The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-22

begin to resume anything like a normal routine following Monday nights blizzard and there still re. mains much to be done before 8 full return to norHialcy can be attained. However, compared with the complete paralysis of all activ- ity on Tuesday, conditions are markedly improved. Tuesday, Wa terville was practically isolated ex- cept for telephone communications, with trolley, bus and food delivery service cut off. Practically no local people were able to get to their places of employment, the few hardy ones, who attempted to do so, turning back after unsuccessful efforts to battle the sharp wind, bitter cold and drifts varying from three to eight feet in depth.
 No attempt could be made to keep highways and side streets open because of rapidly drifting snow and as result there were no grocery or milk deliveries. By night fall the supplies of milk and bread at local stores had been ex- hausted. There were of course, no sessions at the Sprague Grammar school and local industrial plants after striving to operate with great ly reduced forces, finally closed for the day. Trolley service to Wa terville was completely suspended for the day, an almost unpreced- ented situation. Local letter car- riers found it impossible to make deliveries.
 Yesterday found some improve ment with householders clearing their walks and the principal streets, Thomaston avenue, Water vile street, Homer and Cooke street being p1owed or shoveled out by street department crews aug mented by scores of CWA and MAUF workers. The Chase Com panies co-operated in clearing Thomaston avenue so that the Con- necticut Company might resume bus service over that route and en- able operatives in their plants and those of other local concerns to report at work. As a. result most Wateryille concerns ran with a high percentage of e ploy e s present. Trolley service remained non- n-existent and there appears little likelihood of the tracks being cleared today. Deep drifts between Waterville and Overlook compli- cate the situation milkmen, using sleights and sledges finally were able to make local deliveries just as many local families with small children were becoming discouraged. The majority of side streets remain unplowed, impossible and as a re- suit grocery, oil and fuel deliveries are possible only under the most O $0 rntinU0 emergencies only. Mail deliveries were still impossible and will not be resumed until tomorrow at the earliest.
 It was found necessary to post pone the funeral services of 8 local resident until there was some a5- surance that streets could be open ed.
 Snow-shoes and skis have been popular aids to transportation and | last night saw a tremendous crowd of coasters using the Cooke street hill, which had been opened dur ing the day. Almost complete ab- sence of vehicle traffic made the hill an ideal coasting site and full advantage was taken of the un- usual opportunity of using it as such. Schools remained closed yes- terday and are not in session to- day. Score of automobiles are parked on the streets, showed in by the storm, while many are in their garages with the doors blocked by heavy drifts. It Is not expected that many local cars will be in operation until the streets are opened-probably matter of sev- eral days.
 George Truelove Passes The death of George H. Truelove i of 1884 Thomaston avenue, oc- l cured yesterday at St Mary's hos | pital. Although he had been in i'll health for many months his condi- l ton had not been considered criti- cal until several days ago when complications made it necessary to amputate one of his legs He was unable to withstand the shock of | the surgery and sank rapidly fol- lowing the operation.
 He was one of the most highly respected of Waterville's older res. idents and will be greatly missed by an unusually large circle o1 | friends to whom his quiet, friend. ly nature had endeared him.
 MT Truelove was born in Shef, field, England, seventy-three year! ago. As a boy he was trained 1T the skilled cutlery art for whicf that city is famous and soon be came an excellent knife-maker. Al the age of 25, in 1886, he came tt the United States, going to Lake vile, Conn, where for several year, he practiced his trade, with thu
 Holly Manufacturing company After a short period with the Elm
 pire Knife company of Winsted, h.
 finally reached Waterville thirty
 seven years ago to join the person
 nel of the Waterville Cutlery com
 pany for whom he worked unti
 that concern went out of bushes
 a decade and half ago.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs Ellel
 Truelove; five sons, George, Fred
 erick, Edward, Harry and Russell
 all of Waterville; four daughters
 Mrs Albert Post of New Britain
 Miss Beatrice Truelove, graduat
 nurse, Miss Rosetta Trueloye, an,
 Miss Ellen Truelove, a member o
 the staff of the Children's Com
 munity Center of New Haven
 eighteen grand children; one grea
 grandchild. and three sisters wh
 reside in England.
 The body has been taken to tn
 Alderson funeral home at 70 Cen
 tral avenue where friends may cal
 this afternoon and evening. Re
 Raymond M. D. Adams, rector 0
 St Paul's Episcopal church, will
 conduct tlfe funeral services ther,