The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-17

The STARS will celebrate their first anniversary on November 23, 1943 one year after President Roose- welt signed the bill authorizing the Coast Guard Women's Reserve.
 Over five thousand STARS are now on duty one year after the founding of the U. s. Coast Guard Women's Reserve in November 1942. Eight thousand are needed imme- diately. Over fifteen thousand will be enlisted eventually.
 It. Commander Dorothy Stratton, the director of the STARS may soon be made a captain if the bill now pending before Congress is ap- proved.
 Enlisted STARS are trained at the Coast Guard Training Station To- cated at the former Palm Beach BiltmOre Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida,
 Celebrate the first anniversary of the STARS, the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, this month by en- listing at your nearest Coast Guard recruiting station.
 Over five thousand STARS are now on duty as the Coast Guard WOmen's Reserve celebrates it's first anniversary. But thousands more are urgently needed.
 STARS are now active as Link training instructors, teaching fu- ture Coast Guard aviators the rudi- ments of flying.
 Mrs. Della Hotchkiss, 62 Ayres street gave a party Sunday after noon in honor of Edward R. Hotch- kiss who enlisted in the armed forces and left for Fort Devens Monday morning. He was presented purse and gifts.
 MT. Hotchkiss has three brothers in the service: Sergeant Russel V. Hotchkiss, attached to an anti-air- craft unit in New Guinea; Staff Sergeant Francis J. Hotchkiss, with the air borne aviation engineers in North Africa, and Private Arthur A. Hotchkiss of the quartermaster corps at Hanes Point, Washington, D. c.
 Sergeant Samuel E. Potvin of Wa tertown, who is serving in England, has awarded the Air Medal, accord ing to War Department announce ment.
 Thomas F. Cruess of 57 Madison street and Michal J. Daly of 70 Co., lumbia boulevard are enrolled in an Army course at Louisiana State University under the specialized training program.
 Sergeant Robert G. Luddy of 43 Beech street has received aerial gunner wings at the Army Air Field at Laredo, Texas, where he recently completed a training course. John Whalen, former local lawyer, has received an Army discharge based on age considerations. and has opened a law office in Meriden He entered the Army a year ago at the age of A.
 First Lieutenant Bernard J. But cher of the Army Chaplain Corps, former assistant pastor at St .Mary's church in Union City and of St. Arl- thony's church in Prospect, re- gently returned from service in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. A resident of New Haven, he was a speaker at an FBI conference in Garden City, N. r., yesterday.
 Technical Sergeant Harvey w. Matthews of T Railroad Hill street has been awarded the Air Medal for service during five combat missions in Europe, according to word re- ceived here. He has been serving as a radio operator and gunner on Flying Fortress.
 Lieut.. John L. Bonn, s. J., son oi Professor John L. Bonn of Willow street, formerly of Boston College Chestnut Hills, Mass, left yesterday for Chicago, H.. to take up his du- ties as Navy chaplain at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, III Lieut.. Bonn has recently completed his Navy chaplain's training at VII liam and Mary college, Williams burg, Va.