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WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1»4S
PAGE NINE
LOCAL SCHOOLS
HELD OBSOLETE
New Leavenworth High
School Building Recom
mended By State Group
Replacement of several school
buildings In Waterbury has been
recommended by the State Depart
ment of Education, according to a
report made yesterday on a state
wide survey of school property,
judging by some of the recommen
dations the survey was made many
months ago. It suggested a replace
ment of the Mulcahy School within
the next ten years. The building has
been “up for sale’’ for sometime.
A new building for Leavenworth
High School, with the approximate
cost set a tone million dollars, Is
needed immediately, the report
states. Replacement In the near fu
ture Is necessary for Duggan, Hen
drlcken, .Maloney, and Merriman
schools and the old section of Wash
ington school, the state department
found.
The report also states that within
the next 10 years the following
buildings should be replaced: Bishop
and Bucks Hill schools, the old sec
tion of Bunker Hill school, and old
sections of East Mountain, Mulcahy,
Russell, Walsh, and Webster schools.
The program would involve an ex
penditure of about two million dol
lars. Replacement of the other five
schools would cost about $840,000.
The City Plan Commission is re
ported to be making a study of
school districts at the present time.
SPEED B-29 DELIVERIES
Seattle (UP)—To facilitate hand
ling increased output of B-2S Sup
erfortresses, the U. S. Army En
gineers have completed improve
ments at Boening Field in Seattle
costing more than $2,000,000
LOCAL WOMEN GET
THOUSANDS OF
EXTRA RED POINTS
Every day, precious red points
are being paid to housewives who
turn in used fats to their butch
ers. Because this country is faced
with a possible fat shortage,
these used kitchen fats are even
more urgently needed to make
medicines, synthetic rubber, gun
powder, soaps, paints and a
hundred other essentials on the
battlefield and home front.
Every woman can help towards
final Victory by saving every
drop of used fats each time she
cooks. Even a spoonful is worth
salvaging. Won’t you keep saving
until final Victory over both
Oennany and Japan?
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Housecoats
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Blouses
82-98 „ 84-98
Jewelry
81.0010 85-98
Plni 20% Federal Tax
Gowns
$2*9810 86-98
RAYON KNIT
Panties
With Elastic
69c „ $1.00
Scarfs
$l-«0.nd$l-»8
Handbags
$3*8910 $3*98
20% Federal Tax Included
Skirts
$2-»810 $5-98
Fabric and Leather
Gloves
81-00 „ $2-98
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COURTEOUS SERVICE — GOOD VALUE ALWAYS
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Planning Communion Breakfast Service
Chairman
President
General Committee
The annual Communion Break
fast of the St. Thomas’ Holy
Name Society will be held at the
parish hall Sunday morning,
April 29. The society will attend
the seven o’clock Mass and the
breakfast will be served In the
parish ■hall Immediately after
the Mass.
Rev. George Dyer, Chaplain of
the Society will give the invoca
tion.
The principal speaker will be
James O’Hara, L. L. D„ Supt. of
schools In Derby, Conn.
Billy O’Brien will entertain
with vocal selections and Prank
Romano will render several violin
solos.
President George Miller has
extended an invitation to all
members of the parish to attend
this breakfast. The committee
in charge consists of Edward J.
Fitzgerald, chairman, Michael
Grout, Edward Coughlin, Martin
Crean, John O'Rourke, Alfred
Colgan, Timothy Shea, George
Miller, Penfield McDonough,
Wilson O’Connor, William Weir,
Charles Koer and Edwin Traver.
FORMER PRISONER
VISITS FACTORIES
Urges War Workers to Re=
main on Job, Boost Pro
duction of Materials
Production rallies were he id yes
terday afternoon for employes of
the Waterbury Companies, Inc.,
and the Lux Clock Mfg. Co., with
Charles V. Claybourn, electrician’s
mate, third class, as the principal
speaker.
Mate Claybourn, a member of
the Navy incentive division, was
imprisoned by the Japanese for '/9
months following capture in the
spring of 1942 on Corregidor.
