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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-01
DAMAGES OF $1,OOO,
 DIVORCE ARE ASKED

Damages of $1,0O0 are asked to- day by Susan Coviello Sileo of this city in connection with her divorce action against Louis Sileo, filed in the superior court. Intolerable cruelty is claimed as the basis of the petition. The couple was mar ried in Naugatuck September 16, 1882. The plaintiff also seeks ali- mony and the right to change her name to Susan Coviello.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-01

and by representatives of the schools 51 alumni classes.
 In the interests of the Alumni association, MT Dunn will not only reside at Mount Hermon and su- pervise the operation of the alumni office here, but will make frequent trips to the various alumni clubs throughout the country. There are at present 48 organized Mount Her mon Alumni groups scattered throughout the United States as well as a number of clubs in for eign countries. Mount Hermon boasts, like the British Empire about its colonies, that the sun never sets on Mount Hermon men.
 Closely associated with the alum nj secretary is the alumni council which is composed of 2l men and meets four times year. It has as its outstanding committee the D. L.. Moody Living Endowment Commis- sion which supervises the D. L.. Moody Living Endowment Fund the income of which is devoted to the operating expenses of Mount Hermon school Among other du- ties MT. Dunn vii! edi. the Mount Hermon Alumni Quarterly and other publications sent cut by the organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-01

collision. Attorney William F. Jones, Jr., filed the complaint.
 The accident upon which the lit- igation is based resulted in fatal injuries to Robert Melvin, p, broth- CT of the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests Peope-Revew
the Stamp Press-List of Local Meetings.

lish apostle and bishop who founded
the Benedictine abbey Of Echternach
in 698. The entire set has been posted
on one page and Cancelled with 4
special postmark. Each of the dif-
ferent designs Is fully explained"
Switzerland announces a charity
miniature sheet for the relief of needy
Swiss citizens living In foreign coun-
tries.
As forecast in The Star several weeks
ago, the second Scent Northwest Ter
ritory commemorative is not 4 work
OF art. The heads OF the figures repre-
sented might as we'll be puddings.
The third stamp exhibition OF the
Union Philatelique de Montreal will
be held October IA to is, inclusive.
Information may be obtained from
J. o. Roby, 5227 Delorimier avenue,
Montreal.
Philatelic Agency sales have av-
eraged nearly $500, 700 a year since
1928. Kent B. Stiles, stamp editor
of the New York Times, remarks:
The total for any one period does
not adequately represent the aggre-
Evening star., 1938-07-24

when the photograph Of the model was
released and that when the stamp it.
self was placed on sale.
California collectors have appealed
to Postmaster General Farley for 4
stamp in tribute to the memory of
Lincoln Beachey, pioneer flyer.
Representative James M. Mead OF
New York says: If you had one copy
of every stamp listed in the Standard
Catalogue you would be one of the
six richest men in the world. II you
had only one copy of the first $50
stamps listed in the United States
Specialized Catalogue, you would be
worth 100000"
If the former German colonies are
returned to the control of the Reich,
Belgian East Africa, Tanganyika, New
Guinea, Nauru, Western Samoa and
Southwest Africa will disappear from
the list Of stamp-issuing territories
now current.
A self-autographed stamp memento
from Ignace Jan Paderewski, famous
Polish statesman and pianist, is the
newest item added to the National
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Broadcasting Stamp Clubs collection
on permanent display in Radio City
studios, New York. The Paderewski
memento features two Polish stamps
bearing portraits Of Frederick Chopin
and Of Paderewski himself, Poland's
two foremost men Of music. Beneath
his own stamp Paderewski has written
his signature.
One hundred and twenty tons Of
Seravezza marble went into the statue
OF Benjamin Franklin by James Earle
Frazer, the head Of which is repre-
sented in the q cent Franklin stamp
released at Philadelphia on May 10.
A new specialized catalogue for Aus
tralia has been issued by Smith
& Co., 244 Collins street. Melbourne
The text and illustrations run to 81
pages. and every known minor variety
Is listed.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8. Capital Pre-
cancel Club, home of Rolston Lyon. 2l7
Rittenhouse street NV. Program
and exhibition.
Tuesday evening at 8. Washington
Collectors Club, Thomson School,
Twelfth street NV. Address by Ralph
Cole, vice president. Washington Air
Mail Society. on Some Aspects OF Air
Mail Stamps and Cover Collecting"
Exhibition. bourse and auction.
Wednesday evening at 8, Washing
ton Philatelic Society, Hotel Carlton,
Sixteenth street NV. Informal dis
cussion and exhibition.
Friday evening at 8, Vikings Crew,
No. 8, home of Mrs Fred D. Riggles,
IS Rhode Island avenue NV. Pro-
gram and election
Friday evening at 7:45. Washington
Stamp Club Of the Air. Station VOL.
Albert F. Kunze will present a stamp
romance and comment on philatelic
news.
Saturday afternoon at }, National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs, Station
WRC.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

