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PAGEFOUR THE NEWPORT MERCURY AND WEEKLY NEWS FRIDAY, ATTgUST 24, 1951 Oldent I'nper In Amcrlcn ly Franlclln in 1T5S I I FRIDAY ny THIS liUWAHU siiiin.UAN A 1-10 Street, Me-rroort, II. t. best local material In the Newport Dally each wock. na necond class a at the Post Newport U. I.

for u.ddre«s dJiould fflve old a U3 wrll an nev. A ID A i 10 ceutx uliiltle copy AUGUST 21, 1951 NEH'PORTERS For many years Ncwporters have complained, and with good cause, about the costly operation of their city government. They have paid for their outmoded charter operation by higher taxes and costly duplication services. Twice they have turned out at special elections to register overwhelmingly their desire for a change in the city's charter. On June 28 of this year, 2,235 local voters gave their stamp of approval to the constitutional amendment granting home rule, only 181 voted disapproval.

Thl third vote was another clear and undeniable expression of the voters for a charter change. Because the state legislature repeatedly failed In the past to give Newport the charter change it demanded u. "what's the use" feeling came over the voters. There is no reason now for that feeling to continue. The constitutional amendment put the adoption of a modern charter for the city squarely up to the voters.

This new law gives the voters, not the political parties, the right to decide whether or not there shall be a new charter. Every taxpayer should sign the petitions being circulated by a citizens' voluntary committee. The petitions are non-partisan and non-political. They do not ask for a particular type of charter. They simply provide for the first steps toward Improved city operation.

Every Newporter should be awake, to this opportunity. The petitions are conveniently located at the Chamber of Commerce and in many stores, so there Is no excuse for failing to sign, It. Is up to you, Mr. and Mrs. Voter, whether Newport has a new char- tor.

TOO-TIRED DRIVERS The motorist who begins to feel sleepy shows good sense if he finds a quiet oft-the-road spot, takes a comfortable position, and sleeps an hour or so. Experts believe that far more accidents are caused by tired and sleepy drivers than is realized. In case the motorist is alone in the car, and is killed, no one will ever know, of course, exactly what caused him to ram a tree or wall, to drive on the wrong side of the road, or to make other fatal errors. L. S.

Harris, executive secretary of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, believes, with a good deal of medical testimony to support him, that driver-fatigue is the result, not so much of tired muscles as of weary nerves. That sounds reasonable enough to most motorists, too. For -driv- Hence this will be a good time to be aware of the danger of driver-fatigue, sleepiness at the wheel, and the general numbness which can come from sitting for too long time behind the steering wheel without a "break." Watch out, then. Have a care, Don't allow yourself to drowse while driving! "JUST SET" Ono of our country's best known newspapers recently had an article written -by a man who suggested that August was a month in which everybody should "just set." At the risk of being called revolutionary, we should like very much to subscribe to this idea. We think It has much merit, it would not be bad If our Washington legislators and the United Nations gave It some thought.

As we understand it, nothing much would, be done during this "setting" period about making the world a better place to live in. Things would be allowed to take their own course, more or leas, and the people would have time to meditate without being bombarded with panaceas and platitudes and pompous political pronouncements. Meditation--that is something the world sadly needs. This "set- ling" period would be wonderful for it--giving us time to think about the Important things, something we don't seem -to have time for in our present mad rush for goals that really don't amount to much after we have reached them. In fact we could do a lot ol meditating on just what are the important things and it would not be time wasted.

We don't suppose anything will be done about this "just set" suggestion, although, to use the lowly pun, it "sets" well with us. However, wo are going to do something: about It; for the rest of the month, we are going to ast aside a few minutes every day ai which we will just "set" and meditate. We'll just let thoughts seep gradually into our mind and maybe we will come up with an idea or two that will be worth while. At any rate, we are going to get a few minutes of refreshing peace in which the world ot getting --1 spending will have no part at all. ROGERS REUNIONS We are not too sure whether the idea of five-year reunions of Rogers High School classes is something entirely new, but whether it is or not, we are all for it.

