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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31
POST OFFICE SET
 FOR BLACK-OUTS
Curtains Being Installed on All Windows; Work
 Not to Be Interrupted

Blackout curtains are being in- called in the Post Office so that all branches of postal work may be car- lied on during an alarm. Double thick black sateen curtains have been placed over many of the win dows already. The curtains are held back by cords and can be released quickly to entirely blanket the win- dows.
 The numerous skylights in the building are being covered as well. The doors will be paneled with wood to prevent the light from getting through. Each door will have sim gle sliding panel that will be kept open when there is no alarm. This will allow people to see through the doors and thus prevent them from colliding.
 The second floor of the building is not being blacked out since the 0f- fees do not often remain open nights. The enormous task will probably be completed early next week. There are close to 50 large windows on the first floor which must all be covered together with the doors before the blackout will be effective. The Post Office has CO., operated with the Office of Civilian Defense in the past when a blackout was sounded by turning out all the lights in the building. In case an alarm comes before the blackout job is completed, the lights will again be turned out
 Installation of the curtains at the present time will be particularly ad- vantageous. With the coming of the Christmas rush season, considerable work will have to be done in the Post Office at night. If blackout would be held for any long period of time, the work would be serious ly set back if all the lights had to be turned out. The new equipment E'ill allow the postal employees to
 rntinue working after only a brief r.ause to lower the curtains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31

was made by Lieutenant Eugene A. Legge of the fire marshal's of1ce. and Ohlcers James Sweeney and Jo- seph Dereskevice of the police de- partment.
 To school children, a Halloween night that is not accompanied by false faces, gaudy costumes, and bags of candy, is less like piece of apple pie without cheese than like piece of chesee without any apple pie.
 For a time 1t was feared that the youngsters would be out of luck this year as far as these essentials were concerned. However, latest reports indicate that there will be plenty of candy to go around, de- spite sugar rationing. and costumes will be just as colorful and spooky as they have been in the past.
 Local merchants report that their sale on Halloween costumes and equipment has been especially heavy, wit hmany youngsters being outfit ted to win pearl-handler lollipops and rubberless bicycle tires in vari- ous masquerade parties and costume parades throughout the city.
 Oakville's well-kncwn nickel man., Emile Bussemey, is not let ting rumors that twelve western Senators control all U. s. silver, dis rupt his annual custom of passing out five-cent pieces to youngsters who call at his home on Hallowe'e en night. He has the nickels in readi- ness and expects more visitors than the head of a draft board.
 Some citiets, eager to convert the prankish energy of American youth into war work, have scheduled the ater matinees to which ghosts and gobblins are admitted free, provided they arrive on an old fender, or car- rying an iron fence or two.
 In Waterbury, however, Police Supt. William J. Roach reminds youngsters that the scrap drive is ever, and no lenders or fences will be added to the heap. The super intendent says that all such offences of destructive nature will be pun- ished severely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31

Walter A. Jarvis, director of personnel of the Chase Brass & Copper O., yesterday was elected a member of the executive conn mittee. of the. National Safety Council. The election was held during the 31st National Safety Congress and exposition this week in Chicago.
 MT. Jarvis, as member of the executive committee, will have a part in directing the current na- tionwide campaign to Save Man. power for WarpOwer," suggested by President Roosevelt.
 The congress, which this year was devoted exclusively to the ac- cident problem and its effects upon the nations war effort, was attended by ten thousand dele gates and visitors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31

local; Charles Bardner of Butte, Mont, miners local; Stanley Quinn of the Utah CIo council; H. A. Davis of Tooele, Utah, local, which nominated Driscoll at the Denver convention; Caesar Prado of Lange- 10th, Pa; Gerald Young of East St.. Louis, Ill, and c. M. Marine, inter national executive board member of District 6.
 Other Connecticut packers of the candidate are M. J. Barkauskas and Bronis Vaicuilis of Oakville; Edward Green, Walter Murry, James Snowden and Frank Cephas of Bristol; William McEwen, John Porcu, Fred Rubelmann, of Ansonia; !; Kenneth Barton, of Bridgeport; Peter Higgins, Thomas Gangi, Thomas Baccei, Clarence Denegre and Ralph Doolittle of Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31

