The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-01


sence.
Before the meeting adjourned Mr..
Hickcox read a communication from
H. H. Heminway who was unable
to be present in which Mr.. Hemin-
way extended his best Wishes for a
most successful war fund drive.
Members of the canteen commit
tee assisting with the dinner were:
Chairman, Mrs. Raymond E. Black;
kitchen committee-Mrs Herbert S
Dayton, Mrs. Dudley Atwood, Mrs.
Leon G. Smith, Mrs. F. N. Barlow,
Mrs. Fred Wilcox. Mrs. Martin Nc
Cough, Mrs. Harold Kopp, Mrs.
William r. Cook, Mrs. Reinhold De
Witt, Mrs. G. Edward Butterfield,
Mrs. Warren Jaquiery, Mrs. c. Ray
mond Gaming, Mrs. Kenneth Peck
and Mrs. William Walker; table set
ting-Mrs. Wilfred Bryan, Mrs.
wallace Bartlett, Mrs. F. N. Barlow,
Mrs. Irving F. Campbell; mattresses
Mrs. Richard Daley, Mrs. John
Wardell, Mrs. George Matri, Mrs.
Louis Keefer, Miss Ruth Skilton,
Miss Marjorie Olson, Miss Muriel
Vail, Miss Grace Waugh, Miss Shir-
ley Barton, Mrs. John Beiling and
Miss Jean Skilton.
The list of canvassers will be pub
liShed later.
Round Table Discussion
Members of the Catholic Youth
Organization met in st. Johns
church for their instruction period
Monday evening. The topic of the
evenings lecture by Rev. Gerald
Gaucher, was Meditation, A Lad
der of Spiritual Value" Father
Gaucher suggested meditation,
which seems to be more or less Of
a forgotten art in these times, as a
practice for the young boys and
girls during Lent. He told them that
meditation need not be deep and
profound undertaking but simple
matter such as taking a scene from
the life of Christ and meditating
on that theme.
Following the instruction period
the group adjourned to the Com
munity house where the first part
of the evenings program was given
over to the intellectual phase of c
Y. o. work. A round table discus
sion, held as forum. had as its
subject, Resolved: That Juvenile
Delinquency Does Not Exist as q
Problem in This Community. Dur
ing the forum, objections to argu-
ments brought forth by the partici-
pants were accepted from the floor
and were discussed. Although no
formal decision was rendered it was
the concenSuS of opinion that ar
guments brought forth by the mega
tive side were the stronger. Those
taking part in the round table dis
cussion were: MISUNDERSTANDING
Daley, Leon Hamel and Mary Muir
ply; negative-Donald Miller, Don
aid Flynn and Lorraine Pichette.
The latter part of the evening
was given over to dancing and re-
freshmentS were served.
Mrs. Holt Dies
Mrs. Mary (Webster) Holt, wife
of Fremont A. Holt died suddenly
Tuesday morning at her home, 81
Highland avenue. Born November
%, 1886, she was a daughter of Ar
thur T. Webster and the late Addie
(Talmadge) Webster. Mrs. Holt was
"a member of hte Congregational
church and of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the church. Survivors are her
husband and father, both of 54
Highland avenue.
The funeral will be held at the
Anderson funeral home, 70 Central
avenue, Waterbury, Thursday after
noon at o'clock, with Rev. John
Maurice Deyo, pastor of the Water
town Congregational church, off,
ciating. Burial will be in Riverside
cemetery, Waterbury.
Stamp Club Forms
On Monday evening, from z until
8 o'clock, the first meeting of the
newly formed stamp club was held
in the WATERFOWL library, under
the direction of William A. Bart
lett. Mr.. Bartlett told the group
how to care for stamps, showed
stamps and distributed among the
boys, stamps which had been given
OF the library for that purpose.
Some of the boys attending the
meeting brought stamp collections
and asked Mr.. Bartlett questions on
the subject.
Boys and girls who wish to join
the stamp club are cordially invited
to do so. Any OF this group who
are interested in starting stamp
collections, but have not as yet done
so are asked to leave their names
at the library. Mr.. Bartlett will
give special attention to this group.
Those who attended Monday
nights meeting were: William A.
Bartlett, director; Teddy Smith,
Willard Bascom, Henry Sorenson
Robert Ward. Justin Smith, John
Bartlett. James Tierney. Harry Will
iams, Robert Geoghegan, Albert
Tietz and Alan Bisbee.
The next meeting will be held on
Monday evening, March 10, from
Z until o'clock.
Notice
Board members of the WATERFOWL
League OF Women Voters are asked
to note that the date of the regular
board meeting has been advanced
to Tuesday. March Z. The meeting
will be held at the home OF the
president, Mrs. Barry l.. Morgan OF
Warren Way. at 2:3O p. m.
Hour Changed
The time OF the Monday evening,
wOmen's gym class. held at the Wa
tertown high school gymnasium has
been changed from z until 1880
O'Clock. starting next Monday night,
March 6.
Assigned To College
Conrad Fleisher. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Fleisher OF Woodbury.
road, left today for Trinity college,
Hartford, where he has been as
signed as a student In the Navy We