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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
NAUCY VALLEY
HOOP MEET SET
Entry Blanks at Boys
Club; Games to Start
Week OF March 2

The fifth annual Naugatuck VAL
ley basketball championships will
be conducted at the Waterbury
Boys club the week of March 2,
1912. Because many of last sea-
sons cage stars are playing a more
serious game this year the large
entry list of other years is expect
ed to be reduced. Organized quin-
tets throughout the valley have
signified their intentions of enter
ing the championship play how
ever and what the annua tourney
lacks in bulk it is expected to make
up in class.
WelI-Organized
Five seasons ago the first at
tempt at such a tournament at
tracted some "a teams and when
the smoke of battle had cleared
the trophy was earned by the st.
Joseph Holy Name hoopsters from
Waterbury. The following season
26 of the Valleys leading court
organizations entered the event
and this time the classy st. Thorn
as hoopsters from the Brass City
went home with the bacon. In
1910 the Boys Club Pond Aces
entered the field with 80 rival
teams and won out after a thrill
ing tussle with the Chucks Service
team from Naugatuck. Last sea-
son the same ball players entered
under the banner of the '444 Club
and once again outclassed the field
with the River A. G. of Torring-
ton going under in the finals.
This season the defending cham
pions would have to be recalled
from half-a-dozen army camps il
they were to defend their laurels
so the event is wide open with
the Rivers of Torrington looming
as a possible pre-tourney favorite
Entry blanks are available at re-
creation centers in the Valley and
at the Boys Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
PRODUCTION'5'
SETS new MARK
IN CHASE LOOP
High Single, High Three
Team HOnOrs Established
By Denehy's Pinmen
(By Harold Hughes)

Living up to their reputation as
musicians the Production Depart
ment team rolling in new har-
mony set up new high single of
$50 in the Chase Grand Street
Office Bowling League the other
evening in their match against Gus
Riehl's Purchasing array. They also
set a new high three of 1,7O6, the
highest three-game total since the
popular circuit has been organized.
The remarkable part about it is
that it was accomplished without
the aid of real high game. All five
men bowled consistently, not one
string going below 100. The Champs
and their scores in the order of
345, "Old Fox" Dixon, 331; "Flash"
Grady, 1853; Social Activities" F'et-
broht, 1886. and the ,'Old Master"
Bryan, BAL. Congratulations boys,
but Joe Kushlis says '"This is an
other week."
Despite their three-point loss to
the Sales the Accounting team still
cling to their one point lead as the
Supplies lost three to the Treasur-
ers, thereby dropping back to a Sec
ond place tie with the Production
erS.
This weeks hero was Harry Page
of the Sales team, whose 1873 final
game not only won weekly high for
him, but made it possible for his
foo tn VIrir, thu Inri(i,,u
well as total pinfall.
Wally Heyden has been called
from retirement by the Treasures,
as a replacement for Art Red Nor
ling. Wally several years ago estab-
lLshed all-time high single of 1877.
Colonel John Gilbert says he must
have been using the big balls.
Patterson In Slump
What We would like to learn from
the stars! What has happened to
Charlie Patterson who hasn't rolled
300 since he ate his THANKSGIVING
Turkey? Ditto Henry Hinkleman?
Also A. G. Evans in his first game
last week? Which only proves the
old saying, ut happens to the best
VI Illelu.
We would like at this time to ex-
tend, on behalf of the league, our
best wishes to George Ericsson, who
has joined the ever growing number
of our members who have enlisted
to do their bit for Uncle Sam.
George joined the league about six
or seven years ago and has been
among the top fire from The Begin
ming. His leaving breaks up one of
the leagues steadiest teams, the
"SWedes" who were always on hand,
year after year, rarely ever using a
sub. 1t will also sorely handicap his
team at this time as many a game
was chalked up in the wi column by
George coming through at the right
time.
We also remember him as the
hard working catcher of our soft
ball team of the last two summers.
Knowing what a hard worker he
really is, wonder if Uncle Sam ap-
preciates the bargain he has made.
Snnn1ioc 1Too,,,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
BROOKLYN, COWBOYS
AT BARNARD TONIGHT

