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2nd m. 1st ED. 5" 12 THE HARTFORD COURANT: Wednesday, September 7, 1977 Obituaries Arthur Starr Dies at yd? Was Sexton for 55 Years CD. Batchelor Dies? Political Cartoonist Patrick's cemeteries." He was a 50-year member of Washington Irving Council, Knights of Columbus. He leaves a son, Thomas Starr of Springfield; six daughters, Sr.

Mary Mark, order of Sisters of Mercy, at St. Peter's and St. Paul's Convent, Waterbury, Mrs. Silvio Sarno, Mrs. Joseph Sarno and Mrs.

Lucille Mcintosh, all of Enfield, Mrs. Armand Sarno, of Maple Glen, and Mrs. Stanley Cleaver of Wethersfield; a brother, George Starr of St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada; 23 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday at 9:45 a.m., from Leete Funeral Home.

121 Pearl followed by a conceleb-rated liturgy of Christian Burial in St. Patrick's Church at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in St. Patrick's King Street Cemetery. Calling hours will be today from 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Donations may be made to St. Patrick's Crnrch. Funerals A Mass of Christian Burial for Nicholas C. DeCorleto of 75 Pond Side Drive, Wethersfield, who died Aug. 11 at Hartford Hospital, will be Friday at noon in the Church of the Incarnation, Wethersfield.

Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloom-field. The Giuliano-Sagarino Funeral Home, 247 Washington Hartford, has charge of arrangements. A Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph J.

Fallon of 87 Shadow Lane, West Hartford, who died Aug. 31 in a local convalescent home, was Tuesday in St. Helena's Church, West Hartford. He lived in the Hartford area almost all his life. He leaves three sisters, Mae E.

Fallon of West Hartford, Lorraine S. Fallon of Simsbury and Mrs. Anne F. Morris of Wethersfield. Burial was in Soldier's Field, Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford.

Arrangements: Richard W. Sheehan Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain West Hartford. Lee Graham Dies; Radio, TV Personality NEW YORK (AP) Radio and television person ality Lee Graham died Tuesday at the age of 64. Mrs. Graham, a native New Yorker, died of cancer in her apartment at the Navarro Hotel on Central Park South, where she lived with her husband, Lawrence.

Mrs. Graham, best known for her "Lee Graham Interviews" program on WNYC radio, also broadcast interview shows on WQXR radio and WNYC TV, Channel 31. A spokesman for WNYC said that during Mrs. Graham's 20-year career as a broadcast journalist, she taught broadcasting at two universities here. Mrs.

Graham also contributed articles on social issues to the New York Times Sunday Magazine, other magazines and the United Feature Syndicate. Mrs. Graham leaves her husband, who is president of the Graham Food Co. Car Collision Kills Woman; 2 Men Hurt EAST HAMPTON A 30-year-old East Haddam woman was killed and two other persons seriously injured in a head-on collision on Rt. 151 here Monday night, police said Tuesday.

Marcia A. Civiok, of the Moodus section was pronounced dead on arrival at Middlesex Memorial Hospital, Middletown, police said. Her husband, Peter E. Civiok, who was driving, and William Weir, 19, of Rt. 151, Middle Haddam section, driver of the second vehicle, were admitted to the intensive care section of that hospital.

The Civiok's two sons, Kevin, 6, and Aaron, 2, were held overnight at the hospital for observation and released Tuesday. Hospital officials said Tuesday afternoon that Civiok was in critical condition and Weir was listed as serious. Police said that the Civiok vehicle was northbound on Rt. 151 when it was struck head-on by the vehicle driven by Weir. Charges are pending, police said, but declined to be more specific because the matter is still under investigation.

TRACTOR COST Farm tractors cost as much as $125,000. ENFIELD Arthur Starr, 93, of 33 Spring retired sexton of St. Patrick's Church who had been honored by Pope Paul VI for his long service, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Springfield. He was sexton of St. Patrick's Church for 55 years before retiring two years ago.

