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Evening star., 1944-07-09
DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

ALG1ERS, North Africa.-Techni-
clan (Fifth Grade Verna E. Lowe.
1905 Fifteenth street NV. and Pvt.
Doris M. Kerr, 813 Fourth street
NE, are members of WAC con-
tlngent who recently arrived here
for communications duty with the
Signal Corps.
Second 1t. Benna M Purvine, 1000
F street NV, who is on duty here
as platoon commander of a WAC
unit assigned to the teletype room
in an important message center. has
been promoted to first lieutenant.
A graduate of East Central State
College in Ada. Okla, she was for
merly employed as a teletype opera
tor In the War Departments Signal
Center in Washington.
1t. Purvine, who has been in
North Africa for several months. ar
rived here with the first WAC over
seas company trained for communi-
cations work in a foreign theater.
Her husband. Chief Warrant Officer
Harold o. Purvine, Army Signal
Corps, is serving in England.
Pfc. Laura E. Wiltbank, 20 Thirty
fifth street NE, telephone opera
tor in civilian life, is serving with
the Signal Corps here as telephone
operator.
West and Allen Transferred.
FORT OGLETHORPE. Ga.-Pvt
Dorothy M. West, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Mckay, 295l
Nelson place Sc, has been trans
ferred from the Sd WAC Training
Center here to Gravelly Point, Va,
while Pvt. Mildred M. Allen, daugh-
ter of Claude E. Allen, 1920 Military
road NV, who has also been on
duty here, has been assigned to
Fort Story, Va.
Pvt. Molly Alderman, formerly
employed in the unemployment in
surance section of the Social Sc
curity Agency, is now taking her
basic training here at the Sd WAC
Training Center. Her sister, Pvt.
Esta Ackerman, who Joined the
corps in August, 1912, is now serving
with the Engineer Corps in England.
YvOnne Werner in Florida.
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Ensign A..
Yvonne Werner, 20, daughter of Mr..
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Army Nurse Promoted
To First Lieutenant

Miss Mary S. Wolfe, Army Nurses
Corps, who is on duty at Woodrow
Wilson General Hospital in Staun-
ton. Va, has been promoted to first
lieutenant, her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton Wolfe of Capitol View
Park, Md, were informed yesterday
A native of Montgomery County,
1t. Wolfe was graduated from
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
in 1896 and from Providence Hospi-
tai, a branch of the Catholic Uni
versity School Of Nursing.
She was stationed at Fort Myer
for two years befoer she was trans-
ferred to Stanton last March.
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United States Naval Academy for
one year before entering the Air
Corps on January 81, 1912. He re-
ceived his commission and wings
at Spence Field, Ga. on January,
IA, l943. He then spent five months
in the Panama Canal Zone before
coming overseas to begin combat
flying.
1t. Miller is fight leader in the
top-scoring fighter group in the
Mediterranean, credited with over
$50 aerial victories, and commanded
by 1t. Col. William P. Litton, Shaw,
Miss. He has been awarded the Air
Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters
for his many aerial feats against
the enemy
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an of 318 Cedar avenue, Takoma
Md, in England Second 1t. Robert
P. Lipps of 10 Rosemont avenue,
Alexandria, Va, in England; Second
1t. Warren Creech of 5504 Forty
third avenue, Hyattsyille, Md, in
England; Second 1t. Richard C.
Morauer of 5319 Riverdale road, Riv-
erdale, Md, in England: Sergt. Fred
D. Bartlett of 23l6 High street Sc,
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First and 5Oth Were His Most
Exciting Missions, Pilot Says
Miller Is With Outfit
With $50 AerioI
Victories to Its Credit


