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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

Leeds, England. He was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church and was also 8 member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and the Royal Arcanum.
 MT. Barker is survived by his wife, Ann Ramsey Barker of Mid- dlebury; enc daughter, Mrs. Edgar Gray of Bayshore, L. l., one brother, Sydney E. Barker of Middlebury and one sister, Mrs. Christopher Bayles of England.
 Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later.
 McLAUGHLIN-Mrs. Amelia Mo- Laughlin, 77, of 2 Giles street died this morning at her home after a long illness. A native of Pleasant Valley, N. Y, she had been a resi- dent of this city for the past IS years. She was member of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
 Mrs. Mclaughlin is survived by her husband, Archibald McLaugh- lin; three sons, Thomas, Harry and Robert Mclaughlin of this city; one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Swan three sisters, Mrs. Lulu vandermarE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Edward Eos. ter and Mrs. Grace Snyder of New York.
 The funeral will be held from tn, Lunny Funeral Home, 25 Centra avenue on Monday, time to be an. nounced later. Rev. Samuel John. son of St. Paul's Episcopal church will ofiiciate. Burial will be ir Rosendal, N. Y. Friends may call al the funeral home this evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM In remembrance of my Mother Ethel Cowdrey Magro, who passed away just 30 years ago today: God had given, God had taken, And left me here to bear the pains of
 Never knowing a Mothers love, But He has promised that in Heaven
 Some day we shall meet.
 Son, WILLARD s. MAGRO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

iarizing himself with its wonders. Some of his explorations he made alone, and on one occasion found his way into the Sunday School of the Five Points Mission. The superintendent noticing his inter- est in the proceedings, invited him to speak to the children. His remarks interested his young audience so much that on every attempt to stop they cried out Go on, ohl do go onP None knew who he was, and as he turned to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
HOLLYWOOD UNION

George Sanders and Wendy Bar rie, who won fame in English films at about the same time and came to Hollywood to win added laurels, never met until they were cast to play opposite one another in RKO Radios "The Saint Strikes Back"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

SANTA LUCIA A Months Mind Mass of Requiem will be celebrated Monday morning. Feb. 18th at $500 o'clock, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. for the repose of. the soul Lucia,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
MASSES

CLEvELAND-AF First Anniversary Mass of Requiem will be celebrated Tuesday morning, Feb. 14th at 8:00 o'clock, at the Sacred Heart Church for the repose of the soul of the
 late Mrs. Gertrude Cleveland.
 2-11-t3-2t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

Winter crops were sown in near ly 90,000,000 acres in Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

Mrs. Darroch's parents, MT. ant Mrs. Wallace Miller, of Weston Mass.
 Mrs. Edward Gartwait, Mrs Henry Perkins and Mrs. Elby Bou- langer, attended the house warm- ing of MT. and Mrs. Clarence An derson in Waterbury Wednesday.
 Mrs. James Bergen has been visiting at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Fred Moline and MT. Mo- dine, in Terryville.
 MT. and Mrs. James Cameron of Woodtick have been visiting Mrs Cameron's sister, Mrs. Andrew Ait ken and MT. Aitken, in Danbury.
 Miss May Munson has been i'll al her home on the Woodtick road.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson of Somerville, Mass, spent the week. end with Mrs. Anderson's grand garents, MT. and Mrs. Henry Per- kins of Woodtick.
 Harpers Have Daughter
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Leroy Harper at the Water bury Hospital yesterday morning Mrs. Harper is the former Carrie Mott of Mattatuck street. Carl Mattson Hurt Carl 0. Mattson, 66, of East street was struck by a car on the Merider road last evening returning from work. As MT. Mattson alighted from a bus at the intersection of Mer- iden road and East street, a car operated by Robert Wilkinson of 6s Linden street, Waterbury, skiddee on the icy road and hit him. Carl G. Mattson, his son, rushed him to St. Mary's Hospital where he was treated for bruises, cuts or the face and a possible fractured nose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11
LincoLn;s Visit To Connecticut
 Developed Into Personal 7riun1ph

Addresses Republican Candidate President Learned Men With His Style of Speaking Compact EnshWles Porter
 Recalls Incidents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

No Rehearsals An rehearsals of the Wolcott Vol unteer Fire department hand will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

The funeral of Mrs. Mary (Burns) Foley will be held Monday morning at 8l5 o'clock from the home, 129 Fulton Park avenue, with solemn high mass at o'clock at St. Thomas church. Burial will be in the family plot at Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

