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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
PEACE PILGRIMAGE
STARTS AUGUST 10
Father ROuthier to Direct
Diocesan Delegation to
St. AIMS Shrine

Headed by Rev. w. Arthur Rou-
thier, a large group of Connecticut
residents will leave for Canada
Saturday morning, August 10, as
members of the first Peace Pilgrim
age of the Hartford Diocese to the
Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre,
81 miles outside of Quebec. Father
Routhier, administrator of the par
ish of st. AIMS Shrine Church, 800
Park street, Hartford, has been ap-
pointed as spiritual director of the
movement by Bishop Maurice j. Nc
Auliffe.
The pilgrimage will be featured by
two visits t. the wo"'I -r7~'ls ~
silica, on August IA and Is, the lat
tur Gay e., v--u <. &c 49,
sumption, when special ceremonies
will be observed for the visitors from
the Hartford Diocese. Canadian
church dignitaries will participate
in these ceremonies.
The itinerary of the pilgrims from
Connecticut includes a visit to the
st. Joseph's Oratory, Brother Andres
Shrine, in Montreal, three days of
cruising on the st. Lawrence and
Saguenay rivers, and a three-day
stay in Quebec, with the Chateau
Frontenac as headquarters.
Reservations for the Peace Pill
gri1nage are being received by Father
Routhier at st. AIMS Rectory; at
the Chancery, "a Pennington
avenue, and at the Manhattan Of
fices of the Catholic Travel League,
10 Rockefeller Plaza, which has been
named to handle the travel arrange
mentS,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
Rubber Co. Worker Retires After 81 Years of Service
RADWICKI
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Dependency Cite AS
ReasOn-RevOlver Used
For Act
Especial to The Democracy

Naugatuck, Aug. Edward Rad
wick, "a, of 46 Pom dstreet, took his
own life at 2:15 this morning by
shooting himself, police said. The
youth did not have a job and de-
spondency was given by police as
the reason for the act.
Radwick used % caliber revol-
yer, shooting himself in the temple,
and firing only the one shot. Appar-
emily death was instantaneous. The
act was committed in the kitchen
of his home, while his relatives were
asleep, police said.
DR.. William H. Hill, medical ex-
aminer, Investigated, and said it was
a suicide. A note was left at the
scene, but the contents were not dis
closed.
Mr.. Radwick was born in Nauga-
tuck and lived here all of his life.
He leaves his father, Carl three sis
tiers, Mrs. ALI Englund of George
town, Conn, Mrs. w. Farrell and
Miss Ann Radwick, both of Nauga-
tuck, and one brother, Frederick.
The funeral will be held Saturday
Afternoon at 1:30 at the Buckmiller
funeral home, % Park place. Rev.
Edward R. Hance, Congregational
church minister, will officiate. Bur-
ial will be in Grove cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock
and tomorrow from 3 until p. m.
and from 7 to 8 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01

who Is to be married soon, was
presented with aluminium and
enamel kitchen. utensils.
Attending were: Carlton B Treat,
Victor N. Peterson, Harris B.. Nc
Sherry, william H. O'Donnell, An
drew Evans, Marshall Griffith, Will
bur Squire, John Driscoll, Francis
Curtin, Raymond McKeon, John j..
Strayer, Louis Dubois, Mrs. Milton
Smith, Mrs. Charles Hitchcock, Mrs.
G. Luddy, Mrs. Arthur Arthur Pu-
dem, Mrs. Betty Evans and the
Misses Lillian Laubmeister, Lillian
Carlson, Peg Tracy, Bette Great,
Doris Olson, Ida Schwartz, Con-
stance Clayton, Albina Kogut, Judy
Gluss, Margaret Healey, Gladys
Pearson, Mary Callahan, Agatha
Hanley, Eleanor ConlaA, Margaret
Brennan and Dorothy Healey.
Plans Reunion
The HotchkisS Association will
hold its 59th annual reunion at the
Middlebury Town Hall in Middlebury
on Saturday, August 10, and the
program will start with registration
at 1920 a. m, and business meet
ing will follow. A table picnic dinner
will be served at 1915 and there
will be an assembly in the afternoon
with short talks on interesting sub
jects, reports or the officers and of
the genealogy committee.
All direct Hotchkiss descendants
and their families are invited to
attend.
To Mark Anniversary
Next Wednesday, August 7, will
the 25th anniversary of Superin-
tendent of Schools and Mrs. Harold
E. Chittenden of Fairview avenue.
They will entertain friends infor-
mally at their summer home, Canoe
Harbor, East River, Madison from
4 p. m. until 8 p. m. in observance
Of the occasion.
Funeral of Skyles Martin
The funeral of John Skyles Mar
tin, Al, of LOT Dunn avenue, pur-
vhasing agent of the U. S. Rubber
Company plant here, were held this
morning at 1890 o'clock at the Con-
gregational Church. Rev. Edward R
Hance, pastor, officiated Burial will
be in the Woodstock cemetery
Woodstock, Va, tomorrow morning
The bearers were: John G. Cum
mings, Lloyd Sammis, Willard Bittle
Fred Zonino, Norman Bovay AND
Howard Eggley, and ushers were
Harold Barrett, Thomas Fitzgerald
John ODonnell and John Mckee
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
Lickings Tabooed!
No Reference Intended to "Woodshed Rituals"
Uncle Sam Adopts Sanitary Device Eliminates
Moistening Stamps - Speeds Up Work.

