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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
Condition Good"

st. Mary's Hospital today de-
scribed as good" the condition
OF City Hall Superintendent Tim
othy J, Horgan.
Mr.. Horgan was admitted 10 the
institution on Saturday. He Is
under the care of DR.. Vincent
shea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
Late Realty
Neus
MORTGAGE DEEDS

Joseph Il. and Winifred T. Nc
Carthy, to Steward Mcdonald, as
Federal Housing Administrator,
property on Monroe avenue.
Harold H. Hurley to George d.
Human, property ON Frances
street.
John J. and Laura Collins to
Tomas & NettletOn property on
Oakville avenue, $500.
Carlo Sanford to Arthur VOghel,
property on West Porter street,
1881.
Joseph DiMara to Mildred E.
Cook, property on CORTLAND ave-
nue., $4,000.
Giuseppe Penta to the Colonial
Trust Co, trustee, property on
Cushman street, $3.50.
Sally Russo to Jennie AngelOni
property at Bucgks Hill, $1,000.
Michael and Mary Walsh to the
First Federal Savings & Loan as
ISOLATION of Waterbury, property
ON Homestead avenue, $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
SpotEghting
Brass City News
Rubbish Blaze

No damage was caused by
rubbish fire in the rear Of 1872
East Main street last night. The
blaze was quickly extinguished by
firemen of the East Main street
bungalow station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
mon PUBLICATION PATRNT

Gilbert Martien Of Newark, N. T.,
applied for = patent 0n . process
Of purifying molten Iron by blow.
ing air through II about month
bef0ro the EnGllnhmnn. Henry
feasemef. did Ii 1853,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
Discharged

, Injured In an automobile &C
cident in New Haven Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Sondereger, OF 19
Proctor street, Waterbury,, were
discharged from st. Haphaels
hospital Yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
QUIT CLAIM DEEDS

Mary MassicOtte to<Frank Mas
sicOtte, property ON Howard street.
LYMAN Kastlinas to Abraham
Kastlinas, property on Hawkins
street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-01
WARRANTY DEEDS

Stewart Mcdonald, as Federal
Housing Administrators, to Joseph
q. and Winifred 7. Mccarthy,
property on Monroe avenue.
Jennie AngelOne to Sally Rus
so, property at Bucks Hill.
Arthur d. Burton and others to
Joseph lombard, property on Hill
street.
Mildred Cook to Joseph DeMar-
ia, property on CORTLAND avenue.
DOmenic Castelano and others
to John ]. and Laura Collins,
property on Oakville avenue.
Robert Graham to Louis Rosa,
property on Circular avenue.
Arthur VOghel to Carlo Sanford,
property on West Porter street.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Boy Scouts Run Juvenile Traffic Court in Indiana Citv
'Safety Violators,
Boys and Girls,
Get Tickets

ter which shows the results of ig-
noring traffic rules, in which event
the offender must get his ticket
stamped at the theater and sent
back to the court to show that he
attended the showing of that movie
During the first two sessions,
Freddy and Joseph disposed of 80
cases. And make no mistake about
it: bicycle court is conducted with
all the dignity and power of any
other tribunal in the city. The boys
and girls who come within its juris-
diction know that they must abide
by the judges decisions, but they
know too that his decision will be
an intelligent one and a just one.
These two boys were sworn in by
the mayor Of the city, and their
word is law.
Joseph Daley, the judge of the
Bicycle Court. is a member of Boy
Scout Troop No. II, the Elks Troop.
He plans to be a lawyer some day,
and finds his psesent experience very
valuable in preparing himself for
that career.
Freddy Durham is a Life Scout.
He confesses that he is a book
worm and hopes some day to be a
newspaperman.
Both boys are enthusiastic about
their work. Mayor Alban M. Smith
and the Police Department of La
Porte are proud of the fact
that trafic violations on bicycles
are much fewer now. and accidents
| are practically unknown.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Prosecutor, Is, and
Judge, II, Handle
Bicycle Cases
By PAULINE BLOOM.


