The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-25

The new executive board consists
of these four and Leo Carroll,
william O'C0nn0r, Walter Miller
and John Beckerdlke.
Sanctified will be held Friday morn
ing at 8 o'clock and there will be
a service Friday night at 1880. Con-
LESSONS will follow this service.
Saturday morning the Holy Sat-
urday services will start at a. m.
with blessing of the fire and water
and the mass will begin at 8 a. m.
Confessions will be heard Saturday
night, starting at z o'clock.
In st. Mary's church the mass Of
the -Sanctified will be held at
1880 Friday morning with Stations
Of the Cross to be conducted at 4
p. m. and Saturday morning the
mass will be at Z a. m. with con-
LESSONS being heard later. There
will also be a Lenten service Friday
night at 1880.
Holy Communion will be celebrat-
ed at st. Michaels Episcopal church
Good Friday at 3 a. m. and three
hour service there will start at
noon. There will be celebrations OF
Holy Communion on Easter Sum-
day at z, 8 and ii a. m. and the an
nual Sunday school service will be
held at p. m. Sunday.
A Good Friday service will be
held at 8 p, m, tomorrow In the
Salem Lutheran church at which
Edward Gerber and Burton Lundin
will be ushers. This service will be
in English. Easter Sunday the 0
a. m. service will be In Swedish and
the II o'clock service In English. A
cantata will be rendered by the
combined choirs at Z p. m. service
Sunday.
Members of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will hear a talk to-
morrow noon by Rev. Joseph r.
Swain, Of Seymour, former. pastor
at the M. e. church here. The
service will last an hour.
Tonight at 8 o'clock the Sacra-
ment Of the Lords supper will be
held with Rev. Wayne White, pas
tor, officiating. Members OF the
Confirmation class will receive
Communion at the first table. A
special meeting OF the quarterly
conference will be held after this
service.
Bills Rejected
Announcement of the rejection by
the house of the general assembly
of the local bills which would make
elections here biennial instead OF
annual and would raise the salary
of the warden from $1,000 annually
to $4,000 came as a stunning blow
10 many supporters Of the measures
here.
1t Is planned to have Senator
Frank McDermott submit two bills
similar In form and 1t Is believed
favorable action will be taken on
these and they will be sent back TO
the people for a referendum vote.
Local democrats are specializing
today why the bills should be turn
cd down after each had been APP
proved in a special freemen's meet
ing here. The biennial election idea
was approved by a vote Of 65l to
1853 about a four-to-one n1argain
and the increase In salary for the
warden was approved by the free
men by 500 to 2l2 vote, almost
three to one.
Some weeks after the vote had
been held, William Polski, president
Of the Third Ward Republican club,
voiced a protest to the freemen's
meeting, saying many members Of
the third ward did not get chance
to vote because the voting time Q
a. m. to S p. m. did not permit them
the opportunity to vote.
At meeting Of the Third Ward
Club later 1t was de-
cided TO have members Of the club
contact other republican organiza-
ton members In an effort TO oppose
the bill at the hearing before the
cities and borough committee in
Hartford. At that meeting Warden
John j. Sheridan and Burgess
George Fellows defended the meas
ures but Burgess Joseph Nygren,
objected to the phrasing
the warden being elect
ed For full-time SERVICE" on the
grounds that some men would not
run for the office because they
could not give full-time service.
After this objection, Borough Attor-
ney Henry Freeman struck these
words from the bill In an effort to
objection to 1t. The word
ip0 ~ the nrin{yno1 hill nm uyhicI1
the people voted was changed then
from 1.-The warden shall receive not
more than $500" to read, "the
warden shall receive $2,5OO." These
were the only alterations.
Whittem0re Leads
Because of the fact only about
30 attended the Third Ward 9. O. p.
meeting 1t did not seem the opposi-
ton to the measures would amount
TO much, but when Harris White
more, Jr., was chosen republican
town committee chairman several
weeks ago, he announced he would
oppose the bills In Hartford. Mr..
Miss Emily s. Brown.
Mrs. Adelaide Mead and Former
Warden Frank Lobdell. all prom
Inent republicans, were among those
who spoke against the bill at the
hearing at Hartford.
Atty. Henry Freeman and Warden
John J. Sheridan spoke In favor OF
The measures and pointed out the
people OF the town had approved
them overwhelmingly. IL was runor-
I'd privately after the hearing that
The biennial election idea would be
approved. but the salary increase
would be sent back for . gsfersn-
dum.
Triumph For WhIilemoFe