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field except the lower brackets. These models are designed respec- lively as the Royal, Windsor, New Yorker and Crown Imperial.
 The Royal measures 211 13-16 inches overall. Its Six-cylinder "Spitfire" engine develope 112 horse power with cast-iron head and a compression ratio of 6.8 to l. With an aluminium head and 7.2 com- pression ratio 1t develops 115 horse power. The seven body styles of fered are: Four-door sedan, Vic- toria sedan, town sedan, eight passenger sedan, eight passenger sedan limousine, three passenger coupe, six-passenger club coupe, convertible club coupe.
 The Windsor, built on the same chassis as the Royal, is offered in the same body styles. The differ ence between these two lines lies in the upholstery, trim and equipment.
 The New Yorker m e a sures PIT 13-16 inches overall. It is pow cred by an eight-cylinder "Spitf1re" engine developing 137 horsepower with cast-iron head and a 6.8 con- pression ratio. With an aluminium head and 7.2 compression ratio 1t develops 140 horsepower. Six body styles are available, namely, four door sedan, Victoria sedan, town sedan, three-passenger coupe, six passenger club coupe and converiti- ble club coupe.
 The Grown Imperial measures 231 3-16 inches overall. Its eight cylinder "Spitfire" engine develops 143 horsepower. Four body styles are listed. six-pasSenger four-door sedan, eight-passenger four-door sedan, eight-passenger sedan limou- sine and four-door town sedan. The town sedan in the Custom Imperial line is built on the shorter chassis of the New Yorker, but carries as standard equipment all the quality features of this luxury line, includ- ing All-Weather Air Control system. It is designed to meet the demand for a car as luxurious as can be pro- duced on wheelbase that will per- init it to be stored in the average size private garage.
 As a result of the extraordinary betterments attained in the 1941 line, Charles L. Jacobson, vice pres ident and general sales manager, has set a goal of 150,000 cars for the model year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
PROMPT SERVICE
 AT UNITED TYRE
All Modern Facilities Are Available for Speedy, Ef-
 fiCient Cooperation

|' Gabriel Berardino, proprietor of The United Tyre Sales Company, has had a most interesting career in the automobile tire and accessory business for the past 25 years and has kept up with the changes of times and the trend of the industry by frequent modernizations of his stores and service shops. Some IS years ago "Gabe," as he is best known to the automotive trade. To- cated at 219 East Main street with @ completely stocked and equipped eye to the public demand, installed a vulcanizing plant in the rear of his store and gradually developed this service angle of his business into a most enterprising retread- ing and recapping plant.
 With the increasing demands from the motoring public for dependable retreaded and recapped tires, Gabe, two years ago purchased a large brick building at 28 to 36 Jefferson street and commenced plans for one of the largest and most modern tire retreading plants in New England. Today, this new tire plant with it's most modern set-up of efficient moulds and factory equipment is busy 12 hours day turning out tires for the responsible truck fleet owners through the entire state, and in catering to the increasing public demand for retreaded tires in all pleasure car sizes. An outstanding feature of Gabe's tire factory is its massive drying room where every tire is thoroughly dried before be- ing put through the retreading or recapp1ng processes.
 MT. Berardino invites the motor ing public of Waterbury and vicin- lty to visit his up-to-date plant at 28-36 Jefferson street and see at first hand the apparatus and meth ods used in this very important branch of the tire industry. At the present time Gabe is bringing to completion the construction of showrooms for the display of re- dreaded and recapped tires at his Jefferson street establishment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
Upholstery Is News
 In Buying New Car
Majority of Sales Influenced By Wives Who Demand
 Well.StyIed Interior and Comfort

