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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-07-13
GORTNER

A Bible school will open on Monday
morning in the Union church here with
Rev Paul Roth, of Masontown, Pa. as
principal. Among the teaching force
will be Misses Katie and Fannie
Thomas and Cora Hostetler, of Johns
town, Pa, and Miss Grace Miller. of
Springs, Pa.
Mrs. ElwOod Schlossnagle, Mrs. Har
vey Swartzentruber and Mrs. Max
Orendorf and their families celebrated
the birthday anniversaries of the wo-
men named with lunch in Swartzen
truber's grove on Sunday evening.
D. L. Swartzentruber is preparing
his grove at Swan Meadow in readi
ness for the Sanders reunion July %.
Mrs. Roy Sanders and son Carroll,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson, of Cum
berland, and Guy Hardesty, of Grants
vile, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Fulk recently.
Mrs. Anna Bittinger and son Law
renee were in Cumberland and Mey-
ersdale on Saturday.
Mrs. Earl Spoerlein visited in
Wheeling, w. Va, on the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lichty and Mrs.
Jacob SWartzentruber spent Wednes-
day with relatives near Meyersdale.
Mrs Lichty remaining with them for
several days.
Nh and Mrs. Ersel Stocket, of Ohio,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
viii WeIch.
Noah Slabach, who spent several
days in UniontOwn, has returned home
accompanied by his grandson, Robert
Slabach, who will remain here for two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gortner and
Mrs. Anna Bittinger went to Pitts
burgh on Sunday. Mrs. Bittinger is
remaining with her cousin, Mrs Ralph
Edmiston, who underwent a surgical
operation recently. During Mrs. Bit
fingers absence Miss Carrie Sims, of
Underwood, is in charge of the Gort-
ner home.
Harold Hauser, Harold White, Miss
Beryl Gnegy, Miss Grace Gnegy, the
SpOerleins and number of others of
this community, spent the Fourth at
Swallow Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sanders, Mrs Err
nest Gortner, Mrs. Paul Welch and
Mrs. Anna Bittinger attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Dayton Conaway at Bay
ard on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kitzmiller, Asa
Kitzmiller and daughter Mary Ellen
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
Jordan at Dodge on Sunday.
Sunday evening big gray mare
belonging to Simon Swartzentruber
fell in a spring on the farm. The water
virtually covered the animal, it being
six feet deep, and had quite chill be-
fore the fifteen men, summoned to as
sist, could remove her from the pre-
dcament. However, the animal has
now recovered and may yet be what
she used to be.
Miss Virginia Biser, Harrisburg,
Pa, is spending this week with her
parents.
Miss Catherine Miller and daughter
Eunice, Of Springs, Pa, visited Mr..
and Mrs. D. J. Swartzentruber on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eggers, who
were recently on trip through por-
tons of the west, stopped at Arthur,
H., and paid Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon
Slabach a visit.
w. E. Speorlein and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Elwood Schlossnagie and
Noah Slabach attended party given
for Mr.. John Spoerlein at Accident on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Alvin Sewers and son, from
Morgantown, w. Va, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Slabach on Monday.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Sewers and
Mrs. Slabach visited members Of the
Beachy family at Aurora.
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races at Charles Town, w. Va, on
Tuesday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Skidmore and
sons spent Thursday in Cumberland
Mrs. VIM. Z. Durham, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Shoemaker and children were visit
ing in Great Cacapon, w. Va, and
| Cumberland, on Sunday.
Clark Wicklow and family spent the
weekend here with relatives.
Mrs. Smith and grandson, of Frost
burg, spent the past week here with
Mrs. John Williams and other rela-
tives.
Mrs. Kathryn Kendall and daughter,
| Theresa, of near Frostburg, spent Fri
day here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adair Daily were bust
ness callers in Terra Alta on Friday
Aldworth Brown has entered C.M.
&C. for a six weeks course.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orval G. Rush were, Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Lucas and Joane Areford,
/ Cumberland; Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Wat
son and family, Terra Alta; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Reese and daughter, of
Uniontown, and Mrs. Q. l, Hook, of
Friendsville.
Lorraine Frantz, Rush, spent several
days the past week with her aunt,
Mrs. Blaine Frantz.
Hiram HENDERSON is seriously i'll
at his home, having had stroke Of
paralysis several weeks ago.
William Durham, Earl Guard and
Clarence Wicklow were on a fishing
trip near Petersburg, w. Va, over
/ the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Schroyer and
family spent Thursday morning in
| UniontoWn, Pa.
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from a visit to Covington, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Anderson, of
Hamilton, O., were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. U. Stanton over the weekend.
Mrs. Isabelle Brown Hull, public
health nurse, of Hagerstown, is spend
ing this week as the guest of Miss
Ethel Broadwater.
Loretta Yoder returned Sunday
from visiting her grandfather, A. c..
Jeffreys, and aunts, at Addison, Pa,
the past several weeks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-07-13
FRlENDSVILLE
Ladies' Aid

