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Becbc, Symbol of Life" at last week's meet- Cooler days come In the center ot a very bad Polio ' THE BOOK IS NOT CLOSED Education to fill the unexp;lvcd husband of Virginia Stevens Beebe Symbol of Lite" atlaslwcck's meet­ cpidmnlc. term of Judge Clifford Sturges who And ihcy arc welcome after swel­ ot 7 Eslellc Road held In the W. S. ing of the East Haven Rotary Club. In this space thr,«e years ago \vc wrote nnder the lieiidinK "The resigned during the summer be­ tering heul wave. Wo are all glad to greet Frank Clancy Memorial at 43 Kirk- Mr. Johns who is a local resident, Book is Closed" these words; cause of the press- of other duties. and graduate ot Yale Academic and Messina In his handsome . now ham Avenue. Ellsworth was a very Record Irnttio prcdlctctV for llie "Six years ago on Scptembcv 1, 1039, We sat beside the riidio in A resident of East Haven for many Yale School of Music, was In­ liollriny week-end. • barber shop In Main Street opposite years Don Thomas has long taken weli-likcd young man and hiS tragic Elm Street Into which ho moved oiw tM living room of our hoiue and Iicard the news coniiucntntors re­ troduced by Atty. Tlwmas P. RelUy. an active Interest In community death Inst Friday came as a great Schools ready to welcome youngs- Monday. late tile moving story of tile Nazi mnrcli on Poland, the British and His half hour talk was given over affairs. He Is a member of Harry R. shock to his many friends. Tli c es­ sters again next Wednesday. fteuoh ultimatum, and the declaration of War against Germany. Bnjtlclt post, American Legion, and largely to demonstrations at the Town Clerk Marirnrcl Tiibkor is teem In which ho was held was piano and through the recording ot Wc learn that Kdwin A. Farrcn of cnjoylnif n week's vacation from llicr •' f •\Vheu we went to bed that night .AVorld War U had b-.guu.. Last as such has charge tor some time of the annual swimming mccU shown by the profusion of floral relords In which he traced the de­ »3 neorirc Street' Is In trainliiR at duties this week. Saturday night, again September 1, we sat beside tlie radio and velopment of music through the Fort IVcntiiluR, OcnrBJn. sponsored by the American Legion. tributes for which his family ex­ Mrs. Otto Bath has rotiu'iicd to heard tlu< broadcast from Tokyo Bay, where, aboard the U. S. Bat­ Tlio appointment of Don Tliomas press their vco'y deep appreciation ditfiscnl periods. Tlie speaker show­ ed how music of various perolds re- Mr. and Mrs. Alex Doran ot her duties at the Town Hall attor a tleship Missouri, the Japanese surrender document was signed, When cannot but meet with the general and sincere thanks. Martin road have returned homo week's vacation. we went to b(id that night AVbrld War 11 Jiad ended. The Book, with tlebtcd the life ot the times. He approval ot the townspeople. His He served throughout World War began with music of the prln^l^tlvo from a very pleasant two weeks its many chapters and pa^'s of tragedy and bloodshed, of blood and taking office on the Board of II in the Fourth Armored Division, vacation stay at- the Hotel Englc- Prom now on lh« country' fairi types and then went on to sotiteot will be atlraotlnif a lot of attention. Sweat and tears, a Book that had takqn si.\ years to tlie day to read, Education at this time is Important receiving his first trixlnlng at Pino the advanced technlciuo ot the great wood at Yarmouth on the Cape. In view of the new large-scale Camp, New York, where the Division East Ilavcgi has a (treat many folks was at last olosod. Finis had been written. composers. Illustrating many ot the Mrs. Edna ritzslmmons of Pardee vA\o like to go to tho Fairs. , planning program which is being was organized. Later he saw ex­ unusual works of the great artists "On Sept. 1, 193!), Kasl Havon was u long, long way £rom Po­ undertaken in the .schools. Mr. tensive training In the deserts of Place ricn' to California Saturday of the past. He concluded with to bo wUlh !hcr daughter, Mrs. Mlrtor Birthday Congrntulatlons are due land. It was all the way around th<; world from Tokyo. But as (he