A prominent fashion designer startled the nation a few years ago by declaring that fashion is spin- ach." Today, every style-minded woman realizes that fashion, in it. self, is of no value unless 1t is also practical, adaptable and serviceable. She follows the principle in selecting everything from clothes to house. furnishings, and now she goes Q step further and applies the same solid theory to her part in the selection of the family car, paying particular attention to the upholstery.
 Long before her husband decides to invest in a new car rather than another overhaul on "Old Faithful. her sty4e-conscious eye has been at work. She has good working knowledge of the new models; she's taken stock of line, finish, convent ence of appointments and quality of upholstery.
 When she selects new chair or pair of drapes for her home, her first concern is workmanship, uual- ity and durability. But what good are these, she reasons, if the effect is not pleasant, the style not good, the furniture not comfortable? Thus in the selection of a new car, she concentrates on appearance. Her demand for a well-styled interior is no feminine foible; whether the up- holstery will be shoddy and old looking year from now is import ant.
 Auto Fabric Perfected
 Of the hundreds of industries that combine their products to make an automobile, one of the most im- portant is the upholstery manu- facturer. The latest development in this line has been the perfection of canda cloth, new upholstery fab- ric designed especially for automo- bile interiors. Over ten of the 1ead-
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Transported in a fleet of stream lined trucks and carrying person. nel of about 60 persons highlights of the General Motors research and scientific exhibits at the New York and San Francisco Worlds Fairs vii be presented in two versions in the principal cities and towns throughout the country Alfred P. Sloan Jr, chairman of General Motors, announced over the week. end.
 MT. Sloan revealed that during the last six months the fleet of man. mot streamliners wich will trans port this worlds fair on weels" in circus fashion has been under construction in Detroit. Most of the personnel which will travel with the shows has been employed in the Corporations exhibits at the San Francisco and New York fairs.
 The science and research stage show, an outstanding attraction of the Corporations fair exhibits, will form the foundation for both tour ing shows accrding to MT. Sloan. Supplementing the science show will be a variety of technical displays and animated dioramas dramatizing past and present industrial and scientific achievements, as well as envisioning future potentialities
 The larger of the two mobile units,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
HEADLAMPs MOUNTED HIGHER

On the 1941 Plymouth, lenders are higher and broader, and the cat- walk curves up to meet the hood at @ higher polnt. Sealed beam head lamps are streamlined into the front fender contour, and are set in high CT above the road for better illum- ination at night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

Make the test, today, at the nearest Hudson showroom. Even few min- utes behind the wheel will prove Hudson is the years best investment in aA-aroH,ad palHe.
 We are confident that when you see all that 31 years of Hudson en- gineering leadership give you, you will join the thousands who are mak- ing this a change-to-Hudson year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
I+s the Years Big New Style Idea !

SYMPHONIC STYLINc Blion design and for inc first time low priced wide choice of color combine. lions hat hamonze with exterior eoIors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

You know hydraulics eSw fail Ia any car, through leakage due Co accident or neelect. But only Hudson pfotecss you with Patented Doubie.safe Brakes q. tlge braklne syslems from 0Ss foot pedal. yuss ene Of Hudson's many unleue safety featurssl
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eRivIne R EaslIR. nmplla. saHRl Ihis amaz. ing dflve does ell she work yonf ieff foot used Co do. You shilf geafs when ypG please :. af lhe speed you please. Simplest q all similar feafufosi proved sroHbIe.ffes by years of testing. osiy s71.50 es ssy fe4f HsdseM
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PERHAPS aPPearanee comes first with you in choosing a car .. perhaps safety. .. or performance, roominess, comfort, economy.
 However you judge automobiles, here's OFF invitation to yoN: Make driving test to compare the make of Car you now own with new 1941 Hudson :. using any or all of these s'yardsticks of value". and Jet tbe best car aOin!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

the conventional colors as ven ns many new, brighter, ';decoratcEs' shades. A wide selection of inter- esting textures, patterns and strip- ings awaits your choice as well, % that your personal upholstery pref. erence can be satisfied
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

All closed sedans in the 1941 Buick line have a new robe rail designed as an integral part of the front seat back trim panel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

Oldsmobile's Electro Hardened Aluminium pistons are fitted with four rings instead of the customary three. By this design, compression is increased and oil consumption reduced.
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Noted Architect Has Perpetuated Washngton Finest Traditions

