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Severe Brush Fire Threatens Peter Paul Candy Company
Firemen Battle Peril
With Indian Pumps,
Four Lines Of Hose
Failure to Reach Plasma Quota Attributed to Old Man
Winter; Late Cancellations, Non-Appearances;
1 ' Also Responsible
NAUGATUCK
CiUMIirnt—‘ Urt Shepley—rbraa N*n*ml«ek W4I
Naugatuck, March *0 — After a
four-hour battle local firemen ex
tinguished a brush Are which threat
ened the Peter Paul, Inc., candy
Arm, yesterday afternoon.
Three trucks were used and four
lines of hose were laid around the
plant. Indian pumps were also used.
Garages of the plant, as well as the
factory buildings were endangered,
Fire- Chief John J. Sheridan said.
He characterized it as the worst
brush Are here in many months.
Male workers at the Peter Paul
plant helped the local firemen ex
tinguish the blaze. Traffic on New
Haven road was re-routed at that
point for more than an hour by
state police as there was danger
of the blaze Jumping the road.
It started at Cross road, Cotton
Hollow at 12:25, near the property
of Franz Wuieve. Later firemen re
ceived four calls as the blaze spread.
The Burnett home in that area
was endangered and the fire spread
close to the Polish National Cath
olic church cemetery. It was put
out at 4:30 p. m.
The blaze Jumped the road at one
time but was quickly extinguished
at that point.
Firemen were summoned at 5:15
to the John J. Carroll and Sons
property/ Clark road,, and subse
quent calls at 5:25 and 5:40 result
ed 'in three trucks being sent to
the scene where a home was threat
ened. The blaze was put out at 6
p. m.
Another brush fire was extin
guished about 9:45 at the property
of rMs. A. Conaroli, South Main
street. The blaze menaced High
street houses.
Fall To Reach Quota,
' Naugatuck Chapter, Red Cross,
failed to reach its quota of 275
pints of blood at the visit of the
mobile plaAma unit from Hart
ford Thursday. A large number of
late cancellations and non-appear
ances, coupled with heavy rejec
tions, was responsible.
ill'- OAO f/nlnnlAOrcH m tft.
tel of 230 pints only were collected,
45 abort of the quota.
Eighty-five cancellations and
non-appearances occurred, and in
addition 32 were rejected. Ordin
arily, the number rejected by the
doctors runs from eight to 10 but
the large number yesterday was at
tributed'to the effects of the se
ver* winter.
Miss Edith Steever, executive
secretary of the local chapter,
stressed that it is important that
thos* who cannot appear to donate
blood notify the chapter as faj in
advance as possible so that ar
rangements can be made to seciire
others to take their places.
Six persons Joined the Gallon
Club yesterday, each having con
tributed a total of a gallon of blood
for plasma. They were Norva)
Turner, . James Heavens, Prank
Jones, Irving C. - Johnson, Mrs.
Clara Dibble and Thomas Poulos.
All have donated eight times.
Seven of the nine original mem
bers of the Gallon Club also gave
blood yesterday. They are: Rob
ert Carter, Mrs. Edith Lalor, Jo
seph C. Raytkwlch, Jr., and Ralph
Tripp, all of whom have now giver
nine times; Michael J. Honan, 11
times; George Ellis, 12, and Mal
colm Wilson, 13..
The unit coming from Hartforc
was larger than in the past anc
there were 12 Instead of 10 because
the time for donations has beer
shortened. Donations were giver
at the Y. M. C. A. casualty center
Plfty-one gave blood for the firs
time, 47 for the second, 27 for th<
third, 32 for the fourth, 28 for thi
fifth, 21 for tne sixth, and 11 to;
the seventh time.
Mrs. Hildlng Olson had charge o
nurses’ aids who Included: Mrs
Robert Anderson, Miss Helen Zdieg
Mrs. Gertrude Oemcke and thre
aides from Hartford.
First Aid workers were: Mrs. M
David Ward, Mrs. J. C. Rtissell, Mr:
George Lewis, Mrs. Everett, Welch
Mm. Amy Pierce, Miss Celia Ain
Mrs. William Neary and Mrs. Vlvie:
Kernan.
Serving under Mrs. C. S. Austir
canteen chairman, were: Mrs. Joh
Jones, Mrs. Leon Smith, Mrs. Eai
Barnum and Mrs. James Kissane, a.
of whom had charge of sandwiches
Also, Mrs. Edgar Wayatt, Mn
Oeorg* Carroll, Mrs. James Lutz*
Mr*. R Scott Conover, Mrs. Oeca
Blomquist, Mrs. Perley Brown, Mr:
James Lgons, Mrs. C. P. Rodenbacl
Mrs. Clarence Isbell, Mrs. Maxwe.
