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Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-07-27
Letters to 6dttor
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In reading "Aeditationsn in the COoPERATOR Of
this week, was struck by two statements contained
theretn-Q) "OrthodGey princi pie Of action or
standard Of belief is obsolete and deadW and (2)
"Persoa1 jsa ement (enl1ghtened by all the WISDOM
past and present, Hn nch it to its aid) Is
on the throne, and wil1 remain there~.
As read, recall another statement made by the
PRESIDENT OF the Ameri can Association for the kd
vancenent OF Sd nce, at a meeting in Pa1o Alto.
California, that must accept cruelty lust, COW
These qualities "bioloca1ly useful" and there
fore good Here is personal judgment" enunciati
q principle of action--crue1 acti cns lustful ac-
t1ons, selfish actions, good because "biolodo-
ally usefu1". Since this gentleman Is the presi-
dent of such learned Association, and q distine-
mshed scientist may presume his upersona1 jude-
nant" is backed by thought, m sdon, experiment.
that cruelty and sci fishess good because bio
logically necessary for the German "race". Are then
oW President and those who with him would nstop
Hitler" but "ortaodox bullies"; Is the nrealim of
the argument" of the Secretary Of State in this mat
ter purely pipedream"? The rapist, backed by the
wisdom Of the President Of the A.A. AS. forms q
Hper sonal judgment" to the biological necessity
Lies" when hang him? Many have formed "per sonal
judgment, backed by wise of all ages, that Cod
Is our Father; "orthodox bulliesn when wa
"sound1y cri ticze" the nperhaps, unorthodC opnonm
Of the Conmuni st who attacks our Father?
feel the Reverend Pastor of the Community
Church would abso1ve all in the cases stated Of the
charge Of "orthodox bu1lying". However his princi-
pies that, "orthodoy Is absolute and personal judg
ment is on the throne" may easily lead to anarchy.
I am afraid the Reverend Pastor, in his Meditation,
nodded quite q bit.
j. E. Bargae
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-07-27
MRS. HARVEY VINCENT BETTER

Mrs. Harvey L. Vincent, wife Of Greenbe1t's Town
Engineer, WHO spent week in the hospital recently,
is home now and doing nicely.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14
OPPORTUNITY TO ENLIST
US. Navy Recruiting Station, Phil
adelphia, Receiving Applications

Information has been received
by the U. S. Navy Recruiting Sta
tioa, Room 1000, u S. Custom
House, End and Chestnut Streets,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of a
change in the requirements for en-
listment in the Navy This has
been done in order to increase the
enlisted strength of the Navy The
age limits for First EnlistmentS
are now 18 and under 81 Ex-
member of the Army, Marine
Corps, and Coast Guard with cred
liable discharges Cby reason of ex-
piration of term of enlistment or
convenience of Government) may
be accepted for first enlistment in
the Navy even though they have
been out of service over three
months. provided they are under 35
years of age.
EnIistments have also been open
ed to men with previous naval SER
vice who are under 35 years of
age.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

has returned home.
Miss Annie Holden has returned
from visit to West Chester.
Miss Annie Kienle, of Whining
ton, is visiting her sister Mrs. Will
liam M Lewis.
Samuel Buchanan, of Port Penn,
is home for some time with his
mother.
Mrs. Martin Thawley, of Center
vile, Md, is visiting Mrs. Joseph
Stevenson.
Mrs. S. A. Fowler is visiting rel
atives in Smyrna.
Miss Blanch Depew, of Philadel-
phia, is the guest Of Miss Lizzie
Fell.
Miss Ida Lof1and, of Milford, is
visiting relatives in this town and
vicinity.
George Carter, of Dover, spent
Sunday in Smyrna and made a call
at this office Monday morning.
Miss Mollie M. Smith and John
F. Salisbury of Dover, made a
short visit to friends on Sunday.
Rev. H. c. Thompson, son of Rev
H. S. Thompson, is visiting rela-
tives in town.
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high in the air and -ered acz
the landscape 50 thu. here an /.
spoil banks to p 5sck 10 Il
pond.
In the case of the mosquito d
troll work located j lover I4
ware, the dynamite expert !
down one row of holes in E12l
known as the post hole ne:ta
loaded each OF them with thtrr /
forty pounds Of dynamite; col-s
ed all the holes n series; and tz
them electrically in one shot II
method is adopted when the g1a
is dry. Here again the dir =
thrown clear of the proposed pr
The excavated place was qdG
filed with water and Eorfss
and suitable pond Of the s;s :
quired resulted.
The speed with which dyRSa
car>be put down to blast pcnds y
bitches and the accuracy %
which it works is always su-prsz
Explosives experts have de7ssr
the technique, however, to sci
point that thousands Of nils |
bitches have been BLASTED I
cleaned out for drainage pupS
throughout the country.
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PERSONALS