Thomas can be expected to bring California, and still later In Eng­ selections from one ot the leading this Tluirsday to Judged Clifford pages of the Book, now closed, turned; one after ithe other. Hast Important contributions especially land. As a sergeant in a tank com­ Williams, the former Dorothy Flti- y] Russian composers as showing how slmmoin!;? who is coivflncd In the Sturges and Duano Koorbcr, both Uaven drew closer to those far oft places. AVe learned names we had to the recreational needs of the pany he saw ten months of fighting the unrest of the present times are well known members of tho Rotary school system. in Europe, which began with the SnnDlago Ilosiillal followhii; a Club. not ilrcviously known. And as the war drew nearer Jaftor Pearl reflected In that reiwesentatlvo suildon attack of Infantile Par­ Announcement was also made Normandy beach landing and con­ work. Harbor we began to see our sons and daughters leave for far away tinued through France, Germany alysis. She reported back early , in If your name doe» not appear places, some of them never to return. We saw n great Honor Roll formally ot the resignation of an­ and Czecho-Slovakla, until the Mr. John's talk was very much'on- IJic week tlmfc the paraalysLs had properly In the acknowlcdfrments we M other Board of Education member, go up on the Terrace in front of the Town Hall, and as the pages of German surrender. During that time Joyed by the Rotarlans. made It necessary that Mrs. Will­ arc making ill these colunms from Russell McGulgan ot 11 Bartlett The speaker at this week's iams be placed In an Iron lunR. Tlic the Book opened further, that Honor Roll grew to more than a thou­ his Division sppcjhcaded the drive time to time of subscription pay­ Road. He gives ds his reason tor leav­ ot the late General George S. luncheon meeting was announced many friends o ftho tamiljtltopctnr ments, do ^lot fall to let «s know. sand mimes, and there M'crc Gold Stars afftxed to a score of them. ing the board the pressure of busi­ Patton's Third Army. He was among as Mr. Hubbard of the Now Haven cncouraghiK., word., hi., the., near Our mail boxes began to lill with letters from all parts oE a shrink­ ness. Mr. McGulgan was elected first those -who look part in the historic Municipal Airport whp was to speak future. The Miller Williams rcsldml The South District Civic A.sBocla- ing world. We came to know the horrors of World Wide War. AVe In 1036 and has served at various Battle of the Bulgcfwhen his unit on some ot the future developments imilil early in tlic siuimicr at 53 tion's annual outing was enjoyed times as secretary and on the was among those that made the planned at the Airport, Visitors last Footo Uoad and Obey made the trip last Sunday tlesplto the heat which heard of neighborsons dead on fields of battle, in the air and on the finance committee. His term of week wore William Knoll and Curtis accross- the country ..by ..trailer ..to made some of the more active pas- sea, of others in enemy prison camps. In our churches we prayed for Christmas Day rcseuc of the Ameri­ office along with that of Chairman cans trapped at Bastogne. He was a Williams, New Haven, T. Holmes make Uiclr homo on the West limes out ot the question. guidance and for strength. And then, last spring, the European ene­ Hugh Cox and Joseph F. Adams Is member ot the: Fourth Armored Bracken, Branford, and Robert Coast, It is sngKCStcd that as many l\ Wolfe, West Haven, also John Mc- local friends as possible send cards llcv. and Mrs. Dunjic Ilattlclil w<lm my succumbed. Six long, terrible, heartbreaking, costly, cwV years due to expire Sept. 30 when new Division Veterans association and were vncallonlng in Da^-ton, Ohio, •are gone. And now the book is closed." members, James Bancroft, oseph T. attended the reunion ot that out­ Partland and Frank Wliltmtm, or Rrcotings to Dorothy to cheer guests ot Atty. Reilly. her durlns her ilhicKs. San Dlago li and other iKilnts In the MWdlo West, Rodcnski and Bart Gaftney,, will fit last month at the Hotel Staller returned home this week.
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