Blum, Mbui Theresa Aquavia an
Miss Eleanor Welles, who served a
the Y. M. C. A.
In charge of hot lunches for th
Hartford staff were Mrs. Joh
Hayes, Jr., Miss Glsbert Mertelmeye
and Mrs. Harold Chittenden.
Mrs. Leroy Wood had charge c
itaff assistants and assisting he
sere: Mrs. Dale Wilson, Mrs. Sam
uel Lyons, Mrs. Harris Whlttemor*
Jr., Mrs. Milton Forde, Mrs. Harol
Brown, Mrs. Carl Anderson, Mr:
Andrew Watson, Mrs. Norman Woo
Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Marsha
Long, Mrs. Arthur Anderson an
Mrs. Howard Peet.
Mrs. Kenneth E. Johnson, chair
man of volunteer special service
bad charge of organizing the loci
staff. She and Mrs. Lalor ha
charge of preparing the Y. M. C. A
and were assisted by the followin
Boy Scouts: Clifford Teeple, Jr
William Reed, Beecher Woodsld*
Charles Ashford, Frank Bona, Jen
Cronin and William Davidson.
John O’Donnell was In charge c
the motor corps, using Mrs. Howar
B. Tuttle’s station wagon.
Mrs. Charles Nelson Feted
Mrs. Charles Nelson, 104 Grov
street, was honored at a birthda
party Wednesday afternoon at th
home of Mrs. C. O. Swanson, 21
Path avenue.
Jb» guest of honor received man
'Ll vfc*'1
gifts. Refreshments were served and
a social hour enjoyed.
Those present were: Mrs. Yngve
Dahlln, Mrs. Minnie Olson, Mrs.
Ooda Lundin, Mrs. Donatus Ander
son. Mrs. Marie Anderson, Mrs. Os
car Richardson, Mrs. Theodore
Johnson, Mrs. A. W. Heacock, Mrs.
Swanson and the honored guest.
Briefs
Miss Jane Marie Thurston, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thurs
ton, 11 Pairlawn street, is attending
the three day retreat for the alum
nae of the College of New Rochelle,
New Rochelle, N. Y., which began
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ambrose
of Brooklyn,. N. Y. are spending a
few days at the home of Anthony
Shepley of Maple Hill road.
Divorce Action Filed
A divorce action was filed Wed
nesday in Superior court at Water
bury by Madeline (Celello). San tore
of Naugatuck, charging intolerable
cruelty, and seeking a divorce, cus
tody and support of four children
from Anthony San tore, also of
Naugatuck. They were married Nov
17, 1924, in Southington.
Benefit Concert
The Rev. Eugene V. Lundberg,
, pastor of Bethesda church, Neu
York city, will be the tenor soloist
at a benefit concert sponsored by
the Women’s auxiliary at Hillside
Congregational church to be held
Sunday evening, April 8.
“Supreme Sacrifice" Topic
“ Supreme Sacrifice” will be the
sermon subject of the Rev. A. H
Bertram, pastor of St. Paul’s Luth
eran church at the Good Friday
worship hour this evening at 7:30
o’clock. The text will be taken from
Matthew 2028.
The announcements for Commun
ion this evening will be received
from'6:30 to 7:30 o’clock.
iw cuuime voters
Selectmen and tl.e town clerk will
meet from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. In the
court room April 14, 18, 30 and 21,
Town Clerk Raymond J. St. John
said today. They will examine voters
at these sessions.
The selectmen are Mrs. Elizabeth
Bei<Jerman, Mrs. Catherine Nardello
and Casmir Galeski.
Under a law passed two years
ago, applicants can apply and be
examined at the same setting.
A special meeting will be held May
5 to make voters of some members
of the armed forces and of those
who become of voting age after April
21.
Closed Today
The Naugatuck National bank and
the Naugatuck Savings bank and
the town clerk's office in the town
hall were closed today In observance
of Good Friday. The Naugatuck post
office was open until noon with only
one mall delivery In the morning.
All schools were closed Thursday
for a three-day Easter vacation and
will reopen Monday of next week.
Vital Statistics Report
There were 307 births in the past
fiscal year, 145 deaths and 179 mar
riages involving local residents, town
clerk Raymond J. St. John said to
day.
There were 176 burials here ip the
same period, he said.
He reported 19 deaths in Febru
ary, 23 births and 10 marriages. Tpe
marriage and birth totals are low
for that month, he said, and the
death total is high.
Briefs
Naugatuck, March 30.—Miss Caro
; lyn. Bentzen and her guest, Miss
; Joan Bulmer of Glencove, L. I., N.
Y., students at Vermont Junior ool
. lege, are spending a vacation at Miss
• Bentaen’s home, 50 Park avenue.
■ Peter Brennan, superintendent .o!
