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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-19
NOEfN I-aTOllNa-
IMMACULATE SCHOOL
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

immaculate schoo! on Oakland
street in HenGersonyille i SEMI
private parochial schoo, connected
with the Immaculate Coacepilon
church, the pastor Of which i
Reverend Philip O'Mara-
The school IS conducted o. ne
Sisters of Christian Education
VIII oare affiliated with the .AcaG-
envy and College Of s. Genevieye
OF the Pines. Z laEge boarding ana
day school in ASheyil!e. There
are. at immaculate scheo. IN Hen
Jacksonville. forty pupils register
cd and an eduesciona! stat. -
four Sisters.
There are the regular classes
starting with ,he SDb-?rlnlary
through 10 the seventh grade. The
classes are small. Is u : tns |isa
OF those in charge - have the
children in q one-like atmosphere
and TO gire individual attention
where II Is needed
The regular and usual course
o. studies Is taught - found IN
similar schools everywhere How
ever. the pupils enjoy the 4tVaa-
tageS Of French which : taught
from the first grade through the
last grade Of the school Sewing
and art Is also taught
The school conducts sac@ao=
scRop, en- the premises during the
summer months
HISTORY
The writer of this article Is Dot
concerned primarily with the ear
~ history If Henderson county,
onay To the point where the COST
" became a separate ORGANIZE
ton from It's parent eoanty, Ban
cagabe,
Until 1888 Henderson MAS =
part Of Baneonbe county,, "
cites John Preston AVsaQr'S Mes
era Narsh Carolina and tse slo-
~ III its SgSs settlement, belongs
to that >oaa.S> But in 1855, whss.
Hodge Rahun was ia the senate
and Naatrsvllle Fatron and Phsa-
lip RsSt;sSs were IN the house, il
WsS erected into q separate coGn-
~ and asnssSs Sa honor a. Leon
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TRANSPORTATION


Two different types of trans
portation are found in Hendcr-
SON county - railway and GUS
travel. The personal automobile
IS. of course. used extensively as
we'll. The main line Of the south
ern railway from AShevlile to
Jacksonville, Fla, and Charles
ton. s, C., passes through Aender'
son county, with the main depot
located in Henderscnville, There
are several fast trains IN each d''
rection every day, The bus lines
passing through and serving Hen
derson county are; Atlantic Grey
hound, Queen City Coach Care
lima Scenic Coach, There are over
so buses day passing through
the county, going aud coming
from all directions, aed eemthS
from all points, east, north' south
and west The new bus station Is
located in the Ames hotel on
Church street, with {. u, Living
ston ms manaser
MANUFACTURING
There atp ever Il dnaen manN
featuring and industrial plants IN
Henderson county "llehdefsoa
Vile and Henderson county,
though net recognized ms indus
itrial districts, have u sutfieieney
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still due 10 the permeatloD OF
nine and other aromatic woods
found locally, the pollen concen-
t,-9+ion is much lower here than
IN the flat lands Of the other Sc
lions of the country Ragweed
causes 80 per cent of the cases
Of these two diseases. And rag
weed grows extensively IN the
barren or fallow lands, where
trees. are less prevalent. 81
Sunshine is a vital aid TO recoN-
cry in most Of the diseases Of the
respiratory tract. When IT Is con
sidered that the sun shines IN
Henderson county on an average
of 244 days each year, il readiI!
can be understood further why
Henderson county is health-glving
in its environment and location
Further. there is less contaSioh
found here than in largely pop
u!ated city areas. as more open
air places are found. Whenever
a pail of smoke hes over an area
caused by excessive manu- ac'uI-
ing and industry, the sun light III
tration is much lower. Henderson
county is practically free from
this pail OF smoke.
In further considering the mat
ter Of health, the reader VII! be
interested in reading the follow
ing table dealing with the aver
age temperatures OF Henderson
county. month by month. through
the year: NJ,
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temperatures in the winter means
more outdoor opportunities. more
healthful living. The absence of
extremely high temperatures in
summer means the absence of de-
preston OF vital forces by pro-
ionged torrid spells. Cool nights
mean hcalthful sleeping. Hender-
son county has no heat waves.
EDUCATION
HENDERSONVlLLE SCHOOLS
The Hendersonvillc white high
school has Il teachers and the
white elementary schools have 20
teachers. The colorei high school
has 90 students and three teach
ers; and the colored elementary
school mas $50 students and six
teachers. The enrolment OF the
white high school is 500 and Of
the write elementary school. 70S-
The city school has full term Of
nine months aud provides inStruc-
tiea Ter this period in addition -
the regular high school subjects,
i'm metal shop. wood working,
commercial. home economies and
agriculture,
The home economies depart
ment has three vel, equipped class
rooms. which contain a confer
encs room Ialse used as dining
rooml. "a kitchen and a sewing
room, This department gives four
full years Of work and has proved
very popular,
The commercial department OF
fers classes in shorthand, tipping
and bookkeeping,
The wood working shop gives
four years Instruction in wood
working, both hand and machine
work, ....
The general metal shop Is set
0p directly upon a vocational ba-
sis and affords four years Of in
Stgaetioaal work IN general met
al, Il is planned 10 enlarge the
Shoe during the mex; year, 80 as
10 permit greater opportunities in
this field Ut learninS> The school
il also eo-epeVatius With the IN
da$srial plants Of the city 10 at
ford greater opportunity for
e4Saaenea Industrial training,
The agricultural department
gives Nppnrtsai;y for four years
N Instruction 81 $&gVSe3,:ure, both
from the vocational and SVocS>
tiSaal polat III view Many pGsc-
teal sS>aSleatS arc engaged in By
individuals and the class as =
Whole.
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AND AREA


