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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
STRANGER THAN FICTION

ILlVcG llcdUS OIL LIE OUTSIDE u
large airliners produce enough
wind resistance at top speed to
necessitate $50 additional horse
power.
"A United States pure food
law states that dried fruits must
not contain more than one in
sect to each nine pieces. Ac-
cording to another law, dried
apples cannot contain more
than "a per cent water.
OPTICIANS estimate that about
1,410.000.000 different lenses
would be required to correct all
the defects possible to the hu-
man eye.
The average useful life of a
modern machine gun barrel is
1000 seconds and according tc
statistics compiled during the
World War, a member of a ma
chine gun crew has an average
life of 90 seconds.
Enough boards to build a ten
foot fence around the WorlC
could be cut from the 250.000.OO(
trees which were damaged OF
felled last autumn by the New
England hurricane.
{ Potatoes have been produced
experimentally in various col
ors such as red, blue, purple
and yellow. Not to be OutdOne
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09
DANCE FURNISHES
HALLOWEEN FUN

A free dance was given for
the high school students in the
junior high school gymnasium
on Halloween night.
Dancing started at eight
o'clock and continued until
eleven. Many students ,Tere IL
attendance.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-11-09

The F. F. A. picture OF the
Junior Fair was sent to the Sid
ney chapter, where it rAlll be
shown.
The local CHAPTER has its new
treasurer and secretary's books,
as we'll as a new scrap BOOK.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Yellow in Dinina Room

A dining room Of pleasant dignity
has walls and beamed ceiling paint
ed white, . rug OF lemon yellow and
draperies Of hand-woven yellow wool
The furniture is of bleached oak In
natural finish. The open shelves OF
the hanging cupboard hold yellow,
green and white china while COL
orful plates are attached fiat against
the wall around it.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Gutter Outlet Kept Free
OF Leaves by Wire

This is the season of the year
when falling leaves are almost GER
tain to clog up cutters and down.
spoats, preventing the passing of
of rain and melting snow.
An accumulation of leaves or rub
bish in the gutter may stop up the
opening of the downspout and cause
water to back up and flow over the
edge. This overflow may cause con-
siderable damage if the cutters are
built into the cornice so that the
water finds its way down inside the
walls of the house. Unsightly
streaks and stains on the exterior
wall surfaces result If the overflow
Is not stopped.
To prevent leaves and other refuse
from being washed into the down.
spout it is advisable to place wire
basketlike strainer over the gutter
outlet. Strainers are usually kept
In stock by hardware dealers and
are inexpensive. Even though there
Evening star., 1939-11-18

be no stoppage or overflow, 1t is
best to keep the cutters clean, since
rotting leaves If allowed to remain
will cause the metal to corrode
and eventually leak. Fine ash and
dirt should be removed regularly.
Cinders in contact with the metal
will set up corrosive action. When
dirt Of this kind is removed the
gutter should be flushed out with
clean water to remove any trace Of
acid.
1t is also essential that unusually
heavy snow and ice be removed
from cutters in order to facilitate
roof drainage and to guard against
damage to the gutter or it's fasten-
ings by the excessive weight of such
masses. The life of cutters and
downspouts may be extended con-
siderably by occasionally painting
them with good grade of metal
paint.
Evening star., 1939-11-18
Thinner Insulation
SimpIifies Rewriting
Old Power Conduits
More Gables Can
Be Placed in Space,
Increasing Capacity

