The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-05
Good Evening.

Arise ye native bards and defend the fair name of Connectcut Court the muse, ye Joval mlnstrelS, anu gve off" with inspired song of the beauties the en- chantment and whatnot of the Nutmeg State US ca lenge for well known composer says It would taKe musical genius to utilize the name o1 Connectlcut III song Oklahoma Texas Missouri the CarolnaS, ole V- gina and even little Rhode Island have been gwen nm pershable fame by versatile song writers Why not Con necticut Here's what noted New York puonclS WllCeS "The accent will be on geography m the coming crop ol song hits So says MereditS Wilson maestro or Che Burns and Allen show and composer In hlS own rghI
 he lads returning from the servlce overseas are rediscoverng their home towns and states and tney want songs which express their emotions states WllSo According to the popular conductor some composers have areary capitalized the oplcaty ot such tunes He points to the outstanding success of oklahoma anu the hits of some months back II Want to Go Back to West Virginia Jersey Bounce" and Poor Little Rhode Island" Look for flock of revivalS too says wilson In particular he thinks we'll be hearing more or Sucn tunes Beautiful Ohio the Bob Burns theme song, @ Arkansas Traveller; Carolina Moon, and Tn the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia Tt wouldn't surprise me any adds the maestro eff President Trumans taVorlte tune, Missouri Waltz turns up on the best seller nstS in the near future RevivalS won't cover all occasions though There still innumerable states and clues which still await popular song treatment accordhg to the maestro Wilson himself for instance is turning ms hand to Dakota Polka" and friend of his, Will Os- borne batoneer the Abbott and Costello show has Just completed tune, "When the Gooses Come Back to Massachusetts, Other place names which Should eIlo themselves to harmony says Wilson include oregon Illinois Arizona and Kansas. It would take muScaI genius though the conductor believes to uIiize % New Hampshire and Connecticut in song! So wilson ao. vises aspiring SongWrterS If you want to make hlt OH Tin Pan Alley go buy yourself an AtaS!"
 \. Most Rev. John Gregory Murray, Archbishop of St Paul. Ninn. native of Waterbury, took part in the recent twO-day session of the Catholic Press AsSOca
 tion's Executive Board in Chicago Archbishop Murray
 who went from Waterbury to Hartford where he event
 uaIIy became auxiliary Bishop and from Hart0rd to Portland (NIane) where he served as Bishop Of that diocese and from Portland to St. Paul where he De- came Archbishop of the St. Paul diocese IS EpiscOpa
 chairman of the Press Department of the National
 Catholic Welfare Conference At the recent session the
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 pans Among matters brought up during the ses-
 sion was the complete annhilatOn of The Phlpplnes
 Commonwealth well known Catholic publication whose
 plant at Manila extermnated and whose editOr
 Manuel COlaycO met heroic death leader of relief
 party striving internees at SantO Tomas The
 Association will gather in Boston, Mass for their l946 convention
 The Town Crier Tells So many Of our Connectl- cut boys from cities towns, and villages coming home with an assortment of souvenir guns that the State Police are establishing a bureau to exhibit them With records kept State Police Headquarters Tn Harttord
 Town correspondents in localities reported consider able damage Halloween such youngsters over to Mddefield burning twenty tons of hay and up to West Torrington youngsters let air out o automoDe es some broke windows threw sand at cars and tied rope across the highway impede But over to Bristol the youngsters took over, and kept order Married veterans who students at Williams College Williams town Mass now live in Greyock Hall which mas ust been completed Throwing eggs at bus drivers lsn the way they things in these parts but over Middle town way the man on the bus going from Cromwell to MddIetown High school got legged" though the Dus driver refused to bring charges Repairing and re- panking the Bancroft Crossing Bridge in Winsted Will start soon with one-way traffic maintained Name and Idaho fighting it out as to which state produces the best potatoes Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse Con necticut congresswonan is sort of half and half Idaho for baking, Maine for boiling :, The Wnsted weather prophet far have heard through the rural grape vine route has not declared itself yet on what sort or winter is ahead of us but the Granby weather prophe says it's to be average winter less snow, but Whtei setting in little earlier.