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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

will lead the fight in the house for passage of the bill legalizing bingo. The judiciary committee, slated to file an unfavorable report on the bingo bill yesterday, has voted to re- consider it's action, and the bill will probably not come to the floor for several days.
 At the hearing on the five-cent fare bill, Senator Culhane presented a petition signed by 26 members of the state senate, including Demo- crats, Republicans and Socialists. The bill, he declared, would benefit the working people of the state. Op- position to the bill was voiced by the bus and trolley companies, by the manufacturers association and the Connecticut Federation of Labor. The last-named organization claimed that five-cent fare would cause wage reductions in the bus industry.
 Senator Culhane has announced that during the debate on the bill he will read correspondence he had with the State Public Utilities Com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
CMTC BLANKS
 ARE DISTRIBUTED

Maj. Newton w. Alexander of the American Legion and Lieut.. Finton J. Phelan, Jr., of the Reserve Off, cers distributed more than 35 ap- plications for the Citizens Military Training camps last night at the Legion home. The two organizations are in charge of arrangements for Waterbury and vicinity.
 Maj. Alexander expressed confid- ence that the quota of campers this year would exceed last years 48
 Applications may be obtained from the two directors at any time. They will be at the State Armory next Wednesday night to give out appli- cations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

mission, relative to establishing bus route to the Bucks Hill section of Waterbury. He has not stated what is the connection between the correspondence and the bill.
 Yesterday Senator Culhane re- ferred to the judiciary committee acting quickly on bills affecting certain favorite companies. The comimttee has reported unfavorably on the five-cent fare measure.
 Representative Mahaney is the original sponsor of bingo legislation at the General Assembly and for several terms has fought unsuccess- fully to have the pastime legalized. The bill now before the legislature would allow bingo games to be sponsored by church, charitable and veterans organizations. Represent ative Mahaney is hopeful of favor able action on the bill in the house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
EAGLES TO MEET
 THURSDAY NIGHT

The regular meeting of Brass City Aerie 2205, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will be hel dtomorrow night at the Aerie rooms on East Main street.
 Applications that have been se- cured in the past two weeks will be acted upon for the April class which is expected to exceed January's.
 On March 18th the officers will attend the District meeting to be held in the Derby Aerie.
 A committee to arrange an enter tainment will be appointed on Thursday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
LegislatiUe Notes

State Capitol, Hartford, March 15. Senator John Thornhill, of Brook field, will be backed by Senator Audu- bon Secor, Bridgeport Socialist, in his fight for renomination as Fair field county commissioner. Thorn hill is opposed by the county or ganization, headed by J. Kenneth Bradley. The commission ersh1p nominations will be made at Fair field county caucus tomorrow after noon.
 House Democrats held caucus
 before the start of t0day's session. Litchfield county Republicans made no nominations for county commissioner at a caucus yesterday. Action was deferred because of the absence of Senator J. Mortimer Bell, of Salisbury, who is i'll.
 Representatives of veterans Or- ganizatiOns appeared before the military affairs committee yester- day afternoon to support a bill making Armistice Day a legal holiday. The bill would oblige factories and offices to close on
 Nov. II. Opposition came from the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut, which claimed that
 total of $3,50O,000 in wages
 would be lost for the day.
 Repeal of the military tax was advocated at a hearing before the finance committee yesterday. The ta,., levied against the towns of the state, brings in a total of $1 ,690, 900 each year to the state.
 The conference committee on
 the dual job bill failed to come to
 any agreement at meeting yes- terday, but will continue with it's
 negotiations.
 There has been considerable con- ment over the judiciary committees action in backing down" on its plan to report unfavorably on the bingo bill yesterday. The commit tee was faced with having its re- port rejected by the senate, and the bill legalizing bingo adopted. Democrats in the house and
 senate are demanding action on important labor bills still in the hands of committee. Senator Daniel Mccarthy of AnsOnia and Senator George T. Culhane of
 Waterbury yesterday asked that committee reports on labor legis-
 lation be made soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
FANNICK POST
 OPENING DRIVE

