The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-13
wm. ,. Baxter. Correspondent.

Naugatuck, July 13-Preliminary plans for the fall campaign were discussed last night at meeting of the democratic town committee fin the borough courtroom, at which all members except Mrs Minnie Caine were present.
 The local campaign will open with the outing planned probably for Linden park, next month, it was decided last night. An invita- ton to Senator Augustine Loner- gan, democratic senator, to attend and give the principal address will be extended.
 No ,definite date has been set yet for the outing but members of the town committee plan to make it as large and as representative a gath ering of local democrats as they possibly can. Some feel the social element in the part has been rath- CT neglected and efforts will be made to bring many members there.
 Other plans concerning the fall campaign were talked over. The it is not thought there will be much disharrnony as things seem to be going quite smoothly here now.
 2 Local democrats in view of their overwhelming victory in the town election anticipate another demo- cratic triumph in Naugatuck in the fall, but they~are not going to act as if it already were sure. They plan to work hard in an endeavor to make the winning margin as large as possible, one of their lead CTS said last night after the meet ing.
 Welfare Dept Checlxup A checkup of discharged mem bers of the Civilian Conservation corps here for the second period of enrolment, that is for the past winter term, will be made by the local public welfare department, ! it was learned today. The idea will be to determine the present status of these persons, whetherthey are working now or are public charges :. This is to be done at the request of the state relief department. Su- ! perintendent of Public Welfare N. Hadley Cox has received a letter from Miss Ellen Little, informing him that questionnaires to be filled in will be sent to him, and asking that they be returned in complete form within a week at the longest after their receipt.
 The purpose of this, it Is believed is to learn whether such memb berg when discharged really obtained work. as many of them said they had job waiting for them when they got through. It is also believed the officials want to find whether such a job has been kept by the worker. as this will give a good idea of the value of the eco train- ing for the youths.
 This is the first time an organ ized and systematic attempt to get such information here has been made here. Previously MT Cox had received occasional requests from relief authorities as to the status of certain former members of the first enrollm ent of the eco but noi mapy such requests had come in.
 Miss Little refers to this in her letter. saying the matter is quite Important and intirnating results of the previous efforts were quite informative and valuable. So this will be another endeayor of the public welfare department, but the fruits of this will not show in any report locally for it Is purely a state matter.
 Obstacle to lighthouses
 Action toward erection of bath houses near the new dam has struck a big obstacle. it was learned today. It had been planned to erect structure for both boys and girls on the land near the dam owned by the town, and also a similar building on that piece of land owned by Mrs Caroline As trom of Beacon Falls.
 But Mrs Astrom has refused to give the borough the right to build bathhouse on her land. according to Warden John Sheridan. She is reported to be holding the land to sell and she feels that if such structure is erected, it might spoil the sale value of the land.
 The action of Mrs Astrom in re- fusing permission is disconcerting and surprising to borough officials. Both the section on the town land and also that on Mrs Astrom's s land are used by bathers now and it is thought that if a bathhouse were erected on the town land only 1t would not provide adequately for bathers swimming at the other point.
 Mrs Astrom is reported willing to have swimmers use her land. so long as no harm is done. but will not go so far as to permit erection of the structure. Affairs are more or less at an impasse. Warden Sheridan said today that the bor- ough certainly could not afford to buy her land. He indicated fur ther negotions with Mrs Astrom would be held. However there is no doubt it will delay erection of the bathhouse on which work, 1t had been expected. would be started in the very near future.
 If reports are heard around town