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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
FUNERALS

The funeral of Frederick Mertz was held this morning at 8:15 o'clock from the Lunny Funeral Home, s Central avenue to St, Patricks church. Reverend Ro- bert Murphy. celebrated the re- quiem Mass at 9 o'clock.
 The bearers included James Lynch, William Walker. Joseph Walker, Frank Steamer, Anthony Flamigetti and Timothy Hanley.
 Burial was in Calvary cemetery with services by Father Murphy.
 The funeral of Frank Barauskas (Burout) took place this morning at 8:45 o'clock farom the Deliniks Funeral Home. IT Congress avenue to St. Joseph's church at g o'clock where Mass of Requiem was cele- brated by Rev. Joseph J. Vanentie- jus. Professor Alexander Aleksis ar- ranged special musical program. Burial was in the family plot in Cal vary cemetery with committal serv- ices by Father Valentiejus.
 The pailbearers were John Ka- weckis, Casimer Alexandrvicius, Paul Podzunas, Louis BaranauskaS, Peter Valsmars, John Adomaitis.
 The funeral of Martin M. Horan of 2S Vermont street, will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 from the BerEin funeral home, 290 East Main street, to the Sacred Heart church. for a solemn high Mass at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of Mrs. Edwardina (Ciauthier) LaRoSe of 26S South Main street, will be held tomorrow morning at S:15 from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street, to St. Anns church, where re- uuiem high Mass will be celebrated at Q o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
Woman Driver Named In $25,OOO Accident Suit By Local Man
Alleged Reckless Driving Charged in Formal Allega-
 tiOns; Woman Tenant Asks $l5,OOO for Injury Suffered in Fall

"A total of $llO,5o0 is asked in eivil actions brought today in su- perior court. Eleven of the com plaintS filed seek to recover dan- SRes. and twelfth requests the re- vtoratioa of liquor permit revoked by the state liquor control commits don.
 NI,arRest sum sought is $25,000 in m action brought by Lyman Pfet- Ter, Waterbury, against Elizabeth V. O. Reinbrecht, also of this city. The plaintiff charges that on Jan nary 28, of this year, he was stand ing at the southeast corner ot Willow street and WoodlaWn ter- race. when aacar operated by the defendant crashed into another driven by Gaylord Whitney. Prior to the collision, the complaint al- leges, the Reinbrecht woman's car had been proceeding at a reckless sneed. and had Skidded for a dls- tance of 100 feet on the pavement, the surface of which was icy at the time.
 Total Deafness
 The crash propelled the Whitney car into Pfeffer, causing him to sustain a fracture of the petrous bone of the skull, comminuted fracture of the upper border ot the left scapula, and other contu- tions. lacerations and bruises. The plaintiff also charges that as 8 re- suit of injuries suffered he will suffer total deafness, and will pc an invalid for the remainder of ms life.
 A sum of $i5,o00 is claimed by Anna Volpe, Waterbury, from Har- " Brenner, also of this city, own- CT of a tenement house located at 45l No. Main street, in which the plaintiff was 8 third-floor dweller. She charges that on June IS, 1S4l, while descending the stairway from the second to the first floors, she caught her shoe in some metal molding, and was precipitated to the foot of the stairway. AS 8 re- suit of the fall she suffered a con- tusion and hematoma below the left knee and other leg injuries. The defendant is accused of main taining an unsafe and dangerous condition of the steps.
 Five actions filed today are for $1O,OOO each. In one of these, Mrs. Mary Farrell, Waterbury, brings suit for a fall on a staircase in FitZger- aid and PIatt, Inc. at IT East Main street on July B, l940. Blamed for the fall, in which the plaintiff suf- fered fractures of the second, third and fourth metatarsal bones of the right foot and 8 severe sacro-iliac gprain, Is the fact that the steps were of varying widths and the risers on the steps of different heights. Also declared as respon- Sible in part for the fall is loose, unattached carpet.
 Eugene Grabowski, Waterbury, seeks to recover $10.000 from the Summer Park Amusement Co.,, Pierce and Norton Co.,, Inc, and Percy L., Julia H. and Irving w. Norton, all of Bristol, proprietors of g roller coaster at Lake Com bounce. On May 5, 1941, Grabow- ski contends, he was hurled from a car on the amusement device as 1t rounded curve, and fell on che structure below, sustaining injuries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
BUILDING PERMITS