1 the Union City post office, who is il
with pneumonia at St. Mary’s hos
pital, is reported In a “good'’ con
■ dition today by hospital officials.
• Mrs. T. R. Davis, 32 Terace ave
• nue, has returned here after a vaca
tion in Lake Worth, Fla.
i Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Randolph
1 of Mulberry road, announce th<
1 birth of a son recently at the Wa
i. terbury hospital. Mrs. Randolph i:
i. the former Anna Held, daughter o:
!, Mr. and Mrs. George Held of Mul
r berry road.
Serves As Minority Leader
Senator William Painter of Naug
1 atuck, youngest member of th<
1 State Senate, served as acting min
t ority leader In that body Thursday
because of the absence of Senatoi
e Ray Brook, minority leader. Senatoi
} Brook Is out of the state on bus
r iness for several days.
Senator Painter, 28, Is the young
f est member of the senate.
Three Man Board
r A bill calling for a three-mai
board of assessors instead of th<
present two and which would havi
1 permitted the proposed board o
’• finance to name the assessors, ha
, been withdrawn frotn the Genera
, Assembly without explanation, 1
1 was learned today. The name o
the sponsor of the blU has been kep
Representative Daniel Walsl
1 some time ago denied that he In
1 troduced the bUl and Represents
■» tlve Joseph Rosko said he didn’t re
i member who had introduced it.
•» It drew the Are of Democrat!
Assesor Luke Comiskey, who sai
f there was no need for another as
„ aessor.
• At present, the board of warde
i and burgesses names the assessors
Brush Fire Extinguished
e A box alarm, 31C, on May stree
r near the Vanasse ice house, wi
e polled at ID p. m. as a brush fli
I broke out near the Pond Hi
school house.
f Boys discovered this blaze az
MEDICAL BOARD
QUALIFIES 29
No Waterbury Names on
List of Candidates Re
ceiving Licenses
Tile Connecticut Medical Exam
ining Board has announced that
during Its regular March examina
tions Just concluded twenty-nine
candidates were recommended lor
licensure to practice medicine in
Connecticut. They are as follows:
Harold C. Anderson, New Haven
Hospital, New Haven; Ralph W.
Ballin, Uncas-on-Thames, Norwich;
John H. Bliss, Lakeville; Jesse Reed
Cockrill, 329 East Main street,
Bridgeport; James A. F. Delevett,
New York City; Wallace C. Doug
lass, New Rochelle, New York;
Frank O. Elliott, 20 Pliny street,
Hartford; Arnold R. Frlesen, Mer
iden Hospital, Meriden; Dwight
Griswold, Old Lyme; Riley H.
Guthrie, Norwich State Hospital,
Norwich; Simon Kove, Bronx, New
York.
Bertrand E. Lowenst^ln, 333 Ce
dar street, New Haven; Anna Lub
lin, 39 Kent street, Hartford Mi
chael C. Luciano, 349 Beechmont
avenue, Bridgeport, John F. Mar
chand, 333 Cedar street, New Haven;
Sawyer E. Medbury, Putnam, Cor
nelius Mezey, Lawrence & Memorial
Hospital, New London; Gall F. Mox
on, Mansfield State Training School
and Hospital, Mansfield Depot;
Nelson K. Ordway, 310 Cedar street,
New Haven; Marshall C. Pease,
Branchville road, Ridgefield, Albert
I. Robbins, Roxbury, Mass., Fred
Rosner, 816 Fairfield avenue,
Bridgeport.
Joseph W. Saidel, Hartford Muni
cipal Hospital, Hartford; Arthur W.
Seligmann, Larchmont, New York;
Charles T. Snyder, 14 Ocean Drive.
North, Stamford; Susan B. Spen
cer, Boston Post road, Madison;
Herbert T. Wagner, 24 Orange
street, Meriden; Mario H. Yannello,
New Britain General Hospital. New
Britain; U. Joyce Yerwood, 45
Richmond Drive, Old Grenewich.
PROSPECT
Mrs. Edmond Morin, Corre
spondent—Telephone 5-0837
GUILD MEETS AT
MERRIMAN HOME
Card Games Enjoyed,
Luncheon Served By
Hostess
Prospect, March 30.—Mrs. Arthur
Merriman, of the Summit road, en
tertained the ladles of St. Anthony’s
Catholic Guild, at her home Mon
day afternoon. Card games were
enjoyed and a lunch was served. ,
Those present were: Mrs. Arthur
Montambault, Mrs. Merritt Walters,
Mrs. William Sennett and Mrs.
Emile Toscano. Prize winners were:
Mrs- William Sennett and Mrs. Os
car Montambault.
Harry Beers of the Union City
road is confined to his home with
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Walters of
Planlc Road announce the birth of
their second son at St. Mary’s Hos
pital on Sunday, March 26.