their severe winters, drifted down the
coast to Assateague Some, seeing
the temperate productivity and tast-
ing the succulent oysters of the re-
gion, stayed. The "down-easter"
names OF Pruitt, Beebe, Bowden and
Daisey are often heard on the island.
During the War Between the States
the 256 persons on Chincoteague held
out for the Stars and Stripes in de-
fiance to the State Of Virginia, to
which they belonged Confederate
troops tried to take the island three
times and were repulsed more by the
water and marshes than by the rs
fighting men on Chincoteague. A vet
eran Of these actions is still living
islanders call him Uncle Ben Scott,
and he Is 100 years old.
When first saw him I thought
must have the wrong man; I have
seen many men OF IS look older than
Uncle Ben Scott. I told him the Dis
trict OF Columbia Motor Club had
sent me down to get some of the old
history of Chincoteague.
We'll, I'm not a native" Uncle Ben
said, Il didn't come to the island un-
til 1852. I've only lived here rs
years"
May 8, 1888, was the old mans
birthday. On May 8, 1888, the town
had celebration in his honor that
almost eclipsed the annual pony
penning." Miss Victoria Pruitt was
responsible for most of the affair.
VICTORIA PRUITT is compiling
history Of Chincoteague and
has many records of past pony
pennings" and much information on
the ponies. She was born in the third
house built on the island. Her grand
father, on one of his fishing trips
around Assateague, saw the bones of
the Spanish galleon which, wrecked
In 1912, freed the ponies. Since that
time sand has covered the wreckage.
The mustangs were originally spot
ted. When man first saw them they
were $50 to 900 pound ponies, and
their spots had disappeared. They
were black. sorrel and bay Recent
crossing with Shetlands (which re-
duced their size even more) brought
out the spots again.
Roundups, or ''pony-pennings" were
Evening star., 1938-07-24
by Ralph Gray.
Touring Counselor, American Auto
mobile Association.

mobile Association.
NEXT Thursday Is "pony-penning
4 day" on Chincoteague Island,
Va. The little town will put on a
mantle Of carnival and give its annual
unique show-a roundup. A typical
roundup. with all its uproarious
trimmings, on an island In the Allan
tic! Islanders and outsiders meet
and mix and enjoy the spectacle Of
herding, roping. riding, racing, brand
ing, and selling wild ponies.
The last Thursday of July is the
big day but any day on Chincoteague
is different. 1t has wonderful oysters
which are edible the year around. 1t
provides some Of the best pleasure
fishing and boating on the middle
Atlantic coast. Its sea food is world
famous. But, In any discussion Of
Chincoteague you always come back
to the ponies. The beat Of pony hooves
echoes the beat Of ocean waters break
ing on the beach. To Chincoteague
shores the wild old Atlantic rolls unin-
terruptedly all the way from Spain.
Standing on the flat southern portion
Of the island, you can see the breakers
arching up white above the land and
pouring onto the island. Perhaps sill
houetted against them will be herd
Of the ponies that have roamed these
salt marshes as long as man can re-
member. And probably to your mind,
as to mine when first saw this sight,
the question will come, "Is there not
some connection between the ocean
and these ponies which have always
breathed salt-spray and eaten salt
grass?"
I found that there was a decided
connection; the sea washed the ponies
ashore. In 1912 q shipload of full
sized Spanish mustangs was wrecked
of Assateague, the large encircling
island that protects Chincoteague from
the ocean. Many were drowned, but
few swan ashore. They raised
their noses and whinnied to the wet,
gray skies, and turning into the wind,
dropped their heads to the lush salt
grass and started grazing on their
new pasture. In time the few were
many hundred in number and they
had spread to other islands, swimming
the wide channels fearlessly. Thus
did the ponies first come to Chinco-
league. Inbreeding of the original
stock accounts for their present size.
MEN first came to Chincoteague
from the sea; also New England
settlers, in search OF firewood against
Evening star., 1938-07-24

