Issues 14 - Windsor Historical Society

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Windsor News Letter
The News-Weekly
Friday, September 8, 1944
The Windsor News Letter, an ed- though he doesn't know too many
nea after travelling all Qyel' thelglobe
ited sample of which is on this page, people from his days at Loomis, he
so he decided to send in his correct
goes O<:UJ mon/My to »ear/'S- 800 men says he .did get a big kick out of
address (MO 5615). Pfe. Rem-bus
for Men and Women in the Service
£111.(/. ~ in tile a1"tnf?'d. se:ruices. the auxilia.ry firemen
training of sendl his regards 'to -the Exchange
It was .sponsered by the E%change civilian. defense in town.
Club which he used to serve iWhile
Dear Winaso1'ite, wiecf'ever you are: recreation program directed by gen- Club and is made p/f!ssibJe through
F. Clay Althen SK/c (FPO NYC) at Hotel \Vindsor.
aonatilms by townspeople. Tile men traces the course of the July issue
ial Sam Crockett.
We forgot _ to mention that Pvt.
First we want to apologize for the
:Deerfield is leading the juvenile and women in the service like this which he said went to Trinidad:, back Federkiewicz has been a w.arded the
delay in the August issue. It seems softball lea:gue. :MlM 3-c Walter An- monthly letfer.
to Long Island, then to London and bronze ribbon and' purple heart for
that for some unknown reason it dresen, hack from Saipan, told the
The letter will continue to go out ~hen to 'W.here Clay is in England gallantry while wounded in resisting
took longer to mime:ograph the issue American Legion about some of his mo'nthly until the 'lIXU" is (}Ver. So at an .J.mphibioas base. The news enemy trQ{}p movements and helping
after it left OUr hands. So we're clXperiences. Dr. Wlllis F. A.'bbey give 'what you can afford. to keep it letter usually gets its man, but Clay in the destruction 'Of a Germ'atl suprushing this one thrQugh to make up died while 'On vacation in New going. O'Je O()llO1' will take CMe {)t sent in his latest addre~s and we ply truck headoo. for the French
Hlampshire. Ruth Purnell reJ)Orts sending a copy to tu'O prople in the hoiX! more of )"OU fellows do the beachhead.
fQr it.
that 112 new voters were made at cvrmed service fo.r one yew". Send same.
Eugenjus Urban, 21, son of Mr.
With the first cold snap somehcw the last meeting. Of these 48 were YO'lltT" dattatwns to lroing S chle-singWalter Nasuta sends in a remind- G. Urban of Drake Street, 'WHson,
a football always a.ppears from out from the armed services. You fel- er, 49 Hillcrest Road, Windsor,
er from Camp lR'ucker, Ala., stating has been commissioned an Ensign in
of the attic a.nd in no time at all lows ha.ven't said much about poli- Conn.
that Uncle 'Sam has given him a the N.aval Reserve and has ,been athe fellows 'are tossing the pigskin
tics, but you ought to vote on acraise in .pay, as he is now a Staff warded his gold wings after comaround on the Green. It's also the count of it's important. Alfred YusSergeant. He's met a bunch of sold- pleting his flight training at J>'ensatime of year when mothers are hur- kevich resigned from the police force.
rying Junior down tc the barher Horace White, head assessor, took as she was going to church, was iers formerly stationed in and a- cola, 'Fla. He attended Trinity Colshop- to get his haircut for school time out to attend a government Sem- killed, according to an announcement round Hartford and says "boy, are lege and !)layed on the varsity footopening and buying new outfits for inar at Storrs. Vic McDonald has He is the eighth feHowl from 'Wind- they a disappointed lot. I don't think ball and ·tennis squads. .-.:.
First Lt. Martin 'fl. Johnson, 32,
they like it here." Walt has ·been at
,the youngsters only to find out that
been named to the Wind.sor Advis- .sor to give his life in this war. He
instructor !Of classics and history at
Mary ndwl takes a size 12 dress and cry Committee of the Family Ser- has been in the Pacific theater. He Rucker for 2 years.
Junior won't fit into that suit moth- vice Society. Officers Tom Murray was very popt1Iar in hi~h school and
,'P,fc. Earl ',e. Angell, Jr. (APO Loomis, was killed in action in
France on August 6 after taking .part
er was saving fcr him because it and Jesse Colpitts claim ·they have gr.aduated in 1942.
43) takes time out .somewhere in New
in
the invasion of Normandy. Lt.
was too large last fall.
TISgt· Peter Waiveris, 21, of Wil- Guinea to say he !Would like to see Johnson entered the Army as a vola. former Jamai~an featherweight and
UP AND DO\\~N' MA1N STREET welterweight champ in tow and are son, radio operator -gunner with the some' Windsorites out there and unteer officer candidate in June 1942,
tryjng to get a match for him with Eighth Air Forces on a B-1? F1y~ pauses to add: "Oh, yes, there is
Well, most mothers and the ki.ds Willie 'Pep. The Exchange Club ing 'Fortress "Old Wampus", has quite a. bit of fighting going on a- and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in
are back from the beach or lake or bought a boat for the, 'w'FrD to b<! been awarded the DFC fOr "extra- I'ound here. Well, it can't last for- Feb. 1943. lIe and his wife, the for~
mer .Sally HUntington, adopted a:
the mountains by now. 'l,t's 'been a used in rescue work. The WFD is ordinary achievement", according to ever.'"
ibalby girl, Katherine Huntington, reil>leasant summer for vacations. On now raising funds to buy a radio for press re;ports. He has taken part in
P.vt. George R'Ozman (AM. 1 centty. Lt. J~hnson graduated from
the other hand victory gardeners are the ambulance. Mrs. Grace Pratt, more than a score of Iheavy ,bombing YNC) says he had to go to France Hbtchkiss in 1929 and 'Williams in
grumbling because of the dry weath- mother of Corp. JQhn ;Pratt sont.e- assaults on iNl3.Zi targets in Europe to meet his first IWindsorite abroad. 1933. lie came to Loomis in 11934.
er. The busiest folks around 'at the where in the 'Pacific, died. Oh, yes, and in supporting American ground It was a. neighbor and friend. Alden All 'Of Windsor is shocked; at the
moment are the tobacco farmers. in the middle of the heat wave there troops. Sgt. 'WIaiveris already holds
Scheafer.
news of his death, because he wM
This year there were about 150 .high was a temporary ice shortage, but the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Corp. 'Nick Crussana (AIPO 15358 recognized not only as a fine scholschool girls from Florida. and 'Penn- the cold sna.p 'fixed it in a few days. ·Clusters. 'He entered the anned ser- NY): 'Writes from l1aly that he got ar, but a gentleman. He was a very
syl,vania here helping out. 'Most far- Undoubtedly a. good deal more has vlce in January, 1943.
his first taste of Italian wine and I ,ptOpular instructor at 'Loomis.
mers have about tW() weeks more happened, but let's move on.
it's '~all right."
FROM
OUR
MAIL
BAG
of OW'Ork and the crop is good. Aibout
SWAN SONG
$/Sgt. Leigh \H'unt (A1PO 700
WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Sgt. Bd 'P.arretti (APO 648)' writ~ Jamaicans on tohacco 'Will be reS:F.) contributes a. cheery note from
Well, there is this month's issue
leased to harvest corn and' potatoes
Capt. John E. Powers, former high es that he has met his friend 'Mike
an island in the South IPacific. 'Leigh, Windsorites. Some Qf it is good
after the to.bact'O pi€king is over. school coach, is in Springfield now Woble, the only iWin'tll90tite he has
we met your mQther at a store in news 'and some of it is bad. Our
John Daddario and Frank Chagnon hossing recruits and! inductees around. ever encountered. Ed is Iwith the Air
Wilson and she looked <charming.
sincere' sympathy goes to those who
are up to their necks in work plan- He looks good. Nlick (CPO*) Tri- Transport Command and is working
Did 'We tell you that a daughter have received 'bad news, but it is our
ning for the WFD carnival from vigno dropped in at the Police De· as an aircraft electrician.
was born to Sgt. and Mrs. Roger duty .to inform you, so we can't just
Sept. 18 to the 23rd. The job of partment from Brooklyn. Leou'a.rd
Former Police Officer Tom ClauH. Wessel. She weighed 7 pounds giv;e you the pleasant side.
painting the 'First Church is going Sisitzky /Was home from Cuba and cy is at the New Orleans Army Air
and 11 ounces. Sgt. Wessel was at
On the other hand there is also
along fine and will .probably be fin- .said there's /plenty of dgars there. Base, where he is taking another onv
Camp M'CCay, Wis., the last we good! news-protnotiQns, commissions
ished when you fellows get this let- Ipfe. Joseph ~Butenas of Poquonock of those 13-week courses you fellow.s
etc. To those affected by it, OUr conter. Say. how many gallons 'Of p.aint is home after 180 months. in the Al- seem to get. Tom says he misses his heard from him.
Corp. M-ike Bolasevich (A:PO 689) gratulaticns.
does it take to cov.er a hattleship? . eutian area. Sigt. Anicetas Kuchas 'Old job at police headquarters and
All of the inews shows that 'Windreports that all is well in India. He
Any of you guys in the Navy know? who svent 21 months in the iPanama wants to get back.
also sends in his brother WGlter's sor is in this fight and our men and
Corp. . Walter Karkdock (APO
You can walk into a cribbage game area is also home. Ralph W. 1.oomaddress fo.r the news letter. Any women are doing an effective job.
just about any Tu.esday night at the er, somewhere in Europe, is now a 77) pauses in Guam and says he
mQre 'Of you fellows kt\Q.w of any
As for the news letter, it 'Will keep
Town Halt. IWith an the chalter go- iP'fe:. Pvt. George N. Greene, some- gets Our news letter out there. Walt
Wlndsorites that are not getting the coming to you even tho it has to
ing on it's hard to follow the game. wher~ in the Centr~l Pacific, has is driving a "duck" and likes his
chase you all over the world.' We
They tell us they also have some re- been awarded the I:x;pcrt infantry- work. He's met .a few Connecticut letter?
Pvt. Julius iRusa.vage has finisned will continue to write this letter
ally good games 'at the firehouse. man badge . .Burdett E. Williams 'Was fellows but nobody from W~ndsor.
his basic tr.aining at Parris Island monthly and will try to improve it
Spea'king of the Town Hall reminds home while on his way to Camp
Sgt. Joe Sarno ski (ABO 648)
'with the Marines and is now at and stick with it until this war is
mailed us 'a pretty RC postcard from Cherry POInt, iN:. C.
'Us that the State War Council has Reyn<;>lds, Penn.
over.
been' asked! to assist the weather buEngland. He wants to hear from
Sgt.
J02ef
Gancarz
tells
us
he
SHORTS
Sincerely,
reau in disseminating hurricane
(Chet Madey, John Oleksiw and Butch is still at Camp 'Pickett, Va., and
Jerry Halla.s, Ed.
'W.arnings. So Pete Granger in his caCorp. Robert T. Silliman of Po- Kardock.
,vtorries that he may not be sent ov- 'P.S. Don't forget to write home and
:padty as local chairman of the quol1'<X:k has the honor of 'being a
\Pic. Benny Markowski (APO erseas.
don't forget tl? write to the editor.
Windsor IWar CoUncil threatel1ed to member of a B-25 Group which has 230) 'Writes from 'France that he reBob Voorhies S lie is now at
appoint Oliver Riley "Chief Hurri- set an all-time r~rd of 500 combat grets he didn't take French in High Banana River, Florida. a.fter ·being
cane Warden," but Riley 'Objected. missions ove-r Germ3n-occupied ter- School. "I've noticed that a ·bit of in Oklahoma· for seven months. He
He says he doesn't want the job be- ri to ry. ,During the 19 months of ac- French in ffigh School would have is training to be a combat air crew(!attse - every time he'd walk' down tive combat Bob's ,group has flown come in handy," he notes. "'E'Very- man in '3l lPBM.
Miss Coral Trostle
ru&gewood. iRt:>a.d. all his neighbors 9,000 sorties. logged 29,000 hours, on~ seems to s:peak F'rench and they
Corp. Justin V. Gidman (AiPlO 858
Married In Windsor
would run for cover for fear a hur- dropped JlI1,500 tons of high explos- can't speak English, so it's vice ver- NY) writes from Greenland a:bout a
ricane was coming. Anyhow, that's ive oombs, sunk or damaged 205 sa for me. Some of the inhahitants swim he took in a mountain lake
his story. The Draft Board isn't do- Gennan ships and damaged or de· where he is located wear wooden formed 'by melting .snow. "I nearly
Miss Coral Trostle, fonnerly of
ing much iOusiness these days. The stroyed 481 German aircraft. Bob is shoes. He also said that some of the froze to death," he sa.ys.
Windsor, 'Was married last week to
quotas are small and a total of 64 an armorer with the unit and has folks sell the hoys hard cider which
Sgt. Lou Kosak (APO 980) writ- IMelvin P. Bradshaw of Hartford, at
fellows haNe 'already come hack f("lOm been awarded a good conduct medal "sweeps them off their feet.
es from the Aleutians that all he Trinity Methodist Church by ReV'.
the anned fcrces. We saW George and also received the' 'European,
IW. O. Art Keily (,AP.o 765) is gets is a couple of days sunshine 'a Dona.1dI Dorchester.
Ba.ssett the other day and he ex- Middle East and African ribbon with still having a good time for himself m~nth, 'but likes it much 'better than
Miss Jean lRam~dell. daughter 'Of
pressed concern over not ,being able three 'battle stars for participatitbg in in and around ''Ita[y from what he APO 944. He -wants to heat' from Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ramsdell of 33
toO write to all you fellows from the Tunisian, Italian and Sicilian says in his latest communique. He's other Windsor fellows in tha.t vicin- ffillcrest Road, 'Was maid of honor.
Poquonock and asked us to say "hel- campaigns.
managed to see' the sights at Rome ity of the globe.
Robert Charest of Hartford was tho
lo" for him.. George mad~ a handPvt. Ksower B. Federkewicz of and spent several days "vacation" as
Pic. Charles Catting (APO 45) best man.
some donation so that the News Let- IWlilson was one of several Connecti- he calls it on a heach on an island ~ent in several G.l. publications the
The :bride !has 1>een very active in
ter could keep going. The schools cut men of the 82nd Airborne Di- off the Italian coast. Speaking of fellows get at camp and they were the young people's group at Trinity
have h'adl their faces washed and vision which has been commended Rome, ne says: "Rome is a. mar- all very interesting. Included also Methodist Church for many years
painted. Those creaky stairs in the by the Mlay'Or of Ste. 'Mere Eglise ve10us town-like a bit of the States. 'was a ,picture of His Holiness 'PIope and has ,been employed' at the United
high school are &upp<Ysed to be fixed for its outstanding 'Work on D-Day. There is as much. differen~e between lP:ius, whkh is really very beautiful. Aircraft in East ·'HartfQrd. 'the
and the roof repaired. There are aU Because of' the gal1ant fight put 'On the people of Rome and those in
;Pfc. ,~& Apanovich (AfPO 54e) bridegroom was honorably dischargkinds of honor rolls in town. The by the men in winning and holding southern Italy as there is difference sent along three Jap coins he picked ed from the Army recently.
latest one is in lPoquonock, which -bridges, buildings and other vital between night and: day."
up somewhere. Hle also sent along
will ibe near the Jolln M. 'Niles points hefore the AmeriC'all f'Orces
Lewis "Benny" Benevides says .a copy of an article from an AusSchool. The one in Wilson is to be landed, the mayor recommended that Oahu is the prettiest of the 'Hawaii- .tralian newsp:J;per praising his unit
landscaped with shrubbery.
Boy the award of Fourragers 'Frane:aise an Isles and is ready to argue with for their outstanding work in landSoftball On Sunday
Scouts and. 4-H duh members about be given to the soldiers.
anyone 'about it.
ing at Wake. The piece tells of the
100 strong have set a gdal of 50 IPfc. Frank 'L. Chabot is in a hosCorp. Henry E. Na.sh (APO 30) extraordill~ry heroism displayed by
At High School
tons of scrap paper or 1,000 .pounds pital somewhere in England reC{)ver- says from somewhere in 'France that the men in making a beach landing
av iece. It looks as though the quota ing from a wound suffered in action he'd like to. walk or ride dow.n Broad despite hea.vy and deadly machine
TWQ softball games will he played
will 'be met. lTV Clark at the Post in the battle of France, acooI'ding St. in Windsor. Eddie, you'll get gun fire from Jap installations which
at the high school grounds beginOffice is helping them. Bob Strahan to wcrd received by his parents, Mr. your chance sooner than we 'Once be- included 4<lmm. shells, 'One of. which
ning at 2 p. m. Sunday. The Wiltakes over command. of the Ameri- and! Mrs. 'F.rank Chabot of Matianuck lieved-and believe us it will he some knocked off the radio antennae of a
son Fire Departtnent wiU vlay the
can Legion this month and has a. Ave. Frank ,was wounded on August parade in this town-the biggest ev- Gen. Sherman tank and penetrated
Exchange Club and Poquonock, win
very 'ambitioUS program outlined. 12, four days 'before his 20th birth- . er-from one end of the town to the the side 'Of a boat, inflicting many
play the Center.
Furloughs must be easier to get be- day.
other and all around the town.
oasualties. The article ~so ca.rried
Games have also been schedUled
cause quite a few of the fellows
Marine private Virginio E. Araujo,
T {2 Douglas MkKee (.Al'PO 436) high praise for the unit from the with out-of-town teams.
have been in town. Charles H. En- 20, of Wilson, who remembered his sends a pleasant note from some- Brigade Commander.
Victor Macdonald, who oI1gani:ted
dee of Poquonock died. A total of mother last Easter' Sunday by send- where in England saying he's' seen
iPfc. M. lRem'bus says the news let- t;he league, invited the public to wit173 kids participated in the summer ing her a ddzen roses, which she got a lot of Ireland and England. Al- ter caught up with hiin in New Gui- ness the games.
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Page two
The Newe-Weekly
Windsor News-letter
FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE
ARMED SERVICES
Sponsored By The Exchange Club
Dear Windsorite Vv"herever You
Are:
We've had our first snowfall which
.threatened tf) be a real blizzard except it was too warm to 'stay on the
ground long. It started late in the
af,ternoon of 'NlOv.' i6 and resembled
pieces of cotton fluttering in the air.
It turned to slush which froze at
Bolton INotch and other spots so that
motorists had a time getting home.
lIt was gone the next day. However,
it had some ,tangible results upon the
husbands. The following Sunday they
were out in droves putting up storm
windows and raking up the leaves.
The smell of those Windsor leaves
somehow g!ves you a· good warning
that winter is not f;;tr off, particularly
as you are struggling with the upstairs storm window which doesn't
liit.
Thanksgiving came and went.
Somehow i,t didn't mean as much this
year. Smaller turkeys are few and
far between although the 15 pounders and up were plentiful. At our
house we had chicken. But the trouble with chicken is thaot you can't
visit the ice .box for the next 10 ,days
pulling 'off hunks' of white and dark
meat.
It's still tOPCO<l!t weather and if
you're a bit robust you
get away
'Without even a tOVC1Xlt. 'However,
mo~t families have turned on the
furnaces for the winter and: mothers
are hunting for lost mittens up in the
attic for the youngsers. T~e "shop
early-mail early" talk is taking hold
a~d Hartford streets are jammed
these days !With early shoppers who
report that store counters are jammed
with Christmas articles. Liquor in
the form of rye and scotch is back
On the counter where you oan see it,
but 'po.pular bran,c1s of cigarets went
under the counter last week. Cigars
priced 'at 6' or 12 cents that are any
good are hard to get.
can
Pfc. Lucien J. I{,osiorek
Pays Supreme Sacrifice
Pfc. Lucien J. Kosi 0 rek, 22, prominent Windsor High School athlete,
who died of wounds received in Germany.
He went oversea's on Aug. 1 and
word !Woas received on Oct. III that
he was seriously wounded in Germany on Sept. 23. 0'11 Oat. 29 a secoOnd telegram was received that he
died.
He leaves his wife, Mr.s. Rose
Kosiorek and an eight-months old
son; and three brothers, Joseph of
Poquonock, Stanley of Elmwood and
Ignace, who is aboard a hospital ship.
His wife land son now live at 68
South Center Street, Windsor Locks.
necticut went for Roosevelt ·by about
45,000, but re-elected Gov. lBaldwin
by about 25,000. The most perplexed
father in town was Judge Charles E.
Mahoney, unsuccessful candidate for
state senator, whose youngest daughter kept telling everybody she was
going to vote "for Dewey".
,Pres. Roosevelt enroute to Boston
stopped at Hartford the Saturday hefore election and spoke from his
train which stopped halfway between
the State Armory and the Railroad
station. About 25,000 turned out for
the event. The train passed through
Windsor but the 'President was inside his car when it passed the' depot
and the few people around did not
see him.
Sadie Hawkins Day went off with
a bang at the high school and a lot
of high school folks had a grand
time playing L'il Abner and Sadie
Mae. Mrs. Russell A. Bruyn, who
has been working a:s a volunteer, for
more than three years and has found
over 11300 homes for soldiers stationed at Bradley Fie1d and their
'1· .
'. d
C
.
familes,
receIve
the
onnect1cut
.
.
medal from Governor Baldwm last
Saturday at impressive exercises in
the Senate Chamber at the State
Capitol. First Selectman Granger,
Rdbert D. Mor,se, . Mr. Bruyn and
members of her family witnessed the
ceremony. Bill Hastings has announced .pLans to build a brick building on the comer of Broad Street
and Maple Avenue. The Sixth War
Loan is on in town with the to,tal
goal of $335,000 and E-Bond goal of
$90,000. Loomis and Chaffee students
harvested a total of 57,950 -bushels
of potatoes.
,Members of the local dmft board
have been presented with certificates
of appreciation from the President.
'Windsor youth paraded 'uv and dOlWn
the town on Hallowe'en night and
wound up ,at the high school for the
aGnnuadl costume judging coNntest.
ran prize winners were
ancy
Peterson, Alice Ford, George Chag-.
non :and Leroy Caron. Irv. Clarke
of the Post Office did a swell job of
supervising with the . help of Boy
Scouts. IN total of 92 percent of the
eligible voters in town voted on election day. The Public Buildings J>lanning Committee recommends that a
new grade school be -built in !Poquonock to replace John M. Niles
School at a cost of $150,000 and a
~ew high school built to take care
.of approximately 1,000 pupils from
gr:ade 7 through high. school. The
probable cost, around $700,000. All
to be built beginning in 1947 !With thegrade S'cbool and second part of tbe
high school in 1957. Soldiers ostationed at Bradley Field and living in
town, who come from the s.outhern
climate, are shivering even in this
mild weather. Doc Anderson over at
the Experiment station is getting a
lot ot comment about the fact that
he has tried out an experiment by
planting tobacco without 'first plowing the land. John Daddario was the
first voter at the Center District.
Up And Down Main Street
The hottest campaign in recent
years ended on Nov. 7 with the e1ection in town of Mrs. Haze1 Thrall
Sullivan as one of the representatives
to the legislature. She is the former
Hazel Thrall, daughter of Oliver
Thrall, prominent tdbacoo farmer.
The second succcs·sful candidate was
Carlan H. Goslee of Maple Ave. As
you probably know by this time Con-
Pfc. Donald B. Edwards
I(illed In Action
[Pfc. Donald B. Ed.wards, 19, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earle E. Edwards,
has been killed in action in France.
He was with Patton's Army. He
has a brother Earle (Jean) who is
overseas with the Navy.
Friday, Novemher 24, 1944
"Boy, they were falling all over the
sky," says John.
Lt. T.ed lAskowski and: his wife
Lt. Ed-ward Stresky writes that he are at Newport ,News, Va. Ted has
is in Italy and is first pilot on a Ibeen at his present task for about
B-24.
two years. His wife, a civilian, is
Seaman First Class Bill Abbey is .working at the supply end of the job
now stationed at Melville, R. 1., and and getting the satisfaction of knowis with a IPT unit.
ing that she is helping ,to get food,
Aviation Cadet Slephm Szl-yjka is ammunition and clothing to the men
at IFoster Field where he is training overseas. Ted is in the Camp Inspecto be a pilot and not as a gunner as tor's Office and invites any WindsorlWe said in our last letter.
ite going through H.R.P.E. there <to
Aviati(m Cadet M. T. Higgins drop in and say hello.
writes that he finally got the SeptemCpl. Felix LeRoy sends in a new
ber issue with about seven addresses address via the San Francisco poston it. So Bud sent in his new and master but doesn't say where he is.
correct address. We wish the rest of He sends his best to Gil Waterhouse
you would send in correct addresses. with whom he parted at Camp Dev~
Ptc. •
D;ck S ~.........
g-, comes through' ens in May, 1942.
Cpl. Morrill R. GO'ldsmith ,sends in
with a letter from France and reports on shopping around in Gran- a breezy and awr~ciative letter from
ville for souvenirs. "There are a lot France. He says he met Lt. Senger
of stores in the town, but there isn't
too much which you can buy in the
way of souvenirs outside of postcards," he said. 'Dick, when you get ITALIAN BOOTBLACK
a chance to, IWrite us a complete letter albout some of the .things you WRITES TO WINDSOR
mentioned.
From Our Mail Bag
SOLDIER'S MOTIIER
Micooel E. Sim.mo1ls, C.E.M.} has
changed 'ships. In the nine years he's
Terry, a nine-year-old bootblack
been in the Na'Vy Mike hasn't met
up with any Windsorites while on !Who works for C.W.O. Richard Anduty. Sorry, Mike, but censorship derson and his outfit in Italy wrote
regulations will not permit us to list the following note to Mrs. A. T.
Anderson, mother of Dick:
"1 am learning how play piano. I
am nine years old, i hop come to
america som day, I know Mr. an.LT. ROBT. F. BROOI(S derson,
i can play 0 sole mis, sorrente, land lily marlen, Mr. anderson
MISSING IN Af\TION
is good thoy, i visit him every Days.
I have finished elementary school.
IN PACIFIC AREA
Good by."
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oa, a
avy lr 1 0, 1S
missing in action somewhere in the
!Pacific, according to a communication from the Nlavy department last
week.
Lt. Brooks is a graduate of John
;Fitch High SchOC'l and had recently
received the Navy Air Cross. He
'W1as a!boar'd: the same aircraft carrier
as Lt. Donald S. Smith, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. 'Donald S. Smi,th of
Ridgewood Road, who is communications officer aboard the carrier.
In addition to his parents, Lt.
Brooks 'leaves 1Jwo sisters, Miss ,'Irene
Virginia Brooks and Miss Jean
Brooks. The news that ILt. Brooks
was missing came after invitations
had been mailed out for 'the wedding
of Miss' Irene Brooks and Lt. IPhilip
D. Kennedy of USNR of Wilson, N.
C., on Nov. 25.
you addresses. However, if any of
you fellows want to know where
Mike is drop us a line and we'll send
you his address.
Pvt. Tlwmas fL. Cowan, Jr., also
.writes from France. He says he was
in the hospital from June 20 to Sept.
15 after getting sick at Grossito,
Italy. He likes France' much better
than Italy. 'He adds the following
sobering thought: "[, guess a lot of
people back home think this war is
going to ,be over soon, but we still
have a long way to go yet."
Cpl. Fr~nk Testa writes from
Camp Reynolds, Pa., tha·t he is about
to go overseas.
Pvt. Joseph TyskeuJicz, a neighbor
of ours up on Park Avenue, sends
in the first note we'~ got from Holland. "Holland is more modem than
anyone of us expected," he said. "In
the cities the buildings are more
modern and beautiful than 'some of
the residential sections back home.
The .people were very glad to see us
and the English soldiers take over.
They said they waited four long
years to see us and gave us a swell
reception and fed us .whatever they
had." Joe worked at Iramilton Standard Propeller before going into the
Army. Ire says the News Letter is
the best paper he has ever read.
Pvt. John Botto' writes from the
Dutch East Indies that he has "been
in only one invasion 'but has seen
plenty of action." He says his battalion has credit for 24 Jap planes.
Major Carmon
Wins Silver Star
'Major Frank W. Carmon has been
alwarded the Silver Star for "gallantry in action" ... "aggressiveness
and cour<l!ge" . . . "tactical skill and
heroic action" and, for being a
"source of inspiration" to the officers
and men of his battalion in the capture of a strategic hill held by German machine gunners in Italy on
Sept. 30.
:Major Carmon, who has been
wounded three times in action, took
charge of a company, whose commander was wounded and evacuated,
and led a <;harge personally, taking
the hill.
operations is concerned with the
evacuating of wounded. At the present time we're taking .our cases from
forward zone hospitals to hospitals
further back or to airfields from
where they're flown to the rear."
John A. Benson} Jr., is at Harvard
Medical School, 201 Vanderbilt Hall,
Boston, 115, M'a~s., and sent a very
pleasant note iull of ,bouquets. He
is with the V-12 and expects to come
out
an M.D. and then go to work
In explaining the note, Dick wrote:
for
the
Navy.
"This is from an acquaintance of
mine who has all kinds of talent. I've
explained the piano keybeard to him
and he now gets tired' of it. He also
Lt. R. E. Dexter
sings-and with what expression. All
Wins Air Medal
the ,gestures, too. He 'pestered me to
let him write to my folks, so this is
Second Lt. Russell E. Dexter, 22,
it."·
,son' of Mr. :and' Mrs. Edward't.. Dexter, has 'been awarded tne Air Medal
for' meritorious achievement. He is>
co-,pilot of a B-24 Liberator Bomber
while in England and it was the first Group ba~ed in Italy. The group has
time he had met anyone fr.om Wind- completed 300 combat missions.
sor.
Cpl. Mike Bolase-vich, one of our
best correspondents, writes from
Sergeant Massow
Burma. "I'm working in a w.arehouse
nOlW and getting the ·best of food as
I(illed In Action
far as food is concerned' in this. part
of the /W.orld." Mike s.ays he ha,s a
Sgt. Nicholas Massow, 23, of !Pa'rk
tough day every day, but is glad for' Alyenue has been killed in action in
an opportunity to take a swim in the France on Sept. 28. He was attached
river after day is done. He wants to to the Seventh Army -with an infanhear from Harry NaIf and Russell try regiment. He took 1Yclrt in the
Elliott. Thankcs for the Ceylon money conquest of Sicily and helped estabsouvenir, Mike. Write again soon, lish the Anzio beachhead.
won't you?
Lt. Irving H. Scltlesinger, now in
.France, contributed a very interestPrivate Grakowsky
ing note this month.
W'We spent f.our months in Italy
Wounded Second Time
during which I managed to see quite
a bit of the country. The outfit was
Pfe. Joseph. M. Grakowsky of
stationed near Naples, and there is a !P'oquonock has been wounded for a
lot of beautiful country around the 'second' time. He was wounded the
city as well as many historical and first time in France last July.
interesting places in the city itself.
We of course went to IPompeii, saw
the castle at Caserta, and visi·ted SorSwan Song
·rento. Later IWe got to see Rome and
on the way up and back drove by a
Well, we hope you like the Newsgreat many of the places where the letter in this form. The next one
big battles were fought such as should have print on both sides of
Anzio and Cassino. 1 can't, however, the page with more new,s than ever
lay any claims to having seen any before. With this arrangement we
can use pictures. So if you fellows
action at any of these places.
"Then, since shortly after D-Day, have any good pictures of yourselves,
it's ·been France. Most of us certain- send them alo~g and we'll use them
ly have been favorably impressed if we can.
wi th this country after being in Italy.
The 'l~st letter was delayed by cirPerhaps the main reason has been. cumstances beyond our control, but
that .the people here have been so rest assured the future letters will
genuinely glad to see us. You have get to you on time.
no doubt seen the ,pictures of the
And how about writing to the ediFrench men and women 'greeting the tor. The past month's mail I\v,as not
Americans. From what I've seen that very large .. The next letter you get
is all true. For the most part they willibe a sort of Christmas issue, but
can't do enough for us.
to those of you who won't get it on
"Just now we're not quite as well ,time the ,Exchange Club and the edisatis:fied lWith France as we were tor wish "you all a :Merry Christmas
previously. Up here it rains and is and a -RaWlY New Year.
