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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
American Woodmen News

MANY Of the whites read these
books because their interest is
not stimulated by we Negroes.
My indignant friends we can
faster if we all would remember
our task in life is to work togeth-
er for the good of all. We must
build the bridge if we expect to
cross. Are you on the job? Let
us learn the lession Of friendship
and right-thinking and remember
mcanness and hate are handicaps
to any people. Less we forget.
OUR SICK
Mrs. Andrew Z. s. Joiner, 1725
Banker place; Mrs. Urtha Ed
monds, l4O Weakley street; Mrs.
Rosa Ellis, St. Elizabeth hospital;
Mrs. Vashti Owens, 422 College
street. We pray for these and
those others who are sick, hoping
them a speedy recovery.
JESSE NIMMONs, Deputy
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
LINDEN CENTER
N 0 7 ES

All country WPA workers had
three-day institute at Linden
Center Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday Of this week with Mr..
E. A. Tullis, recreation director
i'm charge.
The social hour of the Young
Married Women's Club neld at
! the center Wednesday evening,
s p.m., was most enjoyable af-
fair. The games We're led by
Mrs. Robert McGregor of RAN
dolph street.
The intermediate boys basket
ball league will open at the CEN
ter Friday December 18th with
six teams and the junior boys,
Saturday December 4th with four
teams.
The boys and girls in Craft
classes are making lovely an
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

4 60, i. q .elan cs9ael ua.il
.en-is.
VI cGp el4iclset sock
21- cups rch mix or cream
tablespoon finely cut parsley
/ teaspoon salt
n cup butter
4 tablespoons -four
1la cups mushrooms, canned
or fresh
" cup pimicnto, cut into thin
strips
egg yolks
u teaspoon paprika
Cut chicken into cubes. Saute
freshmushrooms in butter. Add
butter, flour, stir until blended.
Add milk or cream, chicken stock.
Cook until thickened, stirring
well. Add chicken, mushrooms,
pimiento and parsley. Add egg
yolks mixed with small amount
Of mixture. Season and pour in
to center of ring. Garnish with
pimiento and paprika.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

TELL 1T
There are Negroes who feel
indignant whenever another Ne
gro speaks about the progress and
noted achievement of Negroes in
the presence of whites, those who
are offended say: why are we
always making ourselves con-
spicuous; what good comes of
such talk? Why not talk about
the Negroes and whites as one
or as Americans if we must TALK
would like to say this to
those Negroes, when Negroes and
whites go to school together they
are taught the achievement Of the
white man, they learn about the
accomplishments of the Negro
come closer to the whites if they
know we are keeping abreast with
times, many of them think diff,
ferent, So friends talk.
Does it mean we have an in
feriority complex? No! It does.
il we keep this information to
ourselves. it is time for Negroes
to be heard of in other capaci-
ties than that of servants. Don't
you think SO too?
The American Woodmen are
making history, but oh, how much
from other sources if they learn
it at all, there are white people
who would not believe you it
you would mention, the finds OF
the outstanding chemist, DR.. Car
yer. Some have never heard OF
Negroes doing anything Of note,
so they don't believe these things.
I have mentioned certain achieve
fnents OF Negroes to white friends
and their reactions were thus:
eve never heard about this?
"Why don't some Negro write :
book about his outstanding
men?n OF course there are books
about these Negroes, but not 50
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
Lemon Juice Recipe Checks
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Compound is for sale and recon-
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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

ner and Mrs. Annie Heard Of Tie
Membership Committee; Mrs.
Claradean Wilkes Of the Indus
trial Committee and Mrs. Lucille
kinchen Of the Younger Girls
Committee.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
The Spirit OF
Christmas Presented
At Fellowship Hour
Y.W.C.A. Sunday
December 18th

The three standing committees
of the West Side YWCA are
planning an interesting treat ito
the members and friends Sunday.
December 18th from to 5 pm.
This is the time for the regular
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

JAS. i. Norris flashes the words
on moving picture slides. Other
features for the program are to
be announced.
The >conmittee planning the
program are Mrs. George 7. Tan
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06


