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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Lolun Club Has
 Midsummer Dance

The entertainment committee of the Watertown Lawn Club sponsor ed 8 dance on Saturday evening in activity of the club.
 The committee In charge included Mrs. Douglass O. Burnham, Mrs. Randolph Betts, and Mrs. Edwin 8. Hunt, Jr.
 MT. and Mrs. Alan 0. Curtiss of Watertown entertained at cock tail party in honor of their house guests, MT. and Mrs. Harold G. Veeder of Loudonville, N. Y. Pres ent were MT. and Mrs. Gerald 0. Lowe, MT. and Mrs. Ackley Shove, MT. and Mrs. Sherman H. Perry, MT. and Mrs. Randolph Metts, MT. and Mrs. B. Heminway Klimpke, Charles Shons, MT. and Mrs. Bar ry L. Morgan, MT. and Mrs. Wal ter Deacon, MT. and Mrs. Roland 8. Hotchkiss, MT. and Mrs. Milton Allerton. MT. and Mrs. Augustus Chauncy of Thomaston and MT. and Mrs. Elliot H. Lee of River dale1on- Hudson.
 Miss Dorothy Doster, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Wadsworth Dos- ter of Watertown gave e cocktail party for the following:
 Misses Anne Perry, Glare Hun gerford, Sherrie Sherwood, Joy Hyde, Joan English, Josephine Buckingham, Polly White, Barba- ra and Norma LaVigne, Kassa Coe Anne Hubbard, Jane Thompson, Jane Deacon, Joan Lilley, Polly Deacon, Jean Phillips. Nancy Hitchkiss, Jean Copp, Emily Ta- vel.
 Also Stephen Butler, Craig Bar Der, John Makepeace, Howard and Robert Whittemore, Earl Copp, Philip and Dewitt Copp, Robert Bartlett, Donald s. Futile, Jr., Dinsmore Futile, Charles L. Lar. kin, Jr. William and Henry Mann of Morris Edwin c. Reade Jr.. Winthrop Butterick, Jr., Peter Car ley, Clarke Brinckerhoff of Nor ris, John Hansen, John Ferguson, Richard Kaynor, Wooster Curtis, Robert Reade, Richard Fields, William P. Arnold, Jr. Ackley Shove. Jr., Robert Brodie, John Bristol, William M. Goss, Jr., Ru- fus Stillman, Philip Thomson, Rich ard Hyde. John Foran, Bruce Arm strong, Clark Alberts and John Reed.
 Miss Grace L. White, superinten- dent of the Waterbury Welfare de- partment, has returned to her home on Griggs street after spending the past month travelling to the West Coast.
 MT. and Mrs. G. w. Swanson of Willow street sailed Saturday on the s. s. Orient for a cruise to Havana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Smith-Del Donno Nuptials
 Solemnized This Morning

trip to Boston, Mass and Ports mouth, N. H. and upon their re- turn will reside in New London, Conn.
 Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Wilby High school and MT. Smith is a graduate of West High school in Salt Lake City, Utah, Kicks Junior College of Rexburg, Idaho and is af- filiated with the United States Navy as ships secretary of the U. s. s. Falcon.
 Out of town guests were In at tendance from New Haven New York and Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin H. English, Jr., and their daughter, Miss Joan English, of Prospect street, and MT. and Mrs. Frank K. English of Cheshire attended the wedding of Miss Marguerite Griswold Eng fish of New Haven, to Hollis Hea- ton Holt, which took place Satur- day at the summer home of the brides sister, Mrs. Perrin Comstock Galpin at East River, Mrs. Galpin and Clinton Holt of Hartford were the attendants. The bride, the daughter of the late Ma. and Mrs. Edwin Holt Eng fish of New Haven, is also a sister of Edwin H. English, J.. and Frank K. English. She was missionary in Korea for several years.
 Misses Marion and Helena Kelli- her of Hill street are spending two weeks at Indian Neck.
 MT. and Mrs. William Johnson of Wolcott street are spending a few days in New York city.
 Mrs. Margaret Dillon and son George of South Elm street left Saturday for a two weeks trip to Chicago, Illinois.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Ann M. Lourencelle
 Is Birthday Guest

