The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-05

From cold regions of the polar bear;
 book, fire, ten year old brand,
 hard for all we care
 Frothv facts . Louie Smith, the smiling Chevvie service manager still gesticulating he talks about box of cigars @ that recently presented to him. -. Skating ponds in all the city's parks showed distinct coating of ice yesterday morning. Freo Volzing the superservice manager for Goodrich III Waterbury, wears an automobile door handle for watch charm now You tell lem why, Fred. Art Bowling is lying awake nights thinking up klever Kapers for the COordinator, Overlooks snaPPy com 1nunity paper. The Voice of the Hill, the Washing ton Park Community Club monthly goes more Fourth Estate with each issue its columns show the effects of Jimmie Gladney's printing ability
 The vanishing American. . .. The old-tme store keeper to whom a bakers dozen was always tnrteen' never less The old-fashoned man who always car red paper of pink and white peppermlntS in his coat pocket The housewife who thought nothing o turn ing out six and crisp oaveS of bread every Satur day morning Boys and girls who figured that one show season was something to talk about for the rest of the year. The school marm who never spared the rod for fear it would spoil the child The dandy old groceryman who would give fellow ride on the back of his sleigh he made his deliveries The boys about town who gathered at Baubys Corner every Saturday night to discuss matters Of the day ana eye all newcomers.
 Editor Tall Tower Topics: Enclosed please find two complimentary tickets for our affair, "kapee Kapers of 1936, which will be presented at Temple Hall next Sunday evening at S:S0 o'clock. We hope It will be convenient for you to attend because we can assure you of pleasant evening". Jack Fitzgerald and his orchestra will play for dancing Theodore Roosevelt Lodge Mo- 79 Knights of Pythias are sponsoring the event. Very truly tours Frank D. Feinstein.
 It's the Yuletide spirit Waterbury has good reason to give thanks this Christmas for many things . The city has passed through the worst months of the depression Good times are slowly coming back for increasing numbers of Waterburians. The city fathers have decreed half-rnill tax rate cut The individuals have gaddened hundreds of city en- s by five Gfn % of or ee saa
 As result store and office help is necessary . delightful old and new world custom of bygone years singing Christmas carols on the eve of this great and holy day. It should be resumed this year as a thanksgiving offering Waterburys Green should resound Christmas with the sweet hymns ana is going to take the lead and make this come true? Fugiese had front seats at the New Haven Arena wrestling show Tuesday evening, but never again Two of the human pachyderms in one of the preim bouts went through the ropes and would have landed right into their laps had they not been so agile They thought the burping great being their debut at who caught the show were Ralph Gottlieb Jim Dudley Ralph Petrocione, Snaps" Grady and Ed McGrath. Fred DAngelo dropped in yesterday and invited me to take in the prize novelty dance tonight at Garden Hall which the Brooklyn Junior Society IS staging Tommy Locke has been given his release papers at the Veterans hospital in Newington Catherine Grady is convalescing at her home after undergoing ap pendectOmy at St. Mary's hospital
 Interesting The old City Hall annex that once stood at the corner of Leavenworth and West Main Streets sue or OIec DlOCk ldu sifed history It actually composed of three dis tnct partS the original structure and two additions, both of them in the Originally the building with four pillars that later disappeared was store for products made at the factory of Mark Leavenworth 1t being the custom in those days 83132 for manufac- turerS to offer their at such places It changed hands several times and eventually became job printing plant with of the early editions of the old Water bury American being printed there under the edtorShp of E. B. Cooke In 1868 the Board of Agents of the Bronson Library bought it. It had gable addition along Leavenworth Street then. The library agents added third section which contained the book stack and noticeable for the high windows along Leaven- worth Street. extending from the bottom to the top or the building Still later it became the City Hall An serving several departments and doing yeomen ser vice when the old City Hall burned down in 1912
 Chatter. Chick Hayes, the dapper little basket ball official from Bristol was town Monday Chicks insurance duties bring him here at least once week Al Niemiec the former Holy Cross baseball flash and prospective big leaguer visited Ray Fitzpatrick Tuesday yawning Ray and Al were classmates at Holy Cross. What makes Dave Kellys pride and joy, Ken Perry walk on clouds these days? Can it be the breeze that fills the trees of the prettier of the Brass City damsels? Okay! Freddy Francis, who likes to drum the drums as well drum up Watervile busi- radiates health and good cheer these days as he perambuIates along streets in his handsome equip the AryNavy grid tussle in Philadelphia last Satur- day....
 SIXTEEN
 Just sixteen days left for Christmas shopping