Tempting creamed chicken and
mushrooms, served piping hot in q
delicious macaroni ring, is q po-
pular and substantial dish.
MacAroni Ring
l lb. macaroni
8 eggs
IL cups milk
l teaspoon salt
" teaspoon popped
cup grated cheese
l tablespoon finely chopped
parsley
Cook macaroni and drain. Beat
eggs we'll, Combine with other in
gradients. Add to macaroni and
pour into buttered ring mold. Set
in pan of hot water and bake in
moderate oven $3.50 d. 81 forty
five minutes. Cheese can be omit
ted, if desired. Unmold onto a
arge platter, fill center and gara-
ish with radishes and parsley.
crcamcd Chicken and Mushrooms
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

Fellowship Hour which is heit
once each month, and as it APP
proaches the holiday season, i
Christmas program will be pre-
scnted
A short skit. entitled "The
Spirit of Christmas will be Civ
en- by Girl Reserve group un-
der the direction of Mrs. Lucille
Kinchen. A Christmas story will
be read, and the carols will be
rendered by the group, as Mr.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
The story of famouslY thrifty Yankee who
nursed great fortune so he could buy back
for his State its heritage of rugged beauty
bV Arthur Bartlett

RF YOU think OF Down-East Yankee as a
sharp faced, crusty old codger who speaks
4 with terrific nasal twang, you are start
ing with the wrong picture of Percival P.
Baxter He is tall and blond, rather hand
some round faced man in his middle sixties,
cultured in speech. gracious in manner. But
he is Yankee.
And they used to tell tall tales about him
in the state of Maine. In the telling, they
made him out sort of legendary Paul Bun
van of Yankee thriftiness Mr. Baxter was in
politics for many years - was governor of
Maine from 1921 to 1925 - and of course
man in politics is always fair game for story
tellers. But there is no denying the fact that
he is thrifty man. He himself would be the
last to deny it. He is proud of it.
When he was seven years old, his father
gave him eighty dollars as prize for catch
ing an eight-pound square-tailed trout.
Young Percy knew what to do with eighty
dollars. even at that age. He put it in the
savings bank. 1t is still there, and the last
time he checked up. after fifty years, it
amounted to five hundred and eighty three
dollars. He tells that story himself, to point
the moral of thrift.
But they don't tell tall stories abo'lt him
in Maine any more Over period of recent
wears, he has made - and is still adding to -
one of the most magnificent gifts man ever
made He has already given to his state
more than hundred square miles of land
Evening star., 1940-04-21
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

think not. Let s go back to the begin
ming. :.
Few of us are fortunate enough to inherit
a family fortune Percy Baxter was. 1t was
fortune that had been accumulated by Yam
kee thrift Percy Baxter inherited the thrift
with the fortune or acquired it. But thrift
can mean preserving and building up some
thing that has been put in your hands so that
others who follow may benefit by it. That is
the way heritages exist and grow. And when
a man has heritage, according to this code.
it is more of a trust than possession. 1t is
his responsibility to guard it and pass it on.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

surrounding and including Names greatest
mountain Mount katahdin. Included in the
tract are more than thirty other mountains,
and dozens of woodland lakes and streams.
Before he is through, he intends to stretch
the gift to more than a hundred and fifty
square miles - wilderness principality some
ten times as big as his native Portland.
Names biggest city.
What is more he has given practically his
full time since he stopped being governor.
to the job of buying up this land 50 that he
could present it to the state. He has had to
buy it chunk by chunk, fitting the pieces to-
gether like parts of puzzle. And he goes on
buying more to add to it.
No Defoi Too Small
! Es, they used to say in Maine that Percy
Baxter was mighty thrifty man. And they
were right. You sense it when you 60 into
his plain, ld-fashioned Office in one of the
many buildings that he owns in Portland.
In through the outer Office. with its old, high
countinghouse desk in one corner. come
superintendents and tenants and bankers and
brokers to see him. Administering one of
Names largest fortunes, he calls out through
the open door of his inner Office for them to
come on in. No detail is too small. no ex-
penditure too petty, to be worthy of his care
full attention.
Then how to explain this great generosity?
Is it complete paradox?
Evening star., 1940-04-21