A party was given recently in honor of Ann Marie Laurencelle, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. w. R.. Laurencelle of Earl street, the occa- sion being her fourth birthday. The affair was arranged in the form of a garden party with outdoor games being enjoyed by the group. A de- licious luncheon was served.
 The guests included: Madeline Berment, Helen Winkert, Jean Mas sicotte, Joan Malvey, Aurele Spirit, Gerald Brown and James Brown.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Penniman of East Main street observed their 30th wedding anniversary at a party held recently at the home of Mrs. Arthur Pierpont of Pierpont road. Those in attendance were MT. and Mrs. William Sanford, Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence Fraser, Mrs. George Pat chett, Mrs. Walter Hungerford
 George Hungerford, Mrs. William Hildreth, and Miss Ruth Hildreth, of New Haven, Miss Jennie Graham, MT. and Mrs. Samuel Squires, MT. and Mrs. James Yavecchia, MT. and Mrs. Charles Zeifelmaier, Mrs. Harry Anderson.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Nelson. Carol and Lewis Nelson, MT. and Mrs. Ire lou Wilson, Mrs. Morton Pierpont, Mrs. John Jacoby, Miss Marion Pier pont, Mrs. Robert Gardner, MT and Mrs. Ray Bradley and MT. and Mrs. Harry Onderson of Stratford, Mrs. Harry Kilbourn, MT. and Mrs. Will liam Hodgkinson, MT. and Mrs. Will liam DeGroot, Mrs. Louis Russell, Mrs. Eva Byam, Mrs. 0. B. Brown, rMs. Minnie Hitchcock, Mrs. Fan nie Upson and Mrs. Flora Russell.
 Miss Lucille Hanlon of New York is the guest of Mrs. Josephine Will son of Hamilton avenue for several days.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Robert Parsons of Cooke street are vacationing in Maine and Vermont for two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Weddings
Personal

Miss Jean Derman of Cooke street and Miss Genevieve Gaughan of Hillside avenue have returned after vacationing in New York where they were guests of Gerald Gaughan, su- pervisor of Immigration and Natur- alization service. While there they visited New York Worlds Fair.
 Mrs. Rocco Pagano and daugh- ters, Marie and Marguerite of En- glewood avenue have returned from Louisville Kentucky and Fort Wayne, Indiana. While in Kentucky they visited the Mammoth Caves.
 MT. and Mrs. J. P. Corcoran of Cooke street have been spending several days in New York City.
 Miss Nellie Cook of Hillside ave. nue has had as her guest for few days Mrs. John Chandler and daughter, Margaret of Northampton, Mass.
 Mrs. Margaret Mccarthy of Ran. dolph avenue is spending the season at Woodmont.
 Miss Mary Devereaux has retured to her home on Central avenue after spending the past month at Bay view.
 Mrs. Arthur Wengertznann of Frost Road has returned to her home after vacationing at Bay view.
 Misses Marion and Marie Peter son of North Main street are spend- ing several days in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. Michael Sweeney and daughter, Patricia have re. turned to their home in Washington, D. 0. after visiting in this city for few days and vacationing at Bay- view for a week.
 Mrs. John Stevens of Randolph avenue is spending several days at Woodmont where she IS the guest Of Mrs. M. Mccarthy.
 MT. and Mrs. William Nelson of North Main street spent the week. end in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Matthew J. Geghan of Homestead avenue announce the hirth of a fa,iphter Marianne ak Qt Mary's Hospital on July 18th. Mrs. Geghan is the former Mary Mur- phy.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Grayson of East Main street are spending two weeks in Maine.
 Misses Anna and Regina Donahue of Randolph avenue are vacation. ing at Woodmont.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Winona Rebekah Guard Team Enjoys Outing

The Guard Team of Winona Re- bekah Lodge held an outing at Lake Quassapaug on Friday evening. A delicious Frankfurter roast was en- joyed and bathing and roller skating were features of the evening. The mystery prize was awarded to Miss Bessie Payton.
 Those attending were: Mrs. Marion Hubbard, Mrs. Lila Lange, Mrs. Marjorie Kurtz, and Misses Louis Ruggiero, Bessie Payton, Mildred Hansen, Hezel Book, Aida and Hazel Beecher, Elizabeth Miller, Dorothy Espelin. Lena Gugliotti, Evelyn Haw- kins, Margaret Feuske and Noble Grand, Mrs. Blythe Loether who was a guest. ,t q aa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

