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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY
 America's Card Authority

Upon analysing the two types of hands on which the McPherran No Trump bid is made, you will find that the original bidder has good deal of leeway. He may, at times, bid no trump when holding only a five-card suit, in which case, how ever, he must not hold four-card major suit, and the five-card suit generally always is minor suit.
 The danger in using this con- vention is with the responding hand. In this position you must bear in mind that your partner holds one of the two types, of hands on which the bid is made, and that either of them may be minimum in high card tricks. Therefore, use great care in re- spending. Above all, don't be afraid to pass.
 If you elect to bid two of a suit, you are asking your partner to pass unless he holds the freak Type No. hand with a suit strong enough to stand alone, and by re- bidding it he will not raise the contract. Here is an example:
 South could open the bidding
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with the McPherran one no trump, in which case North should bid two hearts. Then South should pass. He should not bid three diamonds nor three hearts, because if North's hand were strong enough to go to game, he would have made bid other than two hearts. If South had held six spades to the ace-queen-ten, how ever, he could bid two spades over two hearts, informing North that while he held a freak no trump, his suit was good and in his opin- ion worth rebidding.
 Remember that McPherran says, "The most difficult thing about this system is to learn to pass"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Ladies' Auxiliary
 Installs Officers

Installation of officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary to Canton T. R.. Martin was held recently at Odd Fellows hall, with Mrs. Lillian John son and Captain Floyd Cady, off, ciating.
 Those installed were: President, Mrs. Clara Dibble; right supporter, Mrs. Lillian Johnson; left sup porter, Mrs. Lorella Newman; vice. president, Mrs. Lettie Flood; right supporter to vice-president, Mrs. Lucille Frink; left supporter, Mrs. Julia Marggraff; past president, Mrs Cora Kanny; right supporter to past president, Mrs. Louise Clarke; left supporter, Mrs. Grace Weaving; chaplain, Mrs. Martha Cady; right supporter, Mrs. Ella Andrews; left supporter, Mrs. Mabel Gardner; of flcer of the day, Eleanor Johnson; officer of the guard, Mrs. Cath erine Wood; sentinel, Mrs. Elizabeth Weimer; secretary. Mrs. Francis Owens; treasurer, Mrs. May Spearo; committee appointments, hospital, Mrs. Lettie Flood, Mrs. Lillian John son; refreshments, Mrs. Louise Clarke, Mrs. Julia Marggraff, Mrs. Lucille Newman, Mrs, Cora Kanny, Mrs. Catherine Wood; press. Mrs. Louise Clarke; regalia, Eleanor Johnson and Mrs. Catherine Wood; ways and mean, Mrs. Cora Kanny, Mrs. Ella Anderson, Eleanor John son, Mrs. Lucille Frink; entertain ment, Mrs. Mabel Bachmann, Mrs. Francis Owens, Mrs. Martha Cady.
 Guests from Hartford were: Col onel George Whitford and Mrs. Whitford, Captain Elmer Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, Captain Harold Hansen and Mrs Hansen, Captain and Mrs. Rowel. Following the in- stallation, refreshments and so- cial hour were enjoyed. The men joined ill with the auxiliary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
CORNELL CLUB

Winners in the Monday evening tournament under the direction of Mrs. J. c. Moriarty were: Mrs. John Finn, Mrs. John Corden, $50 1-2; Mrs. Charles Yoos. Mrs. Florence Sullivan, 343 1-2; Mrs. Paul Ruesch, Mrs. Phillip Roy, 343; Miss Kay Wolff, Miss Betty Mullin, 341 1-2.
 Scores in the play were: Miss Barry, Mrs. Mack, "A; Mrs. Treat Mrs. Panalitis, Il; Miss McGee, Miss Kelly, GA; Miss Lanaro, Mrs. Coo chilla, 63.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Wadhar71s Relief Corp Meets For Induction

The Wadhams Wonlan's Relief Corps No. 1 met on Monday night for its installation of officers, with Mrs. Margaret Cooper in charge.
 The members inducted were: President, Mrs. Olive Wilson; senior vice-president, Mrs. Matte Word; junior vice-president, Mrs. Lura Dutton; chaplain, Mrs. Julia Conk- lin; treasurer, Mrs. Kathryn Wil- Hams; guard, Mrs. Jessie Baker; assistant guard, Mrs. Lucy French; conductress, Miss Catherine Beer baum, Mrs. Sophia Mcclure; press correspondent, Mrs. Florence John son; color bearer, No. l, Eva Stemm; No. 2, Margaret Dick; No. 3, Phoebe Dews; No. 4, Clara Thomas.
 Delegates appointed for the state convention were: First, Mrs. Mar garet Dick; second. Mrs. Florence Johnson; first alternate, Mrs. Sophie Mcclure; second alternate, Mrs. Phoebe Dews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
3rd Church Dessert
 | Valentine Bridge
Petrosky Photo.

