New Britain herald., 1927-03-19
TOM SMITH KNOWS
 MANY, MANY HOMES
Registrar Of Voters Is Walking
 Directory

i II you're ever in doubt as to tha
 location of any street, the name of
 the family that lives in Number Such-and such on Whatsthis street. or the number of the house in which the Jones, the Browns or anyo,i, else lives, reference to directori,,
 won't be necessary If you can get in communication with Tom smith or
 Bill Ziogler, the city's registrars.
 Thousands Of facts, figures. lia.I~y and addresses are in their Ilfsnt:ti stores through years of association With voting lists and military and school enrollnen's. and rarely Go the registrars find 1t necessary io consult records to answer c,tcs.;1r] of this nature.
 ''Kick" In Conlp;iin. Lists
 This unusual factor comes partIr. of course. from a uH turat aptirriG, for the work the officials hav. chosen, hEf chiefly from years of close application to the unique and tXacting duties of being city reg Istrar To most people compilation of lists Of names and addresses is dry. unjn'eresting work. Smith and ZieSler do not in this instance agree with the popular opinion. and when they recite little stories of their experiences as they go from house to house if can be seen that the life of a registrar is not drab " distance.
 Life q Series of Locked Doors
 Hundreds of times during every 'nrollment. they report, they arc mistaken for salosmen. collectors, |hsuran nee agents and the like. with he 1neNltabl" result. locked doors In tn" districts populated by new >itiz"ns Of the country especially, i, he apprehension that giving names md addresses is likely 10 be fol- owed by some sort Of taxation and here IS reticencn to speak. An 'mazlns lack of understanding is on III sides evident until some little Johnny. not previously coached. ur- l"rtak"s to explain 10 his elders ust what the visitors want and he s immediately cas'igated with a olcanic outburst of indignation and
 
 .nglish.
 Sweeps Water Into His Face This antlpathy toward rceistra- ons and registrars is not confined ol"ly to tine so-cI,ll-d foreign poln.- 3non. The Wiir Of man high in ne Of the city's industries swept at"r in the ffce Of q registrar who tempted to gain necessary inforHl- ton from her some time ago, l,ut |" was required 10 bury her priJo her pocket and furnished the .,. red facts when faced with the pcs blity of prosecution.
 An attorney at law was me; at le door of on" Of his hui,di,ps Id asked if he knew the names ,- .e persons living in u" hous.. II, piled atfirlnatively. As the i. r- frar adjusted his cards as if Q rife, the lawyer added; '1ul your. .ttins paid 10 find out yoursrl-,r " than flatly refused to furn'sD e names and trip through rec story building vas noccga:.!... The LIS" of interpreters is or,-l cd"1 to make a complete r"G.st .,a- 'n. titentlm"s several different nguages ar" spoken in one house i'd and numerous trips reuuive.! complete that portion rf , nvass
 Their Ups and Downs Persons who wouldn't live OF i}a 'ond floor of q house htrislis, of 2 climb up q flight Of s-qtrs ould consider ,h,. task Of lh,. I,e- rars who must walk mp and down ery 1llght of steps in the ci:r in course of q year. Every street the city, be it highway or bywav Is the trol Of their foot steps au- ally. and ''hellos' or cr,ciinc. responding to that are directed them in every language and .lja- [. The ideal registrar, it would m. would be on. who had coin- ted a course Of training q, fha 'cr of Babel for there only would find full complement; of tonerlee an enumeration of New Britain. lbert, Canada, University stud. : raised a fund of so0.06 them. cI