FIFTEENTH AAF IN ITALY
First It. Robert Thorn Miller, 23,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman G..
Miller, 4008S Forty-seventh street
NV, Washington. D. c., has had
his share of thrills as a 18th Air
Force P-38 Lightning pilot.
Il guess my first and 5Oth mis-
sions were my most exciting" 1t.
Miller declared. "On my first mis-
sion my plane caught on fire as a
result of fax and had to bail out
over the Adriatic. My 5Oth mission
was the low-level bombing assign
ment to Ploesti. We had to fly
through the thickest fax !. ever
saw in my life, or hope to see again"
On his first mission. an escort as
signment to Athens, 1t. Miller Sue
cessfully bailed out of his disabled
Lightning, and was in the cold sea-
it was on December IA, 1943-for 2
hours and As minutes before an air
sea-rescue plane pulled him out Of
the water.
1t. Miller's 50th was one of the
most daring fighter bomber missions
of the war. The Lightnings flew
over 600 miles fiat on the deck to
their target at Ploesti-the Ro-
mano Americana Oil Refinery
dumped their bombs and then bat
tied enemy fighters en- route home.
1t. Miller calls his first and 5Oth
missions his most thrilling, but that
doesn't mean that the others were
just routine assignments. He has
engaged in many aerial battles and
shot down a ME-109 fighter plane
over Bucharest, Romania. on May
6, 1914. While on strafing assign
ments he has accounted for three
airplanes destroyed on the ground,
as we'll as many trucks and trains.
After graduating from Woodrow
Wilson High School in 1899, where
he was star football and baseball
player, 1t. Miller attended the
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Spring, Md, and Ensisn A. Y. Werner.
American University, Ensign Wer-
ner is a member of Alpha Phi
Sorority and past queen of Bethel
18, the Order of Jobs Daughter of
Silver Spring, Masonic organiza-
ton.
Betty Barthlow Promoted.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa. Betty
Barthlow, 20, daughter of 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Davis Friesel, 1888 Twen-
ty-eighth street Sc, recently was
graduated from the Naval Training
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Mack H. Will
liams Of 3411
Volta place NV.
and Marine Pfc.
Thomas o. Jones
Of 46l H street
S.W.
AS liaison Of
fcer In both the
New G eorg ! a
and Bougainville
operations. 1t.
w e del in the
1 or m e r CAM
paign forced his
way throu g h
thick un e e s
| and while at
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PIT Boat c Commander in Invasion
Says Unity ait Home Is Vital

The drama of D-dav came home
in letter to Washington Yesterday
from Ensign William M. Anderson,
33, who commanded a PIT boat
along the French coast and stood
by" in the fighting for Cherbourg
Too much praise cannot be given
the soldiers who made the landings
that day" he wrote his mother,
Mrs. Marie Bailey. Il only wish
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graduate OF Columbia University and
formerly was an insurance adjuster.
Sergt. George B. Purks, %, is with
the infantry in Italy. Holder of the
Bronze Star, he is a drummer and
former employe of the British Air
Commission. Pvt. Frank E. Purks,
20, is In New Guinea with the Signal
Corps. Former drum major of Fort
Stevens Post No. 80, Sons Drum and
Bugle Corps, American Legion, he
was . telephone installer before
entering service.
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made some folks realize what the
score is.
Il am writing this from less than
a mile of the coast of France and
can hear the bombs falling on Cher
bourg every once in a while.
We did go ashore at Port en-
Bessin. There was still little snip
ing going on nearby, but nothing to
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Son of Gen. Davidson
In Flying Course

Aviation Cadet Stuart c. David.
son, son of Maj Gen. Howard C..
Davidson, commander Of the Tenth
Air Force in Calcutta, India, is
taking a l0-week basic flying course
at Garden City Air Field, Kans. His
mother resides at 1898 Rstreet NV.
Evening star., 1944-07-09

s'' 1s'as' HIlU W OTe n z
Presidents Medal among other COM
mendations. He enlisted here in
1910 and trained at Langley Field
He left the United States only a few
days after Pearl Harbor.
Sergt. Mundy has asked for serv-
Ice in China as soon as his Atlantic
City rest period expires.
Himself a veteran of So missions
against Japanese forces in both Aus
tralia and New Guinea, Sergt.
Mundy told his sister "the infantry
and the engineers are given too little
credit in the New Guinea fighting. !"
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y u 1 AuleTl lCdn
civilians could
have seen them
and what hap
pened to some
then I am sure
there would not
be the labor
S t TX es a n d
troubles t h a t
have occurred
in our country.
Believe me,
the boys need
every gun, tank,
plane, etc, that
they can get. I
hone D-day has
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Bronze Stars Honor
Three D. {. Men for
Outstanding Service

