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A Message to the Employees ofthe Paul Whitin Manufacturing

Co., Who Are in the Service

NEWS ERVolume I , No. 2

The company wishes to assure you thatyou are very much i n our thoughts, andthat we are sol idly behind you and aredoing everything we can and get t ing oueall the war work possible to assist you.

You, doubtless, are more interested i nvillage news t h a n i n k i n d l y sentiment,and I am g iv ing you some o f the recentchanges.

We a l l go to work now th ru the southgate, where we have an armed guard wholooks a t our badges before admit t ing us.We bui l t him a l i t t le brick house to watchfrom, and no one can enter the mi l l wi th-out a badge. There are three guards, onefor each s h i f t , and t h e i r un i fo rms a r emade f rom Paul Wh i t i n Mfg. Co.'s cloth.

The Electric Pond was drained this fall,and a new cr ib put in the center in placeof the old decayed one. T h e mud was en-t irely scooped out and replaced along theeast side by clean sand, making a moreattractive swimming place for the young-sters next summer. T h e water was con-siderably deepened each side o f the crib,and spring-boards were p u t on the c r ibfor the boys who l ike to dive. T h e pondfilled up to a very unattractive coffee colorfrom the new bottom, but we expect thatthis w i l l a l l sett le and clear so t ha t wewil l have attractive clean water for bath-ing next summer.

The inter iors o f both the Catholic andProtestant churches have been renovatedand brightened up from gif ts made by theCompany.

The coca-cola machines, i n which youand o the r employees used t o p u t y o u rnickles i n t h e m i l l , have tu rned o u t aprofit, a l l o f w h i c h t h e managementturned over t o t h e Employees We l fa reFund, administered b y a committee o femployees. F r o m this fund, you each wi l lreceive a Christmas remembrance to showyou t h a t we a l l have you i n ou r mindsand hearts.

A t the latest accounts, there were 69employees who had joined the service, anda total of 205 from our l i t t le village. T h i sis against a total of 99 only in the last war.

On Saturday, November 14th, we hadquite a social evening which was paid fo rby the Employees Welfare Fund. The Vi l -lage Hall was turned over to the employeesof the Pau l W h i t i n Manufactur ing Co.,and each employee was entit led to br inga guest t o a f ree dance. A v e r y la rgecrowd at tended, est imated a t betweeneight hundred and nine hundred people.Bowling, poo l a n d refreshments ( b o t hsolid and l iquid) occupied the lower floor,

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

from PAUL WHITIN, Trcasitrerand Eddie Dolbert 's orchestra furnishedmusic for dancing in the upper hall. C . H.Ferris, of the Navy, was promptor for theold-fashioned danc ing ( t h e j i t t e r -bugsneeded no prompt ing) , and a good t imewas enjoyed by all .

With reference to the work in the mil l :There is scarcely a single operative whodoes no t have something t o do on somepart of the war effort, and we are makingand experimenting wi th many new clothswhich we have never made before. Every -one is taking hold wi th a wi l l , and we areall t r y i n g t o do o u r ve ry best i n everypossible way to help you win the war. W erealize, however, how small our contribu-tion is compared to yours.

A Service F lag has been ordered to f lyon the common, under 'Old Glory' to showour thought o f you. M a y we see you a l lback soon!

Northbridge High SchoolNovember 30, 1942

Northbridge h igh school footbal l teamclimaxed t he i r footbal l season, Thanks-giving Day by a 19 to 0 w in over the i rrivals Mi l lbury high and thereby clinchedthe State Class D championship.

Northbridge and Holden h igh elevensare ra ted as the best i n the Worcestercounty and from the middle of the seaonIt was apparent t h a t t he North ies andHolden were going to be in the race f o rthe leading team i n th i s v ic in i ty. A n d ,since, the Northbr idge gr id i ron machinewas selected as Class D champions by theBoston Newspaper Wr i te rs Ass, i t is as-sumed tha t the locals are the team.