One of the most interesting bas-
ketball encounters of the season is
expected to take place tonight at
the Barnard gym when the Brook
lyn A. G. entry, formerly the Texans,
tangle with the Litchfield Cowboys
at 8 o'clock. The BAG lost its first
game in nine starts to the Meriden
Dexters last Sunday. John Higgiston
will officiate the game. On next
Tuesday the Brooklyns go to New
Haven to meet with the st. MichaelS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

State commissioner Of labor
and a former baseball club owner
at New Haven, who will be a fea-
tured speaker at the first annual
dinner of the Waterbury Chapter,
Veteran Baseball Players Associa-
ton of America at the Hotel
Elton, Monday, February 16. w. E.
kitty" Bransfield, who managed
the Waterbury Brasscos to two
Eastern League championships in
1924-25 and Judge Bill Malone of
Bristol are also expected to be
present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
EASY FOR YALE

New Haven, Conn, Feb. supp
Yale university's basketball team
had little trouble in defeating the
touring Mexico City "Y" team, 70
to As, here last night. Vogt scored
Is points for the Ellis while La
bastida hoped q for the visitors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
STANDING
Egan Primers Lead
Bowling Circuit

Though 1t had nothing to worry
about because the scheduled opposi-
ton did not show up, Egans' Diner
team of the second division Indus
trial bowling league rolled big
645 game to take high single team
honor, while holding its league lead
because of a forfeit win over Brock
Hall.
Individually, Stanevich of Oakville
and Jazzie of Autoyre scored high
single of 1874 and high three of 1877
while Autoyre mad a team total of
1885 which was high. Scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
Standing

Weekly High Single-Page 1873 and
IA, lat.
New Team High Single - Produc-
ton 582
New Team High Three = Produc-
ton 17O6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
SCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL

Bridgeport Central 40, st. Thom-
as %.
Kingswood 80, American School
81.
Wethersfield 81, Bloomfield u.
Pennington SO, Si,msbury 81.
West Haven High "a, Bridgeport
Trade 80.
Warren Harding ~, Crosby (Wa-
terbury) 26.
Wilbraham 81, Morse IA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
VETERAN RUNNER

Gene Venzke, veteran mile run
ner, Is thirty-four years old and has
been active in major competition
TOR seventeen straight years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
SKIING INDUSTRY

About 100000 persons in the
United tSates now participate in
skiing, which Is estimated by the
National Ski Association to be a
81, O00, 900 industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
IDEAL OF CO-EDS

Milt Kuhl, IoWa's six-foot-Six inch
basketball center, has been named
BY the university's co-eds as the
most eligible bachelor on the cam
GUS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

Charley Fogarty featured the pre-
linn, won by Naugy Reserves, as he
accounted for 10 points in the 80 to
20 victory over the Hillhouse Re-
serves. Naugy used five players in
the varsity game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

Score at half time: Crosby Is.
Harding II. Referee: Petrino,
"A preliminary game was won by
the Crosby Reserves, 80 to 20.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

Totals .21 16 So
Score at half time, Hartford 35,
New London 81; referee Zeke
Chadys, time, 10 minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
Mill Plain

Totals -. ...10 3 q
Score at half time: East End 10
Mill Plain 8. Referee: Crichton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

High Single-H. Leary-135.
High Three-N. Cone-353.
High C. -me-Chase-572.
High Team-Chase-1591.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

SCOVILL GIRLS CLUB LEAGUE
(Sena's Alleys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

High Single-B. Kennelly-122.
High Three-B. Kennelly-31%
High Game-Personnel-487.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05

High Singfile-Stanevich, 1874.
High Three-Mazzfe. 38S.
H. Single-Egan's Diner. GAS.
High Three--Autoyre, 1896.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-05
Naugatuck

olalo Ok
Score at half time: Naugatuck 10
Hillhouse II. Referee: Lonergan.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
M Manner a rs
of the
Moment

When mother and the saleslady
begin to COO over particular
wedding gown, the bride-to-be Is
sure to begin her rebellion. All that
is needed to make her positive that
It's not the wedding gown she wants
Is to hear the saleslady exclaim.
Such a lovely, lovely BRIDE" and
for mother to respond by looking
teary-eyed. but proud.
A girl doesn't like to get that
sort Of reaction out of her elders.
She would much prefer a matter
of-fact reaction. If mother would
say. 1T doesn't fit right around the
waist" and the saleslady would say
That can be adjusted, Madame, -
then girl would feel as though she
were on familiar ground. Shed
know how to handle that kind OF
talk. Either it's not the dress you
want adjusted, or it is.
But start going starry-eyed over
q bride-to-be, and you begin to
make her think that she never
should have said "Yes" at all.
And that's not really fair. She
ought to be allowed to pick q
wedding dress that's as becoming
as the dresses she picks on less i'm
portant occasions JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Tip Indicates
.AGuest's
Thanks
r., Emil, poef
By Emily Post

