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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Bond Concerts

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band today at $50 o'clock on
the bandstand IN the home. John
S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
BY the United States Marine Band
today at 7::30 o'clock at the District
War Memorial. Capt. william F..
Santelmann. leader; Henry Weber,
second leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Promoted to Cuptuincy

First 1t. Robert E. Copes of Silver
Spring, Md, today received a COM
mission promoting him to captain
in the Marine Corps Reserve. He
is now at Lakehurst, N. j.. with the
5th Battalion. He has been q men,
Der of the Reserve unit since 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am. to-
day:
Fatalities, 0.
Accidents, 20.
Motorists injured, 2.
Motorists arrested, 249.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29

JEWISH WAR VETS LEAVE FOR CONVENTIONAL delegation
of 03 Jewish left Washington night
ton where they will attend national convention this
picture taken at Union Station the delegation entraned
ron left to rightly Louise Sanderof maorette of
the local drum and buge and Benjamin Aronsohn
mander Of the Jewish War Veterans behind them
Jack Flaharty Qef buge MASTER and Irwin Gensberg
senior vice commander. Star Staff Photo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. David Belts, Mr..
and Mrs. Jack MARYLAND spent the
weekend in Ocean City, Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hartman
and daughter, Peggy, Of Dillsburg,
Pa, are visiting DIR. and Mrs. VIII
liam Welsh.
Miss Lorraine Dronenburg and
Miss Emma Wootton are spending
their vacation at Tall Timbers Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Higgins and
daughters Of Cincinnati, Ohio, are
guests of the formers brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dolph Talbot.
Mrs. Clifton Veirs, Mrs. Shirley
Prescott, Mrs. j. S. Dawson, Jr.,
Misses Constance Williams, Carter
Dawson, Mary Anne Dawson, Caro-
Ign Veirs, Frances Bouic, Peggy
Mills, Katherine Brosius and the
Messers Frank Davis, Tom Veirs,
Sonny Clogg, Tom Harding and
Alvin Veirs returned Saturday
from Shoreham Beach, Md, where
they had been spending a week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

guests, Miss Helen Gassaway and
Miss Rosalie Gassaway, Of Balti-
more.
Mr.. Stedman Prescott, Jr., is
visiting friends near New Orleans,
La.
A reunion of the Higgins family
was held on Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Talbot
on Van Buren, street. They enter
tanned the following relatives at
dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hig-
gins of Philadelphia, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Higgins and daughters,
Elizabeth and Jean of Cincinnati
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. James Murdoch
Of Washington; Mr.. John Higgins,
Miss Laurie Anne Higgins, Mr..
Billy Higgins, and Miss Ruth Lin
ton of Chevy Chase; DIR. Stuart B.
Muncaster of Washington; Misses
Helen and Resale Gassaway OF
Baltimore; Miss Peggy Appleman
Of Kensington, and Mrs. John G
Mcdonald and son, Gordon, of
Rockville. A reunion of this FAM
lily has been held each of the past
ten years.
Miss Edith Magruder and Miss
Amanda Wilson of Bethesda, are
spending this week at Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beall left
on Tuesday for Atlantic City.
The Rev. H. o. Cooper, Miss
Vivian Lowe and Master Charles
L. Lowe are mentioning this
month in New England and New
York. They will visit the Worlds
Fair and then spend some time
with relatives in New Bedford
Mass, and Rye Beach, N. H. The
Rev. Mr.. Cooper will return to his
pulpit in the Baptist church, here,
in September.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08
LAYTONSVILLE

Miss Ridia Hearn of Franklin
town, Baltimore, spent a part OF
the week at Edge Hill with Mr..
and Mrs. Vestus Wilcox. Miss
Hearn, who is a teacher Of art,
had pupil, Dickey Anderson, with
her.
Little Miss Kathleen Larcombe
Of Washington Grove is visiting
her cousins, the Jeffrey Grifith's
at Retirement Farms. Miss Eliza
beth TryZno of Baltimore spent
last week at Retirement with Miss
Jackie Griffith, who is at home for
her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle Haines, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Stewart and
their children, Mr.. and Mrs. Vestus
Wilcox and their daughter went
to Beverly Beach Friday.
Miss Mary E. Waters of Balti-
more, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. Uriah Griffith, and is
expected Friday to stay for two
weeks. While Miss Waters is here
the Misses Elizabeth and Virginia
Griffith plan to take trip, possib-
ly to Cape Cod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington w.
White and their son, Charlie, are
spending few days in Manassett
with Mr.. and Mrs. William P.
Sherman, whose small son, Billy,
returned with them after visit of
several weeks here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stewart
entertained a number of their
neighbors at a watermelon feast
Thursday evening in honor of the
seventh anniversary of the birth of
Mrs. Stewards son, Gordon c..
Keys. 1t was also the 23rd we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Merhle Haines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08
Rockville News And
Social Items