Mrs. 'Arthur Merriman of Sum
mit Road will spend the weekend
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Taylor of Fairfield.
William Shine of Bridgeport has
been a recent visitor at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Shine
of Straltsville Road.
BEST TO LEAVE IT THERE
Fremont, O. — (UP)— Sgt. Laverp
Monk, home from the Army on
furlough, reported to police he had
lost his wallet containing $923 in
cash. Later, the wallet was found
in a bank with all the money in
tact. He had left it there.
finding themselves unable to extin
guish it pulled the alarm.
7th War Loan Drive Begins
The Seventh War Loan Drive
opened at the Naugatuck Footwear
plant of the United States Rubber
company this afternoon with a
meeting of all solicitors, supervis
ors, foremen, stewards and the La
: bor-Management Committee mem
bers in the plant Game Room.
Speakers at the meeting were H
L. Carter, factory manager; George
Froehlich, president, Local No. 45
U. R. W. A.; and Major Harmon
Burns of the staff of Bradley Field
in Windsor Locks.
The plant quota for this drive ii
$383,000, and the campaign will be
directed at increasing War Bond
sales in the Payroll Savings Plan
as well as sales in the plant.
The Seventh War Loan Is belnj
directed at the local plant by the
War Bond Committee of the Labor
Management committee, consistlnj
of John J. Wrinn, chairman, Steve
i Knapik, Genevieve Pajeski, Frank
' Wood and David McKenzie.
1 Claims Court Denied
> The borough board has delayee
l action on a request of the Nauga
: tuck Merchants' Bureau for a smal
f claims court here, it was learned to
t day.
A committee in a mesage to thi
i board said: "We believe a smal
■ claims court would be of utmo6
■ importance to the community a
■ well as to the loeal merchants.”
The board held up action becaus
s members wished to ascertain th
I possible expense of such a cour
- here. It was said a borough char
ter change would be necessary, whlcl
i would require a bill to this effect t
be passed by the General Assem
bly.
The Merchants’Committee consist
of Walter Norwash, Harold Brow:
s and Alfred J. Dukes,
e It has been suggested that th
II deputy judge of the borough corn
be the Judge of the small claim
i court
THOMASTON |
M-M Kenneth Rein
Wounded In Action
Serviceman to Evacuate to America Hospital; Wounds
Received Aboard Air Craft Carrier Not “Serious”
Thomas ton, March 30.—Mr. and
Mr*. Peter Rein have received word
from their eon, Kenneth Rein M M
2-c, U. 8. Navy, stating he wa:
wounded In action on March 11
while serving aboard an aircraft car
rier somewhere In the South Pa
cific area.
He stated that his wound was not
of a serious nature and he ex
pected to be evacuateld to a hos
pital In this country where he wll
undergo an operation. Mate Rein
who enlisted shortly after Pear
Harbor, did not divulge the nature
of his injury., He attended loca
schools and was employed In the
tool room of the Seth Thomas
Clocks, prior to Navy service. He
left for overseas duty Jan. 3, 1942
Guest Speaker
Miss Margaret Moulton of the
State Bureau of Mental Hygeine
of Hartford," will be the speaker al
the meeting of the Parent Teach
ers association Monday evening al
8 o’clock at the high school. Mis
Kenneth Hamilton Is In charge ol
the program. Miss Francis Mazulai
tls Is chairman of the hospltalitj
group and she will be assisted bj
Miss Hazel Ames, Miss Jeannettf
Barnhardt Mrs. George Bcrnat
chez, Mrs. George Dolan, Mrs
James Duff, Miss Ruth HUdlng, Mrs
Edward Landers, Mrs. Harold Mar
tin, Mrs. Gilbert Nase, Mrs. Made
line Small, Mrs. Robert Thulin anc
Miss Celestine Wight. ,
Weekly Bowling Matches
In the weekly Industrial bowl
ing matches held last evening al
the Recreation alleys, Seth Thomai
took two from Sholtis Dairy. Tally'
Grill knocked off the Recrationi
twice and Park Hotel put Ander
soil’s Tigers behind the eight bal
by taking two games from them
The final round of the league will
be started next week. Beth Thoma:
has the leadreship all sewed up anil
the rest of the league will fight foi
the runner-up position. Following
the final round the annual banquet
and awarding of prizes will b<
staged.
Known Here
Nicholas A. Doyle of Litchfield
who died suddenly Wednesday -eve
ning at Charlotte Hungerford hos
pital, Torrington, was well known
here. Hi* wife, Louise (Schlauder)
Doyle, the daughter of Joseph
Schlauder, was a former resident ol
this'town. Mr. Doyle was a frequenl
visitor here and was well known lr
political circles, being town chair
man of the Democratic party ir
Litchfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Anderson
of George street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Arley
Louise, to William Niles, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Niles, Gilbert street.