Holden h i g h concluded t h e i r seasonNovember l l t h undefeated and was chal-lenged b y Coach L e o Sm i th ' s o f t h eNorthies for a game but no response wasgiven. A week ago (November 27). aletter appeared in the sporting page of theWorcester Gazette by Coach Smith againchallenging the Holden team b u t t o noavail.

Northbridge finishes i ts 1942 season as• State Class D Champions. T h e Northieswon 8, lest 1, and tied one in the strongestschedule i n years. T h e lone defeat wasby the Class A Newton high team, 7 to 2.The Sm.thmen r a n up a grand to ta l o f265 points f o r the season, the largest i nthe h is to ry o f Northbr idge.

N. H . S. E L E C T S C O - C A P TA I N SZazen Dagirmanjian and Oscar Naroian

—co-captains, Nor thbr idge H i g h SchoolFootball—former was a guard and lat tera tackle on th is year's team.

M H O M EDecember 1942

Lawrence M. KeelerEditor-in-Chief

I know t h a t you w i l l be interested t ohear something about the awarding of the" M " Pennant to the shop. T h e programstarted off wi th the f i l ing in , o f the Hon-orable Leveret t Saltonstall, Governor o fMassachusetts, Charles E. Walsh, Jr. andother guests o f honor. T h e y marched uponto the stage.

The Star Spangled Banner was playedby Bob Pooley's Orchestra, next a prayerby the Rev. John J . Foram A welcomew as given b y the master o f ceremonies,F. Eugene Banfield, J r.

The governor's speech was very good.The Victory Fleet Flag and Marit ime " M "Pennant was then presented b y CharlesE. Walsh, Jr. , Chief of Procurement Sec-tion. United States Marit ime Commission.Mr. J. Hugh Bolton accepted the flag andpe nnant and t h e "Song o f t h e V i c t o r yFleet" was played as the flag and pennantwas raised.

Mr. Walsh presented the Labor Mer i tBadges a n d they were accepted b y t h efollowing men: Charles Walsh employee'srepresentative, Dennis Mack, Alonzo H .Gill, Richard M. Ferguson, Will iam Deane,John VanderBaan, J . R . Luc ien B lou inand K a z a r N o r o i a n ( A v e r a g e serv iceforty-five years).

Although Admira l Land was unable toattend a si lver cup was presented to h imby a l l shop employees, b y M r . JamesGraham. M r . Wa l s h accepted f o r A d -miral Land. M r . James Graham's presen-tation speech was excellent.

Mr. E. Kent Swif t then gave a speech ofappreciation followed by Rev. Horace G.Robson o f t h e Congregational Church.The program closed w i t h the p lay ing o f"Marching Along Together."

The celebrat ion t o o k p l a c e o n t h egrounds of the late Mrs. Marston Whit in.There was a very large attendance, be-tween 5500 and 6000 people. T h e weatherwas ideal. T h e stage paint ing and deco-rat ing was done by Kenneth Stairs. W ehope that we can add another star to thepennant in about six months.

Hats o f f to the Armen ian BoysAt th i s w r i t i n g there a re 88 boys o f

Armenian extraction serving Uncle Samin t h e va r ious forces. S u r e l y such amarked response t o the Amer ican W a yshould not go unnoticed. T h e entire staffpause i n salute to these boys.

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MEN EVERYWHERE(From your Society Editors, Nora Car r,Gladys Marshall, Gertrude McGovern)We hope th is finds you a l l i n the best

of health and spirit. We, here at home, aredoing everything in our power to help youremain so. ( T h i s newspaper is one wayin which we hope to attain this goal!) We ,the society edi tors w i l l t r y t o t e l l youabout some of the events that have takenplace, or wi l l , hereabouts.

Dances, part ies and other affa i rs con-tinue to be given and you are a l l sorelymissed at these affairs.

On October 30th a Hallowe'en Dancewas given a t the "Gym" f o r the purposeof ra is ing money w i t h which t o publ ishthis newspaper. I t was a very successfulevent, both socially and financially, w i t habout 650 persons attending. O l d fash-ioned dancing, t h e ra f f l ing o f f o f W a rBonds, and a sl ide highl ighted the eve-ning. Pr izes were awarded f o r costumesand c ider and doughnuts were enjoyedby all. T h e staff o f this paper served asthe committee.