Poro people of Mexico protest That the corn shortage is deprivlng them of tortillas, one of their favorite dishes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31
Merchants Report Heavy Sales Of alowe' 'en Equipment

ned e particular phase 0f tlia rally and over 1000 Scouts are expee to participate.
 Singing will be led by the Glrl Scout chorus which will make its of- ficial debut this afternoon. Patxi0- tic selections will be included Ia thn rally program which hes been e8lA~ tered around the Victory" theme.
 Girl Scouts have been asked t0 he in uniform for the occasion. Eaon troop will be assigned to 6 particular part of the hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31
TOO MUCH ARMOR

Omaha, Neb.-(Upl-An Omaha coFoner's jury has recommended to the post ofiice department that t change the type of armOred truck 1t is using for mall pickups. Armor on the windshield, the jury found, made 1t impossible sor mail driver Walter Mlcheela to see Mrs. Cecile Burgett e she turned a corner and she attempted to cross the street In another direction. She was instantly Killed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31
Former Middletown
 Clergyman Passes

Quincy, Mass, Oct. 31-(UP)- The Rev. Frederick E. Buck, 66, rec tor of St. ChrysoStom's (EpiScopaD church for g years, died yesterday at his home after a long illness.
 A native of Danielson, Conn, Rev. Buck graduated from Trinity Col lege and the Berkeley Divinity school at Middletown, Conn.
 He previously held pastorates in Providence, R. T., Waterbury, Conn, Worcester and Pittsfield. He leaves 8 wife and two sons. Funeral serv- ices will be held Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-31
w OR D w A R A YEAR AGO
 OCT. 31, 1941
By United Press)

(By United Press) U. S. destroyer Reuben James tOrpedOed and sunk In North At lantic.
 Germans report Russian retreat fin the Crimea.
 German news agency, DINE, reports execution of four Czechs in Prague for Unreasonable" acc tiOnS.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
Nevi, re ma penize.

Kdesi We Filadelfii zije asi
6lety chlapec, ktery ma ka-
bate $3.50 a nevf, re nosf tako-
w kapitalek. Jista zena dala
Armada Spasy a tato jej daro-
vala chud6mu Chlapci a naho-
dou 81 nezapsali jeho jmeno a
adresu. Ia n6kolik tydnG pTi-
sla dotycna zena opet do IRA
dovny Armady Spasy a Wy
pravela,, re 81 zasila do podsfv-
ky kabatu $3.50 a zapomnela
ma to. Svoje jm6no nechtela u
dati, protoze jejf muz nevf, re
81 schovavala penfze a ona Sc
nechce k tomu pTiznati. Mat
ky S darovanymi kabaty jiste
paraly podsfvky, ale dosud Sc
zadna nepfihlasila, Re penize
naleZla.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
Mayor dobrak.

George Beumeuser We Stoke
ktery byl ma trestn1m soudu
souzen pro zneuz1van1 1radu,
byl poole svedectv1 velky do
brak a liberaln1 fellow a pro
to naf1dil policejn1mu nacelnf-
ku, ably 81 slotek, sazkaren, O.
tevfenych taveren nevsfmal a
ma pry delat jake by je nevi-
del. zalovany mohl byt poku-
tovan $4,000 a sesazen z IRA
du, ale Poole vseho neztratil
ma oblibe spoluobcanG, pone-
vadz o posledni volbe 3. listo-
padu byl zvolen znacnou vet
sinou. Otazan statnfm navla-
dn1m, jestli vedel O slotkach a
gamblfrnach a jestli vedel,
proc to n~ezastavil, odpovedel
obzalovany:
"To Sc lehko rekne, ale ne
sm1te zapomenout, re ia jsem
byl Skokie narozen, vycho-
van, znam kazdeho, kazdy Una
mne a kdyz prisel prftel, re
chece NIT slotku, tax jsem mu
jake kamarad nemohl odrfci.
ia jsem netrpel zadny hracsky
syndikat z venku a jestli 81 ne
kdo koupil slotku nebo zaT1dil
sazkarnu, co jsem mel jake IL
beralnl kamarad delat?"
Ma otazku, proc neSvar ne
zastavil, pravil:
"A proc bych to zastavoval,
kdyz je clovek v politice a
chce nit pratele must zavTit
oci. Kdyby byl ma mem m1ste
jiny, tax by delal to same"
PTisvedcil, re hracstvi jest
prot zakonu, ale jsou pry mno
he veci proti zakonu a provo
zuj1 Sc. Doznal, re narfdil po-
licii ably 81 slotek heren, sazka-
rem nevsfmala a otazan proc
tento rozkaz vydal, odpovedel,
re chce byt liberalnfm chlapf-
KEN.
Soudce Ward byl k obzalo-
vanemu shov1vavy. Pokutoval
jej $500, ale nesesadil jej z u
radu. Narfdil, ably pokuta by
la z~aplacena do tydne, nebo a.
by odsouzeny oznamil, jestli
hodla Sc z rozsudku odvolat.
Mayor jest "A let star.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
Vratte jednocentove mince do
obehu.

