The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-19
Good Evening.
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER


 In MemOriam The Catholic Youth Organiza-
 COn of Waterbury, and indirectly of the Hartford DO-
 cese lost esteemed friend and generous benefactOr
 Sunday morning in the widely regretted death of
 Mrs. PhilOmena Sullivan of Franklin Street. 1t
 through her wise suggestion and generous financial
 contribution that the Columbian SquireS and subse
 quently the Catholic Youth units of the city were provided with added incentive to expand their cu
 tural program and organize debates current sub
 jects. She established the James F. Arnold Memorial
 Fund which, administrated by the Knights of COlum-
 b promoted for the past six years series of debates which became popular throughout the state. Mrs.
 Sullivan attended the finals when her health per-
 mitted. Her kindness, her generosity and her warm encouragement of youth movements served to perpet
 uate the memory of her late grandson Jimmie" Arnold, outstanding Columbian Squire who died almost on the of his graduation honor stu dent at Crosby High School The debates after being p0puarized in Waterbury were later adopted by CYO chapters in Hartford Bridgeport and New Haven and now well established events high the calendar of educational and social events The James F. Arnold trophy presently held by St. Margarets CYO. and competed for at times by many sixteen parOchia teams will stimulus for future teams toe arry on the fine ideals enviSOned by Mrs. Sullivan They will serve to keep green the memory of James Arnold, well perpetuate the warm personality the chari table disposition the generosity of sterling Catholic lady-Mrs Philomena Sullivan. All C.YO units enty join in the prayerful petition for her eternal happiness.
 On the Beam .. The name of the late "Bill" Slocum is enshrned in the hearts of sportsmen and sports writers He was great figure in the world Of sports The name of "Bll' Slocum Jr., is rapidly becoming "topS" among promoters of unusual and always inter- esting radio events of world interest Young "Bi has travelled the past four years here and there Twice in recent years he made sad pilgrmages back to Waterbury to attend the funerals of his beloved dad and nom, the latter native of Waterbury. He has since covered big assignments maneuvers and activities has broadcast from every type of fighting ship in many ports has interviewed generals and admirals top sergeants and "buck prvates and all the Msters In-Between. He has been coWriter of Report to the Naton' CBS documentary news program. He's headed for for the European theatre of network correspondent the western front Some interesting hghghts will be emanating from that sector Maybe he will meet up with some of the thou sands of Waterbury boys in action there. Jay Josyn, who plays the role of Mr District Attorney" the NEG hookup completes personal stage appearance in Hartford tomorrow and will be featured the latter part of next week in Providence, R. l. He has won national citation for his work in dramatizing sketches that expose current frauds and rackets. The best wiser of hundreds of local Lithuanian residents stoled the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City Sunday afternoon, voicing the hope that Biruta Ramoska, young singer from Hartford, Conn.,, would have the door to fame open to her. She is excellent vocalist and whether her time is ripe for golden oppor tmities she will always be favorite in her home state