The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-17


60 to the relief Of an injured
veteran to whom we all owe q
debt of gratitude. Dancing starts
at 900 o'clock.
Following the lead Of Southbury
in our formation of the Paradise
Rifles, the citizens of Wilton are
organizing for home defense. Tom
Beck Of Golfers spoke about the
deficiency Of u. S. ornaments in
very much the same vein as we
wrote last fall. Mrs. Zabriskie,
formerly from Paris, told about
Communistic activity in France
and suggested that we start col
lecting a few Red scalps here.
Back in November, Newton Post,
No. 1907, v. F. w.. entered for
NAL protest about the employment
Of Communists on w. p. A. Speak
er Zabriskie likewise suggested q
ban on the Bund, but our COM
munity here tossed the Swastika-
Wearers out on their ear almost
tAree years ago.
Garry On, Wilton! You're head
ing In the right direction, and II
we can ever help, just ask us. If
you ever need assistance, just tele-
phone George Holmes, Ken Wal
ton, or Bill Garrigus, trio of
practical gentry who are the exc
cutive committee of the Paradise
Rifles. If you need advice, come
over to McCarthy's Store and get
some bedrock philosophy straight
from the feed box. This township
doesn't 60 out for much publicity
bat 1t fosters a type Of true AM
ericanism that works out, to the
CONSERVATION and dismay of those
who would have us attempt what
they claim to be a more efficient
form of government.
The funniest thing we have
heard recently was the story about
the city-bred Waterman on the
State hospital job who was scared
almost dizzy by the owls at the
Jim Cassidy farm. That employe
had to tour the north portion Of
Horse Hill in the dead of night
and the noises Of the night almost
turned his hair gray.
Sabotage at the defective hos
pital is reported now. Somebody
stopped all drains and opened the
faucets in one of the fine new
buildings. Floors and walls were
damaged. An investigation is un-
derway but no arrests have been
made. Perhaps some of the new
inmates arrived ahead Of schedule.
Contractor Berkeley Is busy with
. shingling job at the Kowalski
Farm across the way from the
Purchase School. George Grisgra-
Der has been helping out with the
haying at Lew Stillson's. Ike Plat
has q good stand Of corn at the
Pierce Farm on the Shepaug, and
Charley Squires's COW has q new
calf. War in Europe never halts
the regular routine out here where
people still continue to live nor
mally and in carefully guarded
peace.
walking through the barnyard
at Fred HOLSTERS the other day,
we flushed eleven partridges. Rab-
its have discovered Nate Beard
sley's garden patch, but are doing
/. no damage at the moment. The
woodchuck crop is fair and deer
Z are seen almost every day with
spotted fawn or two trotting along
behind the elders. Over on Para
disc Side. a giant hawk needs kill
ing, but it will probably be run
over by Horace Green's Chevrolet
and thus be removed from a
career of crime. Turtles and the
larger black snakes remain under
cover since we reported that
Nate Evarts is starting his annual
hunt as soon as the haying is done.
A small black snake, about six
feet long. was run over by car
on Purchase Hill last week, but
was only carelessness Of the
immature.