The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

tee was about to divulge the prize winner of the contest. The dining room was packed to the doors.
 Said MT. Colley: We have ex- amined Into every slogan as sub- mitted; 1t has taken much time, but not one of the thousands has been overlooked. And let me say to you that the winner of the contest is Q little Miss up at the Driggs school, Mary Margaret Lahey, native of the city. Fol- lowing her study of the city his- tory, in which she has been par. ticularly interested, she formed the Idea that her wording for . proper slogan, should Do catchy to the public, even if some might class 1t as @ little slangy. But it's in keeping with the tone of the day, and to us the greatest asset that could be applied to the city of which we are all residents, and interested in Its success.
 "So I say to you now, Water. bury has something on everybody and she has. Let this Do your slogan henceforth, and may we spread the lines worldwide for consumption by the great mass of people, not only in this coun. try, but abroad as we'll"
 Great cheers greeted the an- nouncement, and the newly creat. cd slogan was at once adopted by the large number of people pres. ent.
 From that day on, the words were sent around the land, and much newspaper comment follow. ed, especially on the part of the state of New York press. Some approved, while others attacked the saying, claiming 1t was too common for proper consumption.
 The Chamber of Commerce published c booklet of Water. bury, showing c panoramic view of the city, with numerous facts concerning Waterbury, and what t made and distributed about the world.
 The circular opened by saying, "Waterbury has something on everybody" and then it said:
 "This is the slogan adopted by the Chamber of Commerce, an ae. curate, concise way of saying that somewhere on your person, prob. ably, you have some small article made in Waterbury,
 We make safety and common pins, buttons, hooks and eyes, shoe eyelets and shoe hardware gen. orally.
 we make hair pins, buckles and clamps for garters and suspend. CTS. We also make belt buckles, for those who do not use suSpenderS Waterbury and Ingersoii watches are made in Waterbury by the million.
 we make match boxes, split rings for buttons, pencil clips, and brass fasteners for corset steelB, and furnish brass, the foundation of plated jswelry.
 We put real money in your pocket, for the blanks for niekles and cents are furnished the govs ernment from Waterbury.
 And when you chance to 90 wrong, it is Waterbury that sups plies the handeuffs and legirons for jail and prisons.
 If you are . nymph, c satyr or . inermaid; or c South Sea Isle andor dressed in tho simplicity of nature; or citizen Of the far country north of Us, the habitat of the polar bear, the reindeer or the walrus, and where it b 50 dark six months in the year that the face of q clock or c watch cannot be seen except by the oc- casionai giint of the aurora boreaiis, then it may be true that Waterbury has nothing on you and yet, f c missionary has hap- pened your way, and you have c souvenir trinkot left by him, it is not unlikely that it came from c Waterbury factory"
 Our population was then given ag 0b,000; we had D3 passenger trains in and out Of the city, and our grand list, excluding exemps tions, ran to about 170,000,000. But the popularity of the bus and automobile has driven off many of the trains we had in operation at that time.
 its only c little over 20 years since oil of these facts were pub- lished. and the much talked about slogan endorsed, and the money prize turned over to the author.
 But how quickly people forget. The little 1isyearsold girl who composed the phrase grew Into womanhood, a1d then died. Her obituary made no reference to the incident as noted. The writer didn't know; neither did the Chamber of Commerce beca.ise the old records of the chamber lacked the care and attention you'll find in operation today un- der the clever Mir. Green.
 Funny, though, we allow c his. toricai feature Of our city, the first legally adopted slogan, or rather its author, to die and to be buried without formal notice Of it being recorded at the time.