same stock and tracing back to dog that
his father had given him when he was boy.
One day in 1923 his older dog, Garry. died.
The Governor ordered the state-hOuse flag
lowered to half-staff A storm of protest fol-
lowed 1t was an insult to the flag. cried his
critics. 1T is my prayer" the Governor
answered them. that always may be as un-
selfish and loyal to my Master, state and
nation as Garry was to me-" And recalling
the incident the other day, he told me, Il did
it deliberately, to call attention to the great
qualities in dog that men might we'll try to
gain for themselves"
He became known, too. though childless
man, as the Children's Governor" because
he was forever entertaining groups of chill
dren or visiting schools and talking to the
children about their heritage OF freedom and
its responsibilities
Yes, heritage could be something besides
money. That heritage which the state had let
slip away - it was more than just timber. 1t
was the strengthening wildness of the wood
lands; the humbling inspirational grandeur
of unspoiled mountains. Or as he put it to
me the other day: 1T was the very essence
of Names rugged character her greatness
as a builder of men,
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Hen;toge Demonds Thrift

oTILL a bachelor, the Governor was by
thrift. preserving his own private heritage of
wealth not for descendants but. in large
part, for all the people Of his state. And as
the great wild-land heritage of the state still
remained unredeemed, what better way to
pass on his money?
So. when his term of Office was over, he
started buying up the one section of the state
where mountains still clustered together in
the uninhabited wilderness. where there were
still great virgin trees that had never felt
an ak. mountain lakes that had rarely been
seen by white men. woodland trails that had
never known billboard, great forests where
moose and bear and other wild things ran
free. And in the midst of it ALL majestic
Katahdin, where Indian legend says dwelt
Pamela, awesome spirit of darkness.
That is the gift of Percival P. Baxter to
untold generations OF the future - for the
only condition of the gift is that the land
shall forever be preserved in its unspoiled
wildness as public park and forest, sane
tuary for animals sanctuary of the spirit
for men, And it is known that he has included
in his will bequest Of sufficient funds to
maintain it so.
That is his gift. yes, to the generations of
the future; but he chose it because it was their
heritage And heritage. whether it be money,
or land, or beauty. or character, or freedom.
is more than gift 1t is responsibility. 1t
demands that you be thrifty with it, for the
sake of those who follow.
That is the Baxter CODE
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Gifts According TO Code

IFRCY BAxrER's father gave away money
But he gave it away according to the code.
with thrifty eye to values that would be
preserved and would increase for those who
would follow Baxter Boulevard in Portland,
a lovely drive where once there was only the
marsh of tidal backwater, was his creation
And he left a legacy with which, when
sufficiently augmented by interest" to erect
suitable building to commemorate the lives
of the founders of New England. Thrifty
projects those, but generous, too James
Phinney Baxter, the father. could never have
hoped to benefit by them personally
In 1904. Percy Baxter went to the state
legislature. its second-youngest member
One day bill was introduced relating to the
taxation of wild lands. Young Baxter. inter
ested. began looking into the subject of wild
lands. And he found that all the vast areas
of forest once owned by the state had grad
ually been taken over, usually for pittance.
by private owners. Through the years. that
had seemed the sensible way to dispose of this
land The private owners would turn it into
industry, and that would create jobs and
wealth. But as the sawmills moved in. and
then moved out leaving denuded acres behind
them. young Percy Baxter began to have
serious misgivings.
Here was a great heritage - not the heri-
tage of any one man or any one family, but
of all the people of the state - and it was
being whitfield away. lost to future genera
tons. Percy Baxter's sense of thrift was out
ragged He began introducing bills for the re-
purchase of some Of these lands 50 that
future generations might have them. The
bills seldom got beyond committee. He
kept trying, as a member of the house of
representatives, as a member of the state
senate as president of the senate. as governor
But he could never muster enough support.
After a while the legislators just shrugged.
Meantime. as he grew older. Percy Baxter
was learning as most OF us do that intangible
things can be more important than posses
sions Character. for instance. He had never
married, and his family in the Governors
Mansion was made up of two Irish settlers,
descendants of long line all bred from the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
ACTIVITIES AT
 CAMP MATTAUCK
Merit Bridges Awarded to Boy Scouts for Ad-
 vanCed Work