La Porte, Ind, is city of bicycles.
Out of every 100 residents, more
than 20 ride bikes" Many of these
are children.
AS you can we'll imagine, this
created a serious traffic problem, un-
til solution presented itself by way
Of the Juvenile Traffic Court. With
the help Of district executive of
the Boy Scouts of La Porte, the
mayor Of that city selected Freddy
Dunham, 13, to act as prosecutor,
and Joseph Daley, IA to act as
judge. Both are Boy Scouts.
These boys hold court about once
a week, usually on Saturday, in a
regular city court room. To these
two boys the Police Department
turns over the stubs of all the sum-
monses that have been issued to
juvenile traffic violators during the
week and the bicycle court is in ses-
sion.
One by one the offenders appear
and are prosecuted by Prosecutor
Freddy Dunham, and judged by
Judge Joseph Daley. Most of the
summonses are issued because riders
have disregarded signal lights, vio-
lated stop ordinances, ridden double,
held on to moving vehicles, ridden
without headlights or refectors
after dark, or ridden on the wrong
side Of the street. Such violations
Of traffic rules, of course, endanger
not only the riders themselves, but
people on other bicycles, In automo-
hales and GA foot.
Evening star., 1940-01-14


small. overcroWded locker that they
| are thinking of keeping an index
( They have glue, paste, two pairs
Of ice skates, two gym suits
and sewing kit. Whenever a girl
gets run in her stocking she runs
to locker 2485 to repair the damage
If the run is too long to mend, there
always are several pairs of reserve
stockings on hand, and if shoe
starts rubbing heel or pinching a
toe, there also are several pairs OF
shoes for emergency.
'If there is going to be a school
dance some afternoon, We have our
dressing room enclosed in ou1
locker" said Betty.
Supplies Provided.
They have collars and scarfs, ties
| jewelry, a comb and brush, ribbons
| fingernail polish and files, rouge
clansing tissues, powder, ipstick
cleasing cream, vanishing cream
(maybe that explains those articles
that disappear), cuticle cream, pow
der puffS, curriers', jar of hairpins
bobby pins, perfume, clothesbrush
and two mirrors. These few articles
help the girls repair their glamour
after hard days work in school
Also, they said, boys have been
caught primping in front of mirrors
occasionally.
1--WE have stationery for those
letters we keep forgetting Ruth
said, land our tube of camphor ice
helps soften chapped hands. There
are two blankets in the bottom of
our locker. We took them to foot
Evening star., 1940-01-14

ball games, and although it seldom
got cold enough to wrap up in them,
they did come in handy for saving
places for our friends"
First-aid supplies are kept on
hand and also a box of chocolates.
I'VE have a thermometer, too"
Ruth said. 1T always registers
hundred but I didn't believe it until
our chocolate melted"
Shared bA Tenant"
Ruth and Betty also have a "ten-
ant" She's six weeks behind In her
rent, too Ruth said jokingly. This
girl keeps her books, coat, hat and
lunch in the Kirkman-Carl locker.
Betty also has a bathing suit and
bathing cap in the locker. Extra
Jackets and sweaters are kept on
hand in case the girls get chilly in
school, Ruth also has brought her
crocheting to school.
Last year we went on a reducing
diet Betty confessed. I'VE kept
grape juice and other fruit juices
in our locker then We used to get
them cold by putting them in the
cold water container in the lunch
room"
Evening star., 1940-01-14

was covered with glass to prevent
acid from eating the finish off the
wood
Next the boys bought deep glass
vegetable dishes from their mother,
and these served as holders for the
liquids into which the pictures were
dipped. Orange crates standing on
end served as shelves, and cigar
boxes were used to hold paper,
negatives and other necessities.
After this had been accomplished,
Bobby and Harvey secured powders
from a camera supply store and
mixed the acids used for developing
films. An interested friend then
made them printing box and later
an enlarger by which they make
pictures 8 by 10 inches in size
Ali this provided lots of fun, but
at last they saw way to make some
money. Most of the people in the
neighborhood were interested in the
outfit and began sending their own
films to the twins to be developed
and printed At first the boys
charged nothing, but as jobs poured
in they set up standard prices and
formed business.
Their pay so far has covered the
cost of their supplies with some to
spare. They are doubly glad they
took up this interesting hobby be-
cause it has proved to be a profita-
BILE business.
Evening star., 1940-01-14