Mrs. H a r r y Bedford, o f Linwood Ave-nue, has joined the WA A C . S h e i s thefirst woman from town to join this organi-zation. W e know that you al l jo in every-one here a t home i n wishing Louise lotsof luck i n her new work. M r s . Bedfordhas tendered her resignation as presidentof the Woman's Club. M r s . Max Thomp-son of H i l l Street, has been chosen to f i l lthis office.

Incidentally, the Woman's Club has hada dance a t the Town Hal l . T h e purposewas to raise money fo r wa r rel ief. W a rBonds and a turkey were raffled off duringthe evening. Bob Pooley's Orchestra sup-plied the music.

The Beano parties, sponsored by St.Peter's Church in Northbridge, still areheld each Friday night. From all reportsthis has a good attendance every week.

Some of the gir ls at the W. M. W. havegotten together and formed a Glee Club.The main idea behind i t is to give wives,sweethearts and sisters of you servicemensomething to do on some o f the i r manyspare evenings—and we do mean many !The meetings are held at the "Gym" eachFriday evening f rom 7 :00 P. M. to 9 :00P. M., and a good time is had by all. T h emembers a r e t r y i n g t o round u p somemore g i r l s who m i g h t be interested, assinging is certa in ly a f ine pastime. M r .Henry Bouvier is the musical director andMiss Helen Cotter, accompanist. Officerselected at the first meeting are: President,Miss Ei leen Rie l ly ; Vice-president, Mrs.Greenhalgh ; Secretary, Miss Yvonne Be-noit; Treasurer, Mrs. Bernard Adams.

Everybody seems to be gett ing engagedor marr ied around here. H e r e are a fewof them—Priscil la Simmons has accepteda diamond f r o m I . W i l l i a m Moul ton o fNo. Brookfield.

Marjorie K e i t h h a s m a r r i e d L e s l i eSwindell of Worcester. H e is in the army,stationed in Mississippi.

Miss Grace Baker, 93 Grove Street andJacob Kooistra o f 32 Brook Street weremarried in the parsonage of the ChristianReform Church. H e is entering the armedservices o f the country short ly.

Sidney G. Al len and Doris Chandler ofRochester, N . Y. , were mar r ied a t t heColgate Div in i ty School. M r . Al len is con-nected wi th the At lant ic City, N. J. branchof the Eastman Kodak Co. H e is makingpreparations to enter the U. S. A rmy soon.His br ide is a supervisor o f the nurses'staff at the Rochester Memorial Hospital.

Mugurditch Pihbosian, 200 Church St.,and Dorothy M a r y Graham, 10 Centra lSt., have filed marr iage intentions.

Charles Mantell, son of Mrs. CorneliusMantell, S i l ve r Road, has l e f t f o r t h eNaval A i r Service Tr a i n i n g Stat ion a tChapel Hi l l , N. C.

Storeskeeper f i r s t class, Clarence A l -drich was able to get home for a few hourslast week. Clarence is one of our boys whohas been in the service since the beginning.

The Police dance was a great success.Jitterbugs and wal tz enthusiasts each

had t h e i r t u r n a t t h e Woman 's C l u bThanksgiving Dance he ld a t t h e To w nHal l on November 20th. Contests werestaged t o t h e - music o f B o b Pooley o fWorcester, w i t h j i t t e rbug honors go ingto Eileen Riley of Whitinsvil le and PrivateEarl Shannon of For t Devens. T h e waltzprizes were carried away by Mrs. M. Hal-loran and M r. Louis Savino of Uxbridge.

Lucky winner of the bond drawing wasMiss Alice Cahil l of Border Street, Whi t -insville. T h e w i n n i n g number o n t h eturkey raff le w a s he ld b y M r . E d w a r dStevens of East Douglas. T h e door prize—a live chicken—went to Miss Ann Hard-ing o f Whit insvi l le.

