The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-24
vvyVVVVvvv Dere Sandy Claus:

] know US llttle on the late Side, but please don't forget our Water bury fans, fellows and girls who go in for football, basketball, bowling, baseball, boxing tennis, badminton, handball, fishing, hunting and horsemanship. There's Bert Bowen and Patsy Brown and Ray Stone. and Bernie Mohill, Gene Casey, and oul high school coaches, Jim Lee, Bill Tracy, Tom Purcell and Ebby Conlan. Bring them what they want most, for they have brough much local, state and national fame to our city because of their business or pleasure. Remember, if you will, big guys, like Eddie Keenan and Jake Bernstein; see that they get enough to eat and Fon't overtsX their phy- sical capacities to get it. Drop around for word or two with Con- gressman Joe Talbot, Dr. Bill Spain, Senator John Tobin, Atty. Ed Mo Donald, Jack Innes, Jim Hartley, Joe Mulville, Atty. Joe Navin, Senator Frank Summa and his brother Judge Charley; say hello, there, Wendell" as your bulky presence approaches Commissioner Cross, then rush down to Florida for quick hello" to Dennis McCleary and Jack Freney; get back in time to greet George Ross, and Tom Dunn and Rodey Lynch and Joe Keenan, Joe Mo. Nellis and many another good Elk, and good fellow. Give them all plenty of prosperity for 1945, and the health to enjoy it.
 Roar a well done" at Bill Der
 win for the bang-up job he has
 done for the youth of Waterbury
 through the medium of Park De-
 partnent sponsored sports; shake
 hands with Mike Hayes, the new
 attendance officer for his work
 at Chase Park house; stop bit
 with Mike Conlan, forever doing
 little things that make life more
 pleasant and comfortable for
 many. To them, and all the others
 who have contact with sports of
 all sorts here in Waterbury a sim
 cere greeting of the season, from
 one who has appreciated their
 friendship and good will, over the
 years, one more of which will be
 have passed on beneath the scythe
 of Father Time, never more to re-
 urn. So, l"ts make the best of
 the next one.
 vvvVVVVvvv
 On this day before Christmas, there are the following folks to be thanked for their card Art Mc Gin ley, Hartford Times Wendell L. Cross, It. Pierce J. Ferriter, Water bury paratrooper now at Fort Bragg, NC; "Shs srkey" and Edith O'12our,,e, Henry Darlington, Washington col- lege coach, Rocco Mara, Charley Loftus of the Yale A; Watertown's Denny McCleary; Dave Karess, now of Allentown, P,.. state athletic commissioner William J. Prince, Henry Brophy of West Hartford, Rev. John McTeague of St. An thonys Prospect; Jim Lee, Gene 5lason, Cpl. Willie White in Pana- ma; Nathan Podoloff of New Hav- en; Bert E. Bowen, Bobby Kelly, MT. and Mrs. Bill Sheehy, Eddie O'Don- nell, MT. and Mrs. Michael Conlan, Johnny and Ernestine Thompson, Joe Vignali and Charley Gerace. Pat Doran, Frank Lacilla, Vim Ma loney, John (Luddy) Burke of Chi cago; Roger F. Gleason, Connecti- cuts FBI chief; Joe Samoska, Ed die Eagan, New York state athletic commission chairman; Chief Bill Roach of our constabulary; Bernie O'Rourke, Middletown Spts ed; roly- poly Nate Winnick of New Haven and last, but not least, Lou Cronan of Hawinton one Of those al of the earth" men who are all too few.