The Waterbury Democrat. [volume], December 20, 1944, Page FIVE, Image 5

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Miss Oviatt
I iWedsF.R. Gibbs
' Hie wedding of Miss Elizabeth L.
Oviatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene E. Oviatt, Hamden, and
Frederic R. Gibbs, MoMml/c, U. S.
K R., son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
M. Gibbs, Farmington avenue, took
place yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Oviatt home. Rev. C.
Floyd Fuller, pastor of the Whitney
vllle Congregational church, offi
ciated. Mr. Oviatt presented his
daughter in marriage.
A blue wool crepe afternoon dress,
a matching dress hat trimmed with
a veil and harmonizing accessories
was worn by the bride. Miss Muriel
Oehler, Bristol a cousin of the bride,
was maid of honor, wore a dusty
rose wool dress and matching hat
and accessories. Mr. Gibbs served his
son as best man.
A reception for 20 guests was held
at the Oakdale Tavern, Walling
ford, where Mrs. Oviatt received in
a grey wool dress with violet and
grey accessories. Mrs. Gibbs chose
grey with black accessories.
The bride was graduated from
Larson Junior College, New Haven.
Mr. Gibbs, a graduate of Kingsley
school, Essex Falls, N. J., is now
stationed at Clinton, Okla., after
recently returning from service in
the South Pacific.
The Christmas party of the Wa
terbury branch. American Associa
tion of University Women will be
held tonight at 8 o’clock at the
Business and Professional Women’s
club.
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MISS MARJORIE M. GLYNN
Mrs. William P. Glynn, Ives street, announces the engagement and
coming marriage of her daughter, Miss Marjorie M. Glynn, to Sgt.
Vernon C. Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Walter, Peekskill, N. Y.
The wedding will take place at 9 a. m. Dec. 30 at the Church of the
Sacred Heart. Sgt. Walter, U. S. Army Air Forces, is stationed at
Clovis, New Mexico.
Daniel Geary
Marks Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Geary,
Idylwood avenue, entertained re
cently In honor of their son, Dan
iel, who celebrated his fourth birth
day.
Guests included: Jackie Geary of
Naugatuck, Michael Cronin, Don
ald Mclsaac. Thomas Carey. Brian
Kelly, Joseph Mulligan, Richard
Pfurr and Martin Mclsaac.
Residents of Warner Garden, Fed
eral Housing project, will hold a
Christmas party for the children
of the project tomorrow from 4
to 6 p. m. at the Community Center.
Caroling, games and a grab bag will
be featured. Girl and Boy Scout
leaders will assist in the activities.
Store Employes
Hold Party
Mrs. Harry Birenbaum and Mrs.
Max Birenbaum were hostesses at
the annual Christmas party for em
ployes of the Lorraine shop Mon
day night in the Copper room of
The Elton.
Among those attending were:
Mrs. Lawrence Bender, Mrs. Vin
cent Gerardi, Mrs. Margaret Beau
doin, Mrs. Armand Babicola, Mrs.
Anthony Juisto, Mrs. Edward De
Bisschop, Mrs. Marcel Ulatowski,
Mrs. Harry Wilenchik, Mrs. Joseph
Fleisher, Mis. Joseph Maruszew
ski, Mrs. Vincent Wilkowski, Mrs.
William Dorsey and Mrs. Elijah
Mack.
Also: Misses Ruth Kuncfsky,
Margaret Convard, Edna Swirsky,
Shirley Manfredi, Ruth Baron. He
len McQuinn, Irene Waitr, Victo
ria Copes and Marilyn Roche.
Rainbow Girls
Plan Dance
The Order of Rainbow for Girls
will hold its fourth annual Jack
Frost Dance at eight o'clock on
Saturday, December 23, at the Wa
terbury Women's Club, Those i n
charge of the affair are: Miss Isobel
McGuffie chairman and Misses
Rcsette Davidson. Jean Carmichael,
Betty Slater and Marilyn Ross.
Sodality Names
New Officers
Miss S. Dolores Paolini was re
elected president for a third term
at a recent meeting of the Children
of Mary Sodality of Our Lady of
Lourdes church. Other officers
named are: Miss Adella Vanni,
vice-president; Miss Jennie Daloia,
treasurer; and Miss Dolores Spagu
nuola, recording secretary. Miss
Paolini will appoint the board of
directors and librarians at the in
stallation exercises at tile parish j
hall, January 10. Rev. Edward J.
Farrell, sodality chaplain, will in
stall the officers and a supper will
be served following the ceremonies.
The sodality will continue to con
tribute toward the Soldiers Fund so
that packages may be sent to men in
the armed forces and seven-day
candles may be lit for their inten
tions, it was announced.
The annual Christmas party and
supper of the sodality will be held
tonight at the parish hall.
Social Notes
Miss Anne Lawlor, daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Lawlor,
Hewlett street, will arrive this week
from Edgewood Park school, Briar
cliff Manor, N. Y. to spend the hol
idays with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Pierpont, j
Mount Vernon avenue, announce
the birth of their third child and
second daughter on Dec. 16 at Wa
terbury hospital.