He was the recipient of the Beremerenti Medal, bestowed upon him by Pope Paul VI in November 1963. In 1971 he was presented with the Archdiocesan Medal of Appreciation by Archbishop John Whealon in gratitude tor his "devoted service to St. Patrick's Church, St. Joseph's School and the St. Services Set Today for G.E.

Mauriello The funeral of George Edwin Mauriello of New York City who died Friday in New York, will be today, with services at 2 p.m. in the Universalist Church, 433 Fern West Hartford. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Mr. Mauriello, formerly of Hartford, was a professor of biophysics at Pace College in New York City.

The Giuliano-Sagarino Funeral Home, 247 Washington has charge of arrangements. Brewster Asks Inflation Curbs GLASGOW, Scotland (UPI) U.S. Ambassador to Britain Kingman Brewster arrived in Glasgow Tuesday for a four-day visit to Scotland and warned of the need to keep inflation under control. Commenting on Prime Minister James Callaghan's remarks last week that the United States and West Germany had been unable to get their economies expanding to the degree to which they had committed themselves at the London Summit meeting last May, the former Yale University president said America had the same problems as Britain. "We have got to get our economy right so that inflation does not start up again," he said.

"Inflation is a very unfair tax, hitting both at the old and those unable to look after themselves." Joseph T.Hagarty Sr. Joseph T. Hagarty 83, of 123 Wetmore Win-sted, died Monday at Win-sted Memorial Hospital. Born in Hartford, he lived here and in Granby more than 40 years, moving to Winsted 13 years ago. He worked for the U.S.

Post Office in Hartford 42 years, retiring in 1955 as a supervisor. He attended St. Joseph's Church, Winsted. He leaVes a son, Joseph T. Hagarty Jr.

of Winsted; two daughters, Mrs. Wesley Arnold of Newington and Mrs. Charles Bender of West Hartford; two sisters, Margaret Hagarty of West Hartford and Mrs. Leroy Bailey of Palmer, eight grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. The funeral Thursday, 10:15 a.m., Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm Rocky Hill; Mass of Christian Burial, 11 a.m., St.

Mary's Church, Newington. Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Calling hours: today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. George Powell Mrs.

Adelaide Pedden Powell, 79, of 27 Midian Windsor, wife of George Powell, died Tuesday at Hartford Hospital. Born in Middletown, she lived in Windsor 48 years. She attended Wilson Congregational Church, Wilson section of Windsor. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Beach of Windsor and Mrs.

Eleanor McLaughlin of South Windsor; a stepsister, Mrs. Alice Tildsley of Fram-ingham, two grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. The funeral: Thursday, 1 p.m., Carmon Funeral Home, 6 Poquonock Windsor. Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Windsor. Calling hours: today, 7 to 9 p.m.

William L. Hood Jr. William L. Hood 12, son of Mr. and Mrs.

William L. Hood of 181 Victoria Road, died Tuesday at Mel-mark Home, Berwyer, after a long illness. Born in Sydney, Ohio, he lived in Hartford three years. He was a Junior Soldier with the Salvation Army Corps. Besides his parents, he leaves a brother, Stephen P.

Hood, at home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Hooper of Philadelphia, and his paternal grand- Earents, Mr. and Mrs.

Louis i. Hood of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. The funeral: Thursday, 1:30 p.m., Salvation Army Citadel, 661 Main Manchester. Burial: arrangements incomplete. Calling hours: today, 7 to 9 p.m., Watkins Funeral Home, 142 E.

Center Manchester. Inmates Want Lockup Ended CRANSTON, R.I. (UPI) -Prisoners balked in protest Tuesday when a general maximum security lockup was eased at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions to allow showers, exercise and visiting. The inmates apparently were protesting refusal by corrections officials to lift the lockup and return to the previous routine where prisoners had almost day-long run of the century-old Leopold Zajac Leopold Zajac, 82 of 102 W. Hartford Road, Newington, died Monday at a local convalescent home.