proper printed postage, complete
with postmark and date of mail
ing. 1t is slapped on your package,
and the transaction is over. Wait
ing time is halved, and stamp
licking is abolished.
The new device is a big brother
Of the postage meter, now used
by business firms under Post Of
flee Department license, to stamp
and seal letter mail in their own
offices. According to the manu-
facturers, the new post office
model eliminates the need for
handling and affixing several
denominations of stamps to make
up the required postage payment,
since any value of postage from
1c to $1,000 is provided in a sin
gle stamp. 1t is claimed that
meters are more sanitary, since
the human handling and licking
of stamps is done away with.
There are savings in time to both
the public and the post office, be-
cause the rursh period handling
of packages is speeded up, and be-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
Property Sold.

William ]. Neary has sold to Rose
A. Hannah house and lot on Scott
street, according to warranty deed
filed recently at the Office Of Town
Clerk Raymond j. ST. John.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01

bearers and ushers were all asso-
ciates of the deceased, at the U. s..
Rubber company.
In addition more than 100 from
the U. S. Rubber company plant
here attended.
George L. Wigglesworth, Jr,, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Wigglesworth
of Oak street, is taking a six-weeks
summer course at the Randle school,
Washington, D. G.
Mrs. Mary Kennedy Of Meadow
street is a patient at the Waterbury
Hospital.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur F. Lewis
are mentioning at Fairlee, VT.
Miss Catherine G. Brennan and
Miss Florence Brennan of Bridge
street, who have been mentioning at
Virginia Beach, Va, have returned.
Thomas and John Leary of Tolles
Square and John Ostroski, Jr., of
Culver street are camping at Tall
Timbers, Norfolk, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Luskay of
Millville spent several days recently
at their cottage at Lake Quassa-
paug.
Miss Eleanor Souls Of Boston and
New Bedford, Mass, is the guest of
Miss Elise Merrill of Cliff street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01

The chore of mailing that pack.
age to your Aunt Minnie is I'M
dergoing streamlining at the
hands of Uncle Sans parcel post
experts. The next time you patron
ize large city post Office window,
the chances are your package will
be dispatched without so much
as the lick of stamp.
Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co.
announced today that it has been
awarded postoffice department
contract for thirty mni-denomin-
alton postage meters for installa-
ton within go days in large city
post Offices throughout the coun-
try.
The machines resemble cash
registers in appearance and OPP
Grafton. Here is how the new SER
vice works. The window clerk
takes your package, weighs it,
computes the postage, takes your
money and touches levers on the
meter. Out pops a small label,
yumed and moistened, bearing the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
Mrs. Gallagher Is
Honored With Party
By Many Associates
Union City Mans Drowning Termed Accidental Iva
terbury Man Sentenced By COurt-Tax-
payers Swarm In Today
NAUGATUCK

