The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-14
TORRINGTON COrrcspOndcnt--ThOIl,as Cars Phone TOrringtOn 644S
CHANGES IN CITY
 ORDINANCE ASKED
Fitzpatrick Funeral To- morrow Morning--Essays
 Being Judged

The City Council has received a petition from group of citizens asking the new ordinance dealing with the naming of streets be re- visAd to include a majority proyis- sion. It is 'cOntended that a change in the street name should be made only on petition of a majority Of tho taxpaying property owners on : tho street in question.
 At present the ordinance given the council authority to change the name of street on petition of .sany owner or owners of property thereon. A change would make 1t read The majority of the taxpay- ing owners of property" etc.
 Essays Sent to State Committee. The Litchfield county committee of judges in the Connecticut ter- centenary prize essay contest has certified to the state committee three essays in each of the three groups and these essays are now in the hands of that committee. In each town of the county q local committee judged the essays writ ten In that town and selected hve per cent. The town committees sent these to the county commit tee.
 The state committee will make selections from the essays certi- fled as best by all the committees aud will complete It's work by the end of April. The county judges were George W. Peterson of Tor rington. Alain White of Litchfield, H. Fl. Heminway of Watertown and Irving F. Manchester of Winsted.
 Mrs Fitzpatrick Dies.
 Mrs Margaret Fitzpatrick, 62. wife of Michael Fitzpatrick of IA Culvert street, died at the Char lotte Hungerford hospital Tuesday evening after few months illness.
 Mrs Fitzpatrick was born m Ireland. She came to this country 46 years ago. locating in Winsted, ! where she lived for Is years. She moved from that place to TorrinG ton 2S years ago and had resided here evere since.
 Survivors include her husband and two daughters, Cecelia and Helen, all of Torrington; q broth CT, Thomas Collins of Niagara Falls and three sisters, Mrs Katherine Guinane of Ireland and Mrs John Hodge and Mrs Mary Boston, both of Australia.
 The body has been removed to the Lyons funeral home. The fu- neral will be held from there Fri day morning at 8:30 o'clock and at St Francis Church at geo o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot in the new St Francis cemetery.
 Charity Expenses Increase.
 Charity expenditures in TOrrinS- ton during the first six months of the fiscal year have been $126,- O47.40, which is $27,554.99 more than the same period last year.
 Expenditures during February totalled $2S,412.40, an increase of $1,586.11 over the January total of $26,S26.29.
 Approximately 1,15O families, in- cluding those who are receiving help through the EZRA, are in- cluded on the city charity list at the present time.
 To Address Catholic Women.
 The Torrington Council of Cath olic Women has announced the following schedule of speakers for the next three meetings:
 March 21, Rev Cornelius r. leu 1ings, former professor of English and history at St Thomas Seminary Hartford, and at present professor of religion at Mt St Joseph's. His topic will be study Clubs"
 Upril 8. Rev T. Lawrason Riggs, whose topic will be History Ot The Mass" Father Riggs is mem Der of the Yale faculty. professor of religion at Albertus Magnus college and contributing editor to sThe Commonweal."
 Rev Andrew Kelley, a native of this city, will be the speaker at the May meeting, the date of which will be announced later. He will talk on "Art." For g. number of years Father Kelley has been in- terested in the subject and at present has most valuable col- lection of paintings,
 Artists to Sing.
 Torrington music lovers will have an opportunity to enjoy the work of two artists of wide radio experience on Thursday evening s 8rogram to be presented by the Burlington Mems Choral club in Ae Torrington High school audi eofium. Appearing as guest solo, ssts will be Robert L. Shanley, baritone, of New York city. and Flora Finlaysou Fenton, popular Forrington contralto.