The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-13

Others also attended from the Mems
League Of the First church.
Howard r. Benson Of Middlebury,
traveller and photographer employed
by the American Brass Co., last
night showed still pictures in color
Of Americas national parks before
q gathering at the Second Congre-
gational Forum.
Pictures shown were those OF
the Glacier National park In Mon
tana, the International Peace park
in the lower Canadian Rockies,
Yellowstone National park in Wy
oming, the Bad Lands Of North
Dakota and the Black Hills OF
South Dakota.
Following an intermission views
were shown of Miami, coastal and
inland scenes of Florida, lnclud-
ing scenes in the Everglades, pic
lures of towns in Virginia and in
Washington, D. c., of the Acadia
National park and Desert Island IN
Maine. At the close Mr.. Ben
son exhibited shots of sections OF
Waterbury. Most of the pictures
dealt with regional flora.
Mr.. Benson is engaged at the
American Brass Co., in the photo
graphing of all employees of the
company and he estimated he has
taken pictures OF at least 10000 Wa
terburians. Interested in photog-
raphy since his high school days,
Mr.. Benson has travelled all over the
United States collecting photogra-
phic slides of outdoors.
Mario Mannello was elected pres
ident of the Holy Name Society Of
Our Lady of LOurdes church at
meeting yesterday. Other officers
were named as follows: .vice-pres-
ident, Anthony MuccinO; secretary,
Carmine BarOne; treasurer, Joseph
Pomponio; trustees, Attorney John
Greco, Albert LaPorta, Albert Spag-
nola, John Petricone, Samuel Mo-
milo, Charles Lusigno, and Leonard
POsa.
Installation of officers will be con-
Quoted at a Communion Breakfast
January 9. Rocco POmponiO Is IN
charge Of arrangements.
Christmas cards have been sent
to all members who are in the Serv-
ice.
Rev. Leo O'Hea, S. j., Of Oxford,
England, who Is in this country
under the auspices of the British
Information Services, was speaker
at a luncheon meeting of priests of
the Waterbury area this noon at
the Colonial Room of The Elton.
The program was arranged by Rev.
Joseph F. Donnelly of st. Thomas
church. director of the Diocesan
Labor Institute.
The visiting priest. who will lee
ture in eight cities of the state this
week, told of various developments
on labor and social problems. Va
riOus aspects of the war in England
were discussed.
Father O'Hea is president of the
Catholic Workers college in Oxford.
He has been a teacher since 1903
and at one time served as member
of the Catholic Committee Of Inter-
national Relations.
Major Hugo Wiberg spoke last
night in the service at headquarters
on Cherry Street on the subject.
Outside the Gate" His text was
taken from LIST Corinthians CT:
"Why do We not rather take wrong"
Others who participated were Ma
jor James Beech, Lieutenant Doris
hugely and Frank Duren.
Saturday evening a delegation
from the Waterbury Corps attended
a united soldiers meeting in Mer-
iden, led yb Commissioner Ernest T.
Pugmire of New York, who visited
that city to take part in the annual
Salvation Army Day observed over
the weekend. Most of the church,
pulpits in Meriden were occupied
yesterday morning by Salvationists.
Major Wiberg spoke In the st. Paul's
Universalist church.
At night Commissioner Pugmre
addressed a union service Of all the
churches, held in City Hall.
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