then a member of the firm of Roose-
welt and O'Connor, New York
lawyers. reference was made to the
great service Mr.. Wood had rem
dered the Government during the
Wilson administration.
Mr.. Roosevelt also called at
tention to the fact that Mr.. Wood
was seeking to solve at that time,
in "a common-sense way, the
problem of housing the women
employees in the Government SER
vice" especially those underpaid,
who, he added Enthusiastically,
were the great majority.
Many Local Buildings.
This work was all done on an
extremely economic basis and with
exceptional dispatch. but much Of
it, having been called into being
by an emergency, has now disap-
peared permanently.
Testifying to Mr.. Woods skill as
a designer and his ability to adapt
his style to the period as well as
to the environment are the two
buildings on Lafayette Square
erected by the Brookings Institution,
the Potomac Electric Power Co. S
Office Building, the Southern Rail-
way Building. two Buildings for the
Chesapeake e. Potomac Telephone
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Calvary Baptist Church was repre-
sented on the board of trustees of
that institution.
The King scholarship was the gift
Of Horatio King, Postmaster Cen
eral during Buchanan's administra-
ton, and provided a scholarship in
Dickinson College.
Awarded to Mr.. Noyes.
The Columbian College scholarship
was provided for direct by that COL
lege In 1866, and the successful
scholar that year was James E.
Bangs of the Male Grammar School
in the first district-Strong John
Thomsons school-the runners-up
being Giles A. Helprin, w. R. Brown
and Henry Simpson.
In 1870 the Kendall scholarship
was first awarded to Theodore W.
Moves, who lived with his family on
the Island" and went to school 20
John E. Thompson. The report of
the Examining Committee for the
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on I near Eighteenth street. But
the building was soon restored and
the teaching of classes resumed.
Scholarships.
Two years later, in October, 1884,
Mr.. Thompson resigned his position
as principal of the Jefferson School,
where he had taught for nearly 40
years. and he died on March 20 of
the following year.
There was more rivalry in the
early days between the four school
district than apparently exists to-
day, due. no doubt. to the number
of prizes then annually awarded to
the pupils. Chief among these were
the Kendall. King and Columbian
College scholarships.
The first of these was provided
for by Amos Kendall as scholar
ship in Columbian College-now
George Washington University-in
which he stipulated that it was to
remain operative only so long as
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Co., various stores, the Stock EX-
change Building. the Chinese En-
bassy. the Carnegie Institutes
Geophysical and Terrestrial Mag
netism Laboratories, to say nothing
of the Commercial National Bank
Building, the Navy Annex Building,
Holton Arms School and other semi
public institutions.
At no time has Mr.. Wood fol-
lowed a traditional style. His build
ings are not gothic or renaissance,
Venetian or French. English, or
Central American. but they show
familiarity with the past as well
as vision for the future.
His awareness of changing con-
ditions was shown in an article
contributed some years ago to the
American architect" in which he
referred to the present enormous
quantity production, resulting in the
two great necessities of speed and
economy" confronting every archi-
tectural designer. Also, he said,
the hand of labor of yesterday
must give place to the machine
made results of today. This does
not mean that our civilization will
become less interesting; on the con-
trary, 1t clearly indicates that it
will attain higher and better phases.
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Nor does it mean that an architect
with carefully nurtured love Of
beauty will, in accepting this new
order Of things, be restricted in his
ability to impart beauty to his design,
to impart dignity to his structures.
Interested in Housing.
Some will urge" he continued,
that by adoption of machine work
and quantity production, the subtle
touch of hands which makes all
building a thing of beauty will be
lost. The answer to this would seem
to be the one such touch on great
building stands forth as more human,
more beautiful, than all the hundred
touches we have made in the past"
Also, without intentional criticism
Of his confreres, however, he con-
Guided, Are We not. as architects,
prone to lose sight OF the big, broad
aspects of things, while We juggle
with the small and Insignificant"
How true that is! AT authoritative
English writer once said that the
hazard of any great forward move
ment was that OF being bewildered
and lost in multiplicity of details.
It is interesting to know that Mr..
Wood has not only designed build
ings for the Government and for
public institutions, but has continued
his interest in housing both for the
rich and especially the poor, and
that his work mas not been confined
to the District of Columbia. 1t was
he who so admirably remodeled
Woodlawn, the old home of Eleanor
Parke Gusts, given tn her by George
Washington, and acquired few
years ago by the late Senator Under
wood. He also designed the rectory
