The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-22
VICTORY DANCE TO BE HELD SATURDAY
Buffet Supper to Be Served; Pvt. Monaghan
 Safe at Pacific Station

Litchfield, Sept. 22.-A Victory Dance at the Old Toll Gate Play house on the Torrington road Sat- urday from 8:45 p. m. to 12:30 a. m., will head events in Litchfield for this weeks. A buffet supper will be served at the event, which will be an invitation affair.
 Among other events of the week will be the following: Tuesday evening, Boy Scout meeting, at p. m; Thursday, 8 p. m., Litchfield Grange meeting, first and second degrees, Grange hall.
 Joseph Monaghan at Pacific Post
 A cablegram was received Fri day by MT. and Mrs. Martin J. Monaghan from their son, Private Joseph w. Monaghan, reporting him safe and in good health. He is stationed somewhere in the Pacific" ]"
 Lieut.. Martin J. Monaghan, Jr., who spent four days with his par ents, left Saturday for Baltimore to carry on his duties in connection with visits to college campuSeS for bombardier recruiting purposes.
 Farewell Party for Miss SeppIes
 Miss Mary K. P. Sepples, daugh- ter of Edward Sepples of West street held open house at her home on Saturday evening. Miss Sepples has been ordered to report Sept. 26 for training in the Women's Auxili- ary Corps at Des Moines, Iowa.
 Among her guests were MT. and Mrs. Max Brizee, MT. and Mrs. Foster Birk, MT. and Mrs. Anthony Casadei, MT. and Mrs. John w. Sepples, Miss Anne Weir. Miss Dor othy Dickinson, Thomas Monaghan, James Winan, Albert Lobo, John Evangelist, David Anderson, Mrs. Dominic Bianchi, Edward Sepples, MT. and Mrs. William Tyrrell, all of Litchfield, Miss Caroline Fisher of Torrington, and MT. and Mrs. Charles Sepples of Watertown.
 Students Aid in Harvesting
 Approximately 40 Litchfield high school boys and girls from the Ltichfield and Bantam districts are engaged in fruit-picking at Avalon Farms in West Bantam in the gen. eral effort of public schools to do their part in helping the harvest problem.
 This is recognized as good show ing as many of the local high school students are not of age to engage in that work. In addition, accord ing to a school authority arrange mentS could not be made for those living in sections of the town other than Bantam and Ltichfield to do this work on school days. Cases where it has been proven neces- sary, boys have been given per- mission to aid their parents on their own farms.
 Funeral for Drowning Victim
 A funeral service for Richard H. Herbert, Jr., of 50 East Hawkins street, Waterbury, whose body was recovered Thursday from the Ban tam river, was held on Friday at the Smith undertaking parlor. Rev. Charles .Nugon of St. Michael's church officiated. Burial was in West cemetery.
 Herbert came to Waterbury from New York in August, 1941. He was a frequent visitor at Bantam Lake this summer. He was last seen alive, state police report, at Ban tam tourist home the evening of August 29. It is believed he wan- dered from the rear of the home, fell into 8, dam which is exceed ingly deep and drowned.
 The body was discovered Thurs day by Francis Bruno of Bantam. Seymour Cowan of Bantam aided in the recovery. State police who in- were Lieut.. George He- mer, Sergeant H. Theodore Strand, Norman David and John Wilcox.
 Brevities
 Miss Anne Woir has taken a position with the Berkshire Mort gage and Finance Corp, of Tor She has been employed lu ffa IT e E1nnI0vment Office