Bronze Stars have been awarded
three Washington men stationed in
the South Pacific for outstanding
services to their country.
Those receiving the medals were
First 1t. Theodore G. Wedel of 3504
Woodley road NV, Tech. Sergt.
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Pvt. jansen Reossioned

Pvt. Henry Jansen, Cheverly, Nd,
who has been stationed at Fort
Knox, KY. has been assigned to
Camp Phillips, Kans., after spending
leave with his wife at the home Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bfa1lson, 1856 Z street Sc.
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P"rks Boys Garry On for Dad

Three sons Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph N. Purks, 2l9 Jefferson street
NV, are in the Army. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Parks are prominent in
American Legion Circles, and Mr..
Purks, who was a chief petty officer
in the Navy during the World War,
is an attorney with the Veterans
Administration.
Sergt. Joseph A. Purks, IS, is
serving with the 3rd Service Com
mand. He Is . saxophonist and 4
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and Mrs. George
Werner, 808 Cox
avenue, Hyatts-
vile, Md, who
recently received
her commission
following grad
u a tion from
Smith College,
N or t h ampton,
Mass, is now on
duty here at the
Naval Air Base.
A graduate of
M o n t g o m cry
B ! air Hi g h
School. silver
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Air Forces that
he h ad b e e n
awarded the Air
Medal.
Sergt. Mundy
is a native of
Springwood, Va,
and a t t e n d e d
George w a S h.
ington Univer-
sity. At the time
of his visit he
was among Lnc
top six men in
length Of service
in the Southwest
Pacific theater
Evening star., 1944-07-09

Col. Sidney L. Chappell,
commanding officer of the
Woodrow Wilson General Hos
pital, Is shown in his Office,
which is open to any patient
who wishes to seek advice, en-
ter complaints or talk things
over" Col. Chappell is a grad
uate of the George Washing
ton University Medical School.
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Flyer Praises
Ground Forces
|nNewGuineu

Staff Sergt. Joseph Mundy was
visiting his sister, Miss Halle Mum
dy, 1880 K street NV, recently
when it was announced by the Army
Evening star., 1944-07-09

ON "ISLAND X"-Lt. Charles
T. Clagett, jr., U. S. N. R., son
of Mrs. C. T. Clagett, ST., of
the Westchester Apartments,
is executive officer of a Carrier
Aircraft Service unit on
Island X" He formerly had
a tour of duty with the Board
of Economic Warfare here
and at Norman, Okla. 1t.
Clagett's wife resides at 311
Flower avenue, Takoma Park,
Nd. Navy Photo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
VETERANS RELATE
 WAR EXPERIENCES
Urge Factory Workers to Remain on Job Until
 Peace Comes

First hand accounts of overseas experiences were relaetd last night by three wounded veterans in a series of plant rallies last night.
 The veterans, Pvt. Vincent J. Lu- carelli, Waterbury; Pfc. William Traior and S-Sgt. Chris Wollen- berg, both of Pennington, all on furlough from hospitals, appeared at seven night shift rallies at Sco- wills last ngiht, bringing to IA the total pep meetings which they have conducted within the past week.
 Pvt. Lucarelli, one of only 15 survivors in his company when Ger man machine gun nests opened fire in the climb over three hills pre- paratory to entry into St. Lo, was hit by fragments from an 88 nm. shell as he attempted to lead the remainder of his outfit.
 Sgt. Wollenberg, whose crew knocked down six enemy planes before their own went down in flames over Ploesti, was abused by Romanian townSpeople.
 Pfc. Trainor was wounded in the Provence campaign after seeing &C., tion at Anzio and the drive to Rome.
 Mrs. Mary M. Dewey, area direc- tor of the War Manpower Com mission, commended Scovill work CTS for the successful page your neighbor" campaign recently to re- cruit workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

