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MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944 NAUGATUCK DAILY NEWS Page Three Activities Personal Social For The Fastidious! 1968 34-48 T'ATTERN 1968 A gracious, slim-lined and pretty took for acternoon wear! It's particalarly attractive for the matron and older woman as the wellcut front panel treatmen: of the eart gives that trim look through torso and hips which ru de cable In this type of frock. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1968 is designed for sizes 34. 36. 38, 12.

44, 44 and Size 36, short shoves, requires 3 1-2 yards of 39. inch material. Mood netv3 for nli nome dress. makers; the now Spring ABC Pattorn Rook is rendy! Send for a copy today, it cost: only 10 cents. You may order a copy with 15 cont pattern for 23 cents, plus 1 rent postage.

For this attractive pattern send 20 cons, in: coint with your name, address pattern number and wanted to Barbara Bell, Naugatuck Daily News, Post Office Box De. Station Now York 19. N. Y. Thomas J.

Dolan Now At Camp Parke Thomas J. Dolan. 2-C, Novy Seabers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dolan of Curtiss street, treen stransferred to Camp Parke, Cal.

Phelan Family Return From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Phetan And munily of North Main street have returned! front A vacation stunt ft their cottage at the flousatonic river. WHITE. HERE NORWASH Shoe Store SPECIAL! MEN'S SUITS Cleated and Demothed Brautifully Dry 89c DEEN'S Church 100 St.

planning Your Futuro'1 write, Call or phon 4-8772 POST, COLLEGE JUNIOR 24 CENTRAL AVENUE Lieut. H. C. Married To Thurber Hillers The following article concerning the marriage of Lieut. Harry C.

Roff, son of Dr. and Mrs. HairRott of 29 George street, appeared in The Boston Herald, Sunday, August 6. In the Trinity Church chapel, Melrose. Miss Thurber Millers, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles A. Millers, of Malrose, became the bride July 28, of Lt. Harry C. Roff, USAAF.

with the Rev. Warren C. Herrick officiating at the o'clock ceremony. The bride wore a bluc-grey suit carried an old-fashioned bouquiet of white roses and blue delThe maid of honor WILS her sister. Ensign Frances C.

Hiliers, USCO (WR). Lt. Roff, son ci Dr. and Mra. Harry C.

Roff, of Naugatack, recently returned from England, had a3 his bost man Lt. Randall Hathaway, USAAF, of Thoninaton, who was in the same squadron wish the bridegroom in England. Mr. Arnold W. Williams of Melrose, the bride's brother-in-law, was usher.

After the cereniony reception was held the bride's home. Tho bride's mother wore 0. dusty pink dress will 2 corsage of pink nations, and the bridegroom's mother was gowned in navy and white with a corsage of white gladioli. The brido is a gradunte of the Elsie Chamberlain School, and 19 a member of Kappa Delta Psi sorority. The bridegroom ed Harvard with the casa at 19-12 lenving in his senior year to enter his bnsic training at Maxwell Field.

Ala. I.t. and Mrs. Roll are now In Atlantic City. Local Girls Attend Graduation And Prom At Taft School Miss Shirley Bowers of 48 Maple street and Miss Justine Brophy of 26 Hillcrest nvenue attended graduacion exercises at the Taft school.

Saturday evening and also the tea party and prom which followed: Miss Brophy was the guest of Edward Yeaton of Homestend avenuc. Naugatuck. Miss Bowers' Cscort was Paul Mehtin of New Jersey. Adeline Stankus Resumes Duties In WAVES In WAVES Miss Adeline Stankus, a member of the WAVES. U.

S. Navy, turned last night to Boston, where she is stationed, after spend. ing the week-end at her home on Ralph Lyon Are Visiting Relatives Mrs. Ralph A. Lyon of St.

Pa. is visiting her mother, Mrs. Samuel Bristol of Plotte Mills. She will join her husband, SIt. Ralph A.

Lyon, Saturday aLt Chevy Chase, where he is spending several days with his parents, Mr, and Meg, Ludwig Meuser. Sgt. Lyon ol the Army Air Corps, is stationed at Drew Ficle, Tampa, Fla. Spent Month With Mrs. S.

