The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-23

Consideration of the budget for
the coming year is expected to oc-
cupy the attention of the town
school committee when the COM
mittee meets Thursday evening In
the Office of superintendent Of
schools Fl. r. Chittenden. The conf
mittee has informally discussed the
budget to the extent that the gen.
eral impression is that the commit
tee feels that there must be cur
tailment. About one half of the ap-
propriation made each year by the
freemen is for schools. Warden
Frank T. Green at a recent in
formal meeting of the board or
warden and burgesses expressed
the opinion that there must be cuts
made in the appropriations If the
borough Is to remain solvent. he
has intimated reductions in salar-
les would be one way to overcome
the present situation. Several OF
the board members are said to be
against reducing wages. The war
den suggested that meeting or tine
borough board be held with the
heads of the various departments
of borough government to talk over
the situation. This suggestion met
with the approval of the board
members. Democratic members OF
the borough board are Of the opin-
ion that by careful consideration
MANY items may be eliminated
from various budgets for the time
being and that enough could be
saved without cutting the wages to
bring the tax rate down a couple
of mills for the coming year.
Lenten Dcvotions Wednesday
Lenten devotions will be held
Wednesday night at 1880 o'clock in
st Francis church. The devot1ons
will consist of rosary, sermon ana
benediction.
A. o. II. To Celebrate
Naugatuck division of the A. O..
III. and the auxiliary of the order
have arranged a unique feature for
the annual st Patrick's Night cele-
bration to be held In Tano's Dance
Garden on March IT, in providing
two orchestras for the event.
Burkes orchestra of this borough
will provide the music for modern
dances and Gallagher's County
Mayo orchestra Of New Haven will
play the program of Irish numbers.
it is the Intention of the COMMITTEES
to have both modern and Irish
dancing. A grand march Will also
be conducted. The committee OF ar
rangements is now busy arranging
the program for the event.
Father and Son Banquet Thursday
The annual Father and Son ban
Duet will be held in the M G A
on Thursday night. This year
three groups are sponsoring the
banquet and it IL expected to be
the biggest Father and Son event
to have been held in the borough
since the custom was inaugurated
several years ago. In the past
years the Y M c A and the Boy
Scout organization have sponsored
the event.
This year the banquet will also
have the cooperation Of the Fore
mems Club.
Odd Fellows Honor Washington
Centennial lodge Of Odd Fellows
honored the birth Of George WASH
ington last night at a bi-centennial
celebration held in Odd Fellows
hall.
Grand Representative Edwin s.
Pickett Of New Haven was the
speaker at the event. He gave a
very interesting talk touching on
the life Of George Washington. Mo-
ton pictures depicting the inter-
esting history Of the father of his
country were shown and a musical
program was rendered by the male
chorus of the Salem Lutheran
church under the direction of VIC
tor Robe. Dancing followed. Mem
bers of Columbian Rebekah lodge
were guests at the celebration.
Large Gang Engaged
A large gang of the unemployed
of the borough are at work prepar-
ing for the installation of a rip
rap wall along the east bank OF
the Naugatuck river from a point
in the rear of the Peerless laun-
dry south. This project Is one OF
the unemployment fund and 1t II
expected will give work to many
men for several weeks.
Work Processing ON May Street
Work on the widening of May
street from johnson street to Null
berry Hill road Is progressing rap.
idly. The road has been wtdened
and gravelled for q considerable
distance and workmen are now en-.
gagged near the johnson street END
Of the work widening the street
and cutting the grade of the hh
at this point. When the work II
completed 1t will make q big i'm
lprovement and one that has beer