The following building permits were issued today at the office of Building Inspector John T. Hart leys
 Mrs. Josephine Ricciardi, . one- family dwelling with garage at- tached, on Francis street, $3,500.
 William. A. BaudeIier, 0ne- family dwelling and garage on GIenrOck road, $6,5O0;
 Mrs. Stella FeOIa, additions to garage at 102 Atwood avenue, $25O;
 Mrs. Mary |. FitxSimons, enc close rear porch at 1538 Baldwin street, S125;
 A Rosenberg, additions to store and st0ro front, South Main street, $70O;
 Joseph Peace, enclose rear porch Norris street, SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
Full Weather Report

CONNECTICUT - Considerable elOudiness tonight and Wednesday preceded by showers mad thun- derst0rms this evening. Much cooler Wednesday. Moderate to fresh northwest winds tonight.
 Boston, Aug. 26--UP)-TFe Wea. ther Bureau ordered small craft storm warnings hoisted today from Passport, Me, to Block Island, R. I. Fresh, to occasionally strong south west winds with some afternoon squalls were predicted.
 Boston, Aug. 2s-UP)-weather forecast:
 MASSACHUSETTS and R HI O. D B ISLAND-Consider c U diness tonight and Wednesday, preceded by showers and thunderstorms this evening. Much cooler tonight. Cooler Wednesday. Moderate to fresh north- west winds tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
Earbenders Outing
 Program Completed
Community House Scene of Event Sunday; Henry
 Koch and Wife Residing on Sylvan Avenue
WASHINGTON HILL.

Final plans for the Earbenders Club outing to be held next Sum- day at the grove in the rear of Washington Park were made at a meeting held Sunday afternoon in the Community House. The out ing will last all day. Steak sand wiches, clam broth and clans will be served in the morning and 6 full course dinner in the evening. Gene Gladding heads the arrange ment committee, and wll be assist- ed by Arthur Dulac. James Mur.
 phy, Francis Joyce, Edward Leach,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
OBITUARY

CHAPIN-Mrs. Florence (Cutting) Chapin, 64, widow of Frank D. Chapin of 28 North Main street. died yesterday at the Waterbury hospi- taL
 Mrs. Chapin came to this city sev- eral days ago from waltham, Mass. She was 8 member of the First Methodist church, and of Winona Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows.
 The funeral will take place from the Clark funeral home, 20 State street tomorrow night at 7:3O o'clock. with Rev. John Snavely of- flciating. Burial will be private.
 KRESH-Mrs. Blanche Kresh Of B Bishop street. wife of Michael Kresh. died last night at her home following 8 brief illness. A native oi Lamzos Poland, she came to this country S5 years ago.
 Mrs. Kresh had resided in this city for the past 35 years.
 Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by three sons, Wallace Coop CT of Hartford; Mitchell and Ed ward Cooper of Wilmington, Dela- ware.
 The funeral will take place from the Deliniks Funeral Home, 17 Con- gress avenue at 6 time to be an- nounced. Friends may call at the funeral home from T-10 today and all day tomorrow.
 SLAUZES- George Elau1es of 24 John street died ct his home yes- terday afternoon following a short illness. A native of syikelai, Lithu- ania, he came to this country % years ago.
 Mfr. Elauzes had been Q resident of the Brooklyn section of this city for 3B years. He was a member of the Lithuanian Citizens Political club ad the Lithuanian Independent Political club. He had been em- ployed by the T. q. smith company ag . yard foreman.
 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna 9lauzes. c son John. and two daughters, Mrs. Helen Spring Of New Brunswick, N. J.. and Miss Anne slauses of this city. He also leaves . brother, John of Lithuania, and two sisters, MFs. Agatha Pech- kis and Agrs. Anna MAkaunkas, both of Kingston, Pa.
 Funeral services will be held Fri- A0w ssfAHnln0 ak asSn 0,nf0ak fF0Ha tho Mazaika funeral homo, 10 Pof- ter street, to Ct, Joseph's church, where g solemn high Mas viii be celebrated nt . o'clock. Burial will be ill the family plot in Calyass cemetery.
 Friends may eall % the flineFai home after o'clock this afternoon and aiso on "Wednesday and Thurs day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
MARLENE DIETRICH
 BADLY INJURED

Hollywood, August 26. - CUP) = One of the famed Marlene Dietrich legs was in cast today.
 Carrying seven month old baby yesterday on film set, she tripped over a miniature fire engine. As Miss Dietrich fell, she eurned to avoid landing on the child. Her ankle was fractured, her shoulder was bruised and she was dazed. The baby was unhurt. Physicians said it would be 6 month before she could return to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26