Several of the campers at Boy Scout Camp Mattatuck received merit badges for advanced work in various fields at the regular weekly Board of Review of the local coun- cil, held at camp last Friday eve ming. Merit badges for rowing were won by Howard Peterson, Gerald Mercer, John Hornbecker and Buddy Orencole, all of Troop 1, Middlebury, and by Jack Riley, to Troop 13, of Sacred Heart church. Two of the same boys, Harold Peterson and Gerald Mercer, also received swimming merit badges. Scouters participating at this ses- sion of the board were Napoleon Charbonneau, chairman of the council camp committee; Arol Char bonneau, assistant camp director in charge of activities; Frank Mercer, west district commissioner, and David F. Babson, executive of the local council, and director of Camp Mattatuck.
 The largest enrolment of the season is reported from Camp Mat tatuck this week, the fourth camp. ing period of the season. More thar 100 scouts and leaders are staying at the camp and lucky indeed to be there with the weather what it has been. The campers are divided fo1 purposes of convenience into three Provisional Troops, with each unit nearly self sufficient, doing its owr, cooking and attending to the daily details of camp life.
 During the coming week the boys will have swimming meet and a program of boat races. It is safe assumption that they will spend as much time as possible cavorting ir the cooling waters at the camp There will also be an athletic meet and occasional softball games to en. liven the week.
 Members of the executive boarc of the Mattatuck Council and mem bers of the service clubs of this area are invited to attend picnic lunch at the camp on Wednesday evening, and then to look over tht camp.
 The three provisional troops a the camp are made up as follows:
 The Grove" Troop has Franci Sacco as Scoutmaster assisted b. Euegene Johns of Troop g and Rob ert Wooding of Troop 19, and con sisting of scouts from Troop9 pa trol from Troop 13 and scouts iron Troops 5 and IS, all of Waterbury.
 The Knoll" Troop has Cheste ! Spiers as Scoutmaster, assisted b. Joseph LeClaire of Troop 1 Oakville and Harland Christofferson of TrooI 3 Waterbury. Scouts in this Pro visional Troop are from Troop
 Oakville, Troops 3, 2, II and 32 Wa terbury and Troop of Naugatuc and Troop of Beacon Falls.
 The Lake" Troop is headed b Norman Baril as Scoutmaster, as sisted by Bernard Fackler ofaTroo
 l Thomaston. Scouts from Troo
 25 and Troop 30 make up this Pro
 visional Troop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
NO FURTHER BIDS
 FOR SUB-STATION
West Main Street Phar= macy Recommended By
 Postmaster Babin

Postmaster Charles A. Babin re- ported today that there have been no further bids for a postal con- tract station to replace the one which was recently discontinued at the Pickett Drug Co.,, by Eugene Beadle, the proprietor. The only bid yet received by the postmaster is one from the Professional pharmacy in the Harrington building on West Main street, and he has recommend ed the acceptance of this bid to the postal authorities at Washington, who have the final decision, be- cause of the convenience that such a sub-station would offer to the many doctors, lawyers, and other professional men whose offices are located in the Harrington building and the Lilley building. in addition to the general public.
 The postmaster pointed out, how. ever, that there Is still e chance fol some other drug store in the vicin- ity of West Main and Willow street, to put in e successful bid for a con. tract station. He will be glad to re. commend an additional sub-statior f an offer Is forthcoming iron some reliable person. Thus far, hi efforts to interest other drug stor' lproprietors in applying for sucl contracts have been without avail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
NEW SUPERVISOR
 COMMENCES HERE
Eileen Shea Transferred From Washington Park
 Succeeds Betty Barry
WATERVILLE Correspondent-Mrs. R. W. Henion, Telephone 3-5462