Several reunions of this, kind were held during the past 'week. They brought class members from many parts of and old friendships were renewed at parties out to be most enjoyable. As time goes on, these old friendships become more precious, and it is good to see those with whom you apcnt so many happy days at Rogers, and to exchange stories about some of your old teachers. Besides, these reunions lead to a better alumni spirit. They tend to keep you in touch with what ia going on at Rogers, to keep tics with the school closer, as well as cementing more tightly those old friendships.

Colleges, of course, have had the five-year reunions for a. long time, and there is no reason why the high schools should not have them as well. The years pasa more quickly, or seem to at any as we grow older, and we might as well crowd as much friendship as possible into them. But why not have the five-year reunions at Rogers High School graduation time, just as the colleges have them at Commencement time? Then a real Commencement week could be held, and it would be something like a homecoming, or an old home week for many who live away from here now. We offer the suggestion for what it is worth, knowing that there may be practical difficulties to overcome, but feeling that the results would bo worth the conquest of many obstacles.

Knives which look like -little saws, knives that look like big saws. There, are metal spoons, knives and forks, and others made of plastic, each and every one beir.g dedicated to some mysterious and subtle phase of cooking. All this, to be sure, is no news to the little woman. But' we thought some you fellows might not yet be aware of the eerie assortment of tools your better half keeps in the kitchen. If you don't believe it, take a look some day, and get her to -explain their use.

Go ahead get an education boys! STALIN'S YOUTHS Perhaps Americans have taken too much comfort from the fact that, during the great youth rally the Communists staged in East Berlin, some hundreds of the youngsters strayed over into West Berlin, and liked our food and the big displays of commodities they saw in the store windows. But the fact remains that some hundreds of thousands of boys and girls did not stray, and that millions of Communist youth in Russia and her being trained to believe that Communism Is perfection, that freedom Is a myth and a delusion, and that non-Communists are. ogres, warmongers, and bent on destroying Communism, so as to enslave Russians and all non-Reds, Hitler destroyed the German youth of his time by poisoning their minds, and there are still Germans who never will be -normal-thinking persons because of the training they received under that insane dictator. Our problem, one that seems impossible of solution, is how to counteract the training now being given millions of young people in the Communist countries. THE ATTIC The acting curator of civil -history at the United States National Museum in Washington Is worried because the great American attic is passing.

Stream-lim-d housing and space-saving has made it a thing of the past. This official seems to feel that the valuable period pieces and specimens' that used to come from the attic catch-all of family treasure's will not be found any more and the nation will suffer the loss of historical treasures. All of which is undoubtedly true, but we are much more concerned with the passing of the attic from another point of view-the rainy day and snowy day point of view. Do you remember being housed during stormy weather an permitted the luxury of going up and "exploring" the the mysterious trunks, the fascinating boxes, the old bureaus? Remember the thrill of running across some old coins, maybe one of those pennies that you thought would bring a fortune Maybe--if'you were a boy--you might also remember the attic as a place where you smoked corn- silk for the first time, and were I caught because mother popped in before you could waft the odor out of the window. Yes, it is too bad that the attic is passing, or has passed.

It is too bad from the point of view of those who found it a repository for many historically significant things. But it is much, much too bad that the young people growing up today will never have the memory of those thrilling attic days when every unopened box was a challenge to the imagination, and every yellowed letter was a link with the family's hopes and dreams. UTENSJLS AND HOW! And now, Indies and gentlemen, we come to the modern kitchen and the implements housed therc- 'in. We pass lightly over the range, the refrigerator, the toaster, the percolator, and all the electrical equipment. These are the standbys, and everyone, even that lowly creature who used to be called the lord and master of the house, is familiar with them.

We refer to the stuff kept in the mysterious recesses of the drawers and cabinets with which the white and gleaming, or pink and gleaming, or multi-toned and gleaming, kitchen is Infested. Knives galore. Spoons without number. Forks innumerable. And, last but by no means least, thinga- raajigs, mysterious in aspect, strange in repose, as weird as anything ever dug up in Incn ruins.