Ladies' Aid
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church held its regular monthly meet
ing in the church basement on Thurs
day, July 6. A lunch was served
after the business meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
Londoners Breathe War Atmosphere
British Capital An Armed Camp
BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Stan Correspondent


 London, July 28.--If there is any truth in those rumors that the Brit ish government stands ready to "ap- pease" Germany still more, the Lon- don T1an-in-the-stre hasn't been made aware of 1t.
 For all he can see, John Bull hasn't relaxed his war preparedness activi- ties one whit. Be ready" is still the slogan of the day.
 For every time John Londoner passes barracks and there are plenty of them in this metropolis-he sees hundreds of young men hard at work drilling.
 Some of them are volunteers for the territorial regiments corre- spending to the American state mili- tia. Still others are the conscripted youths who are being trained for the militia.
 John Londoner may have a house or a flat overlooking big private garden or public park or wide open space forever dedicated to the public and so commonly known sim ply as 6 common"
 Any morning he is apt to wake up, look out of his window and see that the garden or park has sprouted some strange flowers overnight - a group of grim, business-like 3.7 anti aircraft guns.
 Or John Londoner, mindful of the next days work, may try to be asleep by eleven at night. But just when he is climbing into his pajamas, he may hear the roar of bomber plane overhead. Looking out, he will see
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

mountains. prairies, big trees, palms or moss-hung oaks, gorges and canyons, or whatever you expect to see. Then resolve to get good pic. lures of these revealing features.
 If, perchance, you're taking Q cruise to another land, make similar notes of things you'll want to picture the people, national dress, any public festas or celebrations, inter- esting types of architecture, the different" aspects of the country you'll see.
 If you're visiting places of histor. ical interest, or special current in' terest - such as a Worlds Fair - study the literature available, and note down the buildings you'll want to shoot, and other details you'd like to keep in pictures.
 And, on vacation, keep this note. book and your camera busy. Con. centrate on getting pictures that really tell the story of what you saw and did. Don't take general views excluslyely-single ont details that especially interest you, and get cl0se.ups of them. Shoot as many pictures as are necessary to make your vacation record q true "pic. ture diary"
 That's the real way to picture a vacation. Try it--and you'll build up an album to show your friends that ls genuinely worth while; an album to treasure for years.
 John van GuiIdar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
BOARD OF RELIEF
 TO MEET TUESDAY
OAKVIlLE Correspondent: Mae Villa Babin 1877 WatertOwn Avenue

Oakville, July 28 - The Board of Relief for the Oakville Fire District will meet at the South school Tues day evening from TOO p. m. to 800 D. m. (D. s. T.) for the purpose ot listening to complaints the taxpay- CTS of the district may have as re- gards their tax lists that are to be used as basis for the year 1889 Oakville Fire District Tax Collec- tions. Bart Bares, Jacob P. Trecio- kas, c. w. Hungerford and Leo Or sini, clerk, are members of the dis trict committee.
 Briefs
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Gregory of Davenport. Iowa will spend the summer with Mrs. Gregorys parents MT. and Mrs. Clarence D. Fitts of Clematis avneu. MT. Gregory is a student of Dr. Palmer's school.
 MT. and Mrs. Aurele Barre have returned from their wedding trip and will reside in Oakville. Mrs. Barre was formerly Alice Gamache, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Louis Ga- mache of Thompsonville. Mir Bar re is the son of MT. and Mrs. Donat Barre of South Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
MRS. SETH PRATT
 ENTERTAINS CLUB
Philomena Flaherty Takes High Score at Bridge
 Party
LlTCHFIE
 Correspondent: Margaret s. Beckwith