The dance was a g rea t success f inan-cially and socially. Ove r $400 was nettedby the Woman's Club for use in war reliefand f o r local benefits. Serv ice men werespecial guests o f the Club, and twenty-seven soldiers came down f rom For t Dev-ens to enjoy the dancing. One South Caro-l ina private was so impressed with North-ern hospitality that he told the committeehe'd had the best time of his l i fe. One ofthe highlights of the evening, as far as theservicemen were concerned, was the quan-tities of home-made cake served them withthe special supper prepared f o r them i nthe voting hall. Eve ry bit of left-over cakewas careful ly wrapped and carried off toDevens.

Mrs. Daniel C. Duggan, Jr., was incharge o f the dance. Ass is t i ng her wereMrs. H a r r y Bedford, Mrs. Robert Wood,Mrs. E a r l S. L iber ty, Mrs . Louis Veau,Mrs. E r i c Pierson, Mrs. Harold Baszner,Miss Marie Maddocks, and Mrs. Oliver S.Chute.

W H I T I N S V I L L E , MASS.

Whispers Column(By Augusta Winchell Lorenz, R.N.)The time goes by so quickly that I won-

der i f I shall be able to keep up w i th thiscolumn. Flash—flash— (stall ing for time)The girls have got their slacks but to dateI haven't seen any worn on the street o rin t h e shop yet . I suppose each g i r l i swait ing fo r someone else to pu t them onfirst. T h e r e are as you know many dif-ferent sized ladies—Whoa! W h a t am Isaying?

Mrs. John Lasell has taken a job in theshop doing personnel work f o r the gir ls.

Mr. James Graham "stole the show" atthe Mar i t ime award ceremonies. A f inespeech, and when he presented the si lvercup to Mr. Walsh f rom the W. M. W. em-ployees there were tears in many an eye—very impressive.

Mr. Wi l l iam Hoch's many friends wereglad to see h im looking so well.

Lt. Commander James Tr u s l o w w h owas unable t o come t o Whi t insv i l le f o rthe ceremonies was missed. I don't knowwhether you know i t , bu t he was respon-sible f o r the idea o f th is l i t t le paper.

I 'm s t i l l t r y i ng to f ind ou t what F lo r -ence Baldwin, "Peg" Duggan, Mary EllenAdams and Dor i s B lou in wen t t o N e wYork fo r, and what they were up to.

Mr. Hans Thie ler ou r celebrated pho-tographer received the Achievement Tro-phy for outstanding technical accomplish-ment f rom Hollywood f o r his marvelousfilm on flowers.

Say boys, I bet $5.00 the other day thatthis w a r would n o t be over nex t year,hur ry up and see tha t I lose the bet.

Lawrence Keeler's pigs are sti l l wait ingfor the superior garbage f rom the Cafe-teria but are hoping to get i t by January1st, 1943. I t i s beginning t o take on avery nice shape ( I mean the bui lding notthe pigs.)

The Report Center i s being moved t othe old mi l l because of heating problems.

I 'm th ink ing o f bui lding a double run-ner and charking 5c a r ide down H i l l St.for anyone who wants to slide down wi thme ; b u t o f course they w i l l have to f indsome way of gett ing up the h i l l again.

I th ink tha t I ' d better sign off now orsome of you wi l l be wr i t ing in and asking,"Who is the nut that writes the WhispersColumn!"

Night Club FireThe Cocoanut Grove Night Club fire i n

Boston caused the death of the fo l lowingWhit insvi l le people:

John (Bugs) Bagley 4 Brooks St."Joe" A. Boratyn 4 7 Edgemer Ave.Mrs. " J im" Duggan 9 Overlook St.

Those seriously burned:Albert J. Belanger 1 8 D St." J im" DugganWil l iam Tra inor o f Uxbridge also lost

his l i f e i n the terr ib le f i re t h a t took thelives of nearly 500 people.

The " N e w s F r o m H o m e " Committeewishes to express their deepest sympathyto the fami ly of Henry Donat LachapelleEdgemer Ave., who was ki l led i n action.