Sincerely,
cold most of the time, and' of course
the mud is thick and gooey.
Jerry Hallas,
"I'm 'Operations Officer in a MediZ7 Park Awe.
cal Bat:talion and a large part .of our
Windsor, Conn.
Pa~e
The News-Weekly
two
No. 17
December, 1944
Winr/SfJf News-letter
ARMED SERVICES
DiXIt" Wind.write WJurever Y:ou
From Our Mail Bag
Friday, December
Lt. James SPOIlZO
In Phillipines
Lt. Russell Elliott writes in from
Baton oIWuge, L.a., that the November
issue was the best yet because of the
:From what Lt. James Sponzo
pictures. Well, you fellows send in writes us, a copy of the 'Windsor
the pictures and we'll use what rwe IN~ws 'Letter apparently accompanied
can. Russ is abOut through with his the invasion of Leyte in the Phillitraining and expects to see active pines. Jim receivtd his mail aboard
duty shortly. He pilots a P-51 Mus- ship enroute to the Phillipines.
tang fighter and says it's the best
Jim, whose daughter celebrated'
in the world.
her ,first birthday last month, Iwrites
Russell C. Schaefer, Sl/c, writes about the invasion:
that he is now at Camp Endicott,
,qWe hit the beach on D-Day and
Davisville, R. I. You're welcome, encountered some small arms fire.
Russ.
Since then we've seen some sni'per
IPvt. Michael C. Sponzo writes fi re, stra fi ng an d enemy bom b·mg.
from his new address at Camp Bar-,IHowever,.I h ave managed to co~e
keley, Tex., that he has graduated through wIthQut a scratch, but a bit
d I hId h
I
f
from Medical Dept.'s Technician scare.
ave earne t e: va ~e 0 a
School at 'Lawson General Hospital fox .ho:e ~d. haveh.use~ Itd~Ulte ~xat Atlanta, Ga. He was home on a tenslve y.
Just It t e Irt ': en
~:x-~:y. furlough before going to ~~~r!~~s aC=/~:i ~~dw~;;:i~'~~:
15~
1944
THREE AIRMEN
FROM WINDSOR
€ITED FOR WORK.
Dispatches from the fighting fronts
cited three Windsor airmen for
bravery this past week, and two of
them received medal awards.
Maj. James D. Motyl, 31, of 117
Corey St., 'Wilson, commanding officer of a Flying 'Fortress bombardment squadron attached to the Eighth
Air Force Bomber Station in England, received the Air Medal for
meritorious achievement.. Since his
arrival overseas last August he has
at Munda to honor laps. Munda
was taken, you know, by the 43rd
It's Christmas time in Windsor. and a lot of local and Hartford boys
Postmaster Lennox got his first let· ,were in that unit.
taken part in more than eight dayter directed to Santa Claus giving
The high school has become a
light bombing runs on the Nazis. He
is the husband of Mrs. Katherine M.
him instructions as to what the favorite stopping off 'place for you
Motyl, and son of Samuel Motyl.
young writer wanted'. The kids have .fellows who come home and from
iAn Air Medal award also was rehad their skates out and were mak- the report of 'Principal William
ing good use of them until a recent Hoyt, the high school kids love yoU!
ceived by Second 'Lieut. Vittorio C.
rain m'ade the ice unsafe. The visits. The \Vindsor Teachers Club
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro
C
M'k B I
. h
r bl fox hole because of the excessive Fusco,
weatherman is expected to remedy plans a Community Xmas Service at
Fusco of 30 Poquonock Ave., for
orp. l e o asevlc , our re la e rain.
that with a dip in the temperature the hi"'h school which ought tt) bt corresl:ondent
from
the
Chinamerl·torl·ous achI' evement on hea
t:>
"The main growth besides jungle
vy
almost any day.
bombardment missions over contione of the lfinest the town has ever ,Burma-India, sent in a lovely Christand 'bamboo is cocoanuts and ban?Ilas
The youngsters have been behav- seen. Hank Snow has taken over mas card. Thanks, Mike, and we've as well as cultivated rice and corn. nental Europe. He also is attached to
ing themselves for fear that St. Nick Zatti's Garage and Ernie Morrison sent your address to Russ Elliott Th
'lk' d I' .
the Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta' G
who asked for l·t.
e green cocoanut ml IS e ICIOUS
won't come down the chimney, but 'h as taken over Mc Car th y s arage.
if picked early in the morning.
tion in England. He was a student
in juvenile pirate f.ashion have made M'rs. Leroy 'Warner has resigned
M/Sgt. Philip Mucha writes that
"The natives are very happy about at Trinity College when he enlisted.
.From the same base comes news
known their demands. CfO/wds in from her post at the draft board. he is now at Newark, N. J., a.fter our arrival here and you can't blame
Hartford have been growing daily in Chief Frank Chagnon has finally got completing two years duty overseas. them. Life waS pretty rugged with of T /S Louis J. Tamburro, 23,
size .as the scramlble for gifts in-: himself a gold badge again. Earle. lPhil, how about writing and telling the Japs here and We are treating M"hose ~-17 Fl~n~ :F~rtress came
creases in volume and intensity. The Donegan is head of the Infantile. us a'bout it.
them like human beings. Some of back from a raId on ra!l~oad yards
counters are well-stocked except for Paralysis Fund again. George L. !?vt. Frank Testa writes from the them speak English quite well and ,at Osnabruck,. Germ~ny: With 7S ~ak
metal toys of all descriptions. By Teed, father of Pvt. Richard Teed Aleutians that he would like to hear <through these persons we are able holes from stdT anti-aircraft reslstthis time all of you should have re- of Wilson, died.
from Chet Madey, Walter Kardock t 'et the natives to do work for us ence. Although the bomber resem'bled
o g
,
.
h
..
d 'If . h
ceived your Xmas packages and we
and, other friends. In.an aside to either for food, clothing or money. a Sieve, e wa:s unmJure. e IS t e
Charley Warley he says that fishing Th women wash our clothes in the son of Mr . .and Mrs. John Tamburro
hope that you can make use of what
you got. Cigarets are still scarce
is better in the Aleutians.
str:ams and it's surprising how clean of .32 Wilson Avenue, and is an
·
doled ou t ,rom
f
u nd er W"Ith The B
engmeer
an d are bemg
oysA nd G"IrIs Pk Clayton Van Gasbeck lWTites they c an tge."
"
d hand top
F . turrett gunner. He
the counter because of a tendency on
'from southern France that ,he hasn't
Cpl. Raymond Danohue from Jome ' t e AJA m January 1943.
some- 'Peopl~'s part,s to hoard
few
In The Service
'meta 'Windsorite to date but hopes Windsor was also in the invasion of
[)3cks. Actually, the ,hoarding dOesn't
to one of these days. You should 'Leyte.
amount to much because 90 :percent Lawrence S. Tryon is now a sec- have Le~s Benevides address by
Wounded In Action
of the smokers can't get any more ond lieutenant in the A.A.F. after re- now.
than one pack anyway. Girls at
Sgt. Joseph J. Mazel, 30, of PoA 'Very pleasant note from John
Connecticut College in New London ceiving .his wings, as a bomthardier
quonock has been seriously wounded
pilot at Lu'obock, Tex.
at
201
VanA.
Benson,
Jr.,
who
is
are reportedly rolling their own and
CLEMENT CAIN
in action in Germany, according to
'Lt. Douglas L. :Blrooks is now sta- derbilt Hall, Boston, 15, Mass., and
some women in town have started to
word received by his wife, Mrs.
roll their own or are having their tioned at Mitchel ,Field; L. 1., and expected to 'get a Navy commission KILLED IN FRANCE
Aldona Mazel tbis week.
after he finishes 'his medical trainhusbands make their smokes. It's all has ,been assigned to tour air bases.
He was inducted last January and
kind of ironic in this area, one of in the east as a .pilot and instructor. ing.
ON NOVEMBER 25
has been overseas for only several
months.
the' . ~r.(:at~gp, -con~t1t'rat~{{~(>tobacco -, P,vt;.$rank C. HaIr ~f Birch)vopd I' .C9'.rp. Wi,~li~m Ca~ter write~, us
lIn a letter received from Sgt.
growing. spots in the country, isn't IWaS one of the 27 men flown back from France that 'he has been rePvt. Gordon Harris
it?, . [t would be funny if women .from the front lines of Germany to 'ceiving the pa.per regularly and obMazel since he was wounded the soltook to smoking pipes as they used give talks before munitions plants in serves: "There is enough liquor over
dier said: he was shot in the stomach,
And Pvt. Thomas
this country as. special emissaries of here to kill a. man. lJt's called cognac.
but was feeling "Okay".
to a couple of generations ago.
You pour it out in a saucer and
Gen. Dwight G. Eisenhower.
Stankevich Hurt
'Tom Clancy, formerly of the touch a match to it and it actually
Windsor Police Department, is now' burns. C.an you imagine what it
The war laid a heavy hand on With The Boys And Girls
Up and Down Main Street a second lieutenant after graduating would do to a man's stornaeh?"
Windsor
during the 'past week, acfrom the Tra'nsportation Corps
Pk ]. F. Gregario drops us a note'
Irv. Schlesinger was elected the
In The Service
School at the New Orleans Army all the way from Bradley Field at counting for one death and the
new president of the Exchange Club,
wounding
of
two
other
soldiers.
Air Ba.se.
which 'he is stationed following three
First Lieutenant Mary A. Crowley
succeeding genial Tom O'Malley and
Twelfth gold star name on the of .the Army Nurse Corps met and
Pvt.
Thomas
Cowan
met
his
years
after
he
left
home.
'What's
he takes over in January. !Into the
honor roll is that of IPvt. Clement
talked lWith IArchbishop Francis J.
vice-presidency went Charles E. Ma- cousin, Raymond Cowan, a while your plan of strategy, chum?
Cain of 370 Windsor Avenue, Wil- Spellman during his overseas tour,
Africa
for
t'he
first
Corp.·
Joe
Carvalho
sends
along
a
back
in
iNorth
honey. Al 'LeFebvre was re-elected
son, Iwho was reported killed in acsecretary and Cliff Ramsdell was re- time. Tom is with a medical unit )Cmas card from France. The Eiffd tion in France November 25. He according to a letter received by her
p.arents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Crowtower 'and all. Thanks, Joe.
tained as treasurer. Irv. and' Cliff now in France.
'Lt. G. C. Ridolfo is still flying leaves his mother, Mrs. Anna Cain, ley of Dexter Street, from Rt. Rev.
Staff Sergeant Allen J. Zeikus ,has
have been particularly interested in
'and a younger sister.
'Francis X. Shea. Lt. Crowley has
the News-Letter and have worked b{en home on furlough after 73 mis- around the C-B-I area and has been
lPvt. Gordon Harris was reported !been abroad for 18 months.
to
Chungking,
'has
flown
over
the
very hard in iplanning and making it .sions against the Germans in Europe.
slightly wounded in action November
a success. At the moment Cliff heads H1s last four missions were over ;Hump and participated in a clam- 26 in Germany, according to a War
Lt. Celia Steele of Wilson, first
the committee handling the Nlews- Aachen ,Metz and Cologne. !He has bake with some other pilots.
Department notification received by
letter and you fellows can rest as- the D.F.C., the [Purple Heart and Air . Sgt. Michael Hrynchuk writes his wife, Mrs. Constance Harris of 'Windsor woman to go overseas with
the !Army Nurse Corps was home on
from England that Eddy LePage is 1228 W'inds{)r Avenue.
sured of getting the ~ewsletter on Medal lWith, 10 Oak Leaf Clusters.
terminal leave. She was a member of
He
has
met
several
still
in
his
outfit.
time from now on. We don't mean 1Pvt. Louis C. Talbot of Poquonock
Pfc. Thomas J. Stankevich of the Yale unit.
to say there aren't any other fellows has been reported missing in action Windsor men including "Spud" Mor- lRiver
Street,
Poquonock, 'Was
that are not behind 1he Newsletter. in France. His 23rd birthday was on tensen, and John Gailis while the lat- wounded in action Niovember 115 in
Fit'st Lieutem:znt Edward P. Duter was recuperating from a bullet France. The notice was received by
Of course the whole club is, but these Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor :Day.
is pilot of the ·famous Flying
dock
two fellows have been particularly
Ensign I\Varren W. Ball and H. wound received in France.
his wife, Mrs. Louise J. Stankevich. Fortress known as (IN evada AvenThe death of a former resident in ger". The Fortress ha.s been on 72
helpfu1.
/
Tudor White, Jr., who are-'cousins; lPV't. Richie Rickis is now at Fort
MJoving further
down "Main met recently in the Southwest Pacific. Benning, Ga., according to his letter. the Amerkan d;iv~ into Germany bombing operations over Europe, acHe would like to hear from Gaetan also was reported. Joseph E. Good- cording to an announcement f~{)m the
Street" the bus f.are 'project to re- Both are iNavy men.
rich, 23, whose father, J. E. Good- Eighth Air Force Bomber Base.
Staff Sgt. John H. Sturgis has LdPage and Julius Dione.
duce t~e ,fa:e from \}'indso~ to !fartSgt. Jim McCahill writes that he rich was a ma.ster at Loomis School
f~d IS bemg pursued with. tnte~t been reported missing in action in
VIgor. Dr. John Barss, loomiS lahn France He is 23 and enlisted in ran into lA. Eddie Goldenberg in until his death in 1921, was killed in
Second Lieutenant Frances M.
instructor died. George James, the' Dec 1941
Florida. Jim is at Punta and Eddie action IN"bvember 22. The notification Geiseh of Wilson is one of 25 Connew recreation director, is doing an
.
.
was received by Loomis School
is at Ft. Myers.
necticut nurses stationed at a New
excellent job at keeping the youngsers
!Pvt. Jim Barenton sent a ,pleasant Headmaster N. H. Batcheldor, who Zealand hospital.
happy and providing them with a
note along, but didn',t tell us where notified Mr. Goodrich's mother 'and
worthwhile recreation program inhe was. Or if he did, the censor, cut sister, living in Ohio. He has a
cluding boxing, wrestling, basketball,
brother in the maritime service.
Sgt. William Nesgoda it out.
'skating, etc. Sgt. Elmer C. LindSwan Song
Christmas cards from:
quist, believed to be the most decorAwarded Purple Heart
Lt.
Bill
Dowling
in
France;
Sgt.
There is no room for a long Swan
ated living sergeant in the U. S.
Sgt. William N esgoda, fWho was Mickey \Peters in California; Corp.
Army, visited town as a guest of
Song, but just a thought at this
Engagement
Announced
John ,Peterson. Ed. 'Prouty went wounded in action in ,France, has Felix 'LeRoy from the Southwest
Christmas time when you are away
hunting and as usual got a deer. 'been a~~rded ~e Purple ~eart. ~e Pacific; and Warrant Officer Art
Miss Gloria William!> of Hartford, from home. We wish 'you all were
Mrs. Mary IA. 'wyeth, 75, died in has reJomed hiS outfit and IS back m Keily from France.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank home with us, but we know that is
Hartford. The War Bond drive iHolland aHer recuperating in EngWliliiams of North Adams, Mass., impossible. So, Windsorites, wherever
opened with a 'bang in town and is land.
has become engaged to Seaman First you are, God bless you-arid keep you.
In a letter to the editor, he writes:
still going strong. John Christensen
Class Theodore Roncaioli, son of Mr. Merry Christmas and a Happy N(ew
is being mentioned as the next Com- ''f, have been in Germany and the
Andrew Cunningham, in his capac- and Mrs. Salvatore Roncaioli of Year from all of us ,to all of you.
missioner of Algriculture and ,should .German towns and cities are getting ity as president of the high school Lovell Avenue, according to an an- And fellers this old town is really
make a good: one. Miss Irene Brooks what they bave been handing out. class of 1942, took time out and nouncement this week. Seaman Ron- IW'6rth fighting for. In your darkest
married Lt. Philip D. Kennedy, Jr., Our artillery and air force really wrote a special message in the news caioli is in the U. S. Maritime Ser": moments ,remember that.
Sincerely,
USNR, of Wilson, N. C. Hartford does a good job. In some towns letter which lWent overseas to mem- vice and is stationed at Sheepshead
is going to get a J ap memorial built hardly a building is standing.
] ffl'Y Hallas
Bay, Brooklyn, N. 'Y.
'bers of the class.
A~:
'a
a
January, 1945
No. 18
to squeeze if space permits. Thanks,
Mike.
Pte. Milton Lamphear (APO 882)
WindsfJI NewS - Lette, !~r~l~e i~;:t~i~~ ~~c::~~:~t~~~:~:~
ARMED SERVICES
Dear W indsorite Whereever You Are:
lIt's snow time in Windsor and it's
doubtful whose winning" the guy
Iwho keeps shoveling his snow out of
the' driveway or the guy in the truck
who keeps the road clear but blocks
the driveway. Skiing, skating and
coasting conditions are ideal. There
must be a half of foot of snow on
the ground and we've had several
snow storms that have driven motorists batty. (,Yes, we still drive cars.)
The cut-off is quite a ,place for cars
to ram into one another and every
time it's slippery there are the usual
crackups. The )pail is heavy this
week, so we'll cut the Lhatter and
get on to:
Up and Down Main Street
From Our Mail Bag
i\1 Christmas card from ~[r. and'
Mrs. Bill Dawes. from 826 Second
Aye. So. Great Falls, ~ront.
Capt. Fred Silliman (this i~ a new
title, isn't it?) writes from France
that he almost got to Corsica to see
his brother, Bob, but didn't quite
make it.
Lt. James A. FO.r'1t'ell had a letter
chase him all over the U.S.A. and
catch up Iwith him in Italy, so he
decided to write. That's what we've
been telling you fellows. Jim met up
with Bob Boyd from town. Bob is a
navigator in the same ,bomber group
in which Jim is a bombardier.
Sgt. John Oleksiw writes from
Saipan that everything is fine. His
AlPO is. 244 and he wants to hear
from Wind'Sorites in that vicinity.
He ",rants to hear from Lt. Ridol/o
who has been gallavanting over the
hump, etc.
Lt. Bob Hayes sends a lovely Xmas
card from Harvard, Neb.
Pvt. Bo!b Trrudeau of M'11son writes
from the ,Philippines that: "The natives are very friendly and very
happy over our visit. Theyill do anything for you. They do all our washing and in return ,we give them old
shirts ,and ,pants, which makes them
\ ery happy." /He says that the boys
are" kept busy over there. We can
imagine.
Sgt. Ben Scoltt also sends a note
from the [Philippines and he also
says that he has been quite busy. He
savs it's better th.~re than in the
jungles of New Guinea. Sa.ys he:
"The people here are all very friendly, beautiful girls-we hold dances,
parties-but not parties like back
home." He would like to meet a
Windsorite. His APO is 72 and so
is Boo Trudeau's. How about you
,guys getting together.
, Lt. ROlbert DeGray writes from
Italy that he is platoon leader of a
light tank company and thanks us
for sending the newsletter to him.
M. A panovi c./ZI writing from APO
72 say? that :>:ou can't appreciate the
beauties of nature in the Philippines
with laps lurking around. He was
supposed to have had a furlough six
months ago, but as yet is still waiting.
Mich'ael Simmons, who says he was
a photographer on the last ship. he
was on, is in the process of changing
his address. He sent in a lovely
Christmas card. How about some
pictures for the Newsletter, Mike?
Lt. To'm Clancy writes from Camp
Sl1anKs, New York where he is in
the IProvost Marshal's .office.
Pic. Gilbe<rt Walkerr sends in a
card from APO 695. 'We don't
know where he is at.
Lt. Mary Crowley also sends a
Xmas. card from Merry England.
Sgt. Chet Madey sends in a card
~nd notes that he is still in England.
Lt. Alex Simmons sent in a Xmas
card from "somewhere in Germany"
dated /November 30 that didn't a.rrive
until the other day.
Lt. Bob Sullivan sends in a card
from Camp Swift, Fla.
P/c. Logan Garrett writes 'good
old AlPO 487 in India that he is still
in A<ssam IProvince, but has been to
Burma.
Corp. Mick BoIC1iSe'Vich sent in a
poem from Burma which we will try
You fellows remembered the folks
at home, according to"the number of
orders for flotWers placed with Oscar
Hallgren. The battle for a. reduction
in the 'pus fare from Windsor still
goes on.- H. Martin Tenney was renamed chairman of the reorganiz~d
town building committee.
Father
Quinn of St. Gabriel's marked his
47th year as pastor and it's good to
see him around. 'L~Roy Jones was
installed as !Worthy M.aster of the
Grange. Telephones have been in~talled in all of the schools, Winning
letters at ILoomis were: Edward
AIg-er, Edward S. Rus.sell, John H.
Litter, Jr., Thomas Benson, Donn C.
Jourdan, all for football, and Howard Bill for soccer. Chief Frank
Chagnon, who has started a g.arage
of his own, was thrmvn a party and
Ipresented with a gold badge. Harold
J. M<:Leod led the individual ,sales of
War Bonds during the recent drive.
Oliver J. Thrall, chairman of the
zoning board, has
proposed an
amendment to the zoning regulations
in town calling for a ~Iimitation on
the type of building that can be constructed. Members of the Police Department have got new. safety belts.
U. ,So Senator Francis T. Maloney
died of ,a heart attack in Meriden
Hospital. Unless the legislature gives
Governor Baldwin permission to
name a senator you fellows may
have a chance to vote again. The
First Church observed the 150th
anniversary of its present building on
Jan. 7. Mrs. Velma Barker 'Was
elected to head the' Opah Rebecca
Lodge. Mrs. Mary M. H. Warmeck,
63, died. Gilbert S. U1pham, 91, died.
Windsorites spent a'rather quiet New
Year's Eve, although the youngsters
had quite .a time. Windsor went
over the top. in its Sixth War Loan
drive by e2 percent.
PI., new Choral 'Club is being organized in town and ,plans to give a
community concert. Judge Vine R.
;Parmelee has ,been renominated by
Governor Baldwin for another fouryear tepn as Judge of the Court of
Common IPleas. Former Senator John
Christensen is out to get the job as
Commissioner of ·Agriculture.
The kids are having a swell time
skating at Washington ~ark. John
Romayko was elected to head the
IPblice Benefit Association. Mrs. Rose
May' \White, \79, died. A son was
born to Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Stone
of ;Prospect Street. George Chiaramonte is the father of a son. Peter
Rowet, 84, died. The Poquonock
Town Hall has been offered to the transfer of '$50,000 of the sur,plus
School Board as a recreation ,center. town money into the special reserve
John ,Litter is one of the Fellows fund. Cosy Corner has installed new
expected to graduate from 'Loomis at benches. The clock in front of the
special exercises. The Board of Windsor Trust is telling the right
Finance voted to recommend the I time again.
ites in that neck of the ,world.
Lt. Frail Geisel, ANC, sends in a
lo\'ely card from New Zealand and
~ays that she is constantly on the
lookout for \Vindsorites but has only
seen two so far.
Lt. R. D. J.1orse, Jr., sent in an
unusual Chinese Xmas ~rd with a
letter on it that we haven't been able
to make out entirely. But we gather
tha Bob has been on a few missions
over there.
TV. E. Gar.rett, S 1j c, is now with
the Sea,bees at Fort Hueneme, Cat.
Pic. Bob S'weet writes from England that he has heen in England for
two years and has not run into any
''Nindsorites. He asks that fellows
who are wounded write to him :at
AlPO 226 where he is at 302 Station
Hospital and he will come up and
visit the fellows. He is also in hospital work.
Ptc. N. J. C:;kildi writes from' an
island in the 'Pacific that it rains
nine days out of ten where he's at
but he doesn't mind if it cools off.
He wants to hear from Mat Apollo'Viteli and Ptc. CJr.este.r Bryll.
TjSgt. WilsoH Hart writes from
IFmnce that he is proud to be a member of the 26th Infantry Division. It's
the old ;YIDI division, if we recall correctly. He's working in the Adjutant
General's Office.
Pvt. Pa>ul K wrlik writes from England that the scotch is real good if
you can get it and says he has been
traveling around a bit.
Corp. Jim DO'lIlo11 sent along a 'one
rupee Japanese note as a Xmas present, which will add to our collection.
Thanks Jim. Delivered your message.
RwsseU Jublrey writes that he was
at New Guinea :when he wrote and
says he is now a third class petty
officer. His rate is Steward third
class to be exact.
Cp,l. Fmnk Tyskewic:; says from
IItaly that he had turkey for Xmas
and New Year's and .a fat cigar to
boot.
Sgt. Bill Dowling writes that he is
now in ,France.
Ft'ancis BeneviJes writes from
Hawaii that he has ,been made a corporal and hopes to bump into his
brother Louie, ,whom he hasn't seen
for ,ahout three years.
CaPt. H1tbe<rt Stolle comments that
he has been in France and Belgium
and is the Fiscal Officer of his detachment as well as Resources Officer whose' job it is to secure ,billets
for military units. He is assigned to
a unit concerned with administering
military government.
Class of '44, Mails
Newsletter
The class of 1944 a.t John Fitch
High mailed a newsletter to 23 members of its class now in the armed
forces. Of this number 13 are in the
N:avy, eight in the Army and two in
the Marine Corps. The newsletter
staff included: Warren Giffin, Jane
Dochakal, 'Lois Winchester, (Phyllis
Johnson, Marjorie Maycock, Henry
GoolJrow and Jeanne Brooks.
Xmas in France
Alaska'8 Flag
In a letter to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Irving H. Schlesinger, Lt. I. H.
Scheslinger, Jr., somewhere in France
with a medical battalion, describea
how he and his friends cele.brated
Christmas. IHe and fellow officers
have been billeted in a home. He
writes:
"Tonight 'being Christmas Eve, we
did up packages for the family upstairs and downstairs and for their
children. 'In return they sent us gift~
of cake and cookies.
, "\Ve decorated our place all up for
Christmas-,\\e have a tree with parer balls, home-made snow (tooth
powder), pipe cleaners and string
from packages. In the windows we
have candles that we colored red,
balsam branches hung around, the
little tree that yell sent me and a
luminous cross, as well as silver pink
paper cut out to spell "Greetings".
"This morning I went to church
too-it was a very good service. lIt is
now Christmas Day and all things
considered ,we had a pretty good
Christmas and a good meal-turkey,
mashed potatoes, string beans, gravy,
stuffing and cherry pie. 'Wish I could
have been with you and hope I will
he next year."
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The ,blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs
nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's
dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and
streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern
sky,
The "Bearn-the "Dipper"-and,
shining high,
The great North Star \\ ith its steady
light,
Over land' and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag-to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.
(By Marie Drake)
(This poem was sent in by 'Pvt.
Frank Testa. He felt that a lot of
people might not know wh,,:t the flag
of Alaska looked like and the flag
was pictured on a postcard with the
above poem. The flag, as the poem
states, is plain blue with the ei,ght
gold stars on it in dipper-fashion.)
Sgt. Andrus Weds
Technical Sgt.. Herbert :F. Andrus,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Foscoe Andrus
of iProspect ,Street, and Miss Joyce
Nottra Blackman, daughter of 1£ r.
and l\lrs. Stanley C. Blackman of
Bloomfield, were married last week
at the Bloomfield Federated Church
by Rev. Thomas Foxall.
Master Sergeant Frederick Russell
of Windsor was best man. Mrs. Edrwin Ingraham, sister of the bridegroom, was one of the bridesmaids.
Sgt. ,Amlrus recently returned from
a three years' tour of duty in the
South P.acific. He reported to Atlantic City this \veek.
Lt. Edward P. Dudock has re,ported to Atlantic City after six
months service overseas in the European theater as pilot of a B~17. He
has been in the service since Dec. 9,
1942 and has the DIFC and Air
Medal with three .oak Leaf Clmters.
Lt. Celia Steele, A'N:C, of Olga
Avenue, Wilson, has been honorably
discharged.
Lt. Edward Goldenberg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Saul Goldenberg, married
Miss Sylvia We1ensky of Hartford.
The nuptials took place at Fort
Myers, Fla. !Lt. Goldenberg is stationed at Buckingham ,Field, Fla.
James D. Motyl, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Motyl of 117 Corey
Street, !'Nilson, has been promoted
from Major to Lt. Colonel, according
to word from the IEighth Air Force
bomber command in England. Co1.
Motyl has been in the European
Theater since last August and has
served as one of the squadron commanders of the 305th Bombardment
Group. He has been in the army
for the past 10 years. :He attended
John Fitch High, the Coast Artillery
School and the General Staff School
in Leavenworth, Kan.
TWO McAVOYS
WIN PROMOTIONS
IN SERVICE
)
Pvt. Rozman Missing
Again
IPvt. Henry Rozman, .19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Rozman of 67
Olga A venue, Wilson, has been reported missing in action since January 3, according to a telegram received by his parents. IPvt. Rozman
is the youngest of three sons in the
service. ,He ,was awarded the Purple
IHeart for wounds received at St. ·Lo.
He saw action in Cherbourg and
participated in the D-Day invasion in
June. He was reported missing once
before, ,but was later .picked up by a
tank division. Surrounded by 6ermans he hid for ,five days and escaped finatly by crawling to safety
on his stomach. '\\'11en rescued: by the
tank unit he was given dry clothing
and food. He was inside the tank
during a bombing but escaped unhurt. He was finally returned to his
own unit.
In a letter, dated Dec. 3, Pvt. Rozman mentioned getting wounded, but
said that he iW,as getting the newsletter and was ,back with his outfit.
His outfit was the first to cross the
Seine river.
With The Boys And Girls
In The Service
Made Lt. Colonel
Will This Help?
!Many of you fellows ask about the
addresses of certain fellows. In the
process of answering you much time
is lost and you are sometimes moved.
Would it he any help if you sent
your letters to the editor in a second
envelope sealed and censored and all
we had to do was to put the address
of the feHow you ,were writing to on
the envelope? if this will help any,
please feel free to send the letters to
us with the fellow's name on it and
we'll chase up the address if we
don't have it ,and send it on its way.
This may save some time.
Two sons of Mr. and M.rs. James
A. McAvoy of Hillcrest Roa.d have
won promotions.
James A McAvoy Jr., has been
promoted to Lieutenant (j.g) in the
Navy. He is a graduate of Loomis
and enlisted in the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor while he /WlaIS still
a junior at Wesleyan University.
Rolbert McAfoy has been promoted to Staff Sergeant. He is with a
radar unit in the Dutch East Indies.
Married
Corp. Richard E. B:rainard, son of
Mr. and, Mrs. Norman D. Bl'ainard
of Preston Street, married Miss Virginia Harris of Great Neck, L. I.
Cor,p. Brainard returned recently
from the IPacific theater. 'He holds
the ,Purple Heart Medal, an infantry
combat Gnd good conduct 'ribbons.
He was severely burned at Bouganville.
Swan Song
Well, we're at the end of our letter
again. We got a .particular pleasure
in writing this letter for the simple
reason that we never S;lj\VI so many
commissions and ranks in any of
OUr mail ,befoie. It all goes to show
that Windsor men are equal to the
best America ha.s to offer. Their promotions, achievements and acts of
heroism ,prove it.
However, whether you are just a
G.!. Joe or a General we folks at
home know that each of you is doing
his part to the ,best of his ability.
There's more news in the newsletter this time and we hope you
like it.
Sincerely,
Jerry Hallas,
27 Park Ave.
'Windsor, Conn.
GEN. EISENHOWER
Captured Picture Shows "Picnic" On Saipan
PARACHUTES TO
WRITES LETTER TO
ERNEST CIRILLO
A busy general took time out from
the war last week to tell the 27 pupils of the sixth grade at Sidney
Hayden 'School that they were doing
a good joh on the home front in
making 100 per cent rurchases of
,var bonds and stamps.
The letter of congratulations came
from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower who
added a pertinent ob~ervation that "if
everyone at home did hi~ duty it
would 'bring the day 'of victory
closer."
The sixth grade felt proud of it~
record of purchasing enough bonds
and stamps bet\veen school opening
in September and ,Pearl Harbor bay
anniversary to buy a jeep, and decided to let Gen. Eisenhower know what
they were doing.