Henderson county has total
area OF G5- square miles Inc
rpug.a,i9n Of the county = -
.ai. or Gj.i people per square
mile. The topogG apHy Of the
county runs from leve. % very
steep. the mann part Of the cour-
" being q plateau which l. CEN
posed largely ~ bottom land w'th
the rough land being on the ont
e. edges and IN the mountainous
areas.
The altitude ranges from about
1900 feet 20 approximately 100"
feet.
AGRICULTURE
Henderson county. due 90 Is
altitude and rainfall. which = ap-
prox.mately 90 inches pei year, j.
adapted 10 grow all crops with
the exception ~ cotton. Due 70
the small size Of the farms IN
this area. owners and tenants are
forced 20 practice dlyeTSlne0
farming. This mas proved 70 De =
life savcr' 70 Henderson county
farmers in the past few years
The total number Of land acres
in Henderson county Is divided as
follows: In Farms-li5,i2S acres;
crop .snG-32.74Y acres harvest
ed. So acres failure. e33 acres
idle or fallow, ii,95T acres IN
woodland, 4O.7S3 acres IN wood,
Land pasture. An aggregate OF
1899 acres IN open pasture.
The soil types in the county
are many bat principally are.
ConcaTee, TOxaway. AltsV'Sta
HayeSyille. Edneyville, Dana loan
Porter'S loan. The above classes
are our first class farming land
The second class faTminc land Is
Toxaway silt Iosm. CoDgaree me
sandy loan. AltayiSta fine sandy
loan. SusgUitee sandy loan, My
err me sandy loan. Dana fine
sandy loan, HaySyil'e iOam. Hays
willie clay loam. Porter's loan,
Ashe stony fine sand loan. Third
class farming land: Dana tine
SANDY loan; HaySyiile clay loan
billy phase; RaybUrH stony clay
loan: Fletcher silt loan. These
are the principal classes Of sol,
types and their adaptation for
crops. The first mentioned are
best adapted for general types of
farming. such "a potatoes, germ,
truck gardening. etc The two
claSS.ficaIiOnS will grow the same
type Of crops but requires more
fertilizer than for apple growing.
Class three IS largely suitable for
pasture.
Some Of the variety Of crops
grown 10 best advantage in Hen
GerSOn county are:
AppleS-DUe 10 the eXcellen;
climate and soil for growing. the
finest quality OF apples can be
grown in this area. Western North
Carolina apples are noted for
their excellent flavor. and can
compare faycrably with the finest
apples grown in our country.
Truck and vegetables-Fhose
vegetables which DO exceptionally
well here are: snapbeanS, squash,
pepper, potatoes, cabbageS, and
tomatoes Markets for these prod
uctS can be found within fifty
miles of Henderson county, eth
er. 10 the north or 70 the south.
PotatOeS-Many acres of Irish
potatoes are grown in Henderson
county. Yields as high as 200
bushels per acre are produced.
The growing Of seed potatoes is
found TO be exceptionally success
ful IN two different sections OF
Henderson county, which lie ovel
5000 feet in elevation.
Note: In recent study made
OF the ffty-Seven truck farms in
Western North Carolina, the av,
erage cash income was Sl955.l5
Pouitry-This is major form
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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Henderson county, N'r,0 "a. '-
linz. ! bounded uu nc north DF
Rurconlbv county. on me east
br Rutherford and Fu.h counties.
on the south by South Carolina.
and on the ives. by Pennsylvania
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CONCLUSION