David Fannick Post, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, be- gan membership drive last night. plans being completed at meeting at Roosevelt hall. Commander Is- rael Greenblatt urged that all mem- bers take an active part in the drive.
 Commander Greenblatt, Past Commander Rudolph Hennick, and Jack Rutinan will be the posts dele gates at the state department meet ing in Hartford this week.
 The post members wIll make their annual pilgramage to the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Newington March 28.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

Primroses bloomed in the snow in England in January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

George Kelly tells the silly about the wo walked said Why don't out to the acetrack hanging around the coers The other sered: nyhats the doing that? haven't money?" aSo the first do what do Go out and make ~ .What!n boomed the other "and my mind?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
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Charles MacAr of the Helen Hayes tribe anecdote which he describes as packing Deaupassant wacp refugees had just arrived enced oes them hosewhp said to the other whose with forgot have something "Ausrala" exclaimed the other, but that's
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Holidays Remain Danger Period In State
Waterbury Legislators To Battle Tomorrow
Senator Culhane, Rep. Mahaney to Lead Fights for
 5=Cent Fares, BingO LegalizatiOn in Senate, House
(By Democrat Legislative Reportar)

State Capitol Hartford, March 15 - Waterbury legis- aors in both houses will be leaders in the fights for adop
 on of two nightly controversial bs the bingo and five cent fare Tomorrow Senator George Cuhane of Waterbury will press in the senate for the passage his bill limiting bus fares within city town limits to five
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
BEARDSLEY SHOWS
 COLORED PICTURES

