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Cleveland To Stage
Centennial Program
Orest Lakes Exposition Honors Moses Cteaveland,
Native of Connecticut—State History Recalled
NOTE! Writing u Em ten, Pre» Advisor and Consultant *f the
Great Lake* Exposition, which opens next month In Cleveland, the
present homo of many former Waterburians, James 8. Harley presents
an Interesting account of the early boundary lines of the state of
Coonoctleut. Originally Lake Erie was at “our doorstep” and part of
tho Connecticut Western Reserve. The Chase Brass and Copper eom
Is ona of the many exhibitors In the coming exposition com
ating the INth anniversary of the city of Cleveland.
Connecticut will figuratively cast its eyes westward
this summer and follow with an interest almost paternal,
the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of
Cleveland, Ohio. . , ,
The Great Lakes Exposition, International in scope
and significance, running for 100 days from June 27th to
- October 4th, would not have been possible, nor would the
city, whose birthday it celebrates, were it not for a sturdy
son of Connecticut.
It was the proud prediction ot
Moses Cleveland, Yale graduate,
surveyor and soldier, that the to\tn
which he founded on the shores of
Lake Erie and which was named
for him, would one day be as large
as his native Windham, Connecti
cut, which at that time numbered
1,500 souls.
The history of Cleveland begins
with the history of the Connecticut
River Valley and can be traced to
the courage of the Connecticut
General Court which, In 1661, voted
■ an address to King Charles II of
England, seeking a royal charter
with provisions "not Inferior or
short of what was granted to
Massachusetts.”
Liberal Charter
Because those members of that
early Oeneral Court "spoke up” to
their overseas King, they got an ex
ceedingly liberal charter. It con
veyed a strip of land reaching from
the Massachusetts line to Long
Island Sound and extending West
to the Pacific ocean, or, "the South
Sea and the Islands thereunto ad
joining” as the charter said.
When the Revolutionary war was
over Connecticut still upheld her
claim to the western territory lying
between parallels of 41 and 42-2’ and
extending from Pennsylvania to the
Mississippi River.
On September 14, 1786, Connecti
cut released to the United States, all
claim that she had to land north of
the 41st parallel and west of a
meridian to be run 120 miles west
of the west line ot Pennsylvania.
The deed made no disposition of the
territory between this meridian and
the Pennsylvania line and north of
the 41st parallel, In other words, the
territory In the northeast part of
Ohio today.
This area which the Nutmeg state
<jld not cede to the federal govern
ment was bounded on the north fc#
the International Line, on the east
by Pennsylvania, on the south by
the 41st parallel and on the west by
a line parallel to the west boundarj
of Pennsylvania and 120 miles
from It.
Western Reserve
Connecticut was said to "reserve”
this territory and thus the expres
sion "The Connecticut Western Re
serve" crept Into the legal, historical
and financial papers of the day. Be
ginning In 1786, the Connecticut
General Assembly undertook a series
of acts which brought money into
the coffers from these lanes In the
"Western Reserve." In 1792 It set
•side 900,000 acres for Revolution
ary war sufferers and the rest of
the land was sold In 1795 to the
Connecticut Land Company.
One of the directors of the Con
necticut Land Company was Moses
Cleaveland of Canterbury. In Wind
ham County. In the Spring of 1796
the directors sent out a surveying
party headed by General Moses
Cleaveland, for the purpose of sur
veying and staking out town Bhlps
on their land.
After an arduous trip, Cleaveland
and his party arrived In Buffalo
where the leader was forced to buy
from chiefs of the Mohawk and
Seneca Indians, claims to lands
east of the Cuyahoga river. The
Indians, bitterly opposed to the
westward movement, were soon pla
cated for 600 pounds In cash. 2 beef
cattle and 100 gallons of whiskey.
The Journey was Immediately re
sumed and Monday July 4th the
party arrived at the place where
the dividing line between Pennsyl
vania and tbeir reserve, struck Lake
Erie. On July 7th the survey set
out to find the Intersection of the
41st parallel and the Pennsylvania
line and thence to run a base 120
miles west. Prom this base line they
were to draw lines five miles apart
due north to Lake Erie, featuring 24
ranges numbered from the Pennsyl
vania line. The ranges were to be
further cut up Into townships.
