The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

OpGuJ d. 1SW ICCSAtly WILL Dan Parker and Bill Slocum. En- joy it, of course did. Who would not with such charming and interesting company! It seems only yesterday. when they were in Wa terbury, before they attained fame and fortune (heres' hoping they have plenty of that). It is seldom that two newspapermen, or mem- bers of any other profession, leave their own small town and give 1t so much attention when they sub- sequently arrive at the spot, where persons in all walks of life feel flattered to call them by their first names. Slocum and Parker are unique characters. Both haze plenty of personality as well as ability. Moreover, their charac- ter is evidently just as good as their reputation, for the older they grow the more they are respected. l. They seem to get a great kick coming to Waterbury. Waterbury evidently likes them immensely because the many people who see them really regret when train time arrives. Bill has a grown up family while Dams is just be- ginning to bud as it were. Slocum married Miss Sally Egan, a great girl. Parker has just as nice a wife, even though she's not a Wa terburian. On top of it all, their colleagues in the newspaper field cannot speak too highly of them.
 An interesting coincidence
 with the death of the late
 simon Mccarthy, one of the
 oldest members of the local
 police department. Dr Ed
 ward J. Godfrey, the local
 health officer, attended his
 funeral just nineteen years to
 the day from the first time he
 met him. The we'll known
 and popular physician stepepd
 off a train at the Waterbury
 station one afternoon and the
 first person he spoke to was
 Simon. How do I get to St
 Mary's hospital?" asked the
 doctor of the genial patrol-,
 man, vho at that time was dO-
 ing duty at the station. Simon
 directed him. The doctor had
 just been appointed interne at
 St Mary's. He and Simon be-
 came fast friends as the years
 rolled by and naturally he
 like hundreds of others, was
 sorry to see him go.
 "As Thousands Cheer" closes in New York this week for one month. When it re-opens Marilyn Miller will not be in the cast |. Dorothy Stone is taking her place this week and will be opposite Clifton Webb, when the play re- sumes it's run in August. By the way, the Astor hotel has an open air grill right on Broadway and it seems to be very popular place. Theater tickets have taken a drop in the big city, but everything else, especially food in hotels and res- tuarants, goes right along with the mercury on torrid days.
 Remember Laura Pritchard,
 when she lived in Waterbury
 and could always be found in
 the company of the late Alice
 Brett. She now resides in
 New Britain and is the wife of
 Judge Mangin. Last month
 SIC lcaSL OUe UuSy
 week. Five of her six chil-
 dren were graduating from
 some school or other. But she
 survived the ordeal splendidly
 judging from her appearance
 this week on her cottage yer-
 anda at Bay View.
 Judge Dickenson, who presided In Waterbury at the closing term of superior court, was one of the honored guests at the recent cele. bration of the founding of the. |. town of Wethersfield. His fore- bears were among the early ten, who established the village. Judge Dickenson is nightly regarded by the Waterbury bar, the members of which sincerely hope he will re- turn to Waterbury for short time at least next year, even though he is not on the assignment list.
 When Mayor Hayes ap-
 peared in summer tux" at a
 recent dinner, he started quite
 discussion among a group
 who like to see well grOOmed
 men. Of course they all ad-
 mitted that His Honor has | good clothes and knows how
 to wear them. In the talkfest,
 the name of Dr John E. Ear
 rell also came up. It was
 the the consensus of the tex
 perts" that he too is very
 fastidiOus dresser. Also the
 name of Tommy Kelly, the
 mayors secyetary, who looks
 just as "slick" as though he
 just jumped out of bandb0x.
 Admiral Kellogg came in for
 Few bouquets, as did Attor-
 ney N. R. Bronson, even
 though the latter is small of
 stature. Of course there was
 a little comment about men,
 who buy good clothes but al-
 ways look just the same.
 Good tail0rs like to sell good
 clothes, but they are really
 joyful, when they have good
 subjects, who like the best
 and have the money to
 pay. The names of Buell.
 Heminway, Jackie Frcney and
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