The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-08


 Down Memory Lane. When fremen were called to extinguish fire in shack Pine Hill the other night we thought of how often Pine Hill has figured in the There the days of baseball games at Keefes Lots, atop the hl and the skating contests at Ducks Pond in valley surrounded by towering massive rocks There was the night fiery set abaze there and geancebent househoders from the Abrigador and Wash ington Hill stormed the hill armed with everything from shotguns to rolling pins Nor we forget the time that practical okers planted quicksilver the slope and hundreds stormed the hill digging for mineral rea after small boys had found that pennies rubbed in the sand had silvery shine Back further through the years recalled the being set off at dawn on the Fourth of July at the crest of the hill Surrounded all sides by the busy life of the city, Pine Hill stays much the same paradise for youngsters at play.
 The Lady of the House Says She sees in the papers that 4015 turkeys will be marketed this year and she doesn't hesitate to announce of these will enter her oven, come November, and with it the usual and unusual accompaniments from fruit cup to nuts and the customary n-between of soup sweet tato puff, creamed onions, turnips, Waldorf salad, pumpkin pie and ice cream, and anything else she think of between now and the end of November.
 Seeing trains "come in" and depart is something be- sides small town pastime It is fascination that hun dreds of youngsters experience and delight years Like the thrill of seeing circus n it becomes part of adult fe Veteran station master John Honan will substanate the statement that watching trains roll and out of the local station far popular diversion than people realize "Every afternoon and sometimes in the morning and at night have noticed automobiles drive and youngsters piling up to get good view of the trains. They members of families who have been bringing their children to the station for As matter of fact might the practise of tain families by generations. Last Sunday morning the "chaperon for group of youngsters, all about the age and height They walked abreast with hands linked and obeyed orders like trained soldiers It apparent that the chap had planned to take his ch dren down for the Sunday morning glimpse of the trains but wound bringing of the neghbors children with him. The youngsters seemed delighted with themselves and enjoed the experience Years ago. you should to remember it was practise for youngsters released from school at hour to make for the neghbor hood fire station and stand by for the bell to hit 12 Out would trot the trained horses to their places under suspended harness sets And then they would wait for of the to call each horse by and then Ned Prince, Jake other spirited seed would wheel about and rot back to the stall to await bell for service and not practise
 Who remembers the good old days when mother served the steak big platter at the table that all could it's length and thickness and when you said (mirabile dictu), thank don't for other piece?
 Of the Season. You call it what you like but October weather thus far has measured to the word salubrous The editorial and column writers have been going aout with descriptions that have expressed the beauty in the late blooming flowers the color of to mauve sunset the greenness for this time of the etc., etc. Mingled with the of the pine is the first appearance of red in the maple and low growth in the fields and bordering the woodlands is hghtoned in Fall shades of red. Evenings cool, become colder night comes on and early mornings cool with typical early Autumn haze, which cut by determined sum- finds mid day approaching 80 in the sun Some call it Summer lingering in the lap of Fal others Indian Sum- mer which seems to be any time between September to November, when the day takes the aspect and tenn perature of Summer day The Berkshires begin to live to their reputation for early Fall cooring though the survival of noted while the permanent green of the fir trees maintain the balance to show off the fam boyant eow scarets and deeper reds and bronzs that display in the foothills to the north and west of approaching Canaan from Cornwall and along the Pennington stream north of Winsted Noon hitting highs of 80 and over nights pleasantly cool with almost full moon, and planets luminous after twilight with shooting star show to add to the showing all agreeably of the season. Middlebury woods Indian shawl and sunsets atop the Southngton Mountain looking off from Norheld height add to the natural picture so often reproduced in ois
 Musings during Indian Summer hot spell. Wonder if the coal company will mind if ask them to hold up my delivery another week two? I'd better not, because during the chilly days told them \ Il wanted the bin filled right away. It'd be good time to have the oil burners in the kitchen cleaned now that they're turned off again. This would be good time to try to convince my wife she doesn't need that fur coat she's been limiting about. Here come the kids wanting money for ice cream cones And I thought the Summer What would the Bank Street fashion experts say took my straw hat out of the closet and wore it again?. New England weather is certainly consistent, but consistent only the sense that you always depend it to be com pletely unpredictable (Hope minds my splitting an mfntve, just blame it on the weather).