roll Dennison (once Miss America) {, who makes her first appearance in film via Moss Hart's Winged Vic- tory. Jo does herself and the film proud The racy best-seller For ever Amber which 20th Century Fox will screen. Laundered, of course The author (Some his tory experts argue) strayed when she had the trollop in it calling the King Charles" in the boodwah They insist that all of Cholly's fol- da-rollies (In the privacy of their love nests or at the Stork Club never called him anything but Yer Majesty" |. And the wonderful ob- servation sent in by so many Mir TOT readers (also used by the w. Telly): How throughout the cam paign Dewey continually harped on the line that Roosevelt was 8 tired old man. Yet the moment the cleo ton was over Roosevelt returned to
 Washington to work and Dewey went to Georgia to rest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

A class of 109 aliens appeared in superior court yesterday afternoon to take the oath of allegiance, thereby bringing to 257 the number admitted as citizens during the two naturalization sessions conducted before Judge Robert L. Munger. The oath had been taken by 148 per- sons at the morning session.
 Rev. John Bersentes of 39 High street, pastor of the Greek Ortho- dox church, was among these who became citizens in the afternoon. A Catholic nun was in the morning group. Virtually all nationalities were represented.
 It was disclosed that three Sol- diers, whose names had appeared on the citizenship list, had already taken their oaths at the respec- tive stations. They are: Tito Mi- chael Duva, who was sworn tD at a post in Wisconsin, Victor Ulacco, who took the oath in Massachu- sets, and James Mailly, who was admitted to citizenship in Texas.
 The preliminary work in the court was conducted by John Mol lica of the Hartford naturalization office. The oath was administered by James E. Mcknight, court clerk. Judge Munger addressed the new citizens at both sessions.
 Those qualifying in the afternoon session were:
 Joseph Avitable, Raffaele Longo, Pasqualantonio Sagnella, Constan- tino Refs, Michele Negro, James Quirke, William Bastarache, Berar- dino Ciucci, Vincenzo Tomeo, An- gelo Miniccucci, Robert Brachmann, Nicolo Marchese, Nicola Calabrese, Vittoria Santopietro, Pasquale Di- Chiara, Mary Mascia, Suzanna Mor- way Winkler, Rose D'Amico, Fernan- da Brunetti, Louise Colucci, Paul Benjamin Coccio, Giovanni Cortest, Michalangelo Perugini, Rosaria Guerrero, Carmine zollo, Angela Maria Scopino, Rose Mary Valente;
 Angelo Antonio Pugliese, Biagia Mary Cali, Teresa Gado, Luigi Fil- ippo Gado, Noel Sieller, Rosina Sci ota, Giuseppe Fazio, Cecile Mitchell, Sophie Radonski, Leon Devenas,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
Glory Without Fanfare
State OPA Director Anthony Arpaia Joins Crow ing List of Notables to EuIogize Work of
 Teachers in War Activities.

