The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-09

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 party and social in the social rooms of the St Francis school building. At this time the drawing TOT the hope chest will be held.
 Final BalIOting To-day
 Final balloting for election of directors of the local Chamber of Commerce is taking place today. All ballots must be In the cham her office not later than 7:30 o'clyock this evening.
 To Talk on Birth Control
 A talk on birth control from the standpoint of d woman and a doc tor will be the topic of talk to be given Thursday night at 8:15 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal church by Dr Margaret Tyler of the New Haven hospital staff. Dr Tyler is d graduate of Mt Holyoke college and John Hopkins medical school. She has made special study of prenatal work. Follow ing her talk, there will be gen. eral discussion.
 Visited Masonic Home
 A visit to the Masonic home in Wallingford was made Saturday by members of the Young Peoples society of the Methodist Episcopal church. The visit was made for the purpose of securing data in con- nection winth their study of old age dependency in Connecticut. Calls Meeting of Democrats Ward Committeeman Pierce E. Freeman of the second ward dem- | ocrats has called meeting of the members of the party in the ward for Thursday night at 8 o'clock to be held in the borough court room.
 Mir Freeman was named ward committeeman at the last caucus of the party in the second. He Is calling the Jeffersonians of this ward together to discuss matters relative to the party progress in this voting district. MT Freeman states that there is nothing signifi- cant in the meeting but he believes that the members of the party should not wait until few days before the caucuses are held to get together. The ward committed man is anxious to have every dem ocrat in the ward present at the meeting.
 Celebrate Anniversary
 The St Francis T. A. B. drum corps of this borough celebrated the 2Sth anniversary of their or ganization Saturday night with a big parade of drum corps followed by a dance in the Gem Opera house. About fifteen corps from various parts of the state attended the af- fair. The visitors were rendered a luncheon following the parade in Hibernian hall. Despite the fact that the evening was cold large number turned out to witness the parade.
 A regular monthly meeting of the board of charities Is scheduled to be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the office of the superintendent. It Is expected that Supt Cross will have an Interesting report to be submitted. There has been great demands on the department of late due to the depression. With the un- employment fund again operating. it Is believed that this situation will be relieved to a certain extent. The street department also Is CO., operating continually with the charities department in an effort to give work to those who are in need.
 Appeal for Red Cross Drive
 Appeals for support of the an- nual Red Cross membership roll call drive which will get under way on Amristice day were made in all the churches yesterday. Praise was given to the organization for the work that is being carried on.
 The drive this year will be con- ducted along the same line that it has been in the past. There will hn fhn nCI1nl xA !. yass and the factories will be can vassed. Voluntee workers will do the canvessing. Chairman John w. Hayes of the local chapter com mittee is again handling the drive.
 Charged With Overlooking
 Antonio Pirone of Bank street, Waterbury. was notified Saturday by State Policeman Olson of the Beacon Falls barracks to appear in the local court tomorrow to ans- wer to charges of operating an overloaded truck on the highway. Called Out for Brush Fire
 An alarm from box 61. at the Naugatuck Lumber company called out the Ire fighters yesterday aft ernoon shortly after o'clock for a brush fire that was burning through the grass and shrubbery along the bank of the lot bordering the old chamber of commerce building The blaze was quickly extinguished with the aid of chemicals.
 Brush Fire Burns Many Acres A bad brush fire off the Horton road section of Pond Hill which started yesterday ragged through the woods in this section throughout the night burning over many acres and doing much damage. A large gang was engaged in fighting the blaze for many hours.
 Policemen Don OvercOafs
 With the sudden change In the weather. police officers donned their winter overcoats Saturday night. Chief Adamson issued orders for the officers to don the heavier ap- parel.
 Apparatus Again Isalks
 The hook and ladder truck over which there was considerable dis. rusFle~ ~f fi.e fNes.I~~ ~ th~ hon ~,s