Vfatte Jednocent0ve mince do
obshu.
PAM Nellie Taylor Rossova.
feditelka mincovny Spojenych
|Statu, zahajila pred casem ak
ci ma vracenf do obehu milionG
jednocentovych mincf, odpocf-
vajlclch v d6tskych kasickach
a jinych skrysfch.
D1vod je dvojf: "a tyto CEN
ty je mono koupiti obranne
znamky a bondy, a je t6z MOI
no pfedej1ti predv1danemu ne
dostatku cent?, kterych Dude
razeno prot drfvejsku jenom
padesat procent. K tomuto
druhemu zakroku dochazf We
snaze usetriti pokud mono
nejvice valecnych kov1.
Poptavka pc centovych min
clch jeSte k tomu stoupa timer
ne S obrovskym rozsahem OBJ
chodu, povzbuzenym vetsf ku-
PM silou prGmerneho Ameri-
cana.
PAM Rossova upozornuje, re
kdyby odhadovanych 33 mill
onG robin vratilo do obehu jen
pc des1ti centech, vzrostla by
zasoba techto minci v obehu O
celou tretinu jejich rekordni
prOdukce rOku 1871. SDOiene
IStaty by krone toho usetrily
vice neil 1000 tun medi.
PAM Rossova poukazuje pri
tie pf1lezitosti ma nedavnou
zpravu v jistem jihozapadnfm
denniku, v n1z Sc psalo O TITLE
tenn decku, ktere koupilo va
lecny bond Ia naschranenych
1875 cent? a ktere melo donna
jiz 500 cent? ma novy bond.
PAM Rossova vyslovila Sc S
uspokojenim o vraceni minci
do obehu, projevila vsak SOU
casne i pfan1, ably rodice dftete
koupili sve ratolesti "a zbyva-
j1c1ch pet dolar1 znamky. Mno
ri Tide sdeluj1, re premenu,jf
sve drobn6 1spory, ktere pre-
chovavali v mincfch, We valec-
ne znamky a bondy. Pocet
minc1, ktere Sc takto vracejf do
obehu, nenf vsak Poole m1neni
pant Rossove stale jeste dosta-
cuj1cf k tomu, ably zabranil hro
zicimu nedostatku minc1, nebo
ably pomohl usetTiti kovy, po-
tfebne pro valecne ucely.
V zafi dala mincovna do O.
behu temeT "a $12, 900, 900
mincf, z cehoz bylo 59,086,5 500
|jednocentovych minc1. Rekord-
nj pocet minc1 byl razen lonske
no kvetna - 119, 900, 900. Cent
je snad nejuzfvanejsf mincf We
|Spojenych Statech. Zdejs1 min
covna We $50 letech sve exis-
tence do obehu dala vice neil
10 miliard minc1, z nichz vice
neil II miliard bylo cent?.
F. L. [. S. = Common Council.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
Mlada studentka byla napade-
ma a skrcena cernochem, po-
kouSejicim Sc nasili.

