
Where Giant Tortoise Lives

The giant tortoise still roams I'm.
tanned in only two places in the
world-Ecuador's Galapagos islands
in the Pacific and the Aldabra is
lands in the Indian ocean. The AL.
dabras, a dependency of Britain's
crown colony of Seychelles, lie 500
miles southwest of the Seychelles,
and are nearer Kenya.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
Washington Park Hoop Loop Ready For l93S-39 Season
BY JOE DoNAHUE

The Washington Park Basketball League will officially open Decem- Der 5, according to ruling of the board of directors in session at the Community hous last night. Officials will be: Referees, John Mccormack and James Tracy: timer, Matthew Phelan, and scorer, James Fitzpat- rick. All are hold-overs from last season. The schedule of games will be announced later.
 Frank McGrath was reelected president of the board; John Dal- ton, vice-president: William F. Kelly. treasurer; and Slyvio Monte, secretary.
 New members of the board are: MT. Monte, Charles Martin, ST., Danny Kerwin, Daniel LaBonne and Arthur Maloney.
 ! The board will meet again Decem- Der to act on the applications of the East End Communiyt club and the Brooklyn Indies for entry. The St. Ann's A.. c. have been admitted to the place vacated by hte Com- munity club.
 The board voted last night to en- force a bylaw which precludeS .',e allowance of out-of-town players on any team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
MT. CARMEL GIRLS
 LEAGUE BOWLINGNOTES

The pins refused to fall very much the other night at the Tuxedo alleys where the Mt. Carmel girls league was under way for the 10th cont Secutive week. The Mt. Carmel team downed - the St. Ann lassies 80 while St. TereSa's squad kept win- ming, taking St. Mary's for 8 ride to the tune of 80. The defeats inci- dentally make 1t total of 12 in a row.
 Only one girl hit over 100, that being Rae Patetti with log and high three for the night with 274. Betty Pascussi of Mt. Carmel felt bad be- cause there were no scores printed last week. Betty said to me, "Oh, you wouldn't put the scores i'm last week just because I bowled good" But she didn't do so bad the other night. The trouble with some of the girls Is that they just drop the ball instead of throwing it and others don't watch where they're throwing 1t. But still you have to give them credit because they all try very hard, maybe that might be the real reason for some of those low scores. In closing, I want to say this much: Don't be afraid to take your time if you expect to hit them" 's-
 And now, by special permission of the copyright owners, here are the scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
MURPHY THROWS SLANG AT BUCK
Panther Posses Leone; La. Rue Wrestles Twice;
 Bekeras Wins

The football dropkick won out over the flying tackle when Dr. Dropkick Murphy of Boston shoed Fordham's former center, Tony Siano into submission in the feature wrestling attraction last night at Buckingham hall before a small crowd. The boys went at it for a shade better than half hour, Siano taking the lead until Murphy came through with few hefty boots to Siano,s chest. Murphy thereby Suc- cessfully defended his junior heavy weight championship, belt included when he was declared the winner.
 Reserve Spinner
 Max the Panther beSted Angelo Leone in 21:20 with Leone trying an airplane spin which worked in reverse as Max finished on top to pin Leone when both hit the mat. The Panther also used 8 new towel hold" when Leone rushed him af- ter the official ending and the cus- toners got quite kick out. of 1t. Frenchy LaRue worked twice going to draw with Pat Corrigan in 20 minutes and losing to Mike Leone in a semi final in less than IS rnia- utes. LaRue Subbed for Tony Milano who forgot to show up for work. George BekeraS, Lithuanian man. handler, won. from the popular and able Maurice Cavell in 16:32 with a body press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
Duke Makes Rose BouDI Bid Agaif1st Panthers
Today's Sport Parade
By HENRY A1cLEMORE United Pruss Stan Correspondent,