A tip Is not always so much an
obligation as an impulse to say
"thank-you" to come one who has
shown you pleasant as well as suf-
ficient attention. Few people, it
seems to me, have the unapprecia-
tive attitude OF the one who writes
me:
why isn't it the duty of the en-
ployer to add a dollar or two to
regular wages II she feels these are
not sufficient pay for waiting on
guests? I have never understood
why one who has come as a visitor
should be made to feel responsible
for the inadequate wages Of the
servants"
number of houses in which a
notice is put in each spare room
asking that the guest give no tips
whatever, because the servants have
expressed a preference for compen-
sation made by the host. These
signs are characteristic Of big houses
where thoughtlessly over-exacting
young people come to spend fire.
quent week ends. In the ordinary
houses of most of us, occasional
guests are waited on gladly by those
who are far more appreciative of
kind consideration than of tips.
Many Of the most welcomed visitors
do not tip at all. Especially is this
accepted when they are obviously
not well-off. On the other hand
one who arrives with extravagant
belongings and who exacts unusual
attention which adds materially to a
maids or mans working hours, is
expected to tip literally.
AS already noted, it is in most
cases true that the guest who pays
with appreciation is more welcome
than the one who pays with cash.
GA little of both is best of course!)
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Dorothy Dix Says
Teaching Children Good Manners
Is Important Job for Parents

No one will deny that to teach
children good manners requires the
patience of Job and the vigilance Of
an F. B. I. expert, but the rewards
of doing it are so great that they are
worth all the time and labor and
effort that their parents put into 1t.
For good manners are a letter of
credit that are honored at sight
lucky possessor farther than beauty
or brains and all the cardinal virtues
put together.
This is a matter of common knowl-
edge and common experience. We
all know that we get our first i'm
preston of every human being with
whom we come in contact from his,
or her, manners. We are attracted
to strangers, or repulsed, by the way
in which they greet us, and whether
they are gracious and cordial, or
gruff and repellent. determines
whether we continue the acquaint-
ance, or drop them with a dull, cold
thud right then and there.
We rate their intelligence by the
ease with which they adapt them
selves to the company they are in.
We foretell their success or failure
by the suavity of their address and
like the great naturalist who could
reconstruct whole animal from a
single bone, we can tell what sort of
a family background they had and
what kind Of mothers by the way
they sit and stand and eat.
OF course, this snap judgment
may not always be correct. People
with rough exteriors may be all
sweetness and light within. The bull
In the china shop may be worth
dozen parlor snakes. The man who
sits while q woman stands may be
the soul of chivalry. A genius may
gargle his soup and eat peas with
his knife. But the trouble is that
we find out that the ill-mannered
possess these charms too late to do
them any good.
The boor didn't get the job he
wanted and could have filled so
brilliantly because he came into the
president S Office smoking a cigarette,
with his hat on his head and sat
down on the corner of the desk. The
woman never got invited to walk
under the awning she was dying to
because she always got into argu-
ments with the other guests. Where
as, on the contrary, many a man of
mediocre ability holds down a good
job solely on the strength Of his good
manners, which make everybody like
him and inclined to give him a shove
up the ladder. And many a woman
Is social favorite because she al
ways can be depended upon to do
the right thing, in the right way, at
the right time.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Soft Flattering Dress
With Slimming Lines
By Barbara Bell