Hartford, Conn, November 15.- Its hard to say how we could have managed without the teach CTS of Connecticut" Anthony F. state OPA director. writes in Glory Without Fanfare" ;" feature story in Connecticut Teacher, magazine of the Connec- ticut State Teachers Association.
 MT. Arpaia's tribute is one of several paid by state leaders of wartice activity to the teachers of Connecticut for their services in preparing youth and the civilian population for war, and for actual participation in the war on the home front and the fighting fronts.
 Similar praise is expressed by Mrs. Joseph w. Alsop. director, Connecticut Women's Land Army, who writes, Without the help of the school personnel, the farm labor program could not passibly have completed its functions as efficiently"
 In the war plants during the summer vacation months. teach CTS were among the most compe- tent and have made a real con- tribution to our country's war ef- fort" That's the opinion of Her man w. Steinkraus, chairman, committee on manpower, Conntc- ticut War Council.
 Teachers have borne a large share of the duties imposed by wartime living" Mrs. Jesse L. Mariner, president, Parent-Teach- CTS Association of Connecticut, says.
 Additional praise comes from Judge Thomas D. Gill, presiding judge, Connecticut Juvenile Courts, who writes. Teachers have made valuable contributions to youth training, without time and a half; their only reward being accumulated royalties of the children whom they helped" :"
 Following this theme, Mrs. Ray mond E. Baldwin, state director, Schools at War, writes, Our teachers not only teach loyalty to country; they demonstrate 1t in their classrooms.
 Similar commendation is heaped upon the teachers by Roger B. Ladd, president, Connecticut As sociation of Boards of Education, whose tribute is, Teachers share
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
1O9 Qualify Here As
 American Citizen
Three Soldiers of Original List of Applicants Take
 Oath of Allegiance in Army Camps

Adam Greblunas, WaseI RudenIxo. Alfredo dos Santos, Samuel W0lk. Benediktas Sluzevice, Augusta Pier son, Roustan Yohannan, Karollna Pder, Kristine Gunild Jorgersen, Jo- seph Januska, Kuzma WoloshinslZy, Charles Yuskas, Lena Obernier. Emile Mary Lang, Israel LaMade~ leine, Silyerio Comes Povoa, AShil Alencynovish (Aschil Charles Alen< cynovich), Walter Pitraskevich:
 Mariette Fortier, Joseph Abraham Baron. Jaoa Rodrigues desouza. Madeline Arab. Joseph Charles Mikelionis, Vladas Matula, Jeremiah Carroll, Clemence Beatrice Phili- bert, Katarina Anna Rudaitis, John Bersentes, Mary Elizabeth Stauguss Lawrence Budd Spicer, Nellie Zickus, Stella Oldakowski, George William Morgan, Margaret WorgaIas Kazis VaitekaitiS, Ellen Fitzpatricks Jacob Koleshko, John McGrahs Thomas Vincent Costello, Mary NorkuS, John Zivoy, Emilien Cor deau, Joaquin Nunes Pereira, Jos eph Banslaben, Helen Karanauslxas, Margaret Agnes Carey.
 Marcella Achas, Anna Subodolslxy, Anna Kabachnick, Apolonia Slekiss Peter Kavula, Alexandra Taraie- wicz, Joan SoliWocki, Harry John son, Antoni Polonis, John Daikuss Maurice George Besse, Walter Gle bas, Anne Vaselion, EdmundG Anrla Wierszhowska (Ann Wieshouse), William Divinchi, Lucille DescO- teaux, Agnes Skernulis, Arthur De- mers, Anna Strasdauskas, Agnes Wallace, Freda Cregan, RacneA Kaya Silverman, Maria FeTnanda Henriques, Emilia Grenick, JoSpeh MardoS, and Walter Perry Trustr- SkaS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

in the honor of having inculcated courage, wisdom and love of America in their pupils who have gone forth to serve"
 Teachers in Connecticut have been contributing to the total development of youth," Dr. Charles J. Prohaska, supervisor of health education, State Depart ment of Education, writes.
 Activity of the teachers in the nutrition program is evidenced by this statement from Mrs. Thelma Currier, chairman, committee or nutrition, Connecticut War Coun- ell: Teachers have entered into nutrition programs and have worked with a fine spirit"
 Copies of this series of tributes to the school teachers of Connec- ticut, in reprint form, are avail able to local teachers associations and to other groups interested, Lyndon U. Pratt, executive secre- tary of the CSTA, announces
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
TITLE CLEARANCE
 SOUGHT IN ACTION

