The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
Tribute Paid Mrs. Fuller

Tribute Paid Mrs. Fuller
 Traibute was paid yesterday to Mrs. Asa B. Fuller, president of the Aid Society of the Congregational church who completed three years as president yesterday. The occasion was the annual meeting of the or ganization held in the Congrega- tional parish house.
 Mrs. Fuller was presented with a beautiful bouquet and Rev. Edward R. Hance, pastor of the church, lauded the work done by Mrs. Full Ter as did several members of the l society.
 Mrs. W. Glenn Kirby was elected president to succeed Mrs. Fuller and others named were: Mrs. Ethel Clark, vice-president; Mrs. Fred erick zonino, secretary and Mrs. Clayton Houseknecht. treasurer.
 The society had paid its expenses and has a good surplus, reports showed. There were eight general meetings of the society, the report of Mrs. Zonino showked with cov- ered-dish luncheon being enjoyed at each.
 The report of the secretary re- viewed the highlights of Mrs. Full ler's term as president, which, il said, constituted a tribute in itself to her. These included: completion of payments on a curtain for the platform; generous contributions tc the church; purchase of equipment for the kitchen and parlor and pur- chase of a radio. In addition there were yearly contributions to various worthwhile organizations.
 Mrs. Zonino reported, Tt all pre- sents a record Mrs. Fuller may well be proud of. She has been most faithful, missing but one meeting in her three years and that because of illness"
 The society, in addition to two family suppers, served two others during the year, one to the choir of Lyman B. Bunell of Hartford and to the local church choir; the other to the ministers of the Naugatuck Valley Association when they con- vened heer in May. These affairs were ably engineered by Mrs. Reilly, kitchen chairman and her commit tee with Miss Nancy Kinkead and her helpers having charge of the dining room. The society also fin- anced suppers for the teachers of the church school, the Circles talk ing turns in preparing and serving themb. The society served refresh ments following the annual church meeting last May.
 An afternoon meeting of Circle c was devoted to hemming towels for the kitchen. Before Christmas two large boxes of clothing were packed and sent to Georgia to help in the church work there. Through the society, the parish house parlor has been frightened by the addition of new drapes, screens and a light globe.
 There have been several money making affairs, including a rum mage sale with Mrs. John Robinson chairman; an evening bridge party with Mrs. Alphonse Noble, chair man; and the cafeteria and bridge with Mrs. Henry Bird, Mrs. Lillian Mccarthy and Mrs. c. Houseknecht acting as co-chairmen. Twenty for al greetings were sent to i'll mem- berS during the year.
 Two members of the organization were lost by death, Mrs. Justine Whittemore and Mrs. Parker, and Mrs. Zonino reported their loss is keenly felt as they were always willing to cooperate for the good of the society.
 The society received a $500 gift from Mrs. Whittemore and it was voted to place this gift in special emergency fund to be used only by vote of the entire society. The so- ciety during the year contributed $ to the high school band uniform fund: $25 to the Red Cross; $20 to the tuberculosis fund, and other gifts.
 Expenses Looming With proposals made for restora- tion of pay for policemen and fire men, with the likelihood that pur- chase of at least one piece of equip n1ent for the fire department will have to be made next year and with the possibility that call firemen will be named at a salary of $100 each, it can be seen that expenses of the borough in the next fiscal year are likely to be high. Tn addition the revaluation work will have to be done in the coming fiscal year, which will mean an additional ex- peI1se.
 The grand list is expected to be considerably higher this year than last year but the additional rev. enue the increase will give will not. in all probability be sufficient to take care of much fo the extra ex- pense which the aforementioned things would entail.
 As Burgess Leo Smigelski pointed out at the borough board meeting Tuesday night, residents here will! he r1avin0 additional taxes hAnallse