The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
CBy Bill GarrlEus)

The Woods Of the Burlap Bags
-, that's the name we should
give to the Lyman Green acreage,
a country where the roads are
studded with garnetS, the deer
run fat and scrappy, and the
coons raid every corn-patch.
Lyme got himself some federal
assistance in pasturelot clearing.
The bug hunters discovered gypsy
moths sharpening their claws on
white oak trees in Lyme's Sheep
lot, and the parklike clearance
program started In serious and
determined manner with opera
lives from distant towns snagging
most Of the paychecks. Natives
thought Lyman lucky to get all
that work done for nothing and
TO have so much cordwood pre-
pared for home consumption or
sale. Now the natives are startled
to see many, many burlap wreaths
encircling the trunks Of every last
tree left. We've tried to find out
the why of the burlap but nobody
seems to know. Maybe the gypsy
moth has tender feet and cannot
walk over the burlap to get at the
foliage. Maybe It's all just another
communist plot to mark q gather
Ing place and rallying point for
subversive groups who plan to
effect the conquest of America
Anyway, The Woods Of the Burlap
bags are the danpdest looking
woods we've ever driven mast,
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The marines have landedt PR.
vate Warren w, Lewis. Paris
Island leatherneck. IS spcnding n
few days leave al the home Of
Iyeagh II. s. Lewis. pootatuck
authoress. Private Lewis. n grad.
uate Of Woodbury. High School,
was formerly one OF the most non
ular members Of the Southburv
Boy Scouts. He Is now attached TO
the Fifth Defense Battalion stat.
tened at Hilton Head. s, C,
All the South Britain school
children have started fishing In
the pond near the school, Good
hauls of perch, pimpkin. seeds
and bullheads are reported When
the kids move over 10 the fast
water In the Pomneraur. the trout
better watch their sten.
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Who owns the roads9 Who
owns the lands adjacent In n
town hirhway9 That Cuest,on
comes nm every 80 often ana n
NAV vet he clarified In court
crews engaged In chonniny who'd
10 feed boIiers owned nv nrivatc
contractors concerned with ihe
building Of Tho new defective hos.
nltaI here started chonning along
M Him Cassidy road thai Ieads
iNom Mulberry Corncrs north an
the Roxbury line. Some M thc
lands along this ROAD ARE state
nroperty: other acreage belongs
L. local farmers The WpA ganss
GRew No lines: thcv chonnea wooJ
Fewardless. several cords Of cxcel-
ls,t hardwood was cut on nron.
sg4y that certaInlv is not state
nrcnerty. the stumpasc was left
waist hish and thc area is now
aar from attraotlve. Perhans n
pew crew win now arrive 40 land.
scane This unslrhtly rcrlon. ner.
hans the owner NJ that timber
xuAN u.manlx,n m.. a..Alnm..A
son,ethinr shouId csrtainiy re-
done aboIt N and we nredicf that
n win.
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Such violations NJ ordinary do.
canev not to mention nronertv
rirhfs ARC ,,s,allv thc rcs,it ~
bringing IN outsiders who nave M
more ideo of r,,rni c,,sto,ns than
has tho newcomer who attemnts 10
close a roai that has hner IN use
for better thar ccnt,,rv r.
country worke,s wont Into
fhicklv. settied re,,on opd start~
ed trimming hedees Tho rSs,,ltart
nrotests wo,,,d resch Washinoton
When c,tv raiiof workers ara cont
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