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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Mrs. f. N Meyer A.A.U. w. Hostess

The Waterbury chapter of the American Association of University Women will be the guests of Mrs F. N. Meyer at her home on North field road, Watertown, at a picnic on Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock. The affair will be held re- gardless of weather conditions.
 At this time the nominating com mittee will meet with committee chairmen and the standing commit tee members. Elections will also be held.
 Mrs. Harold M. Kopp, chairman, is being assisted in her arrange ments by Mrs. Henry Copeland, Mrs. George Dubpernell, Mrs. E. E. Els enwinter, Mrs. Henry Mattoon, Dor othy M White, L. Estelle Whiteside and Mrs. Karl Winter.
 Transportation has been arranged from Hawley street and Litchfield road, Watertown, for anyone desir- ing it. Such members may notify Miss Mildred I. Goudy, president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
SS. Peter Paul Mothers
 Club Meets At Hotel Elton

Sixty members of the Mothers Club of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul met last night at supper at the Hotel Elton. The Rev. James Woods and the Rev. John Sullivan vel comed the group. Mrs Charles Mo Carthy, president, served as toast master.
 Clarence Tappin of the high school faculty delivered an address on "Education." Miss Mary Louise Kenny of the Sacred He5,rt lAEn school read the essay which won her the award of the American Le- zion, given annually to high school students.
 Mrs. John Hartley. Mrs. Homer Emons, Mrs. William Keaveney, past presidents of the club, and the Misses Muriel McDuff and Mary Bowler of the Sodality of the church, were the guests of honor.
 Mrs. John Gallon, chairman of the party, was assisted in her ar engagements by Mrs. Stephen Mo- Grail, Mrs. John Blake, Mrs. Henry Rochette, Mrs. Frank Byrnes, Mrs. Raymond Synott, Mrs. Louis Reis- finger, Mrs. Lawrence Skelly and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Eleanor WLcox
 Guest At Party

Miss Alice Wilcox and Miss Mil dred Cochrane entertained the for mer's sister, Miss Eleanor Wilcox, with a personal and greenback shower, Friday evening at their home on Girard Avenue.
 Among the guests were Belle Wa terS, Ethel Waters, Mrs. Charles Earl. Mrs. John Way, Mrs. Francis Maher, Mrs. Thomas Cochrane, Mrs. James Lynch, Mrs. DelConte, Mrs. Walter MacCasland, Mrs. James MacCasland, Mrs. John Maxwell, Mrs. Florence Kilborn, Mrs. Anna Kenworth, Mrs. Anna Schuster, Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Joseph Riley, Mrs. Emma Jones, Mrs. John Lar melt, Mrs. Christopher Griffin, Mrs. James Bannon, Monica Schwartz Elinor Schwartz, Mrs. Julius Rom pre-, Mrs. Violet, Mrs. Harold An drew, Florence Andrew, Mrs. Charles Winterhalder, Mrs. Frederick Rech- enberg, Mrs Madden, Mrs. James Wilcox and Mrs. William Wilcox.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Personal
EUeLv1 Lyons
 ReceiUes Gifts

Mrs. Homer Mercier and Miss Theresa Bradley of Mill Plain ave- nue entertained at their home on Friday evening with a miscellane- ous shower in compliment to Miss Evelyn Lyons of West Haven.
 Among the guests were Mrs. Will lard Shrove. Mrs. Charles Giles, Mrs. J. L. Hem and Miss Vera Hem of Bristol; Mrs. George Brad ley and Miss Laura Costello of Union City; Mrs. Mary Ryan, Ma rie Ryan, Rita FitZmaurice, Ger maine Fitzmaurice, Mrs. D. J. Ly- ons of West Haven; Margaret Mo Carthy, Mrs. Thomas OLeary, Mrs. Mary Brown, Margaret Peuegren, Mary Feest, Myrtle Perkins, Angus ta Shanley, Lillian DeCapua, Chris tine Masterfrank, Lillian Halit, Catherine Mccarthy, Marjorie Pe- terson and Helen Pesente.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Mrs. Laurence St. Louis.
 Among those present were Mrs. Morgan Burke, Mrs. Harry Bergin, Mrs. Henry Brodeur, Mrs. Philip Bernier, Mrs. John Conlon, Mrs. Joseph Cosgrove, Mrs. William Cav- anaugh, Mrs. James Green, Sr., Mrs. Thomas Carmody, Mrs. Edward Cos tello, Mrs. Michael Carroll, Mrs. George Corcoran, Mrs. Margaret Costello, Mrs. Mary Doran, Mrs. Clarence Doyle, Mrs. Patrick Fitz- gerald, Mrs. John Pagan. Mrs. Ed ward Griffin, Mrs. John Kenny;
 Mrs. Patrick Kennedy, Mrs. Napo- leon King, Mrs. Peter Kelly, Mrs. Floyd Lyttle, Mrs. James McEvoy, Mrs. Joseph Muckle, Mrs. John Mo- Guire, Mrs. Michael Noonan, Mrs. Frank McWeeney, Mrs. Joseph Rosse, Mrs. John Slavin, Mrs. Will liam Sheehy, Mrs. Alfred Wiehn, Mrs. Edward Wolff, Mrs. Warren Leonard, Mrs. James Leary, Mrs. Michael Murphy, Mrs. Charles Mo Carthy, Mrs. Robert Welsh, Mrs. c. McCue, Mrs. John Hamel, Mrs. Peter Kenney, Miss Katherine Burns and Mrs. William Lezotte.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