Mr.. Henry Harris, an old friend
during his residence in California,
made him visit Of several days
last week. Mr. Harris was on his
way home from Europe where he
had been with his family to see the
Paris Exposition and other objects
Of interest, and took a run down to
Delaware to see his old friend
while they took Chicago in for a
resting spell
William Shurmerhorn and bride,
of Attica, Indiana, are guests of
the family of A. L. Hudson. While
on their wedding trip they are Wis
iting some of the brides friends in
Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wiltbank, of
Milton, are visiting her brother in
this town, the Messrs. Hudson.
Mrs. Lillian Cloak, who has been
spending the summer with friends
in Pennsylvania, has returned
home
Maurice Collins, of Camden, ~
j., and John Mustard and Walter
Carrow, of New York, are visiting
their Smyrna friends and relatives.
Miss Clara Loper, of Whining
ton, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jam
es G. Robinson.
Miss Maggie Hazel, of Whining
ton, is the guest of Mrs. Laura
Voshell.
Clarence Raymond spent the last
two or three days at Port Deposit,
Md.
Miss Annie Hammen, Of SWedes-
borough, ~ J., is visiting William
ID. Hudson near town.
Hebron Benson, of Wilmington,
is visiting his parents at the Light
House.
w. H Janney and family, Miss
Flo Gootee, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ed.
Hoffecker, E. @. FAIRIES, ]. S. Gear
hart, Miss Tillie Foreman, Ebert
1edTudII dLu INdlpu ~. I1OIt1hSIs \
are spending the week in Balti-
more in attendance of the Exposi-
ton.
Miss Lydia Porter, Mrs. Herman
Roe and Master George Roe, are
visiting friends ia West Philadel-
phia
Mrs. Walker and daughter, Mrs.
Barley Fox, have been visiting
Smyrna the past week, guests of
Mr.. A. j. Porter.
Miss Nettie Waugh, of Stanton,
va, arrived last evening from At
lantic City on visit to her Smyr-
ma friends, guest Of Mrs w H.
Baggs.
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Dame of
Danville, Va, are visiting their
son, Rev. @. w. Dame of this town
Thomas Mccoy, Jr.. who has
been in New York for the past six
weeks learning artistic tailoring,
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

DYNAMITE has been used to
II create synthetic earthquakes"
to locate oil deposits; to rough out
massive figures for heroic sculp-
lures on mountain sides; to stop
floods and break up ice jams; to
save navigation by re emovin g
wrecks; and in great many other
ways-in addition to it's big job of
getting out coal, rock and metals SO
that the country can go about its
work of building roads, erecting
skyscrapers and constructing auto
mobiles
Now come reports of new uses.
This time they are of blasting ponds
for a frog ranch and of building
reservoirs for fish so they can sur
vive long droughts and continue to
eat larvae in mosquito control work.
Ponds ranging in length from
forty to seventy-five feet, twenty
feet in width and ten feet in depth
recently have been blasted in one
shot 4 series of five of these large
ponds was snCt in Maryland where
the construction of a frog ranch
has been completed. This frog
ra2ch intends TO ship 100000 frogs
% market each year. 1t has to have
ponds fC= them Il breed, to feed,
and to mature. If conditions are
favorable and the bullfrog stock
is good, each frog viii spawn
10000 eggs a year.
Naturally, the place selected for
these frogs to live was in a marsby
damp spot where conditions were
to their liking. The locality, how
ever, was flied with stumps, rotting
logs, tan&le1 roots and other de
hris which made it impossible to
zig the ponds by hand and likewise
made it iSnpracticable to employ
machinery
Dynamite was called in to aid
and new blasting methods devel-
oped by experts were employed
1t was found possible to shoot"
the ponds in the size required at a
minimum of expense and labor.
The plan employed at the frog
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