R. Bristol Mrs. Andrew J. Gardner of St. I Petersburg.

the former Miss! Grace Humilton of Naugatuck, who spent the past month with her sistot, Mrs. Samuel R. Bristol Platts Mills, has left to visit with nnother sister. Mrs. Stewart i Brown in Enirfield, Conn.

Spending Vacation At Ocean Beach Mrs. Catherine Kildutt and daughter, Marion and Pat of Oak street, and "Six" Noble of Actna street are spending a vacation at Ocean Beach, Now London. I Return From WeekEnd At Twin Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daly of Elm strect have returned from Twin Lakes where they spent, the weekend.

About 75 percent the retail concerns in the U. S. have annual sales of less than $20,000, and account tor less than 23 percent of the total retail volume. DID YOU WRITE TODAY? A LETTER MEANS SO MUCH WE HAVE A WRITE DON'T COMPLETE LINE DELAY OF TODAY STATIONERY V.MAIL PLAIN and NOVELTY PAPERS FOUNTAIN PENS INKS Your Stationery Storo SWEENEY'S ART STATIONERY AND STORE THE CARD AND GIFT SHOP Baby's Little Lambs PATTERN No. R2137 These little lambs make ideal designs for trimming Baby's things and the garments themselves are easily made.

Pattorn envelope contains hotIron transfers for four designs and' complete directions for making. jacket, kimono and botties. Our 60-page mulicolored book of Needle containing five free patterns, and many other dressing up your home and yourscit 13 now available. Send your request for this book to the addro.s listed below, enclosing twenty cents (20c.) in coins to cover the cost and malting charges. Send 11 cents (coin) for Pattern No.

R2137 to Naugatuck Daily News, Needle Arts P. O. Box 172, Station New York 3, N. Y. William G.

Boies Visits Daughter At Camp Willam G. Boles of Hillside avenue recently visited his daughter, Susan, who is spending' the season at Camp Kuwiyan, Meredith; N. H. Story Of Nightmare Which Airman Says Really Happened American Bomber Ease. Aug.

7-(UP)-There are with happy endings. Flight Engineer John Carlisle of Houston, Texas. says he can prove' it. Hie was a terrific dream kind ampll boy's get from: eating that extra piece of apple pic. seemed he was on his first Germany something had gone wrong.

There he was sprawled on the Fortress catwalk with his head hanging down through the open bomb bay doors nothing between him and the ground but 22.000 fect of cold; windy air. The worst part of the' mare was that he couldn't wale up and forget it. He was awake and' it really was happening. The co-pilot found him-with his head dangling over Germany-ofter he didn't answer the innerphone. Carlisle had gone back to close the bomb bay doors by hand after falk had damaged the mechanical system.

But he left his oxygen mask behind and collapsed. The co-pliot took off his own mask and put on the engineer. Then he. too, collapsed from lack of oxygen and fell against the controls, sending the giant ship plunging helplessly through the formation, narrowly missing other Fortresses. The pilot jammed an' oxygeri tube into the co-pilot's mouth while trying to straighten the, plane's course.

Then the ball turret gunner felt himselt slowly losing conscious-. ness. oxygen line had' been shot away by flak. He fell out of his turret and collapsed' on the runway. The tail gunner grabbed a flask of oxygen and attached it to his mask.

The waistgunner had bid wounded over the target, and required urgent medical care. But there was no time. One engine of. the plane was completely dead and another started to sputter. The nightmare ended with a splueh in the icy waters of the Channel.

However, an hour later the entire crow wais picked up by an air-sea rescue launch and given brandy, food' and clothing. Yep. said Carlisle, it was a hap: Py ending. But, whew, what 2 dream while it lasted! Fire In Freight Car Filled With Explosives Put Out Attleboro: Aug. Aremen and A New Haven railrond crew arc being praised for their bravery and speed In tinguishing a fire in a freight car 'Alled with explosives.

Four trains I BOROUGH DAILY DIARY AUGUST 1944 10 12 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 Coming Events TONIGHT Band 8 p. Tuttle Music. Shed, Weather Report Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut--Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. No important temperature chunges. Eastport to Block Island small craft or storm Temperature Report RED HERMANS RESIGNS Red Hermans, who scC9 all, knows all and usually blabs it all over town, has rusigned from writing this questionable column.

