The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14

party Of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars Auxiliary at the club rooms
on the Old Center School Green
December l6. AL members plan
ming to attend are requested to
bring q 10c offering for the grab
bag.
Clifford r. French Post, Ameri-
can Legion, will meet Wednesday
evening at the Legion home on
Elm street. Preceding the meet
ing q committee from the Legion
viii present to families Of men who
lost their lives in World War II,
Gold Star Citations issued by the
National organization Of the Amer
lean Legion. The following men
died in service:
Pvt. John Dew, died in hospital
fin Kentucky; Chief Petty Officer
Thomas Reeves, killed In action at
Pearl Harbor and awarder the
Congressional Medal of Honor post
humously: Andrew Potpolak, U. S.
Navy, killed when destroyer he
was serving on was sunk in the
South west Pacific; Radioman
Charles Petke, U. S. Navy, killed
in plane crash in South America.
Principal Albert Elmer announc-
cd the following honor list Mon
day at the High School for the
second report:
High Honors 100 or more In each
subjec)
Grade 12-Mildred Menke.
Grade ll-Margaret Atwood, Ade-
line Petke, Betty Shearer.
Grade 10-James illand, Frances
Kakowski, Mary Ozerhoski, Dorothy
Ruggie.
Grade 9-Harry 1nnes, Charles
Small. Zenobia Hodkoski, Judy
Hutchinson. Jean Jennings, Joan
O'Nelil. Lois Richards.
Grace donald Dickson, Will
liam Hamilton, Dolores Franzoso,
Dorothy Golden, Lois Hearn, Betty
Wilson, Joyce Wood.
! Honors cas- or more in each SUBJ
ject)
Grade l2-Dorothy Elsner, Lillian
Lee, Dorothy O'Brien.
Grade 11-LaWrence PoloWy,
Elizabeth Chizmas, Maureen Rear
don.
Grade 10-Paul Madden, Walter
Robinson, Thomas Skulski, Barbara
Blanchard, Barbara Fox, Marjorie
Fuller. Gloria Knightly, June Lee,
Florence Luboyeski, Mary Roberts,
Carolyn Swanson. Ruth Thomson.
Gsade 9-Francis Blacker, Herman
Glass Lachlan Hardness, Marliyn
Brown, Arlene Gilman, Alice Ale
s.lko, Shirley Sanderson, Media
Smith, Berenice whitley, Dorothy
Williams.
Grade 8-Curtiss Kruger, Ray
nond Luhoyeski, Daniel Lyons,
william Michitsch, Eleanor Bereza,
Hilda Fairchild, Jean Roberts,
Carolyn Wehrle.
Grade Raymond Blacker, Jo-
seph Cw1ck, Robert Kakowski,
Thomas Lyons, william Mueller
Leonard Smith, David Triggs, John
Walah, Betty Walsh, Betty Gables.
Lucy Gesmondi Martha Haddon,
Nancy Kaefer. Mary Retkowski,
Jean Sanderson.
New Committee Formed
The ThomaSton Welcome Home
end Advisory committee for Veter-
ans Inc. has been formed for the
following purposes:
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Of the residents of Thomaston their
obligation to those who served in
the armed forces of the United
States between the dates of Deem
Der 7, 1941 and the termination of
this war.
2. To arrange a fitting Welcome
upon their return to those who have
.erved.
g. To provide assistance to the
veterans or their dependents in the
following manner:
When requested, examine dis
charge papers to see that proper rec
ords such as medical and service in
formation are correctly enScribed.
Where documentary evidence is re-
CURED, assert the veteran in COM
l,eting his medical file with all ne
ccssary evidence.
4. To cooperate with industrial
personnel directors and arrange for
employment Of veterans in work
tiey desire and are qualified to do
5. To assist veterans to obtain
vocational training, when desired.
6. To assist all veterans or de-
pendants of veterans in entering
and processing just claims of any
nature.
The next meeting of the commit
tee will be held jan 8 at the v. F..
W. hall. Election of officers will
take place.
Home On FurlOugh
Pvt Frank ChizmaS of the U.
S. Army Ordnance corps stationed
at Boston, spent the week end at
the home OF his mother, on River
street.
The 800 club will hold a Christ
mas party Saturday evening at the
Liederkranz hall on Electric avenue.
A party for the children will pre-
cede the one for members of the
club.
81 pupils and members of the
high school faculty were absent
from school Monday due to illness.
The teachers were Mrs. Marion
Bailey, English teacher and Mrs.
Leslie Atwood substituted for her.
Enos Drumm, science teacher and
Stanley Hotchkiss substituted for
/. him; Miss Lillian Stuart and Miss
Lillian Lee substituted for her; Miss
Dora Higgins and Mrs. Francis Con-
way substituted for her: Miss Mar
garet Hennessey and Mrs. Joseph
Davis substituted for her.
Reard0n Transferred
Ronald Reardon, U. 8. Navy, son