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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
Officers To Be Elected Wednesday
 Pot Luck Supper
 PFecedes Annual
 Meeting

Wolcott, Jan. 7--Members of the Wolcott Congregational Church will meet Wednesday night at Beecher Memorial Hall for the annual meet ing and election of officers for the next church year. A pot luck fel- lowship supper will be served at 6:30 D. m. with Rev. Alfred M Bells presiding at the meeting at 7:30 o'clock. Members are urged to be present at botl: the supper and the meeting.
 Hot Lunch Project
 Mrs. Raymond Lord presided at the meeting of the Woodtick Par ent Teacher meeting held at the school recently. The hot lunch pro- pet was discussed and lunches are being served starting this week with Mrs. Louis Moss in charge. Bus transportation also was discus sed. Mrs. Charles Myngheer re- signed as president. A social hour was held following the meeting and refreshments served The next meeting will be held at the school Feb. 6 at 7:30 p. m.
 Girl Scouts Elect
 The Girl Scouts met at the North School Thursday afternoon with their leader, Mrs. Leona Steinle. Officers of the troop for 1946 were elected as follows: patrol leader, Larraine Boynton; assistant patrol leader, Virginia Culver; treasurer, Dorothy Glowasky; secretary, Tdella Moon; publicity, Beatrice Puzzo. A program for the following year was planned. Meetings will be held every Thursday
 Sunday School Council Meets
 The Sunday School Council of the Wolcott Congregational Church met at the home of Mrs. Calvin Teller on the Wolcott road We'd neSday night Reports of each class were given, and the program dis cussed for the coming year. Those present were: Rev. and Mrs. Alfred M. Bells, Miss Esther Bronson. Mrs. Roger Lockhart, Mrs. Howard Kraft and MT. and Mrs. Teller. Personal Notes
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Wol- colt Volunteer Fire Department will meet Tuesday at 8 p. m. at the firehouse on Central Avenue. Mrs. William Klitka will preside.
 John Norlund has returned tc his home on the Wolcott road from the Water bury Hospital where he was a surgical patient.
 Mrs. Joseph Winkler of Lewis Avenue and Mrs. Herbert Hayes oi East Street arc both i'll at theii home.
 Mrs. Howard Lynch of the Wood tick road has returned to her home from St. Mary's Hospital.
 The Wolcott Volunteer fire de. partment was called out to a firt at 5:20 D. m. Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
POLL

They Were Expendable," M. G. Ms film version of the William L. White best-seller novel, which is now playing at the Loew-Poli the ater boasts the greatest number of top male roles in Hollywood history. With Robert Montgomery and John Wayne co-starred, and Jack Holt and Ward Bond as other principals, the story was twenty-three import ant characterizations and more than one hundred small parts. All feat ured roles are male with but one ex- ception, that of nurse played by Donna Reed, whose love affair with Wayne adds the only romantic touch to story of heroic action.
 Unfolded with pseath-taking real ism and stark drama, the picture faithfully follows Whites narrative of the gallant group of PIT shippers who find themselves expendable in the fight to slow the Japanese of fensive. The picture owes much of it's distinction to the brilliant direc- tion of Capt. John Ford, himself veteran of Navy action.
 Starting Wednesday is the Jean Renoir production The Southerner' heart-warming bit of Americana starring Zachary Scott and Betty Field. Adapted from George Sessions Perry's prize winning novel, Hold Autumn in Your Hand" it is the story of a sturdy young migratory cotton picker whose love of the land gives him the courage to forsake this doubtful security for the bitter bat tie with nature that is the lot of the man who raises his own crops.
 Zachary Scott is splendid in the role of the land-worshipping young farmer. AS his wife, we cannot think of better choice than Betty Field. She is one of the most capable and sincere young actresses of the day. There is a delightful characterize tion presented by Beulah Bondi in the role of shrewish old Granny. The supporting cast also includes J. Carol Naish, Blanche Yurka, Percy Kilbride. Charles Kemper, Noreen Roth and Norman Lloyd. They are vivid characters in this fine and poignant screen play.
 The second big hit is the comedy drama Colonel Blimp." Roger Live sey, handsome young English actor plays the title role in this exciting picture. Filmed magnificently ir Technicolor, the story carries him through forty years of gay and ad' Ventlirous living, Co-Starring witt him are Anton Walbrook, and { new English beauty, Deborah Kerr who plays the three loves of his life There have been numerous examples of stars appearing as twins or other wise, but 1t is believed "Colone BIimp" is the first picture in which | a star plays three distinct parts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
.Skiiers Honor
 Torqer TokIe