BY Barbara Bell
A boon for the woman who has
many social engagements on her
calendar is this soft, fiattering dress
presented in Pattern No. 1597-B.
1t Is dress you can wear to events
of all kinds with great distinction
for 1t has just the right formality
in It's clever details-the graceful
yoke treatment which frames the
pretty neckline, the scanned bodice,
the snug belt. Note that it will fit
with ease too, because of the gen.
erous fulness through the bos nm.
While this style can be smartly
interpreted in the loveliest of rayon
sheers it is at the same time equally
correct for the soft sheer cottons
which you'll find are very mex
pensive. Dimity, voile, printed
lawns and batiste are a few sug-
gestions! Complete your costume
with a light straw hat and you
will look pretty as a fashion pic
ture!
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1878
Is in sizes "a. 36, 38. 40, AZ, A, 46
and 48. Size 36. with short sleeves,
requires AZ yards 35-inch material.
Women who sew at home will find
our Fashion Book q treasury of
good pattern suggestions. 1t is a
complete review OF styles for all
sizes-in frocks, blouses, aprons,
lingerie and sports clothes. Send
IS cents for your copy today.
For this attractive pattern
send rs cents with your name,
address, pattern number and size
wanted to Barbara Bell in care
of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1942-04-29

Good manners being such as asset
then, is it not strange that mothers,
who. after all, are responsible for
their children's manners, do not take
the trouble to put into their hands
this treasure, which would be worth
far more to them than If they gave
them q block Of Government bonds?
Some mothers, do, of course, but
because it takes perseverance and
work and worry to drill the amenities
of life into children the majority of
mothers just let them go hog wild
with pig manners and trust to luck
that those who have been reared
hoodlums will turn into polished
ladies and gentlemen when they are
grown.
Good manners are not the result
Of miracle. They don't come by
nature. A mother has to com
mence drilling them into q child in
the cradle. But after she has told
Tommy million times to stand up
when q lady enters the room and
answer politely when he is spoken
to, he will do it Of his own accord
and she will know that she has given
him something whose price is above
rubies.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Termites Responsible for
Great Property Losses
In the United States
Many People Forget Danger,
Regardless of knowledge,
Until Damage Is Done
By Marearef NoyeU

you Mortified
Ike
you probably have emtes They without doubt
home wrekers who about
in the United States year
Tucked of the
about In spite of the fact that know they abound
IN though
all about until we invite guests for delightful spring afternoon
ana into living find with wild
into the drawing after dinner with
sofa through the
sounds
actually be knee deep when they
unusual for them to work flooring successfully
becomes shell which bth waxing polishing only find
nothlng
Temtes
remarkable ingenuity possible survive practically
Evening star., 1942-04-29

topaz among the best Earrings
are everywhere, OF course. and so are
lapel gadgets and long plastic neck
laces in floral designs Charm
bracelets fiourish-you see them on
the smartest women.
Restaurants are crowded, y though
not as feverish. it seems to us, as
Washington ones OF similar type -.
"They" are still playing gin-rummy
and making endless telephone calls
at cocktail tables. Gertrude
Lawrence goes on stopping the show
with her rendition of Jenny" in the
now famous Lady in the Dark"
New York women are taking their
war work seriously. You see
many more uniforms than are noted
on the streets of Washington.
Many of the cosmetic firms and
fashion houses are contributing their
facilities to war work, at least In
pant The diamond industry
speaks of its industrial diamonds in
the same breath with its romantic
ones" Diamonds are used in
many branches Of war production
so their publicity staf1 invites the
press to luncheon by sending them a
tiny, unpublished industrial diamond
in a jewelers. box-the kind Of dia-
mond used in making armaments.
The cosmetic firms report that
contrary to rumor they have not
been asked to make a report to the
w. P. Bat least not yet. Mean
time, plastic lpstick cases appear
on the market and heavy paper
compacts are discussed. :. Seventh
avenue at lunch hour Is a swarming
mass Of humanity, interspersed with
those wonderful push carts full OF
| furs worth a fortune.
Sterling silver jewelry Is promi-
nently displayed in the stores, most
of 1t in the classic Indian designs
:. Clipped French poodles seem to
be the rage-judging by the num-
bers of them seen on Fifth avenue
{. And crowds still stop to watch
the skaters at Rockefeller Plaza
Women cab drivers are not as taIka-
tive as men-which should prove
something.
It's fun to have a hotel room on
the seventeenth floor, depressing to
watch a cab meter tick, amazing to
see cocktails served amid Pompeian
relics at press party in the Metro
politan Museum. It's stimulating
to find streets crowded in the early
hours Of the morning. flattering to
have your friends happy to see you.
And, as always. it's wonderful to
know you'll soon see Washington
again.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Parents Can
Cause Fear
OF School
Feeling of Fright
May Be Created
By Suggestion
By Leffice Lee Street,