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
Rosary ConfratemityElect New Slate or Officers

president; Mrs. Harold Brennan secretary and Mrs. Edmund Cass treasurer. Rev. J. Oliver Cronan was chosen as chaplain of the so- ciety.
 Father Cronan gave brief ad- dress to the group outlining the Christian outlook of the Confra- ternity.
 Plans were made for an outing to be held on June 28 at the summer home of Mrs. Thomas Flanagan of Lake Quassapaug.
 The Confraternity has had a most successful year and will resume &C., tivities in the fall with busy pro- gram of events being scheduled.
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Miss Rose Boudini Becomes Bride or Domenic Mecca
--Petrosky photo.

which followed. Palms and gladioli decorated the altar and a program of nuptial music was rendered by the organist with Miss Gertrude Kane as soloist.
 The bride was given in marriage by her father and had as her maid of honor, Miss Mildred Mecca and the bridesmaids were: Misses Car mela Mecca and Molly Mecca of this city and Miss Marion Dringoli of Wallingford. Little Lois Tossetti was flower girl and Valentino Ber- nardoni, Jr. acted as ring bearer. Peter Stolfi of this city served as best man for MT. Mecca and the ushers were Anthony Mecca, broth- CT of the bridegroom, Victor Ber- nardoni of Hamden and Daniel D'Agostino of Wallingford.
 The bride was attired in gown of satin and rose point lace styled in redingote mode and she wore veil of tulle and rose point lace which fell from halo. Her bou- quet was orchids and lilies of the valley The maid of honor's frock was of peach chiffon in Juliet Style and she wore a halo similar to that of the bride. A bouquet of Johanna Hill roses and blue sweet peas completed her costume. The bridesmaids were attired alike in aqua marine chiffon dresses in Ju- liet style and they wore aquamarine halos trimmed with peach flowers.
 The little flower girl wore peach satin dress in floor length, the skirt terminating in a train and she carried an orchid and sweet peas The dress of the brides mother was cornfloWer blue chiffon and the bridegroom's mother wore navy blue chiffon dress.
 A reception was held at the Log Cabin Inn in North Haven follow ing the ceremony. About five hun dred guests were in attendance in- cluding out of town guests from New York, New Jersey, Hartford, New Haven and Detroit Mich.
 MT. Mecca and his bride left on a wedding trip to the Grand Canyon in Colorado, the bride wearing three-piece beige travelling costume with British teN accessories. Upon their return they will reside at 45 Oak street.
 The bride is a graduate of Lyman Hall high school and the bridegroom is a graduate of Crosby high school and studies music in New York.
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hoping to give wrong count on the diamonds.
 The ace won. and West, who did not make false card plays, dropped the diamond eight. TrE heart finesse was taken and lost to East, who returned the suit
 Now a low diamond was led from dummy, and East settled the fate of the hand by the play of the diamond ten. The king dropped the queen and the hand was over.
 Whether the winning play would have been made without the dou- ble false card by East must re- main undetermined. but obviously East greatly helped the declarer by his needless false carding.
 Copyright, 1888. NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
Contract Bridge
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