Gordon Frohn, the young son of MT. and Mrs. Fred Frohn of Hitch- cock Lake is i'll at his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

be omitted until @ later date in March.
 MT and Mrs. Louis Moss of the Nichols road, entertained on Sunday MT. and Mrs. John Buddy and sons of Ansonia and Miss Celeste Moss and Joseph Moss of Waterbury.
 Miss Frances Whitcomb who has been a patient at the Boston hospi- tai, is improving. Miss Whitcomb is an extension worker of the Conn. State college and is well known in Wolcot in connection with her work here in the Farm Bureau group.
 Personals
 Mir. and Mrs. Evander Roots and daughter Marcia, of Morris, visited at the home of Mrs. Roots parents, MT. and Mas. Charles 0. Rogers, Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

The funeral of Michael J. Walsh will be held from the Mulville fu- neral home, 270 West Main street, Monday morning at 9 o'clock to St. be celebrated at 9:45 o'clock. Burial Thomas church where mass will will be in the family plot in St. Jomes' cemetery, Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

MT. and Mrs. Roy Darroch and son Ronald, spent he week end with Mrs. Darroch's parents, MT. and Mrs. Wallace Miller, of Weston, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-11

While 1t is not time for applica- tions for admittance to eco camps, Selectman J. Arthur Bergen sug- gests that all boys 17 years of age who consider making such applica- ton shall avail themselves of litera- ture which MT. Bergen has and which will give them information on the requirements necessary for enrolling
Evening star., 1939-04-09

All this might be attributed to my imagina-
tion to overstrained nerves. to a morbid sus-
ceptibility resulting from my interest in the
child. do not think so. The reaction was too
deep, too unexpected for that.
Later in life was to meet famous physi-
clan who told me that in all his years of
practice he had never sat beside deathbed
without experiencing, in some degree, the
sensation that had been mine
He called it, unashamedly, the flight of the
soul. But then, he was very old man. And
very sentimental one.
My next lesson from life was oddly Cumula
tive and emerged from my opportunities to
observe certain manifestations of faith.
Prayer. for example, had hitherto worn for
me a slightly shop-soiled halo. 1t had begun
apparently with the fond maternal rote: 'Oh
God, make Johnnie good boy for tomorrow.
Amen: and ended with dramatic sternness
in those impromptu pulpit perorations con-
cocted of ink and sweat on Saturday night in
the grim sanctuary of the manse.
But now, as followed my medical prac-
tice, and saw the masks slip from human
faces, saw the creatures of this earth stricken
by sickness, adversely and dire calamity, saw
them covering beneath the fury of the skies.
came upon a different kind of prayer.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

The child, little boy of five, was des-
perately i'll, blue in the face and choking, and
it was necessary to perform an immediate
operation.
l operated myself, nervously and unskil-
fully. yet with unexpected success, in the bare
isolation ward of the hospital.
But although the child was now able to
breathe quite peacefully. the toxins of the
disease had gained strangle hold upon his
constitution.
Within twenty -four hours he began to sink
and in spite of all that we could do we saw
that he would not recover.
Perhaps because it was my first such opera
ton l took an exceptional interest in the
case sat by the dying child's bedside late
into the night - watching his life ebb away.
1t was sad vigil. And when at last he died
l was conscious of a strange spiritual ex-
perience.
At the instant of his death, as he exhaled
his final breath, felt, with positive and
terrifying reality, an actual sense of passage
in that dim little side room.
had often heard death compared to falling
asleep, to physical drop into oblivion. This
was neither. This was soaring transit, both
mystical and real. And l, its witness, felt
upon my cheek the breath of the Eternal
Evening star., 1939-04-09