They chose l:2-years-old Ernest
Cirillo of Capen Street to write the
letter. He not only told Gen. Eisenhower about the jeep, but -added that
.another $300 had been su'bscribed
since Dec. 7, 1944, that his room flew
the Minute Man Flag, that several
other rooms in the school had been
similarly honored, and that the school
itself earned the right to fly the flag
from its staff.
The letter must have impressed the
general, for he lost no time in, sending a reply.
Both letter .and envelope have been
posted on the bulletin board for all
to see, envy and admire.
LT. E. H. STRESKY
SAFETY IN ITALY
Lt. Edward H. Stresky, 21, of
W1ndsor, pilot of a Liberator bomber,
parachuted to safety recently in Italy
after a raid over Germany. Lt.
Stresky, who is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry P. Stresky of Kennedy
Road, ordered his crew · to bail out
after he was unahle to get the landing gears of the plane down. The
bomber had one motor shot out in
the Blechhammer raid.
Lt. Stresky has been overseas since
last September. He ;was a civilian airplane mechanic before entering the
Armed Forces. He received his oommission at Moody Field, Ga., in February of this year.
Pic. Frank J. Peteroski Sends lap
Pfc. Frank J. Pcteroski, member
of the Fourth U. S. Marines Divisian which took part in operations at
Roi":N'amur, Saipan and Tinian, sent
the above picture to The N ewsWeekly. He said it was "some Japs
having a r:icnic" on Saipan. Undoubtedly, it was before the U. S.
Marines landed for after that it was
no -picnic.
Pict1~re
to The News-Weekly
The picture shows the younger
generation of military-minded Japanese as they relaxed. In the foreground are baskets which probably
contained, the picnic lunch. tAlso two
bottles of liquor, either their saki
wine Or beer, no doubt.
The effects of western civilization
can still be seen in the straw hats
sported by several of the men. One
MISSING MARINE,
SGT. SCHILLINGER,
GETS AIR MEDAL
Bouchers Remember
Unheard from since he climbed
into his gun turret aboard a torpedo
bomber a year agO' Jan. 30, it is now
Mother
disclosed that the Navy Department
The Christmas holiday season was has awarded the Air Medal to 27made brighter for Mrs. Marie. Bou· d
A
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years-od Marine S/Sgt. John H.
c her 0 f 230 W m sor venue,
1 son, S h'II'
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d e l Inger or IS erolsm agamst
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'1 t e aps 10 the Southwest PaCIfic.
car d s f rom mem bers 0 f h er f amI y
who are serving in the armed forces,
S I Sgt. Schillinger, son of Mr. and
Her son !Fvt. Lucien Boucher sta- Mrs. ]. H. Schillinger of 918 Windtioned at 'Clovix New Mexico' was Sor Ave., still is listed in Navy recmet by a broth:r, PYt. Wildy' Bou- ords as missing in action. He is the
cher, from Rogers Field Oklahoma brother of the mu~h decoroated Lt.
for the holidays and ;hey remem~ Jo.seph A. Schillinger who no,,: is in
bered their mother with a ,bouquet thiS country after 14 months In the
of roses: 1st Sgt. Roger Boucher, European theater.
whO' is in Irekmd, travelled halfway
SjSgt. Schillinger's citation, in
to England to he with his wife, who part, read:
resides in England. Mrs. Boucher's "Participating in numerous, hazardfourth son, IPfc. Joseph S. Boucher, ous daylight and night bOmbing miswho is in the South Pacific, sent sions against hostile land installaalong a card.
tions, ship-ping and important airMrs. Boucher's daughter, Noella, is fields, .Staff Sergeant Schillinger per~
married to Sgt. Ralph B:arnard, who formed his duties skillfully and with
is also overseas. Mrs. Barnard and unfaltering courage despite adverse
her infant daughter, Susanne, are liv- weather, intense anti-aircraft fire and
ing with Mrs. Boucher.
fighter opposition, 'contributing materially to the extensive destruction
inflicted on the enemy,"
T. Sgt. Tamburro Home
The citation covered a period off
Technical Sgt. Louis J. Tamburro, action from Aug. 11, 1943, until the
engineer top turret gunner with the day he was lost, Jan. 30, 1944. He
8th Air -Force in Engl,and, is home enlisted in the Miarine Corps Jan. Z,
on furlough after more than one year 1942.
of service overseas. IRe has also
completed his tour of combat service.
His group was awarded the Presidential Citation. Sgt. T:amburro 2 WINDSOR MEN
earned ,his wings while at Tyndall
Field, ,Fla., and has since been REPORTED MISSING
nwarded the Air Medal and three
oak leaf clusters for flying missions. ARE PRISONERS
He served as gunner on Li·berator
and Flying Fortress bombers. He is
The new year brought happy tidthe son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tam- i'ngs to the f.amities of three Windburro of 32 Wilson Alyenue, Wilson. sor servicemen, two of whom had
He is a graduate of John Fitch High been reported missing in action for
School, class of 1940. After ·his fur- several months.
lough of 22 days he will report to
The families of IPvt. Louis C. TalAtlantic City. The Tamburros' have
bot of Maple Street, and Pvt..Charles
another son, William L. Tlamburro,
Gatting of West Street, both of Powho is a seaman first class in the
quonock, were notified that they are
INlavy.
prisoners of war in Germany. This
information came from the IWlar Department, and letters from the men
Lonstrup W oUllded
are expected in this country soon.
Mrs. Barbara C. Engel of 241
At Peleliu
B1Qomfield- Ave., received word that
The War Department has noti1fied her husband, .1st Lt. Arvid W. Engel,
Hans Christensen of 'Palisado Ave- a prisoner of war in Germany, had
nue that Pfc. Christian M. Lonstrup been awarded the Air Medal with
was ,wounded in a~tion at iPeleliu two Oak Leaf Clusters. The preIsland on Nov. 2h. The notification sentation will be made to Mrs. Engel
was sent to Mr. Christensen as a by :a officer chosen by the First S-erfriend of the wounded soldier, who vice Command at Boston. Mrs. Engel
had directed that n1l messages be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Clarke.
sent to him.
Cltdlrles l. Gary, EM2 j c
Charles J. Gary, EM2/~, has been
to ,the States for further
training after a year's active service
in the Paci,fic. After a 3O-day leave
he expects to be sent to Williamsburg, Virginia for a period of training Ibefore returning to active .service.
He is the son of Mrs. Edna M.
Gary, 15 Stinson Place.
tran~ferred
BROTHERS MEET
BY CHANCE IN
FRENCH VILLAGE
It's a pleasant surprise for any soldier to hear his name called in ,some
far-<>ff place and discover a person
he knows.
WIth Corporal William Carter, stationed in France, it was even better.
Turning around at the hail of: '~Rey,
Bill", Corporal Carter looked and
there was his brother, Charles.
'We were so ha:ppy to. see each
other we shook for three hours afterward," Corporal Carter says.
Corporal Carter is with a. medical
detachment of an engineering battalion in France. His brother is stationed about 70 miles away at 'an
airfield.
of the Japs seated in the foreground
wears sun-glasses ala western style.
The shoes or sandals are de,finitely Lawrence S. Tryon
Japanese with the split-toe effect.
One' significant thing is evident Becomes Lieutenant
from the picture. Of the 50 men in
the picture not one of them are smil- In Army Air Force
ing. Except of course the dog in the
foreground. We mean the animal of
Lawrence S. Tryon, son of M.r.
course.
and Mirs. Dale W. Tryon of 459
Broad Street, has been commissioned
as a second lieutenant in the A.A.F.
and has received his wings as a bomSTAFF SERGEANT
bardier 'Pilot following his graduation
on INov. 20 from the f.dvance Twin
JOHN H. STURGIS
Engine School .at Lubbock, Tex.
He ente-red the service in June,
MISSING IN FRANCE
1943 following his graduation from
Staff Sergeant John iff. Sturgis, John Fitch High School. He took
his training as an Aviation cadet at
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Michigan State College ,a t East LanSturgis of 48 Marshall Street, has ,sing, Mich., and was also stationed
been reported missing in action in at Oklahoma City, Okla., and San
France, according to a 'War Depart- Angelo, Tex. He is home , on a 15ment announcement this week. Ser- day furlough folldWing which he will
geant Stu.rgis was reported missing ibe assigned to Selman Field, Monro, La.
as 0 f N ov. 12. He enlisted on Dec.
17, 1941, and has served overseas
in two differe~t areas. The fiI'st tour
of -duty took him to Trinidad from
where he returned las! spring and
Mail Man Kept
after a furlough he was s.hipped to
On The Hop
Europe last summer.
His 'parents received a letter from
While at the front, Pfc. John Dorhim about three weeks ago.
chester, son of Rev. and Mrs. Donald H. Dorchester received only two
letters from last Aug. 10 to Sept. 22.
Both letters were written before
June 15. After Pfc. Dorchester was
Benedict Shimkus
wounded:and while he was in a
French hospital and three ~ English
Injured In France
hospitals he received, only one letter.
This w·a s until 10 days before
Good :and bad ne.ws were received Thanksgiving when he received one.
this week from the European battle
On December 20th while at Deshon
fronts.
General lHospital, Butler, Penn., he
John Shimkus of River Street, Po- received 292 letters and three Christquonock, received word that his mas packages.
brother, Benedict 'Lawrence ShimHis mail had followed him as he
kus, had been wounded seriously in moved and even went to Dibble GenFrance December 14. There were no eral Hospital, San Francisco where
details as to the nature of his wound be was originally supposed to go.
or where he wa!. hospitalized. He
entered the service Cktober 25, 1942
and was a technician, 5th grade,
attached to the armed engineets. !He
went overseas in September. He has
Home On Furlough
two sisters, Mrs. John Rublouskas
and M.rs. Theresa Morrison, ooth of
Sgt. R. E. Mars.h of 'Pigeon Hill
'Waterbury.
,Pfc. Joseph Grakowsky of' 34 Road.
Rainbow Road, reported wounded in
Arthur LeMontagne of the Navy.
action several months ago, has been • Carine Charles Young of Poquonreturned to active duty according to ock.
a War Department telegram to his
Chief Electrician's Mate Michael
mother, Mrrs. Marcella Grakowsky. Simmons.
ed to active duty with the Tr'ansportation Corps in transporting soldiers
and war materials. to theaters of operations.
COMMISSIONED AS
!Prior to entering the Army in
THOMAS G. CLANCY
June, 1943, Lt. Clancy was a ;regular
Jules Lenard
officer on the 'WIndsor Police force
Thomas G. Clancy. former Wind- to which he \vas named ~s one of
Made Sergeant
sor policeman, has been commissioned three officers when the department
Jules A. ~nard, of Court Street, a second lieutenant following his was organized. He attended Bulkeley
has been promoted to Sergeant re~ graduation from the officer candidate High School, 'Hartford, and also
centty. He is a motor mechanic with department of' the Transportation Northwestern University Institute of
the U. S. Army Air Corps and is Corps School at the NCIW Orleans lAjpplied Science and the Federal
A'nTly Air Base. He has :been assign- 'Bureau of Investigation Academy.
stationed at Pounds .Field, Tex.
2ND LIEUTENANT
No. 19
February, 1945
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ARMED SERVICES
De(lty WilldsOlriie /V'h't'rever Y.au Are:
In Australia
The snow is s-till with us and will
probably stay until the spring thaw.
Drift's kind of jammed up 'Litchfield
County hut with the aid of hulldozers and power shovels the main
highways 'have been opened. Ed Duncan of our own highway .department,
however, manages to, keep Windsor'S
roads clear. And it has been quite
a job this. lWinter,
iPeople' who
begged for .winter to come last summer are now begging summer to
come back. So there you ,are. An
ice ,breaker has been up the Connecticut once or twice since the last
newsletter, 'breaking up the ice so
that eil and coal ,barges could get in.
With The Boys And Girls
Lt. Russell Elliott has arrived in
Italy,
T / Sgt. Wendell Burgess of the
Marines is now at officer canU.
didates school at Cherry. Point; N. C.,
after being oversea.s for ,16 months.
.s.
it, prohco~". Harold Swrr/le)' sends a. note
from ,the Dutch East Indies .and says
that he is flying with a B-24 crew.
He has heen en a "fnv missions"
and in "a few air raids".
Staff Sgt. Ii", Dilloll of the U. S.
)'farines, now at Cben-y Point, .N. C.,
says- the ('nly difference in town after
coming back to it after three years
is that the kids have all grown up
and the "women in to\\'n h:L\'e all
gotten better looking".
P'-'t. lValter KClIroock writes flOm
the lJ;>hilippines (they all srell the
name right, toa) that their turkey
\vas ddayed for Thanksgi\ ing and
Christmas sO that they had K ratiom,
but e\·entually the turkey caught tiP
with his outfit and they had turkey.
He says ,the cigarett(' situation is
okay out there. \Valter says that it
doesn't pay to go looking for wuvcnirs. "Was out on the front'line
looking for some," he writes, "when
a few things went by my head and
they were going too fast to be bees.
IDid some fancy craJwling to get out
of there."
~T IS A. A. Stocillis 'is also in the
Dutch East Indies, according to hi~
latest leIter.
Pvt. Chas. Belldzans
Speaks Well Of
Pvt. K. Federkiewicz
J olm E. Hartmalt, PitoMl/ c
. John E. Hartman, PhoMl/c, sent
three pictures, one of which is
abo·ve. .He 'say.s he got his October
letter all right. His letter was dated
Jan. 12. He hopes to see W'arren
Thrall soon. We plan to use one
other picture of him in his lab where
he says he works, eats and sleeps.
It's aboard a boat.
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From Our Mail Bag
Pic. Ted Kazanowski writes from
Belgium that he and Sgt. Aroll
Siszitsky ad in the same outfit. He
and Siz exchange gossip ' about Windsor whenever "Ted has occasion to
visit -the medical department. Ted
says he is living in a Belgium home
and the people are ·hospitable. He
also adds that there is a great difference between the Belgians and the
French. Wha:t, one lacks the other
has. So in the end they are equat."
. Lt. Coluntbo' Ridolfds latest corites
from North China «where he says the
snow is a foot deep. He has ,been
through several bombings and has
"come closc". "I would like to say
,t hat the missionaries around here
really do a lot for the Chinese people.
Columbo, who has a keen sense of
observation, reports that the Chinese
people treat Americans well and that
the children have rosy cheeks and run
after Americans shouting "Megua
Howay" which means "Americans
Nice",
Sgt. Leigh H'Imt comes up with a
new address in the Molucca Group
of ·the 'Netherlands East Indies. He's
been there a month. Prior to that he
was at Guadalcanal. He would like
to hear from other Windsorites.
Cpl. John Testa sends his regards
to the class of '43 from somewhere
in France :where he met up with his
brother Pat recently.
/Pvt. Bill Ohoraz~' writes and wants
his friends to know that he is in the
Philippines.
Pvt. Dick Senger writes from Belgium that he met Mickey CO'1'SO and
Ted, MajO'W'itz recently, the 'only 'two
'W'indsorites he has seen since he has
been in Belgium.
Francis I. McHugh, 8M2/c, writes
from Camp 'Peary, Virginia, that he
met Charlie- Cary and Miss C()1mie
Carre/on; who is studying to be a
chaplain's assis·tant in the Marines.
Corp. John P. Kuraitis says he's
·Pvt. 'Charles J. Bendzans writ('~
'and reports well of French hospitality'to American troops.
"Our ,food is fair fo.r the two
meals we get," he says, "not saying
anything of the game we hunt. Out
here there is no bag limit and some
days we get a rabbit 1)r two that fill
in bctween meals. We make our bwn
french fried, potatoes as we can get
plenty of potatoes.
"'Our cigarettes are low, although
we get by, as we have to.bacco and
p2lrer,s Or n pipe. The damp weather
here is ,had for cigareMes spoil if
you' try to keep them more than a
couple of days., Oh yes, ink is hard
to get . The Fre~ch 'b eer isn't too
,bad. The wine is fair, but the stuff
they call schnapps is a headache. It's
like moonshine back home.
"T,he people are very nice to American soldiers and love to trade cigarcttes for things they have. They
wash our clothes and don't charge us
for doing it. They give us fruit and
wine. Some of the French talk a little
English and love to sit and talk to
us. They even ask us to stay ov~r at
times and if we are near a house
they make pie for us and give U3
hot !water or make our coffee for m.
• "I remem.ber a place when the
French people gave us their bedroom
and they moved down cellar for two
nights."
Lt. T. H. Edgerton
Gets Air Medal
Lt. Theodore H. Edgerton bas, been
awarded an Air Medal; according to
a letter received from him this week.
He is with a bomber grou.p in England, assigned to a B·17 unit.
He writes that in all of his tr3ining in the U. S. he has never run
across a Windsorite, although he just
missed Lt. Douglas Brooks at
Mitchell IField.
Pvt. Ralph Falconer
In Philippines
Pvt. '&alph Falconer writes from
the Philippines that the 'people are
"dark and small and never wear
shoes."
"YOll can trust some of-them," he
writes, "hut of some of -the others I
have my clWn opinion." IHe adds tha.t
they are very "10des t.
lPvt. Falconer 'says he doesn't know
many Windsorites as he hasn't lived
in town very long 'and only since he
married a Windsor girl.
In Hawaii
Reported Killed
In Germany, Feb. 2
Pyt. Ksower (Bud) Federkiewicz,
23, s('n of 1lr. and 'lfrs. Leon Federkiewicz of Corey Street, Wilson, has
been kilh d in action in Germany on
February 2, according to an announcement from the '\Var Department this \\'e~k. Pvt. Federkiewicz
was an Army paratrcoper and had
been awarded th t' Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.
His last letter home came on the
day following the telegram from the
\Var lkpartment.
,P\'t. Fedt rki{m icz entered the
Army on October 8, 194-2 and sened
with the quartermaster's troop for
threc month.~ and then transferred to
the Air Force. He went overseas in
April, ,1943. He saw service in North
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Belgium, IHolland and Germany.
He was wounded in Normandy on
D-Day as he landed with his unit
~e\ eral hours before the im·asion.
For his actien in he1ring to disrupt
enemy communications he was recommended for the Fourragcrs Francaise
by the mayor of Ste. Mere Eglise.
He "was also awarded the Bronze
Star for his heroic service here.
III addition to his parents, Pvt.
Federkiewicz Itaves a hrother, Theodor~ and a sister, Olga.
French Hospitality
Not , quite on the Main Street· side,
but ne.verth~less some of you might
be int'~re~ted to know that A'd miral
Thomas C. lHiart, former Pacific fleet
commander, has ' been named as the
new Connecticut S-ena1or to succeed
the late Francis T. Malop.ey. . The
appoiiltmerlt savd you fellows' from
voting again,
'Doc Russell has taken over the job
of coaching the high school basketball team as AI Rimosukas has been
dra,fted. Doc did' rcal well ,too in hi~
'fir's t game with Simsbury. The. local
team will enter the .state tournament
later this month at/New Haven and
should go .r-Iaces. Wally Russell is
quite a center. Miss Gloria Gallic has
made Phi Beta Kappa at Wellesley.
The teachers are looking for a $100
'raise' a year. Present Town Court
Judge Roger' yv. Davis and Deputy
Judge C. H. Go~lee , have been renominated hy Republicans ' for the
same jobs. Democrats have nominated Raymond"Adams and ,or. Clyde
Clark ,for the same jobs. A petty
thief stole'a , Marc4 of Dimes box
from the gas station of George
Linonis in /Poquonock.
Mrs. Marietta Bengston 'and ' Mr.
Eugene J. Toqrjson w!;re married.
Loomis held special gr.aduation ceremonies with five graduating, one of
them was. John H. Litter of Windsor. The front co,v er of the Loomis
Alumni, Bulletin re£ently carried a
portrait of Ulric B. Mather, math
teacher. George Greene, chairman of
the Park Commission, is trying to
put through a bus shelter for people
waiting Jor busses at the center. Mrs.
Cecile. B. Lamoureux died. ' Chaffec
and Loomis School adopted a 14year old Italian girl. She is Rosaria
'Wantricina. Earle Donegan turned
in .a swen job- as chairman of the
local Infantile 'Paralysis fund with
total' collectioris of $1,059 compared
with $235 last year. Loomis is giving
its s-tudents military drill. The local
war council is taking ,precautions for
a possible flood on the Connecticut
this' spring. Windsor might get a
flood ' if the snow in the upper valley
should <:ome' down as :water in the
event of an early thaw. The cops
downed the nremen in a basketball
game at the high school and then
did! it again in a second game.
-SI\,-eating out his 35th month in the
Southwest' !Pacific and sends along a
Brothers Meet In France
What home and family ties can
mean to our boys and: girls in the
service of Our country was recently
expressed in- a letter received by 1frs.
Joseph Testa of Skitchewaug Street
from her son Cpl. John Testa in
France. He told of meeting his
Ilrother, Cpt. Patsy Testa, also in
France. It seems the two brothers
had not been able to contact each
other although kno.wing they were in
the same country and hoth so far
from home,
)Finally at long last Cpt. John got
a two-day leave 2nd journeyed to the
part of France where his brother
was. He had quite a difficult time
locating him . First when 'he arrived
in the Paris station he did not know
where to go and couldn't sreak any
French so he c.al1ed loudly to know
if anyone around could speak English. A man and woman came up
and the man said he could speak
English and offered to go· part way
with Cpt. John.
After several tiresome waits he
finally arrrved in' the town. Darkness
had now settled down but Cpt. John
was Im.ky to ask the direction of a
sergeant who. happened to belong to
his brother's outfit and on his way
there.
\\'hen they arrived at camp no one
knew of Cpt. iPatsy's wherea'bouts
and seeing a bitilding neanby they
heard someone typing. They looked
in the door and there was Cpl. !Patsy.
Their great joy in finally seeing each
other was almost more than they
could bear. They could hardly talk
coherently for a time. Cpt. Patsy
had been writing a letter to his dad
when his brother found him and then
m ...ny questions of home and family
were talked over., They spent two
days together and had their pictures
taken for the folks back home. 'When
the time came to part -they vowed
they would in some way get together
again.
I
Sgt. Kopcinski Home
Sgt, Charles Kopcinski is home on
furlough after 24 months duty over-
seas.' He landed with troops in North
Africa, participated in battles there,
took part iry the Salerno and Anzio
campaigns, and marched into Rome.
He was shifted and invaded France
and has been given a 30-day furlough
following which he will return to
active duty again. He has been in
the service for three years.
Pol. George N. GrUIlt', Ir.
Pri\ate George N . Greene, Jr., is
now in Hawaii, according to his dad.
The above picture was on George's
Christmas card.
Point Trouble
The mysteriolts mathematics of
rationing were brou.ght very clear to
Machinist :Mate Richard L. Colpitts
last week when he tried to ,buy a
hunk of steak.
'
He ask.:d for three pounds and the
butcher obliged. Th~ price was reasona.ble, $1.80, which Colpitts had, but
the butcher also said 39 points. 'Points
was something now. Yes, the sen ice
man knew tht'y had rationing and he
was away aboard a destroyer for 19
months. But points, that was something new.
lNet result .was that Machinist
Mate Colpitts- hurried off to the ration ,beard to get his ration points,
but without the steak
Wounded In Action
Lt. Russell H. Dexter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward L. Dexter of H!ayden Avenue, was slightly wounded in
action over Italy, according to word
received from the War Department
by his parents.
The notification came shortly after
he Iwas promoted to a First Lieutenant. He is a pilot on a Liberator
,Lomber and went oversf'<'.C: in September. He received his wings in February, 1943.
On a previous occasion he had escaped injury when flak piercing the
plane stnlck a wrist watch that had
been given to hi~ when he graduated from ' high school.
Swan Song
Well, it's anO'ther swan soOng. The
news of Manila was grand news as
was that of Corregidor and Bataan.
The Yalta Conference shows that we
mean business and Ithat the major
points offer no great difference of
opinion.
iMeanwhile, another month has
gone by and it's 'a month nearer to'
;victory.
We try to make these let'ters interesting, but in the final analysis they
depend upon mail-letters from you
fellows over there. A score or more
of ,the loyal ones continue to write,
but most of the others seldom do except when they have a change of
,address. We realize, of course, that
you fellows have other things to do
but a letter once in a while to the
editor makes the newsletter new~ier
and more interesting to you fellows
'Who get them.
Well, So much for that. Good luck
,to you all.
Sincerely,
I erry Halla.s
Enlists In Waves
Corp. Robt. Silliman Presents
Drama Of Life In Corsica
A picturesque account of life on
the island of Corsica is contained in
a letter received recently from Corp.
Robert H. Silliman of 'Poquonock,
who writes:
"We do manage to kee.p quite comfortable while ,we aren't working.
I'm ·sIfeping in a six-man tent with
a wooden floor, a stove, electric lights
and of course an army cot. Let me
remind )¥JU that all my time is not
spent inside.
"Food' has been exceptionally good
of late with plenty 'Of fresh meat,
bread and butter. About the only
thing lacking from our mess is fresh
milk which naturally we can't expect
the Army to supply us with. Believe
me, things have certainly changed
since my arrival here two years ago.
"For entertainment we have three
shows a week on Mondays, Thur·sdays and Saturdays. A US.o show
hit here last wef:k that was exceptionally goed. Three guys and three
gals in the cast and they gave us a
good hour and a half of entertainment. It seems that half of these
shows are stinkeroos or maybe I
should say that they just don't have
the type of entertainment that we
want. Please don't take this to mean
that to please us the show has to be
bawdy-it's just that some don't click,
much the same as a show at home.
They are either good or .bad.
The civilians here on the island, as
a whole, live in gray stone houses.
The floors are of inlaid tile blocks
and the walls are cement. Heating
and cooking is taken care of by a
fireplace in every room. The roofs
of the houses are matched overlaid
tile shingles. Windows are scarce
with over two to a room considered
a luxury.
"This custom or necessity dates
back to the early days of France
when taxes ··were levied on the windows of a rowelling. Most of the
towns were built up at the turn of
the century or so the dates above the
doorw,ys indicate. Many of the
buildings go back much farther than
that but there are comraratively few
of recent vintage. How the people
manage to keep comforta.ble in these
buildings is beyond me. Whenever
you walk into one of the houses at
night, you find the entire family seated on low -steols facing a fireplace
that contains what' ,we'd call a banked
fire. Only that one fireplace in the
whole house will contain a fire. I
think the reason for this is the fuel
problem. All the wood that is burned
is gathered by the women of the
household who haul them home on
donkeys. The chore is accomplished
in addition to the usual· household
duties. The women are never idle
while the men seem to spend most of
their time sitting around smoking,
talking and drinking in their native
costume of ~ord.uroy suits with a
bright red sash about their waists.
"Being part of France, the native
drink is red wine, of course. Another
favorite, however, is Eau-di-vie or
grape ,brandy. In one town of three
or four hundred inhabitants with
which I'm quite "familiar, there is an
old woman that looks as though she
is at least 65 years of age that has
the required distillery apparatus and
she rents herself out to fami1ie~ to
brew the year's supply. !Her 'f~rmula
must be quite popular as she is or
was in demand during the grape harve~t. 'I watched her at Iwork one
afternoon.
"She dug a firepit in a small bank;
placed a couple of iron bars across
it and over it placed her four-foot
high vessCi-shaped copper urn. It was
partially filled with crushed "grapes,
the top W3lS placed on and' sealed with
clay and the fire beneath it was
started. A ,pipe led out of the top
and over to a wooden barrel of water
where it coiled through the water to
the 'bottom and out into a pan.
"It was quite picturesque. All I
could think of wh:le 1 watched her
was a Hallowe'en witch preparing
her .brew."
Cops Swamp Firemen
The quarters were officially supposed'
to .be 8 minutes ~ach but when questioned after the game, Larry admitted that the first quarter lasted 10
minutes, the s.econd twelve, the third
seventeen and the fourth twenty-nine.
When the game ended ,stretchers
were provided by the Retf CroSoS to
carry the players. (?) to the lockerroom.
The second game will be played
this ev.ening at the High School at
8,p. m.
In Basketball Game
The first of a series of three basketball games between the Windsor
Police Department and 'Windsor Fire
Department at John IFitch High
School Friday, February 9, found the
Police Department submerging the
Firemen 31-13.
The game was a nip and' tuck
affair for the first half, the score
being 1.1-9 in favor of the Cops but
when"Murray and Vannie entered the
line-up for the winners 'at the start
of the third quarter the teamwork of
the two former H. P. IH. S. stars.,
both of whom passed the ball back
and forth: to one another until it advanced to the arh of the Fire Laddies' ,basket and then passed to Earl
Gatting, former W. H. S. star who
promptly bucketed it for points for
the winners .•
The Firemen were seriously handicapped by the absence of Chief Chagnon, who pmmises better things of
his. team in the next two games.
(The feature of the evening was the
lone goal scored by Chief Paul Rustic
who ·shot the ball the length of the
court for two points. In doing this
he forgot to let go of the .bal1 and
traveled 'With it to the backboard,
where he held on to the backboard
with one hand and gently dropped the
ball into the basket.
The firemen loudly protested this
go.al to Referees Bennett and Menard
but to no avail.
'~Pat" 'Patterson of the Firemen
·com.plained that someone stole his
glasses and when his. complaints were
disregarded, he hung a "I am Blind"
sign over his uniform and passed: the
hat to the spe~tators for donations
to hire nCfW' players for the Firemen's
team.
There was much argument about
the time keeping of Larry Higgins.
The line-ups fol1ow:
Police
G
o
o
Romayko, c
Hunt,lg
Rustic, rf
Boyko, rg
Gatting, If
Murray, <:
Vannie, Ig
I
3
6
4
o
Total
F 'Total
o
o
o
o
2
o
0
0
2
6
14
8
-1
1
14
3
31
G
F Total
1
1
Firemen
Patterson, rg
Daddario, 19
Mather, c
Cymerys, rf
DeSopo, If
Easton, rf
Shtrman, 1£
Total
o
o
3
I
1
o
1
:1
o
2
2
0
0
o o
5
3
Miss Arlene May Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wmred J. Bennett of 26 Maple A venue, has ,been
sworn into the Women's Reserve,
U. S. Naval Reserve, as an apprentice seaman in the enlisted quota of
the Waves. Miss Bennett iwill soon
be ordered to the U. S. N a'Val Training School at iHlunter College for
indoctrination in the WaNes.
She is a graduate of John iFitch
High School and was employed at
!Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as a clerk
and messenger. She has a brother,
IWilfred C. Bennett, who is in the
Navy.
SMOKES, BEER
REACH SOLDIERS
IN NEW GUINEA
A,s of December 17 the cigaret
situation in iN ew Guinea was very
favorable for Windsor .servicemen,
according to a I~tter from Corp.
Harold A. Sweeney.
"We have a rationing system they
use for beer and cigarets here," he
Iwrites. "We have a book with coupons for a month's supply of beer
ap.d cigarets and! we can use different
coupons each week just like the
ration books at home. Right now we
get a carton of cigarets and. six oottIes of beer a week."
Corp. Sweeney's report was the
first concrete evidence that ,supplies
of cigarets, much in demand at home,
are avail2!ble in New Guinea. During
the past month or six ,weeks, indications were that even the servicemen
were without cigarets, according to
letters received .by fW'indosor relatives.
Thus, while the smokes remain an
under-tne-counter item at home, it is
re-assuring to note that at least in
one section of the fighting front,
American men are being furnished
with smokes.
Cor.l,). Sweeney also reported that
he has trouble in understanding
Australian soldiers, claiming they are
harder to understand than Engli-shmen: because of the slang they use.
Corp. Sweeney is attached to a
school and is taking special training,
which cannot be divulged for apparent reasons.
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o
Miss Arlene May Bemtett
13
Pvt. Dorchester Weds
!Fvt. John W. ·D brchester, son of
Rev. and 'Mrs. Donald H. Dorchester, and Mi,ss Mary Russoman, Y3/c,
Iwere married in New York last week.
Janie Beattie, Y2!c, of Washington,
D. C. was maid of honor and iP'Vt.
Kilbourn 'Pickett, clas.smate of the
bridegroom, was the best man.
T. Roncaoli Weds
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A.. !Williams
Qf North Adams, Mass. announce the
marriage of their daughter, Gloria M.