Waterville, July g - Because of rain, the weekly bingo party at Wa terville playground last night was postponed until tonight. A new sup ervisor, Eileen Shea, from Wash ington park, was added to the local playground staff to relieve Betty Barry.
 Personals
 Mrs. Lena Rabbit and grand children have returned to Port Chester, New York, following a visit with Mrs. Rabbits sister, Mrs. William Smith, and MT. Smith of Thomaston avenue.
 Lawrence McArdle and Fred Shippley have returned from a visit to the Worlds Fair.
 MT. and Mrs. William Smith and Miss Mary Toner, spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Arnold Keith, at their cottage at Tyler Lake. Nosebag Supper
 Camp and a training session for the staff at Camp Wequapauset, the first group of Girl Scouts arrived Sunday afternoon. They were checked in by the nurse, Miss Dori, Peters of Piqua, Ohio, and ther were checked at the waterfront ane assigned cap colors according tt swimming ability.
 After a "nosebag" supper eacl unit held a planning meeting an, short campfire program. Miss Dru cilla Littelhales, a week end gues at camp, with Miss Ruth Liss Thompson; director. and Miss Bar bara street, one of the dietitian. presented a musical program a they canoed around the lake pas the various units at bed time.
 Girls in Happy Hollow Unit are Jean Barnett, Ann Donston, Rose mary Eastwood, Ann Farist, Margo Freedman, Bernice Grenier, Mar, Louise Henderson, Mary Louise Jor dan, Joan Petersen, Susan Schatzki Marion Swenter and Therese Val lerand.
 In Tip Top unit are: Helen Bab
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
PATENTS GRANTED

The issuing of two patents and two trade mark registrations to persons in Waterbury and the vicinity is reported by Harold G. Manning of "A Central avenue. local patent attorney, who conn piles the list from the Official Ga- zette.
 John w. Beecher of this city has been awarded a patent for . metering and integrating appara- tus, which he has assigned to the Bristol Co. A design patent for a cycle pedal has been issued to Waiter J. St. Onge of Torrington, and assigned by him to the Tor rington Co.
 Trade mark registrations have been issued to the Scovill Mfg. Co. here for snap fasteners, and to the Peck, Stow and Wilcox O., South ington, for display stands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
Annual State Session
 Opens Tomorrow
 In City Of Norwich
Waterbury Sending Five DeIegates-l9A Meeting May Be Held Here Important Resolutions to
 Be DisCussed-Big Parade Saturday

of addressing the convention and extending formal invitation to the delegates to hold their 1941 session in Waterbury.
 Other members of the Brass City delegation are Commander J. Peter Costigan; past Commanders George McDuff and George Karnofsky and State Representative Daniel J. Ma nancy. The alternates include: Walter L. Angle, Frank J. McCann, Walter F. Dews, John R. Clark and William c. Hogan.
 On Saturday, July 27th, the lo- cal posts drum corps will partici- pate in the big state parade. Scores of Waterbury veterans will march with their various organizations or will be numbered among the 30,00o spectators expected.
 The Canadian Legion's Fife and Drum Corps of this city will be one of the two-score musical units ex- pected in the line of march. Receptions Arranged Receptions in honor of the dele- gates and members of the auxiliary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-23
egionnares to Discuss War Emergencies at Convention
|21-GUN SALUTE
 FOR DR. LARKIN
YMCA Leaders to Be
 Greeted Officially at Summer Camp

The board of directors of the Wa terbury Y. M. c. A. will make its annual visit to Camp Mataucha, the Y boys camp, tonight at 6 o'clock. A 21-gun salute will be given Pres ident Dr. charles L. Larkin and the entire camp will be assembled to welcome the board members. A tour of inspection of the camp will be conducted prior to the evening meal.
 The program will include an off, cial welcome by the camp mayor, Edwin Bleich, and talk by Dr. Larkin. A boating period will be conducted following the evening meal. The camp will then assemble in the large council ring for pro- gram of stories, songs and Indian dancing.
 Barlow L. Heminway, camp chair man, will introduce the following directors to the camp council ring President Dr. Charles L. Larkin, Dr Edward H. Kirschbaum, Jon s Monagan, Louis A. Schneer, Ortor P. Camp, E. Rowland Chase, Herb. ert w. Coe, Leon H. French, c Raymond Ganung, John B. Goss Barlow L. Heminway, Arthur P Hickcox, Edwin H. Jones, Chas' Kimball. Herman Rooster, Duttol 1 Noble, William B. Pape, Harry 0 Post, John F. Robinson, Levi Wil sox and Herbert S. Smith.