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Wr i t i ng f o r " N e w s f r o m H o m e " r e -quires a new l ine o f thought ( T h e f i r s tfor some o f us) . Y o u can imagine howeveryone at home is grabbing up the news-papers morning and evening and rushingto the radio for the news broadcasts thesedays. T h e r e is such a flood o f big doingspouring i n f r o m a l l over the wor ld t ha tmost o f us f a i l t o size u p the changesaround home. Those of you who have beenaway some t ime would quickly notice, i fyou dropped i n , m a n y changes i n y o u rtown about which we have not wr i t ten toyou because the b ig news f o r us is yourdoings, not ours.

This state o f affairs is a l i t t le—a veryl i t t le—like the story we read in the paperthis week of the comments to newsmen byan officer o f a Br i t i sh cruiser which hadjust been through 48 hours o f battles i nconnection w i t h t h e invasion o f N o r t hAfr ica. T h e cruiser had sunk three heavydestroyers and dodged at least twenty-fivetorpedoes among many other hair-raisingactivities; but the executive officer, having

thr-argh two years o f such experi-ences, w a s embarrassed a n d apologeticbecause they "had absolutely nothing" totell to the correspondents.

"Shavings" from thePattern Shop

(By Patr ick A. McGovern)The pattern-makers had a Hallowe'en

Party a t the Past ime Club i n Douglas.Bob McDonald had charge of the TurkeySupper (was i t good !) Herman Buma andJimmie Ferguson conducted games and I ,as usual, d i d the decorating. O u r goodwives cooked the turkeys and the pies.

We sang the Star Spangled Banner asa t r ibu te to the boys who have l e f t ourranks f o r Unc le Sam's — Frank L i g h t -bown, Ray Remil lard, A . A l len, J . Mos-coffian, M . A . Richardson, E . R . Vasi le,J. L . McTiernan.

You should have seen Bob Gonyor as a5'11(4;1 ! St range th ing though he had no

(By Henry R. Bai ley)

That's the way i t is w i th us : We don'thave t o dodge very many torpedoes, bu tin the excitement o f the wor ld news i trequires a new line of thought to tel l youof the changes around home. S o don't besurprised i f you should f ind, when youcome back, tha t we neglected to te l l youthat Northbridge hill had become an activevolcano, o r something equally g lar ing toyour unaccustomed eye!

Give us a d ig i f we skip a pa r t o f thenews you wan t !

The Hallowe'en Par ty conducted by the"News f rom Home," Committee on Octo-ber 30th last was a grand success, bothsocially and f inancial ly. T h e Committeewishes to extend the i r thanks to a l l whohelped i n any way, on that splendid occa-sion.

We sincerely hope that the men in serv-ice w i l l enjoy our paper, as much as weenjoy prepar ing and sending i t to them.

The townspeople are behind us one hun-dred percent i n a l l o u r efforts, towardgiving the men the items of interest whichwe feel wi l l be worthwhile to them.

The amount realized f r o m the aboveevent wi l l enable us to carry the news toyou fo r at least one year.

harem. B o b w i l l also be wear ing UncleSam's khak i soon. H e leaves next weekfor officers' t ra in ing.

"Vic " K i lbe rg was j u s t too cute as ababy n u r s i n g bot t le , r ubbe r tee th ingr ing and al l .

Frank Joslin's son, F. A r thu r, has beenhome on a fur lough. H e ' s a shining ex-ample of now American youth loves UncleSam. He ' s not yet eighteen and is in theMarine Corps, stationed a t N e w River,North Carolina.

John Peterson of the Pattern Lo f t sentus a card. He 's a t Camp Pickett. Tha t ' salso F r a n k Lightbown's location. Ta k egood care o f each other, boys.

Foreman Lees i s hav ing a ha rd t imethese days t r y i ng to make the boys keeptheir eyes on their work. Yo u see about ahundred g i r l s a re work ing on the f loorwith us these days and it 's in thei r direc-tion that somehow the boys want to look.

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

Riverdale News(by Dr. E. H. Barclay)

We wi l l do our best to keep up with youboys, but you are moving so rap id ly tha tyou mus t f u l l y realize t ha t you are no tgoing to get every issue on time, and wewould appreciate a card or a note g iv ingus your new mai l ing address each t imeyou change.

