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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
--Mathes Photo.

MT. and Mrs. James Shanahan and son James Shanahan, Jr., have returned from Harwicnport, Cape Cod, where they spent a two weeks vacation.
 Francis Nelligan of Fairview street is spending vacation at Fort Fair- field, Me. as the guest of Paul Bou1ier. formerly of Waterbury.
 Miss Rosemary Keenan of Middle bury, has been appointed mathe- maticS teacher at a Thomaston high school. She is a graudate of the College of New Rochelle, N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. John Murphy of Earl street are vacationing at Bay- view, Milford.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred E. Albert of Plaza avenue are the parents of son, Bruce Robert, born at St. Mary's hospital Monday. Mrs., AL bert is the former Anita Greenspan of Atlanta, Ga.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
SOCIETY
Mrs. Brick FeteS
 September Bride

Mrs. Palmer Brick was hostess al recent personal shower, at her home. William street, in honor ol Miss Angie Curella of Oakville, who will be married Sept. IS to Edward Rozanski of Union City.
 Included on the guest lis. were: Mrs. Julian Rozanski, Mrs. Dell Maynard. Mrs. Robert Hoebel. Mrs. Nicholas DeRosa, Mrs. Michael Campi, Mrs. Rose Stolfi, Mrs. Ro- bert sherman, Mrs. Thomas Dough- erty, Mrs. Peter Armour, Mrs. WR- liam Carew, Mrs. Margaret Lamper. Mrs. Katherine Rose, Mrs, Paul De Sena and Miss Mary Curella.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
State Police Unit
 Re-eIects w. ). Roach

Capt. William J. Roach, superin- tendent of the Waterbury Police De- partment now on leave of absence from military duty, was reelected first vice president of the Connec- ticut State Police Association at the annual convention at Wilcox's Pier restaurant, West Haven, yesterday It. Joseph Petit headed the Water kury Police delegation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
Engagements

Miss Gertrude M. Derwin, daugh- ter of the late MT. and Mrs. Thom- as E. Derwin, and sister of Mrs. John E. Moran of Willow street, is engaged to Pvt. Irving B. Sunder- land, son of MT. and Mrs. George Sunderland of Milldale, formerly of this city. Pvt. Sunderland, now at the Gushing General Hospital, in Birmingham, Mass, recently re- turned after 30 months service in Europe.
 Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Miss Mary Como, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Anthony Como of Rumford street, to Gus tave Cucchiara, POIc, USN, son of Mrs. Rose Cucchiara of Portland, Me.
 MT. and Mrs. John P. Wall of Au- burn avenue announce the en- gagement and coming marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary M. Wall. to Richard Francis Darmody. of Naugatuck, son of Richard F. Dar- mody of Fall River, Mass. The wed- ding is scheduled to take place in September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23

, tional institution fathal @at6
 nal center, it was reported e cision on personnel cf1aHt
 disclc- d, and 1t was indiEa|f1 | tion win be postponed zntiI M
 Mir. Mccormick completes h|s &0 vey. Supt. George O. Ers|ylne ia on cation and did not attend YaE
 days meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23

The only electric street Ger |11 on Tenerife, largest of the carf Islands, now carries about l100| passengers daily on It's 20-nils zo,|t< from Santa Cruz to Tacoronte.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
ELTON CLUB

Following are the results of the Wednesday evening tournament held under the direction of Mrs. William Sherman Smith:
 Section l: Mrs. Leon Lovejoy and Mrs. Walter Norton, 43; Mrs. Made line Marshall and Mrs. Ruth Hurl- but, 42.
 Final standing: Mrs. Joseph Reil- ley and Mrs. James B. Walling, 292; Mrs. David F. Price, 2831s.
 Section 2: Miss Frances Cassidy and Miss Marie Tedeschia, 36h !; Mrs. Glenn Meyer and Mrs. J. J. Vreeland, 351k.
 Final standing: Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Vreeland, 227; Mrs. E. o. Hess and Mrs. Ida Birdsall, 2261a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
Contract Bridge
CORNELL CLUB

Ht ; J z ' #
 Winners in the Wednesday aft erno0n tournament held under the direction of Mrs. John c. Moriarty of SO Linden street were:
 North and South: Mrs. Ida zibell and Miss Doris Howe, STA; Mrs. Louis Schmidt and Mrs. E. o. Hess, 96h.
 East and West: Mrs. Vida Weaver and Mrs. c. E. Olsen, 98; Mrs. Charles Phelps and Mrs. William Reynolds, 85.
 Official standing: Mrs. Leon Mitchell and Mrs. Eric Caul, 487; Mrs. George Moeller, and Mrs. Wil- liam Petitjean, 469h; Mrs. Joseph McArdle and Mrs. Ralph Grain, ASA; Mrs. W. G. Bailey and Mrs. George Cashman, 455h.
Evening star., 1945-11-11

