The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
THOMASTON SODALITY PLANS
 BENEFIT PARTY Attractive Prizes Offered for Various Card Games Tomorrow Evening

Thomas hall. The committee has gone to a great expense to provide suitable prizes for bridge, pinoche setback and 45. There will also be several large door prizes.
 All members are requested tc make returns o.l ticket sales this evening at meeting of the Sodal- ity at 7:30 o'clock in St. Thomas hall.
 The Thomaston Memorial Day Association will meet Tuesday eve nii-g at the V. F. w. hall at 7:3C o'clock. President Thomas Byers requests that delegations from each patriotic organization in town be present in order that plans may be formulated in observance. of Mem- orial Day.
 Thomas Reynolds, chairman of the United National Clothing drive which is underway here requests the people donate all good service able winter and summer clothing for men, women and children also infants wear.
 Evening dresses, hats, derbies, soft hats, high heeled womens shoes, evening slippers on open toed womens shoes are not accept able.
 Mems, women's boys and infants wear and shoes should be in fairly good condition, woolen clothes should be brushed and aired but need not be dry cleaned. Odd trousers, coats, women's and girls dresses, overcoats, women's and girls underwear coats and knitted hats are especially accepted. Shoes should be mated and tied together in pairs. All types of bedding 1n serviceable condition is needed. Remnants of cloth are acceptable, but should be at least one yard in length and in good condition.
 A large crowd attended the dance Saturday evening at the high school gymnasium given by the Tri-Y club. Mrs. Helen Le- vey, Miss Ann Cook, Miss Doris Crocher and MT. and Mrs. James Farrell were patrons.
 A large audience was present at the third and final series of lec- lures at the high school auditorium Sunday afternoon given by Slster Mary de Lourdes assistant profess sor of education at Mt. St. Joseph $ College Hartford. The topic of Sundays lecture was the "Men ana Women of Tomorrow" The lec- ture was very interesting and en joyed by the large crowd present. The series of lectures were under the auspices of the Thomaston Parent Teachers Association.
 The .Busy Bees of the seventh grade, Thomaston high school helo a party Saturday evening at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on the "Old Center school Green. MISS Mary Monahan was the chaperone Those attending were: Marlene Monahan, Rosemary Keegan, Helen Monahan. Patricia McGrath, Stas1a Barber, Lois Wright, Mary Ann OTIS Betty Ann Lynch, Carolyn Holmes Alice Nedderman, Virginia Coreg' nato, Francis Wehrle, David lnens' Richard Horner, Alfred KrasnoW' ski, Etephen PoczkoWski, Paul De- vino and Roger Bashar
 Games werep layed and refresh ments served.
 MT. Reynolds has arranged to have large cartons for packing the clothing in at the following depotS' Eagle Rock church, Reynolds Bridge with Ralph Sehinzel in charge, Town Hall and the Chapel street hall, These depots will be open from 1-5 D. m. Volunteers are needed al all depots. Persons interested m helping are requested to call Gloria Haney, Telephone 105. The drive committee will meet Tuesday even ing at ' o'clock in the court room of the Town Hall.
 McGivney Circle, Daughters Qf Isabella will meet Tuesday evening at 7:3O, at their rooms on the "Olo Center School Green"
 The Thomaston Women's Demo- cratic Club will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Harry Benson, Union street at 8 o'clock.
 Soundman First Class Charles Duffany, U. s. Navy is spending a leave at the home of his brother Laurance Duffany, Tracy street.
 The Thomaston Welcome Home and Advisory Committee for Vet erans of World War II will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. President Randall Pathway requests all members to attend.
 The condition of Adolph John- son, who fell thirty feet from a tree he was trimming on High street last week, remains the same at the Waterbury hospital where he is patient. He has fractured arm, back injuries and possible in ternal injuries. At the time of the accident, he was assisting Tree Warden Pfafflin who is in charge of removing several dead trees on High street.
 100 MILLIONTH POUND
 Houston, Texas, (UP)-In slightly more than a year of operation, tne Houston plant of the Goodyear Synthetic Rubber Corp.-one of tht first "standard' synthetic rubber plants in the war program-has turned out it's 1OO,OOO,OOOth pounc of synthetic. This plants produc'