Frederick B. Beardsley showed colored motion pictures taken in South America and the Hawaiian Islands at the ladies, night of the Waterbury Kiwanis club in the main dining room of The Elton last night. Bridge and table tennis were also features of the event. Sixty-six were present.
 In a brief after dinner talk Rev. David P. Gaines reviewed the or ganization and growth of the club.
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stipulated that 1t was to remain
operative only so long as Calvary
Baptist Church was represented on
the Board Of Trustees of that insti-
tuition.
The King scholarship was the gift
OF Horatio King, Postmaster Cen
eral during Buchanan's administra-
ton. and provided a scholarship in
Dickinson College.
The Columbian College scholar
ship was provided for direct by that
college in 1866. and the successful
scholar that year was James E.
Bangs Of the Male Grammar School
in the first district-Strong John
Thomson's school-runners-up be-
ing Giles A. Heilprin, w. r. Brown
and Henry Simpson.
Kendall Scholarship.
In 1870 the Kendall scholarship
was first awarded to Theodore W.
Noyes, who lived with his family on
the Island" and went to school to
John E. Thompson. The report Of
the Examining Committee for the
public schools was dated July 30,
1870.
In 1912 this scholarship went to
William H. Luff. also of the Male
Grammar School of the fourth
school district, presided over by Mr..
Thompson, Strong Johns" able
rival in educating prize pupils. The
King scholarship went to Daniel
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original cost, so that for a few
hundred dollars a careful buyer
often gets a thoroughly sound boat
that originally cost thousands.
I recall how We bought the Pre-
lude four years ago. We had
haunted" boat yards for months be-
fore We found her-32 feet over all
and powered with an S5-horse mo-
tor, tight and solid in all her
joints.
She was old, if you call 20 years
old, and she hadn't exactly mod
ern lines, but she was built in that
rugged-ribbed, heavy -planked way
that stacks up big when it comes
to tough weather; and what she
lacked in cockpit and cabin re-
f1nements, my wife and I speedily
remedied.
We gave her cleaning white top
sides, green decks to glisten in the
sun, smart khaki splash curtains to
shield the cockpit from wind and
spray; and down below, that dingy
cabin became bright, cool luxury
OF paint and varniSh, chintZ and
cretonne.
Used Boats Cheap.
The cost? Well, we finally set
tied on 5000, with a down payment
of $3.50 and $50 a month for the
balance. And anyone can do the
same, for used boats, like used cars,
are always on the market at prices
you can afford to pay.
But isn't operating boat expen-
sive? The answer is a definite no.
Otherwise a million and a half
Americans wouldn't be operating
them.
1t has been estimated that to run
and maintain a motorboat or sail
boat figures about IS per cent of
the value annually. Thus it can be
seen that on a craft of the smaller
sizes the cost would be negligible,
while even a $1,000 motor cruiser
should not nick the owner over $3.50
per year.
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designated as the fourth division,
and the elementary schools of that
section are now a part Of it. The
first teacher in School Square
where the Jefferson Building stands,
now a Junior high school-of which
the writer has record, was Henry
Hardy. In 1849 Mr.. Hardy resigned
and John E. Thompson succeeded
him as principal of the school, being
assisted by Mrs. M. A. Hinton.
In this district Mr.. Thompson re-
mained for nearly 40 years, always
in high capacity. He resigned his
position in October, 1884, and died
March % of the following year. He
was regarded as one cS the greatest
instructors of his time, and the
scholars who graduated with honor
from his school were we'll equipped
to enter life's battle for respectable
livelihood.
Rivalry of Districts.
There was more rivalry in the
early days between the four dis
tricts than apparently exists today,
due, no doubt, to the number of
prizes then annually awarded to
the pupils. Chief among these were
the Kendall, King and Columbian
College scholarships.
The first Of these was provided for
by Amos Kendall as a scholarship
in Columbian College-now George
Washington University-in which he
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Foley Of the third district. The fol-
lowing year the Kendall prize, a six
year course in the university, went
to Edwin l.. Scott of the third dis
trict, the King scholarship being
awarded to Walter M. Mcfarland.
The Jefferson School Building re-
placed the brick school which was
built in this block in 1845. At the
time it was erected it also replaced
nine one-story frame buildings used
for school purposes and which had
been built in this block between the
years 1850 and 1859.
The first teachers were assigned to
the present building were: John E
Thompson, Mrs. Mary E. Martin,
Miss Maggie A. Pumphrey, Miss
Mary A. Lee. E. H. Thompson. Mrs
Sarah E. Wise. Miss Annie Van Horn,
Miss Susie A. Langley. Miss Victoria
v. Trook, Miss Annie M. Adams, Miss
Rachel A. Garrett, Mrs. Mary A
Bowen. Miss Elizabeth J. Riley, Miss
Harriet L. Davis, Miss Ellie Dunn
Miss Margaret E. Garrett, Miss
Annie E. Fowler, Mss Ellen E. Hall
day, Miss Adele B. Gray and Miss
Bette A. Robinson.
Dedication Program.
The building was designed by
Adolf Cluss, who was responsible for
many handsome structures in Wash
ington and elsewhere. The dedica-
ton ceremonies took place on De-
cember 7. 1872, remarks being made
by Joseph M. Wilson, one of the
school trustees; J. Ormond Wilson
superintendent of public schools;
Thomas E. Lloyd, member of the
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building committee; Henry D. Cooke
governor of the District; w. M. Muir
tagh, school trustee; John Tyndall,
professor of natural philosophy in
the Royal institute of Great Britain;
Jdgoi Arinori Mori, charge d'affaires
at Washington from Japan; Senator
James w. Patterson from New
Hampshire, and John Eaton, jr.,
United States commissioner of edu-
cation.
Rev. Byron Sunderland invoked
divine blessing. and Gen. U. s. Grant,
then President. wrote expressing his
regrets that he was unable to be
present.
The names of the good boys and
girls who were mentioned in the
first honor list of the male and
female grammar school of the JET
ferson Building were:
Gold medals Walter Cooksie
and Susie A. Mockabee.
Diplomas-John T. Tayler, Will
liam E. Thomas. Stark B. Taylor,
Douglas j. Miller, Elias B. Rowell,
Porter Garrett, Levi Callisher,
Charles j. Dentinger, Benton j..
Stahl, James Hall, Millard F..
Thompson. James B. Taylor, Daniel
c. Smithson. George w. Sanford,
jeremiah Hepburn, Robert Scam
nell, John Altman, George Cooper,
Alice E. Cooksey, Bette Havenner,
Mary McArdle, Susie Porter, Bertha
Herman, Carrie Ranney, Sophie
Lipphard. Julia Kelly, Ada Wiley,
Isabelle Halliday, Mary Law, Annie
M. Wilson. Mary P. Wilson. Sophie
P. Davidson, Fannie E. Tatspaugh,
! Sarah King, Fannie N. Hepburn,
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SMALL BOATS INCREASE AS
inexpensive Sport
Delights Entire
Family
By II. Thompson Rich.