Inection with this case that gypsieS
who have been staying on Pond
Hill, were ordered to get out Of town
last night and had departed this
morning. Captain Anthony Malone
and Sergeant Richard Ostrom noti-
fie the gypsies.
"A 81 bond was called in the case
! of Matthew zimmocha of 20 ohm
street, NaugaJucK, VINO failed to
appear to answer charge Of vio-
lating the borough parking ordi-
nance. Judge Thomas Neary pre-
sided.
Big Check
Property owners swarmed to the
town hall today to get in under
the wire" by paying their July pro-
perty taxes and thereby escaping an
interest penalty.
The biggest taxpayer here, the U.
s. Rubber company, sent in check
for $51,317.96, Assistant Tax Cole
tor James Brennan said. Because Of
the illness of Tax Collector James
F. Fitzgerald, George Wilcox is be-
ing employed to assist Mr.. Brennan
In the work of collecting the taxes.
Today was the final day for pay
ment Of the 19-mi1 tax before in
terest charges are added.
Packing Rooms Win League Games
Waterproof & Tennis Packing
Rooms started the second round OF
the U. S. Rubber Interdepartment
Softball League in the win column
last night at Recreation Field.
On the south diamond, Bob Gairs'
Keds Packing team humbled the Of
flee Mechanical aggregation that
appeared on the field with a re-
vamped lineup and expectations OF
winning. Heavy clubbing by "Cal'
Gallagher and Bob Gair and the
steady pitching Of Bill Rado who
let the hopefuls down with only two
hits spelled victory for the Keds-
men, go.
On the center diamond Regis
Shannon and the Waterproof pack
ers subdued the Keds Makers 17-8
Mat Jankowski pitched for the win
ners, allowing 9 hits while Chick
Sargent yielded IL.
Weaving Family Reunion
Preparations are being made for
a reunion of the Weaving family to
be held at Camp Irving on the
Housatonic on Sunday, August II.
It is expected more than 100 men,
bers Of the family will attend, in
Guiding party of is from Brooklyn
N. Y. and several members from
Detroit, Michigan.
The affair will start at 10 a. m
and a chicken dinner will be served
at 3 p. m, with light refreshments
being served during the morning anC
afternoon. Further information may
be obtained from Mrs. Charles H
Stahl, 213 South Main street.
Steak Roast
A fine time was enjoyed at q
steak roast held Tuesday night at
High Rock Park in honor of Miss
Dorothy c. Healey of German street
by her associates at the U. S. Rub
Der Company office. Miss Healey,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-01
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following realty documents
have been filed in the Office of
the town clerk:
Warranty Deeds:
Sally Kosersky to Benjamin A.
Colder and Dolores M. Colder.
Arthur Theroux and Donat L.
Picn to Henry ]. O'Neill.
Carl A. Samson and Helen R.
Samson to Edward X. Samson,
Jr., and Freda X. Samson.
cause "metered" parcels require no
further cancelling or postmarking.
In addition, the machines provide
inspectors and others with auto
matte postage control, as their
meters can be read like gas or
water meters, and the postage it
self Is non-negotiable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Carolina To Send 81
Men Into Track Meet

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May 10
R-North Carolina's favored track
team will send a 37-man juggernaut
into the preliminaries Of the 18th
annual Southern conference meet
here tomorrow afternoon.
The well-balanced Tar Heel team,
conference outdoor and indoor track
t~itlists, will have at least four men
entered in all the IA individual
events but the pole vault.
Maryland, ranked along with Duke
as a strong contender for the cham
pionship, has listed II competitors,
mostly running specialists. Duke
has the second largest number en-
tered with %.
Richmond, indicated in dual en-
gagements, is sending 10, the host
William and Mary squad is, Wash
ington and Lee II, N. c. State,
Wake Forest and Davidson six each,
v. M. I. two and South Carolina two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
CHEMISTS DEFEAT
OPTICIANS, 1912
Ethyl-Do Ten Piles Up Sever
Runs In Sixth Inning To
Win Independent Tilt