cided to enlarge her collection to
include specimens from her friends.
Isabel has had ample oppor-
tunity to meet people from whom
to obtain new material, because be.
sides attending Woodside, she went
to Whittier School, Paul and Mac
farland Junior High Schools and is
now senior at Roosevelt High.
Her purpose in making this coll
lection is to see the changes the
years make in her friends hair.
For instance, one girl, grammar
school acquaintance, once possessed
blond locks, but now her crowning
glory is dark brown.
A change found quite often is
that Of hair once straight which is
now curly, thanks to the modern
permanent and old-fashioned tin
curriers'. These changes are COM
mon among her collection of over
$50 samples of hair.
Shades vary from raven black to
golden blond, and include many of
the carrot-top variety. So far Isa-
bel has filled nearly two scrapbooks
with specimens.
Although little out of place in
her collection. she has a lock which
formerly belonged to the father of
one of her friends. This, indeed,
may be said to be treasure. for the
father is now completely bald. Dur
ing the 10 years she has had this
hobby she has met with only three
or four refusals from people who
would rather have their hair on
their heads than in scrapbook.
Isabel has contrived new method
OF keeping alive school-day mem
ories when she graduates. She
plans to collect samples Of hair
from fellow graduates and arrange
them in special memory book, to
gether with their autographs and
pictures.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Uncle Rays
Corner

When sailors made long voyages
in olden days, many of them SUI.
fered from the disease called "scr-
wy Their teeth came loose, their
joints swelled and they felt as
though they didn't want to do an
other days work.
That was in the age of discovery.
Sailors often had little food except
salted meat and the hard biscuits
known as 'hardtack."
In modern times, sailors have food
which saves them from scurvy. Such
food may be in the form Of raw
vegetables-carrots, celery, onions,
lettuce, cabbage-or 1t may be cit
rus fruits.
Citrus fruits include the lemon,
the orange and the grapefruit They
have done ever so much to help the
human race along the road to bet
ter health.
Lemons have been found growing
wild in Northern India. and it is be-
lieved that India was the first home
VI lelIlOH trees.
Mexico and California are the
chief places on this continent where
lemons are grown. Florida does not
produce many lemons, but many
carloads of lines (which are very
much like lemonS are shipped out
Of Florida each year.
Spain, Portugal. France and Italy
have important orange crops. The
fruit grows in far Australia and in
Southern Asia, and on many islands.
Great crops of oranges are grown
in California and Florida, and sever
al other States produce thousands
OF boxes. An orange tree, in its life
time of perhaps century, may have
total yield of more than half a
million oranges!
Another great citrus fruit, the
grapefruit, is grown chiefly in Flor
ida, though Texas, California and
Arizona also produce large crops.
Grapefruit seeds were planted by
Spanish settlers in Florida about 400
years ago. The trees were valued
because they have good shade, and
were ornaments on plantation. .
Oddly enough, people did not care
much about the fruit until the pre-
sent century. Now and then the
juace was used as tonic" but
most persons thought the grapefruit
too bitter to enjoy.
Citrus fruits give people a fine
supply Of vitamin c. Babies, as we'll
as adults, need this vitamin. Doc
tors tell mothers to make oranss
juice part Of an infants diet from
the time he is only few weeks old.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

and take out 81 to buy presents for
my mother and father; then I take
Is cents TO give to some poor people.
The rest of the money I give to my
mother to buy me some more pres
ents; then she gives me Is cents to
spend for myself"
And from Florence Hunter of
Mount Rainier, Nd, one of The
Junior Stars most frequent con-
tributors, came this brief note, pen
ned on post card: Thanks very
much for the prize money, which l
received today. I'm saving it toward
a college education" Incidentally,
Florence has an address that is
about as easy to remember as any
you're likely to find anywhere
1887 Thirty-seventh street.
Evelyn Arnold, Monrovia, Md, de-
clared herself quite proud of the
81 that she won in the Letters to
Santa Claus contest. I'll use it
to help buy watch" she said.
And that point disposed of, Evelyn
proceeded to report that "a copied
poem" was published in The Junior
Star of December "a. II think it
would be nice to stress the point that
all contributions must be original"
she suggested. 1T did lot of
good last year. I expect there are
many new writer's who didn't read
your article last year"
Well, The Junior Star hardly ever
receives any plagiarized-or stolen
material, and most of this is spot
ted Immediately. Occasionally a
copied poem slips by, but the Mon
day morning mail invariably ex-
poses the culprit, whose name is
placid on what might be called a
"copy-cat list" This list is referred
to thereafter in choosing contribu-
tionS.
The way to keep off the copy
cat list is to observe No. / of the
contest rules published on this page
every week, which says: "All con-
trlbutions must be original"
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Trabber. II. Earns
Money Selling
n nimaI FurS