V Clevenlandu "a hustehc
temna 17leta studentka John
Hay High skoly napadena by
la mladym cernochem, kterJ
ma nj c1hal v kTovinach podel
skoly ma Carnegie a E. LOT. ul.
Lotr d1vku chopil "a kirk, aby
nemohla kTicet, vlekl il do hou
stiny, mlatil il a pokousel Sc il
znasilnit.
Studentka vypravela policis-
tow Josefu Tuftovi, re kracela
asi 20 stop "a skupinou dfvek,
kdyz Sc lotr vyTftil z houstiny
a levou pazi il chopil kol krku
a ona nemohla vydati ami HAS
ku. PAX il lotr nasadil ma kirk
nejaky pfedmet a hrozil il "a
bitim. Pozd6ji bylo zjist6no,
re to byl sroubovak.
"Nepokousej Sc kficet nebo
te zabiju!" hrozila bestie, kdyz
dlvku tail do houstiny a srazil
j k zemi. Kdyz prevft odho-
dill sroubovak, pocala dfvka
pronikave kTicet a nekolik df-
vek Sc vratilo a videlo, jak zlo-
cinec klecf mad dfvkou, ale ba-
ly Sc zakrocit. Cernoch Sc pax
chopil sroubovaku a zmizel.
Policie zjistila, re cernoch
pred tim napadl jinou student
ku, ktera Sc mu vytrhla a ute
kla a proto 81 pocfhal ma jinou
a tuto skoro znasilnil.
Proc detektivove mladfka ne
vyslychali, kdyz videli, re sc
kol skoly podezrele potlouka,
nebylo vysvetleno.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27

Jisty vojfn We Fort Bragg,
c., postal onehdy dopis ne
jakemu We SVEN domovskem
meste a ma obalku pTispal:
"Nebude-li dodano do peti
zkuste to sesty den a vic
sc pTicinte no nalezti."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
Kradez vaiec.

Asi 60 beden yajec V Gene
$3.50, kter6 mely byti truckem
poslany do New Yorku, bylo
ukradeno v Chicago, kdyz diva
lupici naffdili hlfdaci Leo Bloc
movi, ably jim vydal klfcky cd
trucku. Lupici byli til a poll
Gle ma jich dobry popis.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27
UdaI draheho holinkare.

Muz V Oklahoma City, jenz
serifovi udal holinkaTe pro ne
zakonny prodej whisky, neuci-
nil tax proto, re to bylo pre-
stoupeni oklahomskeho zako-
ma, nybrz re holinkaT mu po-
cftal 81 "a pint.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-11-27