Top scorers in the Tuesday after noon session of the Elton Contract club conducted by Mrs. William Sherman Smith were: North and souts, Mrs. Louis Lougee and Mrs. Helen Clark tied with Mrs. Thomas Collins and Mrs. H. J. Stettbacher, 545; Mrs. Phillip Shaler and Mrs. Walter Woods, 533; and east and west. Mrs. George Swentor and Mrs. Raymond Pidge, $40; Mrs. Edward Wolf and Mrs. Geroge Moeller tied with Mrs. Thomas Tobin and Mrs. E. R. Wolfe, 511.
 The standing to date is as fol- lowsfE Brennan -Geedeke, 579; To- bin-Wolfe, .572; Moeller?Wolfe, .72; and Toomey-Clark, .514.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
Annual Dinner Held
 By Graduate Nurses

The graduate nurses staff of St. Mary's hospital held it's annual dinner Monday evening at Oak dale tavern, Wallingford. Table decorations consisted of sweet peas and lilies of the valley and the place cards were miniature charts. The guest of honor was Miss Ger trude Reidy who has since left to take up her new duties on the staff of the Togus hospital at Togus, Maine. She received a corsage. Miss Florence E. Crowley was in charge of arrangements. Those in attendance were Misses Anne Poeltl, Elizabeth Mccarthy, Ame- lia Deroches, Rita Baldwin, Rita Reidy, Margaret Corey, Mary Clare O'Neill, Anne Carosella, Margaret German. Anne O'Connell Margaret McLarney, Mae DuBois. Helen Hu- bert, Marguerite Shea, Margaret Whelan, Marie Barbieri, Jessie Ka- kowski, Patricia Church. Marguerite Caruso and Catherine Phein.
 Miss Alice Ouellette of West Main street has returned after spending a few days in Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

To be effective, false carding must be logical. The crude dropping of a queen by the declarer on the open- ing lead, hoping to prevent the con- tinuation of the suit and conse- quent third round ruff, can fool only the very obtuse.
 Tn the defense as well, false cards may easily deceive the part ner who is helping to defend difficult contract and prove bene-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
Weddings
SUMPF- SMITH

OUMfF-SM1lH
 The wedding of Miss Helen Smith, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Wilson street, to Charles Russell Sumpf, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Charles R. Sumpf of Cedar avenue, will take place on Saturday afternoon at o'clock at the Woodbridge Congregational church. The reception will be held at the home of Mrs. Max HirSch of Amity road, Bethany.
 Miss Smith has chosen for her matron of honor, her sister, Mrs. Max Hirsch and the best man will be Marshall L. Smith of Framing ham, Mass, former roommate of MT. Sumpf at Wesleyan university, Enoch K. Sprague of Woodbury and Max Hirsch of Bethany will be usherS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

A party was given recently in honor of MT. and Mrs. Alexander Galbraith of Walnut street in honor of their 18th wedding anniversary. MT. and Mrs. Galbraith received many beautiful gifts. Entertainment, singing and dancing were enjoyed and lunch was were enjoyed and a lunch was served. Out of town guests were MT. and Mrs. John Houston of Greenwood. R. l., MT. and Mrs. Peter Craig, Miss Margaret Craig of Torrington, MT. and Mrs. Robert Gardner, MT. and Mrs. James Gardner, MT. and Mrs. Adam Rit- chic, MT. and Mrs. Thomas AL Ian, MT. and Mrs. James Wilson, MT. and Mrs. Alexander McGuf- fle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mackie. MT. and Mrs. Christian Pedersen, MT. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, MT. and Mrs. Andrew Wylie, MT. and Mrs. Harold Mulville, MT. and Mrs. James w. Gardner. MT. and Mrs. Beth Moulthrop. Mrs. James Brennan, Mary Brennan. Caroline Wilson. Peggy Galbraith, William Gardner, Alexander Galbraith. Jr., and MT. and Mrs. Galbraith.
 Mir. and Mrs Patrick Healey and Miss Patricia Healey of Chapman avenue are attending the gradua- tion exercises at Holy Cross college in Worcester, Mass, today. Robert Healey,, son of MT. and Mrs. Healey Is a member of the graduating class
 MT. and Mrs. William Pierson of Highland avenue are spending few days in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
County Group To Meet Next Week