Williams of Hartford to Theodore
Roncaioli, coxswain, USMC, .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Roncaioli of
47 Lovell Avenue, Saturday, IFebruary 3, at St. Gabriel's Church. Rev.
John F. Quinn officiated'. Miss Barbara Williams, sister of the bride,
,was maid of honor, and John Corso
of Hartford was the .best man. The
wedding breakfast was held at the
Hotel Windsor and the reception was
held at the home of the groom's parents.
LOOMIS OFFERS
I'1;'S STUDENTS
Pvt. F. H. Grimshaw
Reported Missing
MILITARY DRILL
In Belgium
Under the direction of Hugh HaIW,
Pvt. Fred H. Grimshaw, 21, son of
one of the students, who has lived Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Grimshaw of
on military posts for most of hi~ ,P reston Street. who is a paratrooper
attached to an airborne division in
life, the Loomis Military q)rill Unit Europe, was reported missing in acis now meeting once a week. T~e tion since January 8, according to a
Drill Unit provides wme boys with 'War Department announcement last
the necessary fundamentals in march- week.
Pvt. Grimshaw graduated from
.
handling guns, and military
mg,
John Fitch High School after being
courtesy. The training has proved a student at Loomis for two years.
valua'ble to many alumni now in Hie He worked at Colt's for several
services. Many have written .back to months 'before entering the Army on
say they have been made temporary Dec. 2, 1942. He /Was sent overseas
or acting corporals became of their last ,August after taking intensive
knowledge in d'rill gained through the training in this country. His family
course.
has not heard from him by mail since
The group at present consists of a letter postmarked in England, dated
a:bout fifty boys divided. into four Oct. 21'. He was reported missing in
equal squads. Each squad is under action in Belgium.
the command of a sergeant and an
assistant · squad -leader. Mr. Haw
holds the rank of second lieutenant.
So far' the Unit has met six times
Lt. William Connor
and the em.phasis has been on practicin"g various marching movements
Back In United States
and close order drill. After the boys
have mastered these, they will be
1.1. . William Connor, son of Mr.
issued /Wooden rifles and learn the
and Mrs. Thomas F. 'Connor of ,Pomanual of arms. Last year this inquonock, who has been in the Army
struction was given by Capt. Whitney
for seven years, is back in this counof the State Guard, .but this year
try. He has .been overseas for 26
Haw is doing all the work. There
months and is now with his wife
will be no maneuvers as last year, as
and daughter in Fitchburg, Mass.
it is felt the time can be better spent
'Lt. Connor has served in Africa,
in drilling.
Sicily and India. He is a member
A short time ago, the group was
of the Army Finance Department.
shown a movie on the nomenclature,
Before entering the service Lt. Consighting, and firing of the Springfield
nor was active in Windsor .politics
Army rifle. ,Additional movies will
and was at one time WPA agent in
be shown throughout the year. Altown.
though this movie will not affect the
'Work done this year, it was felt that
the boys ought to have some knowledge of the rifle.
Each boy taking Military Drill Sends Home Purp e
eart
signs up as he would if taking any
regular course. He is issu~d' t~e uniSgt. Joseph J. Maze1 of Poquonock
form which consists of a cotton army who was /Wounded: in the leg last Nofatigue $llit, puttees, and an overseas. vember in France, has sent home his
cap. He is obliged to be .present at Purple Heart Medal to Mrs. Mazel.
meetings every -T hursday. afternoon, According to a dipping from the'
whether held outdoors for' the pur- Army newspa,per Stars and Stripes,
pose of drilling.. or indoors for cIas·s- Sgt. Mazel led a co,mpany on a misroom work. Each boy is given a sion through a mine-field after four
copy of the Army's Basic Field men had been wounded by the mines.
Manual and is responsible for secSgt. Mazel also reported that he is
tions of the book. Tests. are given, now able to walk without crutches.
and all boys are given effort marks, He is the father of two children,
based on behavior and attitude.
Cynthia, two, and Joan-Arlene, four,
IHIugh Haw, the instructor, is the months old, who lWas horn after her
son of an Army colonel who is now father went overseas.
overseas. He has lived on military
posts at which his father has been
stationed', and has attended military
schoo1.
LOOMIS-CHAFFEE
1 H
ADOPT 14 YR. OLD
Service Notes
·Mrs. Marie Boucher of 230 Windsor Avenue is happy over the receipt
of a letter from Lt. General John C.
H. Lee of the U. S. Army. The letter, written from headquarters of...tbe
European theatre of -operations, states
that Mrs. Boucher's brother, Cpt.
Alphonse Gagne, a member of the
U. S. Army Band, is contributing
greatly to /Winning the war through
his. excellent ,playing in inspiring the
'boys and girls in the armed forces
to better service. General Lee says
hundreds of men and women who
attend the Sunday religious services
s.peak in terms of praise and appreciation, especially of the music, and
he feels the eflorts of the band are
uplifting and equally be.neficial.
Cpl. Gagne was before the war an
accomplished musician, teaching both
the violin and piano. He also plays
the cornet at times. in the band. Recently Cpt. Gagne . met his nephew,
Sgt. Roger Boucher, son of Mrs.
Marie Boucher, in Manchester, England, and they spent two .<fays. there
together. It was the first hme m five
yea'rs that '~pl. G~gne had seen a
member of hls family.
. .
Cpt. . Gagne recent~y Visited the
grave In IFrance of hiS broth~r, C~t.
Aime Gagne, who was killed In
World War I.
ITALIAN GIRL
The Chaffee and Loomis School,
'Windsor, with Miss Edith Ann Dell,
acting as foster parent group secretary, has "adopted" .Rosaria Lantricina, 14 year old Italian girl in Italy,
through the .Foster Parents' Plan for
War Children, it Wa.SI announced this
week by Mrs., Edna Blue, Plan executive chairman. -American headquarters of the Plan are at S5 West 42nd
Street, 'New York City.
Japanese Documents
Souvenirs
Sgt. IFrancis Thone, son of H~nry
Thone of Maple Avenue, has sent
home tWlO Japanese doc,uments as
souvenirs. Their nature cannot be
ascertained as they have net ,been
translated. Sgt. Thone said they
were taken from an enemy soldier
in the Pacific where he has been for
four years.
Home On Leave
Petty Officer Edwin T. Snelgrove,
son of Mr. 'and Mrs. Percy Snelgrove
of Remington Road, is home on leave.
IH1e 'recently completed his course of
study at the Navy Pier in Chicago.
March 1945
No. 20
,
WindsfJr MeW l et~t.;,
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I
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ARMED SERVICES
Dear ll'illdso:rite Wherever
It's Easter time and Springtime in
\Vindsor. After much speculation the
Connecticut .river is subsiding as is
the .Farmington. The lowlands as
usual were flooded. Pleasant Street
was. closed for a day or so, but reIOpened. The river reached about 21
feet or so. Otherwise there was no
flood. Folks are .burning off their lots
and lawns, raking them up, filling in
the driv'ewoays with the rakings or
ashes. Robins have come back and
garden enthusiasts arc working, themselves up to a fighting pitch. With
the snOtw, all gone even at ·the north
side of the houses it won't i be long
now. The first day of Spring saw
the thermometer hit .about 71, which
is pretty warm when you consider it
was an exceptionally cold winter.
All of us were glad to see old.'man
winter go because he was a very disagreeable person this ,winter. No
more driveways to shovel. No more
worries about the coal or oil or furnace. But with winter worries out of
the way all of us seem to get a new
lift .and are looking fDr\vard to good
Spring weather (we hope) and a
pleasant Summer. Meat remains ~
scarce item in the grocery store and
so are cigarettes scarce, but somehow
people are still smoking and rbelieve
us nD one is starving to death because .of a little inconvenience about
meat. So much for that, now let's
get along to:
Up and Down Main.Street
Did \\-"e tell you that somebody
pinched- the police cruiser a while
ago. It was recovered we under:
s.tand, hut' it was definitely missing
for a while.
Building Inspector
Fred M. Munsell and Oliver J.
Thrall, chairman of the zoning. board,
had quite a discussion in the press
over whether or not the chairman
had got a building permit out for
alterations. on a tobacco shed. It was
a hot discussion while it lasted, but
the matter dropped, .after a building
permit was secured.
~s usual tobacco farmers are worrying about 'help again even at this
early stage. There is talk of trying
to get prisoners of !War to work on
some of the plantations but it's. still
in the rumor o.r talking stage. Probably nothing will come of. it. under
the capable leadership of Fred
IHornsby and John Luddy and with
the help of scores of canvassers,
WindsDr set the rest of the state on
its ears by going out and filling the
Red Cross quota of $12,000 in two
weeks instead of waiting !or a whole
month. Fred Hornsby hopes that the
total will surpass $15,000.
'Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McCahill of
Wilson celebrated their silver wedding anniversary recently. Miss Alice
Elizabeth Hallgreen was married tOo
Chester A. Perzan. The D.A.R. put
on a real good meeting to discuss
the propos.als of the Dumbarton
Oaks Conference. Donald Barber,
Robert Barber, Bidwell Fuller, Richard Qs.borne, Rollin I&ansom, Jr., and
Gordon Thomas made the Loomis
Honor Roll. Ed. Field observed his
25th year ,with Cushman Chuck.
Royal Thompson has left the State
Highway iDepartment to become superintendent of streets in Hartford.
T he cops have-.organized a real goo d
basketball team and were going great
guns the last we heard, ·but i~ seems
some of the teams playing against
them have been using outside talent.
Staff Sgt. Fergerson is the father of
a son. Windsor High entered the
state tournament ,but was kriocked
out in the first game. by Rockville,
which had beaten 'Windsor on two
other occasions during the season.
The town appropriated $19,'100 to
get the new school program started.
It's for preliminary work, etc. It
appears definitely that the new high
school ,will be located. sotr"where jp
the vicinity of Sage Park. Mrs. Donaid Burnham was electeci president
of the Wind-so.r Graduate N1urses
Association.
Sam Crockett at the high school is
making a big hit with an interior
decorating course. Officer Thomas B.
d
(B a:b)
e M urray'h as b een name
!baseball coach at the high school. He
will continue his duties as a cop and
carryon, on a part time 'basis, with
that his next-door neighbors are
F.rank Kolonko, Charlie Oskavitch
and Bill I'3rker.
IPfc. Preston Goslee, who used to
live in Windsor, is now at! 4103 Base
Unit, Box 14, J.ackson Army Air
Base, Jackson, Miss.
Lt. R. W!. Goslee, Iiis brother, is
at Cla~s F-13 A, Financial Fiscal
School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
SfSgt. Dick Turner drops a note
from Alsace sa) ing he got the December 15 copy. The mails must have
slowed up something awful. Whitepainted tanks and white drapes for
covering the uniforms were in style
during winter fighting, according to
Dick, who has been overseas for 17
months.
Sgt. Mike Kostyk (yes, he's been
promoted· again) writes an interesting JIPte from the front lines inoftaly
and tells about meeting an elderly
American couple who are going to
sell their hotels and property in Italy
and return to· the States after the
,war is over.
OFFICER MURRAY
NAMED BASEBALL
.COACH AT JFHS
(Police Ofiicer James B. 1[ur,ray
).[urray has been named baseball
coach at the high school for this
spring season by Dr. E. S. Rus~ell.
Officer ·Murray, who 'has been associated as a player and a coach in
athletics for 18 years, has been given
rermission by the Police Commissioners tOo take on the coaching duties on a part time basis.
Games hav'e been scheduled with
\,yindso.r Locks, Glastonbury and
\Vether;;.field with the first game
against Windso.r Lock;;. on April 17.
\Officer Murray played in the Middlesex League and the Hartford industrial and insurance league. He
was also a basketball star and held
the New England ice speed skating
championship for two years.
Schlesinger Made
Captain
In ing H. Schlesinger, Jr., has been
promoted to Captain, according to
word received ,by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Irving H. Schlesinger, this
week. Capt. Schlesinger is with the
U. S. Army Medical Administrative
Corrs and is somewhcre in France.
'He ,yent overseas in Jall,!'ary, 1944
tOo Africa and Sicily and Sardinia.
Following a three-months tour of
duty he returned and left again in
April, 1944 to- go to. Italy from Iwhere
he went to France. He became a' First
,Lieutenant last September. He graduated from Loomis in 1936 and Yale
University in 19.tO. Capt. Schlesinger
has written his parents that he is seeing some of the territory he visited
while on tour with the Yale GI~e
Club while at college.
1C0rp. Joseph Wirzulis writes. from
Ensign M. E. Peters
IEuro,pe that he has 'been overseas for
I(illed In Crash
31 ~onths including slIch places as ERNEST EVENSON
Afnca, England, Italy an.d France.
Corp. Earl C. Angell, Jr., notes HEADS VETERANS
Ensign :Michele Edward Peters, 20,
that he is now statione~ rat ~t. 1~cson of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A.
Clellan, Ala., after domg hIS trIck RE-El\1PLOYMENT
Peters of 372 .Deerfield Road, ",vas
overseas. He also got home on leave
killed on March 8 in a planc crash,
but said a certain young lady took
Ernest Evenson, Loomis instructor, according to an announcement from
most of 'his time so that he didn't has been named chairman of the the Niavy Department. Ensign Peters
get much of a thance to see people newly created Windsor Service Com- was a night fighter pilot on an airhe 'wanted, to.r
f
t
. .111 t h;O
mittee, designed'
to coordinate
activiera carner
e It. aCI'fic.
Sgt. Joe Ganoarz pens from inside tics in town concerned with the reHe g.raduated from high school in
Germany that he got the October habilitation rand re-employment of 19~2 and participated in athletics. He
issue of the Newsletter. His letter returning- veterans. 'l'he committee entered the service in 1943 while a
was dated Jan. 20, but we didn:t get named by First Selectman 'Leland student at the University of Conit until the second week in March. (IPete) Granger 'has drawn on the necticut. He received his .wings on
The mails must 'be tardy. Thanks for American Legion, Red Cross, IJUsi- April U, .1944 at Pensacola, Fla., and
the Germany money, Joe.
ness men, educators, etc. We will tell was the youngest member of hi.,
IPvt. Lewis Benevide~ also writes yO\l morc aoout this committee from class to be graduated as ensign.
that he had a furlough and came time to time. It is definite, however, . His father served in World !un_ r I
home after,· being overseas for 3 0 '
.
vva
that everything possitbIc will be done and: is a former Commander of Grayh
~
months. He had Christmas and New
to see t at 'Wmdsorites have an Dickinson Post, American Legion.
Year's at home. Benny was pleased opportunity to continue their careers
His cousin, Staff Sgt. Sylvester
,with the town and' its people. He's ,a.fter they return from the front.
Peters,. was killed in action in F ..... nce
the high schooL athletes. On account .back where' he started from before
""
of no p'hysical education director at
on July 15, 1944.
the furlough.
the high school there was a cancelPvt. Felix Patllska says. that he
lation of the usual exercises for the
ha., moved up from Georgia to West
kids.
Sgt. Joe Gancarz
Hampton Beach, N. Y., where he is
Robert J. Hills
'It looks like Windsor :will get some helping with an outfit that to,ws tarWrites About France
new zoning regulations. specifying gets far P-47 pilots to shoot at.
'
what kinus of homes can ·be built in Sounds interesting.
Robert J. HiIl\ MM2fc, died at
Sgt: Joe Gancarz comments a,bout Newington hospital last December.
iLl. Russell Elliott writes from
town in the various· zones, etc. A
committee headed by John· Ashmead somewhere in Italy that anyone see- people in Europe ill a letter:
iRe served 1'1 mo.nths. in Bermuda.
'~Well, I'd say that some o.f the 13esides his parents he leaves a sismade 'a special study of fire protec- ing the sights of devastated Italy
tion in town and recommended that would appreciate the U.S. "Buildings people in Europe aren't too bad off, ter, Ruth, .and a brother, Charles, Jr.
something be done about unifying the blown apart," he writes, "kids run- but most of them arc ruined physifire protection in to,wn, new equip- ning around in the snow without c.ally as well as. financially. Take the
ment, abi'ndoning the fire districts shoes, very little food and no fuel French, for instance. Most of them
wear wooden shoes because they
for town-wide fire protection, paid for homes. Wb'at a mess."
John E. Giordano
rfi'remen, etc. ,Yes, fellows, this town
Fred S. Niaiva, SI fe, has changed haven't anything else to. use for
is really going to town,
ships, hut is still in the IPacific ,which shoes. Some wear any old rag for
Named, Cadet Colonel
The local rationing board is ap- he ca1ls a "duck pond". Fred· has cJothing.
"And you can see the men picking
proaching its third year 'of service been hopping around a bit and he
John E. Giordano, 22, son o.f Mr.
in town. The subject of whether or hopes that he stays settled for a up butts the soldiers throwaway beand ·Mrs. James Giordano of Wilson
cause
they
haven't
anything
to.
smoke.
not, we should have compulsory mil i- while.
graduated recen.tly as a cadet colonei
tary training was debated before a
Co.rp. Bob Trudeau drol}S us. a line The kids bum cigarettes from the
at . the M;arana, Ariz., Army Air
They
ask
for
cigarettes
for
soldiers.
PTA meeting at the high school. from the IPhilippines and' sends along
Field's school of basic aviation cadets.
The high school put on a Fun Night a Jap peso note. BO'o says he received Pa Pa."
IHe has :beep assigned to. DOllgl~s,
Belgium was better off, Sgt. Ganandl everybody attending had a won- the Octoher and November Newscarz said, and added he couldn't say Ariz. AJrmy Air 'Field for a 10 weeks
derful time. Town departments arc letter on Feb. 110.
course of advanced training for'
making up their ·budgets for the comIPfc. Anthony Benevides writes about the Germans now, but they
medium ·bomber duty after which he
the
!Wrar
was
were
"well
off
before
ing year and that means statistics and from somewhere in Belgium that he
will be commissioned as a pilotfigures for the Board of Finance to ·misses. the old town after being away brought home to them."
officer in the AAF.
sift. Chief Chagnon again ,warns for 30 months, but adds that he had
Cadet Giordano. graduated from
people to be careful in burning. their a good time on Christmas Wld New
John Fitch High School in 1940 and
lawns and trash.
Year's.
was employed at United Aircmft beQorp. James R. Testa sent one of ROYAL W~ THOMPSON
fore entering the Armed Forces.
the shortes.t letters we Have ever received. It reads: "This is to inform NEW HARTFORD
From Our Mail Bag you my addresS! is as appears helOtw."
That winds up the Mail Bag this STREET SUPT.
Swan Song
(The mail bag department is kind month, but we do 'hope more fellows
of light this month. Apparently the will 'write and we hope that Uncle
Royal W. Thompson, in charge of
boys have been attending to other Sam speeds up the mail--<:oming and the Ibureau of rights of way for the
Well as we close this newsletter the
State Highway Department, has been news is very :good and we can almore urgent duties oand have had lit': going.
appointed superintendent of streets in most predict that by the time some
tie time for writing, but we do hope
Hartfo.rd. The post pays $7,500. Mr. of you get this the Iwar in Europe
that more mail comes in during the
Thompson, who ,was the .first presi- against Germany should be over. We
next month in time for the next
dent of t·he IExchange Club, succeeds sincerely hope so.
Newsletter.)
Judge Mahoney
Leon F. Peck who is retiring on
As we look forward with expecHarry 'NoH, S C lie, writes that
April 1.
tancy, we in Windsor take pride in
after completing his assignment in
III At Hospital
Europe and getting a 30 day leave
knowing that Windso.r men have
fought on every battle front to make
in Windso.r, he's off somewhere now
Judge Charles E. Mahoney, vice
this victory possible. FDr this all of
in the rPaci'fic.
president of the Exchange Club, is
us are thankful and proud of all of
IPVt. IRichard C. Clark is now at im~roving
at Hartford Hospital
Inducted
you.
Scott .Field, Il1., according to a card from an ailment resulting from an
Sincerely,
he sent in.
ear infection. Judge Mahoney is
Into. the N:avy went Walter A.
Frank Borisevich Iwrites that he Democratic Town Chairman and Dis- Hamilton, William W. West and
Jerry Hallas,
bumped into ILt. Larry Tryon on the trict Committeeman.
John Kurlick this past month. Into.
Z7 !Park Ave.
train before he left the states. He !Hurry up and get well. W~ all the ,Anny went Edward L. Saveski
Windsor, Conn.
doesn't .say where he is, but does say miss you.
and Robert G. Moule.
P.S.-lPlease write, won't yDU.
All's Well That Ends Well
A story came to The News-Weekly this week that is worthwhile repeating. So here goes:
During the recent blizza,rd which
piled snow drifts over Our highways,
Highway Superintendent Edgar T.
Duncan came across a truck parked
on the left hand side 'Of the road in
Wilson ,blocking the passage 'Of the
town pl~w. Mr. Duncan waited
around, somewhat impatiently, as. he
had been working f'Or thirty hours in
directing the clearing efforts, ho.ping
the driver would show up. The driver
was finally located and there was an
exchange 'Of IWOrds between the driver and Mr. Duncan. As we get the
story 'somebody got excited. Maybe
hoth of the participants got excited.
At any rate Police Chief Paul Rustic
w,as called after the driver left and
at the insistence of Mr. Duncan the
driver was arrested on a charge of
breach of peace, particularly ,because
of his abusive language.
Hauled! into court the driver pleaded guilty and explained to T'Own
Court Judge Roger W . :Davis that he
was sorry but that particular day
was 'a tough day. Mr. Duncan was
also asked to testify and he also
said he was sorry but it was a tongh
day for him t'Oo.
Before giving his decision Judge
Davis ,explained the ethics of courtesy tow;ard a town official and fined
the driver $15. The driver lWent upstairs to the clerk's office and told
Mrs. Ruth B. 'Purnell, as~istant clerk,
that he didn't have the money. During the course of the discussion the
driver said something about "This is
the kind of people I have .been fighting for." It 'develo.red that the man
had received an honorable discharge
from the U. S. Marines after spending one year in the Padfic.
At that point Mr. Duncan walked
in and learning that the defendant
had no. money tOl pay his fine, offered
to pay the fine for him. The Marine
refused and held his ground. Meanwhile, Mrs. Purnell related the new
developments in the case to ,Prosecutor ' Russell Ifl'. Pellington who
brought the matter before Judge
Davis who re-opened the case.
Judge Davis, w,h o has sons of his
o.wn in the service, resurveyed the
case and directed that $1Q of the fine
be remitted. Judge oDavis further ex,plained it was not the purpose of the
Windsor Court to cause hardship on
any defendant. He also 'told the defendant that he could pay the remaining fine whenev'e1" he could and
in any manner that he could.
The decision was like pouring oil
on troubled lWaters. The ex-Marine
marched back u.pstairs to the clerk's
office, took .out a money bag, containing change from his customers'
sales, and paid his fine in silver. He
apolo.gized for the ·way he hracL acted
on the day of his arrest and remarked. that his treatment in the court
was such t'hat he felt it was. the first
time since 'his discharge from the
Marines that he had been treated like
a human being.
!All wei have to say is. the handling
of this case ,reflects to the credit of
all the persons concerned. The court
made its point and the defendant left,
feelin that he had recehned a square
d t g
ea .
War Department
DUDA BROTHERS
SEE ACTIVE DUTY
IN ARMED FORCES
Lt. Robert F. ,Duda, a navigator on
a B-17 flying Fortress has been
assigned to the 95th bombardment
group and is no», taking an orientation course on a flying procedure in
a European Theatre prior to beginning combat duty in the air.
Lt. Duda is a member of the 8th
Air Force Fortress Group which led
the first American oombing attack on
targets in Be~1in. This group received the !Presidential citation for outstanding assault on railroad. yards at
Munster, Germany, in 1943. Lt. Duda
alsO' shared in a Prt'Sidential citation
given the entire 3rd Air Division
Group for its histoFic England to
Africa shuttle bombing of important
Mes.serschmidt fighter plane plants at
Regensburg, Germany in 1943. Lt.
Duda was a student at the University
of Connecticut b~fore entering the
service and a member of Sigma Chi
fraternity.
'He received his wings in October
1944 in Handa, Texas. After training in Sioux City; Iowa, and Lincoln,
Neb. he was sent to England in July
1943.
A brother, Pfc. !Henry J. Dud.a, is
serving !With the 2nd iRIocket Detachment, 2nd Marine iDlvision somewhere in the Pacific area. He was in
the heat of the battle on Saipan and
Tinian Islands where he contracted
jungle fever.
Pfc. Duda captured for himself
sever,at Japanese war souvenirs which
he has sent home. Among them are
a large silk Jap flag, a small silk
flag, two .signal corps flags, 3 fine
linen napkins, one of which ha.s a
Jap general's insignia and a large Jap
marine flag.
Both ,boys are graduates of John
Fitch High School. They ,are the sons
of 'Mr. and Mrs. Josep? Duda of
lOS Faneuil St., 'Wnson.
Sgt. Robert Rozman
Wounded
Mrs. W\lliam Rozman of 67 Olga
Avenue, Wilson, has received .a letter
from her son, 1st Sgt. Robert Rozman, from the ,Philippines. 'He writes
from his hospital cot where he is recovering from wounds received for
the second time on Luzon. He was
one of the first to land on the island
with the 43rd Division. Sgt. Rozman
has participated in heavy fighting in
many places. He tWas in Guadalcanal,
New Munda, Walla Walla, Bougainville, and at New Georg;a where he
was blown up by Japs while in a cave
with 'Others. At New Guinea he c'o ntracted jungle fever and was hospitalized for some time.
At the time he received his second
\~ound he was giving directions to
hiS company, but although shot down
he .managed to esc~pe becauJse o~ hehlp
which came up behl?d the aps m t e
form of tanks and mfantry.
Sgt. Rozman h~s sent home several
Japanese souvemrs, among them a
sword, knife, and' prayer beads made
of sandal wood. He has two other
,brothers in the service, 'P fe. George
Rozman tand Pvt.. Henry Rozman,
both overseas.
Reports On
Sgt. John Schillinger
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Schillinger
of :Plymouth Meadow Road have
been notifie<i by the War Department
that their son, Staff Sgt. John Schillinger, a Marine CO'rps aerial gunner,
reported missing in at:tion on Jan. 8,
1944 is now listed as presumed to be
dead. This listing is made in the case
of all service members who have been
unre,ported for a year.
New Visitor
Inducted Into Service
Six 'W'indsor men were inducted
into the Armed Forces this month.
They were: AI,bert J. Rimosukas of
Poquonock, Zigmund Ceberek of
Wilson, Julius Milkie of RainbCJ:w
Road, Alben A. Kradas of Windsor,
all in the Army; Allen E. Gaudet of
Wilson into the Navy and Arthur J.
Gelinas into the Marines.
Rosalri(J) Lantrici1W
Rosaria
Lantricina,
14-year-old
Italian girl, who has been adopted by
th~ Chaffee and Loomis School with
Mis.s Edith Ann Dell, acting as foster parent group ,secretary. Announcement of the adoption was made last
week by Mrs. 'Edna Blue, Plan Executive Chairman, of the Foster :Parents' :Plan for War Children.
THREE WINDSORITES
IN REUNION IN
LONDON CLUB
Disregarding
any
superstitious
omen, 13 service men from Hartfnrd
and Windsor held a reunion in Lond'On at an American Red Cross Club
on Feb. 6, according to a letter f~om
Fred Clayton Althen, CSK, US'NR,
this ;week.
The' other two Windsor men were
Corp. Alexander T. Sharshon of
Wilson and Staff Sgt. Everest L.
Guinan. Cor.p. Sharshon is in airtroop carrier work and has ibeen over
France and Belgium several times,
Sgt. Guinan is with the ph'Otographic
division of the Army and participates
in reconnaisance work over enemy
lines.
The group ,bought their dinner and
refreshments and reminisced abo~t
Hmtford and Windsor until it was
time to break up.
"Clay" Althen said he noticed the
name of Staff Sgt. Joseph Nolan in
the Red Cross register.
Corp. Sharshon graduated from
J.ohn Fitch High in 1932 and Sgt.
Guinan in 1938. The third member
of the party graduated from high
school in 1931.
Lt. Gen. Somervell Speaks
SGT. W. HUBBARD
WRITES ABOUT
boys are doing in getting supplies into China is exceedingly dangerous.
Because of the height 'Of some peaks
in the Himalaya Mountains, they are
forced to fly high and a.bove the
FILIPPINO LIFE
clouds much of the time. Many, many
times they are forced to bail ant of
Mrs. Alice C. Hubbard of Windsor
their planes.
A'venue has received two very interesting letters from her son, Sgt. WinHe says the people in China subchester :Hubbard, who is stationed in sist mostly on rice and get along
the [Philippines. She has been kind fairly comfortably but the people of
enough to let us print them in The India are suffering desperately. He
N e/ulS-Weekl)'.
saw natives lined up for miles wait, The first letter follows:
ing for their daily bowl of rice.
"I have a new camping site 'n'Ow as
Cpl. Donlon said no time was lost
y'OU see -above. Our present camp area
is near the shore where we get a in the ,preparation for the trip home.
It seems that the-only means pf leavstrong breeze all the time and a lot
ing was by plane and when the planes
of rain squalls. Not much of an}
arrived' bringing replacements, the
place to Slwim as the coral reef is too
boys who were to come home had
r,ough and unbroken.
about five minutes to pack their bags
"The first thing that impresses you
and jump into the plane which would
here are the Filippinos. They are
take them home.
everywhere. There is one good-sized
villa,ge near us on the island but it i,
Cpt. Donlon is spending his furoff limits. Nearer us there is a small lough twith his sister and brother-into.wn ~f about 30 thatched huts. The law, Mr. and Mrs. John Winalski of
first night I was here there was sup- Park Avenue.
posed: to ,be a dance in the village so
we got one of the native hays to
take us over and show tiS' around the
tm\ n .. We had to hire a can'Oe for the
Corp. Field In Philippines
trip, one way cost about 50 cents. '
"The houses are small, thatched
Corp. Robert Field, son of Mr. and
cottages similar to the ones back on
Mrs. Edward'L. Field of Remington
our la.st location. The dance was to
Road, now in the Philippines, has
be held in the school house which is
been authorized to wear three bronze
the only frame building in town and
stars as the result of his participahas .a good-sized floor. IWe never did
tion in the liberation of those islands.
have the dance.
He participated' in the invasion of
"The GJ.'s lWere there a~d the girls
Leyte. It is also expected that he
and their parents were there but the
will be awarded the liberation ribbon
'Orchestra didn't make an appearance.
by the IPhilippine Government.
One G.T. had a victrola r but the girls
couldn't or wouldn't dance to our
He is a member of the 'Ordnance
music. What they wanted wa~ two department and entered the Army in
or t.hree guitars or banjos.
1943. He ,graduated from John Fitch
All these people seem t'O be fairly High School in '1939.
dark brown in complexion with long
black hair and more 'Or less oriental
features. There s€emS to. be plenty of
money around but it isn't' much good
Charles Holsworth
as there isn't much to buy. The
women and girls are continually comPromoted To Lt. (jg)
ing around to our tents to try and
get liS to give them some l,aundry
Charles Holsworth, son of Mrs.
t'O do o,r to trade matl: woven from Doris Hols~rth, has ,been recently
cocoanut 'fronds for G.I. clothing. promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
The laundry rates 'are fixed by some (jg) in the Coast Guard. Lt. Holssort of agreement. We just gave ours worth, who is somewhere in the
to a girl called Billy a.bout 16 years Pacific, will be married on March 31
old. She's quite pretty, too, but like t.o Miss Miargit ,La,lisen in Honolulu.
all these girls, very short.
Miss ILarson is a grand niece of
"We also have a house boy to chase Mrs. Eleazer !Pomeroy.
water for us and help ke~p the place
clean. Felicencio is a very jolly kid.
