The Newtown bee., 1904-06-24
CIRCULATION
Ton Pages.
COUNTY.
NEW PRESTON.

ABOUT THE LOCAL DRAMATIC sITUA- l
 TON.
 Replying to the article in your paper of last week regarding the disagree ment of the Pavilion hall management and myself, wish to explain as far as am concerned. As business propo- sition offered them $50 for the use of the hall for three nights in the month of August. In the past the hall has been rented for S25 per night or 25 per cent of the door receipts. con sidered made fair offer, as the fol- lowing figures will show. Charles A. Morton with his troupe of 10 people played here seven nights and the hall received less than $6 per night. o. w: Shaw made Tonight stand here and the halls part of the door receipts was less than S3. 50 per night. The Litch- field Minstrel troupe was the last to use the hall and the halls part of the receipts was about s7: l cannot give the exact figures but it will not be very much from the above. Mrs c. P. Denslow, who was member of the Pavilion club and, as every one knows, has done more to build the building than any other person, has the honor of being the only person who was ever charged and paid $26 per night for the use of the building. l would say right here that she has resigned from the club and her resignation was accepted without a murmur. The persons taking parts in the entertainments for which I wished the hall are our own townspeople, part of them mem- bers of the club, and most of them have done in the past many nights work without remuneration, for the two weeks and I understand that the executive committee have had several meetings, but as far as I know no definite conclusion has been reached. The rents of halls in this vicinity are as follows: Bantam, $3; Washington Depot, S5; Washington Green, 98; Marketable, 95; Kent, $5; New Mill ford, $15, with electric lights, usher. curtain man and man on the door, while in our own village we are asked to pay $25 per night for the use of an unfinished hall that we have all helped to build. For this reason some of the actors think best to purchase g tent that can be used at all times and with out having to wait two weeks for the executive committee to act. There has been in the past some S6OO or S7OC raised in tent and clam bake by ooAAAS VI SAHSSS
 money used in building the Pavilion hall for the purpose of 8 Village I'm provement society. It is my opinion, also that of many others, that instead of Village Improvement society it has merged into a private improve ment society. l would say to the manager to throw open the club to oul townspeople att membership, fee within the reach ot all, as they all are asked to help it along. Is it not right and just that they should be all in
 terested and members? Throw person al feeling to the winds, open the doors to membership and ask all to join a1 $1 each. The mortgage will be paid
 the building finished, and money ir the treasury with which to pay fol cutting the weeds throughout our vii. lage. There is no reason why it could
 not be made a Village Improvement society for fair. I know of no on.
 who under such conditions would re quire pay for services. have no per sonal feeling in the matter and an certain that lots of good work coult
 be done if on right basis.-[F. J
 Hosford.