Litchfield, July 27.-One of We'd nesday evenings most delightful so- cial gatherings was the bridge party of three tables given by Mrs. Seth Pratt. Mrs. Pratt's guest of honor was Mrs. Thomas Fleming of Wa terbury. High score was made by Miss Philomena Flaherty. Second end third prizes went, respectively to Mrs. Harry Monaghan and to Mrs John Burke. %
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Fleming are at Deer Island, Bantam Lake, fpr the summer.
 Dr. Clarence w. Mendell of Yale university will be the speaker at the convocation to be held at the Junior Republic Monday morning at Il o'clock. The event will mark the opening of the schools fall term.
 The following Litchfield and Tor Yington residents are chairmen of the N. w. Connecticut Kennel Club Dog Show to be held Saturday aft- ernoon at Litchfield Hills Inn: Dr. J. P. Kilgus, show committe; Lynn Gilbert, grounds; Catherine Con- nelly, entries; Lloyd Case, president of the Kennel club. Two hundred entries are expected. The show will open at 3 o'clock.
 Major and Mrs. John Hayes of New York, are with Mrs. Seth Pratt. Major Hayes is featuring at Colum- bia and other large summer educa- tional centers.
 Louis Aragona has entered the employ of Real Silk. MT. Aragona has brought his infant son to Litch- field during the illness of Mrs. Ara gona at Jersey City, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

Wolcott, July 28.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kosko of Naugatuck were the honor guests at hot dog roast given by Miss Ann and Mary Roz- dilski Sunday att heir home on West street. The couple were pre- sented lamp by those present who were: Mrs. Marcus Wabuda, Mrs Frances Cutten and son Bates of New York, Mrs. Helen Haight and daughter, Sandra, Tessie and Mary Ksynech, Bill Boldish, Peter Sabato, Andy Rozum of Prospect, Evelyn Reich, MT. and Mrs. Frank Kosko of Naugatuck Louis Kosko, Shell ton, MT. and Mrs. Rozdilski, John Moroz and Ann, Helen, Mary Jo- seph, Julia and Tommy Rozdilski
 MT. and Mrs. Howard Lynch of the Woodtick road have as their guest, Miss Marjorie Wilson of Bridge port.
 MT. and Mrs. Jessie Hudson of Naugatuck, Mrs. Sarah Corbett of West Haven and MT and Mrs. Evan der Roots and daughter Marcia, of Morris were Sunday guests of Mir and Mrs. Charles Rogers.
 The road naming committee will meet tonight at the town hall from 2 to 9 o'clock and suggestions for naming roads will be welcome.
 
 Jury List Issued
 The jury list from Sept. l, 1889 to Sept. 1, 1940 for Wolcott has been selected as follows: Benjamin Cowles, Robert Culver Patterson French, Berkley L. Frisbie, Edward Garthwaite. Walter H. Garrigus. Charles D. Gibson, Russell Haywood, William Klitka, John Kruse, Charles Lynch, Louis Mccormack, Clifford Willard, Henry Norton, William P. Ogden, Carl Peterson, Robert Tyler and Robert A. Wakelee.
 Mrs. Elmer Symonds is spending this week at the University of Con- necticut at the farm and home week. Mrs. Charles Rogers and Mrs. Henry Norton spent Thursday there.
 Miss Marjorie Peterson of Spindle Hill is vacationing at Bayview for a week.
 Saturday Is the Excelsior Pomona picnic at Quassapaug. Dinners will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
BY MILES w. VAUGHN United Press Staff COrrespondent)

NObitCu AECoo 6t~AA SVAACoPvhuShp
 New York, July 28. - (UP) - Germany is preparing to start mass production of new type planes which will exceed in speed, arma- ment and gunpower any aircraft in existence, according to Major Alex ander de Seversky who just return ed from an extended tour of Europe.
 Seversky, noted airplane design CT, said he inspected German plane factories with Ernst Udet, World War ace, whom he called the real head" of German military aviation.
 Germans now are retooling plane plants" he said, land they will go into production of new models late next month after the harvest is over. That means they will have a new air force"
 "The Germans lead the world in aviation research" he continued. They have the technical ability, the organization, and the experi- ence to turn out the best planes in the world in mass production" Seversky said he visited number of plane factories in England, France, Germany and Italy, and also conferred with members of the general and air staffs of those coun- tries.
 Flew British Spitfier
 q had an opportunity to fly some of their ships" the aircraft engi- neer declared. Among these were the fastest British pursuit craft, the Spitfire. equipped with Rolls Royce Marlin engine. and an Ital- ian tri-motored bomber equipped with a new and ingenious automatic pilot. Not only did visit their fac- tories, but I also saw the advanced development work in their wind tunneis."
 New German planes. the veteran air expert believed. will mount even
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Seversky Warns Germany Is Ready To Produce New Super War Planes