Bear Mountain, N. Y. Jan. T - CUp) -- American and Canadian sixiers who could not beat Torger rokle in life met yesterday to honor the Norwegian American war hero in death in a memorial ski jump which was won Dy his greatest rival, Art Devlin of the Lake Placid, N. Y., Sno Birds.
 Despite a water logged hill and rising temperatures which made the Bear Mountain jump both hazard ous and slow, a field of 50 perform CTS including a girl, Dorothy Graves of Greenfield, Mass, went through the leaps.
 Tokle's brother, Chief Petty om- cer Kyrre Tokle, accepted the post humous awards, the National Sportsmanship Trophy and an award for being designated the na- tons top amateur athlete In 1044. Torger Tokle, before meeting his death from German shrapnel in the Italian Apennines in the closing days of the war last March, had won 42 of 46 events during his skiing career. Tn addition he broke 24 dif- ferent hill records.
 He died while leading a platoon of U. s. mountain troops in an ad- vance.
 Devlin, the U. S.'s best home- born jumper before going into the service three years ago, made leaps of l48 and Al feet for a point score of 231.l. Second place in the class a group went to Merrill Barber of Brattleboro, vt., who made leaps of l39 and lS0 feet for a PISA point to- tai.
 Miss Graves made two leaps of 105 and l09 feet, outdoing many of the men.
 There were IS spills, none of them serious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07

pose of all producers to mako blos lures which will be an important contribution to manklndis pT0rress Just under the editorial was a three line news squib. announcing that one of the cinematic attractions oI ie46 will be the filmography of Afax Baer, with Max, himself, playing tht top role. If I were anything but Kindly man, I'd humble something about mountains that labor and give forth mice.
 
 Kid star sharon nEcNHanus re- ceived the following missive from q l0-year-old in Cleveland: sI thinh you are wonderful. You dance beau- tifully and sing nicely, too. Pleass tell me when your next picture ig coming here as I haven't seen you on the screen yet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
Current Films
 Time Schedule

WARMERS STATE-Fred Mac. Murray, Pardon My Past" 100, 3:54, 6:30, 9:25 p. m. Warner Bax- ter Crime Dr.'s Warning" 2:30, 5:25, 8:l0 p. m
 LOEW'S POL1-'They Were Ex- pendable": 1:55, 3:55, 6:30, 800 D.. m.
 LOEW'S STKAND-"Leave Her To Heaven: ::25, 5:45, 9:05 p. m.
 Love, Honor, and Goodbye: 100 APO, TAO p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
. CHOICE MoRsEL
1t Says Here
By BOB HOPE
 THE LOST WEEKEND

I've just gotten home from see- ing "The Lost Week. End" That's the cinematic record of a binge in eight reels and three thousand staggers. It was a very convinc- ing picture. I kept telling my key while trying to twist my finger into the lock. It was the first time I ever saw a feature picture that had raw egg in tobasco sauce for @ trailer. It was also the first time I ever walked up to a theater box-offlce, put my foot on brass rail and said, Give me two tickets" The cashier said, Where do you want to sit. Meg zanine, loge, stool. or booth?'
 I saw the picture on Hollywood Boulevard. When went in, the theater was being picketed by the owners of four cocktail lounges in the same block, and I was shown to my seat by male nurse with a straitjacket draped over his arm.
 All during the picture mem bers of Alcoholics Anonymous" were patrolling the aisles passing out applications.
 Ray Midland does a great job in the lead. Tn the picture he's such rum-head that every time he gets on crying jag the tears come out one-hundred proof
 The picture will probably hurt whiskey sales more than fourteen years of prohibition did. I had so muSil confidence in it I wanted to play the lead, but the studio said it had a different kind of corn for me.
 It's one of the rare pictures I've ever seen that manages to be great entertainment and still teach you something. For req sons of modesty, I'm overlooking the people who come out from my pictures saying, well, I've learned my lesson!" But, if you ever took a drink or think you might, you should see it. And it's not hard to find where's it's showing. When you pass a thea ter which breatheS martinis at you. that's it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
STRAND