Modernlza ton of commercial
buildings should gain new impetus
as a result of a recent study by
the Wiring Committee of Edison
Electric Institute which the insti-
tute is releasing in booklet form.
The booklet, Commercial and
Industrial Building Rewriting Mar
ket," describes methods and ma
terials which greatly simplify re-
wiring operations at an appreciable
reduction in cost.
The need for rewiring many COM
mercial buildings erected even with
IN the last decade is due to the
rapid increase in the use of cleo
tricity for higher nghting intensi-
ties, for air conditioning and venti-
laung, and for the operation of
many pieces of Office machinery and
equipment. These new develop
ments require more electric cur
rent than the original wiring in
Stallatlons were designed to carry
Unless these wiring systems can be
modernlzed and brought up to date
the buildings cannot compete ad-
vantageously in the rental market
against buildings which offer mod
ern wiring installations.
Wiring in these buildings is car
rled through ConduitS usually con-
cealed or buried in masonry. In
most cases these conduits are al
ready fully loaded, so that no more
wires can be added Heretofore
the only solution has been to tear
out these old conduitS and replace
them with larger ones. This has
meant opening walls, ceilings and
floors, cutting through concrete and
masonry, and other structural work
expensive in itself and expensive TO
repair afterwards. This high cost
OF Installing new and larger con-
dultS has been largely responsible
for the lag in wiring modernization.
one reason why present conduitS
leave no space for more wires is
that the heavy insulation which sur
rounds and protects the copper wire
lakes up far more space than the
wire itself. Engineers and manufac-
turers have now developed thinner
lnsulations which are just as eff
clent, yet reduce the overall dia-
meter of the covered wires approXi-
mately 35 per cent. This makes it
possible to install more wires in the
same conduit simply by withdraw
ing the old-type insulated wires and
installing the new "thin-wall" type,
The costly replacement of the con-
duits is eliminated, and much less
time is required for the compile
tion of the work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21

and Mrs. Marshal Broadwater and
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Wilhelm.
Allen Broadwater spent Monday
evening with Harold and Cecil Fike.
Harold Grove was on the sick list the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Miller and chill
dren and Mrs. Laura Broadwater, Mr..
and Mrs. Upton Mcfarland, of Frost
burg, spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen burst and chill
dren, Mrs. June Mckenzie and baby
were supper guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fike and baby.
David Lewis, Misses Mabel and Freda
Broadwater, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Robson and Jerald Wilhelm spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Fike.
Orville Stark and family spent
Sunday in New Germany with rela-
tives.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lemuel Garlitz at the Allegany
hospital, Cumberland, on Sunday
morning and died Tuesday morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Representatives of Sportsmen's
Organizations Get Together

Fifty sportsmen, representing
twenty-eight Western Maryland
sportsmen's organizations, met last
Sunday afternoon at Cumberland for
a get-together meeting.
An address by Fulcher P. Smith,
member of the State game commits,
sion, in which he voiced hope for even
tual unifcation of all conservation
activities, featured the session.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
Christmas Gard

Today l received a Christmas card
from my uncle, who is past his 85th
year. Besides the usual greeting he
added, "Be good and you'll be happy
but you won't have much fun"
After IS years, and he thinks you
can't have much fun and be happy.
guess it depends upon what kind of
fun is fun.
Mr.. NJ. R. Frantz, Fairmont, W. Va,
has just paid his subscription account
to June l, 1910. He has been a regular
subscriber since the fall of 1896, a
total of 43 years. "How is that for
sticking?" he asks.
l would say that is sticking better
than the stickingest leech. Better
even than LePage's Glue. Course, he
had something good to stick to.
Friends of Kay Offutt have had
quite a time kidding" her about her
sheep dog, which is about as big as a
young horse-almost. Anyway hus-
band Ed says he would just as soon
have COW in the barn-that the COW
at least would give milk.
$40
One year ago it was said the Com
munity building project had been APP
proved by WPA, leaving only the sane,
ton of the citizens of Oakland yet TO
obtain. That sanction was obtained
later in municipal election, by vote
of more than three to one.
That particular project has been de,
layed by prices for land, and construc-
ton details with the WPA.
But the fact remains that the people
overwhelmingly favored a community
building. If it is not to be built with
WPA, why can it not be worked out
another way? The necessity and de-
sire are still with US.
1t is hard to realize what must pos
sess people who deliberately plan to
tear down what well-meaning public
spirited citizens have labored to create
and maintain.
In other years it has been the theft
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21

of Christmas bulbs from curb trees.
This continued for several years until
this year the town decided to decorate
in other ways that would remove the
temptation from the vandals.
This year we have something just
as bad, if not worse.
Somebody has removed several pine
trees from the hotel hill, near the ball
park, which were planted several years
ago by high school students in assist
ing members of the Oakland Civic
Club to beautify the towns bare and
unsightly spots.
What the motive leading to this de-
struction is, is hard to imagine. 1t looks
like just plain cussedness on the part
of the guilty person.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21