The second hit Tanks a Million" stars Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, James Gleason, Elsie Knox, Noah Berry, Jr,, and others. It's the story of the Army or what shouldn t happen in the Army.
 Starts Wednesday! Wings Over the Pacific" with Edward Norris, Inez Cooper, and others - plus - "Jacare" Frank Bucks story of the Amazon. Better than Bring Elm Back Alive. Don't miss these two big hits!
 Watch for Strands Parade of Hits on display at various stores throughout the city each week. Watch for Reap the Wild Wind" Gentle Gangster", "ziegfeld Girl ' 'Taxie, Mister" "Corsican Broth CTS" Beyond the Blue Horizon" |" "Corregidor," Eyes of the Under world" We Are the Marines and hundreds of others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Victory Club
 Fetes Members

The Victory Club entertained al a birthday party in compliment of two of its members, Miss Rosetts Truelove and Mary Sweeney Lad den.
 Pink and white flowers and two birthday cakes decorated the table at the Front Page restaurant, and during the dinner each guest of honor was presented with purse.
 Among those attending were: Agnes Barnes, M. Jeanette Kane, Beatrice Mahoney. Mable Kunde, Rachel Corbett. Sofie Perry, Tessie Jacobs, Doris Truelove and Carmel la MaStrianna. M. Jeannette Kane arranged the affair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
NEWS , 

Fred w. Arber, Jr., of Hamilton avenue, was host at meeting and supper of the Pilgrim Fellowship of the Second Congregational church at his home yesterday afternoon. A devotional service, group singing, and an outdoor supper were in- cluded on the program. John Sur gener Jr., president, was in charge, and Rev. J. R. Coombs was guest of the young people.
 Christians were urged to assist in branches of the civilian defense corps and to help the war effort in every possible way, in 8 sermon by Rev. Joseph P. c. Johnson of the Advent Christian church yesterday. The sermon, entitled You and the War" was given in celebration of Y Am an American Day." and was an appeal to return to the faith of the nations forefathers, with a decline in spiritual values as a whole in tho country, the penalty for ignoring prayer as a divine guidance and benediction for the war-effort.
 Rev. B. Kenneth Anthony, pastor of First Congregational church de- scribed life in typical Chinese city, Changsha, the home of China'S Yale university in Human, province at dinner and installation meeting held last night by the ChriSmon society of young people of the church in the church parlors.
 An Oriental dinner with chop sticks was served preceding the in- stallation of officers of the socieu at a final meeting. Officers in- stalled include: Ralph Smith, presi- dent; Sarah Greenlaw, vice preSi- dent; John Poirier secretary; Eben Hollis, Jr., treasurer, and Mabel Burns, chaplain. Installing officers were Margaret Cheek, William Peal and Rev. Anthony. The society will resume meetings in the fall.
 Pictures of evacuation of wounded in North Africa were shown at the Second Congregational church forum last night by Edward N. Seccombe, a member of the Ameri- can Field Service, during an illus trated talk on the work of the volunteers. Preparation for the tasks at the place of battle was described and an outline of the territory covered was presented.
 The speaker said the corps was ready to serve in the Middle East when need for Its service arose in Egypt, and then Tripoli and TuniS. He expressed the belief the next move of the unit will be to India.
 Most of the men in the corps are those exempt from military duty for physical reasons, but several IA men have secured defermentS to permit enlistment in the field service. Enlistment is for a period of a year, but most of the members have re-enlisted, he said.
 Following the dedication of a war shrine in tribute to the 205 men and women from St. Johns Episcopal church who are now serv- ing in the armed forces, Rev. Fran cis O. Ayres, rector of the parish delivered an appeal in his sermon yesterday for unselfish prayer to give courage and safeguard loved ones in the service.
 The war shrine is flanked by the service flag, the Stars and Stripes and the Episcopal church flag on one side, and the national flags of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Weddings
Personal

