The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-11
"Say It With Jeeps Victory War Chant of High School
Mortgage Burning Ceremonies
 At PLattS MILLS This EUening-
Dedication of Honor Roll Also Planned; ; Elaborate
 Ceremonies Arranged

A memorable event in the annals of the Platts Mills Community As sociation, Inc, will be recorded this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Com munity clubhouse when Howard H.. Bristol Sr., president of the Bristol Co.,, will officially relinquish the ownership of the club property to the Platts Mills organization. The ceremony will be accompanied by the burning of the property mort gage by President Harry G. Mclean and his associate officers.
 Former School
 The Platts Mills Community Assn. Inc, occupied its present quarters on Highland avenue, Platts Mills, in October 1942, after the building, known as the Lincoln school, was closed for educational purposes by the City of Waterbury. In Novem- Der of the same year the property was purchased by the association from the Bristol Go. and now, only one year later, the Community club will be the only organization of its kind in Waterbury to own its own home. The deed from the Bristol Go. also includes three building lots in addition to the property occu- pied by the clubhouse.
 The occasion this evening will be highlighted by the dedication of the Platts Mills Honor Roll which will contain the names of 30 young men of the community who are serving their country in the present global war. Members of the clergy and two young men of Platts Mills who recently received an honorable dis charge from the U. s. Army will assist at the exercises. An excel lent entertainment program has been arranged for the evening and refreshments will be served.
 The Platts Mills Community asso- citation, Inc, was founded in 1853 by the following group: Charles B. Durbin, Luther w. Tooker, Walter H. Roberts, GustaVe Metz, w. w. Baker and Frank Baker. MT. Dur bin was elected the first president of the organization. The associa- ton members attended their first public event in body when the new Platts Mills bridge was dedi- cated that year.
 In 1884 MT. Durbin was succeeded as president by MT. Tooker and one of the outstanding accomplishments under the latter's administration was tke incorporation of the Asso- citation under the laws of the State of Connecticut.
 w. J. Richards served as president of the group in 1885 and he was followed in that capacity by MT. Metz who remained in office until 1889. Harry G. Mclean was named president in 1889 and still directs the activities o1 the association.
 Organized In 1883
 The PlattS Mills Community Asso- citation has grown from the small group of residents of that section of Waterbury who organized it in 1883 to membership of 125 at the pres ent tirle. Meetings of the associa- t1Oll WC1C IlCISl OIAS SAAldAAy 1AA oAAC 1So- taurant of The Bristol Company plant and later in the auditorium of the studio erected by the late Prof. William H. Bristol in connec- ton with his talking pictures pro- ject. When this building was torn down in 1886 the association nlem- bers held t,eir meetings in the au- ditorium of the present administra- ton building at Bristols until 1942 when they located in their new quarters.
 The present officers of the Platts fills Community Association, Inc, are: President, Harry G. Mclean; vice-president. Pierre Pronovcst; recording secretary, Mrs. George Parkin; treasurer, Henry Curtis; board of directors, Louis Brown, Mrs. George Shea, Walter Roberts, Luth- CT Tooker and Charles Durbin.