The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-10
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Rarbara Benson recently celebrated her third birth day. . Private David Salisbury is now at the Replace ment Depot at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs Harold Hammond and Mrs Leroy FOOte will be hos esses at the meeting of the First Baptist Church women Wednesday afternoon at 2:SO. The Loyal Daughters of St. Pauls Church. Waterville have given . vase in memory of Mrs Evelyn FlerpOnt NOlan which will be dedicated at the II a. service next Sunday.
 Three residents of New Haven County who are tranees at the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Fort Mcclellan, Alabama, were among the highest scorers in their companies on the rifle range at the Center and all qualified for the sharpshooters medal by their craftsmanship skill They John c. Montagna, son of Frank Montagna, Brown street, New Haven; James M Egan of 274 Britannia Street, Meriden and John F. MacLeand son of MT. and Mrs. C. MacLeland, 51 Silver Street, this city graduate o Crosby Hgn school, MacLeland was an inspector for the Bristol Company, prior to induction last November Is. He is married to the former Imelda Mahoney All three are stationed at the training center which gives thorough course in the care and use of the many infantry weapons which the modern footsodier employs when he goes into combat as irst-clasS fighting Fort Mcclellan IS near Anniston Alabama northeast of Birmingham m the southern tip of the AppalachianS It has complete layout of ranges for firing rifles, machine gunS auto- matic rifles and antank weapons at ground and air craft targets.
 Private Gordon ChabOt has finished training at Greensboro, N. C., and is at Smyrna Air Base Tennessee taking pilot instruction on B-24 bOmberS .... LymOn HampStOn with an Army engineers unit in Iceland recently made corporal Lieutenant Calvin Hubbard is now receiving ms mail r in | care of the 611th Bomb Squadron at CharleStOwn, s. c.
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 Edmund M Mierzwinski of 226 Orange Street, former clerypst here before entering the service, has been promoted to staff sergeant and is stationed techni- clan at APO 8S7 New York City, As member of the Array Airways Communications System Wing of the Army Air Forces, he has important assignment in connection with it's worldwide operations. The AACS controls takeoffs landings and traffic at airdromes; privideS communication with planes in flight and ex- changes aircraft movement and weather information with other satons locates lost grounded shps and maintains and operates the range and other radio naW  thest corners of the world. Army ArwayS Communl- cations System stations are located along the highways of the air in every part of the globe where our aircraft fly to and from the battle fronts.
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 Frankie Daversa, former attendant at Ken Smiths Union Street gasoline station, arrived home fur tough yesterday morning from Fort Bragg, N C., his first leave of absence since being nducted Married and the father of child he will enjoy hometown hOspi- taity until next Wednesday when he reports to Fort Meade, Maryland.
 Helen Pawlick of the Budget Directors office in the city hall celebrated another birthday yesterday Her admirers certainly remembered her. for her desk was bedecked with many lovely gifts, Gabriel A. Petrunti local chaffeur, and Marion A. Mroz Union City book keeper, filed marriage intentions at the Bureau of Vital Statistics Office in Hartford this week
 Robert w. Penfeld former assistant manager of the local Southern New England Telephone Company, at the Navy Supply Corps School at Harvard Univer there March 22 and then believes he will be assigned duty.
 Attorney Stephen K. Elliott of Mldale up-and- coming member of the legal staff of Edward Mascolos office had whale of time Wednesday night in South ington. His dad, Richard dean of Southington insur and real estate brokers, marked his Seventieth birthday at that time. Mrs Elliott baked delicious cake for her hubby which disappeared after Dick started Slcing The Eotts have two other sons Justin of Southington and Dr. John Elliott of New Canaan.
 
 Rev. David F. Gaines pastor of the First Baptist Church. tells me his house of worship has received from the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Abbott a bequest of $2OO to be used for the benefit of the sick of parish While not a member of that church Mrs. Abbott was very much interested in their work and was a con- tributOr for many years.