The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-25
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 Jeane Onray student at the University Of COnnSC. tlc,,t is secretary of the Newman Club Anne McNTahon of Cooke Street is taking Mildred Dunns place at Chase Park House during her absence que TO Illness Thomas Bootsy" Creeaon was s cCrtroI at tor i'm town and reported everything under COhVrOl " Rocky Hill, where he is presently sta"One0
 The history of Catholicity in Waterbury IS passing fla tooth milestone Just one hundred years ago tne few Catholic residents of Waterbury were attehong divine services at the home of Mchae NeVn!e on EaS Main Street. Rev James McDermott ot New Haven anu hs successor Rev. James Smyth made missionary Ps to Waterbury from about 1882 to 1845 or course t also believed the beloved Father Fton came oIW o tury By 1945 central place of worshlp was nesueo m Waterbuy and in 1s47 Catholics bought lot at the cor ner of Dublin and East Main Streets put never oo use if because the Episcopalian Church they were moving to the site progressed beyond the ste oI oo s Patricks Ha opposite the first Immaculate Concepeo S Church. Waterbury's first resident pastor was Rev Michael ONeill who came here in 1847, but It was ms successor Rev. Thomas F Hendricken, later to become Bishop of Rhode Island who built the a. ssr ception Waterburys mother church from these early dates on the growth of the Catholic Church in water bury both spiritually and materially has been rapid
 One of the youngest airplane passengers ever re- uorted arrived at La Guardia Airport the other day from England. He six months old his name Barry Maloney Barry travelled alone, no member or ms family being along It has not been divged what nc thought of the trip across the big pond
 
 The Town Crier Tells . The rain and the wind of Saturday night did not keep the folks from Litcnfela Cornwall Thomaston Torrington and surrounding towns from attending the sGr ana G~ SeDss t of s s hos church, where Rev. James Wilson, former Thomaston curate is pastor. Among the entertainers was Jm Carr well known insurance man around town Another Waterbury singer heard the program was James Hughes. professional artist from over Cornwall way also entertained with 2 few songs Tne @ req ana Ns brown of the eaf the blue of the sky and the green or the pines hit you in the eye travelling north via the Naugatuck valley, or northeastward towards Hartford or westward through Mddlebury these remaining octo Der days Maine had some snow while the rest or the Atlantic seaboard were experiencing tempestuous rains Lots of voters are being made these days m our town and little towns and looks like big turnout November 2, this year of 1944.
 T.sgt. John Frederic Ensminger and Katherine Hyde Hedberg were married In the First COngrega. tlona Church last Monday. The former Is home on Friday leave from the European theatre of operations where he is radio operator on B'17 Flying Fortress
 Mrs Cliff McIlale of Hendrcken Place is hospital ized at St. Marys She's the former Mole Griffin Of the Bridgeport nee Esther John of this city, was in town yesterday renewing acquanances. She plans to move to New Jersey next month. Mrs Justine Olson or Naugatuck was renamed grand chaplain Of the Connec ticuE Grande Lodge International Order of Good Temp lars, in Manchester last Sunday
 Editor, Tall Tower Topics |. {. It is quite obvious the way passengers pull and push boarding buSSes these hectic transportation days but suppose t must TOE uuTaClOn OI nOSClltleS See CO Ue turbed if some fatigued old man obtains seat and you will hear remarks such "Is there gentleman on this bus?" Alas are the days of chivalry over! Someone should inform the girls the story of chivary of old contains tinge of hyperbole. J. V. WALKER.
 It. William Morris of Naugatuck, St. Bonaventure College graduate now in France recently met his cousin Spec" Shea of Naugatuck in the chapel of the palace where the treaty of peace signed after the last The celebrant of the Mass that morning Archbishop Francis Spenan of New York City. Had Uncle Sam not called Spec star pitcher of the Kansas City Blues he might have been hurling for the New York Yankees under Joe Mccarthy this past summer.
 Taps. Another GAR. veteran has passed on. He was Henry D. VOgeII of Weymouth, Mass, and was 07 years of age His deaGh leaves but four Civil War veterans living in Massachusetts. VOge was a native of Castine, Me He saw many Civil War battles and served with the heavy artillery during them He was lle last surviving member of Reynolds Post GAR in Weymouth.
 Rosallnd Russell who went to Hollywood by way of aforbury is to have new motion picture play which is nay hitherto unproduced. It Is called Portrait of EnNy,'' and is modern comedy about woman author Ndth sharp tongue Tn the meantime Sister Kenny N next picture then the Portrait f a goes well, for NY MAv e not yet written Another picture Is also in
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