The young sailor told of the
"death march" in Manila and of
the treatment of American prison
ers in Jap prison camps. He also
described his experience in escap
ing with 84 other men when an
American submarine shelled the
prison ship in which they were be
ing transported.
Lieut. Frederick A. Birmingham,
acting incentive officer for the
area, participated in yesterday’s
tour of the two plants. Both Navy
men told workers of the importance
of boosting production and getting
orders out on time.
John Shelley of Hatfield Peve
rel, England, has just completed
66 years as chorister.
Monsignor Valdambrini
Catholic Transcript Pays Editorial Tribute to
Late Waterbury Prelate — Devotion to
Spiritual, Civic Welfare of City Em
phasized — Promotion in 1939
Well Merited.
The death of the Right Rever
end Joseph Valdambrlni on Wed
nesday evening of last week
brought to an end a long and col
orful career in the priesthood.
The late pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes church in Waterbury was
never a neutral figure, even
though he gave thirty-three years
of his priestly life to one parish
in the Hartford Diocese. Keen of
mind and decisive in action, he
was active in civic and religious
projects even until the time of
his death. His mercurial tempera
ment gave the impression of per
ennial youth and it comes as
something of a surprise to his
wide circle of friends and ac
quaintances that he fell short of
the scriptural three-score years
and ten by less than a year.
Monsignor Valdambrlni was a
churchman In the true sense of the
word. Bom In Rome, the center of
the church’s life, he was brought
up according to the traditions of
his family, whose aristocratic
members had served the Papacy
for generations. In the schools of
MRS. T. H. FEERO
ENTERTAINS GROUP
Ladies Auxiliary, Wolcott
Fire Department, Meet
in Prospect
WOLCOTT
Correspondent: Alma P. Cato
TeL 3-2803
Wolcott, April 2. — Mrs. T. Her
bert Feero of Cook Road in Pros
pect entertained the members ot
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Wol
cott Volunteer Fire Department at
her home Tuesday evening. The
monthly meeting was conducted by
the president, Mrs. Joseph Winkler.
Reports were given on dances read
from Daniel Jay of the Merchant
Marines, from Egypt, and Raymond
Theriault, seaman first class, in New
Guinea, thanking the auxiliary for
Christmas boxes received. Mrs.
Charles Tyrell was appointed a del
egate to hear a lecture by Miss
Mabel Baird of the State Tubercu
losis Association on the advisability
of establishing a branch in the
town, on May 23 at 7:30 p. m., in the
Wood tick school. A refreshment
committee was appointed for the
May meeting as follows: Mrs. Fred
erick Megin, Sr., Mrs. Charles Mott
and Mrs. John Sathory. After the
meeting cards were played and a
salad supper served by Mrs. Feero.
A rose color table lamp was pre
sented to Mr. and Mrs. Ferro by
the ladies of the auxiliary. The
Peeros have recently moved to
Prospect from Wolcott. Those
present were Mrs. Joseph Winkler,
Mrs. C. Arthur Yarrington, Mrs.
Kenneth Tooker, Mrs. Charles
Tyrell, Mrs. Frederick Megin, Sr.,
Mrs. William Klitka, Mrs. Edward
Theriault, Sr.. Mrs. John Sathory,
Mrs. Charles Mott, Mrs. Jack Ber
tolinl, Mrs. William Ayotte, Mrs.
Albert A. Affeldt and Mrs. Feero.
Awarded Purple Heart
The 25th Infantry (Tropic Light
ing) Division announces that Fic.
Sebastian Latino has been awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds re
ceived in combate against the
Japanese on Luzon in the Philip
pines. Pfc. Latina is a rifleman in
the Infantry.
Briefs
A rehearsal for the Third and
Fourth Degree Teams will be held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in
the Grange Hall.
Corporal Kenneth Warland of
Camp Benning, Ga.. is spending a
furlough with his family on Wood
tick Road.