ed with all kinds Of geraniums,
which grow like large shrubs. We
have the almond trees hanging now
full of almonds almost ripe enough
to eat. The fig, the banana, the
olive, the grapevine, the pomgran-
ate and all kinds of vegetables. We
live in a beautiful Moorish house
built SO entirely different from our
style Of building that you could
not comprehend it, full of pointed
arches, supported by marble col
ums. They have marble floors, and
porcelain walls, fiat terraced roofs
enclosing courts where marble bas-
ins with flowing water. Their
houses are charming and SO cool in
summer that you do not feel the
heat as in America. When the
Sirocco blows, we stay all day in
the house, and keep quite cool. It
never lasts more than twenty-four
hours. But when it blows upon
you it feels like hot sand thrown
upon you. I have never felt it but
twice, and then as it had been
rather cool before it came we all
enjoyed it. We ride on horseback
or in carriages everywhere that the
French have posts for troops We
see often at the foot Of our garden
the wild Arabs with their camels,
mules and war horses. They are
very strange in their cosumest, but
their faces are the finest and most
beautiful in the world. We have
no fear from them, and Gen. Reu-
belle is always allowed troops
which are stationed night and day
in his garden and grounds, out this
is more for ceremony that protec-
ton. Algiers is a walled town and
more astonishing in its construc-
ton, than you can imagine. You
can only enter it through two
gates called Babagoun and Babel
what. They are immensely strong,
entering strough several arched
ways. There is only one street
you can ride in The rest are very
narrow, and all the houses go over
the streets; only here and there
they leave air loops and light holes.
But the Moors are wise people.
Their streets are cool in summer as
your cellar and they have no win
ter. The Jews have the same cos
tunes Of the pictures in the Bible,
and I believe the same they wore
when Moses brought them out of
Egypt. Here nothing changes. The
Moorish women are always veiled.
The higher classes never 60 out.
The pitchers they carry to their
wells and the wheels Of the cisterns
are precisely like those Of two
thousand years since often look
at the wheel in our cistern which
has little bowls attached all around
it by cords, and as the wheel turns,
thy are filled and empty themselves
into a basin, the same as Rollin de-
scribes as in Egypt. We go to see
the highest Moorish ladies who
never 60 out but are SO happy to
see us. They speak Arab only, but
we make ourselves understood by
signs. They are covered with dia-
monds and pearls, and you would
be amazed at the richness of their
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14
Luxurious Jail Saves
Court Costs for City

MARYVILLE, CALIF.-This
city has found that luxurious
Jail is a real money saver in
court costs. John Samuel Chad
derton, arrested on charge Of
vagrancy, pleaded not guilty,
which would mean that he would
have a jury trial.
However, after passing a few
?ours under the pleasant jail con-
,itions, he found them so much
u his liking that he decided to
7lead guilty and stay awhile.
Unfortunately for his hopes, how
ever, the court after accepting
lis plea suspended his 90-day SEN
.ence on condition that he get
1ut of town at once.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14
SCRAP FROM MY DIARY
AN INTERESTING LETTER

FROM A FORMER SMYRNIAN
On January 10th, 1884, the writ
er commenced keeping a diary,
which she mentioned to some of
her friends, who ridicule the idea
as preposterous. However, she was
not deferred from her work by
these false criticisms, and has per-
used it recently with a great deal
of interest, and attributed what
ever success she has had in recent
years with her pen, to the perse-
cuted effort of that far distant
period While she was engaged in
writing her diary, her sister Ann,
received letter from lady So
journing in Africa, Margaret Ken
nedy, who married Gen. Reubelle
of France, who was a native of
SMYRNA, and an intimate friend of
both my sisters from early child
hood. AS this lady's life has been
the most remarkable and romantic
of any that we have been acquaint-
ed with her letter is full Of inter
est and information, we thought
we would copy it for the benefit of
your many readers. She says, ITO
you and Miss Sarah. this country
would present a wonderful field for
study and enjoyment independent
of its being full Of the remains Of
Roman triumphs, Roman ruins of
bridges, towns, aqueducts - the
scene of Scorpio Africanus against
the NumemedianS- the country
of Jugurtha, of its being now peo-
pied by the descendants of the very
Moors that subdued Spain, and also
Of being surrounded at every step
by fountains, Notifications, aque-
ducts and palaces built by the poor
Christians, who were enslaved by
this piratical nation. Independent
of all their sources of interest we
have the lovliest skies, the softest
breezes, a summer instead of win
ter, no snow, only that which we
see on the tops of the distant
mountains of the Atlas Our gar
den, which is terraced on the side
of a mountain sloping down to the
shores of the Mediterranean is fill
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

dress. I have purchased some
scarfs embroidered by the Jew
women just such as Moses de-
scribes in his curtains of the taber-
nacle of blue, scarlet and gold and
fine twined linen. If 1 had time
and room, 1 would tell you of my
interesting journey through France
and of the triumphant arch built by
Marius two hundred years before
Christ" One of Mrs. Roubelle's S
daughters married a cousin of DR..
E. S. Dwightof Smyrna. She is liv-
ing in New Haven, Conn. She
has frequently been with her moth
er, a visitor at my fathers house.
SARAH B. MASON
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