Born in Poland, he lived in Newington 50 years. He worked for Landers, Frary and Clark manufacturing company, formerly of New Britain, 42 Sears, retiring 17 years ago. attended St. Mary's Church, Newington. He leaves two sons, John Zajac of New Britain and Joseph Zajac of West Hartford; a stepson, Joseph Cedar of Newington; a daughter, Clara Zajac of Old Saybrook; five stepdaughters, Mrs.

Ann Ostafin of Hartford, Mrs. Sophie O'Hara of Lynn, Mrs. Julia Sczreck of the Rockville section of Vernon, Mrs. Jean Perkoski and Mrs. Stella Dombrowski, both of Newington, 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

The funeral: Thursday, 9:30 a.m., Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Newington; Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m., St Mary's Church. Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, New Britain. Calling hours: today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Plea in Rape Put Off Week NEW HAVEN David Laden, 20, of North Haven, arraigned Tuesday on charges stemming from the abduction and rape of two women in East Rock Park here, will return Tuesday to Common Pleas Court 6 to enter pleas.

Laden's case was continued Tuesday and his bond set at $50,000. He remained in custody in the Community Correctional Center, New Haven. Laden was arrested Saturday after police investigated an Aug. 28 incident in which two women were forced to drive their assailant to the park, then to one of the women's apartments' in Guilford and then to North Haven, where the man fled on foot. Laden faces charges of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree kidnaping, first-degree robbery and second-degree larceny.

Lost Woman Safely Returns ANDOVER An East Hartford woman lost in the woods here since Sunday, wandered into a local auto parts store Tuesday afternoon, apparently unharmed. State police with bloodhounds and firemen from 13 area towns had searched unsuccessfully for two days and called off their search for Betty Sargent, 50, Monday night. Police said Tuesday the woman walked out of the woods and into the Rt. 6 store about 4 p.m. Store personnel called the state police.

Ms. Sargent had mosquito bites and some scratches but was otherwise in good health, police said. Ms. Sargent was reported missing about 5 p.m. Sunday.

She had been fishing by the Hop River near Rts. 6 and 87 with two friends and wandered off about noon. By Sunday night an estimated 350 persons were combing the woods. LeonE.Volovski Leon E. Volovski, 53, of Naples, formerly of Wethersfield, died Monday in Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Born in the Collinsville section of Canton, he lived in Wethersfield before moving to Florida two years ago. He was a salesman for Execu-tone Communications Systems of Hartford, retiring two years ago. He was a World War Navy veteran. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Louise Brown Volovski; a stepson, Walter Blackler of Skaneateles; N.Y.; a stepdaughter, Mrs.

Edward Call-ery of Wethersfield; his father, Leon H. Volovski of Wethersfield; a sister, Mrs. John Repp of Canton and seven grandchildren. Memorial service: Saturday, 1 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, Farmington.

Burial: at the convenience of the family. Calling hours: none. Donations: Heart Association of Greater Hartford, 310 Collins St. 06105. Arrangements: W.

S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 504 Main Branford. Mrs. Andrew F. Martino Mrs.

Mary Vetrano Martino, 48, of Clarks Summit, formerly of Wethersfield, wife of Andrew F. Martino, died Monday at a Scranton, hospital. Born in East Hartford, she lived in Wethersfield before moving to Pennsylvania 16 years ago. Besides her husband, she leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

John Vetrano of East Hartford and a sister, Mrs. Jean Meyers in Florida. The funeral: Friday, 8:15 a.m., Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm Rocky Hill; Mass of Christian Burial, 9 a.m., Corpus Christi Church, Wethersfield. Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. Calling hours: today, 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Antonio DeMelo Antonio DeMelo, 57, of 8 Capitol died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Santa Maria, Azores, he lived in Hartford 20 years. He worked at St. Francis Hospital as a groundskeeper and attended Our Lady of Fatima Church.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Angelina Reis DeMelo of Hartford; his mother, Mrs. Filomena Rosa DeMelo, a brother, John DeMelo, and two sisters, Mrs. Maria Da-Cunha and Mrs. Maryanna Farrapelha, all of Providence, R.I.