Ethyl-Dow showed the City Opt
cal ten under yesterday in an hide
pendent loop tilt at the 22nd street
diamond by the count of 10 to 2,
with the Chemists piling up seven
runs in a wild and woody sixth in.
ming.
Manager Jimmy Moore, Eyeman.
announced last night that he was
protesting the game. He pointed
out that Pitcher Shep McKeithan
used an illegal pitch to the batter
which resulted in Fred Banks being
caught off base in the first inning.
The Chemists reached the batter's
box to open the evenings activities
and showed S. McKeithan home. He
doubled and Jimmy Moore's error on
H. McKeithan's drive to short, broke
the ice.
The Eyemen went ahead in the
second as Lem King drove out a sin
gle and scored on II. Moore's error
Mote came in by virtue of Wilson's
timely knock.
Thus the scoring stood until the
fifth and the Chemists tied it uI
with W. S. McKeithan's single anG
Roy Jones' hard double. The sixth
found the Eyemen befogged, be-
fuzZled, and tormented by one
Chemist after another crossing home.
They made four errors and hunted
Jimmy Mintz ragged. Seven runs
and four hits was the net.
Mintz was tapped for II hits and
Shep McKeithan for four, three of
them in the second; two of the hits
he allowed were triples, one by
Moore and the other by King.
The score by innings:
City Optical ------ 020 000-2 4 z
Ethyl-Dow ------- 10 017-1O II 2
The batteries, for the Eyernen,
Mintz and Tienken; for the Chem
lists, s. McKeithan and H. McKeith-
an. Umpires, Futch and Houston
TOday's Game
Taylor-C olquitt and Werthemier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Outhit Cubs But
Lose By 81 Decision
Chicago Bunches Six Hits Off
Sullivan To Offset Nine
Safeties By Boston

BOSTON,, May 16. Out-hit-
ting the OPPOSITION was unavailing
to the Boston Bees today as they
dropped their sixth consecutive game
to the Chicago Cubs by a 5-4 mar
gin in the series windup.
The Bees connected against the
veteran Bill Lee for nine blows, in
GLIDING three doubles and Al Lo-
PEI two-run homer, as the visitors
punched their six safeties, all against
Lefty Joe Sullivan, who was re-
lieved in the eighth by Al Piechota.
Bill Herman's double, a single and
a fly gave the Cubs two tallies in
the first inning and, with two out
in the seventh, Glen Russell moved
them into a 80 lead by blasting a
Sullivan pitch v the left field
wall.
Before the Boston southpaw was
yo1lhCo H. IllC c1SIlCll, l1lC SuDS duuCu
two more runs on Lees double, Stan
Hacks infield hit, and Herman's fly
and Jimmy Gleeson's triple.
The Bees opened in impressive
fashion against Lee, scoring twice to
deadlock matters on successive sin.
giles by Rabbit Warstler, Bob Loane,
Max West and Chef Ross. Lee then
held them in check until they filled
the bases in the fifth, only to have
Ross choke off the rally by ground
ing out.
After the Cubs pulled into the
lead on Russell's four-bagger, the
Bees made another threat in their
side of the eighth, which Max West
opened with a double. Lee famed
Ross and forced Les Scarsella to fly
out before Lopez poled a drive over
the left field wall for the last two
Boston runs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
BOSTON WINS OVER BROWNS. rs
BUGS Play Golden Belt Club Here Tonight
UNADMIRING FAN

CLEVELAND, May 16.-R-
Bob Teller, often called one of
baseball's greatest pitchers, dis
closed today a c~ross-section of
fandom in which he sometimes is
called something else.
The Cleveland Indians star
read a pan letter at a luncheon
club meeting which said:
Dear Nh. Feller: You are q
bum. Those writer's certainly lie
in making you out to be great.
You pitched against the Detroit
Tigers, a team l sometimes feel
l could beat myself, and you
lost. You bum.
II bet $100 on you at even
money. 1 will never bet on you
again; first, because you are a
bum and, next, because I haven't
another 500.
Il suggest you go back to
Iowa and start blowing the corn
fields, for there are a lot of
starving people in this country
especially those who bet OH
you.
"Unadmiringly yours"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Galento Not Worried About
Baer; It's Louis He's After

"I work out two or three
hours a day." he said. And he
looked it. Right now Tony
weighs ESQ pounds, but ''I'll be
down to 200 by fight time" he
said.
A very affable gent, Tony let
it be known that he will fight
two more years, at the longest.
Then he'll quit. otis a tough
racket" he said sadly, shaking
his head.
He kept on winning at rummy
and kept on putting q long
cigar. "How many of those
things do you smoke a day."
we asked. ooh, about five,
maybe SIX" adding with a grin,
S'these things cost me three for
a dollar"
Tony is no stuffed shirt, but
don't let your Imagination start
running way with you when you
start hearing of his exploits.
He's just a natural. There
wasn't a beer bottle in sight
and he didn't offer to swing that
left hook of his in our direction.
That surprised us.
There's more between his
ears than a battered counter
ance. He's his own manager
now and apparently doing a
good job of it.
When we left, Tony had just
won his fourth consecutive hand
of rummy. He was very well
pleased with himself.