ranch is what is known as the cross
section method of blasting. Here
the expert digs a series of holes
from four to six feet apart and
loads each one with from one to
five pounds of dynamite. Other
rows of holes are dug at cross
sections to the original line
If the ground is wet, as was the
case at the frog ranch, the whole
series of holes are shot by what is
known as the propagation method.
In this, one dynamite cartridge is
detcuated. This explodes all the
other cartridges. In digging ponds
and bitches with dynamite the dirt.
logs, debris and other material
along the right of way are thrown
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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ness at home. This stretch of road
from the Duck Creek crossing has
bee the scene of several accidents,
and is dreaded by most of those
who have to pass over it. Persons
who have come from other states
to look at land in the vicinity have
objected to purchasing property
over there because of the risk in
getting to market by way of this
dangerous road. 1t is suggested
that the county road into Clayton
should pass over the dam at Cas-
persons Mill and into he town by
the street that fronts the Mills
property If this were the case, all
danger fro mthe railroad would be
avoided.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

Broken service men, discharge
under honorable conditions, who
are in all respects qualified and
have been out of the service less
than eight years will be enlisted in
the rating held at time of dis
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

charge. Those men who have
been out of the service more than
eight years and are less than 35
years of age will be enlisted in the
rating of seaman first class or fire
man second class. Quotas for
Smyrna times., 1939-09-14

broken service man
men VINO Were discba,r I.
the Navy by mecca ---a' sea f,
inaptitude, or for diso. s''vey 1
sons will not be cor-;5 p''la'! z
listment. '7a f, ;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26
MIRA WHITAKER
 COMING MARCH 5
Philadelphia Speaker to Be Guest at Baptists Young
 Peoples Farley

The Young People of the First Baptist church will be hosts to oth- CT Baptist young people in this part of the state Sunday, March 5, at 6:30 o'clock. A group ef young peo- pie who attended the conference in New York during the Christmas holidays will be in charge of the program. Miss Myra Whitaker of the Baptist Institute in Philadel- phia will be the speaker.
 Baptist young people of high school age are planning to attend the Youth Rally ill connection with the Post-Madras Conference in the Central Baptist church in Hartford Friday evening, February 3. The messages of the evening will be brought by representatives who att tended the World Missionary Con- ference in Madras, India.
 The executive committee of the B. Y. P. U. will be held Wednesday, February l, at o'clock in the First Baptist church office.
 The Dorcas class will meet at the home of Mrs. Earl Barnes. 38 Eliz- abeth street, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 The leader of the discussion in the high school department next Sunday will be Arthur L. Purinton of the Central Y. The topic will be Conscience the last in the se- rieS of lessons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26
Conference Called to Effect Truce In Local Truck Strike
Concordias To Stage
 Annual Masquerade
73rd Fancy Dress Ball in Buckingham Hall Tomorrow
 Night to Be Most Elaborate Affair in Years

Ladies auxiliary--Miss Henrietta Rahmann, president; Mrs. G. M. Parsons, Mrs. Theodore Weber, Mrs. Hugo Lange.
 Ladies' chorus-Miss Frances Besenbruch, Mrs. Frank Prosl, Mrs. Alma Tapken, Miss Mildred Ter mann.
 Floor committee-S. o. Klobedanz, director; Louis Pelnitz, assistant; B. c. Kluttig, c. Tauber, H. Kane, J. Borchardt, H. Hensel, M. Tapken, w. Tapken, R. J. Sullivan, Miss M. Gauk, Miss E. Roeske, Miss M. Klan Miss I. Eek, Hiss F. BeSsnbruch, Miss L. Thayer, Miss c. Maher. Miss J. Garren.
 Reception committee William Mueske, chairman; Max Duetzmann, musical director; w. J. Borcharit, E. T'Legler, Charles Doescher, Burton Beecher, Charles c, Swartz, Joseph F. Hench, Ernest Kuhr, John Kirsch- baum, Robert Newbert, E. Mueller Maurice Sweeney, A. Haversat, Otto Moulliet. Theodore Weber. Gustav Kopp, pr. Ralph Lopez, Paul Cru Der, Walter Klan.
 Richard Arber,. Dr, Joseph Borch- ardt, Louis Borchardt, Dr. A. c. Dreher, Christ Gillis, Dr. Freheit, Otto Fritz, Fritz Mueller, Carl Ospalek, Adolph Pfaff, c. Lange, E. Lange, G. Lange. H. Lange, R. Krause, w. Schaeffer, John Schaef-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26

