The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-25

Upon graduating from the Engi-
neer Officer Candidate school al
Fort Belvoir, Va, on Wednesday
William Paul Girnik, %, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Girnik of 118 Park
terrace, received the commission
ship of End lieutenant in the U. S
Army Engineers corps. He attended
Crosby high school and Bay Path
institute in Springfield, Mass. Before
entering the service in Jan. 1941
Lieut.. Girnik was employed as check
teller at the West Springfield Trust
Co.
A missing in action report from
the 18th Naval district has been re-
ceived by William Valentine, ST., OF
New York city, father of Lieut.. Will
liam Valentine, formerly of this city.
in which it is stated that Valentine
and two enlisted men crashed into
the Strait of San Juan de Fuca off
the Pacific coast on June Is while
on a Navy plane. Lieut.. Valentine
had been stationed at Seattle, Wash
A sister, Mrs. J. Heartt Raub resides
on Country Club road.
After 10 months OF active duty on
a submarine chaser in the north
Atlantic, James Kelly, ships cook,
third class, received a 15-day leave
recently and returned to his home
Of "a Rose street He enlisted in the
U. S. Navy last July. One brother,
Liuet. Thomas J. Kelly, is stationed
in Texas; another, Seaman Second
Class John Kelly is attending a
naval radio school in Boston.
Major John H. Wagner, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G.. Wagner of
800 West Grove st. is serving as
supply officer at Army Ground
Forces headquarters at the Army
War College in Washington, D. c.
Before his present assignment,
Major Wagner was executive officer
of the company.
Six doctors who completed interne-
ship in March at Waterbury hos
pital have been given commissions
by the Army Medical Corps. ac-
cording to hospital superintendent
Aida E. Greer. They include:
DR.. Peter Corsones and DR.. Err
nest Tomasi, Burlington, Vt; DR.
Herbert Blanchard bingham, Mass.
DR.. Charles Brown, Gloversville, N
Y. and DR.. Charles Booth, Albany
N Y. In addition, D. Ian Funk OF
Albany, N. Y, has received his COM
mission but is remaining at the
hospital until fully recovered from
recent emergency appendectomy.
DR.. Lawrence KoleShko, Water
bury, completed his interneship but
is remaining for time as resident
physician.
Sergeant Charles j. MajeWski of
1862 Greenwood avenue has returned
to his base at Camp Forrest, Tenn.
after few months on maneuverS.
Accompanied by his wife who re-
sides in Columbus, Ga, Sergeant
Garth M. Lowrie, Jr., recently ar
rived from Fort Benning, Ga, to
spend a furlough with his mother
Mrs. William Strom of 1874 Cherry
street, Sergeant Lowrie, ST., is a pet
ty officer, third class, and is with
the Navy on active duty somewhere
in the Southwest Pacific. Two
brothers are also in the service
Lieutenant Earl Lowrie is stationed
in California and Sergeant Robert
LoWTie is overseas.
The following servicemen have
returned to their posts after leaves
here:
Private Jack Marshall USA of 81
Catherine avenue to Shennago, Pa.
Seaman, second class John F. Baker
Jr. of East Mountain Road, USN, t.
Sampson, N. Y; Corporal Irving
Silverman of SO Putnam street, USA
to Republic Field, L. l.. and Cadet
Midshipman Arthur B. Buchanan Of
Willowdale avenue, merchant ma
rine, to a naval reserve unit.
Private First Glass James A. Nc
Lean, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mclean of 1925 West Main street
will graduate Monday as a B-24
mechanic from the Liberator bonn.