In Winfred, S. OAK, George Feist-
ner has been looking forward to a
profitable winter Last winter he
earned $22 in three months. He
tells how in letter that won him
81 in our recent spending money
contest.
George is a successful trapper at
IA. He made his money selling the
furs of the animals he caught.
II bought traps at sales whenever
got a chance" George explains.
Last winter had 2U traps saved
up. They cost me about $15O.
"On the first day of trapping
season I went and set traps on our
land and on the land of one of our
neighbors. I got II skunks. / weasel
and ! fox in November and Decem-
ber."
Thus George made some spending
money, and probably made things
q little easier for rabbits and other
small game in the neighborhood.
Il looked at the traps every day."
he explains. II started looking at
them about 7:30 and it took until
B o'clock"
Evening star., 1940-01-14

tricks. He asked for children in the
audience to assist him. We were
seated near the front so I volun-
teered and was chosen.
The magician also selected a
small girl. DaZed by the powerful
footlights, we stumbled up to the
stage. For his initial trick with us,
the magician handed me a gold
watch and told me to guard it care
fully as he would hold me resnonsi-
Bile for it. I clutched the watch
with both hands and hela 1t
tightly.
Every once in a while I would
open my hands a bit and peek in
to see if the watch was still there.
Seeing it, would quickly close my
hand again. Watching me care
fully the magician produced a
green handkerchief from his
pocket. He recited a few magic
words and whirled the handkerchief
in the air. Then he asked me for
his watch and I triumphantly held
out my hand, but it was not there.
This trick remains a mystery to me.
For his last trick the magician
gave me a metal flask which he had
proven to be full of saWdust. He
uttered few words and ordered me
to take the top off the flask. To my
great astonishment, the sawdust
was gone and in its place was a bag
Of candy, which he gave me.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Prises T0taling IS
offered for Best
| Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star
Prizes of 81 each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules must
be observed:
/. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2. Name, age. address, telephone
number df any and school of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every contribu-
ton.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; if typewriter
they must be double-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable. re-
gardless of whether it is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the princi-
pal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanted)
together with the informa ti0n called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however,
to decline to issue reporters cards
or to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears advis-
able.
Address: Junior Star Editor. The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
A Winter Day
BY HELEN MILLS, II,
Eastern High School.

Sleet, snow, ice, and wind,
Here it is winter again.
Put on your skis, pull out your sled
Pull that woolly cap over your head,
For today we're going to have plenty
of fun,
Before the snow is melted by the
Well build a snowman round and
tall,
And people will say he's king Of
them all.
Well build snow fort high and
wide,
And from the snowballs, there we
will hide.
When we have played a day in the
snow,
Slowly dragging our sleds home
ward we go.
OF a jolly hot supper we will eat,
And end the day in slumber sweet.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

portunity to indorse a check, I in
dorsed it incorrectly. But it was
accepted, anyway, and I used the
money to buy 20 handkerchiefs."
Helen's next check came at a
very handy time" she said. She
had just set herself up in the Christ
mas card business a very small
scale, of course-and she invested
the money in additional stock. 1t
took little while to cash in on that
prize, but the third one produced
immediate results by helping to buy
a new pair of kid gloves"
"All in ALL" Helen concluded, "the
dollars were very useful to me. I
have found out from experience that
dollars usually are very handy"
X X
Raymond Bellamy of Cheverly,
Nd, showed considerable originality
for a lad OF 8. He found a way to
cash his check and keep it, too. That,
at any rate, is what I gathered from
his letter, part of which follows:
Il want to thank you for publish
ing my story. I was very pleased
with the way you printed it.
Il was so happy and excited when
1 received the check, I took it to
Pittsburgh to show to my grand
mother. I want to have it photo
stated as the first check I ever
earned"
OF the 81 that one of his con-
tributions brought, Edwin L. Stohl-
man, Ais Essex avenue, Chevy Chase.
Nd, wrote: This money has been
very useful for getting new stamps
for my collection"
Penelope Mizales, 1927 Fourteenth
street NV, added her prize money
to her Christmas fund. Her letter,
written shortly before the holiday,
said:
Il have 81 from my father and 81
from The Junior Star. l am trying
to save S. for Christmas. A few days
before Christmas l open my bank
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Junior High
BrOadcasts