Thomas Conway and Ralph Rug. gles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
Civil Actions Aggregatng More Than $11O, ,0OO Filed
Search For Missing
 Bodies Unsuccessful
State Troopers Continue to Supervise Task at Lake
 Quassapaug, Scene of Double Drowning Sunday

The search for the bodies of two youths drowned Sunday at Lake Quassapaug continued today without success despite efforts of three police agencies and several volunteers Meantime it developed that only good fortune prevented triple tragedy Anthony Careh 25 of 2S4 Congress Avenue operator of the speedboat which turned and cataputed him and two companions into the water, disclosed that he could not swim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26

Edwin O'Dea of Laval street and Francis Kane of Baldwin street, are in New York city today to witness the baseball game between St. Louis and Brooklyn, playing at EbbetS Field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-26
Four-Day Forecast

Boston, Aug. 26-(UP)-The wea- ther Bureaus four-day New Eng land forecast for the period begin- ming at 7:30 tonight:
 Temperatures will average near normal. A cool day Wednesday will be followed by a gradual rising tendency during the rest of the period. Normals for the period are Burlington, l., and Nantucket, e6: Concord, N. H., and Portland, Me, 64, and Eastport, Me. 59.
 Precipitation will total heavy, as showers Tuesday evening and the last half of the period.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

The blind mans father was a
veteran Ford employee, who died
in 1o19-and the blind, middle
aged son applied for his job!
He was given a trial-and has
been at work ever since. Young
snitch assemblies split bushings, a
job requiring exacting accuracy
and his fingers are marvelously
skilled.
He is one of more than a
score of blind men holding inn
portant jobs in the Rouge plant.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
HORSE RACING
TO BEGIN MAY 30
Delaware Park to Open on
Memorial Day With a New
Attractiveness for Patrons
RACES UNTIL JULY 9TH

With increases all along the line
so that the total purse distribution
will be the greatest in the track S
history, and with FLY and mare
stake occupying the climatic place
of honor, Delaware Park will begin
its 1941 meeting on Memorial Day,
MAY 30th), with a new attractive
ness for horsemen and public. 1t is
estimated that the money distribu-
ton during the thirty-day race
meeting which will come to an end
on July 5th, will approximate
$3.50, 900, figure that will set a
new record for total, as well as per
diem, distribution. Devoted to the
breeding side of the sport as well
as the competitive side, the Della
ware Steeplechase and Race Asso-
citation will for the first time con-
clude its session with the $4,000
New Castle Handicap. Breeders
from Kentucky to California long
have clamored for more emphasis
on the distaff side of the sport
more devotion to the races for fill
lies and mares. Altering long es-
tablished custom, Delaware Park
has given the final place of import
ance to the New Castle, a test of
endurance as well as speed for fill
lies and mares, since it is at mile
and a sixteenth. This shift is be-
lieved to be the first of its kind at
any major American racetrack and
was decided upon following con-
ference of the Delaware Park big
three. Simpson Dean, President;
Donald P. Ross, and William du-
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
A SERIOUS FALL

William Conden, a shoemaker,
well-disposed but of unsteady hab-
its since he came here to reside
thirty or more years ago, was
granted a pension for some mill
tary service, few weeks ago and
has been enjoying the money ever
since in having a good time spend
ing it for drink. On Wednesday
in stepping off the porch at the
Smyrna House, he missed his step
and fell, his hip striking the stone
step and producing what the DR..
called a fracture of the hip joint
He had no home and no one to see
after him, nothing but an uninvit-
ing room to lodge in, and these rep
reservations being made to J. Hen
ny Jefferson, Trustee of the Poor
for this Hundred, he gave an order
for his reception at the Almshouse
and whittier, he was carried that
evening, where he could have the
proper attention.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

assorted rolls, Swedish tea rings.
coffee cakes and raised doughnuts
The display of home-produced art
icles will be viewed during the noon
hour. Besides the exhibit of artic
les that our club members have
made" says Mrs. Kate Henley
Daugherty, New Castle County
home demonstration agent, "our
Achievement Day events will in
clude reports Of 1910 achievements
by individual club members. And
the Talleyville club is scheduled to
give a 15-minute recreation pro-
gram right after the noon luncheon
which will be served in the church
dining room by members of the
Ladies Aid Society,""
AS the feature attraction of the
speaking portion of the New Castle
County H 0 IN Demonstration
Achievement Day program, Mrs.
Minnie Fisher Cunningham of the
Division of Information of the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Administra-
ton, will talk on Farm Women in
a Changing World" Mrs. Gun
ningham is national chairman Of
urban-rural cooperation for the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs and was formerly Extension
Editor for the Texas Agricultural
and Mechanical College. With Mrs.
Cunningham to the Achievement
Day program will come Miss Clara
Bailey, an editor of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture Extension
Service Review
Another outstanding feature Of
the New Castle County Home
Demonstration Achievement Day
at Newark Methodist Church on
April 9, viii be the presentation Of
a sound, color motion picture,
Health and Happiness, by Miss
Pearl Macdonald, nutritionist for
the Delaware Agricultural Exten-
sion Service.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

