The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-24
SOUTH
 BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

On Thursday evening, the united Americans, headed by George Holmes, met at the Community Hall to discuss plans for the future and to again dedicate their efforts to a better understanding of true Amer icanism. Commander Holmes was the spearhead of the movement that finally resulted in the expulsion of the German American Bund from their campsite in the Kettleton re- zion. This patriot believes that the price of true democracy is eternal vigilence, that various un-Ameri- can and subversive groups are now flooding this land with all types of propaganda, and that the one way to combat Communism and Fas- cism here is to come out fiatfooted for a better American.sr.
 Mir. Holmes has a counterpart in the gentleman from neigh boring town who, when queried as to the meaning of . new zon- ing ordinance, said: "It means. young man. that If ye ain't all right, we don't want vel" And that is as true of America as it Is of Roxbury, Conn.!)
 Mrs. Robert Treat, @ good neigh bor, visited with Joe and Charley Evarts on Squaw Rock Wednesday Friends of Second Selectman Harry Platt were shocked to learn of his hospitalization. MT. Platt is in very critical condition with some type of intestinal disorder.
 Charley Bradley came to town tht other day and recited several new jingles. Perhaps the best-remem. bered Bradley jingle was,
 ''None in Britain is so great
 AS Frank Evarts and his son Note.
 Another new arrival elbowed its way into the Bradley Trailer Camp on Tuesday. Four trailers are now parked there for the win- ter and the camp looks like . mining camp when all the lights are aglow. Some owners of these traiIers have banked the sides with leaves, Yankee fashion. MT. and Mrs. Henry Cassidy spen the week end at the Shortt Earn on Bates Rock.
 Mrs. Gordon Shielke is substi- tuting for Miss Virginia Platt at the historic Bullet Hill school on Main street.
 Pomperaug Valley Garden club 1 again sponsoring a Christmas door way decoration contest with tn usual valuable prizes. Certain defin ite restrictions as to the type o material to be used make 1t neces sary to contact 8 member befor making entry. Mrs. Clarence Stile will furnish all information. Door ways must be ready for judging ol December 20th.
 Bowdagger Harrison always said that his idea of the right kind of where the host stood on the threshold with a brimming pitcher of egg-nog. If more people re- alixed how attractive they might appear, standing in an open door with smile and . cheering mug of what-it-takes for chance visi- tors. almost every door would be open through the holidays.
 Private Warren w. Lewis of Poo tatuck is now 8 full-fledged Unite States marine, attached to a batter of f1ve-inch broadside guns at Pari Island, South Carolina.
 Boundary-slxers are busy again in the Shepaug country. When a New York recently attempted to purchase an isolated lot west of Paradise, volunteers eagerly agreed to assist the agent in securing valuable river frontage to 10 with the dry acreage by simply moving . wire fence. New Workers sakg to water quicker than mink, but when it comes Co changing boundary lines they usually asl E 1-Rmam- ma Ww..n.m~m Mmmw~. Rm~Aw...~.