The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-11
Good Evening.
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Brass Nuggets The name of Mananey may onCe again identify of the more popular of BrooK1nS business place. Big Dan state representative ana champion of veterans rights for many years yearnS 70 and operate business of his own. Success coulo visit no more deserving chap and friend than the Hon. orable Daniel J. Best of luck is the echoing wish ot friends million of lem. Charlie Melville past com mander of Corporal Coyle Post American Legion mak- ing personal calls to notify veterans to attend the annual K of C. communion next Sunday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception As in former years, Veterans, Servicemen Postal Employees, Firemen, Policemen ana male teachers of the local school department are cooper ating. All will attend the communion breakfast planned at The Elton following the church services Ii you want to enjoy laugh and reinisce about the good old days about BaubyS Corner get Deputy Superintendent Fred Hickey to tell about the old straw hat trick It's a wow And how many prominent citizens were suckers" for it! George Gearing, popular postal employe, still accepting the congratulations of billiard enthusiasts his recent high run at the ElkS club And George taking the usual kidding" from the mail ossers but his def stands anyone in the department for game of pocket billiards and the loser takes the Church. Prospect, chatting with one of his numerous Waterbury friends along of the main thoroughfares The popular pastor keen enthusiast about recreatona programs and hopes definite ideas clicking He will find plenty of encouragement and cooper ation from his local admirers
 Residents of the East End will be happy to hear that word has been received from Edward Calvin, formerly of Blanchard Street. who joined the Army in 19S9 Ed was home on furlOugh just two months before Pearl Harbor, and at that time said he shipping for the Hawaiian Islands The soldiers many friends here were concerned about his safety when the Japs committed the sneak assault Pearl Harbor December Z, 1941 but four months later brief card arrived stating he through the attack unScathed For almost three years word was heard from the East End lad until the other day when he wrote to a former Rockville school chum from the Philippines Most of the letter comprised questions concerning his former associations It read in part
 have often wOnderd out here what everyone is doing for living? How is business? How is Reidvie? Has changed? Does it have any stores, and is the old country school house still there? haven't much to wrte-just that left Hawaii in 1942, and went to Guadacanal then on to Wella Levela, New and NQn GQHQ QAn and fhQ 1llF unit in it pretty heavy and received its share of campaign ribbons All we're hoping for the end of the war get back to the only Heaven on. earth,' Those wonderful United States of America. It's been long time since we've it and we're pretty tired of these foreign lands" The letter speaks for itself and it would the infantryman, who has been out there in rugged battles for almost three years would like to hear from his old friends His address may be obtained from The Tower
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 Just recently the Catholic press in several periodicals had special Cologne Germany dispatch by radio which stated that Theresa Neumann stigmatized peasant woman of Konnersreuth, Bavaria was alive and we'll Since the start of the little had been heard of Theresa and many wondered about her. The story of Theresa Neumann and the supernatural phenomenon associated with her. told to members of the Water bury Council of Catholic Women at of their meetings last year. The speaker Father Ed Zbe formerly of this city who had spent many years in Germany and who witnessed many of phenomenal manifestations ascrbed to the Bavarian woan now about fifty years of age. Details of her life given in the March 29 issue of the Catholic Transcript.
 Who remembers the good old days when Mother did away with twelve fourteen eggs making her special angel cake for the Monday Afternoon Sewing Club and with the disregard of staples and dairy products tossed together pint of cream (whpped),
 couple of quarts of rich milk, few eggs sugar and strawberries all of which eventually filled the gallon freezer where hours hand turning of the crank eventually produced that delightful product known strawberry ice cream. For good measure your hostess did away with few pounds of sugar that went into couple of patches of those well connections called divinity and chocolate fudge which were passed around during bouts of hemming and featherStitching.
 Heard in the Restaurant Waiter please serve me very small hepings of meat loaf and vegetables but ter on my baked potato and roll CD, dressing my salad, and dessert and I'm not fuSsy about first course today, either Say folks remember when this restaurant used to fried chicken plate with French fries, all the asparagus you could eat side helping o1 tomato and cucumber salad celery green onions and radshes Sprouting out of bowl of ce and the center of the table set off with basket of assorted rolls enough to twelve, with choice of desserts from chocolate cream pie to strawberry pie and if you didn't like that hunt-and-find from the pastry tray And all this for two bucks
 They're hard to get, but easy to lose, Buddy if you have missed that well-earned Bronze Star while home furlough if relative of serviceman has been careless in cherishing such keepsake the Tower is happy to report where information may be had of Uncle Sam'S cherished awards. If you can identify it, call 3-3551. You're welcome Bud . And writing of Bronze stars brings to mind salute If