Pont, Jr.
The $4,000 Sussex Handicap,
which has been the windup feature
at Delaware, has been moved for
ward to June 21st. The third of
Delaware's $4,000 stakes, the Kent
Handicap, is scheduled for June
14th. The Kent is confined to three
year olds. The Sussex is for any
horse of three years and upward.
The New Castle is restricted TO fl
lies and mares, three years old and
upward.
What doubtless viii interest the
more, is the increase in the min
imum purse value. A system of
graded values has been worked out
so that only few purses will be as
low as 81, ZOO, which in other years
was the Delaware bottom figure.
This year, according to distance of
the race, and value of the horse,
values will range from 81, 100 up to
$1,000. The only purses as low as
$1,000 will be those for the cheap
est claiming horses running at dis
tances less than a mile and six
teenth.
General Manager Edward Burke,
and Racing Secretary Edward j.
Brennan have aimed at placing
emphasis on distance races as well
as on tests which will help breed
ers. Thus the book which Secre-
tary Brennan has written finds
more opportunities for horses who
can run over a distance of ground
The public likes such races. And
the purse money will be there to
reward owners and trainers who fit
their horses for the extra distance
Once again Delaware Park will
have fourteen stakes, and there
will be no diminution of the en-
phasis on steeplechasing. Four OF
the fourteen stakes will be jump
ing tests. And once again Della
ware Park will cooperate with New
York racing in that the sport
through the field will not begin al
Delaware until after steeplechasing
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
CLARK WALKER

Miss Ida NJ. Walker, daughter of
S. Walker, of Kenton, and Nehemi-
ali E. Clark, agent at Queen Anne's
Station, d. & c. road, were mar
ried in the NJ. E. Church at Kenton,
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
Rev. A. Chandler officiating. AS
Mrs. Chandler played the wedding
march the bride and groom enter
ed the church, preceded by the ush-
ers, Frank Wilds, William Arthurs,
Elmer Walker, and James Clark,
the couple taking their stand under
the emblematic horse shoe, while
the ceremony was being performed.
The church was handsomely dec
GRATED with evergreens and potted
flowers. The bride was attired in
a neat travelling dress of light
brown, trimmed with plush, and
carried in her hand a bouquet of
cream roses. The young couple
took a train shortly after, for a trip
to Washington and other places
The bride was the recipient of a
number of handsome presents.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
MILL DAMS IN DANGER

The dam of the Smyrna mill
pond ran a narrow risk of washing
out on Saturday. The immense
quantity of water coming down
necessitated the hosting Of the
flood gates, which rarely has to be
resorted to. While doing this the
miller's son stepped on the earth
at the side Of the bridge which sud-
denly gave way letting him down
to his arm pits, and besides the
scare, revealed an incipient wash,
that might soon have caused an
irremediable breach. A carpenter
was speedily obtained who forced
down a new plank and the breach
thus stopped, but had it occurred
the early part Of the night the dam
would very likely have been carried
away. It was the part of wisdom
to get the water out of the pond
as soon as possible and thus relieve
the pressure on the weakened part,
but the immense volume of water
which rushed through washed the
gate hole much beyond it's former
size. Persons who came to town
over the Garrison mill dam say
they never saw so much water be-
ing vented there before, nearly if
not all the gates being pulled out
to let the down coming waters
through to find their way to the
sea. The back water" from the
high winds has forced up the river,
prevented the usual free escape of
the water. Considerable anxiety,
it is stated, was felt for the mill at
Dover throughout Friday night and
Saturday as there was for most of
the mill dams throughout the
country.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
HOMEMAKERS
TO MEET APRIL 3
Exhibit of Articles at Noon
Hour; Reports on Achieve
ments by Members
18TH ANNUAL MEETING

