The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-07

Bill GarriguS Hall for the big voting. The Republicans passed out Gabler's cigars and the Dem- ocrats distributed CrcmoS. The c. o. P. cigars came from Henry McCarthy's General Store in South Britain.
 To. show how tolerant and broadminded everybody in this baili%ick is, Town Hall Janitor Willy Kiel served as gate tender while Raymcnd Oberstadt, Sprad- dle Hill agrarian, managed the checking at the outgoing end. Both these gentlemen are of Ger man blood. both are painstak- ingly honorable. Nobody got through the wicket that didn't look right. Our side of town was again well represented at the af- fair.
 Before daylight, cars started tO arrive at our Town Hall and men walked up and down await ing the opening of what they supposed would be the official vot- ing place. Nobody opened the Town Hall. Nobody even remcm- bered to post notice stating that voting would be held at the Southbury Community Hall, in- stead of at the official Town Hall. (If there are many more such mistakes, South Britain will se- cede from Southbury and set up a separate township. After all, we have the lest of the township on this side of the ridgeD
 Presiding on the floor to see that everything was conducted with proper decorum and serious- ness, the Reverend M. E. N. Lind say managed to secure a day of from his duties as chaplain at our defective hospital and serve as referee. He expected an easy day but he soon discovered that he would earn his money.
 Democratic Town Chairman Gregory Cassidy discovered that 8 telephone had been installed in the Town Hall, for Republican use only. He asked who paid for the installation and was informed that the town arranged the facil- ity. One report has 1t that MT. Cassidy asked for the use of the phone and was refused. Anyway, this wideawake young Democrat called on the Reverend Lindsay to rule as to whether or not it was legal for one party to have tclc- phone when the other party had to wigwag or send a runner with messages to distant hilltops. Hur- ried conferences were held. MT. Cassidy went out to phone the manager of the Woodbury Tcle- phone Company and learned that the Republican Town Committee was paying for the service and not the town officials. That looked suspicious, in fact, it appeared that there might be largc-siZed c6l0red gentleman in the wood nile. Meanwhile, somebody thought 1t might be a good plan to call on the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut for a ruling. Pending a ruling from that office, the telephone was locked up.
 Hours. fitted past. Voters who had to go through two other towns to reach the voting place arrived and humbly registered their opinion as to the form of government they wanted to main tain. Signs at the 75-foot marks meant little or nothing. Tempers grew ragged as the day drew to- ward noon. MT. Cassidy hustled after voters himself, while the Republican Town Chairman sim- ply waved his hand and a dozen cars purred out along the high ways and byways after advocates of c. O. P. rule. Kenneth Wall ton arrived from Paradise wear ing a smile and a scarlet shirt, He drove away again and returned with Squire Lyman Green of the Garnet Mines. Lyme smllingly exercised hls franchise and then First Selectman J. Edward Coer TIT greeted him with the welcome news that a town check for s7S for dog damage to the Green Sheep Flock was in the mall. i've mentioned thoGe damaged sheep in this column, and we're glad to see Lyman get a settle-