1983 TABLE OF CONTENTS DULKA, JOE CHAPMAN, GENE BOSCO, LILLIAN JURY DUTY KOROPATKIN, BILL ALLEN, TOM BURKE, BRIAN LUDWIN, BOB (DR) PISATI, DON DOWD, LOIS VFWNIGHT MANDY, FRAN PLOSZAY, PETER JONES, ELMER PARKER,MARYELLEN GREATER HARTFORD OPEN MOSELSKY CHRISTIAN, KEN MCCOMB, RALPH MAZIKE, WALT VISIT TO SAINT PAT DAY AT THE RACES (Saratoga race track) FRANCIS, RON FORTIN, VITA DESROCHES,RUDY DOWD,JOHN LINCOLN GUBALA,JOE SHERIDAN, STEVE THE LAST WORD - GHO COMMENTS BIANCHI, MANDO HAMILTON, DOUG ANNIS FAMILY CALLAHAN, PAUL BUCK, EDWARD NO POLITICAL DEBATE LOVELANDS QUESTIONS TO CANDIDATES ALDERMAN,FLORENCE MURDOCK, ROLAND COLLETTI, JOE THARALDSON, ROGER BEDNARZ,LARRY BEDNARZ, ZIGGY BEDNARZ, ZIGGY CAFFREY DENNIS, LEO PFAFFENBICHLERS HARRISON, JIM GATTI,JOE BRADFORD,SUZANNE GRAKOWSKI, JOE DE MOURA CASTRO, BRIDGET CHRISTMAS ANDIOR NEW YEARS WOODBURY, ANN By JACK REDMOND Joseph Eugene Dulka, Sr., a navy veteran of World War Two with duty from Italy to the island of Guam, is the com- Cabbages and Kings: man'der of the local American Legion. ' The Ansonia, Connecticut native, father of five, is mar­ ried to Stephanie Czaple Dulka. Joe, a quie~.m.an, with a .ready smile, was eag~r to talk Joe Dulka: about his family the LegIOn, but not necessarIly about himself. It~ ',"~~d nothing exciting or interesting" to say .. .like a lot of folks, but their stories usually prove them the committees (the backbone of any organization) per­ wrong. form their duties. " He said in essence, "the local American The youthful Dulka story, began when he was a navy Legion Post is dedicated to providing service to veterans, recruit, l~aving .Ansonia on a cold February morning in youth and the community and has done so for the past 63 1943, hoping to see the world and be a part of the war. He years." landed in ·Maryland for boot camp training and his hopes were under way. After finding what a navyman can do for THE LOCAL LEGION meets- at the Main and Elm Street his country,-,.Joe. was shipped to Virginia for gunnery Memorial Hall on the third Thursday of every month. school. Before he became commander, Joe served on the post When fully trained, and considered an able seaman, he finance officer and historian. His wife, "Steph" has/been became a part of the crew on a converted transport, ferry­ an active member of the ladies auxiliary for four years. ing troops across the Atlantic to the African and Italian She is the chairperson of the committee for campaigns. A landing in southern France with two battle "Americanism." The Dulkas visit the veteran hospitals stars, are among Joe's memories of duty in Europe. around the state on a regular basis, as commander and However, his naval experience in the war did not end with member of the auxiliary. this assignment. Joe has five children ... two boys and three girls. Linda is the oldest, followed by Carol, Joseph Jr., Eileen and Kevin. IN 1944, AFTER A SHORT leave at home, Joe was off to Linda is married to Richard Mikan. The Mikans live in the Pacific theater of operations. He said, "we landed in Windsor Locks with their two sons. Carol Morrissette and HawaiL.duty on the island of MauL.I would say, was not her husband Brian, have a daughter and they also live in very rough duty.'" This leisure life did not last long, leaving town. Joe, Jr., is a sergeant with the National Guard paradise by crossing the international date line (a (MPs), lives at home and is employed by the Emery Air theoretical line following approximately the 180th meri­ Freight. Eileen and her older sisters and brother all dian, the regions to the east of which are counted as being graduated from the local high school. Kevin is a junior at one day earlier in their calendar dates than the regions to the Raider School and played midget football in town. the west) in 1945, on the way to Guam. "Steph", a graduate of the University of Hartford, with a , The war ended with V:·J Day, but Joe was not discharged masters from the Central Connecticut College, is a Penn­ until January, 1946, returning to civilian life, with a host of sylvania native. Her family moved to New York City, just war, sea and island stories. in time for her to attend school in Brooklyn and then high The return of the seasoned sailor meant taking it easy for school in Manhattan. Their next move was to Hartford. a while ... with the help of the 52-20 club. It was a twenty dollar payment, every week for a year, to the returning EPILOG veterans, assuming they did not go right to a job.) He took Joseph Eu~ene Dulka, Sr., has been to many ports ... all advantage