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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20
CLIP Mixed
League
(By Rightly

The Spotlight OF this column to-
night revolves round and round
and finally comes to rest on one Of
our fair sex bowlers from down the
valley. Yes Sir! This little girl comes
all the way up to Waterbury every
Monday night from her work in the
Naugatuck Office and after bowling
she has to return to her home in
Naugatuck A very formidable asset
to the team Of Pat Dwyer is this lass
who throws one of the incest balls
we've ever seen girl throw at the
1-3 pocket. Although she travels fur
ther than any OF us she has almost
a perfect attendance record. In her
quiet way she topples the pins and
maintains her average in the high
COS. And so the orchids of the week
to Eileen Healey, the Naugatuck en-
trant in the G. l.. & P. Mixed
League.
Angie Mambruno has at long last
snapped out of her age-old slump.
Angels brilliant 1888 score was one
of teh main reasons for the Fuses
3 to / victory over George Leary's
Wires. Nina Birs helped in this bat
tie by topping the 300 mark with a
308 total.
'Corny' Scollan entered the league
Monday night and not having bowl
ed in about years nobody was par
ticularly interested In what score
'Corny' would bowl, but 10, 'Corny's
first two balls thrown were strikes!
Page Mr. Ripley! Nice going, Cor
ny and welcome to our league!
Another surprise Of the night was
the double strike thrown by Pres
ident Pat Dwyer which resulted in
1876 string for the PREF. Pat was so
surprised that his other scores were
well, We won't mention them!
Mary Sheehans 345 total was the
tops among the female bowlerS Eyes,
and almost tops for the mem. This
score was the reason for the three
point victory of Jack Reeds squad.
Whit Whitaker was the tops
among the male members of the
league. Whit threw a 1878 total at
ten opposition but even with this
score his team only squeezed out one
point.
Milt Carlson continued his fine
bowling with a 1874 score. Among
other high scorers were: Dick Hy-
land, 1913 and Bill Deadly, 346.
The new captain of the Connec-
tors, H. H. Rolandi could do no more
than split two and two with the
enemy. H. H. says that he will lead
his team from cellar to top position
in thre weeks! Oh, Yeah!
The Bulbs, minus Captain Joe
May, kept their strong hold on No.
position with 81 victory.
The Mixed League won their re-
turn match with the Waterbury
Bankers last week. The first match
was won also by the Mixed League.
The first contest was won by 81 pins
and the second by skeen pins. The
Bankers are swell bunch and we
are always glad to have them as our
opponents for they are sewll sports.
Better luck next time, Bankers!
See you ip the Alleyl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20

The Savitt ems will play the West
Haven Red Devils In the first game
OF their State League championship
playoff next Wednesday night at the
Hopkins street gym in Hartford.
The teams will play at West Ha-
ven, probably Friday, February 81.
The winner of this series plays the
New London Bridgeport ringwood
victor for the championship.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20
WITHOUT HOME COURT

Although it has achieved an out
standing basketball record this sea-
son, Holy Cross has no basketball
gymnasium of its own.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20

Score at half time, 42-30, Boat;
referee, O'Brein; time, l0-min. per-
iods.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20

Totals :. anna. I 2 4
Totals at half time--Wilson 30,
East Farms Q. Referee-Ed Court
ney.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20
Davis Street

Totals .......... 8
Referee-Donald Duncan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20

Angie Mambruno has at long last
snapped out Of her age-old slump.
Angels brilliant 1893 score was one
of teh main reasons for the Fuses
g to / victory over George Leary's
Wires. Nina Birs helped in this bat
tie by topping the 300 mark with a
308 total.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-20

'Corny' Scollan entered the league
Monday night and not having bowl
ed in about S years nobody was par
ticularly interested In what score
'Corny' would bowl, but 10, 'Corny's
first two balls thrown we're strikes!
Page Mr.. Ripley! Nice going, Cor
ny and welcome to our league!
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Briefitorial
Great Explorers.