TlHIs is story for screwballs like you and
i me who are tired of humdrum mediocrity
and dream of wonderful far places we can
only hope some day to see. For this concerns
screwball who did what we probably never
will have the nerve to do - followed his
dreams to paradise. His name is Weldon Eli
Hedley.
On the fringe of Hollywood, Calf, stands
a ramshackle building festooned with old
fish nets, dried starfsh, shells, seaweed,
battered dinghy in which red flowers grow.
Over the door, rope letters spell Trade Winds
Trading Company. You'll know it by the
sound of people laughing.
This is where the Hedleys - Weldon;
George Malcolm, his wife; their daughters,
Flo Ann, l6; Marilyn, IS; Lady called
Bungy). 10; and Charlotte, 8-have found
the pot of gold.
The Hedleys are professional beach
combers, transforming ocean scrap into
beautiful and useful wares. With f1otsam
and dreams and artistic energy, they are
building nationwide business from nothing.
In Seminole, Okla, where he is remem-
bered as an impractical, absent minded,
always good-natured man, Hedley was gro
Ger. He had been grocer ever since he was
Evening star., 1945-11-11

boy at Vernon, Texas, where he was born in
1903, the last of eight children ALI his life he
hated groceries, found escape in dreams.
He never dared tell anybody about his
dreams until, in 1928, he met and married
George Malcolm Reed, the English teacher
at Junior High. Malcolm went to the grocery
to buy a head of lettuce, looked at Weldon
and was in love. II loved him because he was
crazy, too,", explains Malcolm happily. So
they began being crazy together, and dream
ing of escape from small-town monotony.
Everybody in Seminole loved the Hedleys,
but nobody quite understood them. They
Evening star., 1945-11-11

bought ridiculous lot with ravine in the
back yard and built their home, one room
at time. 1t turned out beautifully, but folks
thought they were silly.
To make it balmier, they dug stream
through the yard with a waterfall cascading
into lily pool under a weeping willow. The
water came from faucet and cost plenty.
They intended to run it only for company
but it was so pretty they never turned it off.
Nothing they did, you understand, seemed
batty to the Hedleys. They found something
beautiful every day to be happy about to-
gether. The only thing that seemed crazy was
sticking around the grocery business when
they didn't have fun at it.
They read everything about the South
Seas, studied pictures of COCO palms and
creaming surf. They were incoming along
like that when the depression hit Oklahoma in
the mid-thirties.
BY now, Weldon owned three groceries.
One by one, though, they went to the wall.
When he finally had to sell his home they
decided to clear out of Seminole for good
Head For the Tropics
1T WAS a wrench" Malcolm confesses
soberly. Our three girls had been born there,
and another baby was coming Somehow,
though, it seemed like the beginning of an
adventure. Maybe we'd get to the tropics"
Three weeks later, their total assets con-
sisting of their clothing, an automobile and
less than ST 900, they piled into the car and
headed West.
At San Francisco they reserved passage to
Honolulu, changed their minds and settled
at Carmel a picturesque seaside village where
the baby, Charlotte, was born. Characteristic
Evening star., 1945-11-11

cally, they spent most of their money for
antique furniture. Weldon decided to be an
advertising man. He was working on a color
sketch one night when friend stopped by,
saw the work and exclaimed: Hes an artist,
that's what he is, an artistp'
Weldon Strengthened up. Il am?" Nobody
had said such thing about him before. The
start of his new life probably dates from then
On the Move Again
HE advertising business didn't pan out
After three months they decided to move to
Los Angeles. They sold everything and drove
south. following the seashore road because
they loved the sea. In the afternoon they
came to fork. A sign pointed left to Los
Angeles; right, to the beach They went right
They could go to the city tomorrow.
A squall blew in, then passed on All at
once the children screamed delightedly, "A
rainbow!' 1t was dancing just ahead, the
biggest, finest rainbow any Hedley ever saw.
Without reasoning why, Weldon turned the
car up cliff toward the end of the rainbow.
BY the time they got to the top the rain
bow was gone Weldon stopped They were in
front of little, lonely, lopsided house. Far
below, the surf futtered it's white ribbons on
rocky shore. The tiny house was for rent
They knew they were home.
The rent was SIS month and they had no
furniture and hardly any money But the surf
was full of beautiful things. Sea-bleached
driftwood, mysteriously etched, hard as iron
Pieces of sailcloth. Lovely shells which made
candlesticks. Bright bottles which Weldon
cut in two to make tunblers; to utilize the
tops, he plugged the necks and fitted them
into old cork floats for goblets Old pieces of
TW-II-1-45
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
CLUB NOTES
lVita t. Corona
 Wed Yesterday