IL. v 4<CttbIC ECC
Betty is an only child, a sweet
little 5-year-old. She is pretty and
companionable, chatting gaily with
people she knows well, but oh, so
woefully shy with strangers.
Betty's mother is not only very
proud of her little daughter but she
thoroughly relishes her company as
well, so she decided not to send her
to kindergarten, but to keep her at
home one more year. Then she
noticed that Bettys excessive shy
ness was progressing instead OF
abating, and she came to the con-
clusion that perhaps kindergarten
was best, after all.
She said, Betty, dear, how would
you like to go to kindergarten? Sally
and Jimmie 60 and you would"
Her voice trailed of because she
could not even finish her sentence.
Betty had rushed to her, scrambled
into her lap. pleading and protest.
ing. mo! No! Please don't send
me! I'm scared Of school! The
teachers are mean and the children
tease you and hurt you!"
Now, naturally, this mother did
not want to force her child, who was
sincerely frightened, against her
will. Betty's parents were at a
loss to explain this violent dread.
Upon investigation it was found
that they had each contributed to
their little daughters shyneSs and
feeling of fright and insecurity by
Overlooking and overprotecting her.
Betty had no faith in her own pow
ers, she did not feel that she could
do anything or go anywhere with
out Mummie and Daddy.
Further, her devoted father an
nounced that he may unintention-
ally have given Betty the wrong
impression of school. He ruefully
admitted that he had hated school
as a lad and despised the Stufiy,
droning schooroom and the harsh
teacher. Betty loved to hear him
tell tales OF his boyhood in the
country and these stories were full
Of pranks and troubles during
school days.
Instead Of thinking that school
is place Of boredom and punish
ment, a child can be led to have the
correct belief. Most children enjoy
school nowadays because the plan
and system of educating the young
has been happily changed for the
better. A youngster should antici-
pate the time when he will 60 to
school, and understand that ii
means new and interesting things
to do and to learn, games that are
fun, competitive sports, lots of kids
his own age, who want to play with
him and reasonable, helpful teach
ers who are nice to him.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Dress Up Spinach

To dress up spinach, mix in 8
tablespoons grated horseradish or
cheese to each cups cooked spin
ach. sprinkle crumbled cooked bacon
over well-seasoned spinach in serv-
ing dish ready for the table. Or
add cup Drowned mushrooms and
! tablespoon chopped Drowned onion
to each cups Of cooked spinach.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
w ashing Tags

Save all the tags, with washing
instructions, on them which come
with washable garments Jot the
date Of purchase and article on the
back Of the tag and store 1t away
for future washing reference. This
reserve information will prove a
helpful home defense aid.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Pins Nav Show

You won't have to worry about it
showing If you get the latest in
safety pins. 1t seems gold is easier
to get than wire these days. The
pins, made Of gold. have rosebuds
on the ends with diamonds In the
hearts of the buds.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
New York Still the Same
Exhilarating and Unique
City Of Smart Styles
But War Work and Uniforms
Have an Important Place
In the Lives of Women
By Helen Vogf
NEW YORK CITY.

II
Washington bound dollar Manhat
happy parc-
At least this observer it's still stimulating slightly
that December
middle
ming duty like the publicity girl know who
anything Command
in general sort continues slightly
sap-happy. furiously busy place it always
blocks and notice the hike
skirtng
school children screaming from atop doubedeckr
policeman and of talking to cab drivers
hidden cruise certain but who sometimes conveniently
just intriguing spectacular
good wey Rings huge single to be important
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Creamed Asparagus

Cut circles from slices Of enriched
bread and pour creamed asparagus
over them when the children come
home Tor their school lunch. Have
a pitcher of milk and a basket of
toast on the table for extra servings.
Active youngsters will relish this
combination.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Tasty Sausage

Sausage plays a new role when
prepared like this: When baked po-
tatoes are nearly done, remove them
from the oven, break open with the
fingers and tuck two or three link
sausages into each potato. Bake
IS minutes-or until the sausages
have Drowned.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Manhdtfd"
Surprisingly Low Prices
For Manhattan's Popular
Rug "Beauty Treatment''

This year send your rugs to
Manhattan. They'll come back
as clean and sweet as freshly
laundered linen-for our modern
equipment gets out all buried
dust, dirt, grit and CRIME. Not
just an old-fashioned wash job,
but a thorough, scientific rug
beauty treatment. Be good to