Let us begin with the implements used to cut. separate, or dcssicatc cakes. A knife used to suffice. In the beginning It was the same carving knife Dad used to cut roasts, steak, and the like. Now there arc almost as many whatslts to get cake apart as there ore kinds of cake.

Some of them look something like knives. Some appear to be miniature beheading devices. Others look like nothing ever before produced on this earth. And spoons. There Is a spoon which has had its end, or nose, filed away until it looks a bit like Grandma's old- spoon which, 40 years of use, she tossed out because it was "all worn out." This snub-nosed spoon, however, Is highly prized by the modern housewife.

Don't ask us why, or what she uses it for. It's just there, and Is supposed to be absolutely essential to modern cookery- There are big spoons split this way and that. There are spoons that look a bit like ladles, but aren't. There are forks with super- long tines, forks with knife-like blades on one side, and forks which curve downward, or outward. Knives, too, which are crooked.

LOVE "Greater love hath no man'than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." These are the words of Jesus Christ, uttered a short time before he was crucified, Arthur Carrington, 33, a Negro, was standing on a pier in New York city Wednesday afternoon, watching a group of youngsters swim in the Hudson. Suddenly he saw a little fellow, Joseph Cruz, eight, begin to flounder. The boy was in a panic, and clearly was in trouble. Carrington, not a good swimmer himself, pulled his outer clothes off hurriedly and, clad only in shorts, dove in. The boy, iright- ened, put up a struggle, and Carrington had a Finally, however, he got the lad to the pier.

Two older boys, standing on the dock, threw young Cruz a line which he grasped and was hauled to safety. Carrington, however, was unable to grasp the line after the youngster he had rescued had been dragged out of the water. He sank ana drowned. The rescued lad was unknown to liis savior. There was no other adults nearby, and, had it not been for Carrington's heroism the little boy would have drowned.

Carrington, the hero who gave his life for an unknown white boy, would have been chased out of Cicero, Illinois, had he tried to got a home there, as was another colored man some weeks ago. In the South, Carrington would have had to ride in the Jim Crow section of buses and other vehicles, and could not have obtained a meal in any restaurant where white people eat: In some parts of the South he would have had to step off the sidewalk when white people passed by, Arthur Carrington lived to be 33. Long enough, you may be sure, to realize that here in the United States he and his race do not always obtain the kind of treatment our type of government and our Christian civilization should mete out to them. Despite that, Carrington came to'his death while saving the life of a white boy, "Greater love hath no man HE'S A WOLF! The wolf pack a large "and active body these days should take encouragement from a re- 1 cent news dispatch from Nevada. Reporters interviewed an ancient Nevadan the other day.

He says he Is 115, Asked the usual question, "To what do you attribute your great age?" the old fellow didn't bat an eyelash: "I always liked women," he said "And, b'gosh, I still do." So, next time you see a wolf doing his stuff, don't judge him too harshly. Maybe he's just trying to live to bo a hundred. JACKS WINNER Nine-year old Ellen Parsonage wo the jacks tournament 'Saturday at Park Holm playground. Ellen, the youngest 'player in the Recreation Department-sponsored event, defeated Beverly Elliott in the final. From The Daily News-- 20, 40 Years Ago Ten Years Ago John H.

Greene, clerk' of the superior, court, added another picture to his-gallery of photographs of former court clerks. It that of Lieutenant Robert Rogers, who was clerk of the superior court in 1786 and clerk' 'of the court of common in 1798-99 and 1SOO Eind in 1809 and 1811-17. The Micldletown tax' assessors announced an increase of "J1.20 in the tax rate, jumping the rate from $11.80 to $13 per thousand dollar valuation. About 52,000 was raised as the result of the largely-attended Firemen's Ball at the Portsmouth Roller-Rink. Present and planned activities of the National Defense Recreation Committe of this city and those of Fall River were, discussed at a joint meeting of the two groups here.

The Board of Water Commissioners urged the expansion of the Lawton's Valley project to include a reservoir, pumping station, filtration plant-and pipe lines. Work on the -Park-Holm project, first national defense housing job in this area was finished by the contractors and turned over to the Newport Housing Authority. The 55,000 that the local Community Chest guaranteed as the Newport quota-for United Service Organizations was turned over to. the Rhode Island headquarters for the U. S.