Many boys and girls, when
they read about the deeds of
Columbus and the other great
explorers who first opened
America to the rest of the world,
wish that they could have SIM
liar high adventures.
There are still plenty of places
in the world which wait to be
explored, but most o. us will
never get the chance to do it.
Nor can most of us ever be pio-
neers, fighting to prepare wild
country for "civilization. We
were born a little too late for
that.
But there are other kinds of
exploration and pioneering
which, in their way, can bring
just as many thrills and just as
much glory. There is scientific
research, for example In the
field of medicine alone, thou
sands of discoveries remain to
be made before human beings
can win the fight against dis
ease.
Other fields of activity offer
similar opportunities. In fact,
no matter what work you take
up, you can find a chance to be
q real pioneer, a real explorer,
If you just have the same cour-
age and the same desire to learn
new things that filled the dis
coverers of history.
The Editor.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Cocker Spaniels Are
Source of Income

At the age CT l3. Wanda H. Pegg
OF Morris, N. Y, has splendid start
In the dogsraising business.
Last year." Wanda writes, my
father gave me a pure-bred female
cocker spaniel puppy as pet. Now
she has four little thoroughbred
puppies which I intend to sell at $40
each. In fact, they are all already
promised to different people who
want to buy them.
LAS my dog eats the scraps from
our table, it doesn't cost us anything
to feed her. All the money I get
from the sale of the puppies will be
clear profit. except for the cost of
buying a license for my dog.
1T is more fun than work to take
care Of the puppies, because I love
sll kinds Of pets For the amount of
money and work invested, I know
of no other thing that any boy or
girl could do which would bring so
much in return in the way OF pleas
ure and profit combined.
Incidentally, my school principal,
Paul Benedict, owns the registered
cocker spaniel which is the father
Of my puppies"
Evening star., 1942-10-04

4ldOAOlI udyo III
his homeland. and have no value
except as collectors items. They
are, as Werner puts it, "just pieces OF
paper" He is noticeably fond of his
little treasure, however, and per-
haps secretly hopes that some day
the German government will benev-
olently redeem the bills at face
value.
AS sideline-and every collector
worth his salt has a sideline-he has
stamps from all the European coun-
tries, including several rare ones
from Russia. France and Holland.
There is also a German imitation
stamp in his collection, which Wer-
ner considers the most unusual of
the group.
Werner's history is as varied and
colorful as are his collections. He
was born in the town of Mannheim,
in Southwestern Germany, near the
border Of France. He attended
school in Germany until 1938-and
studied English as we'll as German.
The first rumbles of war came
with the invasion of Austria, and it
was then that the Baum family felt
the time had come to move onward
to greener pastures. This convic-
ton grew when Adolf Hitler oblig-
ingly relieved Mr.. Baum of the nee
essity of operating his apron factory.
After due time and red tape, Wer-
ner and his family found themselves
in New York.
All in all, Werner seems to like
the United States. He lives in Alex
andria at this time and attends
George Washington High School.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Boy Earns Money
As Exterminat0r of
Bugs and Beetles

Walker House is IA years old, but
already he has made himself almost
indispensable in the Tennessee town
of Grand Junction as the commun-
ity's No. l bug and beetle extermi-
nator.
Il have a garden" Walker writes,
"and as the bugs and beetles were
bad I got three-gallon, back strap
sprayer and sprayed the garden.
This proved very satisfactory, and
economical, too.
It live in a small town (about 600
population. Therefore, the story of
my bug and teetle killing spread
quickly. First my relations, then my
close friends and finally most of the
townspeople hired me to spray their
gardens.
ut takes very little time to spray
1000 feet can be done in about 60
minutes-but it must be repeated
every week or 10 days to kill the eggs
that have Matched.
TO buy the bug poison" he con-
tinues, which I started getting
wholesale, and to care for my wheel,
which is my means of transporta-
ton, I charged IS cents an hour.
It wasn't long until I had steady
customers, and without exception
they were all satisfied.
This spraying made me interested
in the habits of bugs and also in
frl,it freo crroy yiyou Cipco hoyo
started spraying I have learned
much about bugs, beetles and fungus
growths and tree spraying"
Evening star., 1942-10-04