p AM asked what life has taught me- Al
though the question is searching one, the
- answer in my case, is not far to seek.
My forty-two years have taught me many
things the value of friendship, for instance; of
sandals and simplicity; of tea, tobacco and
federation towards my fellow men.
But the catalogue ofmy experience dwindles
to insignifcance before the one major lesson
that life has dinned in my unwilling ears.
How can best convey that lesson in one
brief phrase? BY telling you that life has
taught me to believe in God.
Nowadays, in world enjoying the full
fruits of a twentieth-century materialism,
this is painful admission for which humbly,
even abjectly, apologize.
A quarter of century ago it was merely
questionable, little in bad taste, to avow
ones belief in the Creator.
One was apt to be confused with what
Huxley termed the "Corybantic chorus
in palmer language the "hallelujah lassies"
Today, when ministers of propaganda are
more potent than ministers of God, such
profession of faith may even prove to be
trife dangerous.
Do not let it be imagined that was reared
in this Daniel-like tradition of Christian
martyrdom
My childhood, spent in Scottish town
f1icting creeds, was enough to make me loathe
the very mention of religion.
When moved to the University of Glas-
gov was potential skeptic for whom the
works of Mr. H. C. Wells we're the ultimate
Apocrypha Most medical students take to
billiards and agnosticism in their first year.
l imagine was no exception to the rule.
As found myself breathing the formalde-
hyde-steeped air of the anatomy rooms, dis
secting the picked corpses of the male and
female of the species, tracing with shining
lancet the nerves, veins and arteries of these
mummified bodies, it seemed quite evident
that the human organism was no more than
suitably evolved and adequately function
ing machine.
My tentative researches in zoology and
physiology brought me to the same conclu-
sion When left the University at the end of
five years had a medical degree tucked be-
meath my arm. And beneath my hat had
this self-satistied assurance.
Unhappily the raw and teeming world in
which l now found myself brought me up
against some disturbing and quite unacademic
problems.
As went about my daily work in poor
slum practice visiting the Sick, trying to help
unwashed urchins stricken with pneumonia
and wretched old women dying in deepest
agony of cancer, became aware, almost
against my will, of strange forces, of intang-
ible and inconsdered vibrations that could
not be recorded in any laboratory and could
not be explained away.
saw something of human conduct in the
dock of life; of pain, endurance, fortitude; of
hope and charity and inextinguishabe faith.
And in particular l saw something of the
strange phenomenon of death.
Irecollect. even to this day, an experience
of these early years that touched me like
burning brand. was acting as medical officer
to small fever hospital, in that same poverty
ridden area to which have referred, when
one day there was admitted child suffering
from laryngeal diphtheria.
Evening star., 1939-04-09

Not the prayer of pietistic ll-being. No
the rhetorical fulmnations of the Old Testa
ment But the blind prayer of the overbur
dened heart. The simple, involuntary cry
Lord have mercy upon us. Lord, hear ou
prayer. Spare us, o Lord"
That prayer was instructive, torn from the
subconscious 1t was the innate voice of faith
the involuntary uplifting of hands toward the
unseen controller of the destinies of men.
Call it fetishism, behaviorism, or atavism
if you wish. For me it was plain acknowledg-
ment of the universal Jehovah.
began to feel, restlessly and distressfully
the existence of pervading force that drew
tribute from the very essence of my being.
had no evidence that could be based on rea-
son. had only the evidence of my senses
those untrustworthy nerve endings exposed
to external stimuli. the complex apparatus
that constitutes the sensibility of man.
And yet, was this receptive apparatus SC
untrustworthy as l had fancied? Was it
wrong for me to accept through my emotions
knowledge of God denied me by my brain:
began to wonder.
happened about that time to read the life
of one of the greatest agnostics the world has
ever known.
And what struck me forcibly was the way
in which the man had excluded all the stimuli
of the senses from the range of his percepI
tions
He would never listen to music. He had
never enjoyed the perfume of flower, OF
read poem, or viewed the sunlight through
stained glass window.
In short, he 50 feared for his emotions and
whittier they might lead him that he shut
himself up in cold cell of reason. He was 50
determined to be rational that he made his
whole life monument of irrationalsm.
He forced himself to hate God. And with
his dying breath he muttered: "Gallean -
thou hast conquered"
started this book in admiration | ended
it in disgust resolved that henceforth
would let the winds of heaven blow upon me
without reserve.
When Madame Curie began her work upon
the uranium salts she was searching for Ger
tain obscure emanations of light.
BY the time she had finished she had estab-
lished the existence of whole range OF
complex radioactive rays, 1t seemed to me at
that date the perfect analogy.
For the eager and receptive heart there
were a thousand unseen radiations faint
murmurs in the spiritual ear, promptings
from the eternal seconds when the soul
thrilled and invigorated, disdained all earthly
logic and proclaimed its belief in Immortality
The man who stihed that radiance might
excel at mathematics He would never believe
in God.
Iwrote few moments ago of prayer. There
is a SNUG theological phrase - the efficacy o
prayer" And yet it was this very factor that
knocked another nail in the coffin of my
disbelief
As l carried on my practice it was i'm
possible not to observe certain tangible anc
extraordinary results achieved by the unre
strained application of belief. l avoid the
word miracle" deliberately.
propose to give no catalogue of deathbee
resurrections Yet do assert that, within th'
compass of my own experience, had striking
indication that the skies are not deaf to tn
(Continved on poss 10)
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Christiun Endeuvor