The funeral: Friday, 8:30 a.m., Giuliano-Sa-garino Funeral Home, 247 Washington Mass of Christian Burial, 9 a.m., Our Lady of Fatima Church. Burial: Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Calling hours: today, and Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Hector Collette Hector Collette, 79, of 35 Spring died Tuesday in the state Veterans Home and Hospital, Rocky Hill. Born in Southbridge, he lived in Hartford many years. He was a retired weaver and was a World War I Army veteran. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dora Boncine Collette, a son, Raymond Collette, and a daughter, Mrs.

Florence Houle, all of Putnam. The funeral: Thursday, 8 a.m., chapel of the state Veterans Home and Hospital. Burial: Col. Raymond F. Gates Memorial Cemetery, Rocky Hill, with military honors.

Calling hours: today, 7 to 9 p.m., Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm Rocky Hill. Mrs. Ella Rapaport Mrs. Ella Tudor Rapaport, 85, of 28 Sherwood Road, West Hartford, widow of Alex N. Rapaport, died Monday at home.

Born in Latvia, she lived in the Hartford area almost all her life. She was a member of the Emanuel Synagogue, West Hartford. She leaves a nephew, Edward Rapaport, and a niece, Mrs. Herman Bernik-er, both of Palm Beach, Fla. Graveside service: today, 11:30 a.m., Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery, Wethersfield.

Donations: charity. Arrangements: Weinstein Mortuary, 640 Fannington Ave. During World War II, Mr. Batchelor painted the large outdoor mural called "Columbia" on Memorial Green here and in recent years worked to restore the painting. He also made the bronze bust of J.M.

Patterson, founder of the Daily News and the oil mural, "History of the Printed Word," both now in the lobby of the Daily News building in New York City. Also a cane collector, he gave about 200 of his 500 canes to the Deep River Historical Society. Some of the canes were given to him by well-known figures, including Carl Sandburg, William Randolph Hearst Jr. and former President Richard M. Nixon.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Allegra Taylor Batchelor, and a sister, Mrs. Nelle Everett of Emporia, Kan. The funeral and burial will be private at the convenience of the family. Donations may be made to the Essex Art Gallery.

Groton Woman, Hit by Truck, Called 'Critical' GROTON A 27-year-old Groton woman was in critical condition at Lawrence and Memorial Hospitals, New London, Tuesday after she ran in front of a tractor-trailer truck on 1-95 Monday night. State police- said a truck, driven by Angelo Restante, 56, of Cranston, R.I., traveling south on 1-95 near Rt. 117 when Marlene Jones of Tacoma Court suddenly ran across the highway in front of the truck just before 9 p.m. Monday. Although Restante swerved to avoid the woman, his truck struck Ms.

Jones and then hit a car driven by James Walsh, 22, of Bricktown, N.J., police said. A hospital spokeswoman said the woman sustained head injuries. The two drivers were not injured, police said. Neither of the two vehicles was seriously damaged and no charges were made against the drivers, police said. Aide to JFK Still 'Critical' BOSTON (AP) Kenneth P.

O'Donnell, aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, remained in critical condition Tuesday at Beth Israel Hospital. His ailment has not been disclosed. The hospital said the family requested the information not be released.

O'Donnell, 53, served as special assistant and appointments secretary to Kennedy and stayed on during the first year of the Johnson Administration. In recent years, he has been a management consultant and public relations representative with a Boston firm. He lives in the city's Jamaica Plain section. O'Donnell, who has long suffered from arthritis, was hospitalized in Cleveland five years ago after a collapse. He was visiting to promote "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye," a book he and Dave Powers wrote about Kennedy.