w AlAo AAAooAASA3
has been drawing all his life Last
winter he entered Abbott Art School
and his teachers say his talent is
remarkable. This is supported by
the fact that Richards drawings
won his school paper first prize
in a Nation wide contest held by
Columbia University.
Elementary school officials all
over the country are impressed by
Richards talent and a story of his
appeared in recent issue OF his
school publication-The Henry
Clay Printer-which has caused
much discussion among them. The
story, entitled, DIR. Hans Beetle
and the Beetle Symphony" is illus
trated with his cartoons and not
only shows drawing talent, but
writing ability. His text is clever
and, with the drawings, the story
is surprisingly well constructed.
Richard has no particular ambi-
ton to write. His sole interest is in
becoming a member of Walt Dis
ney's staff. He hopes some day soon
to meet Mr. Disney and get some
pointers on animated cartooning.
Some of his drawings are so well
done they look as though Walt
Disney himself drew them.
This fall Richard returns to Alb
bott and at the same time enters
the sixth grade at Henry Clay Ele-
mentary. Incidentally, he will be
art editor of The Printer, and over
the art desk hangs the gold plaque
awarded by Columbia. His drawings
put the plaque there and perhaps
he will select some one else's car
toons that will put others along
side of it.
Richard has a great-uncle who
was a painter and. with this in
mind. he does little oil painting
now and then. His interest in draw
ing has influenced his grandfather
to study painting. He has not yet
finished his first portrait, but Rich
ard tells him to keep at it.
Good books on any subject are
popular with Richard and members
of his family say he is lust reading
ell the time" He reads nature.
science, adventure or anything else
that comes along. Often he reads
the description of a scene and
then sits down to draw it.
He lives at 513 North Garfield
street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Prize Contribution
BY MARY DODGE, 13,

Music is lots of fun if you treat
it so. We have in our family.
My father started music in 1888
and started me year later at the
age of Az. Dad bought a zylo-
phone and three-octave marimba.
He had to build a high stool so
that I could reach the instruments.
My father was kind and patient
teacher, which made me think from
the beginning that music was fun.
We began playing together, after
a little while, at small group meet
ings. We enjoyed doing this so
much that we got asked to play at
more elaborate things. We have
played at two large church we'd
dings, for which we practiced for
months ahead of time. One recent
winter we played at about 20 ban
quets.
We have liked playing at these
things, but the most fun we have
had is playing at home. My mother
is not musical, but she likes to sit
and listen to us practice. She gives
us helpful criticism and comments
which enable US to play better.
have little sister 7 years old,
who started to play last fall. She is
doing we'll and we have great hopes
for her. She has already started
playing with us, so our new name
is the Dodge Trio.
Evening star., 1942-10-04


dog might spoil the hunters shot.
but the dog is trained to make no
noise. 1t does not bark like hound
on the trail of fox. 1t simply
stands and points. The scent OF the
bird has given the warning, and it
is up to the hunter to do the rest.
Settlers belong to the same gen.
eral family of bird dogs" but differ
in some ways. Their instinct is to
crouch or "set" when they get the
scent of a bird, but their owners
sometimes train them to point in
the same way as. a pointer.
There are five breeds of settlers.
We have Irish, English. Welsh and
Russian settlers, also the Gordon
setter.
Swims Ashore.
The retriever" is also bird dog,
but it is used largely for bringing
in wild geese and other waterfowl
which have been shot over the water.
Carrying dead or wounded bird
in its mouth, the dog swims ashore
and lays the game at the hunters
feet.
Pointers, settlers and retrievers
have a very good sense of smell,
but they can not equal the blood
hound. OF all dogs, the bloodhound
is most famed for being able to
follow scent.
In olden days, the bloodhound
was used for tracking 'poachers."
When hunter shot game in the
forest OF a king or noble, his tracks
were followed by the dog. Many
an unhappy poacher was captured
by this means, and then suffered
harsh punishment.
The bloodhound is one Of the
large members of the hound family.
1t may be 2 feet high at the
shoulders, and may weigh from 90
to 100 pounds. 1t has a wrinkled
face which person will not soon
forget. The ears are long and
hang close to the cheeks. The ewes
are small and deep-set. The hair
often is Of tan color all over. but
1t may be partly tan and partly
black.
Amazing Deeds.
Some Of the deeds Of blood
MOUNDS seem amazing. They have
been known to follow a man for
miles, over hills and valleys, across
fences and walls, to his final hiding
place. In some cases they have
been able to keep the scent along
city sidewalks and across CITY streets.
II Is hard to imagine a person leav-
ing scent with every step he takes,
but this hound seldom misses on
fresh scent unless the runaway
sWlms, or wades, across a stream.
Pure-bred bloodhounds seldom
bite those whom they track down.
Ihey guard a captive and will not
let him escape, but they are not
likely to try to tear him to pieces.
To inform their master that a per-
son has been caught they bark
loudly. Certain so-called blood
hounds, not of pure breed, have
proved extremely dangerous to the
persons they tracked.
Bloodhounds were given their
name bacause they could follow a
trail OF blood left by a wounded
animal. Today they are EMPLOYED
TO track down missing persons and
to follow the trail of criminals,
Read Uncle Rays Corner" every
oaS IN The Evening Starr
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Ball>Rolling Game1s Tricky
BY RAY J. MARIAN.

