The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
PLAYGROUND BABY
SHOW. SCORES HIT
Is Participate as Winners
Go Home With Many
Valuable Prizes
WATERVILLE
MISS ALICE MacMULLEN
20 Chapel Street
Phone 3-7217

Waterville, July 30-About Is ba-
bieS were entered in the baby show
held at the park Wednesday night
Prizes were awarded for the small
lest, friendliest. healthieSt and big
gest. Winners were: Ann Marie Ha
mel Cynthia Kennis, Theresa Rher
Joan Ann Southmoore, Buddy Davis
George Jalpert, Phillip Murphy and
Edward Manton.
The judges were Joan Sonier.
| Alice MacMullen and Mrs. Daniel
! Wilson.
The Floradora girls will practice
Monday at II a. m. Wednesday, 1915
a. m, Friday, 1000 a. m. Barber
shop quartet will meet on Monday
at 1870 a. m. Wednesday, 10:45 a.
M. Friday at 1920 a. m.
Play practice will be held on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday at 1880.
Costumes for the Florodora girls
are needed. Either donations of long
skirts or dresses would be appre-
ciated.
Home From Shore
Helen Barlow of Boyden street has
returned from week spent at Bay
View with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bar
low and daughters Linda and Joan
of Cooke street.
St. Paul's Chapel, recently named
to the group, had once published
a pamphlet called Waterville and St.
Paul's. This pamphlet was publish
ed in 1893 when the church cele-
brated its And anniversary.
Some of the data in it follows:
The first settlement, that know
ing was made in around the fields
at the mouth of Harcock's brook
until they were killed off by the In
dams. The earliest recollection that
l have of Waterville it was called
Pine Hole. At first it was farm
ing settlement with a few scattered
houses, a school house and a saw
mill up the brook
One of the oldest families was
that of Daniels Cook who always
had pleasant smile and a deep
scar across his face which he had
been injured when a boy by the
bursting of gun. One of my ear
Hest recollections of him was when
he gave me peach at the funeral
of Capt. Samuel Judd, who died in
1925.
Near mais brook lived Mr.. Heber
Welton, Obadiah Warner and Her
man Munson. Other settlers we're
Asa Bronson, Edward Perkins and
Jesse Brown. for many years the
nei9hborhood blacksmith. The saw
mill at the upper end of Sheffield
street was owned by David Downs,
grandfather of David E. Sprague.
On the west side of Naugatuck
river, a short distance above Amer
lean Pin Companys works, is steep
rock sloping into the river with
deep water at the bottom and known
as Larrys rocW. Larry was a slave
belonging to DR.. Preserve Porter,
and either by accident or through
some pique. he slipped or jumped
OIL this rock and was drowned. The
doctor prepared and preserved his
skeleton doing the work it is said
on spot where the accident occurred,
The SHELTON was the school of ana
tony for the tow and has been in
existence until a recent period and
may be yet. Correspondent note:
1t is my belief this is the same slave
whose skeleton is now at the Mat
tatuck museum.
On the cliff on the west side of
Hancock George, a short distance
this side of Greystone is a very
striking profile resembling the pro-
file of Washington on the American
dollar
Three who started the button busi-
ness here were David Hayden, Will
liam G. Webster, son of Noah Web
ster, and Thomas H. Bond. Hay.
den was doubtless the one who per-
suaded them to embark in the en-
terprise, and looking about for a
place they decided on a location
near Hancock brook and for some
years after the place was known as
Haydensville.
Businesses have come and gone
and Waterville has thriyed
DR.. Clark from st. Johns, Wa.
terbury thought it wise to build a
chapel here. This was due promis.
ing Cutlery business, Naugatuck
Railway had been opened, and the
expectation was that the place
would grow
I find the first marriage in St.
Paul's chapel recorded by DR.. Clark
as: Sept. 81, 1851, Andrew B
French and Mary j. Richards.
So Waterville and st. Paul's have
had their ups and downs. their high
lights and tragedies. There are still!
many beautiful! places here If one
would take the time to walk about
and notice them
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