The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-21
BurralI Retires As
 Red Cross Chairman
Judge Patrick HeaIey Named Successor at Annual
 Meeting of Chapter; Years Activities Reviewed

Probate Court Judge Patrick Healey, a member of hte executive board of the Waterbury Red Cross Chapter since 1881, was named last night at the annual meeting to succeed Major John M. Burial as chairman of the chapter. Major Burrall, who had served in that capacity for 13 years, was named honorary chairman.
 Other officers were elected as follows: first vice. president, w. R. Gilman; second vice president, Mrs. Leavenworth P. Sperry; treasurer, Thomas F. Moore; assistant treas urer, Charles P. Kellogg; and sec retary, Mrs. Carl Weyand.
 Directors were named as follows: H. Mitchell Wallace, two years; Rev. Kenneth Anthony, Mrs. Will liam Arnold, Serge Belanger, Mrs. Edward Carmody, c. Arthur Du- Bois, William T. Harrington, Leon French, Arthur Goepel, Mrs. Frank Kenney, Mrs. Edith E.. Ladd, Atty. Humbert Mangini, R. A. Meyer, Norman Neale, E. Robert Steven son. Rev. John c. Walker and Rev. Sailsman Weller, three years.
 Norman Neale, chairman of the nominating committee, stated the C. I. O. and A. F. of L. will be contacted and each asked to select a member to represent them as di- rector. Others on the nominating committee were Mrs. Edson B. Hitchcock, and Mrs. Charles Audet.
 Work of the Red Cross chapter and service rendered by Major Burrall were praised by Mayor John s. Monagan and by W. c. Bowen of New York City, regional director of the Red Cross for the North Att 1antic area.
 Major Burrall was presented a sterling cigaret box the presentation being made by Judge Healey. A 10- year service medal was presented by Major Burial to Miss Alice Briggs, first aid chairman.
 Other speakers included: Mrs Bertha Grafton of New Haven, new area field director; Miss Anne Bar ry, Junior Red Cross sponsor at Tinker school; Miss Martha Bowes, JRC member at the Waterbury Catholic High school; and Miss Rosemary Connell of the Wilby high school JRC; Mrs. Gordon Hurlbut chairman of the camp and hospital committee; Mrs. Clarence Cook chairman of the prisoner of wal service; and Mrs. Edith Lass, exc cutive secretary of the chapter. The invocation was delivered by Msgr Joseph Valdambrini.
 Aid to 5000 families of local serv- icemen was given by the chapter during the past year, it was report been expanded to meet the increas- ing needs, and postwar aid is planned for veterans, it was point ed out.
 The financial report listed the following: receipts, $233,515.49; dis bursements, $191, ,108.18; balance as of July 1, 1914, $42,40z31.
 A total of 3,714 units of blood was obtained through the blood donor project in this city, the annual re- port showed.
 The amount of service rendered by each of the chapters services was disclosed in the separate re- ports presented by the chairmen Services covered in the reports in- cluded: camp and hospital com mittees, canteen and nutrition; disaster relief; mems hospital aid, first aid; Gray Ladies; home serv- ice; Junior Red Cross; motor corps, nurses aides; nurse recruitment; production, staff assistants, surgical dressings, volunteer special services, water safety and accident preven- tion, war fupd.