Mrs. Wade Cothran of Harrison
burg, Va, is spending this week
with Mrs. Rose A. Dawson.
Mrs. Hazel Cashell is visiting
her brother, DIR. Ferris in Tappa-
hammock, Va.
Miss Nell Broome has returned
from a visit with Miss Jerry Col
Inns, of Fort Bliss, Texas.
Mrs. George NJ. Hunter was
hostess to members of one of the
Tuesday bridge clubs this week.
Mrs. Marie Falls, Rockville, and
Miss Ruth Boyette, of Washington,
are spending the week at the Hotel
Traymore, Atlantic City, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Higgins,
Mrs. Randolph Talbot, Mrs. John
Mcdonald, Elizabeth and Jean
Higgins motored to Moorfield, w.
Va, on Monday and were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph
johnson, cousin of Mrs. Higgins.
James l. Thompson of Queens
town, Nd, has been visiting his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos Castle.
Mrs. Barnard Welsh and Mrs.
Darby Bowman entertained the
following guests at a bridge lunch
con on Monday at Olney Inn in
honor of Mrs. Wade Cathran, Mrs.
Vinson Peter, Mrs. Adolph GUIDE,
Mrs. Anne Dawson, Mrs. Leight
Allnutt and Mrs. Rose Dawson.
Mrs. Thomas Hyde, 4th, enter
tanned at luncheon and bridge on
Tuesday in honor of her house
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08
C. & p. Releases Report

Net income for the month of
June for the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company of
Baltimore City, serving the State
of Maryland, was SOS, 583, which
was $63,115 less than for the
same month of last year, accord
ing to the report of operations
just filed with the Maryland Pub
lie Service Commission.
Operating revenues in June
amounted to $1,443, $40, as COM
pared with 81 1852, 458 for the
same month of 1889.
Operating expenses, including
taxes amounted to $1,240, 287,
which was $144,527 more than
for June, 1889.
Taxes for June amounted to
$257, 785, which was SIS, O21 more
than for June, 1889. For 6 months
of 1910 taxes amounted to 81, 1884,
722, which is $113y513 OF about an
increase of 81 per cent over the
same period for 1899.
Maryland was served by 291, 1926
telephones on June 80, 1910,
which was an increase of 20, 158
over the number in operation on
June 80, 1889.
Telephone users made more
than So, 4S7 800 calls during the
month, which was an increase of
Ill per cent over those made
during June of 1889.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

- FOR SALE = Fair Prospect
Farm for sale, ACT acres, " mile
west of Jacksonville, Nd, Mont
gomery Co. All fields have just
been lined in rotation; excellent
fences, about " of them new;
can be sold in one tract, or d.
vided to suit the buyer, 76 acres
or more; it is cropped, has fine
fields of blue grass, timothy,
clover and lespedeza; well
watered = creeks, springs, 3
wells. 10-roomed house, two q
story tenant houses, all other
buildings necessary. Land well
drained and lays nearly level;
location ideal, paved roads on 8
sides, about 115 miles of pave
ment frontage; for sale to settle
a partnership agree m e 1T.
WOLVERTON BROTHERS, by
E. Wolverton, 3135 Adams Mill
road, N. W. Washington, D. c.
Phone: Col. 1921. Sc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

~PUBLIC SALE = All house
hold furniture, electric range
and electric refrigerator from
19-room house. Other articles
too numerous to mention. Also
Antiques. Terms cash. Wednes-
day, Aug. ID 10 a. m. MRS
James B. Maughlin, Boyd, Mo.
PIG
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. s = Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, sponsored by
the Ladies Aid Society of Ash
ton Methodist Church, at Sher-
wood high school, Sandy Spring,
5 to $50 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. 10 = Annual tournament at
2 p. m; supper 5 p. M; Liberty
Grove Grange picnic. Bingo and
dancing. Liberty Grove Grange,
Burtonsville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

.LOST - About 3 weeks ago,
Holstein bull, a yrs. old, horns
cut off. Liberal reward, A. c.
Kingsbury, Boyd, Md. 215
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WFOR SALE = AS Feed : 1000
bushels smooth barbless barley;
81 per bushel, cleaned. Germina-
ton test, $3.50; purity, 979o.
Apply Harold Ickes, Olney, Md.
PIP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08
Rockville Baptist Service

