The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL dARRIGUs


snow removal. there's q plank
for somebody's platforml Think
Of all the whaIn there Is N It.
ANY party col, have that plank,
together with the inside, lowdown
dope, II they will promise to make
IL q real contest and q burning is
sue.
What politics needs in this vale
Of slloWdrifts Is more action. For
more years than We can Femem.
ber, the town has gone RepubN.
can and the powers that hold the
purse strings believe that u 81
ways will 80 TO the q. o. r,
That's why there's 70 little money
An Gown around time fer election.
IT'S no economy 70 buy IN cleo
tion that Is practically . cinch. A
plank on efficient SNOW removal
might attract enough attention
from the bankers TO assure .
modest Aonsti01l.
Some of the things that might
be explained Is why 1t takes three
days to get the snow plows to the
Purchase; why the offer OF Flat
Till farmer to donate the use Of
q tractor was refused; why . plow
that was always parked on Skunk
Hollow ready for immediate local
use was removed TO the vicinity Of
Lake Zoar, and why South Britain
side road drifts are the last in
the township to receive the at
teution Of the town ofiicials. One
speed, IN tho campaign might be
deyoted to the subject Of certi-
Iied snow plows: more plows ap-
proved for local use would garner
votes hereabouts.
Purchase Klill residents want TO
REGISTER o vote Of thanks 10 the.
BurRoyntie Construction Company
for their liberal use Of bulldOzers
and tractors during the recent
Blizzard. IL Il hadn't been for the
Meighborly attitude Of this con-
Germ, Communications between
Main Street and the Purchase
District would have been delayed
three days. while the town did
not authorize Such action ana the
Burgoynnc boys took the initiative,
perhaps II would be 3 friendly ges.
turc % Just pay for the gasoline
and Oll consumed? Farmers from
Mulberry Corner 10 Spradle Brock
would vote for such an expendl-
tvrc, u they could.
Listeners to Swede Stolt's Hay-
seeders note that an unusually large
number Of requests for music
comes irosr this town. That Is as
It should be. South Britain Is ap.
preciative OF good music. Some Of
the best SiddJers we know reside
here, we have o couple Of good
pronlpters, and q banjo picker who
rates. Myyon Pierce seldom 5iddles
\ In public these days but he can
give most Of the youngsters point.
ery. Myron knows the old-time
tunes, the old calls, and the time.
Keney o Oberstadt painting
contractors, have completed their
los on the Pierce Hollow School.
This school house fairly gIitters.
Ivs one Of the cleanest buildings
4 In the township.
Paradise, there's o name for
youl i. and It's Q name that
fitsl Even the rocks In Paradise
are different; they're filled with
garnets, traces Of glittering crys.
tals. and . beautiful tracevy that
mirht be, (but isn't), gold. The
commercial development Of Para
disc consisted Of silica mining.
timering, charcoal burning, and
hard scrabble farming. THEY
FOUND A WAY, . down.to-earth
book about Connecticut people,
pubiicized Paradise, but there isn't
room In any single volume to more
than scratch the surface Of that
region.
william Henry Harrison scratch
"a the surface Of . corner Of Far
adise and wrung > living srom the
gfnbhorn soll. Harrison picked
stone, cut brush, plewed when the
terrain would have responded
more readily 70 dynamitlns, and
rTaAsanlly carved himself q farm.