O. The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce approved plans for a waterfront street from Long wharf to Market square at a maximum cost of $181.000. Newport, with an unofficial pop- uation of 30,532, in the federal census of 1940, was ranked as the 329th in the standing of the 397 cities of the country with a population over 25,000. Local gasoline stations received a 10 per cent cut in their gasoline rationing, A decrease of 51,690,100 in the total valuation of the ratable property in the city as compared with a year ago was shown when the tax book was completed and signed at the city hall by John B. Sullivan, chairman of the Board of Tax Assessors, and other city offi- clals.

Dr. Frank P. Gormley, Dr. Henry Martin and Dr. Mark Tishler were designated as dental inspectors for Local, Draft Board No.

1. Jamestown ferryboat Hammonton missed its noon trip due to an inspection by officials of the United States Steamboat Service. Newport had the honor of being the flrst community in the state have a. woman acting sheriff when Miss Rita.V. Cooncy, deputy, took over in the absence of Sheriff Robert H.

Chappell who was away on a motor tour. 20 Vcars Ago The city hall employes held their annual clambake and outir.g at Cherry Neck. embers of the committee on teachers of the School Board discussed the superintendency with Harold T. Lo.we, recently elected to succeed Dr. Herbert W.

Hull. Swedish-American citizens expressed their appreciation for the welcome cjiven the Swedish naval training "ship Af Chapman on its visit here. The New Haven Railroad advertised an. excursion from city to Boston and return for Mayor Mortimer A. Sullivan sought to have the French cruisers Duqucsne and Suffren visit this city before going to Yorktown, first after arriving in this country.

The annual Farm Bureau Day was held by Newport County Pomona Grange. The Representative Council adopted a recommendation from the Board of Aldermen to curb parking on Ocean avenue from Bailey's Beach to "The the Budlong estate. A mar, fell overboard from the Colonial Line steamer President Warfield near Rose Island. He swam ashore and was sent to the Searmen's Church Institute. He went back to Providence in the morning.

Pews'taken from the Appleton Chapel, Harvard University, were I placed'-) in the r.ew chapel at' the Naval Training Station. Parking on the Ocean Drive proved no great problem when several members of the police department were on hand to enforce the no parking regulation as far 'as the'main road was concerned. Sloop Weetamoe won the King's Cup with a one second corrected time margin over the Valiant in- race off Brnnton's Reef lightship. The Sachem and the Istalena won the Astor Caps in the schooner and sloop classes in races off the Brenton's Reef lightship. Ellsworth Vines defeated Frederick J.

Perry, British Davis Cup player, three sets to one, to win the singles cup in the Newport Casino invitation tennis tournament. A group of 25 boys and five camp leaders left on the Jamestown ferry for Camp Pettaquamscutt on the Narrow River in South County. Forty years Ago The new bath houses at Bailey's Beach were completed and every one was taken. men of H. M.

S. Superb. Police received complaints that 1 8THE RISTJttlLL NAVY TECHNICIAN--Paul C. Denr.ics, 21, son of Chief Boatswain's Mate and Mrs. Richard D.

Dennies of 77 Van Zondt avenue, is a communications technician second-class at the Navy's Carolina radio station in Puerto Rico, Dennies graduated De La Salle Academy in 1945 and after a year at the University of Rhode Island served two years in the Navy. He returned to the university for a year's study, but was recalled by the Navy last August. Adm. Kalbfus Heads Group Welcoming British Cruiser Rear Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus U.

S. N. (retired), is the new chairman of the city's reception committee for the officers and as it did not contain British He re- Adams i who any mucn Other- committi i nounced here by Mayor Dean J. Steamer City of Lowell arrived I Lcwis are Lieutenant William. TM I u.

g. (rct vice chairman; Charles E. Livesey, secretary, and Edward P. Gosling', treasurer. The- general committee includes "Captain Wheelock of the ship Subton died this day (November, 1778).