Editors Note-The tollowing
article Is one OF series on sub
Jects dramatised BY the Cross
roads Theater Players in pro-
grams arranged by The Star and
broadcast oDer WMAL in COOP
Grafton with the National Broad
casting Co. and the District
Junior high schools. Watch The
Evening Star for enact times OF
these bro1dcaStS.
GELLATLY'S ART COLLECTION.
Tall oaks from little acorns
grow"
This old saying was repeated by
Richard Gellatly New York busi-
nessman, when he accepted from
an artist friend the gift of land
Bcape painting.
The artist asked Mr.. Gellatly why
he was christening the painting
rThe Acorn" The businessmen re-
piled that it would be the seed from
which his art collection would grow.
The landscape was Mr.. Gellatly's
drst art possession. He was a lover
but not connoisseur of art. His
collection grew to 1000 items, in
cluding American paintings with a
few examples Of Egyptian art,
miniatures, statues and ancient jew
elry.
The Gellatly collection is now in
The Smithsonian Institution, part of
the national collection of fine arts.
Mr.. Gellatly gave it to the Federal
Government before his death.
One of its best known items is
D pendant supposed to have been
made by Benvenuto Cellini, the
great goldsmith of Florence, Italy,
one of the artists of the Italian
Renaissance. The pendant is in
the form of dolphin. The Virgin
and Child statues, models of Gothic
art, and the child paintings of Alb
bott H. Thayer also feature the
collection.
Mr.. Thayer used his own children
as models for the Virgin and
Throne" and for other childrens
paintings in the Gellatly collection.
These works are considered fine ex-
amples of their type.
The collection is only one of the
countless exhibits OF art, science and
invention and history on display 1t
the Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

The case is presented, the judge
makes his decision then and there
and the punishment is meted out.
Sentences are sometimes suspended,
IN the case Of first offenders, or
where there are other mitigating
circumstances. Other offenders are
sentenced to write essays on the sub
Evening star., 1940-01-14

CliClI OWu SluulO,
w ood neces-
sary to build a
darkroom " a S
purchased at a
l u m b er yard,
and the twins
S p e n t m a n y
hours putting it
up in a corner
of their cellar
A long. old
fashioned table
was brought out
from under a
cover of dust
and put in the
da kroOm IT
Evening star., 1940-01-14

R u t h. W h o
lives at 1872
Ontario plac e
NV. id !:
- S o m et i m e S
t h | n G S disap-
pear. but they
always reappear.
Once in awhile,
We find new
things in the
locker. Not so
long a 6 o " e
f ound a new
lipstick, just my
shade, too"
The girls have
c4 v,,,cl ~, @L1,,.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

ject "Why I Should Not Violate
Traffic Rules" to forfeit their right
to use their bicycles for a day,
several days or a week, depending on
the seriousness of their violation, or
to pay fines anywhere up to 50 cents.
Some are given passes to attend 4
safety picture at Z local movie thea
Evening star., 1940-01-14

sister was 10 at
the time. It was
a gala occasion
for me, because
I seldom went
downtown with
out my parents.
w e enjoyed
the movies and
then came the
vaudeville. After
numerous typi-
cal stage acts, a
famous magi-
clan came on
the stage and
performed some
breath = taking
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Snow Storm
Prise Contribution.
Nv MARION RENSON II

Dy MAhlON bENSON, lS
Greenbelt (Md) High School.
One day the snow came tumbling
down,
A most enchanting sight,
Leaving its blanket on the ground,
So f1eecy, soft and white.
The starry flakes whirled in the air
With the signing wind,
And rested on the limbs so bare
Making them sway and bend.
And when the snow had reached
the ground
And lay there white and still,
The children came out of the house
with a bound
And went coasting down the hill.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

Taylor street
NV. to conceive
the idea of COL
lecting samples
of her friends
hair.
Isabel began
h er collection
about 10 years
ago when she
was a student at
Woodside Ele-
mentary School.
She already had
samples of hair
from several
members of her
fanoi1y opI do
Evening star., 1940-01-14
The Ships

BY FLORENCE M. HUNTER, Is
Mount Rainier (MdD High School,
The golden evening comes,
And the great ships sail from home
Over the sea they swiftly pass
In an ocean of seething foam.
The sky is quiet, the air is pure
AS over the glittering sea
Their widespread sails like roseate
pearls
Vanish and cease to be.