The Women's Get Together Club of the Third Congregational Church held meeting last night under the direction of Mrs. D. P. Castaldo. Plans were completed for a dessert bridge to be sponsored by the group on Friday, February IA, at 1:30 o'clock at the Parish Hall.
 Last nights prize was donated by Mrs. Frank Judson and won by Mrs. William Wood. Hostesses for the evening were: Mrs. Judson and Mrs. John Joyce.
 The committee arranging the bridge includes: Prizes, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Albert Harris; general committee, Mrs. John Joyce, Mrs. James Donnelly, Mrs. Willis Knick- erbocker, Mrs. Gomar Lewis, Mrs. William Wood.
 Mrs. Wood became member of the club last night.
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GORLICK- RICH

Miss Pauline Florence Rich daughter of MT. and Mrs. Louis Rich of Spencer avenue, became the bride of Lewis s. Gorlick, son ot MT. and Mrs. Samuel Gorlick ot New Haven on Sunday. Rabbi Moses D. Sheinkopf ofdciated at the ceremony which was performed at the home of the brides parents at l o'clock.
 Miss Esther Rich attended her sister as maid of honor, while Mill ton Gorlick of New Haven acted as best man for his brother.
 The bride wore a gown of white brocaded satin, with sweetheart neckline, fitted sleeves, and train. Her fingertip veil was fastened to halo of white roSebudS, and she carried a prayer book marked with orchids.
 The maid of honor was dressed in poudre blue taffeta, with bouf- fant skirt, and short puffed sleeves. Her bouquet consisted of yellow roses ard blue lace flowers
 The brides mother wore a gown of tea rose lace, with a corsage ot gardenias. The groom's mother wore wine crepe, with a gardenia corsage.
 A reception followed for two hundred guests.
 When leaving on trip to Wash
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Personal

MT. and Mrs. Cyril Corden of Au- rora street announce the birth of a daughter on February at St. Mary's hospital.
 MT. and Mrs. E. A. Shuts of Elnl- wood avenue have been spending a few days in New York city.
 Mrs. Charles Riley of Oak street was hostess to her pinochle club re- gently at her home. High scores were made by Mrs. Riley. Mrs. Brewster, and Mrs. Dragon. Consolation went to Mrs. Klechner. Those present were: Mrs. Arthur Blair, Mrs. Ar thur Brochu, Mrs. George Dragon Mrs. George Brewster, Mrs. Robert Klechner, Miss Florence Dragon and Miss Marie Kilmartin. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Arthur Blair of Warren avenue, with Miss Florence Dragon entertaining.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
: SOCIAL ACTIVITIES =
Miss H. Murphy Feted By Cousin

Miss Irene Buckley entertained recently at a miscellaneous shower for her cousin, Miss Helen Murphy who is to. be married to William Boughton on February 9. NI
 The guests included: Mrs. Thomas Murphy, Mrs. F. Curtin, Mrs. P. Pulley, Mrs. J. Ladden, Mrs. Wil- Ham Reilly, Mrs R. Driscoll, Mrs B. Heneberry, Mrs. B. Began, Mrs M. Scanlon, Mrs. A. Buckley, Mrs l.. Garren, Mrs. J. Newman, Mrs, William Boughton, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Mercier, Mrs. B. Began, Jr, Mrs. J. Tatigain, Misses Anna and Helen Murphy, Anne and Mary Tul- ley, Mary, Helen and Anne Began, Theresa and Irene Buckley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Weddings
Pre-NuptiaI Tea
 For Bride-Eect