An informal dinner meeting of the New Haven County Democratic Women's Organization will be held in Meriden at Craig Loch Manor, 878 West Main street, Tuesday June 14th, at 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Esther Woolen of Meriden will act as hos tess, assisted by her local commit tee. An interesting program has been arranged and the principal speaker will be United States Sena- tor Francis T. Maloney. Reserva- tions may be made with Miss Mary F. Hennessey, of Hillside avenue, Miss Catherine V. Burns, of Sars- field steret, or Mrs. Belinda Mccoy Tracy, Alma street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

A wedding of local interest was solemnized at the Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford this morning at o'clock when Miss Rose Elvira Boudini, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Philip Boudini of Meadow Street, Wallingford became the bride of Domenic Mecca, son of MT. and Mrs. William Mecca of Oak street. Rev. F. Joyce, pastor of the church, oificiated at the ceremony and was also celebrant of the nuptial mass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
Personal

Mrs. George Corcoran of Idylwood avenue is a patient at St. Mary's Hospital. Misses Betty T. Widman of Willow street, Christine R. Costello of Giles street and Marie c. Noonan of High land avenue spent the past week. end in New York city.
 Miss Mary F. Hickox, '39, of the College of Agriculture at Cornell university has been elected vice. president of the Arete, a social club at the university.
 Hudson Whitright and family of New York spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. s. Whitright of this city.
 MT. and Mrs. Francis P. Guilfoile of Robbins street have been in Washington, D. c. where they at tended the commencement exercises at Trinity college. Their daughter, Miss Mary Catherine Guilfoilc re- ceived her degree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

Closing the season with its final meeting of the year. the Rosary Confraternity society of St. Mar garet's church gathered last evening at the parish hall.
 Mrs. William Deadly was elected president of the group and other officers were Mrs. Robert Berg, vice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
AZunnae Dance Plans Completed