Certainly he doesn't overwork. He
can understand and speak English
THREE TRUDEAU
'Vcry ,well .and has been very 'helpful
in trying to teach us a few of their BROTHERS IN
words. He is about 16. We will pay
him about $4 a week and have given ARMED FORCES
him a' chow pass. T~ese people
,weren't mistreated by the laps very
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trudeau of
much, 'but there are very few farm
Skitchewaug St. have three service
animals , left and the Japs stole most
stars on their service flag for their
o.f their dothing. Clothes are what
three ,sons in the war.
these people are willing to trad'e
their bolo knives, Jap 'souvenirs and
Cpt. Robert Trudeau, ">vho received
mats for rather than money.
his promotion to corporal about a
"'some of the Filippinos. that h'ave month ago, is somewhere in the
come do,wn from their farms in the Philippines. Pfc. Leo Trudeau, until
hills give us stories about how their recently, was with General Patton's
people up in the hills have no cloth- army, in the 81st Division. Word was
received by his .parents of a change
ing at alL"
to a different outfit so at present his.
wherea:bouts are unknown. He has
been in two major battles.
The problem of the discharged soldier and his return to civil life is already confronting this country on a
laboratory scale. In time it will become one of the maj'Or problems this
nation has to face .and solve. The
Army Service Forces will do everything in its power to see that your
men and w~men come home to you
in the be.st possible mental and physical health.
We will make sure that every discharged soldier is aware of the civilian agencies .waiting to help him. A'nd
we will do tall we can to tell him 'Of
the responsibilities and of the altered conditions, which ,will confront
him on his return to civil life. But
the ifinal adjustment will .be made in
your midst, not ours. We trained Cpl. James Donlon Home
these men to be--good, victorious solFrom China
diers, and good soldiers make good
citizens. They will come home to yoU
with our blessing; the rest is up to
Cpt. James Donlon, who has been
in action in overseas service for 30
you.
Breoon B. Somervell,
months, is home for a furlough ''Of
21 days. Following that he will go
Lt. Gen. U.S.A.
to Lake Placid, N'e w York for a rest.
Cpl. 'Donlon came by plane all the
way from China where he has been
stationed and was only 14 days on
Meet In Philippines
his trip home. He has been in the
Two soldiers, who were neighbors 10th anti-aircraft air force and seen
in 'W'ils'On, held a reullion the day much fighting. At the time the Burbefore IChristmas in the Philippine ma Road was being opened by the
Islands. They were Robert Trudeau Allies Cpt. Don10n was working with
and Technical Sgt. Ted Kayicivicz. the y1 force along the Salween River
The former has been promoted to in China. This territory was close to
corporal recently. He was formerly Burma. He saw the first conV'Oy from
stationed in New Guinea'. Sgt. Kay- India to Kumnung, China.
Cpt. Donlon says the work our
icivicz is in the Air Corps.
A third boy, St. iLawrence Trudeau, has been stationed for some
time in England.' Mr. and Mrs. Trudeau have received several souvenirs
f rom the boys. _ Leo ·sent German
equipment, taken from a captured
prisoner, among IWhich were a helmet, money belt, table fork, buckle
and canteen cover and cap. Robert
sent hom the Pacific 'area a Jap hand
grenade and ibullet, paper money, a
native comb made of :bamboo and he
made a heart from Jap money and
engraved the name "Mother" on it.
Besides her three sons, Mrs. Trudeau has two brothers in .the 'fighting
forces: Chief [Petty Officer Wilfred
Morin, who has been in the service
for six years, and is stationed in San
Diego, Ca!., and Edward Morin,
MM2/ c, who is with the Navy in the
South J>a~ific.
Friday, April 27, 1945
The News-Weeldy
Page two
April, 1945
No. 21
make two copies. One of these they
will retain and the other will be
given to you with your original dis-
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have a service incurred disablltty of any degree, you should
have that determined by the Veterans Administration.
Have you decided what to do
about your government insurance?
'There are many benefits accorded
by the GJ. Bill of Rights which you
may be entitled to. This committee
is willing to talk any of these matters over with you, or to confer with
you on anything else you have in
mind.
We trust that you will keep this
letter for future reference."
Mail Bag
Dear WilUlsorite Wherever
You Are:
Fruit trees are in full bloom in
Windsor now. Spring and all her
glory has descended upon us, which
to the more realistic means gardens
to plant and lawns to mow. We'll
be sure spring is here when that
little tree that the nursery man tqld
us was an apple tree, shows signs of
growth. Other ~igns of spring are
also here. The IiIacs are in full
bloom and the kids can be seen almost any morning lugging a bouquet
of flowers to the teacher. Tobacco
farmers have started putting up new
posts, getting their fields ready for
the plants which are coming up in the
beds. Fishing enthusiasts turned out
in full mass last Saturday to try
their luck with trout. At the end of
the day there were the usual number
of lies-we mean fish stories, but
some fellows who knew what places
the State Fish and Game Department
had stocked fared pretty well. All
day during the opening day of the
season s~ores of youngsters armed
with fishing poles and cans of worms
tramped up and down Decker's
brook, that crosses the main higqway
near Wilson looking 'J\)r trout.
Meanwhile, nets are up in the
Farmington River for shad and
hopes are high. Individual fishermen have been waiting to try their
luck all winter and we'll know' shortly what luck they have. Connecticut
river shad as us~al is delicious and
is making up somewhat on the menu
for lack of meat. Yes spring is
here in Windsor and we all hope it
stays.
Like every other community in
America, Windsor was shocked to
hear the news that President Roosevelt had died and mourned the loss
of our leader. Church services were
held and exercises were observed in
the schools the following day. We
will all miss him.
Meanwhile, ev~ryone joined in the
hope that President Truman would
have the support he deserved in guiding this nation out of this war and
into a future with a durable peace.
It was funny to pass the theatre
the other night and look for a parking space. There in front of a no
parking sign was a car, a plate above
the markers reading: Windsor Police
· .. Mrs. Helen Schafer was elected
president of the Fireside Club . . .
Mrs. Russell Bruyn was elected president of the League of Women Voters . . . Mrs. Eugene Anderson was
elected presi'dent of the Woman's
Club . . . Charles G. Harvey, 68,
died . . . The Windsor Choral Club
played to a full house at the high
school and put on an extellent show
· . . George P .• Cushing of West
Hartford is the new director of
physical education at the high school
· . . The Community Chest has
granted a subsidy of $5,000 for the
teen-age canteen which is now housed
in the building next to the Cosy
Corner . . . Carl Nelson was elected
president of the Windsor Choral
Club . . . The high school lost its
first baseball game with Windsor
Locks, but won the second game . . .
Miss Rosemary Judson of Wilson
married Lt. Kenneth J. Cahill of
Whitinsville, Mass. . . . Miss Helen
Baronowski married Alphonse Regish
of Canton . . . Miss Pauline Faucher
married James Murphy ... Mr. and
Mrs. Edward J. Kernan celebrated
their 30th wedding anniversary recently. On the same day Mrs. Chas.
O. Clark, mother of Mrs. Kernan,
celebrated her BOth birthday.
A LETTER TO,
WINDSORITES IN
ARMED SERVICES
Ernest Evenson, chairman of the
\Vindsor Service Committee, has
sent' the following letter to Windsor
men who have returned from the
Armed Services:
"To Returning Service ~fen amI
Service \Vomen of \Vindsor:
Your community is very glad to
see you return and resume your life
as a member thereof. In these days
of far from normal life there may
be' many things which have changed
while you were away; or you may
need to confer with someone in regard to matters arising out of your
service, or your rights under some
of the provisions for returned service personnel. The Town of Windsor has created ;'The Willdsor Service Committee" for that purpose.
This committee is. composed of
fellow townspeople. Some of its
members have served the community
in many fields before. Others may
he yobr neighbors. All have but one
purpose and that is to help where
possible. We make no pretense of
knowing all the answers. We will
gladly assist you and if we do not
have a solution, we will certainly
find out for you what agencies can
be of service to you and help you
to contact them.
There ,are a few things of a general nature which you should attend
to:
Have you reported to the Selective
Service Board as required under the
Selective Servic Act?
If you plan to resume your former
employment, have you conferred with
your former employer with respect
to re-employment? If you wish other
employment, this committee will be
glad to confer with' you and bend
every effort to help you.
If it is your desire to continue
your education, have you contacted
the institution you expect .to attend?
Have you your Ipast educational
records in case of need?
Have you adjusted your position
with the U. S. Internal Revenue
Department in regard to any past
income on which you owe the government a tax, or on which you may
perhaps find yourself entitled to a
tax refund?
It is suggested that you file a
photostatic copy of your discharge
with the town clerk. This is necessary in order to qualify for exemptions on taxable property in the town.
Further, it is a good plan to have a
copy. on file in case you lose the
original. If you will take it to -the
Stat·e Library in Hartford they will
Our mail bag remains light, but
here goes:
. Pvt. Howard Noyes writes that he
has been home and is now at the 7th
Inf.' Training Bn., Camp Wheeler,
Ga. He has been overseas and says
it's good to get back to the U.S.A.
Lt. Gerard E. Wilson writes from
England that he was in London on
March 11 and met up with Fred
Silliman. They spent their time
walking around London, taking snap
shots.
Pfc. Bill Bores sends in his latest
address from somewhere in England
and expresses his thanks for getting
the Newsletter.
Pfc. Jim Smith (APO 758) is
so.mewhcre in Germany and asks
,"Vindsorites near that APO to contact him. Jim was resting from action in the front lines when he wrote
his letter 011 March 30th.
Pic. Jim Witkins notifies us that
he has left Camp Livingston, and has
an APO, care of New York.
Lt. C. Young writes from England
that he is looking for a permanent
address. He has been in France and
Germany and w~s hospitalized last
December.
Lt. Columho Ridolfo caught up
with an old Newsletter that called
him Flight Officer. Sorry chum, but
we've been calling you Lt. for a
couple of months now. Lt. Columbo
is still somewhere in China and has
been on 160 missions and has had
well over 300 combat hours to "his
credit, which ain't hay. How about
a good newsy letter, Lt.? \
• Pfc. Frank Borisewich writes from
Germany that he is still going strong.
Frank has been with the 87th and
102nd Infantry and the 9th Army
about which we have been reading.
Nice going, Frank.
T / 5 H. Krau.cuna~ notifies us that
he is now somewhere in Francp
where he says deva"tatton and ruin
prevail. He says he has trouble
with the language.
Pfc. Lewis "Benny" Benevides is
back in Hawaii after a 36 day furlough during which he visited with
fellows he knew.
Five Windsorites
In Same Outfit
Sgt. Louis Provost, writing from
France, says that four other Windsor
men are in his unit. They are:
William Parker, Pfc. Charles Yusavich, Pfc. Frank Kalanko and T /Sgt.
Masocha.
Sgt. Provost says that the five
went to high school together and
exchange news from home and talk
about the home town.
The outfit has been in combat for
three months and has been commended by the Commanding General of
the Army to which the five are
attached.
Brothers Meet
In Belgium
Pvt. Richard Senger writes that
he and his brother, Bob, met in Belgium. Bob had a four-day furlough
and came over from England to see
his brother.
Dick also met Mickey Cosso in
Belgium.
SGT. DICK. TURNER
REPORTS FROM
INSIDE GERMANY
Sgt. Strong Sends
News FrOln India
Sgt. William Strong sent in a real
The following letter came in from newsy letter from India, which we
Germany this week from Sgt. Dick are reprinting.
Says he:
Turner, dated March Z1: '
"Corp. Silliman's description of a
.",Well, I finally settled down for a
Corsican still requires that I tell you while after a long boat trip. We
of the G.I. ingenuity of the boys crossed the equator and were initiatin my own section. All of which ed into the Order of N eptunus Rex.
will come in due course. I've start- After much rotten egg smearing and
ed other letters to you but they've not to mention grease in our hair, a
been interrupted by either circum- short hair cut plus a good paddling
I am now a shellback. This of course
stance or lethargy.
I don't know if I have written entitles us to scorn the lowly pollysince lefl,vin$ Italy, and well left for wog and help him to his beating etc.
good, too. We landed in France on when he, too, crosses the equator.
Aug. 15, formed the artillery for the
India is a complete change to one
task force that cut off the German
who has never been out of the west19th Army short of Lyons. After
ern world. Here labor and life are
which we followed the course of
cheap. However, do not underestievents through France, into Atsace,
mate the Indian business man. He 'is
and 'after considerable trouble into
~ery shrewd and is an exvert salec:Germany. The French we loved. The
man. I didn't know !.igh pressure
Alsacians we learned to like' regardsalesmanship until I reached here.
less of their German traits and
tongue, and the Germans we are
The people are very easy to get
treating for what they are.
along with. They have a good sense
The details of our advance aren't of humor and have a good opinion
important-they are the same for of the United States. The Indian's
every G.L, except for individual ex- conception of being sanitary and ours
periences. I've seen soldiers mistreat differ greatly. They w~sh nearly all
the Alsacians for instance because of the time, but usually choose filthy
their German-like tongue and get the water to do it in. They also drink
same in return. My section has been this water. Of course the diseases
fortunate in leaving many friends be- around here or anywhere' in India
hind where we can always go for a for that matter are really rough.
bed and food if we're nearby. For
We have a Red Cross building at
instance I was stranded in Strassour
base and take it from me they
burg and went to the house we staved in when the city was taken a~d are really on, the ball."
lodgings were the least they offered
me. At another small village a return
is always good for a bag full of
sausages, cookies and a bottle of SGT. EDWARD PLUNGE
their best schnapps.
The latter can be good or bad de- PARTICIPATES IN
pending on what one gets. Its potency is half again that of whiskey RAIDS OVER JAPS
and the flavor varies from good
mirabelle to the potato flavor of
Sgt. Edward Plunge has particivodka.
pated in five missions over Japan,
To get to our still. We were in a according to a letter received from
shell crumbled village, notably only him this week.
for the "screaming meemie" fire it
His letter follows:
was under. In the cellar we were
"I've been here in the Mariana.4
in was p~rhaps 2,000 gallons of nafor
nearly
month now and can't
tive wine, sour as always. Their
schnapps had either been removed or complain too much.
We have a PX with aU the essen·
buried so my boys used a five-gallon
water can, half filled with wine, six tials including plenty of cigarettes
feet of copper tubing we use for a and cigars. We have movies every
gasoline stove bent in coils to run night which helps to relieve the tenthrough a pail of cold water. A fire sion. We also get six bottles of beer
under the wine produced the alcohol per week which is nice in this heat.
vapor which condensed in the cold We're having a spell of rain right
coil and dripped an alcohol concoc- now so it's not too bad. We've been
tion into the waiting bottle. It took having five shower~ a day and I
three batches before we hit the fine really do mean showers:
I remember seeing movies back in
points of the Kentucky hills. Thereafter the results were used strictly the states of the boys watching movfor medicinal purposes. To be frank ies in a downpour. That occurs here
the results weren't to my particular practically every night. It's practicliking-but anything to break the ally common place to walk around
boredom of war. We've had no"time with a raincoat tucked under your
since then to improve our technique arm.
Our B-29 crew of which I'm a
-thank goodness.
I've been fortunate the past few gunner has been kept quite busy.
days in having a plentiful supply of We've been on all but one of the
German-seized French cognac, ver- five raids on the mainland of Japan.
mouth and ordinary Rhine wine. The To be exact we have a total of five
German chickens are laying very welt missions to o'ur credit which inc1udes
too. There's nothing like fried eggs raids on 'Tokio and Nagoya.
I've not run across any fellows
and French figs after Army grub.
From the resistance we run up from the home town, but I may be
against now it really looks like the lucky one of these days. If there's
beginning of the end here. Like anyone with my APO (237) I would
everybody we're sweating out the like to hear from them."
a
Pacific. Perhaps we'll at least get a
furlough home.
We are going into our 20th month
overseas of which over 450 days are
combat time. So we're optimistic
anyway. Many troops have more
time than we, but none in the ETO
of our particular brand of artillery.
It sure would be good to touch
hoof on the U.S. again and say hello
to people who speak your language."
Swan Song
We will use this swan song simply
to call attention again to a letter
written by Ernest Evenson to Windsorites who have returned from the
service. We have printed it here to
let you lmow that ther~ is a committee established in Windsor to help
you if you need help. Read this
Bailey Now Lieutenant letter over carefully. It may be of
Gilbert W. Bailey, formerly of use to you when you get homeWilton Rd., has been graduated from which we hope will be soon.
the Army Air Forces Eastern Flying
Sincerely,
Training Command Pilot School as
a Lieutenant in the Air Corps: The
Jerry 11alIas
graduation was on April 15th at
Zl Park Avenue
Moody Field, Valdosta, Georgia.
Windsor, Conn.
No. 22
May, 1945
Windsor News-Letter
ARMED SERVICES
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Dear Windsorite Wherever
You Are:
Well, we've finally got back to
spring weather after 19 days in which
it has rained either all day or at
least some part of the· day. The
weather was too good to last, but
Windsorites now all hope that we
will see some continued sunshine.
After a false alarm or two we finally got the official news on V-E day.
It came as no surprise to us, for
from your letters and the news we
knew that Germany was licked.
Windsor took the news in its stride.
Of course we were aU happy, but
somehow-there was little if any celebration. People went about their business and went to work. With so
many Windsorites still in tbe Pacific
Windsor people couldn't break faith
halfway in the battle to take time
out. However;' from discussions in
town when V-J Day comes and Japan
is licked it can be said safely now
that we're going to' parade all over
town. Until then you feHows should
know that the folks here at home are
behind you and staying on their jobs.
V-E Day was celebrated officially
at the high school where a large
crowd assembled and gave thanks for
the victory in Europe and prayed for
quick victory in the Pacific.
Up And Down Main Street
Up and down Main Street today
the call is: Any Bonds today? The
Victory Corps at the High School
has offered to mind children for four
hours for people who buy War
Bonds from the girls or at Plaza
Theatre. The idea is making a big
hit and Windsor's War Bond sales
are coming alone fine. Recent rains
make shad fishing just about impossible because of high water. First
Selectman Granger bought a new.
flag for the pole on the Green. It
feels good to come out of the brownout and see the lights all on again.
Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters,
etc., have been busy figuring since
V-E Day on how many of you fellows will come home as the result of
the 85 point system. From the talk
there will be quite a number of
Windsorites due for honor~ble. discharge. Tobacco grower William Hastings and his sister, Mrs. Laura H.
Banta, have purchased a controlling
interest in the Ellsworth & Filley
block at the corner of Broad and
Blo9mfield Avenue that houses the
telephone exchange and the block
with the A&P store. Mr. Hastings
is also planning to put up a new
building at the corner of Maple Avenue and Broad Street. Mrs. Eleanor
Dunn has resigned as clerk of the
draft board after serving for three
years. She is being succeeded by
Mrs. Agnes McLeod. Windsor adopted the highest -budget in its history,
$452,408 calling for a tax rate of 25
mills. Mrs. John Bjers has been
elected president of the Deerfield
Parent Teachers Club. Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Thrall are the parents of a
baby son. The same for Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Priutt. Apropos of
Maritime Day which fell on May 22,
John Fitch, inventor of the steamboat, was born in Windsor (across
the river). \V. Fred Hornsby returned recently from a fishing trip to
Canada. Windsor youth will participate in a field day on :Memorial
Day at Washington Park. A juvenile
fish and game club is also being
sponsored i_n town. The Police Show,
"Your Future Stars", has over 90
entries and the shows have been a
huge succe~s. Mr. Axel Hallgren
was given a surprise hirthday' party
on his 80th birthday and was given
a bouquet of 80 roses. :Mrs. Helen
Benicak died. ~frs. Elizabeth H.
Liddle died. Tony Zazzarro, Hartford Demo<;ratic leader, died. Col.
Elmer Watson of the famous 43rd
has been nominated as Motor VehicIes Commissioner by Gov. Baldwin.
The first contingent of men to be
returned via Bradley Field landed
this week. More aJ"e expected. Mrs.
Eleanor Dunne has resigned as clerk
of the Draft Board and was succeeded by Mrs. Agnes McLeod.
Mail Bag
The first letter from the mail bag
is from Corp. Mikt Bolasevich from
Burma. Mike says he has been quite
busy but that it's slowed down a bit.
"I'm not following up on the Japs
any more as they have all been
cleaned out in this particular area.
Mike asks that his newsletter be held
up because he is coming home for a
furlough. He has been over there for
29 months.
torp,. Bill Sherwill writes from
England that he hasn't been getting
his newsletters lately. They've been
going out, Bill. \Ve'l\ check on the
address. Thanks for the snapshots
and we would like to reprint one of
you in a later issue. Bill says it's
baseball weather in England and the
boys have been playing a bit of it
lately.
Pfc. Lewis Benevides, one of our
faithful correspondents, writes from
one of the Hawaiian Islands and asks
for Paul Kurlick and Mike Bolasevich. Benny says he likes the :Mail
Bag department' and Up and Down
Main Street the best of the news.!
letter. Well, if more of you fellows
wrote' there would be a bigger "Mail
Bag". As for Up and Down Main
Street that depends on what the citizens do.
Pfe. Frank Lasky thanks the Exchange Oub for backing the newsletter. Frank is somewhere in France
as of the writing which is postmarked
May 8, which was V-E Day.
Pfc. Robert Cowan says he is back
with his tank outfit again after resting up in Holland. Bob was in tank
that got hit in action in Germany
and the crew was sent back for a
rest. He says that he is staying up
on top of a mountain and likes it,
but adds that he hopes he won't be
there next year.
Pfc. Frank Borisewich wrote his
letter while on furlough at the
Riviera in Nice, France. He-said that
he was deep in the heart of Germany
with his airborne division when he
was informed he had a furlough. He
thought he was being kidded, but he
added that he likes the idea very.
much and hope·s to run into a Windso rite.
Pvt. Paul Kurlik sent in a note
Pfc. Charles Bendzans
from France where he was recuperating in a hospital from an infection
Has 500 Combat Days
of the ankles. Paul was quite put
out after marching through Belgium,
In a letter received from Pfc.
Luxemburg and into Germany and
having to come back to a hospital. Charles Bendzans this last week \~'ere
However, he expected to rejoin his several reichsmarks of the current
outfit soon as he could interpret the war and one or two marks from the
1923 inflationary period.
Russian language to hi5 buddies
when they run into any Russians.
Pfc. Bendzans is with the Seventh
Pfc. l\like Lewis reports he is still Army in Germany and had almost
getting the newsletter. He's been 500 days of combat action to his
away from home for more than two credit when he wrote the letter on
years in England, France, Belgium, April 27. He has been in the Army
and now in Germany. He's with a for more than four years.
field hospital detachment.
"\\'e haven't seen \'ery many GerPvt. Robert Collin writes that he
man
people here in Germany," he
tried' to push the leaning tower of
Pisa over, but it didn't work. He's said. "They seem to he hiding or
gone with their Army. 1\105t of the
with a motor pool unit in ]taly.
AIC Stan Strong is at San An- people we run into are Polish or
tonio Aviation Cadet Center, Tex., Russian and they talk to liS and bring
where he hopes to complete his train- us (!leer and wine, Yes, we have run
into a lot of French here, too."
ing as a pilot by May 31.
Sgt. Francis Russell, who used to
"\Ve got a break the last couple
be the director of adult education and of days as we slept in a house and
recreation at the high school, writes today we moved into this one. I
that he is still in England, hut hoped \\onder if 1 ever mentioned that I'm
to get to the continent soon. Frank with the Seventh Army and have
has been overseas for two years.
been with them ever since we came
Corp. 'Frank Parker is at Sqd. ·A, to France. ?fany changes though, J
lO77th A.A.F. Base Unit, Bowman wouldn't know how many, we move
Field, Louisville, Ky. He got a fur- so fast that our mail can't c~tch up
lough and came home from Burma with us and sometimes we don't get
and has heen assigned as a radio mail for two weeks or more.
operator with an M.P. unit. Frank
was with the first handful of Air
"The country looks nice, but the
Corps men to return to Burma in towns are wrecked and one would
1942.
know a war is going on as the shell!
Harold \V. Randall, McM1\H I c, come in and fires burn. They have
writes that he is at Camp Elliott, a lot of mce fore<;ts here. I don't see
San Diego, Calif. at a new address. what they wanted to fight for, but
More of you fellows would get your now as the P.W.'s talk they want to
newsletter earlier if we had your quit but their officers won't let them.
correct a dd ress.
, " T h e y have a lot of livestock here.
P vt. G eorge F . Ange,
II wntmg
..
.Most every family has cows and
from Germany, says that: "The peo- horses, ducks and chickens and anypIe of Germany are not as bad off way they all have milk and eggs.
"We have rULl across a lot of
as some of the other small countries
over here. None of the people look cheese.. They make it themselves and
like they were short of food or store it in tile cellar. They hide their
clothing. I have been wondering why clothing and whatever they have of
the Germans have been fighting. value.
They have plenty of open fields and
"All of the German people were
land"
told that \ve· arc. gangsters who kill
Sgt. Sweeney Awarded
Air Medal
Harold A. Sweeney, who is stationed in the Philippines, has been promoted to .Staff Sergeant and has
been awarded the Air Medal recently. He is in the 13th Air Force and
has completed 34 missions as gunner.
He says the Philippines look beautiful from the air and that in many
places small farms dot the landscape.
As for the Filippino people, Sgt.
Sweeney says that it's hard to tell
how old they are, particularly the
men. Although most of them have
had only a few years schooling, according to his letter, all of the ones
Harold has met speak very good
English. They also drive a hard
bargain.,
At one time during operations Sgt.
Leigh Hunt and Sgt. Sweeney were
on the same island, and the latter
hopes they will meet some time ..
In a recent letter Sgt. Sweeney
said the cigarett'e situation and the
heer situation were good. He says
the cigaret~e situation is still good
but the beer situation could be better.
LT. ROBERT HAYES
IN FOUR RAIDS
OVER TOI(YO
"It seems funny to say that a trip
to Toyko and back here again is a
step toward. Windsor, hut that's
about what it amounts to," says Lt.
Robert F. Hayes in a letter from anI!
of the Marianas. Lt. Hayes as of a
month ago had four missions to his
credit over Japan.
He goes on to describe the island
he is on and says:
"The fellows who fought to get
this island probably would not recognize it now. The place is built up and
well established. They even have the
highways numbered. The newer ones
are a lot better than some around
town. Lately we've been invaded with
usa shows. ~Three arc touring tlle
island now. The first girl sho~:s to
hit the place. One of them stars
Charlie Butterworth. The island
sports several swing bands, most of
them pretty good, too."
Lt. Hayes also puts in a plug for
the Marianas by noting that the
group in that area walked off with
seven of the nine classes in the
Pacific Ocean Area Boxing ,"ontest.
Bob, you wilt undoubtedly be hearing from some of the boys on this
one.
children, rape their women and take
everything they own, but I guess they
learned that we are soldiers and don't
do them any harm for we are solWith The Men
diers and must live up to it even in
Pvt. John W. Dorchester, son of
enemy territory."
Rev. and Mrs., Donald H. Dorchester, who' was seriously wounded in
the invasion of France, has received
an honorable discharge from the
Lt. I(ariva Freed
Army. He plans to complete his college education.
From Prison
Edward W. Mack, III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward W. Mack, has
been commissioned an ensign in the
Second Lieutenant George C.
U. S. Naval Reserve, and designated Kariva, 25, who was shot down in
Lt. Charles Holsworth
as a naval aviator following comple- his fighter plane last June 6, D-Day,
tion of training at Pensacola, Fla.
has been liberated from a German
Takes Bride
prison camp, according to word received by his sister, Miss EvelYl\ I Lt. (jg) Charles W. Holsworth,
Kariva. He was freed on April 29 USCGR, son of Mrs. Doris C. HolsMrs. Eleanor Dunne
after being imprisoned at Stalag worth, married :Miss 1Iargit Larsen
Luft 3 at Sagan,' the same prison in Hawaii on :March 31, according
Leaves Draft Board
camp at which Capt. Francis G. to word received recently in WindMrs. Eleanor Dunne, who has Hodge, Jr., was held.
sor.
served as chief clerk of local draft
Lt. Kariva, who is a graduate of
board 7-B, has resigned and Mrs.
John Fitch High, joined the Air CaAgnes McLeod has been named to
dets in January, 1943 and was com-I
Swan Song
the post.
missioned in October of that year.
W II
I
As clerk since December 1, 1941, He was sent overseas in March, b
e h'. skomel 10W .we couldn't help
Mrs. Dunne has handled the files of 1944.
ut t 111 - t 1at t lliS war is finally
more than 10,000 registrants. Her incoming to a close. The thought
terest in individual cases and her
occurred to us as we read of the
cheerfulness in helping servicemen
first contingent to land at Bradley
have been rewarded from time to
Field today in the process of being
Pvt. Walter I(ardock honorably discharged. Those of you
time by return visits of members of
the armed forces who have thanked
who have the necessary 85 points
In Ie Shima Action
her for her help.
will be coming home soon. l\fany of
you have put in many months of
In a letter, Pvt. Walter Kardock service and have fought all over the
writes that he took part in the Ie globe.
From the standpoint of
Lt. John Rimosukas
Shima operation. He says:
points
many
of you are entitled to
Awarded Bronze Star
"Our outfit has another operation come home. And we will be glad to
Lt. John Rimosukas, who is on his under its belt. We took part in the see you.
way with the First Army from operation of Ie Shima. It is an island
We can't help but think of the
Europe to the Pacific, has been in the Ryukyus group. It was the story about one fellow who hopped
awarded a Bronze Star, according to toughest operation that we have been out of the plane at Bradley Field
word received this week by his wife, in. We dug in on a hill for the and as his fect touched the ground
Mrs. Rimosukas.
night and they tried to push us off. he sniffed the air and shouted with
The citation said the decoration Well, we are still on the hill and it joy:
was for meritorious services in Bel- \~i11 take more than the Japs to get
"Good God, this is America at
gium, Holland and Germany from us off. They threw everything they last."
Oct. 23 to Feb. 24, 1945 and for prov- had at us hut we still stayed and in
Sincerely,
ing himself an outstanding leader of the morning there were a few good
Jerry Hallas,
men. Lt. Rimosukas has been in the J aps .( dead ones) around. Things are
27 Park Ave.
kind of quiet now:'
Army for more than three years.
Windsor, Conn.
FOXHOLE REMAINS
SAFEST PLACE
IN ANY RAID
In a letter, dated April 14, Lt.
James E. Sponzo, son of Police Commissioner John Sponzo, gives a vivid
description of life on Okinawa
Shima, nearest American outpost to
the heart of Japan.
He writes: "I left Leyte in time to
make the Okinawa Shima operation
and all wasn't too bad. Japs are Japs
no matter "'I·here you see them either
in their home islands or in o~r own
~hilippine Islands. And the only
hme they look good is when they are
dead or behind stockade bars. I have
seen several types of '\J ap planes in
this campaign as well as the Leyte
one and it really isn't too hard for
me to spot that meatball or rising
sun. All in all things are not going
too badly for me here. The food is
~s good as can be expected and living
IS the same as any combat operation.
The best place is a foxhole when
~here's an air raid or artillery fire
m your vicinity. It is quite cold here
especially in the early morning hours:
I would compare it all with our own
March and April at home. We feel
it a good deal more here than we
should, but that was because we had
spent so much time in a very warm
climate of Oahu and Leyte. I do
suppose that we will get used to it
all in the near future.
We did manage to get some fresh
beef here from the cattle that had
been left behind by the Japs and
civilians, but we were immediately
toki that we could not kiIl them. I
can see the reason since the civilians
should have something to return to.
I had a chicken which laid an egg
ev~ry day but that was only shortlived. We had to let it go. There
are several horses here but none of
them have been taken by the Army.
We even had a do, but let her go
because she did not' understand our
language and we were unable to
speak the native tongue. So goes
life on Okinawa.
I can go into a bit about the country and the people. You must understand that censorship regulations always strict and a detailed discussion
in anyway is not permitted.
The island itself is a good deal
nicer than was the island of Leyte.
It is good not to have to see cocoanuts and palm trees, and rice fields.
There are some here but very few.
Most of the ground is a very rolling
type and consists of several small but
neat farms. As a matter of fact
they would almost make our own victory gardens and far'~s look sad.
The people here are very poor, but
also very industrious. \Vhether or
not it was their nature or Jap requirements is purely a matter of
speculation and as yet there is no
definite answer. We are allowed to
pick a limited number of vegetables
which consist of beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions_ and the like.
And coupled with' the canned Ar1l1Y
rations ,a good meal can be put together.