MT. and Mrs. Samuel Greenfield of Putnam street were entertained last evening by a group of their friends in honor of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Kramer of Rose street announce the birth of daughter, Mary Elizabeth, on May ? at St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Kramer is the former Mae Barley.
 MT. and Mrs. Ridgway M. Hall of Washington, D. c. are entertain ing the latter's mother, Mrs. Elton s. Wayland of Woodlavn Terrace.
 Miss Rachel Williams is conYa- leScing at her home on Hillside ave. nue after being a patient at the Wa terbury Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Contract Bridge
CORNELL BRIDGE

Winners in the Friday afternoon tournament under the direction of Mrs. J. c. Moriarty included: Mrs. A. J. Drummond. Mrs. Roger Pea body, 495; Mrs. Albert LaVigne, Mrs. George Cashman, 481; Mrs. Joseph Byrne, Mrs, Raymond Heebner, tied with Mrs. August Fiege, Mrs Earl Pierson, 478; Mrs. Daniel Martin Mrs. F. G. Parker, 475.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

The "ScOts-Guard" 1S3O-1943. Still serving all fronts. Invest in the card of "distinctiOn" provide for the needs of humanity. Another Waterbury contribution to the war effort. MaDufactured and sold ex- clusiVely for the benefit of the United Nations Relief Fund, Inc. Available at Waterbury's depend- able store Grieve, Bisset & Holland. Cards mailed to servicemen over seas nt no additional cost. Postpaid $1.OO ScOtsRuard, P. o. Box 453, City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
EIeana Masc0lo
 Weeds Thursday

The wedding of Miss Elena V. Mascolo, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Edward MaScolo of Oak Hill avenue to Captain A. Eugene Sirica, son of Mrs. Maria Sirica of McDon- aid avenue and the late Alfonso Sirica. will take place on Thursday morning.
 The ceremony will be performed at nine o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
Third Church Women
 Hold Bridge Party

The Get-Together Club of the Third Congregational church spon- Sored 8 dessert bridge Friday after noon at the church hall. Mrs. Co., mer B. Lewis, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Henry Tooker, and Mrs. George Knowles directed the affair.
 Among the players were: Mrs. Frederick Hamm, Mrs. John Wallis, Mrs. Frank Judson, Mrs. William Barnes, Mrs. William s. SteinmetZ Mrs. Walter Troske, Mrs. Joseph Weidemier, Mrs Henry Vollers, Mrs Eliza Andrews. Mrs. Frank Santora, Mrs. Arthur R. Lambert, Mrs. w. George Reed. Mrs. Clifford Turney, Mrs. Philip Mills, Mrs Arthur w. Nichols, Mrs. Albert Harris, Mrs. James G. Ross, Mrs Joseph Bowen Mrs. William Kunschner, Mrs. Seth Bailey. Mrs. Gary Dickinson, Mrs. Martin Litschauer, Mrs. Frank Will son, Mrs. Otto Sibold, Mrs. Louis VonLott, Mrs. John Steck, Mrs. Gilbert M. Henderson, Mrs. Joseph H. Mackie. Mrs. Harold L. Fogg, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Henry Tooker, Mrs. George Knowles, Mrs. Conner R. Lewis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17
STRAND

Now playing at the Strand theater in Waterbury is another Big Come Back Show including Pride of the Yankees, which returned at popu- lar prices, and Tanks Million" Everyone knows that Pride of the Yankees" is the story of Lou Geh- rig which tells to you the heart-warming history of man who became Americas hero not on the battlefield - not because of extraordinary discoveries not be- cause he was president But be- cause he, Lou Gehrig, was just an ordinary baseball player. If you have seen this picture before, or if you have not - we advise you any way to see the pride of the Yankees Lou Gehrig Portraying Lou on
 the screen is Gary Cooper, 194l Academy Award winner - who so wildly portrayed Sergeant York" on the screen. He's supported by Teresa Wright as Mrs. Gehrig - Walter Brennan as Sam Blake, Lou's manager - Dan Dureyea as Babe RuthS manager and in person - Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, Bill Stern, Ray Noble and his orchestra, plus many others,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Honduras shortage of gasoline and tires has greatly reduced truck ing operations, causing fodo scarci- ties in some towns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

the 31 United Nations on the other Beneath the shrine is book which bears the names of men and women in the service from the church.
 A series of daily services of even ing prayer will be held by the war shrine at 5:15 on week days and at 5 o'clock on Sundays. Yesterday marked the first daily service at the shrine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-17