Barges with the body left the ship attended by all the captains of the fleet. Received by regiment of Ditfoulds at end of Long Wharf. Procession to Church. After service the body interred near.the North door." This information conies from the diary of Lieut. Mackenzie, who was here during the British occupation.

A reader believes it refers to Trinity Church and wonders if the grave can be Jocated. Somebody asked the other day what i origin of the term, "white gloves" when applied to a court session where there is nobody to arraign. One person.said he heard of star chamber sessions and blue ribbon juries but was at a loss to know how white gloves session got its name. Perhaps some of the learned members of bar could come up with the answer. A card: "Compliments of Graduating Class.

Newport High School. Friday, July 28, 1871, 1-2 P. M. Coddington Hall." has been sent by Miss Martha Landers, of Rhode Island avenue. She found the card in an old desk but says it does nut refer to anyone in her family.

Does anyone know who graduated in this class? Silvia, former It was on a fine September morning in 193S that Esau Kempcnaal contracted for the purchase of wide acreage between Two Mils Corner and Valley road, Middlc- town, from Wadley Smythe, together with its varied plantings of nursery stock. That day, came the hurricane. By evening be had abandoned hope of any profit from the plantings. But the silver lining to the cloud soon appeared. Many of the trees on the land had been considered too large to be salable under ordinary conditions.

But owners of estates in the Newport area lost so many trees and shrubs, especially larger specimens, that these extra large items in the nursery were suddenly in demand. What had been written off as a total loss during the hurricane became a bonanza. Fifty years ago Newport youngsters needed no swimming holes any more than do today's youth, have the use of fino beaches. One thing the former generation could count on, however, was a neighborhood pond for skating in winter. One was on the Green land "on Broadway at Arnold avenue; an- at Powel avenue and Kay street; and nearby was another on Gibbs avenue.

There was one "out of town" in the Kay street swamp. It scorns' there was also one on Bliss road, at the present Haskcll with from New London, 1,617 excursionists. The Bos.rd of Aldermen received a petition against making Newport beach a second Coney Island. A 'concert by the Fort Adams band on the Mail drew a large audience. Fifteen destroyers arrived here from manoeuvres with the Atlantic Fleet.

A little German band was about the city's streets during the afternoon and evening, A stranger in the city took off his shoes and stockings at the beach and. went wading. He continued into the water until it. was up to his waist, when his attention was called to it and he returned to the sand. Movers began work on the Breeze house at streets.

Colonel Thames, and Gidley Jacob Astor's steam yacht Nonia arrived here with i'ive shipwrecked yachtsmen picked up in Long. Island Sound. Steamer Mount Hope came in from up the bay with 500 sionists. The meandering cows come into the picture again when one of them came around tho corner of a high hedge at Broadway and Powel avenue and scared a woman. She slipped and rolled down an embankment in her effort to get away.

Navy transport Prairie left here with a. draft of 250 ordinary seamen to be distributed among ships in Pacific waters. Steamer Warwick brought 1,500 excursionists here from up the bay and the Mount Hope came in with J. Ecsar Monroe, Henry P. Fletcher, William F.

Whitehouse, Norman O. Whitehouse, Col. Charles D. L. Pepys, formerly of the British Army, Rear Admiral Charies Lee Andrews, S.

N. Captain John Davis, R. I. Mrs. George Henry Warren, William MacLeod, Charles-E.

Crocker. Also Harry Amey, John Weiser, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cole, Allyn H. Barrett, J.

Herbert How- Francis X. Flanncry, Mrs. Oliver Cushman, Warren Lathrop. Mrs. Louise G.

Green, Henry C. Wilkinson, John H. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. George E.

Bullock. Also Fred G. Walton, Dr. Samuel Nevelson, Uavid R. Rough, Tom Atkins, WaJler C.

Johnston, Miss Maude K. Wotmore, Mrs. J. Harold Brown Robert C. Bel! and Judge Mortimer A.

