The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

break last nave a Dig advantage.
There's lots of fun up there, and
a fine afternoons outing. Some of
the Waterbury boys did not do
half bad.
Then there was the HarwintOn
fair Saturday afternoon. 1t re-
mains more like itself than any
other around these parts. 1t con-
tinues to be the mecca of pOliti-
clans, and they were there in
goodly numbers Saturday after
nOon-Of course the Beacon VAL
ley fair is a thing Of the past. Too
bad it went by the boards. The
Danbury fair, on this week, does
not begin to attract the Water
burianS that it did years gone by.
For years Thursday was always
Waterbury day. Hundreds would
go from here. And some of the To-
cal denizens would cut highjinks
on the fairs midway. Remember
one afternoon when one promi-
nent citizen from this town pulled
one of the dancing girls off the
stand, where she was giving
preliminary ballyhoo. But there
was nothing much done about it,
when the crowd agreed to go in
to the show. That's where they
intended to go in the beginning.
There was plenty of "h0och"
sold at the fair during the prohi-
bitiOn days. Although the man.
agement tried strenuously to pre-
vent the sale Of "shot," it could
be purchased in many of the
tents, where there were conces-
siOns. Some of these places were
raided by the police, but they
were back again the next year. OF
course all that went with prohibit
tion. The Springfield fair gets
very little play from Waterbury,
now $ncidentally have you noticed
the crowds that are now attend
ing the Worlds fair. They evil
IDENTIFY realize that there are only
a few more weeks to see this spec
tacle. Saturday and Sunday were
two Of the biggest days the fair
has had.
The Army seryice-Some of our
young men are getting in before
they are called, Attorney Walter
Monagan, Jr., recently entered in
Philadelphia, where he is now To-
Gated, the intelligence service for
two years. His brother, William,
also an attorney, is in the intel
Igence service at the national
capitalrHe's been in the past few
years. Many of the local cor
porations are now busily plan
ming what they will do for their
employees, who are called away.
They will undoubtedly guarantee
their positions and give them
something in addition to the re-
Enumeration, which they will re-
ceive from the government. Many
of the boys in the colleges are en-
deavoring to enlist in the air ser
vice. They are of the opinion that
this branch has a future.
Some of the ads in connection
with the truck drivers strike in
New York this week carried some
interesting information, if it is
true. They claim that the average
truck driver earns about $4,000
per year. Good men earn $4,000
or more per year. New York truck
drivers are paid $500 to $1O.27 per
day-whether the driver works
one hour or the full 8 hours-with
overtime before 700 a. m. and
after 4 p. m. Amy work they do
between these fixed hours counts
as a full days work-even though
they work but one hour. (Of
course these figures are from the
ads Of the transportation COM
panies). Quite bit different from
the prices paid in Connecticut.
Speaking of the late "Joe" st.
Louis-Read with interest that {.
story in your paper the other eve-
ming about the debut of BILLY"
Burke. There was another one
about the day he was in four
some with ed" Kelley, Judge
John McGrath and Dan" How
ard. They were playing the Maui
gatuck course, and Joe" was in
a trap. They figured he was out
Of the hoe. But all OF a sudden,
his ball come over the bunker,
right on the green and stopped a
few inches from the pin. He won
the hole. but there was plenty OF
doubt In the minds Of his friends.
how he made the shot. They ac-
cused him OF throwing the ball up.
He was very indignant ut their
accusations. But they had not
gone very far on the next hole.
when he admitted that he had
made the shot with his good right
arm. II caused O big laugh. Then
there was the afternoon. when he
had o golf engagement with q
prominent citizen. In the mean.
time, he and Dan" Bowes with
some other newHpapeFmen were
invited on an attractive trip 10
the shore. "j0e" called up his
friend and said that pressing
matters would prevent keeping
the engagement. But the prone
inent elslsen was y little dubious.
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c0ileaeuaa said they had not seen
him fof kome time, bit the man
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