This is tricky game, because if a
ball is rolled too hard it will jump
completely over the target and fail
to score.
The target box is made from thin
lumber, or wallboard. The inside Of
the box is "pigeon-holed." These
compartments are numbered S, 10,
Is, so and 100. The approach to
the target is an incline from q piece
of wallboard. Bevel the front edge
Of this incline and screw the top
edge to the front side Of the target
box. Balls rolling up this incline
drop into the numbered compart-
ments to indicate a players score.
Furnish each player with three
croquet balls. Players stand Is feet
in front OF the target and roll three
balls In one turn. The numbers OF
the compartments In which the balls
drop indicate the players score and
are totaled at the end Of each turn.
A game consists of 10 turns. The
player having high score at the end
Of each game is the winner Of the
contest. This will make q fine way
Of using your croquet set indoors
this winter.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Prize Contest

Five prizes of 81 each are
awarded in every issue of The
Junior Star for the best original
stories, articles, poems and car
toons by boys and girls of high
school age and under.
All contributions must bear
the name. age, address, tele-
phone number and school of
the author.
Written contributions must
be on one side of the paper, and,
if typewriter, double-spaced.
Drawings must be in black and
white and mailed fiat.
The editors choice of winners
will be final, and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he may deem
advisable, regardless of whether
1t is awarded a prize. Checks
will be mailed to winners dur
ing the week following publica-
ton of their contributions. No
contribution will be returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the
editor, are of sufficient merit,
will be given cards identifying
them as reporters for The
Junior Star. The editor reserves
the right, however, to decline to
issue reporters cards or to re-
woke those already issued when
ever such action appears ad-
visable.
Address contributions to The
Junior Star, 727 Star Building,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
"America,' the
Beautiful -"
Prize Contribution
BY ETHEL JONES, Is,
James Monroe High School.
FrederickSbure, Va.

20 beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain. y"
That song is sung everywhere by
Americans who, constantly burdened
with the affairs of the day, find
time to lift their voices in praise
of the magnificent, ever-powerful
country in which they live. Per-
haps when they sing they see
vision-a startling, realistic one!
They see peaceful countrysides, with
waving fields of corn, healthy cattle
seeking shade under stately trees,
laughing, carefree children on their
way to schools where they learn
the meaning of good citizenship,
responsibility and of education.
They see other things also-crowded
cities, small and large churches
where the people take their sorrows
to God Yes, it is all beautiful!
And as the song goes on, 20 beau
tiful for heroes proved, In liberat-
ing strife, Who more than self their
country loved, And mercy more than
life ="
The picture changes a bit. Now
they see their husbands, sons,
friends march away, but with smiles
on their faces. They are going to
defend America! And keep our
country beautiful, our children
happy, our land fertile and pro-
ductive-and, above all, our people
at peace with one another and
with God. For this they will give
their lives if necessary.
America, the Beautiful" IT'S a
wonderful phrase! 'Tis a wonder
full country! Now, that country and
its people are facing a deadly en-
emy, who has broken from the
dungeon of the past. The name
of this enemy we know too we'll
War. But, with the help of God,
Americans are going to lead the
United Nations against this mon
ster and destroy it. We are ready,
willing and able, I am sure, and
we will fight to the finish to keep
our America beautiful.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Balance aQuarter
On a Knife Blade
For Novel Trick

In this novel juggling effect. the
performer takes an ordinary table
knife in his right hand. He asks
a spectator to lend him half-dol-
lar And then-wonder of Won
ders-the magician succeeds in bal
ancing the coin, on edge, on the
edge of the knife blade! At the
conclusion of the juggle, the half
dollar is handed back to the spec
tator and the knife is passed out for
examination.
To perform this effect you must
hold concealed in your right hand a
quarter. To one side of this quar-
ter you have stuck small bit of.
chewing gum. The knife is held in
the same hand.
Now you ask for the half-dollar.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Boy Scouts Set Up
Squadron to Learn
Aviation Subjects
BY l. r. HEGEI,.

