The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
(By Bill Garrigus)

The reports of revelry at the Can- tone Cafe continue. Just the other evening, somebody stuffed a con- stables whistle full of dimes, nick els, and pennies. The officer tried to blow it and failed to get a sound from the improvised saving bank.
 Mud Is so deep at the new State Training school that the terrain re- minds one of the Mississippi Delta after a flood, or the lower reacheS of Che Nile. A watchunan, iwading from one building to another, bog ged down seriously the other even ing. At dawn, workers found him suffering from exposure and almost frozen in the mire.
 It's fortunate that the inmates of the new hospital have not been cor raled yet. If they had to be march, ed from school to workshop, from cto,.el to greenhouse, or e1en just taken for an exercise gallop around the yard, some of them would surely be lost in the mud. AS we look over the sidehill today, it's hard to be- lieve that only a few months ago Sam Pierce wandered over those rolling hillsides unattended. COWS raised their calves where the Ad- ministration Building now rears its piebald- brick bulk, and jackrabbitS Scampered from one haystack to the next without uck-boarding. If tt/ new mechanized, stream-l lined, U. s. Army ever wants to test equip ment under actual frontline condi- tions, we strongly recommend that the grounds of the new school be given serious consideration. Not within the memory of living man has there been so much mud per acre on any plot of ground. If we could move some of that mud to one of these very profitable side road mudholes for city people to get stuck in, the farmers could all buy new tractors from the profits earned offering assistance, at $10 tow.
 Representative Sydney Platt has assumed the responsibility of listing hopeful applicants who seek em- pIoyment at the new home for the mentally defective. The date MT. Platt will conduct his merit exam nations for placement has not yet been determined but there appears to be ample time. Our informant states that Sid has publicized the news that more than 1000 appli. cations from the Brass City have already been received and he stress es the importance of prompt action to qualify. Mir. Platt is a Republi- can who sold a chunk of pasture land to the State at Broadway prices, (abOut $500 per acre), he has represented SOuthbury township for two terms in the General Assembly, drives a Buick car, and displays an enameIed Legislator" sign above his license plate.
 Plans are developing for a fact ual chatter sheet which will list in- teresting data about current topics without slant or bias. With the growing inerest in politics, with new appointments being made, and new alignments developing at home, not to mention our increased interest in European affairs. such a publication should meet with an enthusiastic reception.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of Newton Post, No. 1907, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, will hold | . dance at the Southbury Commun- lty hall on Saturday, March 18th. Music by Swede StOlts Hayseeders, . band that Is improving with every appearance, will be the attraction. Many out.Of-town guests gre ex- pecsed.
 On Saint Patrick's Day, local 1rish-Americans will keep their radios tuned in on Dublin. Palm Sunday falls or the same day, this year, and underground rumors have it that important events may tFan- eplge. Locally, We predict that the game warden1 win be especially alert, the usual number Of sight. H lee-erk will motor past the new hos- piinl, c few applicants will list lOr Employment ct inc local employ. n.ene oiIlce and the day viii be about normal.