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great advanture." Haven't you wondered about the miles and miles of cotton netting spread along the Connecticut country side? It covA CTS shade-grown tobacco, the na- tion's greatest priced cigar leaf. Ever queried as to whether or not the locks, from which Windsor Locks gets it's name, still function :? They do, the gates pushed open and closed by two men grown old in service, using a great pole as a lever. Six miles of portage around the river rapids were eliminated in 1929 when the canal and locks were built. Present use of the canal is confined mostly to pleasure craft though in early days flat boats con taining cargoes transferred from sailing vessels docked in Hartford made up the canal traffic. Ware house Point, the little village just across the river, was named for the warehouse erected there in 1636 for the transfer of freight around the Enfield Rapids.
 And how about the Charter Oak, whose name you see advertising all sorts of commodities :? The history of this great tree is indeed inter esting. A liberal Charter granted by King Charles II in 1862 made the Hartford Colony independent, so much so that Sir Edmund An dros, appointed Governor of all the New England Colonies, endeavored to induce Connecticut to relinquish it. When he came to Hartford to demand the Charter it was brought forth, but suddenly the lights were extinguished and when the candles were relighted the Charter had vanished. It had been secreted in the hollow of an old oak tree, which thereafter was known as the Char ter Oak.
 It's an interesting State in which you are stationed. Rock bound and rugged, steeped in tradition, it is typical of New England. That you may learn to appreciate your adopted State, we have chosen books you will find interesting to at least glance through for back ground material. LEARN ABOUT CONNECTICUT, I'll ROUGE BOOKS.
 In half-humorous, half-serious vein Odell Shepard in "Connecticut, Past and Present." writes of a be- loved State-its early history, it's geography, geology, flora and fauna, and at greater length, of the people who dwell in this ':land of steady habits.''
 Legends and traditions add much to the glamour of the past, "Con- necticut Trilogy," by Marguerite Allis is a collection of such folk lore as has been handed down in the various communities of Con- necticut for at least century.
 For the best places to fish, to hunt, to walk, to drive, consult "Connecticut; a Guide to it's Roads, Lore and People," one of the Amer ican Guide Series published by the WPA Writers Project. This book is an encyclopedia of information on history, geology, art, architec- ture, transportation, industry and wild life of the State.
 More local in it's appeal is "A New History of Old Windsor" by Daniel Howard, published as a so@ venir of the Tercentenary celebra- tion in 1888.
 Two books of fiction based on Connecticut and it's people are "All in Good Time," by Marguerite Allis, and "The Liberals" by Jos eph Preston.
 A Book For Each Mans Interest:
 For T/Sgt. Rice: "Music on My Beat," by Howard Taubmann.
 For Cpl. Erwin Koerber: "How to Get a Rating or Commission" by Galkin.
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