The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-02
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
By BILL GARRIGUS

winter sports Snoulu prove D very satisfactory source of income for South Britain farmers with open slopes in the pasture lot. Just north of us, Salisbury, Canaan and Norfolk have ski clubs that turn out a number of experts every year. South Britain has more and better good ski hills, it has fewer wire fences, not so many cedars to dodge, and only 8 very few boulders big enough to do more than break an arm or fracture a skier's skull.
 Any old hayfork rig can be turned into . first class ski tow. Signs can be set at the edge of woods road, enticing cars into the drifts, and then the farm team has em- ployment. Folks like to drive close to the ski jumps; snow is as hard to get out of as mud, and it's lots cleaner and easier on the nerves. There's no reason why 8 farmer should depend on 8 mudhOle for an income when he can just as well be paid for creating snow drifts for city folks to stick in. Enterprising rural landowners should make plans now for the winter ahead. A few pictures will help. Statements from famous winter sportsfOlk are val- uable. South Britain should be more famous than Lake Placid be- cause 1t has so much more to of- fer the public.
 Percy Beardsley enjoyed the re- cent blizzard more than almost anybody we know. It kept city peo- pie at home and gave him an op- portunity to break several pairs of Devons. Percy says that heavy snow makes the job of breaking cattle easier because they cannot run so fast. The Beardsleys are very proud of their new Devon bull, an importation from the Uni- versity of Connecticut. Percy says that the bull has been properly certified under the Merit System and he expects the 1940 calf crop to be superior animals in every respect. There's no room for scrub stock on Good Hill. Nate and Percy Beardsley breed only the best, as buyers the world around are aware.
 Passersby, on the evening of March 9th, will note more cars parked at the Community hall than have been seen hereabouts since the meetings of the United Americans. Lusty music will filter out on the chilly night air and stOut-hearted men of brawn and bone will swing their dainty part ners to the strains of age-Old dance tunes rendered by our Swede Stolt and his Hayseeders. From the kitchen will issue Odors of brOiled frankfurters and men from the hills, weary of a venisOn diet, will crowd about the counter and lay bets as to who can eat the most. Tony, the barber, will sell tickets; Mike Klesitz will maintain order as efficiently as possible, while genial Percy BeardsIey will pass out sOda-pOp and steaming hot dogs.
 Newton post, No. 1907. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be host to their friends at this March 9th dance. Efforts are being made to sign Horace Green and Punk Nor ton for a return match, although Punk has assured us that he has no intention of making weight. Getting Horace out of the Pur- chase is dependent on the condi- ton of the highways. A large dele- gatlon from Waterbury, veterans from Newtown and down the vale ley, and men-about.town from 9trongtown are sure to be on hand.
 Mere than eco years ago. sn Irish patriot promised his fellow. eFs that when gt. Patriek's day again fell on Palm sunday, there would be an upheaval thnt would disrupt the British empire. This year Palm Sunday wili De on March l7th. Perhaps that explains ChambeFlain's plea te the German paepls e east 0ii thelF yeke AnA become friendly. If ths IFish eveF start WoFk On England, Che British win need more assistance than they can muster ln the light little lnls.
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