Jeanne Grain was kissed more times in her first scene in Leave Her To Heaven" than in all four of the previous pictures that zoom- ed her to stardom.
 The 20th Century-Fox starr un- dertaking her first grownup role. plays the adopted sister of Gene Tierney in the Technicolor film version of the Ben Ames Williams best-seller presented by Daryl P. zanuck and now at the Strand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
ronley Dartmouth l rack Copfain

Hanover, N. H., Jan. 7-(UP)-Jo- 'eph F. Conley, 23-year-old Navy R. p. T. c. trainee from New Haven. eonn., has been named captain of Dartmouth Colleges track team.
 Conley, IC4A high jump champ pn is a senior who also competes h the high and low hurdles as well Is the broad Jumping events
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
EIghth Crade Honor Roll

Miss Estelle Whiteside, principal of Baldwin school has announced the honor roll for the eighth grade as follows:
 First honors: John Barlow, Wil- fred Brennan, Susan Coon, Edward Smith, Phyllis Starry and Barbara Ward.
 Second honors: Peggy Bucking-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07

ham, Donald Byrnes, Ruth Meyers, Pollyanne Atwood, Sylvia Barlow, Michael Galullo, Betty Hannon, Royal Meyers, Betty Pike, Eugene Roberts and Octavia Smith.
 To Meet Tuesday
 The Senior branch of the Children of Mary Sodality will meet at the home of Miss Helen Barry, Baldwin street, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of the parish council will be held at Christ Episcopal church tonight at g..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
WATERFOWL
WATERToWN Correspondent. Ms stephen Cany, ss Scott Ave Phone lOs Col. W.LShdnahan To. Conduct Ceremonies Post No. 5157 Veterans of Foreign Wars Meet for Initiation Tuesday

Watertown, Jan. = Water-Oak Post, No. 5l67, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet in the lower Com munity hall, Tuesday evening at 8.
 State Department Adjutant Will liam P. Dibble and Deputy Chief of Stan William P. Cahill Vill attend the meeting.
 Initiation ceremonies will be con- ducted under the direction of Col William J.. Shanahan of Waterbury, rituallstic instructor for the State Department.
 New applications for membership will be received from 2 to 8 p. m.
 Miss CarOIin Rowell Hostess
 Miss Carolin Powell, daughter of MT. and Mrs Parker Powell of Cut Ter street, entertained at luncheon at her home Saturday in honor of her cousin, Miss Barbara Pierpont, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Nathan M. Pierpont, of Waterbury, Miss Powell will serve as one of the brides maids at the wedding of Miss Pier- pont and William Twaddell Salon, son of Mir. and Mrs. Pedro Salon, Jr., of Wayne, Pa, which will take place at Trinity Episcopal church, Waterbury, Saturday, January 12 at 4:30 o'clock.
 Guests at the luncheon were: Mrs. Alan c. Curtiss, Jr, and the Misses Jane Manning, Elizabeth Ann Spalding, Drucilla Ford, Betsy Bar Der and Martha Powell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07

Living costs in Argentina are one third above those of 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
Happy New Year" Program

Happy New Year" Program
 Happy New Year" was the theme of the program at the meeting of Watertown Grange held at Masonic hall, Friday evening. The program was as follows: Singing by the Grange, discussion on Should We Make New Years Resolutions?";; reading, 'rOld Years and New, Gladys Main; Ushering out of the Old Year, by Father Time Games Upton) and ushering in of little Miss New Year, by Worthy Master Richard Campbell; original paper, John Mclean; New Years March, with noisemakers, holiday hats and singing, the Grange; paper on Care of Poultry in Winter" Robert Dains; reading, Helen Mattoon; closing song, the Grange.
 The Connecticut State Grange season will take place in Hartford on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day, January 8, g and 10. The sixth degree will be conferred at the state session, at which the local Grange will be represented.
 On Wednesday evening g mem- bers of Watertown Grange attend ed the meeting of Excelsior Pomona held in Middlebury. The fifth de- gree was conferred on class of can- didates including Mir. and Mrs. Jo- seph Racenet, Robert Dains, Nor man Dains, Josephine Filippone Carrie Tyler, Louis Edwards and Helen Mattoon all of Watertown Grange.
 Ohicers for l946-47 were installed by Emerson Leonard, member of the executive committee, Connecticut State Grange, and his staff. Mem- bers of Watertown Grange installed as Excelsior Pomona officers were Glenn Dustin, overseer; Mertie Dus- tin, chaplain and J, Richard Camp bell, gatekeeper.
 Tn addition to those mentioned above, local Grangers attending were: MT. and Mrs. Thomas Clos sick; MT. and Mrs. Stanley Witty MT. and Mrs. Robert Littlejohn; MT Richard Campbell, MT. and Mrs. Ro' bert Atwood, Mrs. Helen Dains Echson Bennett and Mrs. Vidi Weaver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07
Clothing Collection Committee
 to Meet