Mrs. Rose E. Wakelee, tax collec
tor, will be at her home on the
Wolcott road to receive taxes on
Mondays and Saturdays from 2 to
7 p. m. and on Thursdays and Fri
days from 5 to 7 p. m. during the
months of April and July.
Rome his classmates included
many whose names are now no
table in the annals of the church.
He himself desired to serve reli
gion in the apostolic manner, so
he joined the missibnaries of the
Sacred Heart and, after eight
years of study and preparation,
was ordained in 1899.
Soon after his ordination he
and several other priests founded
a new society named after St. Jer
ome and intended, in the spirit of
its patron, for the propagation of
the Gospel. With this society he
engaged in missionary work of
various types for a decade, until
he was called to the United States
in 1910. In this country he found
his final priestly vocation of min
istering to the religious needs of
the large Italian community in
Waterbury. His missionary zeal
did not diminish in his new post |
but rather Increased as the years
went on. His effective work for
religion was recognized in 1939
when he was promoted to rank of
domestic prelate in the papal
household.
Monsignor Valdambrini was a
good friend and an able counselor
not only to his own parishioners
but to many others throughout
Waterbury and beyond. His fa
miliar and affectionately regarded
figure will be sadly missed in the
life of the city to whose spiritual
and civic welfare he devoted half
his lifetime.
INAUGURAL FLIGHT
EVENT ARRANGED
Governor, Mrs. Baldwin to
Attend Ceremonies at
Hartford Field May 1
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin
and Mrs. Baldwin will participate
in ceremonies which will be held
at Bralnard Airport in Hartford to
mark the Inaugural flight of United
Air Lines to Hartford on May 1.
Announcement of the ceremonies,
to which the public is invited, was
made today by Sterling Nelson, dis
trict trafiHc manager of United Air
Lines in Hartford.
The first United plane, which will
come into Hartford directly from
Cleveland, Chicago and the west, Is
scheduled to arrive at Brainard
Field at 2:16 p. m. on Tuesday,
May 1.
At the same time, the inaugural
plane is being refueled and serviced,
the plane-side ceremonies will be
held in observance of the occasion.
Governor Baldwin will welcome
United Air Lines to Connecticut
and Mrs. Baldwin will attach the
state flag to the fuselage of the
plane.
Immediately following the cere
monies, the plane will take off for
Boston. The first westbound flight
will leave Hartford for Cleveland,
Chicago and the Pacific Coast at
6:55 p. m.
At Boston. Nelson said, the plane
will be officially christened by Mrs.
George S. Patton, Jr., wife of the
American general.
BOWLES PLACES BLAME
ON LAX STATE CONTROL
Lax state controls are in part re
sponsible for the shortage of poultry
In Connecticut, according to a state
ment made yesterday by Chester
Bowles, national OPA administra
tor. The government official point
ed out that supplies from Connec
ticut were reaching out to other
states, while the consumer situa
tion here was steadily growing
worse.
Shortage of poultry and also meat
In Waterbury Is continuing, with
some dealers reporting the outlook
to be very discouraging.
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PHILIP NOBLE
CHURCH GUEST
Photographer Winds Up
Second Congregational
Forum Series Sunday
Philip Noble, world traveler and
expert photographer will present his
newest natural solor motion pictures
on ‘Southern California’ at the Sec
ond Church Forum on Sunday eve
ning, April 29 at 7:30 p. m. This will
be the last Forum session for this
season. The Forum will re-open the
first Sunday in October.
For the past ten season Mr. Noble
has been enthralling audiences with
his travel talks. His superb national
color movies are among the most
beautiful on the lecture platform
today and as speaker, he is informal,
informative and entertaining.
