The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
By The OUT-EASTER

The employees of the Connecticut Light & Power Company feted Charles J. Allen at The Elton Thursday night. MT. Allen, you know, has been advanced to the position of director of public re- lations, from office manager.
 Out east is vitally interested in MT. Allen. It was out here that he lived when he first came to Waterbury, Idlywood avenue, ad- jacent to the tennis courts of Proprietors' Common, not Ham, ion park as ohters refer to it., but who apparently do not rec ognize the history of this par ticular triangular piece of prop erty. The original gift of the Hamilton family had nothing to do with this land. The city and the late Miss Caroline A. Platt paid for it.
 Farringtonville
 MT. Allen landed in Waterbury in the days when MT. Daniel T. Harrington was a "big shot" out here, east of Silver St. Senator John Hurley was the "big shot" of the part nearer the city. MT. Harrington saw great possibil- ities in our part of the town, and developed this section about Idyl- wood avenue in such a way that people started to move out here so fast that eventually we had so many, new Catholic parish was started, named Saint Peter & Paul. And the district has grown ever since.
 The families in and about Idyl- wood avenue and Englewood ave- nue made up a happy little lot, and annually they all met out at the old Grange hall for an annual supper and dance. Daniel T. Far rington sponsored the affair, then known by all of us as "the Mayor of Farringtonville."
 One of the shining lights of those memorable occasions was MT. Allen. Young and ambitious he filtered about, as first aid to the great and popular Dan. He was so quick on his feet that he seemed to be just in the right place when he was needed.
 And what a program he ar- ranged.
 MT. Allen always Lad a faculty of saying the right thing at the right place. His preparation of the phraseology of the program, his wit, and timely sayings, made him one of the most valuable members of the committee in charge. His kindly salutation, and his greet ing to the clan of the neighbor- hood endeared him to all mem- bers of the various families gath cred together in the interest of the neighborhood. We shall never forget him; we can't forget him, not any one of us.
 Mike Ferrick
 Time moved on and MT. Allen was transferred to Hartford. We were present at the time" giv- en him at Mike Ferrick's Inn at Lake Hitchcock. We had sone- thing to do with it, for it was really our people who first thought up and arranged the affair.
 The East End glories in the &C., complishments of MT. Allen. It has always liked him: he had a way of making friends and hold ing them for tl csc many years.
 When he moved away, we even followed him. And when he re- turned, we continued to follow him through the newspapers. In his day, he was one of the best of our tennis players, and quite often played on the team that represented our district in the games with other such teams in various parts of the city.
 We were not present Thursday night, although we wanted to be. We think we had a. right to be t.ere, but 1t was an affair limi- ted exclusively to attaches of the Conn. Light & Power CO, and so factory "buff" worker had to stay home and read the account the next day.
 Old Out East, however. desires to congratulate the company for its advancement of MT. Allen. He's a real prop" to the concern in Waterbury. and without ques- tion the most hkeable of all of