After Easter-What?" will be the
theme of the Senior Union meet
ing April 10. The place will be
announced next week.
The newly elected senior officers
of Eastern Presbyterian Church are:
President, Bob Crammer; vice presi-
dent, Marguerite Bracket; corre-
spending secretary, Ruth Karr; re-
cording secretary, Rtty Bowles:
treasurer, Harold Hinegardner; as
sistant treasurer. John Emory. The
annual installation banquet will be
held tonight at at the church.
The meeting on Sunday evening
will be under the direction of the
Missionary Committee. John Emory
will speak on the Toxic Mission"
Tea will be served at $50 pm.
William Carnahan will lead the
Sherwood Presbyterian Interme-
dates tomorrow at $50 pm. The
Golden Rule Works will be the
topic. This group is having a con-
test between two teams, and team
two is in charge of this meeting.
AAC lecluleuldte LlceIlIlS Will DC
held April IA at 8 pm. DR.. Norma
Dunning will be the speaker. The
place will be announced later.
Miss Lynda Carver is new Ii
brarian of the union, succeeding
Anna Widmyer, who resigned be-
cause of illness.
Copies of the Easter program
are still available from union head
quarters. Send in your request for
copy now.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
DO | Need a Savior!'
Is Dr.. Helms Topic

Dr. Arthur o. Helm will preach
on do I Need a Savior?" tomorrow
at the Augustana Lutheran Church
at II am. at 24O0 Sixteenth street
NV.
Plans are being completed for a
special Palm Sunday concert at 4
o'clock. The Rev. DR.. Evald B. Law
son, college president violinist,
will take part, accompanied by
Christopher S. Tenley, local pianist.
The public IS invited.
Members of the church have been
invited to participate in q pilgrim
age next Wednesday to Wilmington,
Del. where at $3.50 commemoration
services will be held at the Kalmar
Nyckel Monument in Fort Christian
Park in honor of the first Swedish
settlers in America. An address will
be given by Senator Edwin C. john
son OF Colorado and Dr. Helm will
have charge of the devotionals.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Dr.. Buschmeyer
To Continue His
Sermon Series
'Church That Makes
Difference Topic at
Mount Pleasant

"The Church That Makes Diff
ference" is the subject of the Rev.
DR.. Fred S. Buschmeyer, minister
of the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
tional Church. tomorrow at II am.
This is the fifth in a series of SER
mons considering the general
theme, The Church and It's Re-
sources in Day of Need" There
will be a vesper service at $50 at
the Cleveland Park Church. DR..
Buschmeyer will speak on who
Shall Be Greatest?"
Victor Sadd. manager of the
Washington field Office of the So
cial Security Board, will address the
10 am. session of the adult forum
on Security: Can We Attain Social
Security in American"
The young peoples forum. meet
ing at Cleveland Park at $50, will
feature a discussion. youth and
Prayer" led by DR.. Buschmeyer.
The 20-40 Club is discussing ways
and means of cultivating a religious
experience. Supper will be at $50.
DR.. Buschmeyer will speak on
Christian Radiance" following the
church supper Thursday at 6:l5.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Dr.. 0. F.. bIackweIder
To Continue Special
Lenten Sermons
TemperomentoI Sins Is
Theme of Service on
Sunday Evening

DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder. pastor
Of the Lutheran Church of the Re-
formation. will preach tomorrow at
8 pm. on "Temperamental Sins"
This is continuation of the spe-
cial series of Lenten sermons. His
sermon at II am. is THE Supreme
Test of Discipleship'
Can Man Come to God" is the
subject at $50 o'clock of the Rev.
Ralph William Loew, assistant pas
tor.
On Tuesday evening the Womens
Missionary Society is sponsoring a
service at the National Lutheran
Home for the Aged. The Wednesday
evening classes will be continued
at 7:30 o'clock and at 8:15 DR..
Blackwelder will speak at the spe-
cial Lenten service on The Mean
Ing of Church Membership"
The prayer services, held under
the auspices of the Washington Lu-
theran Missionary Union, will be
held at the Church of the Incar-
nation on Friday at 80 pm.
Special services for Holy Week
include services each noon day from
IL to 1890 as well as services each
evening, the three-hour Good Friday
service and the presentation of the
cantata. Maunder's From Olivet to
Calvary on Good Friday evening.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Every-Member Day
Will Be Observed