We fo lks back a t home here feel t h a teach and every one of you boys is activelyengaged, and we w a n t you t o feel t h a talthough you may be thousands o f milesaway f r o m the act ive arenas t h a t s t i l lyou are a powerful contr ibutory force tothe success o f our side i n each o f thosearenas.

Sergeant A r t h u r Gauthier dropped usa few lines and told us how much he appre-ciated our efforts, and we, unused to re-porting news, a l o t o f t ime miss th ingsthat would be quite newsy to you.

Yesterday morning Clarence Haywardcame home on a few hours leave, and Natsays tha t he has acquired so much o f asouthern d r a w l t h a t h i s mother d i d n ' trecognize his voice and had to be in t ro-duced to him again. Maybe we wi l l not beable to understand at all you fellows whocome back f rom Guadalcanal and Af r ica .The Lord only knows what sort of accentyou w i l l have.

Emile Bisson l e f t l as t week, and w ebelieve t h a t he i s t r a i n ing f o r M i l i t a r yPolice Escort Guard, at Camp Upton, NewYork. A l so since last reporting, Dick Hay-ward has left and he is at Camp Brecken-ville, Kentucky. W a l t e r Merchant , J r . ,has entered the service, and says he i sgoing t o be j u s t as good a man as h isbrother, Corporal Emile.

When you boys come home, you w i l lhave to keep a sharp lookout f o r River-dale Street , as t h e To w n ImprovementAssociation, Duggan & Co., has promisedquite an improvement a t the corner.

Red Scott has become a marine farmer,having dug a mill ion water lilies f rom ourforebay, and we are going to need a l l o fthis potential energy when our fuel rat ionfinally gets in to f u l l swing.

We a r e g l a d t o r e p o r t considerableprogress is being made by our three oldfriends, Isaac Majeau, Pete Pouliott, andAmos Lefrancois, who a i e recuperat ingat West Boylston.

Recently Henry Wood had his parents,Levi and Rose Plaissance, together w i thhis fiancee,•Miss Adeline Opatka, come toNew York , and there his engagement toAdeline was announced.

Rockdale News(By Gerald L. Gaudette)

Hiya Boys:I suppose i f I want to be correct I should

add "G i r l s " to my salutation, as they tooare s t a r t i n g t o leave f o r t h e va r iousbranches of the service. To date I do notknow o f any f rom this pa r t o f the townthat have gone but understand that thereare some from Whitinsvil le about to leave.

I th ink that I w i l l have to speak to oneof those "Hats of Brass" we hear and readso much about and see what can be doneto keep you fellows in one spot long enoughfor th is paper to reach you. D a n Nobleleft last week and I got a note f rom h imthat he was a t Devens and would l ike toreceive his issue which we prompt ly sentand t w o days l a te r I g o t another note

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ROCKDALE N E W S(continued)

saying he was stationed at Westover field.Keep them f ly ing Danny and we w i l l doour best to see that you get your paper.

I t w a s mos t p leasing t o receive t h eletters and cards f r o m you fel lows andto know t h a t t h e paper had been we l lreceived. K n o w i n g that , i t real ly makesit easy t o t a p t h i s o u t as the deadlinestares me in the face.

I would l ike to hear f rom more o f youfellows from Rockdale and what ever sug-gestions you have to make this paper moreinteresting to you.

Among t h e le t te rs received w a s onefrom "Richard ( D i c k ) A l la in " stationedat the U. S. Naval Tra in ing School, Bed-ford Springs, Penna., who said tha t theworld was treat ing him real fine, tha t hewas doing very well at his school bu t thatthe pa r t of his new l i fe that he likes bestis the early morning exercises. D i c k saysthat he is so cold when he starts out thathe gets al l the exercise he needs by jus tshivering. Cheer up Dick, think of all thej i t terbug contests you w i l l w in when youcome home.

Also heard f r o m Cpl . Robert Jacques797th. Teck S. S. Bks. 627—Johnson Field,Goldsboro, N. C. B e s t of luck to you sol-dier and thanks a mil l ion fo r taking timeout to wr i te me.