Sullivan. Fur.ds for defraying entertainment expenses are being obtained by public subscriptions. Contribu- excur- are being- received by Gosling at the Industrial Trust Company, 92 Broadway. anniversary of Island Park. It is the incorporated village of Island Park, N.

where he is a proir.t- th. most popular were the Big pond and Green End pond. Downtown ponds were fewer but sometimes a section of Morton of tha Almy 500. Fishing was perking up a bit. Sloop Alice brought in 2,000 mackerel, Everett Gray had nine barrles, W.

C. Gray, seven barrels and the Winona-a like number. DesLant Nine Enters Fleet Baseball Tourney Three units of the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force, U. S. S.

Yosemite, U. S. S. Yellowstone and U. S.

S. Perry, have combined their star players for the Atlantic Fleet baseball tournament which opens August 27 in the team is Warrant Officer William N. Pierce who Jed the Yosemite to a 12-10 record in th. Sunset League. Chief George A.

Gammon of the' Yellowstone, whose team won 12 of 20 Sunset League starts, is assistant coach. Players forming the DesLant team are: U. S. S. Yosemite--Isquierdo, shortstop; Fucntes, see- on base; Reish, pitcher--third base; Fnison, center field; Pacifico, third base; Brown first base; Voloka, cather; Bourjigion, right field; McGarvey, left field; Dyer and Yog'sl, Pitchers.

Yellowstone--Townsend, right field; Hodgson, pitcher; Quigley, first base; Rand, catcher; Bodas, pitcher, and Heffner, center field. U. S. S. Perry--Witek and Ervine pitchers.

LOCAL DOGS WIN Rogers Brothers Upset In City Tennis Doubles Robin. Rogers, city singles champion, and his brother, Tim, were upset, 6-3, 6-4 in first round city doubles tennis tournament competition by Steven Kay and Tom Reilly Sunday at Aquidncck Park. Ollie' Barker, former Portsmouth Priory star, and Lou Cho- I quctte defeated the father-son combination of Walter and Peter i Butler of Washington, D. 6-1, Dispute Over Girl Lands 2 Sailors In Court 5-7, 6-0. Tom Conhecney and David Entries by Mrs.

Cameron McR. Winslow, and Mrs, Malcolm S. Bump of this city were winners at the South Shore Kennel Club in Plymouth, Sunday. Mrs. Winsiow's Cameron Too of Carr.enat won best of breed and with Bridget of Camenat, best oi opposite sex.

Mrs. Bump's boxer, Cinder Path's Frivolous Sal, was adjudged best of winners, and with Bangaway, best of opposite sex. Mrs. Bump's Cinder Path's Junior Miss won first in the American bred class. KADIO CLUB HAS OtJTES'G The County Radio Club held Its annual outing at Second Beach Saturday, with a campfire supper, group singing and entertainment.

Fred Evans, John C. Hoyle, and Merrill R. Randall were in charge of the supper; Edward F. Eturte- and" Winnard L. Tripp of fuel and the fires; and John D.

Bassett and Donald C. Schwardt, president, of the entertainment. Adelson won a. three-setter from Jim Kirby and Bill Farrell, 6-1, 4-6. Two of the six second round singles matches played over the week-end went the three-set limit.

Jack Corcoran beat Tom Reilly, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, and Ollie Barker defeated Jack Sullivan 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. In other singles matches Corcoran downed Mike Dwyer, G-2, 6-2; Leo Connerton defeated Tom Conhecney, 6-0, 6-1; Louis Hcbbs beat Bill Janes, 6-0, 6-4, and former champion Larry Sorensen, seeded No, 2, defeated Lou Choquette, 6-1, 6-1. Bob Gordon won by default from Jimmy Kenney. Fleet Reservists Attend New England Caucus Branch 19, Fleet Reserve Association, and Its auxiliary were represented at the annual New England Area Caucus in South Weymouth, Sunday. Representing the branch were Thomas McCabe, who was elected regional vice president; Benjamin Reynolds, John J.

O'Neill and Walter H. Schriver, local president. members attending were Mrs. Delia' Davis, regional vice president who was reelected for another year; Mrs. Catherine O'Neill, Mrs.

