I it ‘L I Iragillakaniligt i'AGES WILTON, TH1 1tSDAY, MAW! Lit ,74: EVE El BULLF t men an d Women Volunteers n . may than 44 pct cent of - ' a residents are engaged in type of conununity defame w ording to a report of aity jots Farr III, Directo• of Volunteer Bureau _ In sum - sl ag the work at the Meeting Defense Council at Ws Titan °fete last Friday, Mrs . Parr ced lest the files of 'Vil - e potential defense worcers aow complete . These files contain a tote of 33 names, of whom 548 are inen 532 are women Culled cut 1 pep:Litton of 2900, they bear assay to the community spirit th town The names Inc:Ude workers and telephone is at the Volunteer But eau lei is girls scouts, airplane as . garden (nib member . led sorters and members of the legion and other organ - its the fan list all men Ind in Wilton who are engaged t oral of community scanty sea as all who have signed - air enrollment cards In the cabinet of the Volun eer II each individual la repre - ati by a card on which Is 111ted nem activities in which he we is engaged . les . Tarr explained that w t breau enrolls personnel for Se work It endeavors to e in - . these indivaluala who are not dy Matti up for other de - lete A new of to was created to wmations to the enunr11 17avin it fain, !lye selections from the Elijah sung by the Wilton Choral Club at the conceit of the New Canaan Community Orchestra butt Friday . The concert, which was held at the Henry W . Saxe Junior High School, opened with is group of four numbers by the orchestra, the most ambitious of which was the first movement of Franck's D Minor Symphony The orchestra . which Is entirely an amateur or - ganization, showed how much it has gained in skill and musical coordination . under W illiam O'Shaugnessy's direction during the past year Following an intermission, the Choral Club sang "Be Not Afraid," the trio, "Lift Thine E sung by Leona Bodenmiller, Ethel Hughes and Jeanette Oliver, 'He Watching Over Israel," "He That Shall Endure To The End . " and the final chorus, ''And Then Shall Your Light Shine Forth . ' The beautiful piano accompaniment of Gladys Grove Weinberg contribu - ted greatly to the final result Mrs . Weinberg, a professional accom - panist of note, has played for the rehearsal for this and other con - certs of the group, and the Choral Club owes more to her assistance than is generally realized The singing was followed by a group of three numbers by the orchestra, and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner, led by Katherine Macy The Choral Club's next project will be Gilbert and Suillvan's op - eretta, "The Yeomen of the Guard," which sill be given May 29 and 30 Rehearsals started Monday evening and anyone inter - ested in joining the group It urged to make application as soon as possible _ The next meeting of the Choral Club %Ill be Wednes - day, March 25 Wiltonians Prove Generosity in Donations for Servicemen Tice 'actors - Book Campaign closed Saturday with a total of 1,005 books in the Wilton collection to be sent to American senice men Mrs . H . D Ingram . co - chair - man of the drive, states that more books are acceptable but will not be shipped until after another short drive in June when several homes will be opened for the sum - mer, the owners of which wish to make their contributions . Once more Wilton has shown its generosity, donating more books than were collected in the city of Norwalk Those who worked for the success of the campaign were Mrs Roy Sterne and ars . Ingram, tContineed on page harlot) Rain Spoils Salvage Collecting Saturday 19 . 1942 Donald Douglas t 1st in the Dr . 0 Architect and Four Other tannins in First 50 Cat Donald M Douglass of Evans Lane, might be called Wilton a No . 1 draftee He was the first man drawn in town . although his order number was 10 and his serial num - ber 359 . Mr . Douglass is a Prominent architect, with a wife and two children . Nancy . 12 and Donald . * He will claim no exemption how - ever, and stated last evening he was anxious to do whatever he could In the defense of his country . Mrs Douglasa said she knew her husband was quite pleased and had been talking of enlisting for sometime . His late activities of many in Wilton have been the de - signing of the building of Dominic DeBenigno on Route 7 and his own development, just adjacent, of small houses . Next in Wilton came the name of Alfred H . C . Schroeder, order ntunber 15, serial number 1 . 216 - The other men drawn to town were Archer St . John . Wallin: Road or - der number 19, number 1 . 831 . Earl Foster ,Gramrnan Rill, order number 37, serial number 1 . 608 and James V . alto . Millstone Road, order number 47, serial number 233 . These ftve men were drawn In the first 50 order numbers . There were 6 998 numbers taken from the Goldfish Bowl and since there are 219 men listed for call in Wil - ton, more will find thcrasehas In - cluded in the capsules _ Draft board heads, however . state that the official lists will not be avail - 1 able before March 23 . Mistakes Ile aster numbers hew elegise ett tern traced In Washington aim requests are made be the beards to smut the vakeal which will be posted at all Draft Boards TIEN ‚GES FIVF, t F . NT . S 3oard Vote 12 - MW Tax Rate Again Financier - . 1 ake kdditions t 1ppropriat iimm for t'tle - rent FiNcal 1 ear Wilton's tax rate upon which May 15 bells will be estimated . will slain be 12 nulls If the adjourned annual town meeting In April ratifies the fatten of the Board of Finance as it ensues - lazily doe without debate . The board . a lee um bast were ilonday at the von hail estmuired that the 12 mill rate en the bass of the 1941 gran d b would raise suffictent ruin ae to meet the town's bucket a pproonaticas f the fin! year ratting Auetai 31 Lewis FL Mini ant cbstrman of the board presiied at the meet - ing Present &Ix were, °corm L . Warncke . deft . Charles 0 Eak - land Jr _ Thognu H DictInson _ Cheeter H Gem gen . J Clarence Jackscas and Milan Lacey Before setting the tax rate tux board voted tiro addttimal amnia anat . :our pee IOC the maaatea - ante of the two airplane ars - bon pasts operating /me an a 24 - tour basis in tot lierellon with the U . S, Arno - , and ale to pay an ad - ditional meaahan for group OWE - ance for slab is ot the W ton Volunteer Far Department Tin bills viii be Cat and ;say - able on May 15 bet oar asontha net is &loured before tt vermin interest ts chatted or aelamplesst accounts S rainur‘i sly Janet Real Kelton of lansteed MOTO Reports 548 130 Wilton e ople Sh are e fenseLoad On I Birds live perennially on the roof of Mrs . Charles A . Dana's garage and woodshed on Nod Hill Road . Their plumage Is always gay . winter and sum - mer, and they never have been known to change their position The other day a passerby ob - servee that one of the birds had lost Its head . Its stance is still as chipper as ever . but the Danes will probably get a new wooden head to make it look alive again . Book Drive Ends With 1,005 Gifts