The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-04
NEW FIREHOUSE
 BEING PLANNED
Structure to Be Built on Present Site; 565 Pounds
 of Aluminium Collected
WOLCOTT Mrs. C. Nelson Cole, Todd ROad-Telephone 5O939

Wolcott, August 4The Wolcott Volunteer Fire Department held a special meeting at the fire house on Central avenue when it was decided to build the new firehouse on the present location.
 Committees were appointed as follows: Chairman, Frederick Me- gin, ST.; secretary, Herbert Hayes; William Klitka, Gordon Culver, Charles Gibson, Joseph Winkler, Edward Theriault, Jack Cathory, Edgar Brown, Joseph Tuohy, Thom- as Thereoux and J. Arthur Bergen, honorary member on the building committee.
 A board of finance on the new building was appointed as follows: Edward Theriault, John Carlson, Matthew Donnelly, Charles Gibson, Harold Logan, George Franek, Sr.; A. B. Weston, Houston Caroilan, J. German and James Cunningham. All members of the fire department are asked to meet at the firehouse Saturday at 6:30 p. m. to go to Thomaston to parade with the ThomaSton Fire Department for their carnival. The Wolcott Volun- teer Fire Department Band will also march in the parade.
 Defense Speakers
 The August meeting of the Hitchcock Lake Improvement As- sociation was held at Moynihan's restaurant Friday night with John Carlson, presiding.
 The entire meeting was given over to defense speakers. Edward Davis of the Scovill Co. talked on national defense. Other speakers were J. Arthur Bergen, first select man; Charles D. Gibson and Ed ward R. Theriault
 The Woodtick grcEp of Red Cross workers met in Woodtick Chapel Wednesday and completed six pair of boys shorts and worked on wo- mems dresses. Present were: Mrs. John Wakelee, chairman of the local Red Cross council; Mrs. George Browne, Mrs. Carlton c. Provost, Mrs. Herbert Stithan and Mrs. Hans Beerbaum.
 The Center group met Thursday from 1 to 4 p. m. and worked on boys shorts and blouses. Those present were Mrs. John Wakelee, Mrs. Alfred Bells, Mrs. Charles Rogers, Mrs. John Warner, Mrs: Harry Cole, MrG. Harry Bergen, Mrs. Albert Homewood, Mrs. Will liam Libolt, Miss Betty Bergen, Miss Esther Bronson, and Mrs. Ar thur Harrison. Next Thursday they will work on ladies dresses.
 The scrap aluminium collected in town amounting to 565 pounds was taken to New Haven, Wednesday by First Selectman J. Arthur Bergen.
 Meeting August 12
 The local defense council has made arrangements for speaker at the meeting of the Wolcott Land Owners Protective Association Au- gust 12 at 8 p. m.
 Robert c. Deming, a member of the state board of education for seven years vii speak on Civilian Defending Democracy" MT. Dem- ing, a graduate of Yale, has held complete charge of radio education many important posts, including and. flying cadets for the depart ment of education. At present he is with the state defense council and was an instructor at the air raid warden school conducted by the council in New Havn, recently.
 August IS at 8 p. m. Rev. E. Dent Lackey, chairman of the speakers bureau of the state de- fense council will speak at the Wol- colt Grange meeting. Rev. Lackey is a graduate of Oklahmoa City and Boston Universities was pastor of the Methodist Church in Thomp-