DR.. John F. Fraser, pastor of
the University Baptist Church,
Baltimore, win fill the pulpit of
the Rockville Baptist Church, on
Sunday at II A. NJ.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WFOR SALE OR RENT = 10
room house, suitable for two
families. Two baths, nice shady
lawn, hot water heat, electricity.
One acre land. Rent $50 per
month. Sale price $4,750. Herbert
E. Thompson, Spencersville.
TEL: Ashton 3767. 208
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. GIT = Rockville Fire Dept.
Carnival at old Rockville Fair
grounds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WCUSTOM MATCHING - Try
it from Hood this season. A
Custom Matching Specialist. No
chicks for sale. Special Tur-
key Incubators. Each tray
Matched in separate compart-
ment. YOU ALWAYS GET
YOUR OWN. No Mixing. WE
HATCH FOR YOU, LIKE YOU
WANT US TO. Chester R.
Hood, Mt. Airy. Phone IA.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

"FOR SALE : Voss Upright
Piano. Excellent condition. Beau
tiful tone. Price $50. Phone:
Rockville 148-R. l92
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. 10 - Picnic Dance: St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Barnes
vile.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

.FOR SALE Shoats and pigs
for sale, reasonable. E. B. Bra
love, Layhill road, Rockville. Md.
203
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

HFOR RENT =. Second floor
apartment. Four large rooms
kitchen and bath, screened-in
porch. Hot water heat furnished
Rent $50 a month. 100 Park ST.,
Rockville, Md. Call Rockville
584-J. 2Oo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WwANTED TO BUY - Female
dogs that are going to have pups
in three weeks or nursing pups
not over one week old, to be
used for Foster Mothers. Pay So
to SIS. Dog Hotel, $500 Western
Ave-, Chevy Chase, Washington,
D. C. Phone Woodley $3.50. 473
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. 8 = Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, Ashton church
Ladies Aid Society, Sherwood
High School, 5 to 9.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. Is = Country ham supper,
Emory Methodist Church, Oak
dale from to 9 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

~FOR SALE-Grand piano, $50.
Duncan Phyfe dining room
table. Cross-bred Schnauser
puppies. Antique chest. Pierson.
Sandy Spring, Md. Phone:
Ashton 1921.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

~FOR SALE = 1880 Chevrolet
truck in good condition at $25.
1880 Chevrolet Coupe, $35. w. c.
Wood, Shady Grove road. 214
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WLOST- On Sunday, August a,
reddish brown Irish Terrier,
wearing collar with owners
name, Charles M. Thomas. Phone
Rockville 281. Substantial re-
ward. 2O9
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

y FOR SALE = 3-piece used up
hostered living room suite for
SIS. Dolly's Dinette, Gathers
burg, Md. POT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WWANTED : Days Work.
Experienced in laundry, cooking
and cleaning. Eva Stewart,
Germantown, Ri. 1, box Sc. 213
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

81 ATTENTION TO FARMERS
= When in need of work horses,
see W. o. Dosh, at Gaithersburg,
Montgomery County, Md. If you
cannot pay all cash, terms can
be arranged to suit you. Phone:
Gaithersburg 40. Office PIG. 302
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Sept. maryland Fox Hunters
Association horse show, Brooke
Johns farm - 10 a. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. II = Annual fried chicken
and ham supper, given by Aid
Society of Wesley Grove Church,
Woodfeld. Beginning at A p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WFOR YOUR INFORMATION
= Always Mon, Wed, Fri, in
Frederick, / W. Church. Phone:
452-J. DIR. Watkins, Optometrist.
355
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

WPROPERTY WANTED = Let
us help you rent or sell your
property. Sidney Thompson, Real
Estate Broker, "a E. Montgom-
cry Ave-, Rockville, Md. Phones:
residence, Rockville 49,; Pooles-
vile A; Office: Rockville 1913. 949
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

FOR SALE-Fine dairy farm,
64% acres, IA miles from Balti-
more on good road. 7-room
house, electricity, hot and cold
water, hot-air furnace. Tenant
house, a rooms, electricity. Dairy
house, barn 30x50, silo 10xS5,
other outbuildings, apple orch
ard of 200 trees. Apply to
B. E. ENGLE, Plaza 0243 or
Owner, GEO. H. WEHLAND,
Ellicott City. Phone: E. C..
28-F-2 or E. C. 28-F-3.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. 21 = Sandy Spring Fire
Dept. Carnival, Sherwood High
School grounds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