tO NScG
 Rev. Dr. Thomas s. Cline, chair man of the Victory Clothing Collec- ton for Watertown and Oakville will meet with members of his corn- mittee in the Red Cross rooms, Com munity building, Wednesday even ing at 8. Plans for the drive will be formulated at this meeting, which will be attended by members of the executive committee together with representatives of churches, schools and organizations in Watertown and Oakville.
 Dr. Cline requests residents to note that although the National Clothing Collection will begin Janu- ary and continue throughout the month, the Watertown-O Oakville Col lection will be concentrated during the week January IA through 19.
 Full details of the drive will be announced later, but at this time, residents are asked to prepare for the collection, by searching closets, attics, etc., to determine what arti- cles they can contribute.
 Clothing for both summer and winter wear as well as shoes, rub bers, etc, bedding and remnants are needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07

New Zealand now estimates its Maori population at l03.0O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-07

Mrs. Howard Lynch of the Wood tick road has returned to her home from St. Mary's Hospital.
 The Wolcott Volunteer fire de- partment was called out to a fire at 5:20 D. m. Sunday.
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
DOdO Bird

The dodo was an enormous flight
less pigeon-like bird which was
abundant on Mauritius and some
neighboring islands during the 18th
century. A number of descriptions
of it were given by early explorers.
The dodo became synonym for
stupidity, as it later became a SYM
bol for extinction. In it's restricted
environment the dodo apparently
had known no serious enemies prior
to the coming of man. 1t had grown
heavy, taken to a ground existence,
and lost it's ability to fly. It showed
no fear of man and, because of it's
clumsy movements, was easy to
catch and slaughter. Its flesh, how
ever, was tough and tasteless, even
for sailors who had gone for months
without fresh meat. Dutch navi-
gators called it "the nauseating
fowl" Dogs brought by the sailors
killed great numbers of the stupid
dodos, but the bird might have sur
vived in spite of its slowness and
stupidity had it not been for the pigs
and Ceylonese monkeys brought by
the early settlers. The roofing swine
destroyed the birds eggs and the
monkeys devoured its young. The
bird appears to have been entirely
extinct by the start of the 18th cen
tury.
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
Use 6 6 6
Cold Preparations
Liquid, Tablets, Salve, Nose Drops
Caution: Use Only AS Directed

subject to foreclosure, the under
signed trustee will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the courthouse door in
Marion, N. c., at noon, on the third
(3rd) day of June, 1916, the prop
erty conveyed in said deed of trust,
and hereafter described, lying and
being in Old Fort township, Nc
IDowell County North Carolina, and
described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner
of the tract of land sold by D. w.
Adams and wife to Ella Largent,
said corner being a locust stake on
and running North sc degrees West
100 feet to locust stake; thence
South 27 degrees West 100 feet to
a locust stake; thence South 63 de-
grees East 100 feet to a locust stake
on the West side of the School
Street; thence North 27 degrees
East 100 feet with the West side of
the School Street to the beginning.
And being the same land described
in deed dated 1910, and executed
;by T. R. Kanipe and wife to Carl
Mathes and wife, and recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds
for Mcdowell County in Deed Book
| SO at page 582, to which reference
is here made for further description.
The terms of the sale are cash,
and the sale will be made subject to
all outstanding and unpaid taxes on
the property.
This 3Oth day of April, 1916.
R. M. DARK, Trustee
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
Eye Banks Used
For Faulty Corneas

blishment of "eye banks" in
several cities has stimulated many
inquiries about the use of eyes from
deceased persons to improve the
sight of living persons. Eye banks
have been established to provide
supplies of eyes from which the
corneas can be transplanted to take
the place of cloudy or opaque cor
meas in eyes of living persons.
Transplants must be made within
few days after receipt of eyes.
The eye itself cannot be trans
planted.
That there are not millions of
persons with cloudy corneas is one
If the great achievements of ma
.ure. The cornea is a transparent
oval window pane, about half an
nch long, in the front part of the
covering of the eye. The balance
If the eyes covering, known as the
sclera, is opaque. Thus, most of
the skin of the eye is clouded and
nature seldom forgets to have the
opaqueness stop at the corneal area.
The cornea of the human eye is
very important in the bending of
light to focus on the retina. 1t
contributes about two-thirds to the
refractive powers of the eyes, as
compared with one-third for the
lens. In a sense the cornea does
the preliminary conditioning of
light.
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
Skillful Darn

