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H. VOI.TNO.2I , ' BRUsrt^.fei/fififi^AtiMMiy;^ *»l^l»lwA WWf •MtolMMwIWI lifWXfcWUMiattm, PRICE: Thrtte CENTS sat I«UH1II «l / 4 i»««4 • I I. .11^1 ill .-A* t^&**^ ,, ' J MV*&fcK»irf& Peace Mion^em'C&nptet^ £**. f. Army CJposes New Uniform The returns are in, jtiid Army men acioss the nation have fie-i lected a new getierM duty uniform, rejecting the traditional' \olive drab*' in favor pi gray-green wool seige. ' i The new uniform, which also''* eliminates, the familiar Eisen-1 hower jacket, was chosen by en- listed men. and officers of the Regular Army; Reserve and Na- tlOl^al Guard in a.series of pief- erence votes held throughout the 'country in recent months Thg .ejtatige will,!)© the fhst de ; p'artm'e from the traditional olive tfrsirb and khaki foi geneial duty weir in moi'e'than 50 years However, last Winter the Aimy indicated its desire for a color change When it adopted a blue alt*w@ol dress uniform. • The new wool serge unifomi |ras a fitted coat that extends below, the hips, with no pio- fioundeci flare or waistline seam, and. two upper and two lower (>tttt6h-tlirough flapped- pockets Trousers have no pleats oi cuffs ; J)nlj,s£ed.men and ofBceis will wear the same uniform-—the only difference being* in Snsifhias. , Despite the change in color and Styling, the* Army retain^ its pres- pn$:pre.fEf6nce for wool— tradi- tionally used in servicemen's partes*; Because of its durability find atsiiity to provide corhf ort un- |i|r ail Weather conditidns, wool best meets servicemen's, needs. ; \file dhangetoyer to the ne\* .uniforM 1 i& '%i$&i\M $&-' begin m l$$$ *-. as soon as Oongiess and (the Defense Department have given formal approval, to the Army's choice. It takes about 18 months, the Army says* for the (issuance of a new unifujm, be- cause of the procurement arid logistics problems involved. tfH£ ARMY'S CHOICE. The new wool serge uniform above is the chpice of Army men foi* gen- eial duty wear. Gray-green hi/ color, it will replace the tradi- tional olive drab model with the! familiar JSisgnliower jacket. %%. Fatts riot Fallacies By M iruk. st <?f .pCl^Bte the Circus dame toMcW'. , Ohiy in one pcuni diot'tney fall' down in their arrahgemeults for cir- ql # 5? a y* The committee lailed to ?mvuoauua ui visiiurs lina,E , WOUia Sfpj&ear, wjth tl&S result thai every .tSZoA. **JL.J& tsztlv. * % .* B. - ELMONPtANS FOR MEMORIAL DAT their pwh lunch, T£o cap t^e climax or rjithlr to^addj&e \d$$ strayr that Srokejhe caniels f back t the\ comm- jt|eef Ihat'was ap^oinU^ to meet thejftrst t|ainJoad of acr6bats and paraphernalia that\arrive4 at the first s|reak ot f dkwn announced that the Ildles oJF the villagfe had htuitdrsda'df loaves of l?re1ad to sell, to the e£ft$Sfey department, they] Wejre tojd that the management* not knlowing the good intentions and capabilities of the ladies of Moira, has! placed an order for three %nlre^ loaves of bread ^irhf the Malone backers and no 'doubt the^ carts were at that mo» mehtgroHing westward with bread ,to mt 4hi ote 9 L , 1 Thus; the Scores of .temporary easing stands were left wjthout cu- stomer^. ^WJbwexi. an account of the stock was taken the next morning after the tumult atfd shotiting had died aWs(^ a \godd many''women wished they had never heard of a circus and before their mountain of bread had been finaElly consumr- e\d every roan, wom^n and v child in the village was of the same op- inion* Added^toutheir other^accomplis- hments f the Moira women were re- sourceful. For^bfea'kfast, instead of serving buckwheat cakes^ a^itd maple syrup, with ham and eggs added, they had dry, t buttered, rrielba and other varieties of toast. For dinner they served milk toast with a sliver of bacon to add'fla- vor tb it, together with huge pans of bread pudding. The evening jneal includfed for Variety bread & bulter, C6ld toast left 6ver from the rrfomiri^ nieal, aja^f ended with the last of the bread pudding on which had been sprinkled a few shavings of maple sugar as an ap- petizer. Far years afterward, if any-' one desired to provoke the ire of any person in Molra,*it wiSs only necessary to refer to the day when the circUs came to town. The exp- erience certainly put fat oh tEel ribs of every Brushton resident. , SUf Sbove story was written by, the- la,te F* £l. Turner of Malone | and I feuhd it in an old scrapbook. I db not^have the date this was pu- bhshed but if m? thptinory tells me cprreeily I mmk ihe circus was the Walt^f^L/Mairi aha waa held in Mdira SoMetiine .around 1910. |f^> f gooa%nds in Moira dd Hotline tfeil \ribbing** my apol* ogles. Memorial day plans of the Bru- shton - Mbira ^American Legion Post 939 were^announced today by Post Commander, Monroe Enright. } A parade will form in front of Moira High 5cfiool at 1:30 p. m. Sunday,' May 3£)th. Ovdet of march will be; Coloi^,firing