Our Lady of Lourdes Church was the scene of a pretty wedding this morning at 9 o'clock when Christine T. Del Donno, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Dominick Del Donno of Grown street became the bride of John Burton Smith, son of Mir. and Mrs. Hugh E. Roberts of Salt Lake City, Utah. Rev. Rocco Nadile officiated at the ceremony and was also cele- brant of the nuptial mass which followed.
 The bride had as her maid of honor and only attendant Miss 0. Mildred Rosa and Nicholas Bar bieri of this city was best man for MT. Smith.
 The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a gown of white bridal satin with long fitted sleeves shirred at the shoulder and pearl clips at the sweetheart neck line being fashioned In Princess style with full flared skirt ending in a long train. Her finger tip length veil of illusion fell from a coronet of satin trimmed with orange blossoms. She carried prayerbook trimmed with orchids and & shower of lilies of the valley. The frock of the maid of honor was corn flower blue silk marquisette with square neckline trimmed in matching vel vet ribbon and having fitted waist line also trimmed with ribbon and short puffed sleeves, and full skirt with two ruffles at the hemline. Her large leghorn hat was trimmed with long blue velvet streamers in cor responding shade. She carrded bouquet of Roosevelt roses and del- phinium. The brides mother wore a blush rose crepe dress trimmed with lace and she wore white access sories and a corsage of Talisman roses.
 Following the ceremony a recep- ton was held at the home of the bride. The couple left on a wedding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Sniith-Murnane
 Wedding Aug. 16

Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Eleanor Mary Murnane of Pennington avenue daughter of the late MT. and Mrs. Dennis Francis Murnal1e and Con- gressman J. Joseph Smith. son of Mrs. James Emile Smith of Colum- bia boulevard and the late James E. Smith. The wedding will take place on August 18th at the Church of St. John of the Cross in Middle bury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

diamond; but then East is caught in a squeeze in spades and hearts. He cannot protect the fourth heart and the king and queen of spades, and thus the declarer will make his contract.
 Today's bridge quiz: If your part ner doubles 6 contract of three no trump, neither of you having bid, what suit should you open2
 Answer: The double of three no trump when neither you nor your partner has bid, asks you to lead the suit first bid by dummy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Dr. and Mrs. Cottiero
 Returning Thursday

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Cottiero, of Cooke street, are expected to re- turn to Waterbury on Thursday af- ter a months vacation in Europe where they have visited England Belgium, the Netherlands and France,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

The following officers were named: Miss Margaret Fenske, treasurer, Mildred Hansen, secretary and Lena Gugliotti, publicity chair man.
 The next meeting is scheduled for September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
By DICK POWELL

By DICK POWELL
 Dear Walter:
 You quite often tell about your Girl Friday 50 first oil let me tell you about my Man Friday.
 He's . strange .'oung man, indeed cant say he's terribly helpful when I'm dressing. still I couldn't do without him. Take my ties, for instance-the one l always want IS always missing-he doesn't soil or destroy it, but it's never on my tie rack - it's on his - can't seem to reprimand him, because he doesn't mind . bit when I take 1t back. He checks with me very early each morning as to the color shirt, tie, shoes, socks, etc., intend to wear. Then he goes, only to return in . short while, wearing the colors I had planned for the day.
 Then there's the matter of shaw ing. He slaves the same time do and, to complicate things, he uses the same mirror, could certainly use . little assistance when I'm struggling with . dress tie, but no, he's always, at that point, counting my undershirts. He insists on dry- ing my legs after Q shower which makes me feel silly. I can dry my own legs.
 He's necessarily telling me how wonderful I am. You're very strong and the tallest man I've ever seen" You can play tennis much better than Budge, can't you?" I've never seen anyone with bigger muscles than you have" That kind of apple sauce makes me furious, because I find myself agreeing with him.
 Then there's the matter of prac- ticing my songs. That's how I make my living, 50 it's important. He voealizes the same time I do in the same room and standing at practical ly the same spot and, invariably in a different key. But, how can I complain? There's nothing he wouldn't do for me. He's as earnest and sincere as anyone I've ever known. What if I am late for work sometimes looking for a tie? What if my handkerchiefs were cut in half, so I'd have more of them? He's only four years old and, being my son, couldn't fire him anyway.
 These are some of the things never knew 'til now
 That my trumpet playing ain't what 1t used to be--my neighbor, Frances .farion, told me so. usn'L 1t odd-two great writers living right next door to each otAer2)
 That you pick yourself a $50 fine if you pick a California Yucca (seems to me I'm repeating you) Anyway, for the further information of youse Fasteners, the Yucca Is a flower that grows on the hillsides out here in June, July and August --said months being all the sum- mertime you Eastern folk know of to us Californians they are just June, July and August
 That 1t is decidedly un-Emily Postish to put flowers on @ piano (Would you put flowers on 6 violin? say the know-it-alls)
 That the reason I don't get the Number Arkansas State license any more is because Bob Burns has more relatives than I have
 That Crossley ratings (Radio Thermometers are a great boon to aspirin tablets ..
 That one can learn anything if he sticks to 1t with perseverance and tenacity-r can now do 6 time step.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Weddings
GORMAN . KEARNEY