Title clearance involving property in Beacon Falls is sought by Luigi Gelmini of Beacon Falls in an &C., tion filed in superior court yester- day afternoon. The writ states a mortgage executed in 1917 by Claus Peterson to Mendel Henkin, the predecessor in title, had never been released. The plaintiff bought the property in 1920.
 The complaint lists Peterson as defendant, adding, however, that in the event he should not be living the action should be brought against his heirs. The plaintiff staets he does not know of the whereabouts of Peterson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

-NGA cIcpIlOUO
 This is the last photo of Frank PriSt, IT,, NEA and Acme news photographer, who was killed by a Jap Sniper's bullet in the Philip pines. He is shown wearing a chute and ready to board plane of paratrOOpers preparing to make landings behind enemy lines. rather than to avoid it when good action pictures were to be had that motivated Prist from the day he landed in Austria over two years ago until he met death from Jap anese sniper's bullet in the Philip pines on November 12.
 One of the first 16 newspapermen to enter the Southwest Pacific area, Prist photographed the arrival of the first American troops in Aus tralia and the mounting of our of fensive in Port MoreSby. Then he attached himself to combat units which fought their way through the New Guinea jungle to Lac and Buna.
 Landing on Cape Gloucester, Los Negros and Wakde with the first waves of troops, Prist took out standing combat action pictures which won acclaim throughout American newspaperdom. He also photographed the tough fighting in New Britain and Dutch Guinea. A bullet once penetrated his breast nocket and lodged in his notebook. Only a few weeks ago he finished training as paratr0oper in order to take part in future air-borne landings. He was the War Picture Pool photographer assigned to cover General MacArthur on his historic return to the Philippines.
 In peacetime Prist was staff photographer in the Los Angeles NEA-Acme bureau. He is survived by a widow employed in the Los Engeles Daily Newn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

MT. and Mrs. Carl A. Peterson held a family dinner at their home Sunday in honor of their son, Ar thur w. Peterson, seaman second class, is home on leave from Samp- son. N. r., and William Pearl, who leaves soon to enter the service. Those present were: MT. and Mrs. William Peal, MT. and Mrs. Howard Kraft and sons, David, Robert and Charles, Mrs. Byron Fleming and son, Byron, Seaman and Mrs. Ar thur Peterson and daughter, Chris tine, MT. and Mrs. Albert Peterson, Miss Marjorie Peterson, Martin Powell and MT. and Mrs. Carl A. Peterson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
|NEA Photoq. Killed By Jop
 |Sniper's Shot

"When photographing front-hne action, you think all your pictures are going to be prize winners or you wouldn't risk your neck in making them" So wrote Frank Prist, Jr., veteran war photographer for NEA Service and Acme Newspictures, in the last letter which his home office in New York received from him. It was this code-to seek out peril
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
nOuRLE TRAGEDY

Wichita, Kan. (UP)-Recently Mrs. J. w. Schrader was notified that her son, Pfc. Robert Schrader. had been killed in action. Two weeks later she received word that another son, Sgt. Warren P. Schra- der, had died in France of acci- dental gunshot wounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
PERFECT TARGET

Northern lights helped the Nazis to pick out and sink the battle ship Royal Oak in 1889. The great British ship, lying at anchor in Scapa Flow, made 8 perfect target for U-boat gunners as it stood out in silhouette against the lighted sky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15
DAIRYMEN SLIPS
 DUE THIS WEEK.
Carl Peterson to Make Feed Payments Thurs
 day or Friday 9-5 p. m.
WOECOTT Correspondent: Alma F. Cols
 Tel. S-2SO3

Wolcott, November IS. = Dairy men are asked to bring their Sep tember and October sales slips to the home of Carl A. Peterson on Spindle Hill Road, Thursday or Fri day between g a. m. and 5 p. m. to receive their feed payments. Carl Peterson is the chairman for Wa terbury, Prospect, and Wolcott.