Captain and Mrs. William C.. Juran of Williamsburg, Virginia, have with them for few days, the latter's mother, Mrs. Richard c. Jeter of Ffske street.
Evening star., 1943-06-17

America and few in the New World"
The La Venta discovery, it would
seem, constitutes another link in the
chain of evidence which gradually is
being developed to connect American
culture with that of the supposedly
older continents. 1t serves to push
further back the date at which i'm
migrants first arrived in the Western
Hemisphere. The notion that the
Americas were uninhabited until
relatively recent" times no longer is
argued by any serious student of the
subject. Centuries were required for
the creation Of a civilization of the
character of that which DR.. Stirling
and his colleagues have been investi-
eating. And possibly thousands of
years were needed for the evolution
of the wish to build mounds, carve
basalt giants, raise altars or deli
cately put together jade ornaments
worthy of preservation in the Ma
tional Museum of Mexico or any
other place.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Trusts and Corporations

From the Montreal lie jour
What real liberal Democrats rebel
against is the tendency in circles in
habited by theorists and politicians of
waning popularity to point to private
enterprise as enemy No. l of society.
To say that all public services should
be nationalized is to generalize in a
dangerous manner, since it is easy for
a power avid to become ll-powerful
to proclaim as public any industry, no
matter of what Importance. Let the fan
tasy of substituting this for the Bell
telephone, for example, occur to some
socializers, and the trick is done. We
would, however, protest with all our
strength since we do not see any bu-
reaucracy doing a better job. 1t is no
less easy to cry, Down with the trusts!"
But, what is meant by trusts? 1t is very
important to know. In the minds of
many people any corporation that is
fortunate in it's investments is a trust
and any company which remains small is
not trust. 1t follows from that that the
fight being made by the dreamers on
the one side and the demagogues on
the other is not so much struggle in
the public interest as it is the raising
of barricade against success. Let us
keep the facts: The big corporations
have done more to raise and multiply
salaries, increase well-being, spread and
cheaper all commodities, popularize the
modern and infinitely varied inventions
Of mechanics than all the isolated little
corporations in the world.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
me-Hunting Troubles
OF Parents Reported.

10 the Editor OF The Star:
This is just friendly little bit of
advice to any child owner coming to
Washington. I guess the easiest thing
to do is to chloroform the little darlings
before you leave home, or if you have
become rather attached to them (as some
OF us have) you might bring them as far
as the Potomac and drop them in as
you pass over the river But whatever
you do, unless you plan to make your
residence in tree or sleep on a bench
In the park, don't show up inside the
District line with children.
Just the sight of a small freckled
boy with smile spread all over his face
seems to give apartment house owners
chills and fever. So you await the next
edition of the paper, 60 out again and get
an apologetic: $50 sorry. we love chill
dren, but we have to consider the other
tenants"-all of which sets one to won-
dering: "Are all the people in Washing
ton born grown up?" I haven't looked,
but perhaps in the birth column there is
an announcement that reads like this:
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Doe, Con-
necticut avenue NV, son, aged 18,
who will leave for an Army camp in
the South next week."
MRS. A. NONYMOUS.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
A Promising New Sturt