A skillful darn is the disguise for
small holes, snags, or worn places
in wool clothes. Some of the inn
portant little secrets of successful
darning are: Use a fine needle and
short thread, long thread pulled
back and forth across a tear or
hole tends to stretch the darn out
of shape. Use thread that blends
with the material-preferably raw
elings from the same cloth, or dull
finish thread of a matching but
slightly darker shade. Remember,
thread usually works up lighter than
it appears on the spool. Darn on
the right side, but steam-press the
finished darn on the wrong side,
then brush the right side to lift the
nap.
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
$4,000 COUNTY OF MCDOWELL.
NORTH CAROLINA HOOL
BUILDING BONDS,

Sealed bids will be received until
II O'Clock, A. NJ, Eastern Standard
Time, May 18th, 1916, by the un-
dersigned at its Office in the City of
Raleigh, n. c., for $4,000 School
Building Bonds of the County of
Mcdowell, North Carolina, dated
June 1, 1916, maturing annually,
June L, in numerical order, lowest
numbers first, $4,000 1947 to 1851,
inclusive, without option of prior
payment. There will be no auction.
Denomination $1,000; coupon bonds
registerable as to principal alone;
principal and semi-annual interest
81 and D y, payable in legal ten
der in New York City; general OBJ
legations; unlimited tax; delivery on
or about June 5th, 1916 at place
f! of purchasers choice.
! Bidders are requested to name
the interest rate or rates, not ex-
ceeding six per cent per annum in
multiples Of one-fourth of one per
cent. Each bid may name one rate
for part Of the bonds (having the
earliest maturities), and another
rate for the balance, but no bid
may name more than two rates,
and each bidder must specify in his
bid the amount Of bonds of each
rate. The bonds will be awarded
to the bidder offering to purchase
the bonds at the lowest interest
cost to the County, such cost to be
determined by deducting the total
amount of the premium bid from
the aggregate amount of interest
upon all Of the bonds until their
respective maturities. No bid of
less than par and accrued interest
will be entertained.
Bids are required on forms to be
furnished with additional informa-
ton by the undersigned, and each
bid must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope marked "Proposal for
Bonds, and be accompanied by a
certified check upon an Incorporated
bank or trust company, payable un-
conditionally to the order of the
State Treasurer of North Carolina,
for $500.
The approving opinion of Masslich
and Mitchell, New York City, will
be furnished the purchaser.
In the event that prior to the de-
livery of the bonds the income re-
ceived by private holders from
bonds of the same type and charac-
ter shall be taxable by the terms
Of any Federal income tax law, the
successful bidder may, at his cleo
ton, be relieved Of his obligations
under the contract to purchase the
bonds and in such case the deposit
accompanying his bid will be re-
turned.
The right to reject all bids is re-
served.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COM
MISSION, By w. E. Easter
ling, Secretary Of the Com
mission.
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
NOTICE
NOI ICE
North Carolina

North Carolina
Mcdowell County
In the Superior Court.
EDITH COPE, an Infant, by her
next friend, 7. R. HALL.
EDWIN C. COPE, an Infant.
The above named defendant, Ed
win C. Cope, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Mcdowell County, North
Carolina, by the infant plaintiff,
Edith Cope, to secure an absolute
divorce from the defendant on the
ground that said plaintiff and de-
fendant have lived separate and
apart for more than two years i'm
Imediately preceding the bringing of
this action; and the defendant will
further take notice that he is re-
quired to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Mcdowell County, in the courthouse
at Marion, N. c., within twenty
days after May 18th, 1916, and
answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This the 18th day of April, 1916.
J. F. MOODY,
Clerk of Superior Court of
Mcdowell County, N. c..
Marion progress., 1946-05-09
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