The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
| NAUCATUCK
Congressman Goss
To Address Rotary
Club Committees for Year AmOmced-Man Takes Jail
Sentence on Drunken Driving Charge

Congressman Edward w. Goss OF
Waterbury will address the members
of the Naugatuck Rotary club at
their weekly luncheon to be held to-
morrow noon in Halls Tavern. The
congressman from the fifth district
will tell of his experiences in Wash
tngton.
Committees Named.
President George Wigglesworth of
the Rotary club, who took office at
the last meeting Of the club yester-
for the year. They are as follows:
Charles T. Mccarthy, Edward j.
Sodosky, H. E. Chittenden and Rev
Arthur F. Lewis make up the Aims
and Objects committee and the other
groups are as follows: Club service,
C. r. Mccarthy and chairmen of all
other committees; classification,
William E. Chittenden, chairman;
DIR A. E. Anderson, Edward J. Ahern
and H. R. Perry; fellowship, Clar-
ence Freedman, chairman; H. IL.
Bristol, I. Dreyer and Theodore Rus
sell: music, Harold Brown, chair
man, and L. Bunnell; vocational
service, E. ]. Sodlosky, chairman;
and w. J. Megin; program, c. p.
Rodenbach, chairman; Glen F.
Noble, Joseph E. Talbot and Elmer
Schmitz; attendance, George Acker-
bloom, chairman; Ralph Gilnack and
Dan Cass; community service and
boys work, Harold Chittenden,
chairman, G.. F. Noble, B. V. Olson,
c. T. Mccarthy and Joseph Raytk-
witch, Jr.; international service, Rev
Arthur F. Lewis, chairman; Joseph
Carlson, G. K. Kazanjian and Ed
ward Melbourne; publicity commit
tee, John J. DAILY, chairman; H. r.
Perry and c. P. Rodenbach.
Prefers Jail Sentence.
Perry Fields, 43, residing at the
corner of Prospect street and the
East Waterbury road charged with
operating an auto while under the
influence of liquor was given his
choice in the borough court this
morning by Judge Clarmont I. Toll
les of paying a fine of 500 and costs
or going to Jail for ten days and
paying the costs. After thinking the
matter over Perry decided that he
would take the Jail sentence.
He pleaded guilty to the charge
this morning, admitting that he had
a. few drinuks. He was arrested by
Officer George Froelich last night at
IL o'clock.
SOulIIlltS ouACluCs
Thought to have been respondent
because of i'll health two local people
took their lives yesterday. Stanley
Kish of rs Washington street hang
ing himself in the cellar of his
horne yesterday afternoon and Mrs
Jessie Michigan of 410 North Main
street, who died in the Waterbury
hospital yesterday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock from the effects Of drinking
lysol earlier in the day.
Kish was found hanging from a
rafter in the cellar of his home by
his wife, Theresa. Life was not yet
extinct it was thought and after be-
ing cut down Kish was rushed to
the office of DR. Thomas E. Horse
field, but he was dead on arrival.
Kish had made moose out a
muff1er. He attached this to the
cellar beam with a piece of rope.
It was stated that Kish had been
in poor health for a long time, hav-
ing suffered a shock some years ago.
When it was discovered that Kish
was dead the local police were noti-
fled. They informed Medical Ex-
aminer DR. Frank J. Tuttle. He ex-
pressed the opinion that Kish COM
mitted suicide. Death being caused
by asphyXiation.
BESIDES MS wire ne IS survived ny
one son, Louis of Naugatuck.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning from his late home at $3.50
o'clock and from st Mary's church
at 9 o'clock, where a requiem high
mass will be celebrated. Burial
will be in st James cemetery.
Dies In Hospital.
Mrs Jessie Michigan, 81, widow of
John Michigan died in the Water
bury hospital from the effects of
drinking lysol at her home yester-
day morning. She was found in an
unconscious condition yesterday
morning at about 1880 o'clock by
members of her family in one of the
rooms Of her home. At first it was
believed that she had suffered a
brock. DR. Thomas e. Horsefield
was hurriedly summoned and he
ordered her immediate removal to
the hospital. Later a bottle that
had contained lysol was found part
ly empty near where the body lay.
At the hospital every effort was made
to have her life, but she failed to
rallq Mrs Michigan was said TO