Rev. Alvaro Santolini, pastor. of- liciated at the wedding of Miss vita Loretta Corona, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Michael Corona, West Porter street, and Pfc. Donald IT, wing Saginario, Army Air Forces, von of MT. and Mrs. Anthony Sag mario. South Elm street, which took place yesterday morning at D:OO o'clock, at Our Lady of Lourd- es Church. Miss Theresa Tremag- Ho was soloist for the nuptial Mass.
 Presented in marriage by her father, the bride was gowned in white slipper satin, with a mar uuisette yoke, outlined with white beading, of high scalloped neck hne, a bouffant skirt and a circular hain. As halo of orange blossoms held her full length veil of French tulle and she carried bouquet of Eardenias, white roses and baby's breath. Miss Josephine Aldino, Bridgeport, an aunt of the bride, served as maid of honor, wearing white gown, designed with a tafftea bodice, short sleeves and a bouffant net skirt. A white picture hat and 8 colonial bouquet of red roses completed her costume. The bridesmaids, Miss Rose Corona, yister of the bride, Miss Betty Rairno and Miss Antoinette Rim aldi, wore similar gowns and hats and carried bouquets of mixed gar- den flowers. Ralf BareSsi acted as best man for his cousin.
 The reception was held at the Green street hall for 150 guests following a wedding breakfast at D'Angelo's restaurant for members of the bridal party. Mrs. Corona attended in a brown and yellow print dresS, brown accessories and corsage of yellow roses and gar- denias. The bridegroom's mother was customed in a salmon colored gown, white accessories and an orchid.
 Pfc. and Mrs. Saginario left to take up their residence at Geneva, Neb, where the bridegroom is stationed. They plan to visit New York and Chicago en route. The bride travelled in black bengaline suit with black and white accessor- les. She is a graduate of Water bury Catholic High school, and her husband is 8 graduate of Leaven- worth High school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
SOCIE ' y
Plans Completed
 For FlOzCer ShO10

Every gardener in Waterbury is welcome to exhibit at the annual Harvest and Flowers show of the Waterbury Garden club whether he crowns flowers or vegetables, is an amateur or an experienced garden CT, adult or junioe. Howard Wilson, chairman of prizes and awards an- nounced at meeting of officers and committee chairmen last night at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. War ren Stevens, Chestnut avenue. The show will be held at Temple hall September 13 and IA.
 '"The spirit of competition is al- ways keen among gardeners and thsi show will bring out the results of this competition, he stated. Fur thermore, the prizes that have been planned, besides the blue, red and yellow ribbons, will be tangible proof of work the exhibitors have extended on their gardens.
 "Right now is the time to give your garden a calculating eye to select the best plants and baby them along SO they will be in fine condition for the biggest harvest show yet"
 One hundred and forty classes are contained in the schedule and each gardener will want to enter several, Mir. Wilson said.
 Tickets to the show and the sched- ule. which will be printed soon, will be distributed to members at picnic July 30 at Trumpet Brook clubhouse on the home grounds of Mrs. Marion Greene and Miss Helen Stoddard, Bunker Hill road. The schedule will be sent to every ex- hibitor on the clubs record.
 Prizes will include garden bas- kets, garden books, tools, sub scriptions to gardening magazines, vases, stakes, garden markers and several door prizes. Feature of the event will be a grand sweepstakes prize. Mrs. James Abercrombiei and Mrs. Edwin Roberts are co-chair- men of the show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
Miss 'BOMtfard
 Wed Wednesday