Miss Anderson attended . local
schools and is employed at Fullers
Variety Store. Mr. Niles graduated
from the local high school, class <jf
1933, and is employed at Seth
Thomas Clocks. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral of Mrs. Johanna
Roberts, who died Wednesday at
West Side ho6pital. New York City,
after a short illness, will be held
Saturday morning at 9:30 a. m. from
WOLCOTT
Correspondent: Alma F. Oe4a
Tel. I-2M3
FIRE WARDEN ASKS
FOR EXTRA CARE
Lack of Manpower Urges
Request That Fires Be
Personally Tended
Wolcott, March 30 — Henry L.
Norton, district fire warden, has
made the request that people use
extra precaution Ifi starting fires in
the open. Fire permits must be ob
tained by anyone starting a fire in
the open between March 1 and De
cember 1. Deputy wardens issue
these permits and each has a pump
that may be borrowed by persons
starting fires, and returned when
the fire is out. Little help is avail
able to fight forest fires and the
fire departments are seriously hand
icapped Just now. Deputy wardens
and their districts are as follows:
James Bergan, East; A. Herbert
Chase, , North; William Perkins,
Center; Homer Prime, Hitchcock
Lake; Edward Garth wait, Wood
tick; and Henry Norton, Spindle
Hill.
Home Service Course
Mrs. J., Robert Fulgham, chair
man of the local Bed Cross branch,
asks as many local people as pos
sible to take the Home Service
course offered by the Waterburj
Chapter. Those wishing to take the
course should contact Mrs. Clyde
Jennings this week at the El tor
l Hotel.
Clubs Meet
l Saturday night, the New Haver
County Sportsman’s League held t
meeting at the clubhouse of the
! Wolcott Land Owner's Protective
l Association on the Woodtlck road
; About seventy-five were present, i
i discussion was held during the
meeting on proposed state laws ane
! what action to take on them. Sup'
i per was served.
t -
The Wolcott Homemaking Clul
» will meet at Beecher Memorial hal
> April 10 at 10:30 a. m. A pot-lucl
■ luncheon will be served at noon
Miss Tlngley from the University o
s Conectincut will be present to assls
l members in constructing a dresi
Each one is to bring all sewlni
s necessities with pre-shrunk ma
t terlal, as well as a pattern wit!
s name written on each part of pat
tern.
I the Lyons funeral home, to St
Thomas church at 10, where serv
ices will be held. Burial will take
place In Stt Thomas cemetery.
Volunteers Announced
Volunteers for the coming week
for the hot lunch program conduct
ed at the Grove street school ln
olude the following:
April 2—Mrs. Joseph Oris, Mrs.
Alfred Wehrle.
April 3—Mrs. Everett White, Mrs.
Raymond Johnston.
April 4—Mrs. Harold Atwood,
Leon Babb. /
April 5—Mrs. Irving Nygren, Mrs.
William Smith.
April 8—Mrs. Thomas Caregnato,
Mrs. Lawrence Gilland.
Mrs. Everett White is captain of
the week, tel. 753.
Briefs
Mrs. Norman Hackensen and
daughter, Lynn, who have been vis
iting at the home of Charles Nor
man, Center street, have leturred
to New Haven.
Seaman Third Class Charles Pot
ter, who has completed his basic
training at Sampson, N. Y., is ill
with pneumonia at the home of his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. David Potter,
Elm street.
War Stamp Sales at the Grove
street school foi the week of March
29 amounted to #121.40, according to
Mrs. Anna Poit, principal. Total
sales for the month amounted to
$717.45 for a percentage of 88.6. To
tal sales since the opening of school
In September amounted to $3,777.60.
August Wehrle, Grove street, is a
patient at Waterbury hospital.
Miss Lucille Gotsell of Bryant
College, Providence, R. I., Is spend
ing the Easter recess at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Gotsell of Railroad street.
Mias Dorothy O’Brien of Connec
ticut University is s pending the
Easter recess at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
O'Briep, East Main street.
Eugene Martin, a student at Con
necticut University is spending the
Easter recess at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martin,
Gilbert street.
MIDDLEBURY
Correspondent: Nancy litter
Telephone 4-641S
CLOTHING DRIVE
TO OPEN APRIL 1
Urgent Need for Bedding,
Shoes; Mrs. Charles
‘Loomis, Chairman
Middlebury, March ‘ 30 - Mrs.
Charles Loomis, chairman of the
United Nations' Clothing drive, an
nounces that the drive will open
on April 1 and continue for 2
weeks. Block leaders of each dis
trict will have information con
cerning the drive and Mrs. Loomis
may be reached by calling 5-0506.
