The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-30

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 The Vaiskauckas vehicle was dam. aged on the left side, the officer re- ported.
 Mary Pendy, 29, 14 Goodyear ave hue, Naugatuck, was admitted a 11:30 a. m. today to Waterbury Hos pital for treatment of possible concussion after she was injured ir an automobile collision in Unior City. St. Mary's Hospital reported that there were no patients this afternoon for treatment of injurie. due to slipping or auto accident. the city's grammar schools remained closed by the storm.
 Lewis Fletcher of Waterbury driver of Reymond Baking co truck, sustained a slight ankle in. jury when the truck collided witt a State Highway Dept. blow or Southford Road, Middlebury, early yesterday afternoon.
 School officials stated that al the citys grammar schools remained closed this morning and would re- open this afternoon, but the higt schools remained in operation. Of flcials at the various high schools throughout the city had approxi- mately the same story to tell at- tendance was about 50 per cen, at all public high schools and al the two Catholic High schools in the earlier part of the morning. Stu dents; according to reports. strug- gled in during the school session Driving Hazardous
 Sleet, rain and snow concoctec mixture that made driving haz. ardous. The State Highway Depart ment'S District One reported that 1t had about 65 trucks on the road during the day yesterday in at- tempts to clear the highways by blowing. Officials reported that none of the main highways were closed to traffic; 65 trucks continue to roam the highways today with sand.
 The Highway Dept. warned .trav- elerS to be cautious and warned against unnecessary driving. Nc serious accidents occurred, but 8 few minor collisions with State blows were reported. The Water town-East Morris road, closed late yesterday afternoon when a truck skidded and blocked traffic, was open again in the earlier part o1 the evening.
 Though the actual snow fall amounted to only six inches, drifts as deep as 12 feet were recorded in several parts of the city and outlying districts. Bus service: due mostly to the drifts and hard packed snow and sleet, was interrupted ir several sections.
 Schedules Disrupted
 Officials at the Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting Company reported that it's schedules would be back to normal early this afternoon. They stated that the busses ran fairly well, although several of the hilly sections-Waterville, Bucks Hill ano Willow Street were hard hit by the storm. Waterville busses were re- routed on North Main Street earlier yesterday and this morning were running on ThomaSton Avenue Officials said that most of them were on time.
 Four trucks of the c. R. & L Company were covering the bus routes yesterday and today, officials said. Several instances of busses skidding into drifts were reported. Cooke Street Bus Line officials reported that drivers had "tough going" most of the day; but nc accidents were reported. They stated that the hardest hit section was Cooke Street, where buSSeS were rerouted to other less hilly sections Delays were reported, but officials expressed the hope that everything would be back to normal early this after noon.
 Company officials of the Southern New England Telephone Company reported that waters flooded the underground cables in NaugatucE and disrupted service to six hun- dred phones in that city for a few hours yesterday .Fifty-two phones cut o 29,00O in Waterbury were temporarily out of order, 1t was re- ported. .,
 Fifty sanding trucks and 12 snow blows of the Waterbury Street de- partment were on duty yesterday and today, officials said. There were several tieups in traffic due tc stalled cars and drifts. but depart ment officials reported that the drifts were being removed and skid ding of cars was virtually at halt