The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-15

The recent death or pr Inomas Bland recalls an incident that oc- cured several years ago, when the well known veterinarian was a member of the health board. Com plaints were made about the crc- matory in Waterville and several of the resident of Waterville ap- peared at the meeting of the health commissioners. One of them pro- tested very vigorously about dead horses, which were allowed to re- main above the ground near the crematory.
 'The odor is terrible" said one.
 'It is bad enough in the daytime but even worse at night" ex- claimed another.
 Dr Bland was chairman of the meeting and during a Hull in the proceedings said,
 Well, don't believe you should complain much about the odor from dead horses. To me 1t is like the breath of new mown hay waited over the fields on @ moon light night" That ended the dis cussion for the time being, at least.
 Do you know Tony DiOrio? He
 is the son of Mfr and Mrs Rocco
 DiOriO. Tony is a student at ROxbury and although young in
 years is fast becoming big
 boy. During the past week his
 his aunt, Mrs James DecchicchiO was seriously i'll. She had to
 have a blood transmission. Tony
 volunteered to give some of his. The diagnosis showed that his blood was satisfactory, so the transfusion was made. Tony and
 his aunt came through the ordeal in excellent condition.
 Whats going to happen to the hotel, the drug store, or the tavern in regard to the sale of liquors? Il looks as though the chain stores will put them out of business Judging from the prices quoted the past week the chain stores are of fering beverages at prices far be- low that of the places where they are customaPily purchased. Experts claim that good liquor at the pres ent price of grain can be made for sixty cents a gallon. Even the liq- uor made years ago, with the cost of keping it in the wood, should not be worth more than eighty cents, they assert. hey say that even with the taxes, etc, good liq- uor should sell @ great deal cheap CT than it is now offered.
 Robbins E. Stoeckel, the for
 mcr motor vehicle cOmmiSiOn- CT, believes that, it is going to be more difficult than ever to convict anyone on the charge of driving under the influence of liquor. He thinks that 1t is hard tell when a person is drunk. It brings to mind the story of
 man and his son who were in
 speakeasy.
 "Whcn is man drunk?" ask
 ed the boy.
 "Wcll. I'll tell yOu," replied his pater. You sec those two men at the table in the corner; when you reach the point that they look like four, you know you arc
 in the bag"
 q guess we better go, Dad,
 there's only one man therc." Mrs Josephine McGowan of Canton, Ohio, died few days ago Mrs McGowan was well known III this city, where she visited often She was a very able speaker, and on one occasion addressed a large meeting of catholic women here At the time of her death she held an important federal position on the industrial board in Ohio.
 Saw Dr John N. Lewis on the street one day during the week., He was stopping all his acquaint- anceS, who happened along and
 that meant almost everybody who came in sight. He was do- ing real charity work, getting a quarter here, a half dollar there,
 just a trific for one of his many Christmas undertakings. He ccr- tainIy in a fine man in the cOln- munity. Speaking of charity, the late Chief Two-Moon Mcridas
 be missed in Waterbury this Christmas, especially in the cast crn section of the city. It is said that last year he had more than 700 baskets distributed and stand ing orders at certain grOccrS to look after any deserving charity cases that they knew of. It is surprising how few business, professional or the average lay man know anything about infla- tion, defiation or the monetary sys- tenn in general. One of the latter expressed it rather femphatically re- gently when he said, T hope the day will come again, when I have a saw-buck in my pocket to do with as I will. It makes no diff ference to me, whether it is gold, silver or baloney." In case you don't know it, a saw-buck in the olden days meant ten dollars.
 Have you noticed the stories about the city of Cleveland? For years that was looked upon the
 model town created by the city manager plan. When the change was recommended for Watcr- bury, Cleveland was always plac- cd upon a pedestal to which other municipalities should aspire. But at present 1t is in the thrOes of despair. The Chamber of Commerce says that it Is still all right. But during the week a blizzard hit the city and the in- habitants were snOw-bOund. There were no employees to move the snow because there was no money to pay them. In fact none of the city trucks was moving because there was no money to buy gas and oil. Notwithstanding the claims of the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Davis says that he docs not know where to turn. In fact it looks as though the fnnf 0f fhn idnl Sunr.a nlau after