Miss Ann Moore, a student at
the College of New Rochelle, New
Rochelle, N. Y., will be with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P.
Moore, Concord street, for the
Christmas holidays
Miss Sheila Shea, a cadet nurse
at St. Raphael’s hospital, New Hav
en. has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Shea,
Colonial avenue, Middlebury.
Among those from Waterbury
who attended the wedding of
Miss Bernite Martin and Sgt.
Bernard Young, both of New
Milford, which took place
Saturday in New Milford, were:
Mrs. George Maguire, Idylwood ave
nue, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cronin
and son Michael. Laurel street, Mrs.
John MoNiff and Miss Eleanor Mc
Niff, William street, and Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Lengvel, Wilson street.
Miss Mary Gilmartin. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gilmar
tin. Chestnut avenue, a student
at St. Joseph College, West Hart
ford, will spend the holidays at
her home.
Community Club
Fetes Servicemen
T-Sgt. George E. Doolittle, trum
peter with the former 208th Coast
Artillery band, and Cpl. James Bird,
U. S. Marine Corps, on furlough
after serving over 33 months in the
South Pacific, were honored re
cently at a welcoming home party
given by the Platts Mills Community
Slub at the Community Hall. About
15 persons attended.
President Luther Tooker wel
comed the guests and community
singing and dancing followed.
The annual Christmas party of
he club will be held at the club
touse on Saturday evening, Decem
>er 23.
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THE SITUATION: You have been
nvited by a service man you have
iated a long time to visit him at
lis camp, which is some distance
from your home.
WRONG WAY: Go, expecting to
find a place to stay after you ar
rive.
RIGHT WAY: Make sure that
/ou have a plac to stay before you
jo. (Otherwise you may And your
self in the position of being in a
strange town or city without a place
to stay—as hotel and rooming house
facilities in towns and cities with
nearby army posts are usually jam
packed.)
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of experiments, says the meat is
palatable, keeps well, and retains
most of its vitamins.
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Bridal Yesterday
Miss Veronica Whalen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Whalen,
Huntingdon avenue. Watcrville, and
Raymond Wheeler Shove, Jr.,
MM 2 c. U. S. Coast Guard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Shoe.
Oak Hill avenue, were united' in
marriage yesterday at 10 a. m. at
Sf. Michael s church. Watervihe. .
Rev. James McCormick. pastor,
performed the ceremony. The
church was decorated with palms
and Miss Winifred Delaney was
organist.
Presented in marriage by her
father, the bride was attired in
a white taffeta gown designed with
a lace bodice, sweetheart neckline,
long sleeves and a full skirt which
terminated in a train. Her finger
tip veil was arranged from a crown
of orange blossoms and lilies of the
valley and she carried a prayer book
marked with orchids.
Miss Mary Goggins, who served
as maid of honor, was gowned in
blue mousseline dc soie with a
Dutch cap of matching color. She
carried a bouquet of yellow pom
poms. Ralph Shove, a cousin of the
bridegroon. acted as best man and
Kenneth Betts and Francis Whalen.
Jr., brother of the bride, were ush
ers.
A dinner at the Copper Kettle for
members of the immediate families
was followed by a reception at the
home of the bride's parents for
about 50. Mrs. Whalen chose a
hunter green ensemble, brown ac
cessories and Mrs. Shove was dress
ed in black with black accessories.
Bqth wore corsages of American
Beauty roses.
When the couple left on an un
announced wedding trip, the bride
was wearing a aqua dress, black
accessories and a corsage of orchids.
Mrs. Shove will reside with her
parents when her husband returns
to his station at New Orlean, La.
Both are Wilby High school gradu
ates.
Mrs. Brophy
Feted Sunday
Mrs. Helen M. Brophy, this city,
state department president of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary,
was feted at a Christmas party Sun
day afternoon at Bethel high school
by representatives of the Fairfield
County Council. The party marked
Mrs. Brophy’s official visit to the
council.
Tonight Mrs. Brophy will visit
Rachel Mead auxiliary in Danbury
and tomorrow night she will ini
tiate a class of 15 candidates at a
meeting of Alexander Gregorek
Auxiliary, Thomaston.
The official state department I
delegation will visit the Veterans’
hospital at Newington on Friday to
present V. F. W. Christmas pres
ents to 320 servicemen now at the
hospital, Mrs- Brophy announced ;
last night.
Local Students
Home For Holidays
Fourteen students from Water
bury and vicinity attending the
College of Saint Elizabeth. Convent |
Station, N. J., arrived today to
spend the Christmas holidays at
their homes.
They are: Theresa Gallagher.
Albion street, Rose McEvo.v, Wood
ward avenue. Mary Alice Walsh.
Bonair avenue. Eiizabeth Scully,
Farmington avenue, Mary Tobin,
Hamilton avenue, Rosemary Neagle,
Wildemere avenue. Ann Nolan. Ran
dolph avenue, Madeline Dzinsky,
Elliott street, Evelyn Kenny, East
Vlain street, Eleanor Russo, Steph
ana Lane. Elizabeth O’Neill. West
Bury Park, Watertown, Frances
Braziel. City Hill. Union City, and
Geraldine Shea, Middleburv.
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