Both schools and the Town Hall
will be receiving depots. The slogan
is "What Can You Spare That
They Can Wear.’’ Clothing, Bed
ding and Shoes are urgently need
ed.
Mr. and. Mrs. Michael O’Brien,
Herschel avenue, will take up resi
dence in Middlebury in the near
future.
Miss Mary Brosnan, student at
Columbia University, is spending
the Easter vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bros
nan, Tucker Hill. ,
The local ration office in the
' Town Hall was closed all day today
‘ in observance of Good Friday, but
' will be open this evening, from 7
9 p. m.
: Miss Sarah Ellen Hayes, student
. at the Sacred Heart Convent,
’ Staten Island, will arrive on Sat
. urday to spend the Easter holiday
' with her mother, Mrs. Marion
' Hayes.
1 Mass on Saturday morning at St.
; John of the Cross church will be
' celebrated at 8 a. m. Confessions
> will be heard Saturday evening be
■ ginning at 7:30 and Masses in
' Easter Sunday will be celebrated at
1 8:30, 10:30 and 11:15 a. m.
Miss Jeanne Skiff, a student at
the Rhode Island school of De
• sign, Providence, with her class
> mate. Miss Bertha Sevan, is spend
’ ing Easter with her parents, Mr.
> and Mrs. Melville Skiff.
: SERVICES SUNDAY
, FOR TOWN CLERK
l _
l Bethlehem, March 30 — Mrs
I Mary E. Flynn, 74, town clerk foi
^ the past 12 years died at Water
e bury Hospital yesterday aftemoor
■j after a short illness. Widow of th<
. late James W. Flynn, she had beer
a resident of Bethlehem for th<
past 45 years. She was bom lr
b Brookfield, daughter of Benjamir
U and Elizabeth (Morey) Carpenter
k Survivors Include a niece, Mrs
i. Gladys Boyer, and a nephew, Roj
if Dalns, both of San Jose, Calll.
it Mm. Flynn was postmlsti ess foi
i. 18 years, and had assisted he:
g husband in his service as towi
* clerk, until his death in 1933. whet
h she succeeded him.
The funeral will be held Sunda]
it 1 p. n. in Christ Kptscona
SUPREME COURT
ASSIGNS DATE (
Appeal of Town of South*
bury From Jury’s Verdict
Slated Tuesday
The appeal of the Town of flouth
bury from a *4,000 Jury verdict re
turned for Mrs. Margaret O. Wltelc
of Oxford will be heard by the
State Supreme Court of Errors In j
Hartford Tuesday morning at 10:30 (
according to the assignment list ■
released today. I
Mrs. Wltek, daughter of Deputy .
Sheriff Chris Olsen, won the award -
In the New Haven superior court in ;
a suit based on injuries sustained i
January 31, 1M2 when her car ;
skidded on an icy highway’ In ]
Southbury, The first trial of the ,
case ended in a jury deadlock In :
November, 1043. The award was
made by another jury in April, 1944. ;
TTie appeal, which Is based on a i
denial to set aside the verdict, has ,
ben awaited by numerous towns of ;
the state because the question of ;
towns’ responsibility to sand high
ways Is Involved. The Town of
Southbury claims it would need
*25,000 each winter to sand all of
Its highways, while the annual ap
propriation for maintenance of ;
highways during the entire year Is
*7,500.
Also, listed' for a hearing at the :
morning session at 10:30 Tuesday is :
the defendant’s appeal In the action
of Michael C. Varanelli against
Mary E. Sullivan Luddy. The case :
was heard In the local superior
court.
SPECIAL SERVICES
MARK GOOD FRIDAY!
Christian Churches Ob
serve Most Solemn Time
of Year
The Mass of the Presanctified
was celebrated in Homan Catholic
churches this morning In observ
ance of Good Friday, the most sol
emn day of Holy Week. Tenebrae ;
services were scheduled for to
night, with the public to chant
part of the Divine office. ■
During the services the Passion
of Christ was recalled and official
prayers of the church were offered.
The veneration of the Cross was
observed and the Blessed Sacra
ment was brought to the altar from
the repository.
A three-hour service has been
scheduled for today by several
Protestant churches. A union
service was set to start at noon and
continue until 3 p. m. at St. John's
Episcopal church, and a three-hour
service also was scheduled to start
at noon at the Trinity Episcopal
church. Special services were con
ducted in the morning at many of
the Protestant churches, and oth
ers have been scheduled for to
night.
Choirs of the Second Congrega
tional church and the First Bap
tist church will present the canta
ta, "The Seven Last Words" to
night at 8 o’clock at the First Bap
tist church.
