The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
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Bhl uarrisus yesterday that wo could send a ehlld Co school with the confidence that the teas cher would not spend every cduea. tlonal egseFt RuMHlng them full of Com m u n stlo t0M- f00llShness, Have you read Q textbook recent. ly2 Some of thcm lack only the Mosetw imprint and date line.
 Did your windows rattle last week9 Out ct Fort Miehle, Gull Island, men of tho 242nd Coast Artillery, fired fourteen rounds from Q i0.ineh rife, tossed moro than i4h tons of steel Into the Atlantic and made tho eaFdrums Of Connecticut militlamen and draf- tees jingle, The army must have found somo powder because tho last time that gun was fired was fourteen years ago, Tho rifle was installed in 1923,
 An effort ls underway to have tho representatives of the London Flro Department now touring Connecticut visit S0uthbury and demonstrate how they fight brush fires In Londont0wn. They've given free lessons to many other Arc departments In the state, in exchange for dinners and minor comforts. Our own fire department deserves D chance at this valuable training. Hitler may not bomb our trap shop on his first trip over, but we should got more up.to.date information about handling con. flagEatlons bef0re the hunting sea- son opens. We saw these English gentlemen At an East Hartford aviation motor plant and the way they gaped at an ordinary fire fighting handeRrt was a caution. If they over sec that S0uthbury bumper, they'll want ono to take back home.
 The British never could take Stonlngton, but somebody else has. We see by the papers that on July 2, the toWnsfolk will have a chance In referendum to approve or disapprove governme Q ntal changes that may or may not have been passed by tho General As- sembly. The S(onington selectmen haven't received official notifica- ton confirming passage Of tho various bills but they assume that something was done during tho recent legislative barley in Hart ford.
 The hills Stonington Is wonder Ing about create . six member nOn- partisan school board (sOmc- thing we've advocated here for a long tlmc) regulations making it unnecessary Co file tax lists, and . bill for q single assessor instead of three. There Is considerable doubt aS Co whether the last blll passed, but the seIectmen are going to ask tho t0wnsfolk to vote on it any way.
 A newspaper man recently wrote a book, Louisiana Hayride," about the Huey P. Long regime in tho Delta State. There's material for several books in Stonington, if what we read is correct. They sent men to Hartford to represent the community and those representa- tives stacked up a mess Of legisla- ton correcting, improving and re- vamping on town government. Now the voters have been request ed to vote on laws that they seem to have nothing to do with creat- ing. Stongington has been taken over like Grant took Richmond.
 One Of St0ningt0n's representa- tlves was born in Ansonia, the other in Blackburn, England. One is q mason contractor and the other Is . yachtsman with Wes- terly, Rhode Island, address. Both men are on the list as Republicans. We haven't found out who will be the one- man board of assessors for the township, but it will Dc easier Co hunt down one man than three or mere. We hope that Stonington likes these new innovations and that the voters approve Of what has already been accOmpiisneu' Maybe we'u adoUt D noEa-Uartisan