"
It is not )(nown from whence these
people come. They seem to be a
mixture of Chinese and Japanese but
supposedly very loyal to Japan. However, we do not particularly worry
about them since all contact with the
civilians is taboo. The villages ~on~
sist of single houses of wood with
roofs of red tile laid in plaster. The
not so rich have straw roofs on their
homes. They all use mats to sleep
on and the bed is something that as
yet has not 'entered the household.
The rooms are separated by sliding
partitions of wood, there being no
doors in any of these homes. Most
of these houses are surrounded by
dense rows of trees and by stone
walls in order to break the wind
which is quite strong as far as I
can see.
They have stables for their cattle
right close to' the house as well as
small ponds containing different types
of fish. Just what the reason for
it is, or what use it was put to is
still unknown to me. The few people we have seen wear kimonas just
as they do in Japan. There has been
Naval Aviation Cadet
some of the western influence brought
to the island also-some people wearing clothes similar to our civilian
clothes-something which seems to
be only a vague recollection to me.
The people here revere their ancestors. They believe they dwell after
death as they did in life and as a
result all money they earned seems
to go into funeral vaults. Their custom of burial is peculiar. The corpse
is placed in these tombs and after a
certain length of time is taken out
the bones cleared in alcohol put i~
jars and re-buried in the torr:bs. And
it was in one of these that '1 spent
my first few days on the island.
We have been issued invasion
money and we deal in yens amI sens.
One yen equals 10 cents and one sen
equals one cent. All money is paper,
there being no coins issueq. You sure
acquire a huge roll when you get
paid. After dealing with pesos~ and
M or/imer J. Higgins
centavos in the Philippines this only
Na\'al Aviation Cadet Mortimer J.
goes to confuse us. I do have in
my ~o:;session some real Jap money, Higgins, 'son of Iv[r. and Mrs. Mortaken from a dead Jap soldier whom timer L. S. Higgins, of 111 Maple
Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut, has
we had to bury."
~uccessfully completed the course at
the U. S. Navy 'Pre-'Flight School
here. iRe has been transferred to, the
Sgt. Joseph Danner
Naval Air Station at Glenvie\v, 111.,
Sends Wife Medals
for ,P'rimary flignt training.
'Cadet Higgins attended Windsor
News of the heroism of another
Windsor man, Sergeant Joseph E. High School, 1939-43. He wa's emDanner, came last week with the re- ployed by the Cosy Corner Restaurceipt of a Purple Heart medal and ant in Windsor before entering the
bronze star by his wife, Mrs. Dan- Noval Aviation, Training program.
ner, the former Miss Edna C. Henebrand of 131 East Street. Sgt. Danner won both decorations in France
when he went to the rescue of a
wounded soldier on Dec. 30. The citation reads:
"Sergeant Danner, during an enemy bombing and strafing attack, left
his position of safety ,to apply a
tourniquet to a soldier whose leg was
severed. Although this location was
the main target of enemy 'bombing
and strafing, Sgt. Danner remained
'with the wounded man giving tre.atment until he could be evacuated.
The courageous apd exemplary conduct displayed by 'Sgt. Danner reflect
great credit' on the armed forces of
tpe United States."
Sgt. Danner was wounded slightly
himself during his daring and heroic
act. A graduate of John Fitch High
School in 1938, he is now somewhere
in Germany. He went overseas in
April, 1944 and has been in England,
France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He entered the service . on
October 22, 1942.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Danner of Rainbow.
Miss Marcia Gillies
Bride Of Lt. J. F. McAvoy
Miss
Marcia Rawson
Gi~lies,
daughter of Mrs. Harold Ltlsk Gillies of West Hartford, last week became the bride of Lt. (jg) James F.
McAvoy, Jr., USNR, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James F. McAvoy, Sr., of Hillcrest Road.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. John F. Quinn at St. Gabriel's
Church. Vases of white spring flowers, accented with yellow ones, were
on the altar.
The bride wore an off white satin
gown, designed with a smoothly
moulded basque bodice with a sheer
yoke embroidered with see'd pearls,
long sleeves with points over the
hands and a full skirt terminating
in a circular train .. Her illusion veil
was draped from a Juliet cap and
she carried white tulips and" stephanotis.
.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, William R. Gillies of
Nyack, N. Y. Her maid of honor
was Miss Elizabeth A. McAvoy, sister of ·the bridegroom.
Mrs. McAvoy is an alumna of
Oxford School and Smith College.
She is a member of the Cotillion
Club and the Hartford Jun,ior
League.
Lt. McAvoy is a graduate of
Loomis and Wesleyan University and
has been in 'the South Pacific for
nine months. He is now training with
a new squadron, preparatory for further overseas duty.
Private Marion Clark
Leaves the WAC
Pfc. Marion iLucille Clark, daught~r of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B.
Clarke, has been granted a medical
discharge from the WAC. Private
Clarke has been in the service for
two years, seven months of which
were spent overseas where she was
stationed at Nlew Guinea, Leyte and
'briefly at !Palau Island. She contracted an illness and was flOlWn home
from San ,Francisco where she lan<ied on March 1st.
She was a~arded the good conduct
ribbon, and also one for the Asiatic
Pacific. theater and the \Philippine
Libemtions.
Sgt. Gagne Awarded
Purple Heart
Mrs. Marie Boucher of Windsor
Avenue has received the Purple
Heart awarded to her brother, Sgt.
Joseph B. Gagne, who was wounded
in the battle for Manila. Sgt. Gagne,
44 years old, has been in the service
over three years. A Jap sniper jumped into a foxhole occupied by Americans and shot Sgt. Gagne in both
feet before the Americans could kill
him. Sgt. Gagne was, an inspector'
at Colt's before going into the service.
Mrs. Boucher has ten members of
her family in the war, including four
sons, 3 son-in-laws and three brothers.
A son-in-law, Staff Sgt. Emil Conture, and a brother, Cpt. Alphonse
Gagne, recently met in' Paris. Sgt.
Conture is giving much valuable aid
in interpreting French as well as
doing his own work. Cpl. Gagne is
a maestro in a band and has been
touring Europe with Lily Pons. He
formerly taught violin in Old Orchard, Maine. Another son-in-law 1st
Class Petty Officer Isadore Con~ure,
is home on a leave, from Africa.
A son of Mrs. Boucher's, Pfc.
Ferdinand Boucher, is recelvmg
treatment at the Cushing General
Hospital in Framingham, Mass. Pfc.
Boucher was wounded while fighting
in the Pacific area. Members of his
family recently visited him.
Three Inducted
Miss Eleanor Dunn, clerk of Draft
Board 7B, announced this week that
the following have been inducted
into the Armed Services: Peter A.
Trocchi of' Wilson and Peter Kula
bf Poquonock into the Navy, and
Joseph M.. Czekierda of Windsor
into the Army.
LT. J. RIMOSUKAS
RICHARD S. BLAKE
AWARDED SILVER
WITH U. S. UNIT
STAR FOR HEROISM
WHICH MET REDS
Lt. John J. Rimosukas of Poquonock, former high school instructor, has been awarded the silver
star for heroism displayed on the
field of battle in the European
thea\er of war.
. In t~e citation recently received by
hIS Wife, ?\Irs. Rimosukas, the following paragraph describes the occasion for being awarded the' medal:
"First Lieutenant John J. Rimosukas . . . for gallantry in action in
Germany 'on December 10, 1944.
'vVhen his commanding officer was
inj.ured, Lt. Rimosukas, executive
officer, advanced to the leading e1eI~ents of the company and, at great
nsk to his life, exposed himself to
enemy fire to organize and inspire
his men and to lead the successful
assault on the objective. ,After esta~lishing a command pos't, Lt. Rimosukas was trapped in the cellar of
a burning building, but' he succeeded
in extricating himself at dusk and
led a fearless defense of the ground
gained against. a savage enemy counter attack. Lt. Rimosukas displayed
outstanding personal valor an utter
disregard for his person;l welfare
and tenaciolls devotion to duty and
his actions reflect the highest ~redit
on himself and the military service."
Lt. Rimosukas entered the Army
on Aug. 7, 1941 and went overseas
in August, 1944.
Prior to his
assignment .overseas he was stationed
at several camps in the United
States. He was with the UNit that
entered Cherbourg, Franq> and ha>
~ravelled tlirough Holland, llelgium
mto Germany with Gen. Terry
Allen's "Timber Wolves".
Pfc. Richard S . Blake, 19, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Edgar Blake of
Palisado Avenue, is with the 69th
Division, members of which were the
first American soldiers to meet with
a unit of the Russian Army in
Prebsen._ Private Blake is with the
273rd Regiment of the 69th Division
which had four soldiers from it contact the Red Army.
News of this meeting brought particular joy to Mr. and Mrs. Blake
who read of the account of the
meeting.
Private Blake is attached to the
headquarters of his unit. Mr. Blake
said that Ernest Evenson at Loomis
received a letter from him recently
dated April 16 in which he reported
he was living in an apartment in
Prebsen and had hot running water.
Private Blake is well known in
Windsor and graduated from Loomis
in ~943. He entered the Yale Enginenng School at Yale University and
left in his sophomore year to join
the Army. While at L'Oomis he was
an expert rifle shot, being a member
of the rifle team for four years. He
also participated in international
rifle matches at New Haven.
He has been awarded the Combat
Infantry Badge and saw action in
smashing the Siegfried line. He has
been overseas since January.
Sgt. Mitchell Dies
I n Prison Camp
LaVallee Awarded
Campaign Ribbon
Joseph B. LaVallee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph LaVallee, who is in the
~ avy, has been. awarded a campaign
r1bbon for the liberation of the
Philippines with one bronze star. He
~as a member of his ship's company
111
the assault wave of Lingayen
Gulf, Luzon.
Sergeant Charles S. Mitchell, 25,
He also participated in the assault
husband of Mrs. Mary J. Mitchell, wave at Okinawa Shima, and Ryuku
died in a German prison camp on Isla~ds at ~hich time his ship was
February 17, according to ~ord re- c~edlted WIth destroying two Jap
a1rcraft.
ceived last week from the Wlar Department by Mrs. Mitchell. He had
been reported mis'sing in action since
Wilson Firemen
January 4 and there ha~ been no
word from him or about him since
Turn Cowboys
his disappearance.
At the stroke of midnight one
Sergeant 'Mitchell is. the son of
Mrs. Charles S. Mit~hel1 of iLGke- nig?t last week an alarm was turned
vile and Scarsdale, N. Y. He joined in ~or the Wilson fire department.
the Anny while a junior at Wesleyan Galhvanting all over the highway in
University, three years ago. He the vicinity of Keney Park were.
completed training in the airborne some 'dozen or more horses.
Reporting in good form, truck and
infantry at Maxton, N. C.,
year
,ago and went overseaS. shortly there- all, approximately as many firemen
after. He married the former Miss turned out; ,Reports have it that a
Mary Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and fireman turned in the alarm. Reports
Mrs. Russell A Wilcox on Jan. 11, also have it that with the help of the
firemen the horses were herded back
1943 at Grace Church.
to safety.
a
Tamburro Home
On Leave
William L. Tamburro, coxswain
USN, arrived home Sunday on a
month's leave after serving in the
Atlantic and Pacific theatres of war.
He has been in the service about 15
months. He was impressed by the
mixtures of races in the tropical
countries. He told of an animal
which lives in both ,he land and water which averages about two or
three feet in length and is called a
tropical chicken. The natives prepare
them as we do our chickens.
When asked now he felt about V-E
Day he said he feIt no exultation at
all. He said that as far as he is concerned we still have a war to fight
and we must all work with that in
mind.
Following his leave he will return
to his station in California. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tamburro of Wilson Avenue. He has a
brother, Sgt. Louis ]. Tamburro,
who has been in the air force overseas about two years and is now stationed in Florida.
Carlton Wells
Made Captain
CarHon iff. Wells has been p.romot~d to ~aptain in England where he
IS a weather f.orecaster with the 18th
Weather Squadron. Ca.ptain W'ells
whose wife live~ at 2171 Poquonock
Avenue, is a graduate of the Uni'Versity of ConnectifUt. He enlisted
and l\V'a:s commis.sioned an officer in
~oveffi'ber, 194-2. He went overseas
m November, 1943 after completing
a course for AAF meteorological
officers.
Corporal Fontaine
Gets Bronze Star
Corporal Donald D. Fontaine has
been awarded the Bronze Star Medal
for meritorious ser~ice in the battle
of the Ardennes Salient in the Battle
for Germany, according to an announcement this week from the lIth
:-rmored Division. Corporal Fontaine
1S. the son of Mrs. Marjorie N. Fontame of 57 Capen Street.
He is a scout with the 490th
Armored Field Artillery.
No. 23
June, 1945
Mail Bag
Carroll H. Parry, RT3/;:; now has
WintlSfJf News - LelIef anc~~~ I:~mC~:a~hO
Pvt. Douglas Osborne
Awarded Decoration
fINe have 3pent most of our time in
the 9th Army, but we have appeared
with the 1st Army 'several times. Up
to today we have been with the 9th
Army, and they are slated to go to
the Pacific.
Today we joined up with the 7th
Army. The 3rd and 7th Armies are
going to be occupational troops in
Europe.
I am feeling fine and getting along
as well as can be expected. We are
in Saalfield, Germany, and it is a
beautiful country around here.
I am sitting with 111 points and I
hope it will not be too long before I
can come home to see you all.
I have had the good fortune of
being awarded the Bronze Star and
the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster.
II did not have the good fortune of
meeting anyone from Windsor in my
travels.
The boys in the Pacific are doing a
grand job and I hope that it will be
V -J day over there soon.
Mr5\. Stuart Osborne of Poquonock
says his unit
has over 100 buzz bombs and 14 has received a posthumous citation
planes to its credit. Joe has been on for the Bronze Star ~Iedal given for
the move and has been in camp~igns her son, Pvt. Douglas Richard Osin Belgium and Germany. He says borne, • who gave his life for his
that he has only 57 points but isn't country on D-Day in June, 1944.
The citation Teads in part as folcomplaining. .
Pfc. Charles Schuler sends in a lows: From headquarters of the 1st
note of thanks from the Pacific U. S. Infantry Division. Douglas
somewhere. He was on Guam a whiie Richard Osborne, for heroic achievement in connection with military
back. His APO is 72.
Corp. Vin Osowecki drops a note operation against the enemy in the
saying he is now in China after be- vicinity of Collerville-Sur-Mer, N oring in India. There's plenty to eat mandy, France, June, 1944.
for the Chinese but not enough to • Despite heavy artillery, mortar, and
machine gun fire, Pvt. Osborne rewear, he says. His APO is 627.
Sponsored
The Exchange Club
Staff Sgt. Gil Waterhouse writes mained on the open beach and until
from Limburg, Germany that he is mortally wountled administered first
getting the Newsletter. He has moved aid and assisted in evacuating casualciation·. . . A letter sent by a Vv'ilson from Frankfurt. He's been through ties. Pvt. Osborne's courage and self
Dear U7 indsorite Wherever
sacrificing devotion to duty reflect
family, to relatives in Czechoslovakia France and Germany.
You Are:
great credit upon the Army Medical
Ed
Goslee,
RT2/c,
who.
used
to
It's number 23 of the Newsletter. on August 29, 1939 has been ret1:trned live in Windsor, now has an FPO Department.
One more issue and it will be two to the famill . . . A person writing out of San Francisco.
Lt. G. Ridolfo sent i~ a long letter
years old. It· doesn't seem that long to the local rationing board wanted
Sergeant Peichert
but time just flies . . . It's hot in to know where the black market was from China. He. has been on more
Honorably Discharged
Windsor. Summer is here. Long days because the family couldn't get any than 240 missions and has by this
Lewis And Francis
time SOO flying hours to his credit. •
of sunshine have been few and far shortening . . . Mrs. Fred Larmore
Sgt. Harold Peichert, son of Mr.
Eddie Gancarz, PhM2/c, missed
Benevides Meet
and Mrs. Otto C. Peichert of Park
between since the last letter. It has was elected president of the Garden out on getting nome, according to his
A venue, has been honorably disClub . . . Miss Jean Nearing has
note from the 'Pacific and he blames
poured buckets and buckets of rain ..
In a letter, dated May 5, Lewis charged from the Army after serving
W 'n
. .
. bf
been engaged to Robert L. Young of
e
mention 1t agam e ore we Worcester ... Souvenirs are coming t~e number 13. It's a long story, hut Benavides says that he and his 3% years in the Southwest Pacific
reach
the end
but '
the.m p Ienb. f uI f as h'Ion f rom you f e 11 ows. Eddie, cheer up, you'll get home.
brother, Francis, met on one of the Theater of war. He said the climate
. .
' of the letter,.
Andrew Cunningham is sWflpping islands in the Pacific. They had not
mati IS exceptIOnally p~or thIS month. W kn
f f II
th t
t h
in those parts was exceedingly hot
Likewise addresses in many cases are
e
ow 0 a e ow a sen orne an FPO in San Francisco for the
seen each other for three years, but but was made more bearable by coola complete ~et of "liberated" dresen
old one in New York.
a camp or APO or two behind, which
have gone out together four or five ing winds part of the day. They kept
china. We kflow of a girl who didn't
Willis E. Garrett, Sllc, in the Sea- times at the time the lctter was writis most discouraging. It's probably
get two bottles of champagne that
under shelter during the middle of
bees, is out in the Philippines. He ten. His brother was the first Windbecause you fellows are on the hop.
the day.
her boy friend sent her. It must have
We hope it isn't because you are los- been liberated enroute .. Nine Wind- underwent an operation recently, btlt sorite Lewis met.
"The natives were very friendly,"
is okay and back with his unit.
ing interest in the Newsletter. So
sor boys got diplomas at Loomis.
he said. "Many showed unexpected
Sgt. A. Kuchas is at Scott Field,
please send in your correct addresses
They were: Donald S. Barber,
and unusual intelligence as for inIll., Area 2 Mess Flight.
.
and write to the editor.
stance when one of our boys was
Thomas R.' Benson, George ChapCharlie Clark.is at the U. S. Navy
man, Philip Ellsworth, Philip Hosreading, a native might come up and
Francis
Russell
Pre-Flight School at Chapel Hill,
kins, Robert Johnston, Donn Jourdan,
ask what the book was and show
N. C., Batt 70, Everett Hall, Room
interest and perhaps a little knowAlan Snelgrove and Gordon Thomas. 302.
Made Lieutenant
'
ledge of its contents."
Edward Alger was awarded the jun.Lt. (jg) Charles Holsworth has an
Sgt. Peichert felt that the missions
D p and Down Main Street ior prize at Loomis . . . Mrs. Leigh FPO
Francis W. Russell, f~rmer direcout of San Francisco.
Hunt has donated 12 pints of blood
had accomplished great results in
of
adult
education
and
recreation
tor
Fred S. Naiva, Sllc, is out in the
It looks like Windsor will reach at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Pacific and says he's seen the Hula in the Windsor' school system, has educating and Christianizing these
been promoted', to 2nd Lieutenant people. Nearly every woman is called
its $100,000 E-Bond quota. Miss Hartford . . . The .{\merican Legion Girls.
sponsored a Junior baseball team
Pf B'll C1
.
f
} from Staff Sergeant. He is now sta- Mary.
Anna Nagle has been doing a won- has
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The soldiers were not allowed to
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derful job.. We hope to report 100 m town. The sc e ule IS p enty R k
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stat e IS geUmg tioned in Paris.! He has been sta- go into the native villages but they
percent of the goal in the next letter tough. but Wit
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. . . Seventy-two graduated from the coaching the team should have good
His collection of war shots taken by could observe many of the customs
·
been at Guam and the Phlhppmes.
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f
th
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P
'. British news photographers are being from a distance, The natives live in
high school. Miss Dorothy Carlson I uc.
. b b 11 h'
.
Th bl k
fc. Frank Testa (APO 980} IS
was valedictorian and Miss Marion IS ase a c atrman . ..
e oc busy repairing teletypewriters and displayed at the Windsor Public grass shacks which the government
helped to make more comfortable.
Maznicki, salutatorian. Doc Russell at the corner of Maple Avenue and typewriters in the Alaskan ch~in ana Library.
The p~ople live mostly 'on their nagave the graduates the sendoff talk Broad Street is no more. Plans are would like to hear from Win<1sorites.
tive fruit and roots, eating cocoanuts,
and it, was real .good and down to underway to erect a business block He said Joe Louis, former heavytarro roots and other kinds of roots,
earth. Graduates are doing all right there . ~ . James Dillion aI\d Dr. L. F. weight champ, was going to visit the
one of which looks like a pineapple
by themselves with more jobs, than Tumey were re-elected commission- island he was on. Frank says he enLt. Alex J .. Sim~ons
gro'Ying underground. These they
there are graduates. Most of the stu- ers of the Windsor Fire District . : . JOys gettin'g\the Newsletter.
Miss
Jeans
Ramsdell
became
Mrs.
cook. They also eat the green leaves
dents are taking white-collar jobs but
Writes:
of some kinds of plants.
some have taken jobs in the factory. Lieutenant Lawrence S. Tryon reDomesticated and wild pigs are
... Most plants are giving their help cently at Grace Episcopal Church ..•
I have been getting the "Windsor found as well as wild ducks, a variety
a week's vacation the first week in Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. McCabe
News-Letter" regularly, and I want of partridges, and wild deer. Fish
Me~orial Mass
July. Other plants are working .full celebrated their 35th wedding annito thank you very much for keeping is caught in abundance: The natives
schedules. Cutbacks are causing the versary recently ... J. Ford Ransom
A memorial mass ·will be held for me up to date on the news in the have their own gardens. They are
layoff of some workers, but the firing was elected the new American Lethe
late Ensign Michael E. Peters, home town.
provided with a medium of exchange
gion
Commander
.
.
.
Miss
GeQrge
has not been too pronounced yet • • .
I am ashamed that I have not from the government similar to our
Gardeners are tasting the fruits of Cranston, one time librarian in town, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peters
of 372. Deerfield Road today at St. written sooner, but I want to assure tokens with which they may purchase
their labors and are eating peas, was a guest recently.
Gabriel's Church at 9 a. m. It will be you that I have not forgotten you government food.
greens and a fortunate few tasting
Miss Doris C. Douglas became the a birthday memori;,11 mass in accord- all.
ISgt. Peichert traveled 10,000 miles
carrots and beet~ . . . Mosquitoes,
bride of Lt. Robert Butler of Weth- ance with the wishes of Ensign
Since I have left the States, been to reach home and is exceedingly
although not as big as some you felersfield recently . .' . Mrs. D. Ells- Peters', squadron whose commander,
in England, then through France, happy to be here. He covered those
lows write about, nevertheless are
worth Phelps of Deerfield Road died Lt. Commander Minville, wrote Mrs.
Belgium, Holland, and Germany, I many, many miles by every known
pestering us civilians . . . Cigarettes
. . . The Windsor Honor Roll is Peters and asked that such a service
llave seen and sweated out.a lew means of travel, many of them
are back on the counters in greater
being enlarged to accommodate more be held. Ensign Pet~rs was killed in
primitive.
hectic days.
number, but meat is scarce. It's quite
names ... Thirty-four were awarded a plane crash last March 8 in the
Sgt. Peichert wears the Asiatic
a job for housewives to get enough
As you probably know, I am with
varsity letters at the high school ... Pacific.
Pacific ribbon, the Presidential Citameat. The situation is expected to
the
30th
Division
and
they
have
kept
More than 70 youngsters have joined
tion, three bronze stars, the arrowimprove gradually ... St. Gertr.ude's
us' pretty busy.
the junior fish and game club in
head
of the invasion of Noemfoor,
Church had a Strawberry Festival ..
The 30th Division has earned five
town . . . Charles E. Mahoney was
pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon and the
High water in the Connecticut and
battle
stars,
and
is
rated
among
the
named judge of the Windsor Town
good conduct ribbon.
Farmington just about made it imLt. Michael Peters
four best divisions in Europe.
Court to succeed Judge Roger W.
possible to catch shad. Katherine
Davis. Carlan H. Goslee was renamed
We landed on the beach shortly
Ho~e On Leave
Hepburn came up and watched
deputy judge.
after D-day, fought through Norfishermen dragging for shad a while
Home On Furlough
Lt. Michael Peters, son of Mr. and mandy, Northern France, through
The He1I11' junior canteen, opened
ago and was to come back and try
Tech.
Sgt. Louis ]. Tamburro is
Mrs. Ralph Peters, is home on leave Belgium and Holland, cracked the
her hand,. but as yet we have been last week next to Cosy Comer • • .
from the Pacific for the first time Seigfreid line north of Aachen and spending a short furlough with his
unable to find out whether she did. Tom and Mrs. Nagle have been vacaparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Tamsince he entered the service in March pushed up to the Roehr .
. . . Rt. Rev. George O'Brien has been tioning for several weeks . . . Irving
of 1941. He is the recipient of the
There we pulled ~ut and moved burro of Wilson Avenue. He has
installed as Bishop of the' Hartford H. Schlesinger has been promoted to
bronze star and rose from the ranks into Belgium to help stop the counter been stationed in Florida for several
diocese . . . Did' we tell you that Assistant Secretary of the Compenof private to lieutenant, receiving his attack in the bulge. After that was months at Boca Raton.
Father LaFontaine was a chaplain in sation and Liability Department of
commission in the field last Febru- stopped, we went back to our posithe Connecticut State Guard ... Oh Travelers ... Col. Elmer S. Watson,
ary.
tions at the Ruhr.
yes, tl}e air raid warden organization who was named Motor Vehicles
Lt. Peters was a member of the
We crossed the Ruhr south of
Swan Song
of civilian defense has been dis- Commissioner, is engaged in a court
famous 4;3rd Division, which partici- J ulier and pushed across the plains
banded. With you fellows cleaning fight to hold the job. The suit was
pated in the Munda campaign and in to the Rhine.
Well, here we are at the end of
up Germany the chances of a bomb- brought by John T. McCarthy who
New' Guinea and later in the PhilipWe approached the Rhine just the letter. There isn't much to say
has
been
commissioner.
ing are over.
pines. He is 27' years, old and grad- south of Wesel. Then with a co- except that we hope you fellows keep
Gene Lohman plans to develop his uated from John Fitch High in 1936. ordinated 'attack with the British and us posted on your change of address
Cottages are scarce as usual at the
Lt. Peters will be married on July other armies we crossed the Rhine and write to us so that we can keep
beaches, but most Windsor families tract of land on Windsor Avenue ..
are planning at least a short vaca- Room SA at H. Sidney Hayden 9th to Miss 7--ee Macaluso, of Hart- and fought our way up to the Elbe the newsletter newsy. So long.
Jerry Hallas,
tion ... George E. Moore, Jr., won School sold a total of $22,828 in war ford, who works at G. Fox & Co. at Madgeburg. There we met the
27 Park Ave.
the award of junior expert rifleman bonds and stamps this year, main- The wedding will take place at St. Russians and soon after V-E day was
Windsor, Conn.
announced.
rating from the National Rifle Asso- taining a 100 percent avearge all year. Michael's Church in Hartford.
ARMED SERVICES
By
PARENTS DONATE
Finishes Naval School
by James Craig
FIREPLACE AS
MEMORIAL TO SONS
Two veterans of World War I and
fathers of sons killed in World War
II have donated a large fireylace to
Gray-Dickinson Post, American Le
gion, in memory of the youths killen
in action.
The fireplace will honor Ensign
Michele E. Peters, 20, son of ·Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Peters of Deerfield
Road, was was killed on March 8tll
in a plane crash in the Pacific; and
Staff Sergeant Sylvester Peters, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Peters, who
was killed in action in France on
July 15, 1944. The youths were
cousins.
The fireplace will be 28 feet long
Corp. William Sherwill
-u. S, Navy Photo
_and semi-circular. It will be constructed of field stone and be IQcated
This
picture of Corporal William
Spencer King, 18, son o~ Mrs.
to the south of the Legion Home on
Sherwilt was taken recently in EngKing
of
Tobey
Avenue,
reRobert
Palisado Avenue.
It will have
cently completed the Naval and Gun- land.
placques to honor other veterans.
nery School course at Jacksonville,
Florida. He is now going to the
Bombardier School at Banana River,
Rohert I. Senger
Fla. _In his final examinations he
Fishing In The
ranked fifth out of a class of 160.
Made 1st Lieutenant
Philippines
From Sgt. Winchester Hubbard,
stationed in the Philippines, comes an
interesting letter which his mother,
Mrs. Alvin Hubbard has passed on
to us.
"I tried to do a little fishing off
the edge of the reef the other day as
it was calm enough so that I could
wade out there. As usual 1 didn't
catch anything. While I was out
there a couple of Filipinos paddled
one of their canoes into the shore
near me. If they put one more fish
in that canoe it would have turned
over, it was that full. I inquired how
they caught so many and found out
they had been out in deep water a
mile off shore. They threw overboard
a mess of scrambled eggs (probably
G.I. powdered) which brought the
fish to the surface'" to feed. Then
th~y harpooned the fish with handmade spear guns. The guns were
affairs about the length of an old
fashioned musket. They used heavy
elastic bands cut from discarded tire
tubes to propel the spears along a
groove in the barrel. The spear is a
steel shaft with a barb, on the end
and carries a rope. The fish they
brought in were between three to ten
pounds."
"The kids use smaller versions of
these spear guns in shallow water.
They swim underwater wearing diving goggles and get within a couple
feet of the fish they are after and
then release the spear,.
"The fishermen gave me one of
their catch to take back to camp and
I fried it up in my mess kit using
a blow torch for heat. It was pretty
good."
Rohert Rozman Prolnoted
To Lieutenant
Robert Rozman, oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Rozman of Olga
Avenue, has written liis parents of a
recent appointment which makes him
a Second Lieutenant. He has been a
sergeant in the }()9th Infantry, 43rd
Division, and had accumulated 117
points. He was planning on soon
being home when the new appointment came and Lt. Rozman feels it
his duty to continue in active service.
He has been in the Pacific theater
for very nearly three years.
He has been in several major battles, his last engagement being on
Luzon. There he was wounded thr~e
times and spent some time in a hospital.
He has three brothers in the ser·
vice: Pfc. Henry Rozman and Pfc.
George Rozman, both in Germany,
Carl Rozman, -.vho was recently inducted and is in Camp·,Croft, South
Carolina, and a brother-in-law, ..Richard Hood, Jr., who is with the Air
Force in Germany.
Sports In Review
Windsor Corporal
PVT. THOS. COWAN
VISITS GERl\lAN
PRISON
CA~lP
Evidence of the barbaric treatment
of prisoners by Gentians was contained in a letter received this week
from Pvt. Thomas L. Cowan, who
is somewhere in Germany. In a letter,
dated May 4th, i~ which he predicted
the imminent defeat of the Nazis,
Pvt. Cowan said:
"I was able'to visit a Nazi concentration camp a while back. I've seen
the most horrible and gruesome
sights I've ever seen in my life. Just
outside the camp walls there were
box car loads of dead political
prisoners and refugees frozen and
starved to death. They were also laying along the railroad tracks. They
looked like skeletons with just skin
stretched over their bones.
"By the sight of them they looked
as if they were tortured a lot. After
going inside the camp walls I visited
the crematories where they cremated
the dead after they were gassed. The
refugees that were in the box cars
were being transferred to the camp I
visited. Evidently they must have
been all dead before they arrived. In
the crematories, bodies were piled
upon each other to the ceilings. I
looked inside the ovens where bodies
were still burning and it was a very
horrible sight to see.
"I talked with a Polish' refugee
who could speak English. He said
that there were many. many thous~nds of refugees gassed and cremated in the camp.
"The German- people should be
made to pay dearly for the crimes
they have committed during this
war."
An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England-Robert 1. Senger, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor 1. Senger of 125 Woodland St., Windsor,
has been promoted from Second
Lieutenant to First, according to a
recent· announcement from the headquarters of this Eighth Air Force
bomber base.
The B-17 Flying Fortress navigator is a member of the 493rd Bomb.
Gr.oup, commanded by Colonel Robert B. Landry, of New Orleans, La.
