The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

The four letter carriers from Wa terbury who left town ct the end of August to attend the convention of the National Letter Carriefs' as- sociation in Los Angeles have been enjoying more than the proverbial postman'S holiday, according to Q letter received from them today.
 In an open letter to the people of Waterbury the four delegates, Bernard Shelley, Les Coughlin, John J. Garrity, and Harry Melvin
 tell of the very friendly reception
 they were given by two water
 burians who have won fame on the west coast - Rosalind Russell, and Johnny Moore, of moving picture and baseball fame, respectively.
 The letter in which the men ex- press their qualification ct the wel- come accorded them, IS aS fol- lows:
 To The People Of Waterbury
 During the past week, we had the honor and pleasure of meeting two local people who have reached the heights in their respective fields; Miss Rosalind Russell, the movie star, and Johnny Moore, the Los Angeles baseball hero. Here are two people who didn't let success af- feet their normal life. They are still everyday people and always will be.
 We had the pleasure of meeting Johnny Moore first. We attended the ball game at Wrigley field on Labor Day afternoon, and of course, we were all eyes trying to locate him. It so happened that his team was at bat when we came into the stadium and he was in the dug -out. When the inning was over he trot- ted out to right field and we yelled Hello Waterbury, and he stopped dead in his tracks and gave us a big wave. He stayed in his position until the side was retired, and then he logged back toward his dug-out; stopped at the bat rack for bat, and then proceeded to belt the sec- ond ball pitched for clean single. Gle had smacked a home run the previous time at bat but We missed that). After the game was over, he came over to us, shook hands and was more than delighted to see us. He was asking for all his friends at home and told us to wait for him until he put on a dry sweat shirt, because he wouldn't play the second game.
 Before the night cap started, he had the usher bring us down in the box seats and he talked with us all during that game. Most of the con- versation was about home and he enjoyed every minute Of 1t. He auto- graphed couple of baseballs for us and was sorry he wouldn't be in town while we were there because his club had to leave after the game to go to Seattle, Washington.
 Here is a grand fellow who made good and didn't lose his head over 1t. Next week they are having a Johnny Moore Day" out here-a most convincing fact of the esteem in which Johnny is held. If he was- mt good, he wouldn't be leading the league in batting (339) and also has iS homers to his credit to date.
 On Tuesday evening, we received a call from Miss Russell's secretary, giving us instructions about getting into the MGM studios. Our appoint. ment was for II A. M. but we were there before l0:30 a. m. Everything was taken care of, for us. A guide appeared from room and started us on our way. He was amazed to know that we were being allowed on the sound stage because he told us, very few visitors ever got that far. But he said the passes we had, gave us that permission. So he took us right on the stage where Miss Rug- sell was making a new picture, which when completed will be call- cd Achilles" or "Her Honor" Miss Russell was in her dressing room when we arrived so We had to wait a few minutes for her. When she did appear. she came over to where we were sitting and gave us . most hearty welcome Here was a big star, greeting Hometown visitors like anyone would greet a very dear friend. Nothing "high-hat" about her either. She sat down and had a smoke with us and chatte5 until It was time to go on the sound stage.
 Then we saw her actually work ing. The scene of this shot Is the