The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-07
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 Debates and oratorica contests popularized by the sponsorship of the Knights of Columbus and Water bury Catholic Women'S Council and participated in by members of Catholic Youth Organizations will con- tinue in the future. The K of c. have been commits stoned to perform mission of love and memory in perpetuating the of the late Mrs. PhilOmena Sullivan of Franklin street and her grandson, the late James F. Arnold. For the past six years annual debat ing tournaments have had as one of their chief objec- tives the winning of the James F. Arnold Memorial trophy donated by Mrs. Sullivan in the encouragement of C. Y O. activities. Jimmie Arnold in whose name the gift made died several years ago almost on the of his graduation honor student Of Crosby High School His grandmother Mrs. Sullivan, died a few weeks ago. Today it announced that she had directed before her death that the educational actvi ties sponsored by the K of c. should continue and to that end her family has made generous contrbu- ton to an educational fund. Within few weeks the educational activities committee of the Knights hopes to have a plan perfected whereby Mrs Sullivan's wishes will be complied with and the c. Y. O. units of Waterbury encouraged to carry on with greater en- thusiasm than It is incident of note to men, tion that the Board of Education has passed resou- ton of praise of the K of C. for their encouragement of debates and their general success in interesting youths to study current problems and be prepared to discuss them from any angle. The finals in the past have been events of popular interest. St. Margarets C. Y O. at present holds the cherished Arnold Memor- ial trophy The plan to honor Mrs Sullivan will be announced shortly.
 En Passant The Abbey School in Simsbury which is sponsored by the Catholic diocese of Hartford has in its first graduation class blind veteran who saw action
  Mass and he plans to go to Nore Dame University When General Mark Clark arrived at the big air field at Pesque Ise Me- the other day all Aroostook County was there coming from surrounding towns to MalneS young est city and last sopof the snoW route to Europe The General admired the neat city and adjacent po- tato country The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City is of the great ones in the world today and of the sights to even though untln shed drive is presently reopenng to finish the con- structon, and after the it is planned to start in where they left off when rudely interrupted by two About sixty-two Gray Ladies (2ed Cross) do daily and nightly shift at Avon Old Farms Convaescent Home at Avon the corps beginning with two girls. The laurel is with us but to fully appreciate it you will have to drive up to the Wnsted other parts of the state where it is prolific
 Qualities to be admired |. The perennial enthus iastic loyalty Out Easter shows for families who sided, worked and made the East End most neigh bOrly community. "JOe" Sullivan, popular Bank street merchants love for tennis and badmintOn Joe is active in sports the year round "Ed Fizgeralds ability to wear and complement fine clothes The East Main street business rivals AdOph Menjou in his discriminating selections. To "Ed' has Adolph crowded into the background by superior physique clude variety of activities in his daily stride. The Nastri brothers Anthony, Carmine, Frank Louis and Sist performing their daily miracle of dividing limited cOnsgnments of precious merchandise and keeping their customers in happy frame of mind. The eff ciency of "Joe" Brennes adjutant of Corp Coye Post American Legion Joe" has fulfilled the duties of that important position for years. Due to unfortunate misunderstanding several years ago "Joes" continuous record broken, but the general membership was made happy when the faithful Joe was returned to office. He is of the best adjutants in the Con- necticut department, in fact Corp COyle Post mem- bers acclaim him the best 600 legiOnnaires can't be wrong. The successful efforts of Mrs Paul Reed in directing publicity of the " F. w. auxiliary on var Ous occasions The of Miss Helen Shanahan also of the F. w. in directing essay contests in local high schools Her most recent activity marked her sixth successive year of sponsorship Incidentally Lieutenant Shea auxiliary leads Connecticut in promoting win ners. This is compliment also to the high educa tiona standards in local high schools.
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