to coach him in contract as soon as he
Is able to hold cards.
APT. A. M. GRUENTHER, U. S.
A.. one of the games foremost
tournament conductors, has been Or
dered to the Army and Navy Hospital
at Hot Springs, Ark, to be treated for
arthrltls. Capt. Gruenther was for
merly stationed at Fort Hoyle, near
Baltimore and frequently participated
IN tournaments and duplicate games
heid IN the Monumental City and in
Washington.
A MONG last weeks winners we're
the following:
At the Fairfax Hotel. Tuesday. Mrs. J. W.
2Isekman and J A. Dearins, first; Lewis
cooSo1 j. Evsns snd Mr. MFS Nre Xioe, zimpsT second
With Mrs. John Seward and Mrs. Jere
STans, WI,ns, third .n5 NV nwednssdag Mrs DIXIE T
.an ee eo RoRney CLAY Ss Second ari MS
Estelle Bamberry and Mrs. E. B. Gray.
penn.,. thi1d FRI Fridsy y, Nor North and South G s.
Donnell. second; Mrs. Rose Robbins and
1pe n Mas Gssnser sed thrd Esst sPd West Mar
She Sheppard par. and Marjerie Evans; second; MI
At the La sale, Monday. Mrs Jack
Bennett and Mrs. W. Peyton Blamire.
nrst; Mr.. and Mrs. Leo " Crane second
W. " C. Evans and Ralph Touch. third
Dodson first: Mrs. Jack Bennett and j. A.
Dearing' SECOND; Miss Estelle Bamberry
AT the American Association OF Uni
versity Women. Howell game Miss Isabel
Du Bois and Miss Ellen Brown. frst: DR.
Edith Allen and Miss Margaret Went
worth, second.
At the shorehsm Hotel. Monday. Mrs.
JACK Bennett and Gen. McGlachlin. hrst;;
Mrs w. J. Tidball and Col. E. B. Gray.
second
AT Community Center Hall Arlington:
John D. Mothershed and Mrs. N. T NJ
Robinson.
At the Hotel Grafton. Agriculture Bridge
Club DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell and J. R. Belt
first; DR.. Emily Grewe and Rudolph Auck-
shun. second Mrs. T. F. Lee and W. s.
Frisbie. third
At the Washington Whist Club Mrs
G. w. Boyce and Emanuel Bublick. first:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Pennebaker, second.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Trip directions: U. s. No. SO
to Annapolis: ferry to Matapeake;
Md. No. 404 to Bridgeville. Della
ware; u. 8. No. 13 dupont
Highway through Salisbury and
to junction with Va. No. ITS;
turn left to Chincoteague.
Distances: One way, 1859 miles
Round trip. 1913 miles.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