- FOR SALE = New and used
radios, parts, tubes, dry batteries.
Decca, Victor, Bluebird, Varsity
records. Cabin John, Glen Echo,
Potomac, Kensington, etc. Bring
your radio in for repairs, pick it
up on way home. Free estimates.
Magee Radio Service, 69O7 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, Nd
Wisconsin $685.. 1O7
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. "a Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, Clarksburg
Ladies Aid, on church lawn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. 90 = Ladies Aid Society of
Gaithersburg, annual harvest
home dinner at social hall of
Epworth Methodist Church from
5 o'clock on.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

.WANTED = Middle AGED
couple to work on farm, woman
to work in house. Apply at
Sentinel Office. 1879
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Advertising taken p NJ Wednesday
guarantee all representations honestly strive
primarily for the of readers
We will accept copy which appears be misleading.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

- FOR SALE - Locust posts
for sale. w. R. Winslow, near
Norbeck. Phone: Rockville GIN.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08

Aug. % = Play ''The Child's Day"
Washington Grove Auditorium,
8 p. m. Presented by children,
directed by Mrs. Doris Sturgeon
and Mrs. Bertha Mills.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-08-08
COMING EVENTS

Aug. s = Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, sponsored by
the Ladies Aid Society of Ash
ton Methodist Church, at Sher-
wood high school, Sandy Spring,
5 to $50 p. m.
Aug. 8 = Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, Ashton church
Ladies Aid Society, Sherwood
High School, 5 to 9.
Aug. GIT = Rockville Fire Dept.
Carnival at old Rockville Fair
grounds.
Aug. 10 - Picnic Dance: St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Barnes
vile.
Aug. 10 = Annual tournament at
2 p. m; supper 5 p. M; Liberty
Grove Grange picnic. Bingo and
dancing. Liberty Grove Grange,
Burtonsville.
Aug. Is = Country ham supper,
Emory Methodist Church, Oak
dale from 5 to 9 p. m.
Aug. IL - Annual fried chicken
and ham supper, given by Aid
Society of Wesley Grove Church,
Woodfield. Beginning at A p. m.
Aug. 81 - Sandy Spring Fire
Dept. Carnival, Sherwood High
School grounds.
Aug. "a Fried chicken and coun-
try ham supper, Clarksburg
Ladies Aid, on church lawn.
Aug. % = Play "The Child's Day"
Washington Grove Auditorium,
8 p. m. Presented by children,
directed by Mrs. Doris Sturgeon
and Mrs. Bertha Mills.
Aug. 90 - Ladies Aid Society of
Gaithersburg, annual harvest
home dinner at social hall of
Epworth Methodist Church from
5 o'clock on.
Sept. maryland Fox Hunters
Association horse show, Brooke
Johns farm - 10 a. m.
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Evening star., 1940-09-20
Winchester 10 Resiqn
Trade Body Post

Carol F. Winchester, who for the
past three and one-half years has
been business manager of the Ar
hngton (Va) Chamber of Commerce,
will resign October Is, President F.
E. Westenberger announced yester-
day.
Mr.. Winchester has lived in Ar
lington for several years and will
continue to make his residence in
the county. He will be associated
with the Eastern Chapter of the
Associated Equipment Distributors
gith Offices in Washington. His
resignation was accepted at recent
Executive Committee meeting, Mr..
Westenberger said. A successor will
be announced soon.
Thomas F. Settle, secretary of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, will be the princi-
pal speaker at the regular monthly
meeting Monday at p m. in Howard
Johnson's Restaurant, Lee highway
and Kirkwood road. Plans will also
be made for the trade body's winter
activities.
Evening star., 1940-09-20
TIN o K-YoUR THRIFT sToRE--hA. $40

1900 new Fall dress shirts in whites
and a varied selection of fancy pat
terms in stripes, and all-Over figures.
IA to II. Also broadcloth pajamas
in coat, MILDLY and notch collar
STYLES. Some irregularS.
Evening star., 1940-09-20

Mems 1.19 Fall Sweat
ers; of heavy feeced
cotton. Sizes 36 to 46,
Sac
Mems 1.95 Whittenton
and Other Blanke t
Robes; in new colors
and patterns 90
Mems 69c Win t err
w eig ht Underwear;
shirts with long sleeves,
ankle length drawers,
SAC
Mems 4.95 Suede Jack
cts; with knit collars
and cuffs. Spotte e d.
Sizes 36 to As ---3.79
Mems 25c Shorts and
Shirts; fancy broad
cloth and white ribbed
cotton -----17c
Goldenberg'
Evening star., 1940-09-20