Other speakers included Jonathan
Sleeman, Frostburg; Harry C. Ed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-21
AVILTON

We are enjoying real spring weather
at this writing.
James Green and daughter enter
tanned Saturday evening with a sur
prise birthday party in honor of Mrs.
Green's birthday. Mrs. Green received
many useful gifts. Games were
played by the young people, and re-
freshments were served.
Rev. and Mrs. Brendlinger were
guests at the Jesse Merrill home and
had dinner at the Fike home on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Robson and son
of Frostburg, spent Sunday here with
his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mckenzie, of
Grantsville, spent Sunday with Mr..
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
TEXAS WOMEN
WILL ATTEND THE
GARDEN TOUR

One hundred Texas women will at
tend the Sixth Annual House and Gar
den Tour, it was announced today by
Mrs. H. Rowland Clapp, Chairman of
the Maryland Garden Pilgrimage Com
mittee of the Federated Garden Clubs
of Maryland. Mrs. Clapp in making
the announcement said:
"This is the first time in the his
tory of the House and Garden Tours
that such large delegation has come
from such a far distant state. At
tendance during the Pilgrimages has
increased each year since the first
one was held in 1880. It is note
worthy that The Tours have attracted
large numbers of persons who are not
garden club members. Needless to
say, we are delighted that the Lone
Star State has given, Maryland the
place of honor in the states to be Wis
tied this spring, and Maryland will
live up to it's tradition of Southern
hospitality"
Among the many places to be>visit-
ed by those participating in the House
and Garden Tour will be such famous
houses and gardens as Evergreens,
home of former ambassador and Mrs.
John w. Garrett; and Kernwood,
home of Mrs. Miles White, Jr., with
it's priceless collection of antiques and
gardens Of century-old lockwood.
Show places in the twelve counties
in the State of Maryland will be Wis
tied, not only by Garden Club MEM
bers but by the public as well. Fea-
tured in the Tours are examples of
architecture, interior decoration and
gardens not to be seen by the public
at any other period of the year.
All funds derived from these tours
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
PETITION CONTESTS ELEC-
TON AT ST. MICHAELS, MD.

Judge William Mason Shehan, OF
Talbot County Circuit Court, signed
an order Monday giving Town Com
misisoners of st. Michaels until April
20 to answer a petition contesting the
legality Of the April 8 election.
The order also restrained George
Carey, winner of the election, from
acting as Commissioner, pending set
Element of the elections legality.
A bill passed by the recent Legisla-
ture and signed by the Governor re-
ducd the number of commissioners
from five to three and stipulated that
only taxpayers should have voting
privileges
On April 1 the commissioners cir
culated a petition stating they believ-
ed the bill limiting voting to tax
payers was unconstitutional and that
everyone would be allowed to vote to
provide test of the law.
Carey, the incumbent, was elected
by eighty-nine votes over j. W. M,
Shockley, Sidney Orem and B. 81.
Hope, local businessmen who support
ed Shockley, led the group contesting
the election and z. B. Stafford was
employed as counsel.
The petition asked that Carey be
restrained from acting as commission
er until the Circuit Court passes on
the legality of the election.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21

tired locally, four have moved to 9TH
er sections and three have passed a.
way.
At the home coming celebration on
the 18th it is expected that former
members of the Club from New York
state to Florida will be in attendance.
There are 40 ex-members living and
the Club now has SO on its active roll.
No details of the program have
been announced but it is understood
that elaborate plans are under way to
make the anniversary party one Of the
outstanding ones on the calendar Of
the Club.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21