Town No. 7
Even before Moses Cleaveland and
part of his surveyors rowed and
sailed west In an open boat on Lako
Erie to find the mouth of the Cuya
hoga river on July 22, 1796. Cleve
land was spotted on the party's map
as town No. 7, Range 12. Cleave
land got to shore after some diffi
culty on one of the banks of the
Cuyahoga. He was enamored of the
spot and It became Cleaveland, in
the Western Reserve.
Moses Cleaveland, his surveying
duties over, went back to Windham
County, Connecticut. He never re
turned to the town be founded, but
a year after getting back to eastern
Connecticut he wrote: “While I was
In new Connecticut I laid out a
town on the bank of Lake Erie
which was called by my name and
1 believe the child Is now born that
mya live to see that place as large
as Old Windham.”
The old surveyor’s estimate was
conservative indeed. The town that
bears his name. In a few years, ex
ceeded Old Windham's population
of 1,500. To-day It has more than
800,000 and Is the center of a rich
pulsating section of our population,
whose success has been achieved
through the optimism and Indefa
tigable work transmitted to its peo
ple by their old Yankee forebears
from Connecticut.
bipmuiun * wimru
To celebrate the great success and
the growth of thin area, the Oreut
Lakes Exposition was conceived and
brought Into being by a group of
outstanding Cleveland businessmen
last Pall. The year 1#38 Is the
100th anniversary of the Incorpo
ration of the City of Cleveland
Which was only founded by Oeneral
Hoses Cleaveland in 17M. These
forward-looking business and pro
fessional men of the modern Cleve
land showed what faith they had
lb their community when they sub
acribed, within a period of a month
the sum of $1,000,000 to underwrite
PRESS ADVISOR
JAMES 8. HURLEY
Former Local Newspaperman Now a
Member of N. Y. Mirror Staff
their Exposition. They felt that
they should invite each of the seven
other Oreat Lakes states to come
Into the Exposition with them and
tell the rest of the country and the
world of their area’s march of prog*
rest.
Site Chosen
The downtown lake front was
chosen as the site for the Exposi
tion, In which would be told the ro
mance of iron and steel and other
metals in the progress of our coun
try, and today, within two blocks
of Cleveland’s famous Public Square,
where every means of transportation
to Cleveland and in Cleveland cen
ters, stand the 150 acre Exposition
site. Beginning on June 37th, as it
does, It will be 75 per cent complete
on June 1st.
One of the factors that made it
possible to stage this Exposition
with so little preparation, was the
granting to the Exposition commit
tee, of Cleveland's beautiful $12,
00,000 Public Auditorium and the
Cleveland Stadium. Both of these
structures arc within the Exposition
grounds. These gifts for the dura
tion of the Exposition, embraced
some $25,000,000 of public buildings
and constituted a splendid start for
the erection of the fair proper.
More than 4,000,000 people are ex
pected to visit the Exposition be
tween June 27th and October 4th.
The entrance to it Is on the south
side of the Cleaveland Mall, less
than two blocks from Public Square.
The Exposition embraces, among
other things, an especially con
structed Transportation Building
showing the progress made In trans
portation throughout the ages; a
splendid Hall of Progress In which
the diversified manufacturers of the
Oreat Lakes region, as well as ex
hibitors from all over this country,
will be shown; The Parade of
Years, which Is Mr. E. A. Hunger
ford's new version of the Wings of
a Century which he staged in Chi
cago at the Century of Progress.
Beautiful Exhibits
The Exposition Will contain one of
the most beautiful Horticultural Ex
hibits ever made In America. It Is
more than one-flfth of a mile long,
sloping from the rear of the Sta
dium to Luke Eric, and will remain
as a permanent part of the city’s
downtown beauty sector, when the
Exposition Is over. The Exposition
will have the usual midway and a
gaiety section, which Is unique In
Exposition life. Jt will be called
Streets of the World, and will con
tain villages of more than thirty
peoples. Each of these having Its
own style of architecture and occu
pied by Its own nationals in their
native costume.