Other services at Protestant
churches have been scheduled as
follows: Trinity Episcopal, evening
service at 8 p. m.; St. John’s Epis
copal, “The Crucifixion at 8 p. m.;
First Methodist, Communion; 7:46
p. m., sermon, "The Cross and the
Crucifixion”; Christ Chapel, 7:30
p. m., St. Paul’s Episcopal, prayer
and meditation, 8 p. m.; First
Lutheran, English Communion, 8
p. m.
St. John's Lutheran, 8 p. m.,
sermon, "The Death of the Son of
God”; Zion Evangelical Lutheran,
7:45 p. m„ The Purpose of Salva
tion”; St. Paul’s Methodist, Com
munion, 7:30 p. m.; and Italian
Congregational, presentation of
cantata, "The Crucifixion," 8 p. m.
OAKVILLE
SCHOOLS CLOSED
DURING HOUDAY
To Reopen April 9; Holy
Saturday to Be Observed
at Church
Oakville, March 30 — The Public
schools of Oakville and Watertown
closed Thursday at 1 o’clock for the
Easter recess. Schools will re-open
April 9th.
Holy Saturday will be observed
at Saint Mary Magdalen church by
Devotions at 7:00 a. m. The New
Fire, Baptismal water; Easter water
and Paschal candle will be blessed
at that time. The Mass will fol
low at 8 o’clock.
Parishioners may receive Easter
water either immediately after the
Mass, or during the following week.
Lent will be brought to a close
Saturday at noon.
All flowers contributed for the
altar will be appreciated.
CELEBRATES WITH CUBS
Oakland, Cal.,—(UP) — Another
holiday special was achieved by an
African lioness, ‘‘Buttercup.’’ who
gave birth to quadruplet cubs Just
before midnight on St. Valentine’s,
at the Oakland Zoo. Two years
ago Buttercup became a mother
for the first time when two cubs
were bom on Easter. Last year,
three cubs arrived on Easter.
church. Bethlehem, Rev. Charles
i Jarvis Harriman officiating. Burial
i will be in Evergreen cemetery, Wa
tertown. Friends may call at the
1 Munson Funeral Home, Woodbury.
I tomorrow night
WATERTOWN
Order Eastern Star
Installs Officers
fewly-Elected, Appointive Officers Officially Inducted,
at Masnic Hall; Mrs. Bessie Hewitt, Worthy Patron
Watertown, March 29 — The new
y-elec ted officers and appointive
ifflcers of Watertown Chapter, Or- i
Ler of Eastern Star were installed \
Wednesday evening In Masonic hall c
>y Past Grand Matron, Mrs. Ruth ]
1. Jones; worthy grand patron, Ed- ]
vin Jones; grand marshal, Miss t
lots Fenton; grand chaplain, Miss ]
Caroline Shaw; grand warder, Mrs. (
Helen Wookey; grand sentinel, Her
>ert' Shaw; grand organist, Mrs. <
lennie Budge and soloist, Miss ,
Jruscllla Littlehales. ,
Officers installed were: Worthy ]
natron, Mrs. Bessie Hewitt; worthy (
>atron, Douglas Cameron; associat
'd matron, Miss Louise Johnson; (
issociate patron, Harold Seymour; .
lecretary, Mrs. Elsie Thompson; j
reasurer, Miss Ann McCleary;
;onductress, Mrs. Mary Cameron;
issociate conductress, Mrs. Eliza
beth Olson, chaplain; Mrs. Lillian
Wildman; marshal. Mrs. Florence ;
Butterfield; organist, Mrs. Elizabeth 1
Whiteside; Adah, Miss Irene Watts;
Huth, Mrs. Dorothy Chapin; Esther, '
Mrs. Elizabeth Geoghegan; Martha,
Mrs. Octavia Gibbs; Electa, Mrs.
\bbie Beauty; Warder, Mrs. Olive
Jpton; sentinel, Mrs. Sophie Hlav
la. • • ;
Committees Appointed
The newly-elected worthy matron ;
las announced her committees for
he coming year as follows; Enter- ■
ainment, general chairman, Mrs.
Marlon McIntyre; refreshments
general • chairman, Mrs. Sophia
Hlavna; ways and means, general
hairman, Mrs. Florence Butter
leld; relief and sick visiting, chair
nan, Mrs. Helen Wookey; auditors
Harold Budge and Miss Evelyn Bes
incon; custodian, Miss Louise John
lon; official hostesses for official
dsit. Miss Evelyn Besancon and
Mrs. Elsie Smith.
In behalf of the chapter, Worthy
Matron, Bessie Hewitt, presented
Sifts to the installing officer, past
jrand matron Ruth A. Jones; Miss
jois Fenton, retiring worthy matron
vas president with the officers
lewel by past matron Caroline
3haw and a bouquet of flowers and
i gift from the retiring officers were
tlso given to Miss Fenton. The lat
:er presentation was made by Mrs.