The group is a unit of the Third
Air Division, the division cited by
the President for its Engl~nd to
Africa shuttl.!i bombing of Messerschmitt aircraft plants at Regensburg, Germany.
A graduate of the Hillyer Junior
College, the navigator was an ac·
countant for the Hartford Gas Co.)
before entering the Army in February, 1944.
Sgt. George Chapps Home
S/Sgt. George A. Chapps, Air
Force radio operator, is home on a
two weeks emergency furlough because of the death of his father-inlaw, Mr. S. Waicunas: He spent 22
months in the China-India-Burma
theatre of war. For several months
now he has been stationed at the
Army air base in Texas.
S/Sgt. Chapps saw many interesting sights abroad. He saw the Taj
Mahal and thinks it is the most
beautiful building ever erected. In
China he found the lower classes in
a very crowded at).d destitute condition. He observed that whenever
J aps appeared the Chinese never
hurried to the shelter but nonchalantly moved out of the way. They
are hardened by .long years of war.
Staff Sgt. Chapps was married last
August upon his return to this country to Miss Eva Waicunas of Rainbow Road.'
Leonard Baker, Steward 1/ c, of
Another school year came to a
close today. As usual Windsor High the Merchant Marine, has been
had a winning basketball team, but spending several days with his parthe soccer and baseball team records ents, :Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker of
Wilson Avenue. He' joined the Merweren't impressive.
The soccer team came through chant Marine last September at the
with only three wins, four ties and age of 16. In England Steward
four setbacks. Some of the stars of Baker was amused by a small boy
the team -won't be back, but a good who asked him for some gum. Upon
share of regulars are returning and receiving it he said, "Now I can
perhaps this coming fall's squad will chew me head off. First I'v{' had it>
four years." Another :;ruup ot chilbe tops.
The basketball team wound up its dren receiving oranges remarked that
regular season with a record of ten they' made it seem l~ke Christmas.
Richard Chase, Steward 1/ c, from
wins' and seven losses. At least three
games were lost by a mere point. Hyannis, Cape Cod, spent his leave
This team became the first to turn visiting the Baker's home. The two
back 'Windsor's bitter rival, Wethers- boys trained together at Sheepshead
field, twice in the same season since Bay, N. Y., and since then have made
1937 when Coach Al Rimosukas cap- four trips overseas together. They
have been to England, France, Africa
tained the Windsor quintet.
Wally Russell tossed in 205 points and Germany.
A third boy, Russell McCahill, son
in the 17 games to walk away with
scoring honors. Bill Chagnon and of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCahill
Charlie Kravies, with gre;;.t help from of Rosemont Avenue, makes the trio
the forwards and center, held almost complete. The three boys are chums
all opponents to a low score and had and plan to stick together on their
the team possessed a trifle more scor- trips as far as is possible. The three
ing punch, it, might have gone boys have just started off on another
trip -somewhere overseas.
through the season undefeated.
Windsor's basketball team won its
way into the Class B state tournament. Coach Rimosukas was induct- Mother Asks Draft Board
ed into the Army at the end of the
To Take Son
regular season. Dr. Earle S. Russell
A
very
unusual letter was recently
coached the team for .the tournament
games. After a tough game at the received by local Draft Board 7B in
Weaver Gym in Hartford, Windsor Windsor. It was unusual in that it
lost 27 to 24. However, next season's very clearly showed the spirit and
feelin~s of both a mother and a boy
prospects look bright.
The baseball team with Officer in an unusual manner. Without vioBabe Murray as mentor was a great lating any confidence, the local board
improvement over last year's team, felt that it could release a portion of
winning exactly half of its games. this letter to the press without show"
The highlight of the season came ing any names. The letter, released
when the freshman battery of Davey by Frank Kendall, chairman, folJ ones and Paul Rustic blanked Wind- lows:
. "My son, - - - , who is 20, farm
sor Locks 1 to O.
Windsor loses Wally Russell, Joe deferment, wishes very much fo get
Mackey, Charlie Kravies, Ned Hunt- in the service. Therefor~ I am tryington, Henry Carpenter, Clem Ar- ing to rent the farm or get help so
cari, Red Royce, George Jeffrey and he may. I will not give up the cows
Shakey Mackey from its squads next unless there is' no possible way out.
"I feel he should have a chance to
year by graduation.
do
a job that appears to 'most folks
Returning are Bob Mackey, Joe
Dillon, Bob Teed, Joe Tomolinis, more patriotic than farming. Also
Tony Tomolinis, Davey Jones, Terry since losing his best friend on Okin'Forbes, Gus Murray, Davey Jones awa, he is restless and dissatisfied
here. For his own good I feel that
and Paul Rustic.'
1 should give him a chance to be
like other boys.
"Trusting you will call him as spon
as possible, I am
34 Varsity Letters
Yours truly,
Sergeant Jackson Home
Master Sergeant Joseph J. Jackson
is enjoying a month's furlough at
home after spending two years overseas as a crew chief on a Liberator.
Sgt. Jackson flew ,home
~n his own
,
\
Liberator via Iceland and Gre'enland.
It took exactly 19 flying hours to
come from Norwich, England to
Bradley ·Field. Norwich, England is
the town where a memorial for all
in the 42nd Air Division is to be
erected, which may possibly be a
library. Sgt. Jackson will report in
South Dakota following his furlough.
In some valleys in Greenland it
was as warm as in Windsor, he said.
He said it seemed strange to see the
sun 24 hours at a stretch on both
islands and he would never :;gain feel
that Greenland was far away. They
flew from there to Bradley Field in
8 hours and 15 minutes.
Wilson Men In
Merchant Marine
Letter Returns
After 6 Years
A letter sent by a Wilson family
to relatives in Czechoslovakia and
mailed in the Hartford post office on
August 25, 1939, before the EUropean
war started, was returned this week
to the family, according to Postmaster A. E. Lennox. Bearing
enough postmarks to probably have
some value as a stamp collector's
item, the letter was held in France
during the German occupation and
was recently released. It was a registered letter.
Another letter mailed in 1940 to
Afghanistan from Windsor was returned to the original sender last
week. It was also held in France.
Awarded at High School
Thirty-four varsity letters went to
athletes of John Fitch High School
at Class Night exercises last Wednesday.
Recipients were:
Basketball:
William
Chagnon,
George Dixon, Charles Kravies,
Walter Russell, Joseph Dillon, Robert Mackey, David Jones and Rpnald
Murray.
Baseball: Walter Russell, David
Jones, Paul Rustic, Terry Forbes,
John Strother, Charles Mackey, Tony
Tomolonis, Carl Barsotti, Richard
Mather, Robert Mackey" Ronald
Murray, John Johnston, Joseph
Mackey and Preston Higgins, manager.
Soccer: Charles Kravies, Robert
Teed, Joseph Dillon, Robert Mackey,
David Jones, Joseph Mackey, William Chagnon, 'Terry Forbes, Jack
Johnston, Donald Bennettl Edward
Huntington, and Cedric Hunt, manager.
Donates 12 Pints
Of Blood
Mr. Leigh Hunt of Giddings Avenue has been doing a big job toward
bringing the war to an end and of
saving many lives by donating a pint
of blood 12 times at !he Red Cross
Blood Bank in Hartford. And if the
bank had not closed he !would still
be giving. Mr. Hunt started his blood
donations before there was a public
request for it. He works at the Fuller Brush as plant expediter ten
hours a day.
Pfc. Delaney Home
Pf<€:. Robert J. Delaney is home
from Italy on a 30 day furlough. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
J. Delaney of Wolcott Ave. Pfc.
Delaney has been 14 months overseas
and with the 15th Air Force in Cairo,
Nice, France, and Yugoslavia. Pfc.
Delaney has been awarded the' presidential citation, good conduct medal,
7 bronze stars for taking part in
7 major Italian campaigns.
He thinks most of Italy is very
backward in modern ideas and equipment except in the larger cities such
as Rome, Florence, and Naples.
Pvt. Murray Dies
Word has been received by his
family of the death of Pvt. J. Douglas Murray on Okiti.awa on May 9
while in action. Pvt. Murray was
the husband of Mrs. Althea Harger
Murray and leaves two children. His
parents were Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Murray of Barber Street. A brother,
Lt. (j.g.) William.R. Murray of the
Navy Air Corps in Florida also survives him.
CpI. Donlon Leaves Army
Cpt. James Donlon of Park Avenue has been honorably discharged
fr~m the Army after serving nearly
four years. Cpt. Donlon had 87 points
and had just recently returned from
China. He makes his home with his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. John Winalski of Park Avenue.
No. 24
July, 1945
Windsor Mew. Let~'LJr
1
~-
~
&;,
FOR MEN., AND WOMEN IN THE
ARMED SERVICES
Dear Windsorite Wherever You Are: in mimeographing and mailing the
Newsletter.
This is the 24th Newsletter that
There have been other individuals
has been sent out to Windsor men
who have helped from time to time
and women serving in the Armed
but the above mentioned fellows
Forces. It completes t\vo years of
have more than any others given of
service in an attempt to give you
their time to this project
people a little bit of information
Approximately 800 letHel!> go out
about what is going on in Windsor
monthly to you fellows. There arc
and news of your friends in service.
an additional 300 or 400 who are
Those of you who have been receiveligible to receive them from town,
ing it since it started will recall that
but for whom we do not have the
it began as a mimeograph affair.
addresses.
Last fall it was changed into the
The letter will continue to go out
present printed form and its conmonthly. In order to make the let. tents in wordage doubled. The printter better there are a couple of obed form also has made it possible
servations we would like to make.
to include occasional pictures. Your
We would find the going a bit eascomments from time to time have
ier if more townspeople sent in
indicated that you like the Newsnews about their SOllS and relatives.
letter. This has been sufficient tha~ks
In addition, you fellows, by writing,
to the Exchange Club, which sponcan help the most. With this transsored "the letter, and to the 'editor,
ition period of, redeployment going
who with his wife has written and
on, \t is quite hard to coHect two
edited the letter every month. The
pages of news every month unless
wholehearted backing of the Exyou fellows write. Many of you
change Club once the project was
have, but a good many of you have
launched is something you fellows
not. The Newsletter is yours ami
ought to remember. It is through
it is up to ,you to help keep it going
their financial support, plus the inwith an occasional letter to the eddiviqual support of families having
itor.
relatives in the service, that keeps
We don't mean to preach, but athis Newsletter going.
bove are some of the things that
Redeployment of troops in Europe
have been on' OUr mind for some
to the Pacific has raised havoc with
time, so we thought we'd' say the,m.
the mailing lists. Failure of many
of you to keep us informed of your
address changes, particularly in the
past two or three months has complicated things somewhat. It would Up and Down Main Street
help a great deal if you kept Us inCharles E. Mahoney is the new
formed of your change in address.
The Newslettet would get to you judge of the Windsor Court. Raysooner and not follow you all over mond K. Adams is prosecutor. Rusthe globe.
The postal servin. of sell H. Pellington has resigned as
Uncle Sam has been a wonderful chairman of the Republican town
exhibit of "getting their man" after committee. First Selectman Leland
following him thousands of miles. (Pete) Granger has been named a
Mr. Lennox and his staff at the County Commissioner by Governor
post office have been grand in co- Baldwin. The town accepted four
operating in seeing that the N ews- bills passed by the legislatur~, which
will give the town a full-time salletter goes out regularly.
While the editor is reminiscing aried building inspector, a permanent
there are several fellows in particu- building. commission, a rotating
lar that deserve praise for their per- school board and make it unnecessary
sistent effort in making it possible for for people to personally sign assessthe Newsletter 'to continue. Cliff ment lists. James E. Shafer of LoomRamsdell, treasurer of the Exchange is has completed 30 years of service
Club, has been a tower of strength at the institution. Windsor exceedand support. In additi,on to taking ed its $100,000 war bond quota. Boy
charge of mailing the Newsletter ev- Scout Troop 8 got Gen. Eisenhower
ery month, Cliff has backed up the awards for their work in the paper
Newsletter a thousand percent and salvage drive. Rev. and Mrs. Grahas been insistent on one thing-that ham D. Child of Poquonock are the
it continue. It has been a pleasurt" parents of a new baby daughter.
to work with a man of his calibre Gunner's Mate Arnold Palmer' got
and ability. And we mean it, too, home on a furlough but had to
for there have .been several times leave for duty before his new son
dtlring the two years during which arrived. Sgt. Bob M~voy was home
a lack of support as evidenced by on a 3D-day sick leave from Staten
Cliff could have meant a discontin- Island. Albert LaPoll has resigned
from the high school faculty. Miss
uance of the Newsletter.
Also high up on 'our list of peo- Pienovi, who has taught the 4th
ple who have cooperated and led grade at Roger Wolcott for many
the way in the continuance of this ye a,srhas retired. Miss Carol Tutle,
letter has been Irv Schlesinger, pres- formerly of Windsor, has married
ident of the club, who has worked Major John Christian of England.
closely, with the editor and with Miss Sylvia Bloom, former teacher
Cliff and helped in every way that at the high school, has been marhe could. Th~ help of these two ried to Sanford' J. Livingston of
men has been more than appreciated Troy, N. ,Y. Lt. Thomas Begush,
by the editor and we thought you liberated from a German prison camp
fellows would like to know about it. has been home. Raymond W. Smith
The work of Brony' Grakowsky, who and Charles F. Taylor resigned from
puts out a monthly letter for the the Zoning Board of Appeals. WindSt. Casimir's Club, which many of sor read a total of 69,405 books duryou get, has been most helpful, par- ing the past fiscal year. The memticularly during the mimeographing bers of the Helm, new teen-age canstage when he put in many hours teen, has passed 175. A committee
will be named soon to make a study
of a charter for the town. 1Iiss Barbara Lois Winchester was married
to Corp. Robert L. Moore of West
Hartford. Norman Dickinson, Frank
Carmon (father of Major Carmon)
Arthur Brooks, Bob Voorhies, Dick
Grubbs have been burning up the
fairways at Keney Park when they
can get out to pl~y.
The best-looking war garden we
have seen is that of our neighbor,
Gerald Smith. We haven't heard
.much about who picked what first
but Pete Granger has had corn for
a couple of weeks now from his
garden. Tom and Mrs. Nagle have
come back from a vacation in Canada and are busy running the Cosy
Corner. The Algers have a real nice
pool in their back yard. Ken Barber of Laur{'l Avenue is th.e be~t
all-round softball player we have
seen up on the heights. The coolest
spot in town on a hot day is the
brick town hall. Those girls you
see down in the center on Saturday
afternoons and Sundays are probably members of the Florida anti
Pennsylvania contingent hr.-.tght jll
to help with the harv'!st Or tobacco. Tobacco harvesting has started
on some of the plantations. Pat Patte;son has one of the cutest beagle
hound pups we have ever seen. He
got it from Howard Pelton at the
bank. Norman Rowe, manager of
the Plaza, is on vacation. There's
practically no fence left around Sage
Park. Despite vacations cribbage is
still pl~yed at the firehouse on Wednesday evenings' and has its. ardent
followers. The WFD carnival was
held at its usual spot across from
the firehouse. J ap beet les are 1I0t
as numerous this year as they have
been in previous years. Some Windsor residents hope that DDT will
be used in Windsor on the mosquitoes, which are pests. Young Windsor had quite a time for' itself with
an evening dance on the Green across from the Helm. Bill Hastings
is all set to put up his new building
at the corner of Maple Avenue and
Broad Street. A chain store is planning a new building .on the Bissell
property. next to the Plaza building.
Karl Fowler and family have moved
to DeWitt, N. Y. Wings have been
added to th~ Windsor honor roll
and names inscribed on either side.
The American Legion Baseball
team are sporting new uniforms furnished by the Windsor Garage,
George W. Albee, 72, died. Children
from Wilson decorated the graves
in Northwood cemetery of six victims of the disastrous circus fire
last year. Stanley Clark of Hillcrest
Road suffered a broken nose when
hit by: a bat at a baseball game at
the high' school grounds. The drive
for an' organ at Christ Church in
Wilson has reached the three-quarter
mark. Mrs. Ella M. Upham died,
Miss Rosemary Cerutti has joined
the staff of the Clinical Chemistry
Department at Yale.
MAIL BAG
Corp. Bob Waitkus writes from
India that he hasn't met any Windsorites. He visited I Calcutta recently
and was surprised at what a modern city it was. The thing that made
him pay attention was the fact that
at a movie house he went to he noticed a cocktail lounge in the lobby and also a band which played
between the shows. His APO is 494.
A note fro," the Tryons (Lt.• and
Mrs. Larry S. Tryon) from Roswell, N. Mexico, tells us that Larry
is at a B-29 Co-Pilot School. Mrs.
Tryon was the former Jean Ramsdell. We don't have their complete
address or we'd make a note of it.
Sgt. Bill Uzdarwin writes that he
has been in the Philippines for three
months and has been to Manila. He
says: "Everything is sky high, especially the food and whiskey."
Sgt. Bill Sherwin" writes from
Beauvais, France, that he met Cuddie Sharshon from Wilson a while
ago. Bill has been to Paris several
times and hopes that he can meet
some other \Vindsorites.
Pfc Frank Brown writes from India that he has received the Bronze
star. Frank has been out there for
two years, but says the point system doesn't seem to be affecting him
much. His APO is 429.
Corp. Francis Delaney writing from
China (His APO, is 280) asking
whether there are any other \Vindsorites Ollt there. Frank says that
there is much that mllst be done to
impro\'e the lot of the Chinese in
the way of health measures and economic measures. InflatIOn ic; a problem in China.
2nd Lt. Arthur A. Green has moved from C~mp Hood, Tex., to an
APO (21138) San Francisco.
Sgt. Stanley Bendzans writes that
he is on K wajalein in the Pacific.
His APO is 241.
Pvt. J ozef Gancarz wri tes from
Germany that he is waiting for a
boat ride and a dischar~e. He'l! probably be home before this gets into
print as his letter came in Just after the June issue was out.
Pvl. A. J. Tuzas now has a new
APO (70) care of the postmaster in
Redeployment Units
Get Booklets
~onnecticut • soldiers coming to
tillS country while enroute to the
Pacific are being sent souvenir book~
lets by the state. The booklets contain a history of the units war record and a roster of the names of
the Connecticut soldiers.
The first booklet honored the 86th
Infantry Division, the Black Hawks
which had approximately 300 Connecticut men among its personnel.
The pamphlets are prepared shortly
after the arrival of troop ships from
Europe and are I!.lailed to Connecticut soldiers while they are still home
before leaving for the Pacific. The
booklets are not for general distribution, but only for the Connecticut
soldiers who are members of each
of the divisions that are written up.
Lt. J mnes F. Sponzo
Gets Purple Heart
S. F.
Parker Brothers
Together
After going into the Army together three and a half years ago.
the Parker brothers are now together in the same platoon. They are
\~rarrant Otlicer \Villiam H. Parker
and Corporal Frank Parker. Their
address is Det. Provo Sql1ad A., Los
Angeles Control Grollp, P. O. Box
D.
Pvt. Bill Ransom
Coming Home
In a ktter from the Hawqiian
Islands Pvt. Bill H.a:lsom inform5 us
that he is coming home. At the time
of his writing he warned us that
he might beat his letter home. To
date we haven't heard from him,
but don't be surprised if he gets
home before the letter reaches some
of you. BIll took unto himself recently a wife. So we don't blame
him for coming'home as he his been
in the service nearly three y'ears and
saw action in Saipan and several
other places.
Cpl. Walter I(ardock
W rites From Pacific
Lt. James F. Sponzo, son of Mr.
and ).Irs. John Sponzo of Wilson,
has been awarded the Purple Heart
for injuries he received in action in
the Pacific. In a letter he says that
l"je was injured when he was "too
near" to an exploding artillery shell.
In a previous campaign on another
island (Leyte) his anti-aircraft unit
destroyed 116 Jap planes.
Now fully recovered, he is Trial
Judge Advocate for General Courts
.Martial on the island he is on and
this gives him an opportunity to get
some court-room experience along
with other battle experience. At one
time Lt. Sponzo was assistant prosecutor of the Windsor court.
Lt. Sponzo said that Bob Field
is on the same island with him but
that he hasn't been able to co~tact
him.
Thanks for the souvenir money,
Jim, and your letter was slightly
cut out, if you get what we mean.
T -Sgt. Douglas McI(ee
Writes From Europe
Technical Sergeant Douglas D.
McKee (APO 758) writes to give
an account of himself during the
past year. He landed at the famous
Oklahoma Beach after D-Day and
his unit swung east to Paris. Following this they reached Strasbourg
where they were held up a while
during the past winter. With spring
they crossed the frontier at Sarreguermines, crossed the "Rhine at
Worms, then into Aschaffenburg,
Nurnburg, Da<;han, Munich and to
Salzburg, Austria. He says the list
as such is probably dull reading, but
what happened during that time we
all know was history being made.
Cpl. Walter P. Kardock sent in
an interesting letter from the Pacific. He and his UIllt were dug in
about 300 yards from the' spot that
Ernie Pyle was killed in the Ryukyus Islands operation, Cpt. Kardock said.
Commenting on the Okinawa operation, he said that the island his
Inducted
unit landed on the men couldn't go
in standing up. He ha:s been overLocal Draft Board 7B infornls us
seas for 14 months and hi.. outfit
has three bronze stars a:. well as that the following have been inducted into the Army: Thomas D. Olithe Philippine ribbon.
han, Jr. ; Joseph Cicero, Jr.; Louis
S. Griffing, Jr.; and Rena LePage
of Wilson.
\V -0 Leon Leonard
Visits Mother
Warrant Officer Leon Leonard,
Mrs. Leonard and their baby, Chari,
have been visiting the soldier's mother, .Mrs. Harriet Leonard, who
lives at 15 Elm Street.
W /0 Leona;d is assigned at Camp
Davis where he is with the Personnel Distribution Command. He
has be~n in the service for three and
one flalf years. He graduated from
Windsor High and the Eastman
School of Music. He was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra and taught music before
entering the Armed Forces.
Swan Song
And so another Newsletter is on
its ,~ay to you. Don't take our beefing too seriously, but do write because it's your letters that make the
N ews\etter interesting to other fellows.
Sincerely
Jerry Hallas,
27 Park Avenue,
Windsor, Conn.
SGT. HENRY C. MACK MAJOR CARMON
I(ILLED IN ACTION
GETS DISTINGUISHED
IN PHILIPPINES
SERVICE CROSS
Staff Sergeant Henry C Mack, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W.
Mack, Jr., was killed in action at
Luzon in the Philippines, according
to a telegram received by them from
the \Var Department. He is the second son of this family to pay the
supreme sacrifice in this war.
A brother, Corporal Howard V.
11ack, 27, died in England on January 28, 1945. Two other sons are
still in the service. They are Pfc.
Daniel E. Mack, who is with a medical unit studying at Syracuse University and Ensign Edward W. Mack,
3rd, USNR, who is stationed at Pensacola, Fla.
A graduate of John Fitch High
School, Sergeant Mack had been in
the service for nearly three years.
He was graduated as a Ranger and
had seen much active service, being
awarded the Bronze Star for patrol
duty in :Manila fighting.
Both Mack boys were prominent
and very popular in town and had
many friends.
The telegram said that Sergeant
Mack was killed on June 11. Further
details as to how he met' his death
were expected by letter from the War'
Department.
The parents received a letter from
their son, dated June 2, recently.
SERVICE NOTES
Sgt. Maurice H. Howes visited his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Hatheway of East Street. He is on
furlough from the Air Transport
Command with which he has been in
Alaska for two and one half years.
Corp. Howard S. Matthews, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Matthews,
has been honorably discharged from
the U. S. Army. He has been with
the Air Force for three years, serving
in the Pacific theater for one year.
Private and Mrs. Edward Donahue
of Poquonock visited the former's
father, John Donahue. After a 3D-day
furlough Private Donahue will report to Sioux FalIs, S. D.
Mrs. Norman McAuliffe of Rainbow has returned from Washington
where she visited her husband, who is
stationed at the N aval Ordnance
laboratory there.
Pvt. Robert Evans, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Evans of Stinson Place,
is home on a 25-day furlough from
Lemoor, Calif.
Marshall C. Knott, MAM3/c, stationed at New York City, was home
on a seven-day furlough.
John A: Macherni~ Fllc, son of
Mr. and Mrs, John Machernis of
Macktown Road, is home on a 30day leave. He has been in the Pacific
for about a year.
After 26 months in the ChinaBurma-India theater of war, Corp.
George J. Wilshire, who is attached
to a' chemical warfare unit, is on
furlough after arriving at Miami,
Fla., by plane.
Lieut. Robert F. Brooks
Awarded Citations
The Secretary of the Navy has
sent to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F.
Brooks of Wilton Road two citations
for their son, Lieut. (j.g.) Robert F.
Brooks, USNR, who has been missing in action since Oct. 28, 1944. They
are for the Distinguished· Flying
Cross and a Gold Star in lieu of a
second Air Medal.
Lt. Brooks served as a pilot in a
Fighter Squadron attached to the
USS Franklin in action against the
Japanese off Leyte. The Gold Star is
awarded for his heroic work in this
operation and the DFC for his gallant action on Oct. 17, 1944 over
Southern Luen.
Another honor, this time the
second highest that the U. S. Government can bestow on anyone, has
been given to i\1ajor Frank W. Carmon, Jr. The citation, just · received
by his wife, follows in part:
"Frank \V. Carmon, Jr., i\hjor
Infantry, U. S. Army. For extraordinary heroism in action on April
29th, 1945, in the vicinity of Bassano
del Grapp~, Italy.
"When an infantry battalion was
almost isolated by fhe infiltration of
the enemy paratroopers into well
prepared positions, Major Carmon
displayed f~rceful leadership and
courage, immediately executed a rescue plan. Assembling thirty riflemen
on five tank destroyers, he directed
an advance toward the enemy. The
terrain was so mountalllous and the
enemy so well entrenched that the
tank destroyers were of little use.
was decorated for extraordinary
achievement in battle.
He served as commanding officer
of a heavy bombardment squadron in
the veteran 305th Bombardment
Group which flew over Germany on
V-E Day on several combat missions. He is also the possessor of
the Air Medal.
Colonel Motyl joined the Army Air
Force in July, 1938'and arrived in the
European theater of operations in
August of 1944. Mrs. Katherine M.
Motyl, his wife, lives at 117 Corey
Street, Wilson.
Windsor Wac Wins
Bronze Star
Wac Sergeant Dorothy Yavener,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yavcner of Cook Hill, has been awarded
the Bronze Star for "meritoriQus
achievement" in the performance of
services from May 1944 to ilay 1945.
Sergeant Yavener is stationed in
Italy where she is a confidential secretary of one of the top-ranking officers of the Mediterranean Allied Air
Forces.
She is a graduate of John Fitch
High in 1933 and entered the Wah
in January, 1942, and went overseas
in January, 1944.
By 1st Lt. Wm . Jameson, Jr., MAC
Public Relations Officer
Need 01lly a Chance
M ajar Frank W. Carmon, Jr.
Released
"Dismounting from his own vehicle, Major Carmon continued the
attack, advancing through the Gcrman emplacements. Through a hail
of smalI arms fire he charged an
enemy road block and killed two
Germans with his pistol. Inspired by
the bold action of Major Carmon his
men assaulted the line and engaged
the Germans in fierce hand to hand
combat. The enemy surrendered,
leaving 18 dead and 72 prisoners of
whom 20 had been wounded.
"Later, the same day ~[ajor Carmon ; was assign~d the mi ssion of
leading a task force to clear an
enemy held road. Manning a fifty
calibre machine gun on a tank, he
led the advance into enemy territory.
A German rocket launcher team hiding in the brush was destroyed by
his accurate fire. Continuing the advance he spied another hazooka team
and meted out the same fate to their
crew.
"Placing his foot etements into
advantageous positions on the flanks
he effected the capture of a company of Germans. Moving aggressively forward he completed his mission which resulted in the capture of
more than 500 Germans.
"Major , Carmon
demonstrated
courage and a fighting spirit which
inspired his men to great feats in
eliminating the enemy force."
This is the full copy of the award
of "Distinguished Service Cross".
Major Carmon had previously
been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Bronze Star Medal,
Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart
with two oak leaf clusters, and the
Presidential Unit Citation.
He belongs to the 88th Infantry
Division and .has been overseas since
October 1943.
Major Carmon married Miss Anna
Marie Christensen, daughter of former State Senator and Mrs. John
Christensen of Wilson Avenue, He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
W. Carmon of Wilton Road, Wind-
Corp. John Nicholson is one of a
group of Connecticut soldiers who
have been released from prison
camps inside, of Germany. His name
was released by the Army last week
with the announcement that he was
coming home for a 60-day furlough.
The .announcement said that many
of the men have told stories of German atrocities, starvatiQn diets and
forced marches of hundreds of miles
from camp to camp. Each of the
men have been given the necessary
medical care, food and issued new
uniforms and given an opportunity
to purchase souvenirs.,
Colonel Motyl
Decorated
Lieutenant Colonel James D. Motyl,
31, one of fOll.r members of his
family in the Armed Services, has
been decorated with the Distinguished
Flying Cross, according to an announcement by the Eighth Air Force
Command in England. Colonel Motyl
Work at Real Jobs
Not the least important by any
means of tt1e training feature is the
phase which sends the men out to
take over Jobs in Connecticut's war
industrIes. These jobs, while they are
surveyed for their possibilities for
blind workers, are in no sense jobs
traditionally associated with blindness. The men operate drill presses,
lathes, lapping machines and other
forms of factory machinery in which
accurate and precise work is essential: They hold inspection jobs, assembly jobs and similar work of importance, but the thing which makes the
program unique is the fact that these
men are holding down jobs normally
held by the sighted and they are
making records which belie the old
concepts of helplessness going hand
in hand with blindness.
Perhaps it is because the men cannot look up and .whistle every time
a pretty girl comes down the aisle
and because' their attention is not
easily distracted from their work. But
whatever the cause, the production
records of these blinded soldiers has
been amazing to Connecticut industry
as has been their ambition and their
desire to maKe good. Not the least
amazing factor has been the fact that
not a single injury has occurred to
any blinded man working in war
plants.
Corp. John Nicholson
sor.
ties and his ability to carry on with
his plans. The work is ·being accomplished in many ways, but in every
instance it is being done by a practical method which shows the man
by his doi'ng that he can do things
which many people consider impossible for the blind.
Perhaps number one on the list of
things done at Avon which inspire
confidence is the training given in
orientation to physical surrounding~.
At Old Farms the men are trained to
get about in familiar territory without the aid of canes and other artificial guides and their ability to do
so on the grounds of Old Farms Convalescent Hospital is amazing. I t will
represent an ability to do equally as
weIJ in other surroundings which are
completely familiar.
The program at Old Farms is an
extensive one and is adapted to fit
the need of virtually any man who
may appear. More than 45 courses
are offered giving instructions in
everything from factory machinery
operations to farming and from music to journalism. The men are taught
individually and at a pace which fits
the individual's ability and their
range of choice is wide enough to
meet the needs of all who may go
there.
BLIND SOLDIERS AT
AVON HOSPITAL
TRAINED
No reemployment problem facing
veterans will be more important or
difficult than that of the reemployment of men blinded in the present
World War. Public misunderstanding
of blindness for many years has resulted in a false but general impression that the blind must necessarily
be, with a few obvious exceptions,
also dependent or helpless or that
they must do certain forms of work
which have come to be associated
with blindness.
This is not going to be true of the
soldier blinded in tris war. The Army
has set up a program of readjustment
training which is designed so far as
it is possible, and it is possible to an
amazing extent, to permit bli~ded soldiers to return to their homes and
pick up the thread of their civilian
lives and carryon in the pattern in
which they had always hoped and
planned. Of course, there will be except\ons but in general it ' can be done
and is being done, and one of the
major problems facing agencies interested in aiding the veteran in his
quest for employment is recognition
of the fact that a blind man can do
virtually any type of work which he
really wants to do.
Restore Self-Confidence
At Avon, Connecticut, the Army's
blinded soldiers are receiving special
training along , these lines; training
which is restoring to the blinded man
his self-confidence in his own abili-
The job being done at Old Farms
where the men are concerned is relatively easy but the education of the
public to their abilities is another
matter. If these blinded soldiers,
knowing their own capabilities, can
return home to a sympathetic community which understands them but
which is determined not to permit
pity to enter the picture but to employ them in jobs which they can
hold on their merit, this war will
produce no helpless and unadjusted
blind.
