The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17

Around Town . The Halloween motif is noted in store windows which again featuring favors and decorations not too plentiful in the past few years Stroing through the stores you will fine array of Christmas cards many of the Winter landscape type and those of religious background. The Center at noon presents cross-secton of and friendly folks ing the crossings (some trying to slip the line when the TO- isn't looking but not getting away with t and hurryng to their favorite eatery for morsel a meal All of sudden there's big business in the rounding stores that feature food clothes and the etce eras and for hour two three shopping is rapid The 80 rush is accelerated when the high schools open their doors for the educational exodus and then the older and sedate of the population have time to the side streets from east to west and from north to south Quite spectacle if you are sitting on park bench Tuesday moons the crowd seems to be surging towards the Immaculate Conception Church, which the religious minded taking part in the monday Novena service And this week the citizenry is hus tlng along, many wearing the Red Feather which sgn they signing for the Community Chest drive Goodbye, now!
 Mrs. William Scott of Central Avenue is patient at the Waterbury Hospital. Helen Burns of Water vile granted her discharge papers from St. Marys Hospital after undergoing major operation. It. Comdr Amos Benjamin HOrlacher and Miss Thelma Dorothy Race married in Santa Ana, California, September and are now making their home at 2557 Dyer Drive San Diego. . |. Peter Judd was elected president of the Young Peoples Fellowship at All Souls Episcopal Church last Sunday. Donald Laurence is secretary and Lois Roden, treasurer Anthony Bor re of 25 Cherry Street, fourth grade student at St. Mary's Parochial School picked the Cardinals to beat the Red Sox in the World Series for he thinks Harry The Cat Brecheen is the greatest pitcher in major league baseball today. He said Brecheen would win two games. He did and added another in a relief signment just for good measure Mrs. Joel l. Butler and Miss Ruth Butler of Buckingham Street are regis tered at the Hotel Barclay in New York City this week. :. Eileen Byrnes of society department week. ended in New York and back singing the praises of Charlie Drew, clever pianist at the Hotel Taft.
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 You just can't keep them quet-members of the Fourth Estate, that is The latest local newspaper to delight audience with address is The Demo- crat's Sherman London. Earlier this week Sherman spoke before members of the Junior Hadassah at the Hebrew Institute. Over 20 members of this female organization heard him speak of his recent trip to Wash ington D. G. when the local chapter of Jewish War Vet sent delegation to confer with President Truman and join in nation protest of the treatment of Jews in Palestine by the British. Sherman reluctant to speak of his baptism into the public speaking class but he revealed that he isn't too particular about appearing the speakers platform again in hurry No reflec ton the organization he said but the experience of few nights ago will hold him for while All that may be true but we're willing to bet that wistfu smile from of the Junior Hadassah members is all that's needed to bring hero again onto the platform. It's strictly off the record but we're informed that that's the medium which brought on this initial speech. Could be. Could be.
 Town Topics. The young war veterans appoint ed to the Police and Fire Departments in recent months make fine appearance in their uniforms These strap ping huskies assets to the two departments. Pedestrians still look in vain for walk light at the citys busiest downtown intersections Even the most impatient motorst feels guilty when he those foot trapped for minutes and longer at some corners When we the Wby High School football teams practicng in the roughsurfaced Golf Los it makes wonder that better field can't be found for them Their present field lacks goal posts much less any other refine ments Christmas decorations selling fast in the downtown stores Shoppers must be really starting early this year. Kids stay pretty much the same, in spite of comic books and radio serials, reflected the other day as bunch of small boys having high old time playing "shnny" with rough-cut sticks and bat tered tin
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