MT. and Mrs. Thomas Kearney of Ayers street announce the marriage of their daughter, Katherine, to James German, son of Mrs. Agnes German of Pemberton street, which took place on Friday, July 28th, at the Blessed Sacrament church in Bridgeport. Rev. Edmund O'Connell, cousin of the bride, offlciated at the ceremony. Miss Madeline Murphy was the only attendant of the bride and Frederick Sullivan attended MT. German as best man.
 EIN-SCHWARTZ
 The wedding of Miss Julia Edith Schwartz of New York city, daugh- ter of Mrs. R. Schwartz, to Perry Graicerstein, son of MT. and Mrs. Samuel Graicerstein of Cooke street, took place last evening at s o'clock at the Schwartz home. Rab- bi William Greenfield of Beth-El synagog united the couple in mar riage of the. immediate families.
 The couple did not reveal the des- tination of their wedding trip but upon returning will live in this city. The bride is graduate of Hunter college. The bridegroom was graduated from Yale univer- Sity and Yale Law school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Walter Willclleu
 On BrOadzgny
Grade Resistersdl copyrght Daily rror Inc

(Walter WinchelI's guest column. ist fer today b Dick Powell, fam. Ous singing star of screen and RadiO.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

Misses Anna and Regina Donahue of Randolph avenue are vacation. ing at Woodmont.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-21

THE boys at the Bates and Wild
saloon just found out he swore to kill
anyone cutting in on his land and that's
where Homer took out his entry. Some
fellow is down there saying Bill shot
at him. Some Of the boys are going
after a rope and they're going to hang
Bill"
Hell" said williams, reaching for
his hat and coat. Bill Woolsey don't
even look like the killer. C'moni"
Quelling the disturbance at the Bates
and Wild saloon was not much trouble
and early the morning of Dec. Un-
dersheriff George Williams was ready
to take up the trail Of the murderer
Of Homer Ward. At a meeting he ex-
planned his diagnosis of the case. At
the meeting were then Special Prosecu-
tor Billy Ford. now Judge William L.
Ford of the Fourteenth Montana Ju-
dicial District, and Major James Keown,
Northern Pacific railroad detective,
who was to be associated with Williams
until the case was solved Keown en-
tered the case at the request of rela-
tives of Ward.
The crime" Williams told the men,
was done by a short man, rather
heavy-set, a crack shot, a hunter,
smooth shaven and rather fond Of
foofooraw in his personal effects. He
is very sure Of himself.
The killer had to be a short man
to fire through the window with the
muzzle of his gun close enough to the
glass SO that the blast pulverized it.
He had only uncertain light but he
chose to make head shot when a body
shot would have done as well. It did
not occur to him that he might miss
He left no tracks so he must have
worn pacs. He had the hunters habit
of reloading his gun right after a shot
even though the game was dead. He
took only heavy guns from the cabin
ignoring shotgun. He used an ex-
plosive bullet in a 1920 which shows
he is after big game. He also took a
razor but not the strop indicating he
had use for the razor but already had
a strop.
The only motive can be robbery on
impulse. The man passed the Ward
cabin, saw the light, saw Ward eating
alone and shot him Possibly just for
the 1910. a better hunting gun
Continued Next Week.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-21
Pioneers Efforts to Establish Riuer Metropoli.
At Musselshell's Mouth Ended i'm TRAGIC Failure

a guard over the cabin, had ridden to
White Sulphur Springs to notify VIII
liams.
George Williams, then 43, six feet
tall and weighing more than 200
pounds, already had made a name for
his physical courage. 1t was Williams
who, when negro railroad workers rioted
and terrorized Harlowton, settled the
dispute by wading, single-handed, into
the drunken mob of colored men with
piece Of two-hy-four. 1t was Williams
who, in the mining camp of Castle,
went alone and unarmed into the brush
at night and brought out a drink
crazed man who, armed with a rifle,
had dared anyone to take him in Gus
tody.
A few years ago Williams, crippled
with rheumatism, went into the hot
water plunge at White Sulphur alone.
His body was found hours later He had
met death, as he met so many other
tasks, alone.
In the Ward case, however, Williams
had no ground for physical action. The
away into the wilderness This case
called for reasoning, not strength.
To reconstruct, as far as possible,
from the notes taken by his assistants,
a picture of the murderer and his
course of action was what Williams
sought to do as he tackled the notes.
His thoughts ran about as follows. To
the reader familiar with western life
the conclusion reached by the under
sheriff may occur in following the facts
revealed by the notes on the murder
which are in Meagher county records
today.
COREY says the cabin sat foursquare
with the compass, door to the north
Two windows, east and west ends, no
opening south side. Window tops about
| five feet from ground outside. Each
window of one sash of four 1Ox12 panes
Upper panes east window blown in
glass practically pulverized. Upper
panes west window shattered. Frag-
ments bent outward. Lead in west
window frame from explosive bullet,
not buckshot.
Small deal table under west win
dow with a few dishes partly filled with
food on it. Blood and brains on table
and west wall Chair slightly pushed
back from table and turned little
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-21