Days af1oat, week ends afloat, va
cations af1oat, the whole summer
afloat-this year, more than ever
before, Mr.. and Mrs. Everyday
American are taking to the water.
Once again, from Maine to Cali
fornia and from Alaska to Mexico
countless little coves and inlets, like
those of the Potomac River, are
dotted with boats-a million and a
half of them this year. Real boats
boats with living people on them,
men and their wives and children.
For Americans are learning that
here is a wholesome, inexpensive
sport every one in the family can
enjoy, from granddad to the baby.
Yes, and more than sport. A
recreation, hobby, tonic. an
adventure, all rolled into one. More
than that, even. A new and different
life no landlubber can ever under
stand until he too has cast off his
moorings and gone down to the
sea" in one of these little ships,
be it 10-foot sailing dinghy or a
40-foot motor cruiser, or anything
else that floats.
What's the Attraction?
But just what is the attraction?"
your friends will ask. why do you
boating people rave about it so?
What's so different about life on
! the water from life ashore?"
Well, I've been in the game myself
for number of years, but I still
find their questions hard to answer,
perhaps because the appeal of boat
ing is so varied,
To some it's just playing around
with speedboats and other small
craft in local harbors. To others
it's the lure of far places, with a
stout yawl or ketch under you. To
still others it's wandering house.
boat on some quiet river. Or it's
the fishing opportunities, the enter
tainment possibilities-those and a
score of other good reasons.
For to every one boating has its
own particular thrill, its own per-
sonal meaning. That's what makes
the sport so universally popular.
independence Thrilling.
To my little family, with our 80
foot motor criser. Prelude, it's the
independence. All we have to do
is lug aboard load of groceries,
fill up the gas tank and we're of
whether for day, week end or
a month. And from that moment
onward we can do as we choose.
Here we are masters of our own
destiny. We make our own rules,
live our own lives the way we
want to.
Sometimes we cruise q hundred
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take an operating examination All
he requires is that you 60 to the
nearest customhouse and get a
license. It's free, moreover, and is
good as long as you keep your boat.
OF course, you'll have an expert
enced pilot along the first time or
two to show you how the various
gadgets work. After that it's just
matter of taking it easy for a while.
In couple of months you'll be
skippering your little craft like
seasoned seaman. 1t was so with
me.
First Trip.
I'm not likely to forget the first
time I took the Prelude out alone.
Neither are several other people! I
wouldn't let my wife and Michel
come with me. for I figured that
If there were going to be any high
jinks I'd have them alone. So they
sat there on the yacht club veranda
and anxiously watched me cast off,
get under way, head out into the
harbor and disappear in the general
direction of England.
What did during the next hour
probably seemed pretty silly to who-
ever happened to be looking on. I
ran her full speed ahead, threw her
into reverse, backed wildly, circled
dizzily, stalled the motor, started it
again and shot of like a scared
dolphin, chucked a life ring over
board, pretended it was a mooring
buoy and practiced picking it up
with the boathook
But when headed back an hour
later I had broken the bronco and
henceforth she would do my bid
ding.
My family were much relieved no
doubt to see me come barging in.
I headed straight for the yacht club
float, slowed the motor just at the
right moment, heaved a bowline
neatly to the waiting attendant.
gave her a little port rudder and
Continued on Page CT, Column -
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giving prominence to Harriet
Beecher Stowe. for, as editor of the
National Era, he published. in 1851,
Mrs. Stoves story, Uncle Toms
Cabin" The Era office was then
near the present site of Odd Fell
lows Hall, on Seventh street between
D and E NV, and DR.. Bailey had
his home a short distance of, at
Eighth and E streets. The poet,
John Greenleaf Whittier, was then
associate editor of this paper.
New Building Promised.
Reference to Mrs. Southworth and
the Jefferson school reminds us that
1t will not be so many months be-
fore a new Jefferson school building
will be making history in the South
west section. But at least until that
time we may be excused If we look
back to the old building of this
name, which, in addition to the
main structure, at one time included
a number Of portables located to the
south Of D street and between
Fourth and Sixth streets S.W.
The first school built in this block
was erected in 1845. 1t was of brick,
two stories high, q feet inches in
width by At feet 10 inches in length
had 12-foot ceilings and evidently
faced Sixth street. The site was
known as lot No. and was pur-
chased from Thomas and w. w.
Corcoran for $3.50, the deed being
dated March 13. 1845. Subsequently
purchases in this block included
part of lot 9 from John M. Spring.
man, May II, 1860, for $3.525; part
of lot 9 from Patrick OBrien, May
"a, 1860, for s1,100; part Of lot 9
from George Wright, May %, 1860,
for 1923; lot No. 10 from Richard
Barry May IL. 1860. for 1920.
For many years the South Wash
ington schools were in what was
called the fourth district. now
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in which a college student lost his

