The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-26

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 Three German Prisoners Return
 Three Naugatuck men who were imprisoned together in Moosberg Germany, have returned home. The three who are members of the Army Air Forces, are: Sgt. John Dobach, son of MT. and Mrs. Michael Borsos, 195 Andrew avenue; S/Sgt. Anthony KaSputis, 2O son of MT. and Mrs. John Kasputis, 59 Andrew avenue, and Sgt. Fred Slater, formerly of Maple street, and now of Man. chester.
 They revealed that fellow prison CTS at Moosberg included S/Sgt. John Hadzego, son of MT. and Mrs. Alex -Hadzega, Cherry street exten- sion, S/Sgt. Lawrence (Buddy) Dunn, son of MT. and Mrs. Lawrence Dunn, A Culver street, and Sgt. Alphonse Lagownik, 133 Quinn street. Hadzega and Dunn have returned to the United States and Sgt. Lagownik is expected soon.
 The B-l7 in which Sgt. Dobach was a gunner was shot down on it's second mission over Germany. The crew parachuted to safety, only one being injured.
 Sgt. Kasputis had been on sev- eral missions when his plane was doWned over France and the crew also parachuted from the damaged bomber.
 Sgts. Kasputis and Dobach were loud in praise of the Red Cross, saying they got much food in the prison camp which was supplied by the Red Cross. Sergeants were not forced to work, they said. They read books supplied by the U. M. c. A.
 They were moved twice and were freed April 29. 1945 by American troops of the 18th Armed Division.
 On the transport bringing them back to the United States, Sgt. Dobach met S/Sgt. Robert LaFon- taine, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert LaFontaine, 93 Aetna street, who also had been a captive of the Germans.
 At the eXpiratio of their 6O-day furlough, they will go to Atlantic City for reassignment.
 Held Russell
 Miss Eleanor Russell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Curtis Russell, Sr., 43 Moore avenue, and Pfc. Rob- ert L. Held, son of MT. and Mrs. Alfred Held of Hartford, were united ln marriage Sunday afternoon at St. Michael's Episcopal church.
 Rev. Richad A. Baxter, acting pastor, officiated at the single-ring ceremony. The bride, given in mar riage by her father, had as her at- tendant her cousin, Miss Marcia Goodwin, and John c. Russell. Jr., brother of the bride, served as best man.
 The bride wore a white pioue dress with white yelled hat, white accessories and a corsage of gar- denias. Her attendant was at tired in an aqua dress with white accessories and wore pink rosebud corsage.
 The mother of the bride wore a green and white print dress with white accessories and the mother of the bridegroom was dressed in pink with white accessories. Each had gardenia corsage.
 A dinner for members of the i'm mediate families followed at Way erly Inn, Cheshire, and the couple left on wedding trip to Asbury Park, N. J.
 The bride, a graduate of the Nau- gatuck high school, is employed at the Naugatuck Chemical Go.
 Pfc. Held is also a graduate. of the local high school and recently returned from Europe where he served as a combat engineer with the Third Army. On completion of a 30-day furlough, he will be reassigned to the Pacific theater.
 File Intentions
 Joseph John Knowles, 1853 Elm street, West Pittston, Penn, quar- termasters mate second clas sin the Coast Guard, and Dorothy Loretta Roberts of l57 Park avenue, Nauga- tuck. have filed wedding intentions at the office of Town Clerk Ray mond J. St. John. They will be married Saturday.
 Walter Stanley WaranoWicz. 52 Crown street, and Alice Wahlstrom, 59 Goodyear avenue, have also re- corded marriage intentions. They will also be wed Saturday.
 Twin daughters were born Sat- urday to MT. and Mrs. Arthur York, of Washington. Mrs. York is the former Clare Peterson, daughter of MT and Mrs. J. A. H. Peterson of Millville avenue.
 Nuptials Planned
 The wedding of William J. Sweeney of New Britain, former Naugatuck resident and we'll known golfer, to Miss Katherine A. Ken ney, daughter of Mrs. M. J. Ken ney, New Britain, will take place Saturday at 10 a. m. at St. Mary's church, New Britain.
 Rev. William F. O'Dell of New London, cousin of the bride, will officiate. MT. Sweeney is the son of the late MT. and Mrse. John M. Sweeney.
 Plan Wedding
 Mrs. John Kragiel of Main street, Southington, announces the en- gagement of her daughter, Miss Mary Ann Stankiewicz to Martin P. Lucas, son of Mrs. Joseph M. Lucas, g Anderson street.
 Miss Stankiewicz, & graduate of the Southington high school, is employed at the G. Fox Co. in Hartford.
 MT. Lucas, graduate of Nauga- tuck high school. was honorably discharged from the Army after having served in the PaSific. He is connected with the JofAn Hancock Mutual Insurance Go.
 The wedding date has not been set.
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