heavier machine guns than the present 50-caliber quick-firers which proved their destructive power in Spain.
 Britain, Seversky said, will reach maximum production of its present type planes about the time the Ger mans are going to production with their newer and more powerful models.
 The manufacturer said that French airplane production Is lag ging and the French machines are inferior to the Germans and Brit ish.
 German plane production had practically ceased when he went through the factories, he said. and workers had been released for the harvest. He believed Germany will have ample food stores to last through war.
 Soviet Planes Obsolete"
 The designer, former Czarist Russian army officer and wartime flier but for many years an Amer ican citizen, dismissed Soviet Rus sias air force as lover rated" Soviet planes, he said, are copies of American models already partly out-of-date.
 Japan, he believed, has an effi- cient air force but lags behind the great powers because of the insist ence on using all Japanese planes.
 Seversky warned Amerlcansagains under estimating Germans military ability.
 We are falling into a dangerous state of mind." he said. when we try to dsimiss Adolf Hitler as a joke and Germany as a nation which exists on imitation materials.
 T flew many of the present Ger man military planes." he said, and while substitute metals and other materials are used tn their con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

ZACH of us, at some time or other, G has kept diary. Have you thought of using your camera for this purpose? It's good idea at any time, but now. at vacation time, 1t has especial point.
 ! Look back over your vacations for the past few years. How good q picture story of each vacation did you get? Does your picture album show all the things you did -- all the interesting spots you visited - the fun your group had? Or Is the record rather spotty, and the pic lures too much alike?
 Chances are, you missed many opportunities. Perhaps you ran short of film-that's common mis- take of vacationers. But. more likely you shot your vacation pictures without a definite plan. You didn't outline a story for your vacation pictures to tell.
 For this years vacation, here's a better method. As you map out your vacation plans. jot down picture pos abilities in notebook---one small enough to keep with you. Note down the things you want to remember packing. departure. points of in- terest en route to your destination. things you will do each day after you arrive.
 If you're taking . motor tour, also note down in advance the inter- esting or different f.ssttures of the aounfry through which you will pass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
COUPLE FITTED AT DUNES CLUB
Mir. and Mrs. Edward Car. mOdy Were Luncheon
 Guests in K. l.
MIDDl lEBURY Correspondent: Eleanor Read
 Telephone 6-OO32

Mir. and Mrs. Edwasd Carmody of Middlebury were honored at a luncheon given by Mrs. Carmody's sister, Mrs. Thomas Ewing, Jr., of New York, early this week at the Dunes club at Narragansett Pier, R. l.
 Miss Kassa Coe who has been at the Waterbury hospital for an ap- pendectomy is now convalescing al the home of her mother, Mrs. Cor don Hurlbut in Middlebury.
 MT. and Mrs. Francis J. Merkle of Middlebury announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Emma to Alfred w. Falck, son of MT. and Mrs. John V. Falck, of Mobile, Ala. Miss Merkle is @ graduate of Crosby high school and of St. Luke's hos pitaly school of nursing in New York city.
 MT. Falck is a graduate of Mo- bile high school and of the Georgia School of Technology. He is an as- sociate member of the John V. Falck & Son Co.,, of Mobile. The wedding will take place next We'd nesday, August 2nd at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York city.
 Miss Margaret E. Stokes of Mid- dlebury recently entertained at 8 bridge and personal shower for her sister, Miss Helen M. Stokes, who is being married tomorrow to Charles J. Greens, Jr., of Amsterdam N. Y. Eight guests were present.
 Mrs. Charles H. Upson. Jr., was a recent visitor in Manchester, Vt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

struction the Germans have been clever enough to utilize their sub- stitutes in such way that their planes are better than any others capable of being delivered on a mass production basis"
 September Danger Month
 If a general European war comes this year 1t probably will start in September and Germany is likely to show superiority in the air as well as on land. Seversky predicted.
 However, he believes that war is not likely because of Germany's superiority in the air.
 Despite Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's declarations I doubt that Britain will go to war over Danzig," Seversky said. "The Brit ish Prime Minister does not want war and neither do the rulers of Nazi Germany. My guess would be that Germany eventually will get Danzig by peaceful means.
 But if war does come 1t will come when Hitler wants 1t to start. He will not let the British and French choose their own time.
 And Hitler will be ready for war in September.
 Germany Relies on Air Power
 q say that because believe Ger many depends largely on her air strength. The Germans believe air power will be @ deciding factor in any great general struggle that de- velops."
 The Italian aviation industry is behind that of Britain and the United States. Seversky found. and Italian planes are "needlessly conn plicated."
 seversky fought through the World War as a Russian flyer. lost a leg in q plane accident and es- capped from Russia during the Bol- shevik revolution by way of Siberia and China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