the detailed notes taken by him
self, Coroner John D. Corey and
DR.. ]. M. Kumpe after an investi-
cation at the scene of the crime on
Sheep creek in the Little Belt
mountains, rs miles north of White
Sulphur Springs the day before. The
investigation had been thorough but
had revealed little. Williams hoped a
study of the notes would bring some
thing more definite than the present
slim clues suggested to his mind.
On the desk, beside the papers, were
the only two physical clues obtained.
a common 1920 brass cartridge case
and a worn, brown hat There was
nothing unusual about the cartridge
case but the hat was distinctive. OF
medium size. wide-brimmed and with
its torn crown creased to peak the
hat had, about an inch from the rim,
diamond design in brown thread
the owner had used heavy cord end
ing in double tassel. 1t was hat of
a type not usually seen in the district
and Williams felt it was his best lead
as 1t was sure to call attention to its
wearer. 1t had no name of make or
owner in it, however. not even a stray
strand of hair to indicate the color Of
the hair of the man who had worn it.
That it was the killers hat Williams
felt certain. 1t had been found on the
floor of Wards cabin, close to his body,
Roy Ward, young brother of the muir
dered man, had stated that his hat,
which he had left in the cabin, was
missing. 1t was apparent the murderer
had snapped headpieces. The swap
plus an act of fate, Williams felt,
would. in the end. betray the killer.
Wards body had been found the noon
Of Nov. 80 by Jack Payne, hand on the
Dan P. Mombrue place. adjoining
Wards desert entry. Mombrue, seeing
Wards team running loose with broken
halters. had sent Payne to the Ward
place. Payne had found Wards small
barn in ashes but the cabin still stand
ing with the door tightly closed. He
had entered and found Homers body
on the floor. partly covered with char
red blankets which had been soaked
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-21

Fort Benton, with superior advantages,
was in the making.
But during March, 1869, the Sioux
attacked party Of woodchoppers near
the fort and killed three of them The
fourth made his way to safety. After
this foray the Indians ambushed along
a wood trail and attacked two wood
squaws and white woman. One squaw
was shot in the leg. The white woman
received a wound in the neck which
stunned her. The Indians. believing
she was dead. scalped her Only
stunned. she regained consciousness
and lived long afterward minus her
scalp piece.
After this the Sioux kept up con-
tinual harassment of the town. with
OF the steamboats, up the river that
season, only one stopped-and it I'M
loaded only so tons of freight for the
new road. The Crows and eros Ventres,
dreading encounters with the Sioux,
began to give Musselshell a wide berth
The building of the Union Pacific
from the east into Utah and on west,
diverted freight from the river route.
The number of steamboats, on the Mis-
souri, dropped to eight in 1870.
One Man Remains
The Montana Hide & Fur Co. closed
its affairs and abandoned the place.
In August, 1870, Colonel Clendennin
was left alone at Musselshell He con-
tinued to trade, but the town had dis
appeared.
Clendennin. with a force of eight
men, remained there for four years,
taking but little trade and selling wood
to the boats as means of getting by.
After the town disappeared and the
Crows and Gros Ventres disappeared
from the region, the Sioux became
more amicable, but never friendly, and
were glad to trade at the post.
But the situation was not inviting: it
definitely was not as profitable as
post exclusive in its territory should
be, and when Carroll was established
in 1874, Clendennin transferred his
business to that point.
The last chapter of the story of
Musselshell was written in July, 1874,
Gates and Patrick Vaughn back to the
place to rae the buildings of Fort
Sheridan and convert them into
steamboat wood. The Sioux still haunt
ed the spot. Indications when white
men came along later were that Gates
had been killed by the Indians, while
Vaughn had sought refuge in one of
it when the Indians fired it.
For many years the country about
the confluence of the MusSelshell and
Missouri has been included in the
Fort Peck game range. Contour maps
indicate that the site of old Musselshell
be created by the Fort Peck dam. Per-
haps. at some future time. If the lake
becomes a resort, old Musselshell may
be revived as q lake town, but too late
for the pioneers to see their dream
realized.