The close to 400 homemaker-
members of New Castle County
home demonstration clubs, and
their friends, will meet at 1880 a.
m. in the social hall in Newark
Methodist Church on Thursday,
April 3, for their 18th annual Home
Achievement Day.
To the Newark Methodist Church,
the club members will bring artic
les which they have learned to
make during the year. Next Thurs
days exhibit of these articles will
include hooked rugs, knitting and
utility bags made by Swedish darn
embroidery, and yeast breads con-
sisting of standard loaves of bread,
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
BROODFP
HOUSE PLANS
Plans for Non .
Ara no.; D'OOder Hops
~ designed for Bird
Ooi'llort and Health
an BROOD 800 CHICKS

Plans for the cors+.
sturdy long-lastira : ! lctloa q !.
designed for bir6 a ha&
health, have been ZINC 19lloFt al
G. Skoglund and 1 r'eG 0y vi
Professor Tombave oat; ionaaE
the University Of DaIo. --l-s Aead 1
and poultry Lndustrv III ann
and Skoglund, the Trni,,o Parting
sistant research nm,l+r,.' Us :
ed out a f0ur-paga 80 ,--a'l vol
set Of plans and snecisos't 'aPa't
the brOoder house ~ -o 10
foot brooder housa i H.. y "
to brood 500 chicks ~ Sg saos
and SkogIund empbasiza ~. tYa':
from 800 to $50 cbicEs . la a7
brooded in one 81 tbeso E'-' y
any one time. The house il ~,
On t"o' four by six-inch skds H. Ia
ed two feet in from each sids |: ~ !.
building '''s " o.
Properly Constructed
houses provide a 1Jnjforro .-''oF'
lure since ventilating faaJ4.,
birds especially young H., ! !.
realized when brooding ne5. I :.
clean ana dry And a good had i
er house gives chicks c6rstar ~. :.
lection from the weather nd nd r.. :,
rodent attacks. ~
The front. hack. ends and so,. :.
the brooder house are shown i - !,
five drawings in the plans rtv4
have been titled "A Brooder Ham.
For Delaware" Constructor =
tails are reproduced in the d,sr
ings, and explanations give D4s.
sary additional facts.
To complete what they have zg
ed Plan No. l, Tomhaye and SkIe.
Continued on Page SKI
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

DEATH OF. DIR. J. A. GOODWIN
DIR. Joseph A. Goodwin, in whose
sickness there has been so much
interest for the past three weeks in
Smyrna, Kenton and vicinity died
shortly after midnight last night
Confined on Paes Eirht)
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
End of an Era

MARION, N. C.-For the first
time in 43 years W. c. Silver, 70,
does not have child attending the
public schools. His eldest son, Ed
Silver, started in 1897 and until this
year Silver had from one to five
children in school.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

DETROIT, MICH. Twenty-one
years ago a man was led into a
factory employment Office.
The man was then forty-fve-
at the age when, some people
have said industry draws the
dead-line."
Also, Oscar Youngsnitch was
totally blind. When he was eight
cen, working in a Detroit foundry
before automobile factories were
dreamed of, molten metal de-
stroyed his eyesiRht.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
SMYRNA DOINGS.
OF so YEARS AGO.
Notes Of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF MARCH 25, 1891

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events Of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27
THE DUPONT POWDER MILLS

THE DUPONT POWDER MILLS
All the various mills at the Du-
Pont powder works injured or des-
troyed at the recent explosion, have
been rebuilt with the exception of
one. Workmen are now placing
the machinery in position. The
capacity of the mills for the manu-
facture of all kinds of powder will
far exceed that previous to the
time of the explosion.
Smyrna times., 1941-03-27

came 'home" last fall hoping to
recuperate his health but the moth
er's care and solicitude, and asso-
Citations of early days were una
vailing, and he died as before
stated on Wednesday afternoon.
The remains were conveyed to the
cemetery at Brynzion Church near
Kenton, on Saturday after the fun
eral services conducted at the home
by Rev. Herman Roe.
Superintendent R. L. Holiday, of
the Central Division, P. w. & B.
railroad has been appointed to sue
coed Isaac N. Mills, retiring super
intendent of the Delaware Division,
P. w. & B. R.R. Mr.. Holidays
appointment takes effect April 1st.
The new incumbent has been for
only ten months in charge of the
Central Division. He is a we'll
known civil engineer, and was pre-
viously engineer of maintenance of
way, at Altoona, Pa. His ac-
quaintance here is solely among
railroad men. Otherwise he is UNI
known in Delaware. On Monday
afternoon the superintendent car
came to Smyrna bringing the new
Superintendent, I. N. Mills, the re-
firing supt., Christian Febiger,
President of the Delaware Rail-
road, H. F. Keney, general supt.,
S. c. Long, B. Murphy and two or
three others. They took a survey
of the town and then steamed back
again.