of the government pay ... but ~ot long enough, he exciting and mteresting. He saw the world from a front row recalle~ with a laugh. seat during World War Two. He returned home and now is - ... y the leader of a veteran organization, taking his role HE WENT TO' WORK for General Electric, fo~ a six­ seriously. He found the time to enjoy and visit the halls of month trial period ... then drove a truck for a roofing com­ fame of three major sports, with Victor and Kevin and his pany in his hometown area and in Hartford. He finally dancing and dinning partner, Stephanie. I'd say, Joe is a found his niche with the Sigourney Tool Company for an very interesting guy ... especially to the people who eleven year period. In 1968, he left Sigourney, to join the count. .. his family. Windsor Manufacturing Company, where he works today. Joe has been a resident of Windsor Locks since 1958. His outside activity, in addition to raising a large family and steady employment with the tool and Windsor Manufactur­ ing, has been the involvement with the American Legion for the past twenty-seven years. - The active legionnaire IS commander of 248 members. He said, the chief fUIl:ction of the commander is to "see that WINDSOR LOCKS JOURNAL, JANUARY 7, 1983 The American legion Commander WINDSOR LOCKS JOURNAL, JANUARY 14, 1983 Cabbages and Kings Lucille Bosco: Artistry By JACK REDMOND grandchildren. Lucille Paganelli Bosco enjoys oil pain­ Lucille's education included St. Mary's ting as a hobby because it is relaxing and and several years at night school. Her ar­ "brings me into another world," she said tistic talents did not surface until much candidly. The friendly lady's artistry came later. The past two years she has taken to light last year with the donation of her lessons at various art classes in the area. painting of the Noden-Reed House to the At the adult night classes, at the high Windsor Locks Historical Society, which school, Lucille is studying Chinese art. She she is a member. admits that she is an "oil painter," and the Born in the northern part of Italy, in a traditional Chinese art is in water colors. town called Maretto, Lucille Paganelli Lucille, one who knows her own mind, told came to the United States, with her family, the teacher, "I want to try it- in oils," and when she was only three months old. She the first Chinese art in oils may be on the was told of the family seasickness and her canvas before long. "crying all the time." However, they arriv­ Their home is filled with art work of this ed safe and sound, settling in East Wall­ talented lady, with exhibits of landscapes, ingford, Connecticut. When she was seven, portraits and all types of flowers. Lucille's the family moved to Windsor Locks in the -membership in the art colony in the area, south end of town. Her father raised corn, has included the Tobacco Valley Art Club, potatoes, tobacco, pigs, chickens and cows and currently the Pallet and Brush Club in on the family farm. She recalls walking to Windsor. It was her association with the St. Mary's School, the depression years, Historical Society that led to the painting, with the closing of banks during the from a photograph, of the well-known Roosevelt era. Noden-Reed Home on West Street. Lucille has been a resident of Windsor Locks for over sixty years. When jobs were LIFE IS NOT ALL PALLET and brush difficult during the depression she worked for Lucille. Her and Frank are charter on tobacco, moved to factory work at Mon­ members of the Senior Citizen's Club. They tgomery and finally finding a steady posi­ have taken advantage of the many trips tion with the Southern New England around the country as one of the Club's ac­ Telephone Company. In 1970, after twenty­ tivities. Foreign trips of Lucille and her three years, as an operator, Lucille retired. friends have been to Spain and parts of Europe. When she isn't traveling or pain­ THE YEAR OF RETIREMMENT also ting her time is filled with sewing, knitting meant a wedding for Lucille and Frank and crocheting. Bosco. He was born near Rome, Italy. He The active septuagenarian enjoys being worked for Bigelow's for ten years before a wife ... does not like to rush things and going into the grocery business. Frank was when asked about life in general said ... "I a fixture in the Thompsonville area for want to get all I can out of life, without hur­ over forty years. He has a son, Joseph, a ting anyone." Lucille "adored" her mother dentist in Fairfax, Virginia. His daughter and father, when asked who she most ad­ Connie Casinghino lives in Enfield.