The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-09

William Moran was elected perma- nent chairman, John H Candee of 1 Easton, having been temporary chair 1 man and the lone who issued the con vention cali. Edward Shelton of Monroe was named secretary of the convention. The probate committee Chairman Moran, comprises former Town Chairman John A. Cornell, for mer Police Commissioner Frank D. Anderson and Mrs. Hattie Candee of EaSton. An interesting fact is that Cornell and Anderson are political foes.
 Graduate of Yale. Born in Waterbury in 1891, Joseph James Devine moved to New Haven with his parents while still in his boy hood. He received his elementary | education in that town, later entered Yale University and completed his | academic course with the class of 1914, matricu1ating in the Yale Law school where he secured his ILL B. degree two years later.
 Following his graudation and ad- mission to the bar in the fall of 1918 he came to Bridgeport and laid the foundation of a promising law career. He had been practising in the courts here less than a year when war was declared. Without the slightest hes itancy he laid aside his law books and legal cases, closed his offices and en- rolled in the Second Omcers' Training school at Plattsburg where he com
 pleted his military tactics in record time.
 Commissioned as provisional sec
 ond lieutenant in the regular army, Lieut.. Devine anberked for overseas service and landed in France January the military school at Samur. On May ?, 1918, he received his assign ment to Battery c. 17th Field Artil- lery of the Second Division. Shortly after Lieut.. Devine took co nmand of the battery orders came
 to move Up to the front and he moved his men into the shel1-torn and de- vastated Verdun sector. The bat tery was no sooner up to the front than he received his baptism of fire. Under continuous bombardment and terrific fire he remained in this sec tor until orders came to move his battery to Bel1eau Wood. Follow ing a short stay in the BelIeau Wood sector, Battery c was moved into the
 Chateau Thierry sector. Shortly af- ter moving his battery into this sector the offensive against the Germans was begun. Devine Injured. Night and day with hardly a me- n1ent for rest, Lieut.. Devine kept his battery in action. Shell and shot rained on the Hindenburg line. Some times his battery would advance.
 offensive his battery would be repuls- ed On June 25, as Battery c was advancing and the German troops were in rout and as he was encour-
 
 of his battery, a discharge of enemy
 shrapnel caught him in the arm and shoulder He dropped, frightfully
 wounded.
 Carried back of the firing line by an
 ambulance corps, F'Joe" Devine was
 confined for long period of time in American and French hospitals. For
 his heroisn on June 25 he was deco rated with the Croix de Guesse by
 Marshal Petain, commander in chief
 of the French Army of the East. In
 September 1919, after 25 months meritorious service, Lieut.. Devine was honorably discharged.
 Since his return to civilian life At
 torney Devine has been active and
 prominent in fraternal circles. He is
 member of the V. F. W. and the
 American Legion, having held high of
 fees in both organizations. Follow
 ing the inception of. the administra-
 ton of Mayor Fred Atwater into of-
 fee Attorney Devine was named as-
 sistant city attorney.
 Attorney Devine is a popular mem
 Der of the Elks, the Sequoyah Society
 and the Knights of Columbus. He is
 married and resides on Sanford ave
 nue. He conducts a private law prac- tice.