The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-03
sVm. j. Baxter. Correspondent.

Naugatuck. Oct 8. = Majoi
Howard Donnelly. former loca
resident and well known here, vii
soon leave for Hawaii, Thomas
pOunelly of Walnut street, brother
~ the veteran soldier, said today
Major Donnelly has been stationed
kor the past two years at Fort Ben
\ 54fi1ils Harrison, Indiana with the
18th infantry.
He will leave December q fol
Hawaii where he will probably be
8statiOned at the Schofield Barracks
Hawaii. He plans to go via the
Panama Canal. He has visited
there before SO 1t will be partially
familiar to him. :,
The transport bearing him viii
leave from New York city. It IL
expected he will be there for q
two year period. Before going to
indiana. Major Donnelly was an
Instructor In national guard regi-
nnent In New York city.
The many friends of Major Dom
nelly in Naugatuck will be inter-
estbd to learn he has been assign
ed to Hawaii.
Meeting Postponed
The first meeting Of the st
Michael's Dramatic club will be
held ON Wednesday, October 10
ana not October as originally
planned, President Sam Lyons of
the club announced today. The
valley Players dramatic group will
be the invited guests of the society
at It's first session. The hosts will
present entertainment and the VAL
ley Players will also show their
ability on the stage. A fine time
Is expected.
Borough Board Session
"A lively debate over whether or
not the street department should
give men working on Its rolls
longer hours and also give more
men work was the only thing
which nvened UP an otherwise dull
meeting of the board Of warden
ana burgesses last night.
Burgess Victor Burkus, third
ward democrat, started things off
near the end of the meeting by
demanding why anyone who asks
Tor Job on the department is
refused.
fIuring the course Of the discus
sion he said the work of the super
lnfendent and assistant superin-
fendent is really being done by one
man. He asked why 1--WE could
not denote one Of the heads of the
d0faftfnent to regular pay" and
cut the superintendent's salary,
thus providing money to pay more
yeokkiers.
Sbectators saw the not unusual
s1ectacle of several democrats as
4ai]ing another democrat then. Mr.
H1Ifkus pointed out that winter Is
13ng on now and the men al
ready hired by the department are
not getting enough pay, he as
si3how us where we can get the
money to pay them" said Warden
John Sheridan. make a sugges-
Burkus replied he would be ridi-
cl116d II he made O suggestion.
HoKever he added 1.-THE previous
Standardization didn't cry for
money. / don't see why we
Superintendent Talks
superintendent James Brophy
said Burkus sent a man to him to
1tok for work Monday and Brophy
toferred him to place where he
thousht he would get work, al
though not able to give him work
IN his department. He asked II
the man got work there. Burkus
would not answer this question,
Eting this matter had nothing to
40 with his statements.
1.-THE purpose of the street de-
08ftment is for maintenance of the
reads. 1t Is not an employment
41ksney," Warden Sheridan replied.
M added the department has done
rood work and said this is the first
cDi11plaint he has heard.
Burgess Leo Brophy said board
n1orxibers took an oath which en-
bodied the pledge to try to keep
}Within appropriation and said that
1rRink forgetting Of this appropria-
x|on and Of the taxpayers was a
&H&vo error.
the street superintendent point
e6<out there Is only $4,000 in the
6Udket for payrolls. I'VE can't be
4 relief organization on that. UH-
der the street department super
Vieton there are Ito men, 40 in the
assortment proper and 10 from
tHe welfare department.
Warden Sheridan produced fig
ffea to show that during week In
August men in the department
we're getting more money than they
were the same week in 1898.
Morris Salary Discussed
The other major item was dis.
onssion OF the salary of Frank
Norris, superintendent of fire
alarms here. The conversation
3age hint of possible future trou.
BE in this connection. The jot
usually pays $500 a year as Q
Axed charge with other work ad-
1itIonal. No appropriation for II
was made this year.
Apparently there was some talh
az making 1t less or altering 1t fol
the warden said that the situation
Is different this year but did moi
4lnnlify this statement. Burgess
Henry Zwiclx said that Mr. Morri.
has had been helping him on sew.
sraI Jobs and some of the bills hi
has put in are for these helpers
Ne declared he takes care Of the