At meeting of committee mem bers held recently final plans were completed for the annual June Dance of the Sacred Heart Alum nae Association. The affair will be held on Friday evening, June 17th at Barney Rapp's Pavilion Royald in West Haven.
 Patrons and patronesses for the dance include: Rev. Henry Quinn, Rev. John Dial, MT. and Mrs. P. s. Corden, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Bowling, MT. and Mrs. J. F. Ring and MT. and Mrs. John Howard.
 Members of the alumnae assist ing in plans for the event are:
 Margaret Sullivan and Helen Bergen, 1926; Genevieve Carolan 1927; Ann Greyer, 1928: Margaret Dubiel Lengyel, 1929: Katherine Martin. 1880; Margaret Howard, 1881; Rita Corden, 1882; Kathleen Synott, 1883. Violet Tartaglia, 1884; Doris Malone, 1885; Katherine Car roll. 1886 and Ernestine Cannon. 1887.
 Representatives of the Water town group of the alumnae who are assisting include Margaret Barry 1926-1931 and Elizabeth Neverdau- ski, 1932-1937.
 The meeting of the Triangle Co., eds club was held at the home of Miss Lena Parisi on Monday eve- ming. Plans wede completed for a roller skating party which will take place on June 28th at Lakewood roller drome.
 Mrs. James J. OKeefe of Tenn pie street was hostess at miscel- laneous shower recently in honor Of Miss Eleanor O'Keefe, whose marriage to Edward Thorne of Saratoga Springs, N. Y, takes place Monday, June 13, at St.. Francis Xaviers church at 8 o. clock. Those attending were: Misses Mae Mccarthy, Joan Walsh, Bar bara Hebert, Irene Mccarthy, Mary OKeefe, Kay McArdle, Rose Prem dergast, Mary Stango, Marie Des- mars. Lillian Thorn. Georgianna Thorn, Barbara O'Keefe, Arlene o. Keefe, Judith O'Keefe, Dorothy Hol- land, Eleanor Meisinger, Eleanor o. Keefe, Mrs. Joseph Cavanaugh, Mrs. Patrick Egan, Mrs. Leonard Weyand, Mrs. Daniel Mccarthy, Mrs. John Mccarthy, Mrs. H. Hebert, Mrs. liar old Doyle, Mrs. Rita Oliver, Mrs. Patrick Quilter, Mrs. Joseph Sulli- van, Mrs. Stewart Crichton, Mrs Edward Brown, Mrs. Elmer Shove, Mrs. Houston Carolan. Mrs. John Carolan, Mrs. Ellen Downey, Mrs. Dennis Sullivan, Mrs. Raymond Burke. Mrs. William O'Keefe, Mrs. Cornelius Holland, Mrs. Edward Holland, Mrs. Mary Culliton, Mrs. Bernard Boyce, Mrs. Betty Cantil- lon. Mrs. Jean Meyers, Mrs. Arnold Archambault, Mrs. Alice Breen, Mrs. Arthur Sullivan, Mrs. Walter Thorn, Mrs. James Lynch and Mrs. John Lynch.
 A supper meeting of the local Chapter of the Alumnae of New Ro- chelle College will be held this eve- ming at Oakdale Tavern in Walling- ford. The committee in charge of arrangements includes: Misses Grace White, Mary Ellen Walsh and Mary Schmidt.
 The Sigma Chi Co-eds met last evening at the home of Miss Mar gery Olson of Melrose avenue. Plans for shore vacation and the admitting of new members into the club were discussed. Those present were: Misses Anne Mccarthy, Doris Carey, Peggy Brickner, Phebeanna Geralitus. Margie Olson and Loretta Walsh. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
LIONEL L-DAVIS

Mrs. Pauline Ddvis of New Ha- ven. formerly of this city, announc- es the marriage of her daughter, Lillian to Daniel Lionel of Brook lyn, New York which took place on April 29th.
 The bride is a graduate of Cros- by high school and will be graduat- ed from Pratt Institute this month. The bridegroom attended Brook lyn College and St. Laurence school of law in Brooklyn. He is a mem- Der of the advertising staff of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08
CORNELL CONTRACT CLUB

Top scorers in the Tuesday eve- ming session of the Cornell Contract club conducted by Mrs. John C.. Moriarty were: Section A: North and South: Louis Greenblatt and Arthur Grasso, 106 1-2; Anna Con- nors and Arthur Booth, 101 1-2 and East and West Vincent Kelly and Catherine Collins, 99 1-2 and Ray mond Phaneuf and D. F. O'Connor, 97. The standing in the section is as follows: O'Meara Levin. eos: Kel- ly-Collins, 597: Connors- Booth, 596 and Greenblatt- Grasso, 592.
 Section B. North and South Mrs. w. G. Bailey and Mrs. John Mac Donald, .565 and East and West Mrs. Ellen Hubbard and Mrs. Joseph McNelliS. 560. The standing in cludes: Hubbard -McNellis, 560 and Driscoll-Driscoll, 555.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

ficial rather than damaging to the declarer. This was the case in the hand shown today. played by Irving Epstein of New York.
 Epstein, who sat South, natur- ally was not anxious to reach a slam, but his partners hand was too big to be satisfied with less The heart opening was logical and the finesse was refused on the opening round. A low diamond was returned from dummy, and East decided to play the seven,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-08

The annual picnic of the Mothers Guild of St. Johns Church will be held on Thursday at the Vacation House at Lake Quassapaug. Special busses will leave the church at 1:30 o'clock.