The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-24

Painting! Some people take the thing up hobby (can't it at alD. Then others go into the thing business here might be something to that) As for your writer he gets into the thing by coercon and then only after putting the disastefu task long possible. Painting!! As this is being written such task cononts the writer and he has become resigned to his fate after exhaustng all the strong and excuses the tried and true and couple of ones in order to escape his fate. The unfortunate thing about it is that there is novelty in painting at least not in this coming job First therel be the mixing of the paint it'll be mixed not only the contaner but about the prem ises well the artists unhappy clothing Then there's the sepadder be found boards for scaodng furniture to be moved and all the hundreds of assorted tasks that with the venture All set to start, and then will the sudden realization that the brushes somewhere around. After being located, the fool brushes will present somewhat of problem. It that after each into the paint word the sad paint happy that it's all he just losses the brushes in any old But not only that, without excep- ton he forgets lon purpose) to clean the mad things This naturally enough results in the torture of thorough y cleansing brushes before the actual painting gets under way. That or buying new brushes. After cleaning the brushes all that precious time that to be gained in getting early start is lost And the painter picks up his material heaves long sigh and wonders how in (censored) he got into the mess. =.
 The Misses Jean Walker and Nancy Main left last Thursday to attend the Washington One Conference
 
 Misses Mariyn Watkins and SheiIa Bowes attend ing the Woodstock One Conference this week repre- sentatives from the same parish. George LathrOp. first class, has received honorable discharge from the Navy. Ditto for It. Comdr. Roger B. Nell of the Medical Corps. MT. and Mrs. Harold J. Dillon of SOP Hamilton Avenue have chrstened their son. Stephen John. Sharon Elaine Nelly, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Clement M Nelly of B Warner Place, was baptized yesterday morning.
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 Outmatchng Shakespeare and Shylock We quote classic statement published recently during the past week. It's masterpiece of under-statement of thing another but prefer to leave the perfect to you-frend readers It statement credited to official of the Internal Revenue Department who declared that the bureau definitely cognzant of black market operations in Waterbury. A branches of the bureau he is credited with saying are cooperating in cohesive effort to make certain that persons engaged in black market operations filing delinquent and amend ed income tax returns to report the correct profit tons and the amount of tax and penalty due the ernment those profits In the Waterbury several have been completed and substantial amounts in turns and penalties paid to the Treasury the official sad Well long Uncle Sam gets his pound of esh every thing must be o. K If Waterburans don't die of ma- nutrition and live to read the final report is possible that there may be happy endng-the vlianous meat racke teers trapped by Uncle Sam shorn of their igo ten lucre and confined to the baste etc., etc., but in the meanwhile who is going to solve the meat problem? Who IS going to in this that crime does not pay
 Where's Elery Queen the Shadow, the ID. A. Mr. and Mrs North, Mr. Keene 'Hardboiled" Dolan? The pub lie is starving for meat and craving for action