New York, July 28-(UP)-Stocks drifted irregularly lower in quiet dealings today. Encouraging second quarter reports of General Motors and Bethlehem Steel corporations failed to bring new demand.
 There was no real selling pressure, but sufficient ofit-taking orders developed to give the list an easy tone.
 Bethlehem opened 1000 shares at GA B., up 3-4, lost the gain and then steadied at GA Ia, up 1-8. General Motors held a 1-8 point advance at 48 5-8. Chrysler slipped of more than a point, but halved its loss at mid session, while U. s. Steel had 8 minor fractional decline after int tial firmness.
 Burlington Mills, Celanese, Cleve-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
Lamp Given Koskos
 At Hot Dog Roast
Naugatuck Couple Guests of Rozdilski Sisters-Road
 Naming Committee Meets Tonight
WoLCoTT

be served at 1:30 o'clock in the pavilion.
 Week end guests of MT. and Mrs Philip Duhaime of Woodtick road were: MT. and Mrs. Paul Rouillard and Mrs. Leonard Price of New York city and Miss Bertha Butler of Philadelphia.
 Home from New Jersey
 Mrs. Bella MacMillin and her daughter, Miss Katherine MacMil- lin of the County road have re- turned from a visit with MT. and Mrs. Edward Cortese of Clifton, N J. 't.....-
 John Mulholland and children Marie. Helen and Daniel and Miss Florence Galbreth of Brooklyn, N Y, are at their cottage on Brooks Hill.
 There will be a band concert to- night from 8 to 10 o'clock by the Wolcott fire departments band, on the lot at the firehouse on Central avenue. ,...
 The Wolcott Grange softball team was defeated by the Oxford Grange team at Oxford, Wednesday night after hard fought game, the score being 18-17.
 Mrs. E. M. Stanley of Waterbury and son William A. Stanley. are stay- ing at the Holcomb cottage on Bar kers terrace for two weeks.
 Miss Dorothy Tyler has returned from two weeks spent at South Hero, Vt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy of Waterbury, vice president and George Van Schaick of New York, secretary and treasurer.
 Judge McEvoy and Attorney Michael V. Blansfield, the only two Waterburians in the class, at- tended the meeting. Resolutions were adopted, calling for the gen. eral reunion. Out of a class of 85, there were 55 responses to re- union queries, and 22 attended the meeting.
 MT. Van Schaick is former in- surance commissioner of the State of New York, and currently is vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
VOICES GRATITUDE
 FOR COOPERATION

Thanks to the Waterbury police department, Boy Scouts, Station WATR, Station WTIC for their CO., operation In the search for his wife last weekend, were expressed today by Louis s. Hendricksen, of 109 Monmouth avenue. MT. Hendrick- sen in a visit to The Democrat office also expressed appreciation to MT and Mrs. Thomas Kelly of Water- vile, who recognized his wife in the Sprague school yard Sunday night, thus ending two days search.
 Mrs. Hendricksen. an amnesia victim, was taken to the Waterbury hospital, and sent home under care of Q nurse. She is resting comfort ably and is now much improved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28

Naugatuck, Conn, July 28.- Rev. and Mrs. Arthur P. Lewis of St. Michaels Episcopal church will leave Monday on their annual vaca- ton. They plan to spend August in the northern part of Maine. Rev, Richard Baxter of Sandy Hill road, Middlebury, will be in charge of the parish in the absence of the rector, Rev MT. Lewis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
Stocks Drift Lower 7
 In Irregular Market
More Encouraging Business Reports Fail to Produce
 Demand-NO Selling Pressure Seen

land Graphite Bronze, United Mer
 chants & Manufacturer, Julius Kay, ser, Midland Steel Products and Pub lie Service of New Jersey met selec1 tive buying which lifted them to new 1889 highs. A. M. Byers pre- ferred ran up 6 points to . new top at 72.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
FAIR CONTRACTORS
 WANT "DOUGH'

New York, July 29. - (UP) - A committee representing the con- tractors who built a major part of the World of Tomorrow meets with officials of the New York Worlds Fair today to inquire when they're to be paid.
 A spokesman for the contractors declined to comment on reports that $l2,000,000 still was due them, but added: "It's lot of money, though. ' Representatives of the construction firms met last night to discuss fair
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-28
WARNINGS RECEIVED

Tientsin, July 28-(UP)-Britons living outside the foreign concession area received letters signed Blood and Iron Corps" today warning tlem to evacuate within one month or suffer dire consequences. The letters were written in Pidgin Eng lish. British residents had been warned anonymously yesterday to get out of Tangku and Taku, the ports of Tientsin, within month.