His pictures on “Southern Califor
nia” were taken in the Springtime
of 1944. Many beautiful and inter
esting sequences will be thrown on
the screen. Among them will be the
arrival at the Union Station. Los
Angeles. The Old Plaza; Olvera
street, Mexican Center. The magni
ficent Public Library. The famous
PHILIP NOBLE
Mission Inn at Riverside. The Hunt
ington estate, with its Library and
Art Gallery, its spacious lawns,, its
Japanese Gardens in the lull flush
of its springtime beauty, and the
Cactus Gardens, largest of their
type in the world. We visit Pasa
dena, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and
Westover, a typical California city
laid out in 1929. We see something
of California’s beautiful gardens,
visit the fine beach at Santa Mon
ica where bathers bask in the sun,
and wrestle with the waves. We ex
plore the Yosemite Valley and see
its animal life. We go to Santa Bar
bara, see the Mission and take part
In the Fiesta ‘‘Spanish Days’’ par
ticularly the historical parade.
North of Santa Barbara we visit the
flower fields, seed testing grounds
at Lompoo. We go to the San Ga
briel Mission, and the well known
San Juan Capistrano Mission. Our
travels end round San Diego.
rev.eTeinarkron
AT CONFERENCE
Pastors and laymen representing
the eighty-two churches of the
Augustana Synod in New England
are meeting in Gloria Dei Lutheran
church, Providence, R. I., today. The
usual five-day convocation has been
shortened to two, by confining it
entirely to the business that must
be transacted. Rev. and Mrs. E.
Einar Kron, Mrs. Robert Lagerquist,
and Mrs. Axel Forsell from Zion
Lutheran church in Waterbury are
in attendance, Mrs. Forsell and Mrs
Kron attending the sessions of the
Women's Missionary Society of the
New England Conference. Mrs. La
gerquist is the lay delegate of Zion
church.
IRISH=AMERICANS IN
SCHEDULED MEETING
Plans for a summer outing of the
Waterbury Irish-American Social
Club will be made at a meeting of
the organization at 8:15 o’clock to
night, at the club rooms, 109 Bank
street. William Fitzell will con
duct the meeting.
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modations, we suggest an
early reservation.
And if you want to be
positive of an enjoyable
visit, we recommend reser
vations at the Knick
erbocker.
Rooms are tops . . . clean
and bright, with private
bath and radio. ^
Location can’t be beat.. «■
halfway between Time* I
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And these rates art real
money-savers — single
frtm $2.50 St $3.50;
double $4, $5 and $6.
NONE HI CHER!
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W. H. Fitzsimmons,
Manager, for reservation!
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NEW YORK
TO CHRISTEN LINER
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MRS. GEORGE S. PATTON. JR.
Mrs. George S. Patton, Jr., wife
of the American general, will
christen the Mainliner that in
augurates United Air Lines' direct
coast-to-coast service from Bos
ton, May 1. The event will write
another chapter into Mrs. Pat
ton’s family lore, already enriched
by the daring feats of her hus
band. In another generation, her
mother christened the first engine
to travel over the Duluth and St.
Paul Railroad, the last piece of
road uniting the east and west
coasts via the northern route. Like
her mother. Mrs. Patton will use
waters from the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans and the Great
Lakes in the ceremony.
I'
ONIONS PRESS
VACATION PLANS
Management Declines to
Send Representatives to
Joint Discussion Meet
A Joint meeting of all industrial
representatives of the city together
with CIO union representatives and
shop stewards has been cancelled
because of managemo'.ts' refusal to
atatenri, it has been disclosed.
The CIO Locals have attempted
to negotiate for the adoption of a
uniform vacation plan for workers
in 25 plants in this area.
The uniform proposal calls for
one week's vacation (or workeu
with a total service of at least St
working days and two weeks to
those with fire or more years serv
ice. The vacation pay would be
equal to 2 per cent of the grosv
eaj>.lngs for the year, according
to the plan, with extra benefits foi
additional seniority rating.
The company's counter-proposal
which was turned down by the un
ion, repeated the 1944 vacation
schedule. Last year employes with
one year of service received vaca
tion pay for one week equal to 2
per cent of their gross easing1
for the year. Those with five years
or more of service received the 2
per cent for the first week’s vaca
tion and 1.6 per cent for the second
Negotiations will now be carried
on by the individual locals with
management of their respective
plants.
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