mittee, headed by G. L. Webster, first
President of the Club, say that they
are expecting around IS to be present.
Included among the guests will be
Hon. Frank LEM, of Newport News,
and Judge John Weymouth, of Hamp-
ton, Rotarians who were primarily in
strumental in organizing the Cape
Charles Club.
The Committee on arrangements is
composed of the five charter members
of the Club who are now active, Guy
Webster, ]. R. Parsons, ]. M. Lynch,
Otto Lowe and J. w. Wilson; of the
other eleven members three have re-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
$4,000 FIRE WRECKS
GEORGETOWN, BAKERY

One of the most disastrous fires
that Georgetown has experienced in
% years occurred recently when the
plant of Hudson, Inc, one of the larg-
est baking plants between Philadel-
phia and Richmond, Va, was almost
totally destroyed, entailing a loss of
about $4,000. The origin of the fire
is unknown, but there is belief it is
said, on the part of the officers, that
it might have been Of incendiary orig
In.
Anthony L. Hudson, general man
ager and proprietor, together with
Mrs. Hudson are said to have been in
Philadelphia at the time. He knew
nothing of the fire until informed by
long distance telephone. The fire was
discovered by Joseph Holson, night
Waterman for Layton, Inc, about a
block away. Immediately an alarm
was gigven to the firemen, who within
short time responded to the call.
Rushing to the scene they soon ascer-
tanned that one engine was not suffi-
Gent to cope with the situation and
within a short time second engine
was called into play. For half an
hour, with six big streams of water
playing on the flames, they seemed
to make but little progress.
Finally a call was sent to Milton
and frankfort firemen for assistance.
They responded within a short time.
After battling with the flames with
ten heavy streams of water they fl
nally subdued them and saved the ad-
joining properties.
The firemen had to contend with
hundreds Of pounds Of lard and but
ter within the plant. This was used
in making cakes and pies. When it
became afire it caused from time to
time, an inferno.
Records disclose that in 1921 the
plant was burned; but it was rejuve-
mated and became one Of the outstand-
ing bakeries on the Delmarva PENN
sula. 1t is intimated that within a
short time it may be rebuilt.
Work of rebuilding started last week
It is to be larger with an output al
most double.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
CAPE CHARLES ROTARIANS
TO HOLD ANNIVERSARY

Members of the Cape Charles Ro.
tary Club are planning to hold an
anniversary and home coming celebra-
ton on April 28th in observance of
the fifteenth anniversary of the found
ing Of the Club. The meeting will be
held at $3.50 o'clock in the Chesapeake
Hotel, in Cape Charles.
Invitations have been extended to
all former members of the club to be
present for the occasion and the COM
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT, pocoMoKE CITY, MARYLAND

are used for the preservation of Co
lonial Annapolis. Among the pro-
jects undertaken through the fund is
the restoration of the Hammond ar-
wood House, which was visited by
Sir Anthony Eden on his recent visit
to America.
The Tour begins April 18th at 10
A. NJ, and ends each day at P. M.
continuing through May 2. Full in
formation may Be obtained from the
Headquarters of the Federated Gar
den Clubs of Maryland, Belvedere
Hotel, Baltimore.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
BOOK REVIEWS
OF FAYORITES
FOR THIS MONTH