tee by Mr.. and Mrs James H. Lemon,
Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Pennebaker, Mr..
and Mrs. A. P. Stockvis and lie Roy
Thurtell.
MRS M r. WEST, who ranks as
one Of the leading half dozen
women players Of Washington and has
been winner in various tournaments, is
at Garfield Hospital, where she under
went = major operation last Thurs
day.
CHARLES A. WRITTEN and L. E.
Shmidl of the Federal Bridge
League have been notified that at the
next meeting of the league they will
be presented with the prizes which they
won in the World Olympic matches
two months ago. Mr.. Whitten and
Mr.. Shmidl played in the unit con-
Quoted by Miss Maize Buie at the
Cathedral Mansions and were East
and West winners for the District of
Columbia.
IN THE open game played at the
Shoreham on Wednesday night in
conjunction with the master players
match the winners were North and
South, Col Edward Clifford and H. G.
Tarbert, first. 1872; Mrs. Katherine
Fenton and R. H. Higgins, second,
69l2; Mrs. Virginia Kendall and Mrs.
N. s. Beasley, third, 6412; East and
West. D. r. Knox and DR.. J. G.
Wooley. first, Il; John Donnolly and
Miss Shirley Schwartz, second, 68i2;
Miss Paris Keener and DR.. Emily
Grewe, third, 67lz.
OSWALD JACOBY, the captain of
the -Four Aces team whose articles
appear daily in The Star. boasts of a
new alternate for his famous four
some. 1t is q boy who has been named
Jon T. NJ Jacoby, and Ossie promises
Evening star., 1938-07-24
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East was dealer and North and South
were vulnerable; East and West were
not vulnerable. East passed as did
South, and West opened with one heart.
This is q slightly shaded bid as it con-
tains only two high honor tricks, but
Is six-card Suiter, and in the cir
cumstances this bid which is more or
less of a third hand protective bid is
allowable according to good authorities,
especially as East and West were not
vulnerable and North and South were
vulnerable. The overcall comes up to
North and the question Is what should
he do. In the instance where this
hand was actually played north bid
two diamonds. East and South passed,
West bid two hearts, which he could
make, North re-bid three diamonds
and there the bidding rested. West
made five diamonds
This deal was shown to John d.
Mothershed. one Of Washington's ex-
pert players, who, when told the cir
cumstances and Of the original bid OF
one heart by West, and seeing only
North's hand. declared that Norths
proper bid was q double Of one heart.
This, he argued, gave . much better
picture OF the hand than q two-dia-
mond over call. South's hand was then
shown to his partner, c. B. Penne-
baker, another recognized expert, who
instead OF making a two-club take
out, bid three clubs His reasoning was
that North, being vulnerable, must
have at least three plus honor tricks
in order to double He himself, had
two high honor tricks which made q
combination Of five plus honor tricks,
enough for game with proper distribu-
tion, and at any rate it was bid that
could not get hurt. He would give his
partner another chance. With North
going to four clubs-he had two hon
ors and one in that suit, and the
A-K-Q five times in diamonds-South
bid five clubs, which was . laydown.
According to the reasoning of the
experts, it was safer than the FIVE
diamond bid, which could not be rea-
sonably reached had North made
simple overcall of two diamonds. As
thus played, East and West made only
their two heart tricks while North
and South scored game and rubber,
because North doubled the original bid
rather than make an overcall in a
minor suit.
The kibitzers were vindicated.
THE Executive Committee Of the
Washington Bridge League at its
meeting last week tentatively decided
to hold the forthcoming tournament
for the District OF Columbia cham
pionships during the first week OF
November. There will be at least four
major events and master points will
be awarded to the winners and rum
ners-up in each. according to the
schedule fixed by the American Con-
tract Bridge League. under whose aus
pices the tournament will be held
Details of the meet and tournament
committee will be arranged at a later
meeting.
THE Hershey contract bridge tour
nament, conducted under the aus
pices of the American Contract League
and the Keystone Bridge Association,
started last Friday in the Commun-
ity Inn at Hershey, Pa, and will
continue through today. Russell J.
Baldwin is conducting the affair, and
the Washington players are repre-
sented on the Tournament Commit
Evening star., 1938-07-24
In Local Bridge Circles
Tubbs Brothers Win Championship Match.

should have been recorded from the
deal, and accordingly entered criticism
OF the bidding, which failed to reach
q game contract. The kibitzers were
right-as they sometimes are-and
their comment was not necessarily
due to the fact that they could see
three hands In the play.
The declarer was the player in the
north position and his contract was
three diamonds. The hand made five
diamonds, yet that was not the proper
contract according to the analysis
made by more experienced players.
The deal follows;
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Don Grieve, philatelic editor OF the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, writes:
"Guxemburg has printed beautiful
FOLDER. giving the history OF stamps
Issued to mark the 18th centenary of
the death Of Saint Willibrord, Eng
Evening star., 1938-07-24

This beautiful frstday from GERMANY recently
receved by rvn9 Futon research expert OF the Chamber
OF Commerce OF the United States sho,ps the stamps
the Sport Festival at Breou beginning today continuing
through nert Sunday Values pt Cathedral Island
dark red and 15pt, Centenary Hail. violet tbroon.
Star STAFF Photo
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Brazil is bringing out a 4OO-reis
stamp to celebrate the centenary of
the National Archives. The design
shows a view Of the Archives Building.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Mekeers Weekly Stamp News for
June Is carries q story by Louis g..
Barrett describing changes made IN
the design for the lucent Martha
Washington stamp between the tnne
Evening star., 1938-07-24