DR.. Cove G. johnson. pastor of the
National Baptist Memorial, will
preach tomorrow morning on
Worthy Is the Lamb to Receive
Riches This is every-member day
at which time each one is asked to
present a pledge at the foot of a
lighted cross. used especially for this
service.
The Rev. A. Lincoln Smith. as
sistant pastor. breaches in the eve
ming on "Wearying the Lord He
will be assisted by Miss Beverly
Newton and William Brooks.
The third anniversary banquet OF
the Judson Couple Glass will be held
at the church on Tuesday at $50.
The speaker is DR.. John w. Rustin,
pastor of the Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church.
The young people will have charge
of the services at the Central Union
Mission on Wednesday and Friday
evenings. At 8 pm. Wednesday the
Roger Williams Glass will hold its
business meeting at the home of Mr.
w. C. Bender, 4842 Butterworth
place NV.
The deaconesses meet at pm.
Thursday. and the Pastors Glass for
Boys and Girls at the same time.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
DR.. Ene|und to Speak
To All Souls Class

DR.. Eric Englund, assistant chief,
Bureau OF Agricultural Economics,
will speak on Democracy and the
Land before the adult class in cur
rent problems In All Souls Unitarian
Church tomorrow at 10 o'clock. At
the same time DR.. Paul A. Goettle-
man of the School Of Architecture,
Catholic University, will address the
comparative religious class on
Jesus IN Art"
The Rev. DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce
will preach at II am. on ''The I'm
whiting Splendor." At S pm. Lewis
Corning Atwater will play his final
organ recital of the season. Miss
Helen Lyon will give talk at $50
on THE Lure of Africa" At the
final motion picture hour of the
year at 7:30 the feature will be
That Certain Age"
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Wallace Memorial U. P.

The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be observed tomorrow at
IL am. DR.. c. E. Hawthorne, will
preach on, Saved by a Look" There
will be a question box service at
8 pm.
The Women's Bible Glass. "The
Kings Messengers" and the DR..
Kyle Mems Bible Glass will meet
on Tuesday evening. in separate
sessions for election of officers
DR.. Hawthorne will continue his
Lenten prayer meeting talks on
Thursday evening. studing the
Great Decisions of the Last Week" :"
On Friday evening the Home
builders Glass will hold casserole
dinner meeting in the church, fol-
lowed by the election of officers.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
'0vercomer's S Paradox
Presbyterian Subject

At the Fourth Presbyterian Church
at II am. tomorrow the Rev. James
H. Miers will preach on The Over
commer's Paradox" The sermon will
be broadcast over Station VOL from
1870 to 1900 am. Topic at pm.
is "Jehova and Pharaoh in Conflict"
SPIN, The Rome-Berlin Axis"
On Monday at 7:45 pm. Identical
Kings and Kingdoms in Old and
New Testaments. On Thursday at
pm. there will be special prayers
for the sick. At pm. fellowship
and song, interspersed with testi-
mony and meditation.
Every Sunday from $50 to 10 m.
the minister conducts a pre-com-
munion class for those who desire
special instruction before uniting
with the church.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
LEST We Forget Topic
0fDr. Miller

Lest We Forget is the subject
of the Rev. DR.. Raphael Harwood
Miller tomorrow morning at the Ma
tlonal City Christian Church.
The series of Sunday evening
evangelistic services will be con-
tinued by DR.. Miller with the theme,
Which Church Shall I Join? How
Important Is Church Membership"
The last of the pre-Easter series
of devotional studies in the Gospel
of John will be presented by DR..
Miller at the Thursday church din
ner and fellowship meeting. Men,
bers of the church from Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio
Kentucky. Tennessee, Mississippi
and Alabama will be the honored
guests.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
chanceI Window
Will Be Dedicated

At the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning the Rev.
J. Hillman Hollister will preach on
1T Lives" A stained glass chancel
window, given in memory Of J. Frank
Kelly, will be dedicated at this
service.
John A. Reed will speak on Lead
ing Others to Christ" at the meeting
of the Alpha Omega Group at 7:3O
pm. DR.. Hollister will speak on
Marriage as a Religious Institu-
ton" at the joint meeting of the
Collegians and Young Peoples So
ciety at 7:30 pm.
The final communicant class sup
per will be held Friday at $50.
Evening star., 1939-03-25
Tokomu Park Lutheran

THE Eternal Jesus" is the topic
of the Rev. Pfeiffer tomorrow morn
ing. At the Wednesday evening
Lenten service the pastor will present
the fifth sermon in a series, THE
Nails in the Cross" The subject is
THE Nail That the People Drove" !"
On Palm Sunday a confirmation
service for young people will be held.
Holy communion will be observed
on both Maundy Thursday and
Easter Sunday.