Adele McCabe, Mrs. Margaret Harris, Mrs. Morjoric p.eynolds, Mrs. Mabel Bolln and -Mrs. Alice president.

Schriver, Newport A dispute on West Broadway early Friday over attentions paid to a brought two sailors before Judge Arthur J. Sullivan on reveling charges. Esau Green, 30, Of the U. Ishcrwood pleaded guilty. Police said that in a quarrel at Uie Sea- Restaurant, Green did damage to a booth.

He was fined $10 and costs. i Accused or, the same count was I Joseph Ford, 26, of the U. S. i S. Bronson who pleaded nolo and said that he was acting- as a peacemaker in the Sullivan accepted a change of plea to innocent and discontinued Ford's case on payment of costs.

George Paine, 25, of the Naval I Training Station was surrendered by the probation officer. He had previously been placed on pi-o-i batior. on a revelling 1 charge. He I was involved lost night in a quarrel on Fillmorc street a was sentenced today to five days in the Newport Couny jail for violating tnmis of his probation. Five traffic law violators were arraigned by state police.

Joseph arrived. Rabbi Lewis of Touro S.vna-' who came here from Dub-; lin, Ireland, paid a tribute to American democracy at the public hearing by the Planning Board Monday night. He said it was the first meeting of the kind he hss attended and it impressed i that, before regulations arc adopted, the people are permitted to appear and speak for or against a plan. how many objectors were present who felt a. decided resentment-against the planners but never gave a thought to the rights they enjoy in being able to speak publicly their thoughts and even their resentments.

Several residents of Mill street jn the vicinity of the old Coddington School building arc think( ins of throwing away their alarm clocks. They say they are not needed any more since a wlntc owl took up residence at the school several days ago. The owl is not seen during the -daytime, when it is probably sleeping i some part of the building. But, the residents of that part of the street say that, come darkness, Mr. Owl starts in i i hooting and keeps everybody awake.

Where the owl came from or how long it intends to stay, nobody knows, but scvera, of the neighbors say they would not feel a bit put out if the owl should take liking to some other neighbor- Warnings by the Board of Health earlier this summer that harbor waters off the Elm street and Van Zandt avenue piers were polluted and not recommended for swimming have had no markedly visible effect. Young, and old enjoy the bathing, apparently unmindful that perms, though unseen, can strike hard. A reader reports that in colonial days Newport had several cordage manufactories.known at the time as "rope He asked where these were located, then general size and when they went out of existence. F'-ancis Brinley -had one on Catherine or Fir street; Tillcy had one on Kay street, between Bull i Touro- Barker had one on Bul'l street; Abraham Tilley had a on Callendar avenue; Caswell and Benoil. were on long north of the Old cemetery; the Tews wore on State street; and there was a walk on Bowery street, betwen Spring and Belle- vxie.

The walks were laid out in pairs. The town pmnp at Green End and Paradise, avenues in Middletown gets a workout from poor opcrating si car after his license a alike. One recent after- had been suspended for noon an enormous limousine drew up, the uniformed chauffeur alighted and filled several jugs with the free beverage. Fei-reim, 20, of Wapping Portsmouth, pleaded ffuilty to Judge Sullivan imposed a fine of 550 and costs and warned Ferrcira that a similar violation in the future would carry a mandatory jnil sentence. Francisco M.

Andullero, 47, of Boston, was fined $15 ar.d costs after he pleaded guilty to on East Main road, in Middletown August 7. William F. Doran, 18. of the Melville net depot pleaded guilty to driving without East Main rone! in license on Portsmouth August 9 and was find S15 and and costs, Michael C. Tasso.

01. of Pros- cott place pleaded guilty to I going through a red traffic light on West Main road in Portsmouth August 9. He was fined $25 and costs. Winfrcd A. Kurtzwcff, 39, of Lawrence street, Middlctown.

was fined 515 and costs after pleading guilty to speeding on East Main road in Middletown August 1-1. GIKT, SCOUT STAFF PARTY About 30 Girl Scout camp counselors and program aides who served during the summer on the staff of the Rocky Farm Day Camp on Carroll avenue gathered for the annual post-season staff supper and party last Thursday at the camp. In charge of arrangements were Mrs. John Howicson, camp com- chairman, and Mrs. John B.