Miss Jeanette c. Bouffard, daugh ter of MT. and Mrs. Ralph Bouffard, Bouffard avenue, became the bride of Valentine Rogers, S2-c, U. s. N. R., son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Ladun, South Leonard street, Wed- nesday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Ann's church. The ceremony was performed in floral setting of lilies by Rev. Alfred Mathieu. Mrs. William Brennan, Beacon Falls, an aunt of the bride, sang several selections including an Ave Maria.
 The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, wore a white brocaded satin gown, fashioned with a sweetheart neckline, long sleeves and a full skirt, a fingertip veil arranged from 8 crown, orna- mented with seed pearls and clus- ters of arrange blossoms, and car- ried an old-fashioned bouquet of gardenias and red roses.
 Mrs. John Brady, as her sisters Ollly Wno 1VOA1SN ~AN v blue gown, with taffeta bodice, sweetheart neckline, long sleeves and full chiffon skirt. Her match ing crown was trimmed with flow CTS of self material and she carried a bouquet of pink roses. John Brady brother-in-law of the bride, served as best man.
 Twenty guests were present at the reception at Reardon's restaur- ant, where Mrs Bouffard received in a grey lowered dress and white accessories. The bridegroom'S s mother was dressed in silk jersey print with white accessories. Both had gardenia corSages.
 For her wedding trip to an un- announced destination, the bride chose white suit, white hat and accessories and corsage of gar- denias centered with an orchid. The couple will make their home in Washington, D. C., where the bride groom is stationed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
Miss Van Aiken
 Wed h ~. Y.


 The wedding of Miss Evelyn Van Aiken, daughter of MT. and Mrs Otis Lee Van Aiken, Rose street, to Martin Bobenski, PO3-c, U. s. N. R., son of MT. and rMs. Frank Olewnik, Thomaston, took place July at St. Alphonso's church, New York city. Comdr. Edward Wallace, Navy Chappain Corps, officiated.
 Attending the couple were Miss Lonnie Miller and Edward Ridiloski, PO3-c, U. s. N. RIA reception at the Commodore hotel followed the cere- mony.
 The bride will make her home with her parents when Petty Offic- CT Bobenski returns to his station at New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
DOUBE SCHEDULE
 AT CHASE PARK
Events Planned Tomorrow at Playground Include
 Contest, Tennis Lesson

Two events are scheduled at Chase Park playground next week. The girls will meet Monday at Il a. m on the court there for ten his instruction by Miss Edith De- Bonis. On Thursday at 3 p. m. a vehicle show will be presented. All types of vehicles may be entered and prizes win be given.
 At the doll show yesterday pre- sented at Chase Park playground prizes were awarded to six chill dren as follows: Prettiest doll Mary Dillon; largest doll, Ann Sheehy; smallest dolls, Jackie ODay and Charmaine Mccoy; most unusual doll. Matilda Rosa most unusual foreign doll, Joan Matulis. Mrs. Des Jarlias, Mrs. Will bert Chepul and Mrs. J. Gardner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
Lodge Plans
 Card Party

The card party of winona Re. bekah Lodge, No. 8, I. o. Q. F. originally scheduled for Saturday at the home of Mrs. Ann Nichols, watertown avenue. will be held Friday, July 20, at 8 p. ra., 1t was announced by Miss Mary Weide- mann, noble grand, at meeting of the lodge Wednesday night d Odd Fellows hall.
 It was also announced that the annual picnic. of which Mrs. Doro- thy Carter is chairman, will be held Saturday, August IS, at Lake Quassapaug. Mrs. Cora Hunter, 2 member of Ivy Rebekah Lodge, Barrow, Fla, was a guest at the meeting. Mrs. Louella Newman, Naugatuck, district deputy presi- dent, paid her first official visit to the lodge.
 Mrs. Margaret Smith, chairman Mrs. Theodore Kurtz and Mrs Fanny Weideman were in charge oi social during which refreshments were served following the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
NUTRITION
 NEWS
Help Save Sugar

1ACAR SoNS ou6oA
 Stamp 36, book 4, the new sugar coupon will have to last months instead of so we'll have to do a lot of careful planning and care- full using of the five pound per per- son ration we do get.
 Home economists of the U. s. Department of Agriculture offer the following helps for sugar savings:
 l. AS dessert, serve all the fresh fruits you are able to when they are in season, thus saving both sugar and money. Serve the fruit with out any sweetening added, the flavor of the fruit is usually sweet enough.
 ?. Save all sugar syrup from canned fruit to sweeten other fruits, sauce, or beverages.
 3. Be sure that all sugar is com pletely dissolved to get its full sweet ness. A sugar syrup goes farther than plain sugar in sweetening iced tea or fruit punch. To prepare a sugar syrup, heat equal parts oi sugar, water and corn syrup, boil minutes. Sugar is then completely dissolved. Keep left over syrup tight ly covered in the refrigerator
 4. Cook cereals with prunes, rais- ins, or dates and serve without sugar.
 5. Use fewer or no frostings or cakes. Don't frost the sides. Use 6 non-sweetened berry filling or top ping, making a type of short cake out of the cake.
 When using honey remember honey is bit sweeter to the taste than cane sugar, so use it sparingly
 Maple syrup, molasses, corn syrup and honey can all be substituted completely or in part for grandu- lated sugar. Cakes and cookies will be heavier to be sure but they vii stay moist longer. And then, favors will be delicate and unusual. !, So, let's all try to help conserve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
SOCIETY ARRANGES
 OUTING FOR SUNDAY

