The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-15
Board Meeting Last Night Was
 Lively Session
Fire Marshal and Police Appointments Also Held Up; Republicans Left When Democratic Burgesses Did
 Not Return at Allotted Time; Officials Named
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current drive is more essential than ever before, Mir Nawrath stressed.
 Veterans Council To Meet
 The Veterans Council will meet tomorrow at p. m. to complete plans for its Memorial Day exercises here, Council Chairman John Os- troski said today.
 The meeting will be in Pythiar hall and he urged all members o1 the council to attend.
 A memorial service will be held Sunday at the Congregations, church with veterans organizations represented.
 Graves will be decorated in Gunn- town Cemetery prior to the. service
 Killed In Action
 First It. Edward Poscavage, son oi MT. and Mrs. William Poscavage 6 City Hill street, formerly reported missing, when his plane was shot down over Germany on March Il was reported killed in action or that date in letter received by the family from the post chaplain
 He was married to the former Miss Cynthia Dawson, of Toronto Canada.
 The letter from the chaplain oi the Eighth Air Force command stated that Lieut.. Poscavage's plane and the body of the flyer were found near the town of Giessen, Germany on March 28th.
 It. PoScavage was buried ir France, the letter stated, near the town of Nancy. on the 29th and g Mass was celebrated for the flyer on the 30th of March in a nearby church.
 The airman was fighter pilo, with the AAF and flew a P-4T Thunderbolt, with the 9th Air Com. mand under It. General James H Doolittle. Lieut.. Poscavage hac served overseas since the first o1 January and prior to entering the American Air Force was a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force having enlisted in January of 1942
 In July of 1914 the local airmar was transferred from the RCAF to the AAF and received additional training at Richmond, Va, before being sent to England.
 While attending Naugatuck high school, Lieut.. Poscavage broke many records for the YMCA swimming team. At Ohio State he was rated as the third best backstroker in the country.
 Lieut.. Poscavage's death bring. the Naugatuck death toll in Worle War IT to . total of 58 local resi- dents.
 To Hold Smoker
 The Holy Name society Of St, Mary's church will present a smoker tonight at o'clock in the church hall.
 Eddie Burke, of Naugatuck, a golf pro at Race Brook Country club, New Haven, will be a speaker
 Through the cooperation of Ralph Pasho and Edward x. Callahan film distributor, two golfing films Keeping On the Pathways" and "The Iron Masters" will be pre- sented. They feature Jug McSpaden and Byron Nelson, present top. flight golfers.
 The public is invited to attend the smoker and John J. Sheridan president of the society, heads the committee in charge of arrange ments.
 Funeral Tomorrow
 The funeral of Mrs. Frances Stein, 73, wife of Joseph Stein, 8: Beebe street, who died early Sun- day morning at Pinecrest Convales- cent home, Naugatuck, will be held tomorrow at 8:30 a. m. from the Buckmiller funeral home to St Francis church, where a solemn high Mass of requiem will be cele- brated at g o'clock. Burial will be in St. James cemetery.
 Briefs
 Miss Lois Welch, of Sande ave- nue, Bristol Terrace, spent the weekend in New Haven, where she attended the Spring Prom at Yale University.
 Miss Welch was the guest of Ger aid Berry.
 Charlotte S. Leuchars, seaman E-c, yeoman, of the WAVES, who is stationed in New York, was 6 weekend visitor with her parents MT. and Mrs. William Leuchars oi New street.
 The Misses Ann Gallucci, Mary Curtin and Martha Houlihan were weekend guests of Midshipmer Larry Curtin, Elliott Rosenberg ant Ralph Carnahan, at the United States Naval academy, Annapolis Maryland.
 The Y. M. c. A. Women's Auxil- iary Bowling League will hold it. annual banquet tonight at Harmon: Grill in Waterbury. A program oi interest has been planned and prize. to winning teams for the fall anc winter season will be awarded.
 Mrs. Helen (Dalby) Doolittle ol Hillside avenue left Monday fol Boston, Mass, where she will takt up her residence. Mrs. Doolittle ha. resided in Naugatuck most of hel life and has 8 large circle of friend. here.
 A white elephant sale will be hele by members of Columbian Rebekaf lodge, No. 35, at the regular meet. ing of the lodge to be held tomor. row evening at 8 o'clock.
 Members are reminded to bring articles for the sale. Mrs. Marior Jennings, noble grand, will be 1T charge of the business session.
 Red Cross Report
 The Red Cross public healtl nursing report for April show