F. Smith. Joke gifts accompanied by original verses were distributed to 'staff members About 20 campers remained overnight to eat breakfast at the camp. One young lady whose father is in the insurance busings locally has reason to believe in the honesty of fellow mankind. In Boston recently with her parents to sec a Red Sox game, she lost her pocket book.

In it was some money and, what was more important to some of the personal items one treasures and keeps in a pocket book. Imagine her surprise when nil was returned intact through the mail by someone who found' it and noted the owner's name. A follower of the Grist Mill who is proud of Newport's "firsts" was disturbed recently tj find an account which stated that the first synagogue founded in North America was in 1654 at Curacao, Brazil. Ho thought Touro Synagogue, this city, enjoyid that distinction. Touro is acknowledged to be the oldest existing synagogue in North America and was so designated as a national shrine, but it was not the first established.

Forty Easter lilies blooming on 10 plants are proudly exhibited in the back yard garden of Michael A. Derensis at 3 Russo court. Dcrcnsif' house is completely surrounded with flowers of ill types, many of his own grafting. An -inusual accomplishment some years back was the raising of peas from seeds which had Iain dormant in an Egyptian tomb for thousands of years. Not so many years ago finding Indian arrow heads was a rather common adventure, that is if ono knew where to look.

It's been a long time, however, since any have been reported. Perhaps the current generation of youth prefer riding to hiking- and so misn much of the fun their parents and grandparents experienced. Today one may find an Indian shell dump in Middlctown only a few miles from the city hrill. When Indians roamed the land, their village--and the shell dump --was on the shore of a narrow bay opening 1 on the Atlantic ocean. The bay has filled in and become swamp" and its entrance is now blocked by a modern highway and an extensive sandy beach.

One of our summer residents recently returned from a tour of duty'in Japan. To get away from it a'll for awhile, he took out to the entrance of the bay. Seven miles out, a cloud of dark objccU landed on his gleaming white sails. He took one look. Home from Japan and seven miles out he encounters a swarm of Jap beetles.

Just 311 years atfo today, on, Aug. 20, 1G40. what is believed to be the first public school in the country was established when the town of Newport voted to have Robert Lenthal "keep a public school for the learning of youth." Onu hundred acres of land were appropriated to endow tlic school "for encouragement of tlie poorer sort, to train up their youth in learning." From time to time Uic question is asked. "Where did Yznaga avenue get its name? In the early 38GO's, Don Antonio de Yznaga, a Cuban, owned Cliffs property at the end of the private way, which Jater given his family name. He built a house on the estate, which extended along n.

section of the cliffs near southerly end of Bcllevue avenue. He also is believed to have built an "old stone boathousc" nearby. During his years in Ncwpoit, his daughter, Consucllo, married the Duke of Manchester. Yznafra a i eventually sold its property to Mrs. Sarah 'inffersoll, who named it "Reef Point." Incersolls held ownership until 1S76 and possibly a.

few years later. How many have heard the bright tone of a bell issue from under the cars passing on Newport streets? A welcome change from electric liorn blasts. the new signals arc Bermuda carriage bells. Several summer colonists and other Ncwportcrs have them on their autos. A small boy circus-bound with his mother one summer afternoon not long ago almost fell out of the car on Eelleviic avenue whet: she said, "There's a crowd of Lions, on the' Viking porch." Alas, these were no shaggy-mancd lords of the jungle, but civilized Newport service club members attending a luncheon.

Hot weather naturally turned the talk to swimming and the swimmers of a few years ago. One of those mentioned was Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Dennlston, Air Force, recently promoted to that rank in Germany.

Joe, a daily swimmer at Ea-ston's Beach, often swam to the Forty Steps and back. He also enjoyed swimming long distances alone, causing those on shore to keep their eyes on him. A filer from the mid- Twenties, after graduating from West Point, he apparently liked to soar into the blue depths of the heavens, too..