The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14

NOvela w. Fischer recently completed S5 years Oh
faithful service with the Southern New England it ere
phone Company James StecK mas Oeen zen wiz, quest
At the Old Guard Ball at the Hotel Commodore in New
York recently Rita MIerick Is an ardent booster ot
OF the College of St Elizabeth Carolyn Jabs mas leU
Waterbury and is earning weekly stipend IN
Buffalo n Y State Police Lieutenant Bill Schatz-
man. former head of the Beacon Falls barracks, has
been named licensing agent for explosives in the terri
tory covered by the new Bethany barracks
Mr. and Mrs Henry E. Green of II Herkimer Street
have decided to christen their recent David Caress
Frank Sullivan, likeable John Hancock nsurancer
will add to Uncle Sans Army personnel after March "a
Robert Purinton was the lone Waterburian in the
cast of LOOMS and Chaffee School students who success
fully presented the winter term play You Cant lake IL
Eleanor Volone will be year older tomorrow Harry
Melvin lost six pounds watching Crosby beat Merden IN
the schooboy SemifnalS Of the state tourney at the
New Haven Arena Thursday night
TOrrington COPS had lost calf on their hands
Thursday night. 1t fell from truck on Torringford
Avenue. Ed WOOdman following the truck and
saw the animal fall to the road but try as he could
was unable to attract the attention of the driver
so pced up the calf and took to police headquarters
I'm his car The New City Hall being without accOmmo-
ANIMAL cared for by Ltched Street farmer until the
owner claims it, This was the second such case Tor
ringtOn cops experienced within two weeks.
Heard in passing Private Thomas F. Cooper, a
brother of Mrs Katherine Moary OF 164 Baldwin Street
has been assigned to the Reconnaissance Company Of the
32nd Regiment at Camp Polk La That's one OF the units
of the famed BAYOU Bliz Recent PocketBOOKS added
to the Tower shelf include Richard Haburtons Royal
Road to Romance, Pocket Book of Modern American
Plays and Pocket Book of American Gardening. John
Hannah is off for Hollywood Florida where he expects
to spend vacation summing himself Johns wel-knoWn
empoye of the Railway Express office locally City Ed
Bill harrington is getting his mail at the Veterans Hosp
tai in Newngton these days where he's undergoing treat
ment and enjoying rest
Coming events Hartford will shortly play host to
the famous Black Hills Passion Players headed and d.
rected by Josef Meier Of the portray
Of the ChristuS This presentation known as the
Luenen Passion Play, Is put on every summer IN ma
tra amphi. theater in South DakOtaS Black Hills at
tracing thousands of people. Seldom does IL get as
far east Hartford where the production Is to be
given in Bushnell Hall Incidentally Hartford plays
host to FOrdham Universty's distinguished president
the Very Rev Robert Cannon, J., April 49, while
tinguished vicepresident, Rev Edmund Walsh, s. j.
Sunday the 22nd of March Tomorrow Most Rev.
John F. OEIara, head of all the Catholic chaplains
with armed forces speaks in New London.
Deciding bet . The anniversary of the great biz
card always to invite comment despite the fact
that it's 81 years since Waterbury in common with
much Of the eastern seaboard was buried under I'M
believable snowfall According to most accounts the
storm actually started on Sunday evening as rain,
followed by Seet and BY Monday 1t had turned
into raging blizzard that went all through Tuesday
and extended into Wednesday, The exact dates caused
plenty Of local discussion here this week. because The
ed a Sunday. reader maintains that March II Of
1888 was not Sunday However, recourse to available
files well the World Almanac shows that March IL
Of 1888 really Sunday, SO that should end all argu-
mentS