BIx5I size cotton
and rayon table
cloths In brigh ht
novelty patterns.
Heavy quality, full
of service.
Main Floor
Evening star., 1940-09-20

Two yards wide perfect
quality f1oorinEs. in 8 at
tractive patterns, stone,
tile and floral effects.
BRING room measures
ments.
Third Floor
Evening star., 1940-09-20

q and 7 way floor
lamps, complete with
night light in base. g.
candle lights and Sway
center light. complete
with shade. Also match
ing b-idge lamps and ta-
BILE lamps.
Evening star., 1940-09-20

Sure-Fit slip COW
ers of knitted
fabric that fits
over any type OF
chair. Equipped
with Sta fast fea-
ture that pre-
vents wrinklin z.
Wine, blue or
green.
Third Floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
CARD PARTY HELD
 TODAY AT CHURCH
St. Anthony's Guild SpOn= sOrs Weekly Event; Al=
 berta Engle Here
PROSPECT
Correspondent: Alfred Peach
 Telephone 5-0S32

Prospect, July 22-The St. An- thony's Guild met this afternoon for their weekly card party held for the benefit of the new St. An- thony's church.
 The Prospect team plays Cheshire tonight at Cheshire at the school house grounds. The game will start at 6:30 o'clock.
 The "Y" church team is sched- uled to practice softball on Tuesday at 6:30 o'clock at the Chatfield grounds.
 Miss Alberta Engle of Middlebury is visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. Richard Brundage, Sr,, of Summit road, Prospect.
 There is a Grange softball game scheduled for Wednesday of this week and probably one on Friday at the Chatfield grounds. The grange has just acquired a new second baseman. From all accounts he is supposed to be quite a flash on holding second free from runners If this is serving as an introduction for somebody his name is Robert Sabo and he is a newcomer to our town of Prospect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
Cn AMaaaIM C.R ACsNEn
ABOUT THE STATES

Here are five questions dealing with the states of the union. How many do you know?
 Can you give the origins of the names of these states? (a) Pennsyl- vania; (b) Utah; Co Louisiana; (d) Montana.
 2. Of what states are these the nicknames? (a) Golden (b) Nutmeg; Co Bluegrass; (d) Panhandle.
 3. Where do residents of the District of Columbia vote?
 4. Hom many stars had the United States flag at the beginning of the 20th century?
 5. Which of the f5 states was ad- mitted to the union last? When?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
------4s---- AS STAMPS IN THE NEWS
Bohomos Once Captured By Young American Navy

THE Bahama Islands, the chain
 of British-owned islands off the Atlantic coast of United States, best known as a winter resort, assume new importance in Americas defense scheme and the outcome of Europe's war. Talk of purchase of the group by U. s. is not likely to get beyond the conversation stage for the Ba- hamas have been British for three centuries.
 Three important dates in the history of the Bahamas are in- scribed on the 1929 stamp above commemorating the 1929 anni- versary of British occupation and the 1729 treaty of peace ceding the islands to Britain.
 One of the first victories of the young American navy was the capture, in 1776, of New Provi- dence, which was soon abandoned. Many American Tories moved to the islands after the revolution. Previous to that time the Bahamas had been owned by Spain, gov- erned by English proprietors and overrun by pirates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-22
200 PRESENT AT
 CROTTO'S OUTING

Charles Winters was host to nearly 200 members of Zindah Grot- to and its auxiliary at their annual outing yesterday. Edward How'd was general chairman, assisted by Har- old Manville. Floyd Drake, Andrew Finlay and Charles Winters.
 The scehduled softball game was cancelled because of the intense heat. The crowd turned their at- tention to shady trees and to par- ticipatlon in card games. horseshoes, croduet and similar games. The Grotto orchestra played during the afternoon and later a buffet sup- per was enjoyed. Refreshments were In charge of Mrs. Floyd Drake, Mrs. Clarence ". Slater, and Mrs. O. Rockwell Clyne.
 Monarch Clarence w. Slater an' f,ounced that Louis Wenzel. pres' ldeni Of the Connecticut orotto As. bociation has been appointed 10 the supreme contest committee 1y Cfand Monarch Thomas H. McEls sin. oi buitalo. N. <.