The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-07
South Britain B
 By BILL
 GARRIGUS
Election Special! Township Wit nesses Greatest Brush Combing" In History = Telephone Locked Up!

mentO Lyme grinned and de- parted.
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 At long last and after due de- liberation, the Attorney Generals office sent a message that tele- phones at the voting place were not according to Hoyle, or that any phone installed would have to be for the use of all-c0mers. Anyway, the llnemen appeared and the phone connection with the outer world was established in farm truck in a field beyond the 75-f0Ot danger zone. From the new message center, runners carried the news to and from the seats of the mighty near the the Community Hall steps.
 Southburians came and voted without ever hearing about the telephone war at all. Rugged farm women came in from the pasture lands with gossip and main street maidens paused to chatter about their latest date. The great de. mocracy We enjoyed bubbled and stewed as the elite rubbed elbows with the farm-run of folks. Some people spent long time voting; others rushed through fast. One town official offered to bet that at least one unmarked ballot would be found in the box. A Democratic lady we know spent most of the day carrying Republi- cans, and a Republican bounced over tough miles of unimproved road to get single vote that gen. erally goes to the Democrats. Steve Rant got up the hill from the Shepaug safely. Put Smith proudly showed in the village for the first time since berry picking time. Travis arrived from East Hill: Billy Daniels came in from Squaw Rock under his own power. Nate Evarts reported the capture of a gray fox.
 The funniest story reported was about the man who drove to Little York to get backwoodsm The gentleman from the wilderness got such a shaking up coming down Squeak street that he complained of feeling i'll and asked the driver to take him to Sandy Hook for a restorative. After Ave minutes treatment at The Hook, our man came rolling out to the chariot with the avOwed intention of voting a straight Communist ticket. By the time the car reached the voting place the Little Yorker was asleep and 1t took the combined efforts of four men to get him to vote at all.
 At 5:55 p. Ill., the Reverend Lind say came out on the porch and, like an eastern priest at prayer-time declared that there was just five minutes to go. Weary election off, cials mopped their, brows and won- dered how long 1t would take to tally the ballots. One little knot of men gathered around a car with a radio installation to hear the early returns from Mount Washington, Mass, and from Sharon, New Hampshire. The telephone truck ip the field was deserted. Ikey, the Judges mascot, sniffed the breeze and headed homeward, convinced that Southbury was safely in the Republican column after the larg- est voting ever recorded in this end of the Pomperaug valley. Ikey was happy because dogs never make election bets, or use telephones in- stalled within the 75-foot zone.
 Note: Smoky JensOn has just ar- rived with news that MT. Roosevelt has upset precedent and won a third term. S0uthbury gave Wendy about 8 two -to-One ajority. What happens in the rest of the world makes little difference to this town.