The reorganization from within,
effected by the membership of the
District of Columbia tuberculosis
Association, evidently leaves that
organization stronger than in the
past, with a new lease on public
confidence and with an injection of
fresh blood in its board of directors
that will increase its usefulness to
the community. Such changes are
helpful in any voluntary organlza-
ton and those which, have been
accomplished here seem to have left
a minimum of hurt feelings. For
they were brought about by the will
ingness of all concerned to forget
personalities and old issues and to
unite in new effort to coordinate
all the forces in the District working
for improvement of the public health.
Medical science has made great ad-
vances in the fight against tuber-
culosis. But tuberculosis as a public
health problem is not responsive to
medical treatment alone. There
must be an intelligent support by
the lay public of efforts to provide
adequate medical facilities. There
must be sound educational propa-
ganda, reaching all the people, in the
avoidance of conditions conducive to
the disease. There must be constant
pressure, applied at the right time
and in. the right place, to see that
public funds are correctly and
adequately used at the right time and
place.
The close connection which the
association has made possible
between the public spirited physi-
clans who have specialized in the
field of tuberculosis and the lay
community will, of course, be main
tanned in the future as in the past.
1t is absolutely essential. But the
election of layman, Paul D. Sleeper,
as president Of the association places
new emphasis on the, fact that to be
of greatest value the tuberculosis
association must serve as repre-
sentative Of the community, not of
the medical profession, working in
a field that is best left to the layman
if the medical profession is to receive
the support it deserves. Like the
eradication of other plaques, such as
venereal disease. the fight against
tuberculosis is fight that calls for
the united efforts of all community
agencies. 1t cannot be waged on a
single front alone.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
Replies to Criticism
OF Jehovah's Witnesses,
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Daily scan the pages of your paper,
Usually note the headings of the Let
ters to the Editor" The one printed
June IS, headed Flag Held Obliged to
Tolerate a Sect" aroused sufficient curl
osity to cause me to study the writer's
words
That two sentences could contain so
many inaccuracies seems hard to believe
I respectfully submit the following ir-
REPUTABLE truths:
!. JehoVah'S Witnesses are a company
or group Of Christians. not religionists
and believe not in religion, but rather in
Christianity as faith, hope. belief and
course of action. Therefore they cannot
properly be called a religion, sect or cult.
2. Upward of 100000 Americans who
attended convention of Jehovah's Wit
nesses in Detroit in the summer Of 1910,
after the compulsory flag salute opinion
in the Gobtis case, can testify concerning
the presence and display of the Stars and
Stripes at the entrance to the convention
auditorium.
Two large flags were there, and not
because any Detroit officials ordered or
even suggested that such a course be
followed, but because these Christians
more than tolerate the flag. They sin
cerely respect it because of the principles
for which it stands.
Note that the above incident took place
at time when the flag did not tolerate"
this small minority. to borrow Mr. Har-
groves expression.
3. Does Mr.. Hargrove really think or
fear there is even the slightest possibility
that the number of Jehovah's Witnesses
will become staggering total? Jehovah's
Witnesses do not think So and they have
as sure foundation the Holy Bible.
"Ye shall be hated of all nations for My
names sake" Matthew, xxiv9), but that
does not preclude America from tolerat-
ing Christians and Christianity Je-
hovah's Witnesses do not assume that the
Supreme Court now loves them. Mem
bers of that court may hate them but at
least the court has the courage of its
convictions to uphold the righteous prin-
ciples of justice and equality and liberty
for which the flag stands.
If there were a majority of Mr. Har-
groves in the United States wonder who
and what would be tolerated?
j. r. SAVAGE.
Evening star., 1943-06-17
La Ventu

A religious center of great antiquity
has been discovered in Southern
Mexico. The site is at La Venta, in
the State of TabaSco, and the find
was made by archeologists Of the
Smithsonian Institution and the Ma
tional Geographic Society working
under the direction of Dr. Matthew
w. Stirling. A preliminary announce
ment issued by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor
explains that this shrine probably
was we'll established when Moham-
med's religion was still new and
Canterbury was just emerging as
England's religious capital"
Certain points of similarity with
prehistoric monuments in Europe and
Africa will be detected in the expedi-
tion's report even by readers lacking
special training in such fields of
science. The Mexican mecca" is "a
plain dominated by a great man
made mound more than a hundred
feet high" Stretching from this
artificial hill are lines of a dozen or
more smaller mounds" with giant
human heads sculptured from basalt'
and massive, f1at-topped stone
altars" scattered between. Such a
picture obviously invites comparison
with relics of primitive man in down.
land Britain. 1t also brings to mind
the mysterious portrait" rocks of
Easter Island.
The La Venta neighborhood already
has yielded treasures of inestimable
value. "a short distance off the
religious reservation were the
workshops Of the artists and artisans
whose skilled fingers 4 carved
with equal fidelity giant basalt heads
weighing twenty tons and miniature
objects of jade smaller than finger
nail and perforated with holes not
much larger than the diameter of a
coarse hair. With respect to stone
work, this may be considered the
highest art level achieved in ancient
America"
Unearthed in the workshop area,
Dr.. Grosvenor mentions with par
ticular emphasis articles of "jewelry
fashioned from beautiful translucent
emerald-green jade, precious stone
as valuable as emerald itself"-a rare
material which rivals the famed
gem-jade of Burma" Where did it
come from? mo natural deposits of
Jade have been found in all Middle