of the Episcopal Church at Warren
ton, Va; the residence OF Fairfax
Harrison, Nokesville, Va. and the
home Of Lawrence Lee at Leesburg.
The remodeling Of the Chevy Chase
Club some years ago was carried out
according to his designs, and 1t was
he who planned and superintended
the creation of the court of honor
for both of President Roosevelt's
inaugurals, IS well as for that Of
Woodrow Wilson.
Many letters from distinguished
clients testify not only to satisfac-
ton with Mr.. Woods designs, but
also to his ability, through cooper
alton, to get the best out of those
responsible for the construction
work.
Years pass very quickly, but Mr..
Woods Office has always been a busy
one. and few have to their credit
such q long list Of notable achieve
ments. His ability has been recog-
nized by his election as fellow of
the American Institute of Architects.
BY inheritance he is a member of
the Society Of the Cincinnati. His
local clubs are the Metropolitan,
Chevy Chase and Alfalfa. All this
goes to show that a prophet is not
always without honor In his own
country.
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Columbian College. now George
Washington University, a man Of
critical faculties and clear intelli-
gence. There could not have been a
better combination, Mr.. Wood, es-
sentially creative, imaginative, full
Of enthusiasm. originality and in
spiration. possibly was restrained by
the conservatism and scholarly in
tegrity OF his partners.
New Uses.
BY 1906 this firm had produced
numerous buildings which had en-
HANGED the beauty of Washington
and added something to the char
acter of the city. Most of these
were residences, such as those of
Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Gen. c. L. Fitz-
hugh, DR.. Gallaudet and the Bache-
lor Apartment House.
In an article on the work of this
firm. published in the Architectural
record, April, 1906, the following
statement was made, which is as
true today as then: They wood,
Dom and Deming) have developed
the pictorial, they have demon
strated the value of color and tex
ture. they have put old materials
to some good new uses and have
met, in measure at least, the needs
and requirements of a peculiar place
and time. Their buildings are not
all faultless. but they are sincere;
they do not grimace nor chatter,
but are simple. dignified and of fair
proportions. They stand for integ-
rity and character"
The enthusiasm with which
Waddy Wood entered the profession
of architecture has always been re-
tanned. together with his admiration
for the work of those who have pro-
duced masterpieces. What is more,
he has kept pace with the times.
For example, the new Interior De-
partment Building, which was exc
cuted comparatively recently from
his designs, is essentially modern,
eminently practical. but 1t is not in
any way antagonistic to the CLASH
cal, in which style are most Of our
older public buildings.
Roosevelt Letter.
During the war of 1914-1s. Mr..
Wood designed many of the tempo
rary buildings in Washington for
the different branches of the United
States Government. which collec-
lively provided about go acres of
floor space. 1t is not generally
known that for patriotic reasons,
and on account of the fact that two
of his brothers were serving over
seas, he refused to take any fee for
his work, charging against the Gov
eminent only the actual overhead
cost of executing the drawings in
his ONCE.
In a letter addressed to Henry
Morgenthau on November 2, 1925,
by the former Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
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for or against were H. C. Anderson
as president; A. T. Cowle, Orator
Twist; D. G. Miller, Orator Testing;
E. D. Weight, Orator Smart, and w.
A. johnson, Orator Ball
Following this came part on
the program, which included Nos.
to 6, as follows: No. l, Moral
Rectitude Essential to Citizen by
J. B. Merrill; 2, quartet, Millions of
Tiny Rain Drops" Misses S. P.
Davidson and F. Walker. Messrs. H
c. Anderson and M. F. Thompson;
3, recitation, John Jenkins Ser
mon," D. G. Miller: 4. duet "A. B. c."
Miss Davidson and M. F. Thompson.
No. was called The Irish Tigers
and included the following cast:
Paddy Ryan, portrayed by E. c.
Blunt; Sir Charles Lavender. r. L.
Anderson; Alderman Marrowfat, E.
D. Wright; Mr.. Bilberry. w. E.
Thomas; j. T. Tayler; Miss Marrow
fat, Miss Nellie Humphrey; and
Nancy, Miss Mary Pierce.
School Burns.
The Eighth Annual Entertain
ment' of this society was held in
the Jefferson Building on Friday,
April %, 1880. at 7:45 pm, when the
program consisted of an instru-
mental solo by Miss Ella Craig, a
recitation by Prof. J. A. Thompson
and a piano and violin duet by Mr..
and Miss Craig In a
farce. MY Turn Next were the fol-
lowing characters: Taraxicum
Twitters, portrayed by s. A. Wood;
Tim Bolus, w. H. Luff; Tom Trapp,
w. A. johnson: Farmer Wheatear,
H. F. Clark; Lydia, Miss Jennie
Knight; Cicely. Miss Lila Butt. and
Peggy. Miss Minnie Bird Qater
Mrs. Samuel A. Wood.
Things were not always serene
with the Jefferson School, for in
1882 it was severely burned. and for
a time temporary quarters were Sc
cured in the Friends Meeting House
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By Leila Mechin.