squad, Am- erican Legion, rfost 939 and all vet erans of tfrfc Kdrean War, Worid War f, andmrid War 2, Brush- ton-Morra Band, Legion Auxiliary Spanish War Veterans, Gold Star Mothers, Brushton Moira Kiwanis Glub, Masdns,,Boy Scputs, f BrUsh- t^i tire ffefr r p*a#8b& Cycles Moira Fire De^i', school cMMrln, Committee Chairman in charge of Memorial E^y sleryices includ'e; Color guard, $eil n SaayJge; firing scjuad, Qej&rg^f Duirials^ ,, Parade fVfershall. Norman Laflgej[ier; Br- ufton-M^ira Ukl tfo% Stear&; Auxiliary, \Myril La^Tray; Gold High Scihool Auditorium. Rev. J. A. O'Brien will give the invoca- tion and Benediction. Jos. Harr|* gan Commander of the^ Fourth District, Ameri^etn Leg|on T Dep^ artmeht of New York, will give th$ main address. A committee of 3 members of the American Legioh Auxihaarjr will act as judges of the best decor- ated bicycle, witlv three prizes be- ing given by the Ame'rica^n Legia ft Tom Desnoyers and his comm- ittee will distribute oranges to the children in the parade. * Commarider pnr^ght, Carl Ham- hn» Bob MecDonald, Everett FHnfc and Bayard Dypree will place fl- ags and markers 6n all Veterans. graves prior to Memorial Day. The Legion Auxiliary will make memorial wreaths for the cemet- ary's, which will toe placed as the firing squad salutes the dead. Children from both Village? are asked to bring flowers that can be | placed on the graves. \ All Veterans and Community i citizens are urged to attend these Star ^*MOthers,\-Loil fflXtcftl* Spah- 1 Memorial Day services, so that we ish American War Vet&a^s, Efl-f may pay uor rerpect? to those who gaVWhitneyj ^i^ar^is Clujb, >Jdesgave their lives solhat we might Terry; Masons!, Ruby Helfand; enjoy the freedom We have today.. Boy Scoifts/ PMl UfiWm.^ Veter ans should wear uniforms Commanded Enright hal arran-1 if possible, if hot, please wear ged the^pfogram at the Brushton white shirts and dark trousers. ELECTS OFFICER *~ < v Aiierygula f rme| J |ni 6L the Brushton L - Moira American Leg- ion Pbst 939, MeTd m the'America^n Legion Home MaV ( T2tfe, t N he fal- lowing officers were elected for thfe. ensuihg year, Comm#rider v John J. Byrnes; 1 st Vice Commander, Joe Terry; 2nd Vice ComfliaVder, Bill K&ss- ley; Adjutant, ^Gerald Curran; Committeemen, Geo. LaFleur, Bill Hastings; Alternates', Charles Supernault, Ray Brockway; Sgt. ,At Arms, Norbert Howe; Histor- ian and service Officer, Bob Mac-, [Donald; Finance officer, John F. Byrnes; Chaplin, Walter ZiserJ County Delegates, Monroe Enrig- ht, Tom Desnoyers, Bill Hastings; Alternates, Bob MacDonald and Walter Ziser. t The new slate* of officers will be installed at the regular June meet- ing, to be held J Juhe 9th in the ^American Legion Home. All mem- jbers are urged to attend iihis meet- ing. RIGHT-0 In a great many instances there wouldn't be so much overikead at present, if, in ^he past (there had been mo*^ under the hat.-^Phifadel^hia in- [qpiilrer JdyMEalker$ Cm B$^*~ Jailed in Wtfshm^^ '- WASHINGTOIsr—POsters *»M'^ the streets m the rational capital read V\Jaywalkers can^lbe 34iled/ Txic Tigris are a part^ of »a cam- paign to keep \residents of tbe city- and visitors from \walking them- selves to death \ Despite a marked increase irr traffic and pedestrian problems- during the last 15 years, laws and educational programs have helped to cut pedestrian traffic deaths- from a peak of 15,500 m 1937 to 8,600 last year, and to reduce the pedestrian percentage from 39 to> 23 per cent of the total traffic toll • , Jaywalking >— ^ careless street crossing either ag&inst traffic sig- nals or at random in. hiidblock— r is responsible for many\ of the 321,000 pedestrian deaths that have s occurred since 1927*. Analysis shovyst ,' that from 60 to 80 per cent of the ' traffic fatalities m cities are pe- destrians B1HISHTON CRANliE NKHSIITIW; Brushton Grange 901 'held it's Memorial service Monday night with the Chaplain, Mrs. Ross Aid- rich in charge. Mrs. A. Mallett placed a beautiful basket of Tul- ips at the Chaplains station in memory of her son. Flowers were placed on the Dog Wptches Buggy COUNCIL BLUETS, Iowa-JRus- ty, Mr, and Mrs Philip Stage- man's dogr believes m obeying. Recently Mrs Stageman took 18- montbvold £)a/id on a shopping tour and left the boy's buggy out- side a grocery Rusty camped fiearby. When Mrs Stageman and her son left ihe jp-'ois \bo forgot the btiggy^ and <* ' ^ A •» ibei it un- til the ne^ \ WACT the grocer calle ' trot the buggy and ^<. + P ia$ro '••$ The Charter was draped m me-: mory of John Griffin POMONA, JUNE 3rd ,' Members are requested to visit Pomona Grange at Bng&tdn-Har* altar in memory of Alex Dunn & ' rietstown Grange, Gabriels, oa v John Griffin late members of Br- ushton Grange. June 3 when Brushton wdl repeat two parts .of their neighbors night program at thfe ev *3S&gj session* 'I • - I ' •'$! 4 \*#«H V i tf 1 1 4 *