Sunday. July Is, the Torellesi and Oriunti Society will hold their first annual outing at Lakeview Park from 2 to g p, m. Hot dogs, suffritto and peppers, hamburgers, sandwiches, ice cream, beer and soda will be served. Admission will be free and funds will be use to aid unfortunate members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following persons have filed marriage intentions at the bureau of vital statistics:
 Robert Savage, Lilac avenue, Oakville, and Sarah Elizabeth Cross, , Vine street.
 Albert Widziewicz, Union City, Conn, and Mary Feschuck, Oak vile, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
LOOP. ENCAMPMENT
 PLANS INSTALLATION

Installation of officers will be
 held by Ansantawae Encampment, I. O. O. F., July 26, according to plans made at a meeting last night at the Odd Fellows hall. District Deputy Grand Patriot Paul Pfisner will be inducting officer. A social will follow the installation exercises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
-SootoE g G &dzzzse'%ss

THE SITUATION: After inviting guests to an informal party a ser- ious illness in your family makes the party impossible for the time being.
 WRONG WAY: Call of the party altogether, since you cannot have it on the evening you intended.
 RIGHT WAY: Simply postpone the party until a time when it is convenient.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

served as judges. Fifty children who participated in the doll show later took part in the amateur show which followed the awarding of prizes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
FAMOUS ART RETURNED

Paris (UP)-The famous state Victory of Samothrace' has been returned to the Louvre after re- maining in hiding in an afraid shelter of Chateau Valencay since 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

on sugar by using less and sub- stituting other sweeteners.
 Nutrition Staff, Conn. Dairy and Food Council, 65 Weathers1eld Avenue, Hartford 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Social Notes

Mrs. Thomas Maton. MT. and Mrs. Robert White and daughter, Caro- lyn, Grace avenue, have returned from a weeks stay at Bay View, Milford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Miss Julie McManus, Bridge street, Miss Mary Gladney, -Midde street, Miss Rosemary Paduano, Catherine avenue, and Sc3-c Raymond Graves and Mrs. Graves, Bridge street, have been guests at Tooth Acres, South bury, for the past ten days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Panama's Social Security Fund will erect a 96-apartment tenement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Rev. Francis. J. Sugrue, formerly of Waterbury, who was transferred recently from St. Roch's church, Greenwich, to Sacred Heart church, Stamford, was honored at a recep- tion last evening in the Hamilton avenue school auditorium, Green wich, by parish societies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Miss Hazel Clark, Bronx avenue, is spending week at Lake George, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Gilbert Prentiss, son of MT. and Mrs. Spencer w. Prentiss, and Peter F. Morell, son of MT, and Mrs. Pas cal Morell, Prospect street, Water town, are enrolled in summer ses- sion at Hamilton college, Clinton, N. N:
 The Trish-American Social Club, Inc, will hold its regular meeting tonight at 8:l5 at the Canadian Le- zion hall, Bank street. William Fitz- ell will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-13

Grapes, Spain's principal farm product, now have 8 value of twice the olive crop.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-08-10

an, who helps endure the burning
anxiety she must feel for her son,
in practical hard work.
Now just for fun, begin to tell
yourself that you would be "un-
lucky" if you tried to make
change. That it would be harmful
for Lew, Sonia, little Lew and your
self. This isn't as superstitious or
fanciful as it sounds, for I can tell
you from my older experience that
it would be, unlucky; any such
course would certainly bring upon
you the evil eye - the evil eye of
doubt, responsibility, discomfort,
fatigue, bills, anxiety beyond bear
ing. 1t would deeply hurt Lewis par
ents, hurt Lew, hurt the children,
and perhaps lessen his affection for
and confidence in you.
Make yourself the angel of the
wartime household. Win the older
couple with a truly daughterly CO.
operation and affection. Turn out
lights, turn off faucets, serve your
self to only what food you want;
we're all learning lessons in that
sort of niceness. And-just between
ourselves, take the children off for
a fortnight in the mountains this
summer, and make that little break
the time of a break in your whole
attitidue who so loseth his life
shall find il" is just as true today
as it was 1000 years ago.