Marion McIntyre.
Past-patron, Rollin Cashman pre
sented the officer# Jewel to the re
tiring worthy patron Harold Sey
mour.
Present at the installation were:
guests from New Haven, Waterbury,
Bristol, Seymour and Naugatuck.
Moists Announced
•Rev. Gerald Gaucher, director
trf the minstrel-show to be given by
the Catholic Youth Organisation In
the Watertown high school audi
torium Monday evening, April 2, has
announced the soloists for the per
formance. Local talent has been
used almost entirely in the solo
parts and many of the soloists are
well known from their previous ap
pearances.
Vocal solos will be given by Mrs.
Madeline Farrell, Alice Sullivan,
Gertrude Centrella, Claire Mllot,
Andre Giroux and Anthony Lam
pron. Lorraine Guesnel and Har
riet Pondrier will present a vocal
duet and Claudeette Hamel and
Donald Giroux will appear in a
musical sketch.
Instrumentalists on the program
will be Lillian Freeman, xylophonist
and Gerard Canty, trfunpeter. Tap
dancing numbers will be given by
Mrs. Madeline Farrell and Grace
Collins and by Paul Devoe of Wa
terbury.
Mrs. Christopher Ryan, church
organist, will serve as the piano ac
companist for the performance.
Children In Procession
Pupils of St. John’s school took
part in the procession of the Blessed
Sacrament which followed the high
Mass In St. John's church, Holy
Thursday morning at 8 o’clock.
Each of the boys In the procession
carried a white carnation, and the
girls, wearing white dresses and with
wreaths on their hair, carried white
baskets filled with vari-colored
flower petals.
Children trained by Sister Emil
lana to take part In the procession
were: Mary Jude Cleary, Anna Cook,
Margaret Cook, Josephine Cameron,
Ellen Egan. Elaine Harrison, Eleanor
O’Neil, Claudette Hamel, Kathleen
MoGaugh, Paula Johnson, Irene
Ricard, Carol Ransom, Carol Luko
savage, Joan Dillon, Joan Nester,
Delores Nester, Shirley Dunn and
Betsey Lampion.
Also: Alex Boucher, Leonard
Grenier, Bernard Marcoux, Anthony
Roberts, James Warren, Paul Mall
hot, Mortimer Keilty, Joseph Keilty
Joseph Pedani, Douglas Sonlllard,
James Tlgnor, Louis Paskevicz, Car
roll Gee, Laurence Griffin. Roy
Lampron, Donald Nadeau and
Thomas Campbell.
Easter Offering
By recent action of the Vestry of
Christ Church It was decided to des
ignate this year’s Easter Offering to
the general program of the church.
The objectives of the Episcopal
church for the year 1945, call for
$83,000 from the Diocese of Connec
ticut The objectives of the church
within Connecticut will require
$47,000, which makes the total bud
get to be raised in Connecticut
$130,000. Last year about $112,000
was received, and all parishes are
asked to Increase this year.
Last year the proportionate share
asked of Christ Church Parish was
$1,596 and $1,807.15 was given. This
year the quota assigned to Christ
Church la $1,621, and the parish
hopes to surpass this quote. The
first great step In this direction was
a well prepared and thorough can
vass. Other steps will be the speolal
efforts of the children In accumu
lating a large Lenten offering for
Missions In their Mite Boxes, which
will be presented at the Church
School Festival Service Easter Sun
day at 4 p. m., the gift of the
women for the work of the Woman’s
Auxiliary, In their white envelopes,
and last, but not least, the big
Easter Offering which will be taken
up at the 11 a. m. service, Easter
Sunday.
Street* Named
Watertown Council, Girl Scout
nnounce the following street* oi
rhlch paper will be collected Satur
ay afternoon: Cutler street, Cut
er Knoll. Gorve Hill road, Steel*
irook road, Nova Scotia Hill roa<
o Burnham’s residence, Beach ave
me, Merrlman Lane and Woolsor
treet.
Those persons having paper to t
ollected who do not reside on th
,bove named streets may phon*
lther Mrs. Herbert Dayton or Mrs.
Judley Atwood who will arrange for
he collection.
The paper station In the Legion
lubroom in the Community House
vlll be open Saturday afternoon
rom 2 to 4 o’clock to receive paper.
Bond and Stamp Report
The report of the sale of War
Jonds and Stamps at St. John’s
chool during the morfth of March
ms been annoiuiced as follows: War
Jtamps—169.70; Bonds—$75.; Total
-$144.70.
Service Saturday
In St. John’s Church Saturday
noming the blessing of the fire,
he Incense, the Paschal candle and
he water will begin at 7 o’clock and
vlll be followed by a high Mass
itarting at about 8 o’clock.
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