San Francisco, Nov. 26-(UPJ- Judging by the feeling in this com munity toward the Dartmouth Stanford game to be played today, CalifornianS have the same humble opinion of their home grown football teams as they do of their oranges, grapefruit, climate and scenery.
 They think their football teams are the best in the world, and that even their second-rate elevenS are better than top ranking outfits from other and less blessed sections of4ttie country. Dartmouth is here with one of its best. teams in years, a team that despite a defeat by Cor nell is generally rated by eastern critics as one of the best in the United States,
 But is Dartmouth favored over Stanford, a team that has lost six of eight games played? No, it isn't. The game is held at even money by the gamblers, and the San Francisco press box pedants are unanimous in the belief that prosperity is just around the corner for the boys from Herbert Hoover's old school, and that they will scalp the Indians from New Hampshire by anywhere from one to four touchdowns.
 The reason advanced for such a belief is very uncomplimentary to eastern football. The critics don't think Dartmouth will lose because
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
BOYS CLUB CADETS
 SET FOR SEASON

Once again '"The Original Cadets" take to the court after the pre-sea- son practice, they look very promis- ing. More SO since Jimmy Creighton will be back al. his old stand with the boys after a long illness.
 Damelio and Grimm are still chucking them from all angles. We can't forget that the Loughlin bro- thers Wennie Zenick and Rocco Re- naldi are helping to make the Ca- dets look better than ever.
 Bobby Ray, former Wilby star will also be, seen in the line up.
 The Cadets are playing the Wa terville >All-Stars this Friday night as warm up game in preparedness for the. stiff schedule that they have booked for the season. ', Those clubs in the state league or of seini-pro standing wishing a game with the Original Cadets can make arrangements by writing to John Cronan of the Waterbury Boys Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
WEST ENDS BEAT.
 MERIDEN BINDERS
(special .to The Democratl

Bristol, Nov. 26.-Although the armory was plenty cold, the West Ends were plenty hot last night and chalked up surprise 34 to 8 vic- tory over the Meriden Sndees for their second straight State League victory before 300 very chilled fans.
 Though victorious the locals suf- fered two bad breaks. Albie Gurske quit the squad before the start of the game and Henry Ferory of New Britain was carried from the floor in the third quarter with a diSlocated shoulder. Ferony was one; of the teams best point makers.
 Henry Ferony, another Hardware City lad, led the scorers last night with five field goals and six free tries for 16 points. Both teams were very weak in foul shooting, both missing over half their tries.
 Tonight the Danbury Guards will invade .Torrington to meet the Full Fashions at the armory while to- morrow the Waterbury 9shleys will show against the Guards in Dan- bury. ,<.~
 The league standing to date fol- I<SNWE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
MERIDEN NUTMECS
 IN ROLLER POLOCO

Meriden, Nov. 26.-Winners of three of their last four starts to emerge as serious title contenders, the Meriden Nutmegs aim to en- hance their titular chances against Plymouth in an American Roller Hockey league clash at the Roll-o- way rink, Cherry street. at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 In their last two games. the Nut megs handed WorcesteriS league leaders their only defeat in seven games, 15-6, and swamped New Bedford 5-l, both victories aveng- ing former setbacks. Plymouth hold an 8-4 win over Meriden, but the Nutmegs figure their newly developed form will bring them through. Local interest is high in the promising game not only. be- cause it figures to be thriller but also because 1t will bring back three old Meriden stars in Plymouth uai- forms: Steve Fierce, Bill Blount and Molly Morrison. @ '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-26
CRESCENTS COP
 CLOSE CONTEST

Joe Renaldi,s North End "" Cres- cents won their opening game of 1938-39 season last night at the "" hut in rough and tumble encoun- ter by the score of 29-28 in a close hard fought battle before large crowd. Eddie Salvatore was the outstanding Crescent player when he banged nine field goals beside three fouls which amounted to 2l points which was more points than any player made between the two clubs. Lazardo was the losers best bet by tallying 12 points without counting the fine floor work he did.
 Manager Slip" Poletto announces that they will stack up against the N E. Scorpions Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock up at Mary Abbott school. also against the Corsair Jrs: December 20 at the Pear Street Community. hous at 8:30 o'clock.