His resignation came written Govarnment Form 000XXXX after his gallivanting all and. down the East coast from Monfreul to Washington, D.C. His resagnation came as quite a "shock?" yours truly will try CAl'Ty on in his place. He did promise, however, to stop in every day, and let us know how he is doing. The weather toduy is comparatively cool when you realize that last weck it soured way above the hundred mark, Yesterday's showers tended to lower the 'Lemps' a wee bit, Tor which we are grateful.

Right this minute there is a semblance of A breeze blowing down Church St. that might be carrying showers, but don't quote me on that. And here is the' tempersture report which you had. to read through this column to get. Annoying.

isn't it. Midingh.t 3 a. m. 73 6 a. m.

9 u. 72 10 a. m. 7G 11 u. m.

79 Pleasingly moderate. Be seein' ya. Man Accused Of Trying To Drown Son In Pond Northford, Aug. 7-(UP) -Accused of trying to drown his three-year-old son in a' pond, Lawr. once Nicolar has been temporarily committeed Lo the Middletown suite hospital.

Nicola's father-in-law, Stanlcy Pawlowski, told police be cred Nocolai trying to the boy and forced hind at the paint of a gun to stop. Nicolai then dashed into the house and threatened shoot anyone who entered. State police forced him' out by threatening to in tear gas shells. Three Naugatuck Soldiers Together (Continued from Page 1) attacks on targets' in Fiance and Germany, said' of his first combat opertion, "Flak' followed' us' most of the way. Sometimes it way n.g thick as wool around us.

Were: ceived quite a few holes in our plane. but' got back to our ba'sc OK. The Luftwaffe left us. alonc that day: becausa there were 100 many. of our own fighters around: bomby went right where.

they were supposed to The gunner's wife, Mrs. 'Violet Saxton; lives at 22 May street, and he was. also machinist for the Bristol Company before entering AAP. Sergeant Stanley J. Widuch, 22.

the shect metal worker, is' the' son Mrs: Daniel- Protasan of Spring street. His wife is Mrs. Dorothy Widuch of 125 Quinn street. When big bombers' return on Hitter's war machine, they are carefully checked for battle damage. If they have 1'C- delved' any flak or machine gun Hits.

the planes are moved into one of the Huge hangars, and there Widuch his' crew go 'to repairing the metal sur-faces: "Sometimes the battle holes are SO big you can crawl through them," said Sgt. "However, wo do a good patching job; and the' planes are soon ready to fly over Hiller's factories deep in Germany and drop their 'loads again." Prior to' entering the AAP in. July 1042, Sat. Widuch worked' at the Naugatuck Chemical tri' Nau: gatuck. were.

delayed for varying periods' up to an hour, while the freight CAr was, cut out of. the Bostonbound train 'and the fire. extinguished. The blaze wus discovered by the conductor, who hoard gmall lubes containing black pow. der explode.

However, most of the cylinders were riot touched off. Army Guards Protect Philadelphia Drivers U. 'S. soldiers are' insuring the wifety of passengers on Philadelphia Subways, and lines 28 normal transportation service' in slowly resumed following 11 five day tie-up which greatly affected many vital war Industries. Dempite acceptance of a'n' army ultimatum' by the strikers, armed guards remain on in case." The tie-up resulted from a protest strike against upgrading of Negro entployen to the statum of operators.

(International) BEACON FALLS Correspondent's 4324 Carnival Starts Tonight At Noe's Field St. Michael's parish carnival opens tonight at 8 p. m. at Noe's lot. near the powerhouse' on Main There will be' no admission charge to get on the lot, and plenty of room for automobile parking Is available.