The Federal Government has
taken a section of space in the Ex
position, based on a rental of n
quarter of a million dollars, and
also donated $178,000 as part of the
cost of erecting the Horticultural
exhibit.
Among some of the larger exhib
itors are the Ford Motor Company;
Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany; Chase Brass Sc Copper Com
pany; U. S. Steel Corporation; Na
tional Cash Register Company;
General Motors Corporation; Amer
ican Rolling Mills Company.
Lincoln O. Dickey, first General
Manager of the Cleveland Auditor
ium and later general manager of
the Atlantic City Auditorium. Is the
general manager of the Exposition,
whose general chairman Is Dudley
S. Blossom. Newton D. Baker, for
mer Secretary of War, Is one of the
trustees.
‘DUCKPORTS’ ARE
SOUGHTBY STATE
Hartford, May 35—The State
Board of Fisheries and Game today
urged Connecticut individuals and
organizations to enroll in national
waterfowl refuge movement as a
means of Increasing the number of
"duckports" in the state.
The movement is sponsored by
More Game Birds in America, a
foundation which furnishes free
booklets on how to start the refuges
and makes annual awards in a con*
test for the best refuge projects.
Superintendent of Fisheries and
Game Arthur L. Clark today de
clared that interested owners of
ponds and marshes, or others who
can secure the use of suitable
refuge sites, should contact Dean
Amadou supervisor stf waterfoul
refuges for the board.
"Supervisor Amadon will be glad
to co-operate In supplying advice,
Roosevelts Feting Disabled Vets
Nearly 1,000 disabled veterans of three wars took command of thd
White House grounds during the annual party given by President and
Mrs. Rosoevelt for the ex-service men. Private Harvey E. Moose of
Pittsburgh is shown shaking hands with the president as his wheel
chair was rolled past the receiving line.
development suggestions and other
services to those who wish to start
these Interesting projects," Super
intendent Clark said.
Troop 12, Boy Scouts of America,
of Essex, received a cup award In
the national contest last year. Philip
C. Barney of Farmington; the state
board; James L. Goodwin, of Hart
ford; Miss D. H. Weaver, of Pom
fret Center, and Walter D. Brockett,
of Nlantlc, received engraved certi
ficated of merit awards. Other
refuge sponsors were Mrs. Isabelle
Wright, North Windham; A. O.
Creamer, Ooshen, and William J.
Weber, Sharon.
Booklets on how to start the
refuges can be obtained by address
ing the Foundation at 600 Fifth
avenue, New York, N. Y., Superin
tendent Clark said.
DATE OF COUNTT
FAR ISCHAN9ED
Briggs on Committees In
Charge of Community '
Center Affair
The date of the yearly County
Pair at the Children's Community
Center in Hamden has been
changed from the tenth of June
the ninth, according to an an
nouncement of William Briggs,
chairman for Waterbury after a
meeting yesterday at the Center.
The change is due to a conflict of
local activities.
Mr. Briggs reports that the fol
lowing booths will be included in
the festlvitels: Fancy Work Booth,
under the direction of a Branford
Committee, Mrs. Robert J. Plumb,
chairman; White Elephont Booth,
under the direction of a Guilford
Committee, Mrs. Woolsey Conover,
chairman; Preserves and Pickles
booth, with a Naugatuck commit
tee in charge, Mrs. Philip E. Rise,
chairman; a Book Stall under the
direction of a Milford committee,
Mrs. Donald Clark, and Mrs. Merritt
Clark, chairmen; a Candy Booth
under the direction of a Seymour
Committee, Mrs. Frederick G. Space,
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Clarence
V. Adams and Mrs. Bernard Mat
thles; a Lemonade stand under the
direction of a Waterbury committee,
William Briggs, chairman; and a
booth for Bags and Pocket Books.