To those engaged in veteran reemployment activity the blinded soldier offers one of the greatest challenge's of all, and it is the hope of
the Army and of the blinded soldier
that employment for the blinded
veteran will be placed on a businesslike basis in which his blindness is
neither a handicap nor an aid. Given
a chance to stand on their own feet
the blinded soldier will be found to
have two feet and firm footing.
Lt. Col. Lodge
Awarded Bronze Star
~Irs. Olive Lodge, wife 01 Lt. Col.
Edwin R. Lodge, this week received
a Bronze Star citation, awarded to
her husband for meritorious achievment in setting up regulating -stations in the Southwest Pacific. The
citation covered the' period from
~Iarch 15, 1943 to ~Iarch 12, 1945,
during which time Col. Lodge set
up regulating stations at Oro Bay,
Finschafen, Lae, and Nadzad, aiding_ materially in the assistance to
transportation facilities.
Col. Lodge, who is assigned to a
Coast Artillery unit, is now in Cal.
Actress Dilenlma
Results In Glamor
Hollywood - Resourcefulness and
necessity provided actress Audrey
Totter with a knock-out fashion idea.
After wearing her hair fixed in
tiny braids all over her head for her
role as an exotic adventuress in "For
Better, For Worse," she found it
wouldn't comb out or curl or stay in
place.
Invited that evening to a dinner
party, she had to look her best. To
solve her dilemma, she took a black
shawl with a wide border ' of black
lace, and draped this around her head
with the lace framing her -face. She
added heavy silver earrings, and fastened the shawl to her dress with a
jeweled pin.
Not only was the Metro-GoldwynMayer actress the' hit of the evening,
but she says with a laugh uNo one
guessed what was underneath."
Alaskan Parks
Mount McKinley National Park in
south-central Alaska consists of 3,030
square miles in the finest part 'of the
Alaska Range. Toward the western
end of the park, Mt. McKinley rises
to an altitude of 20,300 feet above
sea level, the highest mountain on the
North American Continent. The park
also contains Mt. Foraker, 17,000
feet; Mt. Russell, 11,500 feet, and
many other lofty peaks and four
large glaciers. The park is accessible
the year round via the Alaska Railroad, which also owns and operates
the McKinley Park Hotel, accommodating 120 to 160 guests; Camp Eilson, 66 miles in t!te park, which
accommodates SO guests.
For the duration of the war the
railroad has made these facilities
available t~ the Army for recreational
purposes and many members of the
.armed forces stationed in Alaska
vacation there during their furloughs.
Alaskan Forests
The Chugach National Forest, located in the Prince William Sound
region and ' Kenai Peninsula, and the
Tongass National Forest covering the
greater part of southeastern Alaska,
comprise the National Forest system
of Alaska. Their combined area is
20,850,000 acres. All national forest
resources are available for use.
Standing timber can be purchased and
removed for use by local industries
and individuals under specified fores-:'
try restri'~tions. Land classified as
chiefly valuable for agriculture, mining, industrial enterprises, and townsites ' can be patented. Areas needed
for water power development, fox
farming, and other special purposes
may be leased. Sites for summer
cottages are made available.
Big Chief Murphy
Irish George Murphy is now a
Canadian Indian I Well, or so he
claims, and has a full-feathered
Indian headdress to prove it. The
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star was made
an honorary Indian chief when he
ope~ed Calgary's curre~t War Bond
drive.
Seals
The largest take of fur-seal skins
in Alaska was in 1943 when 117,164
skins were secured from surplus seals
on the 'Pribilof Islands. The census of
the seal herd in 1943 was 2,720,780
animals, an increase of 5 percent
over the previous year.
No. 25
August 1945
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Windsor IfAlew.1 ~ c.Ie"I-I-~r
l
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ARMED SERVICES
rv herever
or a bugle or drum became the
leader. His cohorts armed with
mother's favored dish pan and spoon
Here's how Windsor celebrated followed. Youngsters from twoV-' Day:
years of age on joined the parades.
As whistles screamed, horns toot- There was such a parade dn nearly
ed and cry~ of joy and gladness every street in town.
came from the throngs milling
Elders grinned and shouted enaround the Green at the cen'ter after couragingly. House ~rties popped
President Truman announced peace up all over town and people streamhad come and the war with the Japs ed in and out of the homes of their
had ended)
neighbors.
Dear Wi'lldsorite
Are:
You
An elderly man knelt in front of
the flower-decorated honor roll in
Wilson in prayer. "Thank God," he
wks saying as tears streamed down
his face.
Watching the throng from the
post-office steps another man said to
his son, whom he held in his arms:
"Remember this, Bobby. It's the
most important day in your life.
THe war is over."
A youngster parading with others
on Hillcrest observed:, "Now we'll
have to play cowboys and Indians."
A teen-age girl hugged every
acquaintance she knew, screaming:
"Oh, I'm so happy, _ Bob will be
home."
And so historic Windsor, which
ha!( scnt her men to war at intervals since 1636, greeted peace with
mixed emotions: TheTp- was Joy an"
laughter. There were '~~ars shed
freely in the antitipation of the return of Windsor's loved ones.
Everybody in Windsor was happy
-happy that the war was over.
Everybody in Windsor who was able
to walk or talk took part in the celebration, which was. orderly.
From Wilson to Poquonock people
gave vent to their emotions, restrained during these many months.
Churches remained open and throngs
gathered there to thank Almighty
God for deliverance from our enemies.
Yes, there was noise, too. The
center of 'the celebration in town
was at Windsor center, although
Poquonock and Wilson had celebrations of their own. Church bells
pealed, sirens screamed, horns tooted until the lights on the cars Uecame dim. Happiness reigned supreme in Windsor. The war was
over. More than fifteen hundred
men were coming back.
Twenty-one would,' never come
back. That was Windsor's price for
freedom. Neighbors ami friends
visited the homes of many of these
men to express their sympathy.
Outwardly, the townspeople gathered steam and the noise became
accelerated. Fire trucks in Poquonock Windsor and Wilson joined the
par~des. Poquonock's truck came to
Windsor. Windsor's truck paraded
around Windsor and went to Wilson.
Carlan H. Goslee led a parade
around down-town streets. A huge
drum was obtained. Scores took
their hand at beating it. Bert
Elliott, Mr. Goslee and Hilliard B~
ant took their share of cracks at It,
the drum responding boomingly to
their masterful and powerful beats.
A snare drum appeared. Police
Chief Paul Rustic, who wa~ a dr~~
mer in his youth, gave an exhibltion of drumming, to the satisfaction of the gleeful watchers.
Neighborhood parties and parades
broke out in every section of town.
The lucky youth who had a horn
From The Mail Bag
Corp. N. J. Crussana
Pvt. Thomas L. Cowan
R. C. Schaefer, SFl/c, writes that
he is with a SeaBees unit on. ship
to shore d~ty, transf~rring supplies
somewhere In the Paclfic.
Sleeps In Surrrender
Visits Hitler's Hideout
Room In Palace
One of the most interesting letters
!Sgt. Wm. Uzdarwin, member of
io
come to our attention recently
the SOOth Bombing Squadron, writes
that he is out in the Western Pacific was one from Corp. Nick Crussana,
somewhere.
who is attached to the Allied Force
Headquarters
in Italy. He works or
Pfc. Frank Borisevich will probably be home before he gets this
Newsletter. He announced that he
was being returned with a group of
veterans with 18 months overseas
experience in Europe and all of them
with five battle stars. He didn't say
anything about points but said he
expected a 3D-day furlough. He's
with the 893rd T. D. Battalion.
Pfc. Frank Brown, with the 1905th
Q. M. Trk. Co. of the 301st Air Service Group, writes that he expects to
be home soon. He celebrated his
second, year abroad recently and has
two battle st~rs.
Pfc. Bill Chorazy writes that he
is back on Luzon near Manila. His
APO is 75, Bill's outfit has four
battle stars for Guam, Leyte, Ie
Shima and Okinawa. Thanks for the
souvenir money, Bill.
did work, if he hasn't left for the
states, in the Royal Palace at Caserta,
Italy.
"Although we did all the typing of
the surrender terms, both in English
and German, and took the minutes
of the meetings, the only thing I
take pride in is the fact that one
night I slept in the same room that
the surrender terms were signed,"
Nick said. "At that time the room
was the office of -an English Lieutenant General and I think he would
have been rather 'put out' if he
knew that I slept on his sofa one
night when I didn't particularly feel
like going to our billets. Although
that happened sometime before the
surrender took place, it was still the
same room when history was made
in it and I did get a good night's
Pfc. Bill Shores writes that his sleep."
present
address is 112 Gen. I Hospital,
Youngsters, in the Deerfield section held a ceremony around the A.S.F.T.C, Ft. Lewis, Washington.
Deerfield honor roll. Activities cenPfc. Charlie Bendzans writes that
Pfc. Louis. Talbot
tered around one drum. In Wilson he expects to be home Soon. He has
about 30 children held as enthusiastic been in the service for four and a
Reports For Duty
parade as appeared anywhere in half years and is now in France.
town. It consisted mostly of a dishPfc. Louis Talbot, who has been
Corp. B. E. Williams is with Co.
pan brigade. But in each of these
parades were American flags, the A, 3rd Regt., ASF-ECI-PRD, Ft. spending a 60-day furlough 'at home,
reported this week at Lake Placid,
Jackson, S. C.
symbols of our victory.
N. Y. Pfc. Talbot, son of Mrs. Carl
Sgt. Bill ShewiIJ drops us a card C Talbot of 45 Maple Street, PoBonfires were built in Windsor
Center and Poquonock. Firecrack- from gay Paris and says that it's all quonock, saw service in Europe and
ers popped at intervals. Some homes that it is supposed to be.
was imprisoned in a Nazi prison
turned on their Christmas lights. In
camp.
He was rescued after AmerSgt. Joseph F. Yacavone is at the
Poquonock a large number of sol'same hospital base with Bill Bores. icans invaded Nazi-held countries.
diers, apparently off duty, marched
Joe is with the 102nd Gen. Hospital
in line toward Hartford. Motorists
A.S.F.T.C, MTS.
stopped and picked up servicemen
Warrent F. Peichert, S2/c, is at
going to Hartford.
Wilfred C. Bennett
USNAS, Barracks 77, Corpus ChrisPeople from Poquonock 1"Ode to ti, Texas.
Windsor. People .from Windsor rode
Helped Shell Japan
Pfc. George Angell writes from
to Poquonock and Wilson. People Camp Okla, France that he would
from all three sections rode to like to hear from. some Windsorites
One of the many 'Windsor men
Hartford. '
with the 30th Division. George is who fought Japan that has been
identified with a Naval unit was
Mrs. Eleanor Dunn, returning with Company E, 359 Engineers.
Machinist's Mate Wilfred C Bennett.
Alex
Simmons
writes
that
he
Lt.
from her vacation, spotted Miss
Doris Brechtel on High Street as has been shifted from the 30th Divi- According to a Navy news release
the cars crawled along. She dashed sion to the 76th. He has over 85 Machinist's Mate Bennett was asover to Miss Brechtel and both em- points and on that basis should be signed to the U.S.S. B~J1ard, one of
home before this letter gets to him. the 133 warships that bombarded
braced and exchanged greetings.
Pfc. Richie Rickis, who is with Japan during the final days before
Traffic on the main highway speed- Co. A, 89th Signal Opn. Bn., writes her surrender.
~d by as it has never done before that his APO 'is' 14,907, care lof San
,
The Bullard came as close as four
during this war. Windsorites, sitting Francisco.
miles to the Japanese coastline, cruisin chairs on their lawns, watched it
Sgt. Lawrence L. Clapp is with
ing up and down firing shells into the
go' by waving at all of them.
Sq. E, Box 2289, T AAF, Tonopah, mainland.
Happiness was in the air and it Nev. He is intrigued by the silver
was in the hearts of Windsor people. dollars. He says that his b)"other,
Police Chief Rustic had every Kenneth, who was wounded in the
available policeman out on duty, pa- Philippines campaign is home and
Pfc. Clayton Van Gasbeck
trolling traffic areas. He reported no his other brother, Floyd, is still
somewhere
in
Germany.
accidents except that a dog was
Has 94 Points
Corp. Francis Benevides writes
killed in Wilson.
from Hawaii that all that' is necesHe, commented that Windsor's
Writing from Augsburg, Germany,
sary to take full charge of the isbehavior was orderly and dignified.
lands is the fourth Benevides, Tony, Clayton Van Gasbeck, who has 94
The milling around and crowds bepoints, writes that he. hopes to be
who is in Europe.
gan to break up at about 10 :30 and
Pvt. Paul Kurlik dropped us a home soon'. He says he wants to be
by 11 :30 only a few remained at the
note from LeHavre, France and al- able to talk to somebody and have
center. Police took six stranded peothough we haven't heard, he is prob- them answer in English and not
ple to Poquonock.
ably home by now. He's been in the "Nich Forstain". Clay has been in
Scores of Windsorites went on to
North Africa, Sicily, Corsica, France
Hartford and long after midnight service for two years and 11 months.
and Germany.
waited for transportation home.
He has been through 54 air raids,
Yes, indeed, Windsor celebrated
has been under German shellfire and
the coming of peace.
Sgt. West Reports Europe spent three nights in a foxhole while
:,'Bad Check Charlie", a German
RUI"ne d By B ombs
pilot, came over the company area
strafing as he went by.
Tom's V Message
Sgt. Philip West, member of an
ordnance unit with the Army in
"Free Sundae"
France, reports in his letter this
Tom Nagle, genial proprietor of month that German and French ci- Benevides Brothers Meet
Cosy Comer, had a Victory Day ties have been heavily bombed. Sgt.
message of his own. It called for a West, who is married and the father
Three Benevides brothers, Louis,
free sundae to every G.1. when he of a baby son, has over 90 points Francis and Richard, met out in
and hopes to come home soon. He
returns home.
Oahu recently, according to a letter
is stationed at Valacennes, France.
from Louis. It was "old-home week"
"Every service man who returns
He was reunited with his unit last
and
as far as we know the first
home to Windsor is entitled to a free March after a furlough in this couninstance
of three brothers from
sundae on the house," Tom said. "He try and has travelled many .:niles
can sit down and give the directions through France, Belgium and into \Vindsor meeting.
and we'll make it."
Germany as far as Limburg.
Louis had 89 points when he
"That goes for the servij:e women, He has been awarded a bronze wrote and was waiting to get out of
too."
star.
the service.
In his letter from Sinsheim, Germany, Pvt. Thomas L. C<Jwan reports
that he visited Berchtesgarden, the
home of Hitler. "Our bombers sure
did a wonderful job in fjemolishing
his hideout," he says. He says that
the country around the Bavarian Alps
is the prettiest in Germany.
While at Sinsheim he managed to
get a three-day pass and visited
Charles Twarkins in Darnstad. Twarkins was the first Windsorite Tom
met while overseas. Tom has 75
points and has been overseas for 30
months. With the new point system,
he ought to be home soon.
Five Windsor Men
Inducted
Five more Windsor men have been
inducted, according to an announcement last week by Mrs. Agnes C.
McLeod, clerk of Draft Board 7B.
They were: Richard E. Hyson, 119
Rood Avenue, Navy; Joseph W.
~fackey, 148 Rainbow Road, Poquonock, :Marines; Preeman J Faniel, Jr.,
119 Mechanics Street; Robert F.
Hedebrand, Pigeon Hill Road; Stanley ]. Machernis, Macktown Road.
Many From Pacific
Due Home
Relaxation by the Army of point
requirements for discharge from
service _is expected to bring back
many Windsor men who have seen
Imtg service in the war theatres of
the Pacific. Men with 85 points
should be home by November I,
according to a recent Army announcement.
Lt. Thomas Clancy
Promoted
New York Port of 'Embarkation,
Camp Shanks, N. Y., August-Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Clancy of
81 Elm St., Windsor, Conn., assigned to duty as Assistant Provost Marshal at Camp Shanks, has been promoted to the rank of· First Lieutenmt.
1st Lieut. Clancy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas G. Clancy of 50
King St., Hartford, Conn. In civilian life, he was employed by the
Windsor Police Department as a
police officer.
1st Lt. Clancy entered the Army in
June, 1943. Prior to his transfer to
Camp Shanks, he was stationed at
Norfolk Army Base, Norfolk, Va.;
Fort Custer, Mich., and New Orleans Army Air Base, New Orleans,
La. His brother, 1st Sgt. Joseph R.
Clancy, is stationed overseas somew~ere in Germany.
Honorable Discharge
Staff Sgt. Harry Knowles, son of
Mrs. Mabel Knowles of Windsor
Avenue, has received his honorable
discharge from the Army. He enlistd .h h
..
e Wlt t e ongmal 208th CAA, the
former National Guard, and stayed
with it all through his service.
Swan Song
Well, here's the swan song: Many
of you are enroute home for good.
It makes us very happy. However,
we hope that the letter catches up
with you. Please write, especially if
you have to hang on a while and
have chang,ed your address.
Sincerely,
Jerry Hallas
?:1 Park Avenue
Windsor, Conn.
3 Windsor Men
Pfc. Charles B. Smiley
Warren W. Hall
In Timberwolves Unit
Member Of 4th Division
Wins Navy Promotion
Three Windsor men are members
of the 100th (Timberwolves) Division whose members have been
given 30-days furlough prrparatory
to leaving soon for Camp Luis
O'Bispo, ··Cal., for retraining and
embarkation for the Pacific.
The local men who were part of
this fighting outfit include: First
Lieutenant John ]. Rimosukas, Pfc.
Edward A. 1\lachernis and Pfc. W.
L. Andrews.
The Timberwolves arrived recently
in New York aboard the transports
Monteroy, John Ericsson and Monticello. Aboard the Monteroy was
Major Gen. Terry de la 11. Allen,
who has been commanding general
of the unit from Oct. 2, 1943 until
the present.
The division distinguished itself
for brilliant nighr advances into Germany. Timberwolves seized the great
industrial area of Echweller- Weisweller-Stolberg. Crossing the Inde
River the men seized the entire sector assigned to the unit as far as the
Roer River. This involved the seizure
of
La:nersdorf-Indent-Lucherberg,
of
Lamersdorf-Indent-Lucherberg,
called by Major General J. Lawton
Collins as the finest piece of work
accomplished by any unit of the VII
Corps since "b" Day. The division
crossed the Rhine in the Remagen
bridgehead on March 22 and continued to operate with the U. S. First
Army at the rapid rate of 193 miles
in -nine days to Paderborn. After
reaching this point the drive was resumed to the east at an interrupted
drive of 175 miles in 15 days.
The division left the United
States in August, 1944 for Europe.
General Allen best describes the
record of the 100th in his order of
the day, dated April 23, 1945 in which
he said:l
"This date marks the completion
of six months of continuous combat
for the Timberwolf Division. You
may well be proud of your combat
record. In its initial combat operation, the Division fought with the
First Canadian Army into Holland
from October 23 to November 8,
1944, spearheading the First British
Corps in crossing the Mark River
and the drive to the Maas River.
The esteem in which the Timberwolves were held by our British
aIIies is indicated by a commendation received irom Lieut. Gen. G. G.
Sil1)onds, commanding the First Canadian Army.
"The division then moved immediately to the Aachen Sector in Germany, where it relieved .the 1st Infantry Division, in the VII Corps.
The Timberwolves jumped off November 16 in the drive to the Roer.
The true combat effectiveness of the
Timberwolves was clearly indicated
by a commendation from Lieut.
General Collins, commanding the VII
Corps with which the unit was fighting.,
"The division occupied a defensive
area on the Roer, opposite Duren,
during the trying days of December
16 to February 23, 1945. An aggressive defense was maintained to block
the critical German route of advance
to Aachen. Timberwol£ patrols completely dominated the Roer.
"In the drive for Cologne beginning on Feb. 23, the Timberwolf Division crossed the Roer and seized
Duren and Huchem-Stammeln, ending with the capture of Cologne on
March 7. Crossing the Rhine at
Honnef in the Remagen bridgehead
unit continued to Paderborn and
thence eastward 175 miles including
the crossing of the Wesser and Saale
Rivers and the capture of Halle,
Bitterfeld and Delitzsch.
"I am proud indeed to have commanded the Timberwolf Division
through its final year of training and
during six months of arduous combat. You have lived up to your battle
slogan: 'Nothing in Hell Must Stop
the Timberw'olves.' My since thanks
goes to you all for your- unfailing
loyal support."
Pfc. Charles B. Smiley of 18 Kell
logg Street, Windsor, is listed as
one of the more than 200 Connecticut men of the 4th (Ivy) Division,
the first to cross the Normandy
beaches on historic D-Day last year,
which landed recently in New York
for a 30-day furlough and scheduled
redeployment to the Pacific area.
Men from Connecticut and other
states came home on the transports
Sea awl, The Sea Bass, James
Parker and The Hermitage.
The division is one of the veteran
units with more than 18 months of
overseas service including a year in
action. Many of its men will thus
automatically be honorably discharged from service on point discharges.
For its distinguished fighting record the Fourth won this praise from
General Patton: "No American division in France has excelled the magnificent record of the 4th Infantry
Division."
Landing on the Normandy beaches
on D-Day the Fourth smashed coastal
fortifications and relieved the beleagured 82nd Airborne Division and
went on with two other divisions to
capture Cherbourg after 23 days of
fighting with rest. The job of clearing swamps and marshes of Germa!!s
for the Allied break through was the
next task of the Ivy Unit. This included 10 days of fierce hedgerow
fighting against crack Panzer and
parachute troops, backed by large
numbers of Panther tanks.
The unit fought its way through
the lines west of St. Lo, helping to
liberate Paris and then after a short
rest went into Belgium and was
fighting in "the hell" of Hurtgen
Forest where this combat unit claimed the destruction of five German
regiments.
Here in rain, snow and near-freezing temperatures, the Americans
showed what made our units click.
Next came the liberation of Luxembourg with American platoons battling whole battalions of Germans,
who had to retreat. By February of
this year the 4th had crossed the
vital Prum river, taking Prum and
then with the 11 th Armored Division
plunging across the Kyll river in
March and on to capture Adenau and
Rei fferscheid.
During its combat the ·division suffered 21,550 casualties and also behind it was a record as distinguished
as that of any American combat unit.
T -5 F. F. Sanford With
95th Victory Battalion
T-5 Frederi~k F. Sanford of
Macktown Road, Windsor, is a member of the famous 95th Victory DiViSIOn which has returned from
Europe and scheduled to be redeployed for duty in the Pacific.
One of the richest achievements
of this division was the capture of
Metz on November 8, 1944. Grit and
courage of the doughboys of the 95th
overcame the bristling guns and
forts ringing what the Nazis believed
was an impregnable city.
Facing the extensive Lorraine fortifications the 95th left a phony front
with the majority of men swinging
around to take Feves, Somecourt,
Saulny, Vigneulles, Plesnois and Norroy Le Beneur and then on the third
day's operations occupying three
Canrobert Forts. As one platoon
company was crossing the bridge into
Metz, Germans set off demolition
charges with resulting heavy casualties to the Americans, but the Americans achieved their objective.
With Metz behind them the 95th
jumped off for the Saar on November 25, 1944, crosing the border three
days later. The combat units also
captured the exposed city of, Saarlutern. In the crossing of the Rhine
units of this division found telephone
lines intact and some of the men
attempted to telephone Hitler. Factories were in operation and workers
were dazed to find American troops
taking over. In addition to this the
95th took part in cleaning out pockets
in the Hartz Mountains.
Warren W. Ball, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William W. C. Ball of 616
Poquonock Avenue, has been promoted to Lieutenant (jg) in the
Navy. He is with an amphibious unit
in the Pacific.
He is a graduate of Loomis School
and entered Rensselaer " Polytechnic
Institute from which he enlisted in
the NROTC in 1942. He was commissioned an ensign -in February of
1944.
He married Miss Dorothy Pelton
in May of 1944. His wife is a registered nurse.
I
Sgt. Frederick Swanson
Marries Miss Bach
the pilot chute, 'force the 'pack wide
open. Out tumbles the canopy.
"The suspension lines will probably be retained in their normal position in the pack, but the canopy has
been Qisarranged. The wearer should
pick tliis up as carefully as possible
in its original accordion-fold form
and hold it close to his body with
both arms~ If the parachute is of the
quick-attachable chest type, the parachute pack must be attached to the
harness. The pilot chute with its four
ribs held together will be on top of
the canopy, just under the wearer's
arms. Should the parachute be of a
back or seat type, help from another
cr~w member
may be needed to
gather it up.
"The flyer leaves the aircraft with
the parachute held together with his
arms, and, when clear, he opens his
arms and thrusts the canopy away
from him, the parachute wil! open,
possibly not as quickly as if properly
packed; but it will open; that is the
important thing."- (From "Wing
Dope").
An attractive church wedding took
place Wednesday at 4 p. m. in the
North Methodist Church in Hartford
when Miss Evelyn Bach, daughter of
Frank J. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Holger Bach of 362
Hillside Avenue, Hartford, was marNow Major
ried to Staff Sergeant Frederick V.
Swanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swanson of Park Avenue,
Frank J. Sullivan of 354 Broad
Windsor.
Street has been promoted to the
The double ring ceremony was per- 'rank of major, according to a, War
formed by Rev. Leland Cary. The Department announcement last week.
bride was given in marriage by her Major Sullivan returned from overfather. Miss Helen Bach served as seas last summer after serving in the
maid of honor for her sister and Middle East and India where he was
Miss Katherine Pitkin of Hartford chief of the native labor branch of
was bridesmaid.
Carl Swanson, the Persian Gulf Command.
At present he is attached to the
brother of the groom,' acted as best
man. The ushers were Pfc. Sherwood Labo.r Branch, Headquarters, First
Bach, the bride's brother, and Pvt. Service Command, and is representative of Headquarters, ASF, WashJames McClure.
The bride's gown was white mar- ington, D. c., on matters relating to
quisette fashioned with a yolk em- production urgency and manpower
broidered with flowers and seed prIOrIties affectirrg the Army propearls. The sleeves were long and curement in this area.
Before joining the Army Major
pointed over the hand. She wore a
train and her tulle finger tip veil was Sullivan was employed in the State
caught with orange blooms and. seed Labor Department. His wife, Mrs.
pearls. She carried a white Bible Hazel ·T. Su1Iivan, is one of Windtopped with an orchid and stephano- sor's representatives. Major and Mrs.
Sullivan have 1\v6 children.
tes.
The maid of honor's dress was
white net with a fitted bodice and
ruffled yolk. She wore a clus~er of
Lt. John Remington
fuschia and flesh colored asters in
her hair and carried a bouquet of the
Declared Dead
same. The bridesmaid wore a white
sugar mist dress with draped bodice
and her head dress and bouquet
The War Department this week
matched the maid of honoJ:. Both announced that Lt. John Remington,
attendants wore fuschia colored' who was at Bataari when the J apangloves.
ese captured that strong point in
Mrs. Swanson wore a teel blue 1942, died of malaria on July 15, 1942
with appliqued bodice and Mrs. Bach at a. Japanese prison camp.
black crepe with aquamarine trim.
Member of a family which has had
Both had a carsage of stephanotes.
distinguished records in the U. S.
The bride's traveling costume was Army for three generations, Lt.
an aquamarine wool suit with black Remington was the son of the late
accessories and orchid corsage.
Lt. Col. Remington and grandson of
. A reception was held in the church Captain Philip Remington. He had
parlors following the ceremony.
served in the Army for 12 years and
S j Sgt. Swanson has been overseas won his commission in the field.
27 months with the 8th Air Force in
He had applied for admission to
England" as an aerial photographer. West Point on two occasions, but
Following a wedding trip SjSgt. was rejected for a minor heart ailS~vanson will report at Atlantic City ment. He served with Gen. Douglas
for re-assignm'ent. The bride is em- McArthur with whom his father also
ployed at the Hartford Accident and served when both of them were lieuIndemnity Company.
tenants.
Lt. Remington leaves two brothers,
Philip Remington, Jr., who is with
the Seabeesill the Pacific and Finlay
Open Chutes Are Usable Remington, now stationed with the
Army in the Pacific, and one sister,
Mrs. Inez Remington of Seymour
"There are numerous instances of
Street. .
parachutes being accidentally opened
while in aircraft," says a letter issued
on order Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding general, USAAF. The letter,
Sgt .. Adam Celinka
copies of which have been filed with
CAP units by direction of Col. Harry Given ~erit Certificate
H. Elee, operations and training offiStaff Sgt. Adam Celinka, of Pocer of CAP, goes on to say that such
chutes can be used and personnel quonock, who has been in the Army
should be made aware of this and for three years, two of which have
been in service overseas, has been
instructed in procedure.
For the information of CAP flight awarded a certificate of merit for
personnel, the following instructions faithful performance of his duties.
are reprinted:
The citation was for the "outstandt'Parachutes accidentally spilled can ing manner in' which he discharged
still he used. This is not theory, it is his duties during many months of
fact and can be proven. When a rip- combat in France, Holland, Belgium
cord is accidentally pulled, the pack- and Germany."
opening elastics, together with the
Sgt. C~Iinka took part in several
pressure of the packed canopy and major campaigns in Europe.
MERRILL E. BILL
"HAPPIEST MAN"
IN THE WORLD
"I am the happiest man in the
world," bid Merrill, E. Bill, secretary of the local draft board, after
peace was announced. "It means that
we won't have to send any more
fathers to war," he said.
Mr. Bill, a veteran of \Norld War
I and wearer of the Purple Heart,
beamed with joy after the news announcement. His task during the war
has not been an easy one. However,
we doubt whether any draft board
in the entire country ha's had a more
conscientious servant· serving in a
difficult post with such honor and
distinction.
Every ma'n called received M
Bill's wholehearted attention :n~
every man knew that Mr. Bill was
his friend.
Two Wind sorites
With Red 'Devils
Pvt. Richard E. Singer of 125
Woodland Street and Pfc. Joseph
W. Gherard of 46 Lcwell Avenue
were listed among the more than
200 Connecticut men that have come
home with the Fifth or Red Devils
Division from Europe.
. Pfc. Gherard, who was with the
Headquarters Company, 10th Infantry\ who was interviewed when he
landed at Camp Devens, said:
"The average American civilian
understands little of this war. For
me, it was impressive to see our cities intact after all those in Europe,
which were destroyed." .
The Red Devils plunged 700 miles
across France to spearhead the drive
on the fortress city of Metz to climax its series of brilliant campaigns.
In the drive the Fifth took 3,700
prisoners. In the· final operation against .Metz they took an additional
4,133 Germans ~nd kilIed 1,048. and
wounded 4,000. By the same token
they were one of the most depleted
units as the result of their terrific
campaigning. The division lost 564
officers ~d 11,822 enlisted men were
killed tar wounded in action during
the 10 months of campaigning from
July 1944 to May, 1945.
Tankers For War Use
American shipyards have built 579
new tankers since the start of the
war in Europe, according to :l, report
of the president of ~e A.merican
Bureau of ·Shipping. This building
program has more than made up for
Allied losses caused by sinkings and
puts the United States in a dominant
position as far as tanker tonnage is
concerned. He revealed that in September 1939 there were in the world
1,507 tankers, with 1,033 flying the
flags of the United States, Great Britain and Norway.
Induding the 238 tankers still under contract to be built, the United
States, by the end of 1945. should
control approximately 1,000 '1f thes...
ships, or 13 million d~, according
to the Bureau. This fleet will' then
equal in capacity that of the entire
prewar world Heet, since operating
speeds of the new type vessels are
25 per cent higher than for the older
types.
V-J Day Echoes
A young' Windsor "wolf" chalked
up quite a Score in Hartford last
week when crowds roamed the streets
in jubilant celebration.
"I kissed 123 girls," was his comment the next day in town.
His technique was described by him
as:
"You look at them and say victory
or something. You then grab their
arm. If they don't resist, you know
you can kiss them. Boy,_ what a
night 1

Issues 14 - Windsor Historical Society

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