clOvek, niceho nev1m, .jen re
tax pozoruju beh sveta. Zblou-
dill jsem, bud BGh mi milos-
tiv. Chvfle neni daleka, kdy
sloz1m Gcty re sveho konanf V
jeho vecne ruce."
Rozmlouvali jeste chvilku,
nacez Florian Sc mel k odcho-
du.
"Nu, pGjdes Sc mnou, Nanyn
ko?" tazal Sc Justininy dcerus-
ky, "nebo Sc snad boj1s Sc v
noci lesem? Bojfs-li Sc, zGstan
tady, pTfjdu 81 pro tebe Ultra"
Tu d1t6, s MIN re Sc nebojf,
re pGjde S MIN. A Sli. Podll-
ska vysla je doprovodit do
predsin6, i ven ma nasep Sc u
brala. Tam, uchopivsi jeho
ruku, zaplakala.
"Jsme V konc1ch zde," pra-
villa, "uz je vse marne. Co jsem
Sc nabojovala, abych to odvra-
tia! Vystehujeme Sc, daleko,
dalekO, ma dive ste hodin cesty
odsud, ma Teku Ryn, Tfka ,mGj
muz = coz ia vim, kde to je?
Jak Sc nam povede, vi sam
BGh. Nine to pomySleni tlaci,
ami pov6d6t ii nemohu. Domov
je domov, a CHINA je studena.
Radej skyvu tvrdeho chleba
zde, nez med a maso tam. Mil
muz je lhostejnejsf, ale ia to
citfm, ia! A pomyslit, re vse
Sc mohlo obratit k lepsfmu,
kdyby Fanny byla cht6la!"
"Nedavejte why Fanny" cd
tusil, Fanny jinak nemohla.
Davam i YAM svoje slovo, re
pOckam ma nj, az Dude moci
myt mou."
"M6la ode davna v hlave, re
odejde odsud, re Sc il tn nell
bI. Pycha, yer mi, pycha! Je
mole dcera a jinak hodna, a.
vSak cd jakziva vysoko Sc ne
sla."
"Lepe vysoko nez nfzko. Ne
mann o nj strachu."
Chladna noe pc teplem dni,
jak uz byva V sumavskych
horach. Florianovi neuslo, re
drobna lehounce odena zena
Sc tTasla zimou.
"Vratte Sc do sednice, teto,"
pravil.
"Pockej," odvetila, "dam ii
teply Satek, abys tn holku mo-
hi zaobalit. Vsak ii nezbude
nez il wit v naruc a donest il
az k YAM"
Vbehla do svetnice pro sa-
tex, "a chvilinku Ease sc vrati-
la a pomohla mu zaobalit dfte.
ITO je jake tenkrat, kdyz isl
me odnasel z t6 lesnf boudy,"
Vece toto, "och, do takove bou-
dy bych Sc vratit ~nechtela."
"VSak w Sc do nj nevratiS!"
"A pomyslit, re d6da tn mu-
SINE zanechat, uboheho!" "a
pocala Ease Pod1lska. "Tomu
mohla Fanny zabranit; ma il
tax rad a nezaslouzil 81 cd nj,
re jejf vinou umre samoten a
opusten mezi ciz1mi. Ia posle-
dnf zkouska, jfz BGh no podro-
bi ma jeho stara leta, Dude re
vSec h%nejtezSi."
"Vezmu jej k nam, docka-li
Sc vaseho odchodu."
Zavrtela hlavou. con nebu-
de cht1t," pravila, ma ten W.
minek do knih zaneseny a ne
kolikrat p%rohlasil, re umfe tn
a nikde jinde."
"VSak uvidfme. Vratte Sc,
teto, je chladno. Kdybyste ce-
hokoli potrebovala, obratte Sc
ma mne, pokud silly stacf, rad
yam poslouzfm. S Bohem!"
Zavrt6la opet hlavou. "Uz
je konec, uz nebudeme potTe-
bovat niceho, ale dekuji, jake
by Sc bylo stale. S Bohem!"
DoSel DON'T kolem desate.
D1te spalo V jeho narucf, ale
kdyz vessel, probralo Sc re sna.
"Mamo, tn jsem Easel" zvo-
lalo.
Reebova, ktera sundavala s.
plotny napoj pro telata, uvare-
ny pro nazejtfek, div nepustila
velky zelezak i s vroucim OBJ
sahem jeho.
"To Sc podfvejme!" zvolal
starry Andrys, jenz Sc ukladal
ma lGzko.
A vitanf a smfch a radost!
Ulozili d1te Ease do jeho postyl
ky, kterou uz cht9li uklidit ma
pGdu.
"Tak, spinkej, spinkej, me
.zlato," domlouvala p6stounka,
"jSi Ease donna - name te ra-I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

people, throwing them together and enjoying the results.
 "Oh, by the way" the voice went on. I'm a litle short on girls. If you have any ideas, you might bring someone along. She'd better have a sense of hmnor." Then the receiver clicked at the other end
 Fay Rathmone passed her desk, Bad news?" said Fay, mistaking the expression on Myra's face.
 Not too bad. Meet me at 5 and I'll initiate you," said Myra, Then she was bitten with doubt. Was it fair to young girl like Fay Rath- bone to fling her into the undi- gested company of one of Ferdy's house parties? But half an hour later the two girls climbed the stairs of an unpretentious house on Union Avenue to Ferdy's studio
 Myra rapped the door and a voice hailed the two girls to come In. At the same time it told them to shut the door quickly. Myra had long learned never to be sur- prised by anything she saw in the studio but Fay emerged from be. hind the screen to see what was to her a remarkable and unusual scene. There were two people in the studio, one painting and one posing. Ferdy was painting on a large canvas. On the throne, draped with a wisp of chiffon was the sultriest beauty that she had ever
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

are on public land, but the few slopes developed for public use on a fec basis arc also shown,
 There seems to bo some doubt about commercial slsi tows being ap- erated this year, the Commission having had report only from one commercial tow. that at Winsted which will run Sundays only.
 The State Highway Department has cooperated by erecting signs at several of the skiing areas in the tsate. State Forest Rangers and other individuals in snow areas have offered to give information on con- ditions in response to telephone calls. These are listed on the free map.
 The skiing map lists 2s points for skiing in Connecticut and gives Q brief description of each as well as showing the highways by which the areas can be reached. Tho may is keyed to the descriptive material on the reverse side.
 The maps are available at the Connecticut Development Commis- sion, Room 325, State Office Build- ing, Hartford. Single copies will be mailed free in response to mall or telephone requests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

