The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-02

First Lieutenant John T. Foster,
son of DR.. and Mrs. John H. Foster
of Middlebury, has reported at the
rehabilitation center at Atlantic
City, N. j. He returned recently to
this country from China where he
was on combat duty.
Vito Zabbara of 90 River street,
seaman first class, is serving on an
Let invasion barge, according to
latest word received here. His bro
ther, John. has been in the Army
nine months. They are the sons OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Zazzara.
An official War Department re-
lease has confirmed a report re-
ceived by his family that Private
First Glass Edward A. Tautkas OF
Wolcott was wounded in action in
Italy. He Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Tautkas.
Private First Glass Wallace A.
Hill, an instructor at the Marine
base at Santa Ana, Calf, is spend
ing furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. william A. Hill Of rs Con-
iston avenue.
Harvey A. Rosenberg Of l42 Gen.
trail avenue Is receiving basic Army
training at Fort Benning, Ga.
Miss Marjorie Cassidy, Demo-
cratic registrar Of voters in Wood
bury and a member of the Wood
bury ration board, will leave next
week to start training in the WAC
Two Of her brothers are in mill
tary service.
Edward v. Lynch Of SO Walnut
street has been promoted to cap
tain in North Africa, where he is
serving with postal service unit.
He was employed at the local post
office % years before entering the
Army.
Allied Force Headquarters, North
Africa, Dec. ITO First Sergeant
Frank G. Talmadge, of Derby, Conn,
goes the distinction of providing his
company with a mascot.
Talmadge is top kick of Company
c in an operating battalion of the
Military Railway Service, Trans
portation Corps, on duty some
where in North Africa.
Cayaro1 y,,o,,tLe oro a Jon 1,,,,,
cry, lonely and in family way
dragged her emaciated body into
the company bivouac area. Sgt.
Talmadge whistled to her. She
obviously wasn't used to having
strange men whistle at her-in-
stead they had probably thrown
stones and yelled "allez!
So the dog hesitated. Talmadge
whistled again. Finally the canine,
which turned out later to be a
good pointer, wagged her tail and
waddled over. The sergeant petted
her and pulled at her long ears.
She liked that. From then on she
was called Mama and She be-
came a permanent fixture at Com
pany G.
A week after her first appear
ance, Mama justified her name and
gave birth to nine bouncing baby
bow-wows. She was pampered
and spoiled by every CT in the out
fit, but Sgt. Talmadge continued to
be her lord and master. II guess
it was love at first sight," the
sarge admits.
Mama has grown sleek and hand
some in the past few months. And
Sgt. Talmadge is never out Of her
sight. She waits for him for hours
outside the movies, and even at
the church door. If he does happen
TO slip away. she tracks him down
like a bloodhound.
Mama earns her grub by serving
unofficially as permanent guard at
Company c. She knows every CT
in her outfit, and thoroughly In
vestigates all strangers.
I'D like to take her home with
me- Sgt. Talmadge said, but I'm
afraid my wife would be Jealous"
AS a matter of fact, Mama would
probably be jealous Of Mrs. Tai
madge.
The sergeants home is at Is
Spring street, in Derby. In civilian