The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-23

rowned with wells of crepe, nine mo death watch over the conscription b Hahn, Detroit; Mrs. Anna Curren, Mrs. c. c. Snider, Ohio; Mrs. Mar. raun, Ohio; and Mrs. A. L. Collins, age was slight. Fire Marshal Michael F. Shea expressed the opinion the blaze was started in the shingles by sparks. The building is owned by the Eastern Malleable Iron company and is occupied by Richard Ahigian. Parking Problem
 Scores of employees of the foot wear division of the U. s. Rubber company found difficulty in finding places to park their cars this morn ing while en route to work as the result of three downtown streets being closed to parking. The ban on parking was imposed for throughout today on Cedar street, Water street from Cedar to Anderson's hardware store and along Meadow street from Park Place to Hillside avenue. Prohibiting parking along these stretches, which are crowded daily with parked cars of rubber company workers, was found necessary to enable the street department crews to oil the thoroughfares. Street Supt. Harold Murtha requested that parking be banned along these streets to permit his men to do the oiling work today. Because of lack of parking places in downtown Nau- gatuck, all of the scores who usu- ally park their cars on these streets were put to much inconvenience trying to find other places to park and many of them were late in re- porting for work.
 Police Chief John Gormley is in favor of those employees of the fac- tories who live within easy walking distance of their places of occupa- tion, leaving their cars at home and walking to and from work daily. He stated yesterday that there are numerous workers who have to walk almost as far from where they park their cars, to get to the plants they work in, as they would have to travel if they walked directly from their homes to the factories. Although the rubber company maintains large parking lots both on South Water street, Maple street and Church street, these spaces are far too small to hold all employees cars. Naugatuck Notes
 A regular meeting of Beacon Valley Grange will be conducted to- night at 8 o'clock at their Straits vile auditorium.
 William V. Began of New York City, formerly of Naugatuck, was a recent visitor in the borough.
 President Calvin K. Kazanjian of Peter Paul, Inc, accompanied by Mrs. Kazanjian and John T. Tati- gian of Walnut Terrace, have re- turned from a visit to the Peter Paul, Inc, branch at Oakland, Calf, travelling east by airplane.
 Misses Mary Donahue of Wood lawn avenue and Margaret McGuire of Scott street have returned from a vacation stay at Atlantic City, N. J.
 Mrs. R. Howard Hackett and chil- dren, Peggy and Carol of North Main street are visiting with rela- tives in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Robert T. Adams of Millville is visiting her son-m-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Harold Ed mon of Chicago, Ill.
 MT. and Mrs. Donald E. Fowler and children of Park avenue have returned from a trip to Canada.
 MT. and Mrs. Harold Abele, who have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Frederick Abele of Hillside avenue, have returned to thei rhome in AL bany. N. Y.
 Misses Ellen and Catherine Duffy of Fairview avenue are vacationing at Manhattan Beach.
 Feted at Shower
 Misses Mary Hennessey and Mill dred Goggin of this borough were hostesses recently at a shower party conducted at the home of Mrs. Will liam Baukat of Beacon Falls in honor of Miss Margaret Fitzgerald of this borough, whose engagement to Richard Garfield of Waterbury was recently announced. Attending were: Misses Ida Schwartz, Lillian Gallagher, Dorothea Conley, Alice Mary Fitzgerald, Ann Marie Long and Hannah Murphy of Naugatuck; Mary O'Con- nor of Waterbury, Mrs. Baukat. Betty and Nancy Baukat of Beacon Falls.
 Personal Shower
 Miss Mary Fitzgerald entertained | recently at c personal shower held at her home on German street for | Miss Margaret Fitzgerald whose | marriage to Richard Canheld of Watervilie will take place soon. Games and . musical program were | ,njoyed and during the evening rec treatments were served.
 Among the guests were Mrs. Ale | lEed '. Fills. Mrs. Daniel Fitzgerald. Mrs. Maurice Fitzgerald, Mrs Burns. and Mrs. William Vest; Misses Josephine Triano. f.o- 'ataa oiahea. Miihrah onssin. Mary !