The EditOrS'S Cholce Tor AprlI 10
John Steinback's "The Grapes OF
Wrath" Mr.. Francis Ludlow has
this to say about it: 1.-THE Grapes OF
Wrath" may offend you, for it uses
the abrupt, uncensored, coarse talk OF
working men. It will horrify you and
depress you. But it will give you
deem admiration for the logged cour-
are of men and women. 1t will, l
bel;eve. give you a new understand
ing of people who fight existence IN
a world totally unlike your own. And
l think you will never forget it.
II has more power than "Of Mice
and Men" It is grimmer and harder
vet with just as much compassion
and tenderness. 1t is the book OF a
man stirred so angry, that he is quiet;
with a terrible simplicity and SINGER
;tv he writes of the bitter wrong done
to mankind.
california may not like this book,
because it tells how industrial 1ruit
growers and fruit Gamers have turn
ed that beautiful state into a false
p.radise. Critics call Steinback red'
a communist, an agitator, but ne IS
none of these-just man enraged at
the greed and brutality of corpora
tons which hide behind their anany-
nifty.
"The Grapes of Wrath" tells OF one
family of "Oies", tenant farmers OF
Oklahoma, who try to earn food ana
shelter in California. 1t tells OF
$4,000 men, women and children,
without homes, almost penniless, har-
ried by police and frightened towns
folk, exploited by greedy employers
occasionally driven into fierce retalia-
ton. The people are real. They
laugh and joke-when they can. They
have their little vanities. They have
their sturdy faults. They are ready
to work, if only they are given the
chance. But, warns Steinbeck, their
wrath is steadily growing; sooner or
later, unless some measures of redress
are taken; sooner or later they will
rise. This book / recommend to you
for April. No matter what else you
read, read it." The above is the
ouinion of Mr.. Francis Ludlow, Edi-
tor.
"The Heroes, by Aillen Brand, is
a less intense book than the authors
"Ihe Outward Room'". It tells of
George Burley, one-armed veteran,
and his life in a soldiers home. The
events are unsensational, the little
things that mean SO much in mems
lives = encouragement, WEAKNESS,
flashes of hope. George Burley knows
them all, but at last leaves the home
with the girl he loves. It is very
fine book in its quiet way.
Just the opposite of Heroes" is
"Christ in Concrete, by Pietro di Do
nato. There is nothing quiet about
this book; there is nothing finished
about It. It deals with death in blood
curdling detail. It's style is uneven.
Words occasionally are used to mean
things they do not mean. But the
book has tremendous vitality. Brief
" it is the story of Paul, boy OF
twelve, who becomes bricklayer to
support his mother and her numerous
children after their father has died
horribly. It tells with passionate
nlEerest and sincerity Of the work OF
italian workmen, their work, their
play, their feasts and their fights.
Christ in Concrete" is not book
for people with queasy stomachs, but
it has enough strength to make It's
0wn way.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-21

A CLASSIFIED AID GETS GOOD
RESULTS.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

with deep longing. of the Mediterranean Room
Why, kiddo they'd soak you weeks pay
for ham sandwich and cup of coffee up
there" he said
She hated the term, "kiddo," in the first
place. In the second. she could see that he was
like the Others - not even curious about this
fascinating world where men wore dinner
jackets and the conversation was cultured and
sparkling. Il mean, Id just like to look at the
place." she said. wistfully. Il mean - at the
people, too"
He was hopeless That reminds me" he
said. The lowna Canoe Club is throwing
about it,
She snapped. MOI" angrily Later she was
sorry because she didn't have anything to do
Friday night. She was even angrier at Sid then,
because he made her lose her temper and spoil
an evening.
Once it occurred to her that. at least she
could walk into the Harden House lobby and
look at it. Anybody could. But. when she men,
toned it to Sid he said. NIX. better not
Why not?' she demanded
Then she learned that, working here. she was
farther than ever from the other world of the
Harden House Because engineering employees
were strictly forbidden from using the lobby. 1t
was against the rules to 60 there, or even to
step into the bar for drink. Only the front
office crew was allowed to come in contact with
the guests The front Office crew and few.
like Sid who might show themselves to fix
light plumbing fixture. or lock-
She smouldered at this injustice. "Ill walk
in if feel like it."
"Okay - only don't get caught" said Sid.
That reminds me - what are you doing this
Friday night"
He was, obviously hopeless Once he met
Fred Melvin - had to fix up bedlight for the
star. But it didn't mean anything to him.
What did he say?" she asked, eagerly.
He just said hello. and said hello" Sid
said
Il mean what's he lke?"