Received le t te r f rom Paul Lava l lee o fCamp Shelby, Miss., th is week and learnthat he has been promoted to Cpl. Keepup the good work Paul .

Was pleased to hear f rom Pvt. EugeneGoyette stationed at Camp Edwards whois on the Clinical Staff as Charge of Quar-ters a t the Company office and Battal ionHeadquarters. L i k e s i t ve ry much andwas very pleased to receive his cony of thepaper. Inc identa l ly I did not realize thatGene was a poet bu t he sent me a poemhe wrote and requested we publish i t . Iwish we could but our paper is too smallto publish anything but news.

Well, let's see what has happened hereat home during the last few weeks. Lou isChosta, Pray. Rd., le f t f o r the ,Army a i rforce ground crew and last heard was stil lin Devens. J i m m y Spratt, School St., alsoleft f o r the same branch and i s now a tRome, N . Y.

Neil McNei l , School St., is now in Cal.in the Medical Corps, US Navy. B e care-ful, Ne i l , I understand t h e Man-powershortage has oreated a cr i t ical s i tuat ionamong those B E A U T I F t I L Ho l l ywoodmovie stars. L e t me know i f this is true. Ican s tar t saving my " A " coupons.

Wil l iam Latraverse, J r. , according t oWm., Sr. , i s s t i l l stationed i n Port land,Maine. H e is doing clerical work in H.Q.so any of you guys stationed there bettersee B i l l a b o u t g e t t i n g y o u r f u r l o u g hpasses.

Maurice Lussier has been home on fu r -lough f r om Camp Hood, Texas. H e wasoperated on a t the camp fo r appendicitisand broke the stitches a few days a f te rthe operation and has been sent home torecuperate. H e is st i l l a l i t t le wobbly butcoming a long f ine. I a m sure t h a t hewould like to hear from some of his friendsand for the next week or so any mail wouldreach h im a t his home.

Well, boys, I th ink this about winds meup, as I seem t o be p lumb f resh ou t o fnews, so wil l say "so long" t i l l next month.The months do seem to go by pret ty fastbut our one consolation is i n the knowl-edge that as each one does go by we arethat much closer to final v ictory and wi thyou boys i n there pi tching. W e l l , as afellow once said, " I ' d ra the r f i gh t w i t hya th in agin ya".

Linwood News(By J. Harold Baszner)

Kenneth Champl in, son o f George K .Champlin f o rmer l y resided a t t he resi-dence of Andrew C. Ballentine, HighlandPark, L inwood, had been v i s i t i ng re la-tives and fr iends a short t ime ago and isstill f resh i n the i r memory so th is newswil l be o f interest. H e had one year o fthe regular army and decided to jo in theU. S. Marines. A f t e r passing tests he wasstationed a t the Charleston N a v y Ya r dwhere he received h is f u r t h e r t ra in ing .News has j u s t reached us t h a t he is i nthe th ick o f the f ight ing a t Guadalcanal.Al l the folks back home are th ink ing o fyou Ken. Good L u c k !

The Northbr idge H igh School footbal lteam lost one of its greatest blocking backswhen Eddie Fournier of Providence Road,was in ju red . H i s f a t h e r te l l s u s t h a tEddie w i l l b e o u t f o r t h e r e s t o f t h eseesnn. H e w a s considered ona o f t h e

ainstays o f t he ' c . tii.mndge backfield• by al l the County . • - - r i te vs. Speedyrecovery Eddie.

Private Emi le Boileau f rom F o r t Ord11,s just completed a 10 day furlough wi thhis folks on Oak St. H e was inducted intothe A r m y jus t 3 months ago.

Albert Couture o f M a i n St . , has en-listed i n the U . S. N a v y and word hasbeen received here that ho has 'wen trans-ferred to the Technical Div. at WentworthInstitute o f Boston. H e j u s t re turnedafter sp'.•nding t h e week-end w i t h h i sfolks.

