The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-31

e oScoAOH OA@SaSpeE O. DaViS, Jr.s EOSC No. 1S6, American Legion, which took place Iast night at the post rooms on lower Boyden street, . about thirty members signffied their Intention of participating in the big parade of the Department Convention at Hartford on Satur- day afternoon of next week, August 10th. The special. convention com nittee, consisting of Russell Ather- ton, William Rooney and Frederick r. Seidel, plans to canvass every member Of the post and auxiliary unit during the next few days and will have a complete report to sub- init at the special meeting of the post, called for next Tuesday, at which final plans for the converi- tion will be announced.
 The present plans call for trans portation by special busses, which will leave the Legion rooms at 9:30 a. m. on August 10th. One bus will be reserved for the members of the Junior Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps, which will escort the post and auxiliary in the parade. A lim- tied number of seats in the other busses will be available to the gen- eral public and may be secured by consulting any member of the Da- wis Post. The rate which has been fixed Is very low and will afford a full day in Hartford, allowing ample opportunity for shopping and viewing the parade in the af- ternoon. Those taking advantage of travel more economically than if operating their own cars and will not be annoyed with parking prob- lems.
 Several members plan to attend some of the convention sessions, which will take place on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of next week. The delegates from Davis Post are Commander c. Arthur DuBois and Robert Cosgriff and the alternates are Clifford D. North and Dr. Robert H. Watkins.
 At last nights meeting it was voted to proceed with the formal incorporation of the post. The house committee was authorized to proceed with the redecoration of the interior of the meeting room and kitchen. It is planned to finish the walls and ceilings in an ivory shade, with gray trim and to make necessary repairs to the Kitchen. The work will be super vised by Junior Vice. Commander CT, chairman Of the house commit tee.
 Senior vice-Commander E. Les ter Platt, who headed the commit tee in charge of the recent street carnival reported that the venture was very successful. The exact re- turns will be reported at the next meeting. The post is most grateful to the Chase Companies for the use of the lot on which the carnival was held, to Wesley Rood, for the assistance which he so freely of- fered, to the Drum Corps, for its efforts in advertising the carnival, to the Park Department for the loan of necessary equipment, to the Connecticut Light and Power Com pauy, and to any others who in any way helped to make the carni- val a success. The post is most grateful to the general public of WAterville, which gave the enter prise it's whole-hearted support.
 If satisfactory arrangements can be made with the Park Department the post will offer. the Bunker Hill Band in series of band concerts on the local green during the re- mainder of the summer. This will be another feature of the Commrn- ity Service program of the post.
 HApx,taA nA4naa paIrh D Navare of Lone Oak avenue, entered the United States Veterans Hospital at Newington. this week, and will re- main there for treatment for the next few weeks.
 Connecticut Company Blocks
 Homer Street Paving
 Another hurdle faces the Homer street paving project, which Water- vile people have been demanding for the past ten years and which, for one reason or another, has been held. up during that period. Fol- lowing the fatal accident at that point a few weeks ago there was q conference of the Mayor, the su- perintendent of the Connecticut Company, the City Engineer, Sup erintendent of Streets. and Works Commissioners. Following an in- spection of the street, during which the extremely hazardous conditions Of the pavement and of the troll ley tracks were evident, 1t was yot- ed to proceed with the paving of the street from Waterville street to Chase avenue. The plans called for the relaying of the Connecti- cut Company tracks in that sec- tion, with the possibility of single tracking a portion of the street. It appeared that the realization of the project was about to be accom- plished.
 At last nights meeting of the board of commissioners of public works, however, a communication was presented from the president of the Connecticut company, set ting forth that. the company is fi- nancially unable to carry out its part of the work at this time. MT. Punderford pointed out that the track on Homer street is maintain- ed almost exclusively as a conven- fence to the plants of the Chase companies to assist them in trans porting freight between their North Main street and Waterville plants. If it were not for that fact the Connecticut company would be willing to abandon the tracks in Homer street. making the intersec- ton of Cooke, and Homer streets the terminus of the Willow street line, and substituting bus service to the rest of Waterville via West Main street and Thomaston avenue. The company reported that it. has no funds at this time for either bearing its share of a paving pro- ject or for purchasing the addi- tional busses for. caring for the al- ternative situation of the tracks should be abandoned. MT. Punder- ford indicated in his letter that there might be possibility of as- sisting in the project next year and the mayor was instructed to confer Il A &