in which a college student lost his
life.
The school Mrs. Southworth
taught, before taking up writing as
a profession, is said to have been
wooden building near the site of
the old Jefferson School Building
in the Sunny Southwest" At this
time she resided at the corner of
Thirteenth and c streets. Her first
effort at story writing resulted in
THE Irish Refugee" then came the
"Wife's Victory" THE Wife's Mis-
take" THE Thunderbolt, "The
Neighbor's Prescription" For these
she received no monetary compen-
sation, and finally she was forced
to quit writing. But fate was yet
to smile tenderly upon her, and, as
she relates:
"One tempestuous afternoon, when
snow and sleet came down together,
was waiting in the schoolroom long
after hours, for a little Negro girl
to bring me, an umbrella. My spirits
were deeply depressed. for the school
funds were exhausted, my salary
was unpaid, and there seemed no
hope for the future; winter was
coming on, and I had no resources"
Earned First Money.
But while in this depressed frame
of mind. we are told, watching the
elements in their winters fury a
carriage drew up to the old Fourth
District School, and DR.. Gamaliel
Bailey got out of his carriage, ran
up the front steps and put in her
hand the compensation for her for
mer writings-the first money she
had earned by her pen.
That evening she began another
story, and a new chapter in her
life was reached.
Near the close of the year." says
Mrs. Huddleson, "she was transfer
red from the position of assistant
teacher in the fourth school dis
trict to that f principal of the new
Primary Department School, a po-
sition she personally sought. There
being no additional public school
houses available at this time for
her school, she promptly gave over
the two larger rooms on the first
floor of her pretty dwelling at the
southeast corner of Thirteenth and
c streets S.W. for this purpose"
This site is now occupied by the
Governments central heating plant.
Twenty years ago the corner was
occupied as barber shop
DR.. Gamaliel Bailey, who helped
to put Mrs Southworth on the road
to success, was also instrumental in