Klan Rally Fracas Tied to Labor Group COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI), Anti-Klan demonstrators armed with Progressive Labor party (PLP) signs started the brawl after a Labor Day Ku Klux Klan rally, it was reported Tuesday. The Columbus Dispatch said photographs taken with a high-powered lens from a hotel across the street from the state Capitol where the rally was held showed the violence was started by PLP supporters. 3 FLOWERS SAY IT BETTER! DEEP RIVER Clarence Daniel Batchelor of Kelsey Hill Road, a political cartoonist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for an antiwar cartoon, died Monday at home after a long illness. He was 89. Mr.

Batchelor's award-winning cartoon depicted a prostitute with death's head saying to a figure representing European youth, "Come on in. I'll treat you right. I used to know your daddy." His earning the Pulitzer marked the first time it was awarded for a tabloid cartoon. It appeared in the New York Daily News where he worked from 1930 until his retirement in 1969. Born in Osage City, he lived in Deep River many years.

When he was in his early 20s, he worked as a night station master for the Santa Fe railroad in Los Vegas, where his earnings paid his way to New York City and art school. He went to the Kansas City Star in 1911 as a newspaper staff artist. He was a freelance magazine artist from 1914-18 and in 1923 he went to work for the New York Post-Ledger syndicate. His work also appeared in many publications including the National Review. He won many awards for his cartoons and was widely known for his safe driving series called "Inviting the Undertaker" which appeared more than 1,000.

times. For this series on traffic safety, he was made an honorary member of the Connecticut State Police in 1959. Searchers Find Heiress' Body In Dolomites BOLZANO, Italy (UPI) -Search parties found the body of chocolate and fashion heiress Luisa Spagnoli in a mountain ravine Tuesday. Officials said she apparently became lost on a walk and tumbled to her death. The ultraleftist Red Brigades earlier claimed they had kidnaped Miss Spagnoli and demanded the the resignation of Italy's defense minister as the price of her life.

Rescue workers combing the Dolomite mountain region found the body in the lender Valley near Mt. Pana. Officials said the 48-year-old woman apparently had tripped and fallen into a chasm. Police said no footprints of other persons or other indications of foul play were found at the scene. Miss Spagnoli disappeared Friday while visiting the castle of Baron Giorgio Franchetti, a family friend, at the mountain resort of Santa Cristina.

She was last seen by the baron's daughter and governess. Envoy's Kin Feared Taken VALENCIA, Spain (UPI) The 4-year-old daughter of the Belgian consul disappeared from her family's garden Monday evening and extensive searches failed to find any trace of her, police said Tuesday. The national news agency Cif ra reported Veronica earlier, the daughter of Pierre Jean Carlier Corurouble, apparently was kidnaped, but said no person or group had as yet contacted the family. The blonde girl disappeared from a villa which the consul has near this Mediterranean coast city. The civil guards, Spain's rural police, said that searches by up to 300 officers and civilian volunteers continued throughout Monday night and Tuesday.

Deaths BOYD. At home, Sept. 4. 1977. Ronald Boyd, 47, of 453 Lake St Bolton.

Husband of Carolyn Clartt Boyd. Funeral, Wednesday at 1 Dm from the Abbev-Robadter Funeral Home, 2534 Main Si. Gtestortturv. Burial in me Center Cemetery, Bolton. CaRing hours, today, 2 to 4 and 7 to am Donations to the United Method-is! Church otBotlon.

Card of Thanks Your kindness and sympathy are mort deeply appreciated than any words of thanks can ever express. From me Gifeert Family. hMemoriam In memory of Kenneth Jones who died Sept. 4, IT74. Our hearts are fM wrtti pai mat you left us so soon, but we are blessed by the low and wisdom you gave us.

Children Kenneth Jr. Richard, Laura, Ronald sister Helen; nieces Karen and Georgia. In loving memory of Edward T. Matthews Sr. There win be a first armversary mass Sent.

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