the academic year in progress on March 1. i943. and instructors until next July 1.
 The program will mean revolu- tionary change in educational prac- tices. Few youths between l8 and 22 will remain in colleges and uni- versailles who have not been chosen by the fighting services.
 Ofiice of Education figures show that of 837,045 male students att tending institutions of higher learn- ing in 1940-41, only 58,566 or per cent, were under IS years. Early next year most youths over 18, not deferred for occupational reasons, will be swept up by the selectiye service and unable to continue their studies except as designated by the Army or Navy. Some will be physi- cally unit for military duty and may continue college on their own initiative. Those under IS may re- main in school. But of these most al lover Twill be eligible to enlist in the Navy and seek assignment under the Navy's college training program.
 Should the Army and Navy pro- grams aggregate 250.000 students,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
GRAND JURY TO
 HEAR EVIDENCE
Important Aspect" in Co. cOanut Grove Fire to
 Be Presented

Boston, Dec. i8-(Up)-The Suf- folk County grand jury will hear evidence today on what was des- cribed as lone important aspect" of the Cocoanut Grove holocause which tok 4S8 lives.
 Atty -Gen. Robert T. Bushnell and Dist. Atty. William J. Foley an- nounced last night that they would present evidence today and simul- taneously revealed that the state Is ready to proceed immediately to prosecute any person indicted.
 They did not explain what they meant by "one important aspect" of the case.
 The announcement came as a sur. prise as 1t was not expected that any action would be taken before the January sitting of the grand jury. Despite the presentation of evidence, Bushnell and Foley said their investigation of the tragedy was far from complete.
 They said State Fire Marshal Stpehen c. Garrity of Lowell would continue Investigating and that even when his investigation ends. it will not indivate were through"
 The investigation will not be completed" they said in a joint statement, until we are satisfied that every shred of competent evidence that diligent effort can Se- cure has been collected and appro- priately acted upon.'
 It was understood that 10 witt nesses would be called for the first session before the grand jury and the only clue as to what course of action woud be taken was a state- ment by Bushnell made when his investigation started Dec. 1-three days after the fire.
 At that time he said he would try to determine whether three was a basis for criminal prosecution, there were defects in laws govern ing night clubs and to establish if it was accidental.
 The fact the case was presented to the jury indicated that Bushnell had discivered basis for criminal prosecution.
 One of the last witnesses to appear before Bushnell and Foley yester- day was Police Commissioner Joseph F. Hinnilty who would say nothing about his testimony except that he had been treated courteously."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
BY EDMUND FANCOTT

the unconcerned countenance oF Leona.
 There is everything In Montreal if you know where to find it," said Ferdy.
 And where did you find ltS"
 "In the 5-and-l0," grinned Feray. "Why, I graduated from the 5-and.i0," said Fay with broad smile. Behind the lunch counter" Ferdy looked at Eay's face with the eye of an artist. Nose too long, mouth too wide but it was full of life and youngness and quick to smile. Then he looked at Myra and nodded. "SheT do."
 Myra nodded and Fay blushed at this blunt acknowledgment that she was now accepted as adequate company for the Christmas party.
 T don't know whether can go to your place." said Fay to recover the initiative. I'm not very fond of weekend parties, parlor talk ard parlor games. What are you laugh ing at3" Myra had caught Ferdys eyes and had laughed with him.
 "If he asks you up for @ few days to his place." said Myra, ''you can bet your last dollar the people will not be ordinary. By the way, Ferdy, who is going2"
 Ferdy pointed down at Leona. "Polly's coming"
 Leona stirred. "My father, he say mo-"
 'Ill fix father" said Ferdy.
 "Who else2' asked Myra.
 "Let me see,' said Ferdy. "of course there'll be Aunt Bridget; she runs the place for me. Then there's Benny"
 "Whats" exclaimed Myra. "Bennyp Not Benny Brien?"
 "Yes," said Ferdy. That reminds me, I must telephone him now
 He picked up the receiver and dialed long distance. Myra looked at Fay with shrug of resignation.
 (T0 Be Continued