breakers were invovled. This I am bringing before the people to show that even the safety of the pub lie can be sacrificed by some em- ployers just as long as they do not have to give in to the de- mands of their employees.
 Another incident of inexperi- enced strikebreakers took place when one of the trucks driven by a strikebreaker backed into veh- icle owned by Daniel Della Bella and caused considerable damage.
 These incidents of course tend to show the superiority of the crafts manship of the strikers in com- parison to that of the strikebreak- CTS SO naturally it should be kept quiet by the employers.
 After bringing these facts before the people would like to caution the mothers of our city to keep their children well out of dangers path when any of the trucks driven by strikebreakers under po- lice protection appear as the men driving them are in general inex- perienced, working under an un- warranted fear of violence and a troubled conscience due to the un- savory position they are filling in the industry and therefore cannot give their undivided attention to the task of driving the trucks which I know from experience is necessary for a driver to perform his duties safely and competently.
 Hoping that these facts will be read by the people and that we may continue to keep the sym pathy of the public I would like to ask all those who have an oc- casion to purchase fruit and pro- duce to insist at their grocers that their fruit and produce be deliv- cred by union men and by firms signed up with the Union with a contract guaranteeing decent work ing conditions for the worker.
 If the people will insist that their groceries are not delivered by strike-breakers under police protection am confident that all of the unpleasantness stated above will be eliminated as we know from experience that the sure way to win a strike is not through vi- olence but economically through the purse.
 RUDOLPH M. TATA,
 RusineSs Apent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26
ENGINE co. NO. 8
 {. FLASHESS.O.S.
M a chine Be com e s Stranded in Middlebury
 Following Needless Run

Bremen of Engine 8, the Bunker Hill station, who sped valiantly to Middlebury. yesterday when in- formed the Lake Quassapaug pa- vilion was ablaze were embarrassed on two counts.
 First-after enduring the long cold ride to Middlebury they found the fire was out, having been confined to the chimney of the building.
 Second-they were forced to ride back to their station under power of a city street department truck when their own stalwart steed-A Engine 8-succumbed to mechani- cal ailments. The apparatus stalled on the return trip and the firemen waited in the cold blasts while aid was summoned.
 Engine was taken to the Brook lyn repair shop and an auxiliary bumper was installed temporarily in the Bunker Hill station.
 The irony of the incident was that the firemen declined the off, fer of the kindly housewife at the pavilion, who would have provided them with coffee and'. They de- clined because they desired to get back to Waterbury and report fol service immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-26

Chairman ball has been since that time one of the important social functions of Waterbury and vicinity.
 Out of Town Delegation Shortly after the beginning oi this custom, the local affair took on im- portance as a state wide social event, with large groups attending from Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and other Connecticut cities, as well as outlying towns. This year. as usual scores of out-of- -toWners have already made reservations for the affair.
 Extensive plans have also been made to decorate the ballroom in a manner more lavish than ever be- fore. In addition, a lengthy pro- gram of entertainment has been ar ranged by the committee assisting MT. Kluttig.
 One of the most important and thrilling features of any masquerade ball, the grand march, will become more prominent than ever this year, led by Sigmund Klobedanz.
 In charge of decorating and light ing is Alfred Bother, who has been active in the Concordia masquerade ball for many years past. He an1 MT. Klobedanz have been the imme- diate assistants of MT. Kluttig, rem eral chairman.
 Officers of the Concordia Singing society include: William Mueskas, president; William Borschardt, first vice. president; Alfred Bother, sec~ ond vice-president; Erich Kuegler, recording secretary; Curt 6. Arndt, corresponding secretary Lambert Binder, financial secretary; Joseph F. Hench, treasurer: Ernst Mueller, archivar.
 Committees
 The committees include: Arrange ments, Bernard c. Kluttig, chair man; Otto Moulliet, assistan; chari- man; William Borchardt, treasurer; Miss Frances Besenbruch, assistant treasurer and Curt B. Arndt. secre- tary.
 Ticket committee-Otto Schell, William Fassbender, Julius Reichen- bach, Miss Celia Besenbruch
 Hall ommittee-Ernest Kuhr, Fred Bother, c. A. Haude, Oscar Gocht.
 Music committee-John Borchardt, Emil F. Mark.
 Entertainment committee--C. A. HayWord, Miss E. Bauck.
 Publicity committee-S. Robinson, I. Alderson, c. B. Arndt, Mrs. F. Prosl.