The city of Washington is today
not only as L'Enfant planned it in
the early days of the republic, but
as city planners and architects have
made it since. together, of course,
with the people whose lives have
been lived within its boundaries.
The architectural tradition Of
Washington is especially distin-
guished. beginning with Thornton
and Bulfinch, continued by Latrobe
and Walter, together with Hoban,
Robert Mills, and in these later days,
Richardson's; McKim, Mead and
White; Cass Gilbert. Bertram Good
hue: Carrere and Hastings and
Henry Bacon, not to name many
more now living who have made out
standing contributions.
1t is gratifying to know, further
more. that not all of this splendid
service has been rendered by nom
resident architects. Some of the
best of our buildings have been de-
signed by those living in Washing
ton and practicing here. Among
these. special mention may be made
at this time of Waddy B. Wood,
formerly for Is years a member of
the firm of Wood. Dom and DEM
ing. but for the past 16-year-period
working independently.
Firm Foundations.
Born in st. Louis in 1869. the son
of Capt. Charles Wood, Virginian
who had gone west to seek larger
opportunity. Waddy Wood as small
boy had some knowledge of the max
ing of America. Returning with his
family to Virginia while still lad,
he attended the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and worked on his fathers
farm. 1t was as a farm boy that
he made up his mind to be an archi-
tect. and coming to Washington he
applied to the librarian of Congress
for the privilege of reading and ex-
aiming "the oldest book on archi-
| lecture that had ever been written. !"
1t was his desire then, as it has
been since, to build on firm founda-
lions, and his education as an archi-
tect was self-attained in this man
ner Open-eyed to the best that
had been accomplished. profoundly
admiring the achievement of the
early builders of Washington, he &C
quainted himself fully with the re-
sources which the Library of Con-
gress and other institutions made
available. In 1892 he began the
practice of architecture on a sound
! professional basis.
Obviously Mr.. Wood was for
tunate in his working associates
Edward w. Dom. jr, also Wash
ingtonian, graduate of the Boston
Institute of Technology and a post
graduate of Cornell, a man of schol-
arly mind and artistic perception,
and William I. Deming, q graduate
In construction engineering from
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public schools was dated July 30,
1870.
Teachers Roster.
In 1912 this scholarship went to
William H. Luff, also of the Male
Grammar School of the fourth
school district. presided over by Mr..
Thompson. who was Strong John
Thomson able rival in educating
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prize pupils. The King scholarship
went to Daniel Foley of the third
district. The following year, the
Kendall prize. a six-year course in
the university, went to Edwin l..
Scott of the third district. the King
scholarship being awarded to Walter
NJ. Mcfarland.
The first teachers assigned to the
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Group of early teachers Jefferson School, photographed
in 1875 Seated left right Eddie Thompson White
trustee; Miss Rachel Garrett, Miss Mary Ld
Strobel Miss Clara Wilson, Miss Mary Wilson
Johnson Second Standng Miss Jane McCauley Miss Ellen
Halliday Miss Margaret Garrett Benjamin Lloyd trustee Miss
Elizabeth Riley, Miss Victoria
Ida Humphrey Fatrbrother Standing star1Day
Miss Annie Whitemore MISS Fannie Moore Poe
Miss Adele Gray Mrs. Katie Mar1Oe Hattie
Photo By L. C. Handy Studios.
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Former Students Cherish
Memories of Days There
John E. Thompson, the First
Principal, Was a Pioneer
Educator in Washington
By John CIageH Proctor.

The Thomas jefferson Memorial Junior High School located
Seventh Ninth SW. will
South Washington boys girls
along with other public schools in the District.
This building fine library the attractive
Capital