Conleth Kitrnan is general chairman of the affair, and Mrs. Helen Grimm has charge of the ladies' group. 'The carnival will last all week. with the grounds opening ut 8 o'clock each evening. Ensign Jean: Richter, USN, spent few daya visiting her parents, Mr.

nod Mrs, Harold Richter of Wolff avenue. Ensign Richter is Navy. nurse stationed in Brooklyn, N. Y. Lec of Main street bag returned to his.

base in Georgia, after spending a furlough in Beacon Fulls, Carry Fuoco, former gas station proprietor here, was visitor it: Beacon Falls yesterday. Pvt. Fuoco who entered the Army two weeks ago, is stationed at Fort Devens, Mass. Sen. Caraway Is Disappointed Over Her Defeat Washington, Aug.

7-(UP)--Mrs. Flattic Caraway of Arkansas that when she leaves the sonate next January it will be some time before there is another wom-1 an' sonator. Mrs. Caraway has been in the senate nearly years as its only elected member, She says she. no particular plans after leaves.

office. that her defeat at. the polls last, month was "disappointing -a bitter surprise." Too Late To Classify -Bank Book No: 46,344 on Naugatuck Savings Bank. has been lost. Any person having claims on said book is called upon to present the same to within two months or the book will be declared cancolled and citinguished: and a now one issued in' Neu' thereof.

Dated nt Naugatuck; Aug. 7, 3944; Aug. 21 1944; Sept. 5, 1944 NOTICE District of Naugatuck, sa, Probate Court, August 7th A 1944: ESTATE OF Frederick Semrow, late of Naugatuck, in said District; deceased. Upon the application of Ottilia Semrow praying that an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and; testament of said deceased may be proved' approved; allowed and admitted to probate; per application on file more fully appears; it- is That said application.

be. heard determined at the Probate Office in Naugatuck, in said on the 11th day of August A. at 10 o'clock in the. forenoon and that notice be given of the pendency of snid application, and timo and pince of hearing thereon, by' publishing the same once some newspaper having a' circulation in said and by 'posting' a copy thereof on the public sign-post in the town Naugatuck, said' District, and by sending, postage a like to each 'of each of the known heirs residing. outside District to the Guardian ad Litem -and to Joseph Talbot 'at 203 street, 'Naugatuck, attorney for.

Avald Semrow of the Army at least three day's said day assigned. STEPHEN J. SWEENEY, Judge, Tobacco Crops Badly Damaged By Hail Stones to Hartford; Aug. 7--(UP)-Tobac Gifts co' growers of Hartford county have taken a loss of about half A mi: lion as n' disastrous hall storm. About 800 acre.

have been virtually wiped out, and some growers it would not be worth I while trying to. salvage any of the Hail stones fell an' large as walnuts, and, the storm was with that of. 1929. which almost ruined the northern county' Brides: Delight Gifts Prom' Clyne's And- so does everyone else. Drop in at CLYNE'S.

Just few steps from Exchange Place, for leisurely. gift CLYNE GLASS SHOP 29 Harrison Ave. Waterbury Chirogo, Aug: 7-(UP)--Fifteen persons were Injured none night when the coach of the Olympian-4 crack Milwaukee rond passenger -WaS derailed. in The train was eastbound from Seattle, FIFTEEN HURT Boston, luck has intruded on the leave of Mel- LOST HIS MONEY Washington, Station telephone booth last night. Final Summer Clearance Entire Balance of Dresses, Slax Sets, Playsuits and Sportswear Must Go! 1 WEEK ONLY ALL SALES MUST BE FINAL DRESSES Reg.

$5 to $19.98 $3 $5 $8 SLAX SETS AND PLAY SUITS Reg. $5.98 to $7.98 $5 Those formerly marked $8.98 to $16.98 $7 and $9 BLOUSES MESH HOSIERY BAGS to $5.98: Celling Gold' Price $1.18 stripe $2' $5.98: $2.59 59c $1:59 to $4 2' for $5 2 for PRELEG LEG LOTION Reg. 59c Tax plus taxSpring Coats Suits SHORTY COATS Reg: to $19.98 $8 Reg. to: $39.98 $15 Princess Shop ON THE BRIDGE vin L. Johnson: a sailor stationed at Fargo.

barracks South Bose ton. Johnson' reported to' police: that he left a wallet containing and a navy pass in a South Peter Paul, Inc. NAUGATUCK, CONN. Manufacturers of Nation's Largest Selling CANDIES and CHEWING GUMS.

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