The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-22
No Order Received From Washington To
 Slash Hourly Rates
Rumored Report of Pay Being Cut From Fifty to Thirty Cents an Hour UnfOunded " Banquet Tonight
 Postponed Swedish Church Has Anniversary
NAUGATUCK

Tonight there will be a Swedish service and tomorrow night the service will be in English.
 storm May Hit Budget
 Local residents are to-day won dering whether thls snow storm will be the thing which will shove the local administration into debt. It is believed removal of this snow will cost close to 1000 and it is a known fact that the snow removal appropriation has been long before exhausted.
 It seemed to be an even propo- sition before that the borough might keep within the budget sup plemented by the big help received through state and national sources and the extra $17,000 voted by the freemen for purchase of fire truck and for use in buying ma terials for CWA jobs.
 However the additional expense of this snowstorm, 1t is thought, may be just the expense which will cause the borough to go under it's total budget, although the original budget appropriated last year will be overspent considerably, it is be- lieved. However the CWA work, the special appropriations and fed eral grants have helped the bor- ough much.
 Grove Street Affair
 Residents of Grove street are wondering what action will be taken on the proposal to put curbs and gutters on their street and other streets with curb and guters free of charge using CWA labor. It will be recalled that after a lengthy discussion at the borough board meeting in the first of this month, it was put up to the street committee for investigation. Un- less sentiment changes however, it sems likely that nothing will come of 1t as fra as Grove street Is concerned. Republicans and dem ocrats oppose the idea. It is true that Burgesses John Sheridan and Milton Calvin, both democrats, favored it but Leo Brophy, other democrat burgess and now acting warden, opposed it. It is also known that other prominent dem ocrats are opposed to this action and have criticized the two demo- crat burgesses for taking a stand for it. The progressive party, which was defeated in the last election, was for this work being done.
 The street committee has not yet reported but indications are that the report will not be favorable. It has been pointed out it would be unfair to other taxpayers if this work were done free of charge for Grove street and other streets where taxpayers on streets in the past have had to pay a certain amount to defray expenses of the job.
 Sessions We'll Attended
 There was good attendance last night at evening school sessions of the new FRA classes despite the heavy snowfall. Teachers expected to have only a small proportion of the average attendance on hand, but they were surprised by the good turnout. Ap- members of the various classes felt that it was better to turn out to school than to remain inside all the time.
 The interest in these classes is still large. There are three cook ing classes, one first aid, one sew ing and one recreation class and the pupils show an interest that delights the teachers in charge. The state contributes to the ex- pense of such classes.
 Few Hoboes Here
 Life for hoboes these days is not so good and 1t appears as if they have "holed up" before reaching Naugatuck. The police station offi- cials reported to-day that there has been a large decrease in the average attendance of the gentle men of the road" There were only three men who stayed in the sta ton last night and the previous two nights, there were only two tramps each night. Usually there are about 10 or 12 making the station their headquarters for the night.
 But the snowfall has apparently caused them to stay in other cities.
 Sleigh Ready Again
 There were no fires yesterday for which borough firemen are indeed glad. However, the local firemen are again equipped with sleigh for use in case of fires. Alec Szwczuzk of Millville who loaned the firemen his team of horses and sleigh Tuesday and who took them back yesterday morning returned them to the fire house yesterday afternoon, feeling the local fire laddies needed them more than he did. Chief Thomas Walker thanked the Millville man for his patriotic spirit.
 The sleigh has again been loaded with hose and necessary equipment and volunteer firemen will get an exciting sleigh ride if any fires should occur. The sleigh will be kept until the roads become really passable for autos, which time is still several days away.
 Many complaints on the new whistle being used for fire alarms have been heard. It was just being tried out but 1t does not seem to be succeeding. In several sections of the town Tuesday, the whistles calling off school for the day was not heard at all and yesterday il was only faint and was mistaken by some for Waterbury's whistle It is believed this will be done away with soon although Chic Walker has not yet said anything Some Holiday Observance There were no mail deliveries to- day, banks were closed, as wer' also barber shops and libraries bu schools remained open. It had beer rumored that borough school would shut down for the rest O the week and call this the regular weekly vacation after an eigh week term instead of next weel when the vacation is scheduled but these rumors arc not true.
 There was observance of tn
 holiday in the schools by pro grams and at the high school, pub He school teachers held q tea part. to-day of which Miss Dorothy Mos. served as hostess.
 To Install Oflcers officers of Laurel Temple, Py thlan Skaters will be installed to night at q meeting of the society ii Pythian hali at g o'clock. Jenni
 Mayberry of Seymour and hre stai will do the installing. Cold weathe forced postponement Of the install latlon two weeks ago.
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