The County Fair committee in
charge of arrangements has as its
chairman, Miss Cecelia G. Slayton
with Miss C. Trowbridge and Miss
Marjorie Montgomery, as sub-chair
men. Miss Emily Sophie Brown
of Naugtauck will give handwriting
analysis; Mrs. Robert Lewis will be
in charge of Convalescent Cottage
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With very few exception* the
many summer camps, operated by
T. M. and Y. W. C. A.’s, scout or
ganisations and welfare groups and
by private agencies at Connecticut
countryside and shore, now rate
high as to sanitation, due to the
efforts of state and local health au
thorities and to the cooperation of
the camp managements, the state
department of health advised those
planning camp vacations for them
selves or their children In its week
ly bulletin today.
Every camp In the state Is an
nually Inspected by agents of the
department, and It given a rating u
being "Oood,” "Pair” or "Poor." Any
camps falling in the last classifica
tion are relnspected and improve
ments are demanded. This system
has resulted in the elimination of
many unsatisfactory sanitary condi
tions which existed a number of
years ago. Information concerning
the sanitary rating of any Connecti
cut camp may be obtained on re
quest to the Connecticut state de
partment of health, Hartford, the
bulletin stated. The sanitary code
requires that all organized camps
register annually with local health
officers.
Handicrafts; Ralph Hlleman will
have charge of the Children's Carni
val, Mrs. Arthur Day and Miss M.
Louise Hemingway will have charge
of the luncheon and supper; Mrs.
John P. Trumbull will have charge
of tea; Mrs. Stanley Daggett, deco
rations; Mrs. Harold Burr, tickets;
Mrs. James Waring McCoy, publicity
Mrs. Prank Schlesinger, finances and
Miss Jane Slayton, Tnuslc.
At til camps, requirement la made
that water supplies must be from
satisfactorily . located wells and
sprints. Surface water supplies may
not be used for drinking at camps
but are sometimes used for auxil
iary supplies for washing and flush
ing, In which case they are chlorin
ated as added protection. Piping
connections between approved sup
plies and other auxiliary supplies
are prohibited.
Wastes disposal must be sanitary.
Toilets must be of a sanitary type,
and garbage and rubbish must be
collected and satisfactorily disposed
of.
To secure a good sanitary rat
ing, a camp’s milk supply must be
pasteurised or at least secured from
tuberculin tested cattle. Many un
satisfactory sources of milk supply
have been eliminated, the bulletin
said. Cleanliness of kitchens and
appurtenances used for preparation
of food Is Insisted upon.
Other Items checked In the
course of the Inspections are the
question of sanitation of bathing
areas, over-crowding of sleeping
quarters, general cleanliness of cur
roundlngs, and the type of medical
and nursing service. Physicians are
not allowed to practice medicine at
camps without a medical license and
trained nurses must be registered as
required by law. Thus, as far as
possible, al) hazards to health are
eliminated, so that a healthful as
well as a recreational vacation may
be enjoyed by all attending the
camps.
Chile Is Importing twice as many
| motor vehicles as a year ago.
GRANTED LEAVE
MISS EDNA WEBER
In order that the may spend
more time itudjrlnf the national
training course, Miss Edna Weber,
director of the Waterbary Girl
Scouts, was granted a leave of ab
sence for the summer at t spe
cial meeting of the council yester
day afternoon, Mrs. Warren Rob
bins will be substitute camp di
rector for the summer.
The council voted no change In
dates In connection having the
fiscal year from June until June,
but Mrs. Joseph Hetsel, Mrs.
Charles Larkin, and Mrs. J. War
ren Upson will study the matter.
CO-EDS MAY FORM BAND
Lawrence, Kas. (UP).—a co-ed
band may be formed on the Univer
sity of Kansas campus before long.
Thus far nine musicians have sig
nified their Intention of signing up
for the co-ed orchestra, the Idea for
which originated with Helene Kel
ley, of Canon, Ohio.
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Socony Ever Made
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Socony dealers have been amazed at the
public's response to that invitation!
We knew our regular customers would
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that Mobilgas is even outselling our pre
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Tounderstand why thousands more each
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