R. c. Alcock, Ltd, Cheltenham
Spa. England, has published . hand
book on the postmark slogans Of
Great Britain.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Harry B. Cation. veteran collector
long well known in local stamp cir
cles, is on tour Of the national parks
OF the West with his family.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Tonga, South Sea islands protected
by Great Britain, will bring out 4
commemorative series Of stamps for
the Goth anniversary of the beginning
OF the reign Of the native queen, salote
Tubou. The royal lady will be por-
trayed In her coronation robes,
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Post Once Department officials have
been petitioned to change the date for
the release Of the 81 Woodrow Wilson
to time more convenient for first
day cover enthusiasts than August
70, two days before pay day.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Bulgaria, issuing stamp showing
a chicken. sets q precedent much ap-
preciated by the promoters of the Sew
enth World Poultry Congress, who are
begging Postmaster General Farley to
authorize four adhesives to publici.e
their enterprise and the industry it il
intended to stimulate.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

SCOTS Monthly Journal for June
refers to the 61-cent red bird" airmail
stamp, as "the eagle in the bathtub"
and Linn's Weekly Stamp News for
July 2 agrees that raspberry Is the
proper name for the color of the new
2-cent John Adams stamp.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

IRON the hand given here begin
ners at contract and even THOSE
who are advanced in the game may
learn = worthwhile lesson in proper
bidding. 1t was played in a rubber
game and some Of the kibitzers thought
that the result was far below what
Evening star., 1938-07-24

Rev. DR.. E. A. Meyer, Charlevoix.
Mich, is the author of an article on
Christ on Stamps" published in the
Evangelical Crusader for June 4.
Other clergymen interested in phila-
tely include: Rev. Mr. Howard A. L.
Grindon, Cleveland; Rev. Mr. Max
neld Dowell, Massillon, Ohio, and Rev.
Mr.. Frederick J. Drew, Defiance, Ohio.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

gate amount paid by collectors and
dealers for unused stamps. Millions
of dollars worth are purchased at post
ofices each year. and. Of course, can
not be tabulated in the agency's rec
ords.'
Evening star., 1938-07-24

The first annual conclave of the
Pioneer Philatelic Phalanx will be held
at the Hotel La Sale, Chicago, during
the convention of the Society of Phila-
telic Americans, August "a to 2S.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
BY Frank B. Lord.

. RIDGE pointer. When you
have made an original bid
and the vulnerable player on
Evening star., 1938-10-23
by Frazier Hunt

these two Americans was memorable one for
me- And it will always remain so, because
saw for the first time that America was not
land of hard and fixed frontiers. There would
always be new and brilliant "Wests" for men
and women who possess imagination and
courage.
True frontiers lie only in the hearts and
minds of men They have largely to do with
what some poet long years ago called the
divine discomfort. They eternally lie beyond
Evening star., 1938-10-23

odds he would fight against and the new
frontiers he would search out
asked him rather bluntly Just what they
were He had tuned up my motor car in a
small-town garage. and had been struck by
the fact that his quiet efficiency seemed SO
out of place in one who evidently was so new
and strange to this country. had drawn HIM
out and he had told me how he had come to
New York four years ago how he had slowly
drifted into this Western country and how he
had learned to be a motor mechanic.
Il suppose someday you want to have your
own garage" asked him.
He shook his head and there was no smile
showing when he answered me in his hand
capped accent. mo, got something better
as that want to be an arplane mechanic.
got my job already promise me in the big
shop in Cheyenne And then sOmeday want
to make the airplane. study every night
now my books. Maybe do him someday.'
An hour before had left the old cowman.
He had said I'VE grazed the herd along the
western slope of SCOTS Bluff that night and
towards evening rode to the top of the bluffs
and looked westward across the high prairies.
with the peak of Fort Laramie way off in the
distance Here's where want to live. said
to myself. Here's the country want to help
build, up . That was more than sixty
years ago
The words of the old-time pioneer sang
through my mind as ! listened to the imm-
grant boy unfolding his dreams. Tomorrows
sky was his frontier He, too, wanted to build
something new and beautiful
1t is this spirit that is both the heritage and
the genius of our country. As long as it lives
we shall not be denied
We have had an incompatible land to
experiment with. We still have that land and
most of its treasures. We have made many
mistakes and we shall make many more. We
are so rich that we can take up the slack of
temporary failures We can stand shocks.
We have not lost Our true frontiers.
And we are still a nation of pioneers
Evening star., 1938-10-23

the horizons that restless human beings see
when they shade their eyes and gaze into
the future.
The youth who had followed the dust Of
the trail herd from the south more than sixty
years ago, had stood high in his stirrups and
seen in the hazy distance his particular
frontier
This other youth from frightened. dis
couraged Europe had looked into the blue
and picked out the rivers he would cross, the