Miss Bernadine Lawlor of High land avenue and Miss Dorothy Giles of Johnson street were hos tesses at a Tea and Personal Shower on Saturday at the Larkspur Lodge in Watertown, in compliment to Miss Annabelle McGrath.
 Miss McGrath's wedding to James Fryer will be an event of this month.
 Among the guests were: Miss Helen Tucker, Miss Ann Murphy, Miss Mary Kennedy, all of Torring- ton; Miss Cora Adamson of Nau- gatuck, Mrs. Genevieve Kelly, Mrs. Earl Colson, Miss Mary Hodson, Mrs. Tyrell Hebert, and Miss Helen Mccarthy.
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In preparation for organizing a women's defense committee, repre- sentatives of various local societies met yesterday at 8 luncheon at the Elton. A central bureau will be opened to handle volunteer work directed by professional service, which will cooperate with the city, state and nation defense commit tees.
 Dr. Barbara Stimson of New York, a member of the original party who attended the conference at VaSSar to coordinate these activities, out lined the purpose of the bureau, and explained in detail, some of its functions.
 Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War, Mrs. Lillian Ringerberg Mrs. Mary Connors; West Side Hill Church, Mrs. Charles Balcom; Trim ity Church, Mrs. William Roden, Mrs. Lura Dutton; Prospect P. T. A., Mrs. Roy Merriman, Mrs. C.. Spellman.
 Guests of the League Members included: Mrs. Robert L. Coe, Mrs. Edwin s. Hunt, Mrs. Seymour Jackson, Mrs. Sherman Perry and Mrs. Ackley Shove.
 Seated at the Speakers Table were: Mayor Vincent Scully, Dr.. Barbara Stimson of New York City; Finton Phelan, Head of the May or's Defense Committee; Frank Green, Secretary of the Chamber ot Commerce; Mrs. Frank P. McEvoy, member of the Mayors committee: John M. Burrall, President Of the Waterbury Chapter American Red Cross: Mrs. Philip Lasbury, and Mrs. Paul Callina, both of Hartford, and active in State Defense Work.
 Organizations of the city were represented by the following: Amer ican Association of University Wo- men, Mrs. Louis Laun; Alliance F'rancaise, Mrs. Richard W. GosS, Miss Mary Kenway; Conn. State Elm ployment Agency, Mrs. Mary Dewey, Miss Katherine Maher; Bundles for Britain, Mrs. Robert Lowell, Miss Barbara Kenworthy; Central Index, Miss Catherine Rochon; All Souls Church, Mrs. T. L. Sinclair; Chase DiSpensary, Miss Jeannie Heppel, Mrs. I. Pearcey; Corner House, Mrs. Joel l. Butler; CoronaS Club, Mrs. Joseph c. Guilfoile, Mrs. Lewis Di- Vito; D. A. R., Mrs. John w, Potter, Mrs. John P. Clark.
 Also present were: Diocesan Bu- reau, Miss Edna Mae Maloney: First Baptist church, Mrs. David P. Gaines, Mrs. Edna Merrill; Grad uate Nurses Club, Miss Elizabeth Scmers, Mrs. c. Jackson; Guild for the Blind, Mrs. T. F Lynch; Hadas- sah Society, Mrs. Clarence Freed man, Mrs. Max Matzkin; Interna-
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Contract Bridge
CORNELL CLUB

Scorers in the Monday afternoon club under the direction of Mrs. J c. Moriarty were: north-south, Mrs Timothy Collins, Mrs. George Con- long, 95 1-2; Mrs. Rachel Hengeveld Mrs. Peter CoStigan, 93 1-2; East West, Mrs. w. G. Bailey, Mrs Charles Petitjean, 97 1-2; Mrs. Charles Ferry, Mrs. Ida Birdsall tied with Mrs. James Walsh, Mrs. Asa York, 91 1-2.
 The official standing is: Mrs. Hengeveld, Mrs. Costigan, 293 1-2; Mrs. Moeller, Mrs. Petitjean, 292 1-2; Mrs. Squires, Mrs. Darlington, tied with Mrs. James Bulger, Mrs George Largay, 228 1-2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
ELTON CLUB

