The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-16
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 Mrs. Helen Hosier, 26 Plaza Avenue returned to Waterbury last Sunday for 2O-day furlough after spend- ing four months in action with a demolition outfit on Guadalcanal and New Georgia. His brother, Pfc. Charles Hosier, is with an Army unit at Tampa. Another brother, LeRoy Hosier, received an honor able discharge recently for medical reasons.
 Major o. J. Bizzozero, former Country Club road physician, has been appointed public health ad- ministrator of the new regional armistice committee for Sicily. Major Bizzozero had Eeen head of the Allied Military Governments medical staff for the province of Payermo since August when the capital of Sicily fell to Allied forces.
 Pvt. Francis H. Conway, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Francis Conway, 157 Robbins St., has qualified as ex- pert with the rifle, light machine gun ard carbine at Ft. Benning, Ga, where he is scheduled to finish basic training next week. A grad uate of Crosby high school, he was employed by the Scovill Mfg. Go. before entering service last July.
 Margaret Lorraine Healy, daugh- ter of Patrick F. Healy, 1879 South Main St., graduated this month with the rating of yeoman third class from the naval training school at Saltwater, Okla. Now assigned to the Bureau of Navy Perersonnel, Washington D. C., she was pre- viously employed by Previews, Inc, in New York city.
 Pfc. J. Howard, Jr., son of Mir and Mrs. John H. Birch, Donald Terrace, returned to his post in Washington af,er spending two day furlough at home. Pfc. Birch is row a photographer with the pub lie relations branch of the Marine Corps.
 Charles T. Schoonmaker, TAO Mo- Main St., son of MT. and Mrs. George Schoermaker is studying airplane mechanics at the Great Lakes Naval Trairing Station. A graduate of Leavenworth High school, he is former employe of the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Go.
 Edwin Schnitman, son of Mrs. Rae Schritman, 148 Plaza avenue, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant at Maxton, N. c. A former employe of the Chase Metal Works, Sgt. Schnitman entered the service in Sept. 1942.
 Robert J. Coyle, son of MT. and Mrs. James Coyle, 96 Lexington avenue, has been promoted from second to first lieutenant with an engineers combat bat talion at the Desert Training camp in California. A former employe of the city park department, Lieut.. Coyle hes served for more than year in the South Pacific.
 George w. Alcott, son of MT. ard Mrs. Williem H. Alcott, 58 Benefit St., has been graduated as a cook. second class in the merchant marine. Alcott was employed by the Rowbottom Machine Co. and at- tended Leavenworth High school prior to his enlistment in July.
 Ensign Joseph Shea, son of MT. and Mrs. William Shea of Colonial avenue. Middlebury, was the pilot of the plane which transported Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president Of the United States, to Guadalcanal on her recent tour of the South Pacific, according to story told by Shea's former Boston College friend, Ensign Robert Cap less of Pittsfield, Mass, who met Shea at Guadalcanal.
 Private Henry A. Jacovino of 177 Division street is on maneuvers in Tennessee. He recently completed a phase of menuevers in California and spent through here before taking an assignment at Camp For- rest, Tenn.
 Corporal William DiLegge of 8l Lamont street is stationed at Camp Ellis, H.. where he his serving with a quartermaster unit.
 Frank Addesio of 104 Addison street is serving with a Naval unit xl the Pacific as a boatswain's mate, second. class. He enlisted year and half ago.