Pvt. Loufs Lavasseur o f Linwood St.,recently inducted in the A rmy is now sta-tioned ac, Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

Lawrence Bowers o f Lake Street hasenlisted in the A r m y Signal Corps and isstationed in Boston. M r . Bowers is mar-ried and has one child.

Pvt. George Poulin, son of Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Poulin of Boufford Lane, has beentransferred to A t lan ta , Ga., f rom CampKilmer, N . J.

Miss Diana Isabele o f Lake Street isrecuperating a t S t . V i n c e n t Hosp i ta l ,Worcester, fol lowing an operation.

Men in service who were home over theweek end of Nov. 7th, were: Pvt . George

_M. Gur:r f ;n etz"..s•, a t Ca “4-,N. J . ; Pv t . Edmund Plante stationed a tCamp K l Imer, N . J . w i t h Pv t . Guer t in ;and Pv t . I I a rvey Roy stationed a t F o r tDevens.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Heroux of Har t fordAvenue and Mr. and Mrs. Laur iat Herouxof Boufford L a n e have re turned f r o mCanada where they attended the funeralof Mrs. Heroux.

Pvt. Rene O. Guertin, recently inductedin serv ice i s n o w stat ioned a t C a m pBi•eckenridge, Ky.

Pvt. Viccor Parent at Cann) Groft, S. C.,and Pvt . Ernest Courteau is stationed atCamp Edwards.

Members o f the Children o f Mary So-dali ty of the Church of the Good Shepherdsponsored a whist party Wednesday night,Nov. 18th , a t 8 o'clock, i n t h e par i shhail. Miss Claire Benoit was chairman as-sisted by Misses Doral l is Picard, EvelynMattie, Rose Poul iot and Emma Matt ie.

Mr. and Mrs . Louis C. Mucciaroni o fChurch Street are the parents of a daugh-ter born at Memorial Hospital, Worcester.

Mr. and M r s . A l f r e d R . M a r t i n andAlfred M a r t i n o f Wol laston spent t h e

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week-end a t the home of Mrs. Louisa M.Dion, Main St.

Roland J . Dion, son o f M r . and Mrs .Harmas G . D i o n o f School S t ree t hasreturned to Norfolk Navy Yard, Va., afterspending a seven-day f u r l ough a t h i shume.

Miss Vio la A . Nolet, daughter o f M r.and Mrs. Joseph Nolet of Providence Road,and H a r v e y LaLiber te, son o f M r . andMrs. George LaLiberte of Elm Street, wil lbe marr ied Wednesday a t the Church o fthe Good Shepherd.

Well, boys, that 's a l l f o r now. I n themeantime we're a l l th ink ing o f you hereat home, and i n the most sincere wordsfrom oI l o f us to a l l o f you, Good Luck,God Guide and Bless you a l l . S e e younext month.

Fish Stories(By Sally Jones)

There are many new hunters in town ;as there is l i t t le GAS and the boys cannotgo places.

Herman " H u m p y " Buma who used t othrow t h e m b y t h e boys i n t h e ShopLeague i s one o f them. H e has a newhound, and he spends most o f h is t imehunting f o r the dog instead o f rabbits.

J immy " S h u r S h o t " G e l l a t l y t o o k"Cookie" Barnes and the Ed i to r out theother day and showed us how i t is done.

An honor roll placque hangs in the CoreRoom and contains pictures o f many o fthe boys o f the Core Room who are nowin t h e armed service. T h e pictures a resnapshots about 2 x 3 inches in size andare pasted on as they come in.

I t has been impossible to get pictures ofall the boys, but i f you read this and yourpicture is not up, please send one in.

This placque has created considerableinterest and helped us to vividly rememberthe boys who serve thei r country.

We sincerely hope that all the boys maysee i t on their return home after the War.

Johnny Peterson of the Pattern Lo f t isat Fo r t Pickett, Vi rg in ia.

Teddy Bisson o f t h e R i n g Job i s aSergeant a t F o r t Benning, Georgia.

Francis "Pee Wee" Bonoyer is also a tFort Benn:ng and iz e. C 3 r p r a l .

H a i r y Antoian is home on fur lough for30 days a f ter seeing much active servicein the Pacific.