In Akron. Ohio. last June "a
BOY Scouts In light blue uniforms
and caps stood at attention in the
armory to receive initial charter
No. l of the Air S. out squadron,
AS this newest movement of the
Boy Scouts of America gets under
way, similar squadrons are rapidlv
organizing all over the United
States.
the program is designed to pre-
pare youth for flight training. Along
with the regular pursuits of camping
and hiking, Scout interested in
aviation may now enter training as
a tenderfoot Air Scout candidate.
A two-bladed propeller insignia is
worn upon qualifying for the first
Scout badge of rank. Advance is
made by earning the Merit Badges
IN Aerodynamics, Airplane Design,
Signaling and Radio.
While the Air Scout does not
actually ny, all his training leads
to government-supervised flying and
licensing. Any Boy Scout of IS
may work to become an Air Scout
observer. then an Air Scout crafts
man, and finally an Air Scout ace.
The subjects that the Air Scout
takes in attaining the varied levels
OF achievement include general view
OF aviation. history of aeronautics,
elements Of aerodynamics, airplane
engines, instruments, navigation,
weather, safety, airplane identifica-
ton and other subjects.
Boys interested in this movement
should apply at once to their local
Boy Scout councils.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Try These Unusual
Ways of Mounting
Your Pictures
Bv KATHERINE HOUISON.


An ordinary animal picture will
look as though it came from an
exclusive art shop if you mount it
this way. Use a walnut or mahog-
any stain on square of wood; let
it dry, then rub it with wax until
1t has a soft, satiny glow. Glue
or cement your picture carefully
in the center, then take two leather
straps or leashes and use them on
all sides, as illustrated, with the
hooks az the top for hanging the
picture.
For a picture of child, put white
dotted swiss over tinted card
board mount, and fasten the pic
ture in the center. Edge the pic
ture with colored cord or silk braid
and place the whole thing in an
inexpensive dime store frame which
you've enameled to match or con-
trast with the background.
To mount dried flowers or grasses
so they look like pictures, buy a
Evening star., 1942-10-04

After going down into the audi
ence to receive it, you return to the
place where you are to perform the
trick, and while doing so you attach
the quarter to one side of the half
dollar by means of the small dab OF
chewing gum.
And so what you really do is
to balance the quarter on the knife
blade and let the half-dollar be
supported by the quarter, as shown
In the sketch. If you stand several
feet away from your audience and
tilt the knife slightly backwards, it
will appear as If the half dollar ac-
tually rested on the edge of the
knife.
After completing the trick, you Sc
cretly remove the quarter and re-
turn the half dollar to its owner.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
bAkE
tn
WITH
DRIED
GRASS

shallow tin bake pan and line it
with tnat new. velvety paper the
art stores call flock" Form your
grasses into an attractive spray, ce-
ment it on the flock, and see how
the depth of the pan adds to the
effectiveness of the picture when it's
on the wall. Flowers can be tied
into a bouquet with a gay. ribbon
and then cemented in place.
To frame an old-fashioned pic
ture or print, paste 1t on a light
piece of wood larger than the pic
ture, and cement or glue a strip of
velvet ribbon in harmonizing color
around the edge. Be- sure to miter
the corners carefully,
Evening star., 1942-10-04

L go on a "trip l
pick up one or
two things to
add to my COL
lection. 1 have
been to 18 States
in the United
States and one
part of Canada.
Friends also
send me things
from the places
I haven't visited.
I entered my
collection in the
Silver Spring
Hobby Show and
Evening star., 1942-10-04

out the hiding
place of game
birds. When one
of these d o G S
comes to shrub
berry W h | c n
hides game, 1t
stops short and
poin t S toward
the spot with its
nose. Then the
hunter k n O W S
that it is point
ing tow a r d a
bird, or flock of
birds.
AnV noise on
the part of the
Evening star., 1942-10-04

WOII 1IItU pI1lt. WAT! L"u r UrHI'
1t was blue-and-gold ribbon. 1t
is now one of my collections.
My daddy built me whatnot cab
met with six shelves, but he will
have to make me another one now
because this one is full. My favorite
whatnot is teapot made from a
penny. hope to keep adding to my
collection.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Dead on the Job

Mrs. Jones (taking her son to
school for the first time)-Now, I
want to be sure Johnny studies
Latin.
Principal-But Latin is a dead
language.
Mrs. Jones-Oh, that's all right.
He's going to be an undertaken.