Scorers in the Monday afternoon play under the direction of Mrs. w S. Smith were: Mrs. Ray Pidge Mrs. Thomas Collins, 95; Mrs Charles Monzani, Mrs. John A Wright, 82 1-2; Mrs. Thomas Tebin Mrs. G. w. Swintor, 30; Mrs. Will mott Abbot, Mrs. Merton Allen 78 1-2.
 The standing is: Mrs. Collins Mrs. Pidge, 167 1-2; Mrs. Monzani Mrs. Wright, 152 1-2; Mrs. Swintor Mrs. Tobin, 147; Mrs. John Colloty Mrs. Herbert Coe, IA 1-2.
 Scorers in the Monday evening play were: David Babson, w. S Smith, 39; David Scully, Albert Goldman, 38; Mrs. John McGowan Miss Frances Cassidy, 36 1-2.
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(1) West opens with 1 Club. When the hand contains three. A. card biddable suits,-the rule is to bid the suit under the singleton.
 @ East responds with l Spade, "a suit formerly considered unbid- dable. Many of you probably re- sponded with 2 No Trump instead of making the forcing for round response of Spade. A change of suit by the responding hand forces the original bidder to keep the bid open one more round. Prefer 8 suit takeout to the jump to 2 No Trump
 (3) West has good trump sup port for partners talzeout, so raises to 3 Spades. ] (D East has an opening bid fac ing an opening bid. He can count 51a plus to 6 Honor Tricks i'll the combined hands-Game Zone. He must now convey this information to West. His Spade suit isla Con ditional Suit and not rebiddable u1l- less partner has supported 1t twice. He bids 3 No Trump, which acknoWl- edges his weak Spade suit but guar antees Game Zone" in Honor Tricks.
 (5) west now bids 4 Spades, as he holds good trump support plus distributional values.
 Under the old method of bidding, the Spade suit would have been considered too weak to bid and the Contract would have ended either in 4 Hearts or No Trump, with game unlikely in either bid.
 The Rule of 4-5-6, is 8 splendid gauge to determine the trick-taking power of the 26 cards of a partner ship. This yardstick is as follows:
 4 Honor Tricks-Sign On Zone
 Honor Tricks-ExploratOry Zone Honor Tricks-Game Zone
 6k Honor TrickS-Slam Zone
 When the bidding has indicated that the combined hands of the part nership hold but 4 Honor Tricks, the bidding should be signed oil as soon as possible, a 4-4h Honor Tricks will generally make only about No Trump or 2 odd in the best suit.
 When 5 Honor Tricks are held i'll the combined partnership, ? No trump or 3 odd i'll the best suit can be made. Exploratory bids may be made in this Zone to determine whether any undisclosed values are held.
 With about 6 Honor Tricks = game should be bid either in Mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
TALIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN

Mrs. Linda F'alzOne peSlded at a meeting of the Italian American Women's Democratic club last night. Four nwe members were accepted.
 Mrs. Mary Travisano and Mrs. Lee DeBiase were appointed to su- pervise arrangements for a card party the club will hold next month at The Elton.
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S. @ X K X H. X. x X K D. A K x G A

Thereupon was asked, What would your Rebid be if your partner responded with 2 Clubs?" What would your rebid be? I'll tell you mine on Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Weddings
WEBER LEHMAN

The wedding of Mrs. Edward Bic man of MiddleEury, to Theodore Weber of Edgewocd street, was per formed by Rev. Martin Lorenz on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Attending the couple were Mrs. Herman Fries of South NorWalk and Henry Frirgs of this city.
 Believing the ceremony a recep- ion was held at the home of the groom for fifty guests from Long Island, Newark, South Norwalk, Derby, Shelton and Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
. McKENNEY oN BRIDGE


This is the third of a series of six articles on the McPherran No Trump.
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discuss his experience as member of the Red Cross ambulance unit in France last year. Members ot the parish are invited to attend the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
B&P Won,r1's Club
 To Sponsor Lecture

Service clubs of the city and the public have been invited to attend a lecture to be sponsored by the Business & Professional Women's club. Ernest J. Hall, professor of Latin American languages at Yale University. will speak on Our For eign Relations With Latin America" at the Mattatuck Hall on February 20.
 Plans were also made at last play by the members, and supper nights meeting of the group for a and card party on March 18. The flower mart will take place in May.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
l94l CONTRACT BRIDGE
Lotest, Revised Rules As
 Played By CuIbertson
Explained by Mrs William Sherman Smith
 (Certified CuIbeFtson Teacher)

trump or the best suit; and 61k or more Honor Tricks should produce a Slam with favorable distribution and sufficient first and second round controls. Suppose we put the 4-5-6 Rule to practice and analyze some bidding situations. West as dealer holds this hand:
 S. X K H. A Jxax x
 D. K o x
 c. A J \
 The bidding proceeds as follows:
 West East
 Heart 2 Hearts Q) Hearts (2)
 North South
 1 Spade Pass
 CD East's free raise indicates at least IF Honor Tricks.
 (2) West knows they have a combined Honor Trick holding of at least 5,-which is the Explora- tory Zone, so bids Hearts which requests East to raise to 4 It he has sufficient undisclosed values. Let us now consider this bidding situation:
 West East
 Spade ; DlamonoS "
 North South 2 Hearts Pass
 CD what information does East's bid of 3 Diamonds convey to his partner? He has raised the bidding to the Exploratory Zone, so guarantees at least 5 Honor Tricks in the combined holding. He is forcing West to give him more information.
 With this bidding:
 West East 1 Club l No Trump ()
 North South Pass Pass CD East's No Trump bidtwarns West that his Honor Trick strength is very limited,-hi hand apparently does not have 8 suit as good as o x x with Plus Honor Tricks, for if it did he would have responded with a suit in preference to the Notrump. Unless West has a very strong hand (almost 8 Forcing 2 Bid) he should not carry the bidding beyond the 2 level, as ,East's hand probably has only an Honor trick. In a lecture on Friday I gave the following hand to class of ad- vanced players, as an example of 1 Spade opening bid. The hand con tains 3 plus Honor Tricks with Conditional Suit.
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GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY

The Girls Friendly society of St. Johns Episcopal church will meet this evening at 7:45 o'clock. Ralph Munger will address the group and
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ington, the bride wore black and
 gold dress, with a black beaver trimmed coat. Upon their return they will reside on Spencer avenue.
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LESSON 5 In my Friday article gave 2 hands as follows:
 West s. A x XIX H. A o xx D. c. @ XIX
 East S. K 10 x x H. K 10 K D. xx xxx c. A K
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-01
STRAND

Ending this evening at Warmers Strand theater is Pot O. Gold" with James Stewart and Paulette Goddard in co-starring leads; also "The Round Up" with Richard Dix and Patricia Morrison.
 The eagerly awaited showing of Frank Capra's new production Meet John Doe" at the Strand will take place tomorrow with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in co-starring leads.
 Strand patrons have met Capra's MT. Deeds, they know the MT. Smith who went to Washington, and to- morrow they're going to meet the greatest character of all, John Doe
 In his adventures in the gallery of human nature, Capra has add ed another picture of our life and times which will constitute 8 series of indelible portraits of people now for the future. Each of Capra's characters has in common tn e American heritage, yet each is as unlike the others as a dawn on Cape Cod and a Colorado sunset.
 John Doe" as played by Cooper is everyman. Doe is the man who reaches into the return slot of pay telephone hoping to grab a nickel someone forgot. He is also the guy who will do anything with in the law to beat a fellow man in business deal and when he has succeeded will take the guy out and spend twice as much as he made giving the fellow good time.
 The plot of Meet John Doe" was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-01
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Stamp Honors "Founder" IOf Italian lonquoqe
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iTTALY'S greatest poet, Alighieri iA Dante, is honored on this 1888 stamp, issued in observance of the 10th anniversary of the proc
 lamation of the empire. It was this proclamation that was re- sponsible for binding the Italian government and the Fascist party into a single unit.
 Dante, who was born in l26S, was responsible more than any other scholar for developing the modern Italian language. Before Dante wrote the Divine Comedy" the Italian language was a crude form of expression, of no value to the scholar. Classical works were
 written in Latin. Even Dante be-, gan the Divine Comedy" most celebrated of all his works, in Latin. But he realized the poten- tialities of the Italian language and decided instead to create the, language which is in use today:
 The Divine Comedy" is one of, the purest examples of poetry.
 Probably no other single work gave rise to so much subsequent
 literature. The long poem is al classical description of heaven, hell and purgatory.
 Dante died, virtually in exilej from his native Florence, in 132Lj
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-01
In The Local T'heaters
STATE

Attractions this evening at the healthfully air conditioned Warner Bros. State theater terminate the engagements of Underground" starring Jeffrey Lynn with large cast; also Jane Withers and Jackie Cooper in "Her First Beau"
 Tomorrow the State ushers in giant double laugh show which will be enjoyed by thousands of Water burians in a cool and comfortable atmosphere due to the steady streams of fresh, cool, scientifically directed air from the States mann moth air conditioning plant.
 Headlining this all-laugh show is the comedy blitz about Uncle Sarn's drfatees, Caught In The Draft" Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, popular screen and radio gagsters in their fourth picture together.
 The sparkling Hope-Lamour team is supported by two new comedy recruits, Lynne Overman and Eddie Bracken, who assist Bob in carrying out his one-man assault against Orthodox army discipline mad mili- tary tactics.
 Keystone comedy style tank chas- es, potato peeling and wacky cam paign to win Dorothy, the colaners s daughter, are only part of the rockies gag routine that gives prom ise of something refreshing and hilarious to lcok forward to when Hope comes to town.
 In addition to the merriment, there are some tricky new tunes that everybody will soon be hur1a- ming. Add to this the choose morsel of a gag in the mouth of Hope and you get laugh meesu that will do things to the sides of youfNribs when you see Caught In The Draft" at the State starting tomorrow after noon.
 west Point Widow" the second big hit of the program is chock full of laughs and surprises and csStics acclaim it one of the fun niest pictures in years. Ann Shirley head the cast while other favorites eirclude Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Frances Clifford, Maude Eburne and many others.
 All in all here is an all-out laugh show that can really be enjoyed because the State is healthfuly and scientifically air conditioned assur- ing you of bodily comfort at all times.