The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
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 Fancy That Some wives are now buying their
 Christmas presents much down and the balance over
 Ss wSsr s when Winter comes where do folks get the idea that it's against the law to call doc tor before the hours of the morning. The ski ing season approaches Something else to give Amer' cans the jumps. If you don't shop now you won't shop at a and if you don't shop at all you won't shop now same old vicious circle The Y"IstlaS DssnIS days gifts, swapping cards, aren't you glad they're here.
 The cooperation from the young fry around the house is something amazing these days and even that terror of the negkbOrhoOd, Jerry, the Junior Delinquent is just as good he can be. Persstently falls warm December rain. Where are the snows of yeSteryearY Trees all geared for Christmas lights are now growing lots of places besides Brooklyn
 Let's Make Merryi Washington Irving said 'Tfs the season for kndng the fire of hospitality in the hal the genial fire of charity in the heart So here there and everywhere it's open house between now and the ns of the year. of the leading Christmas specials is the Community Party The North End Hopevle, East End, Mill Plain. Washington Park, Brooklyn, Overlook, water vie Bunker Hill, South End, Middlebury, Watertown and endless other communities a-out for big time featuring community singing of carols hymns and popular songs of the lnstrmenalsts join in is as well as dancers fancy and ballroom Fidders fiddle and pianists batter up and down the keys The highlight of each party is the entrance of Mr. Question Mark one of the communitys leading citizens, who, dressed like santa Claus gives and gives to the delight of young and old Then in the midst of everything you guessed M refresh ments! That's community life here in Waterbury and surroundings, and if you don't believe every community goes all for Christmas celebrating just read the social and community news columns. Everybody has party at Christmas-schoos offices, sores churches, etc., etc. So let's make merry
 Around Town. |. Familiar faces seen among the milling Yuetide crOwds-NOrman Neae, welI.known real estate man bent on kindly mission of obtaining collection of gifts from friends for unfOrtunates in in stitutiOns Mrs. Eugene Oviat of Middlebury trying to find just the right gifts for her two young sOns
 Mrs Merton R. Allan one of the cty's wellknOwn club women doubt rushing to help out with Christmas party somewhere Frank Kirschner the stauncnest -An vauks htc gfVf triu for coffee for the boys and girls. Marion Laver diere of the Bronson Library looking very chic in pretty blue hat and laden with bundles Mrs .S. h days until April when she will return to Denmark lO her aging mother.
 How would you like to pay only two mill tax your Waterbury property? (Now, wait! No pushingD Well your foreathers paid that back in 1870 and probably beefed about it. too According to eatherbound musty tax record book of S7O7 found by Tax Assessor dro enks in the aged vaurecords of the City Hall the Grand saIs ooo and total of $1s21s7 in taxes was col lected compared to about $ million today Incuehta- ly the tax collector Peter Lawlor and the sum re- ceived for collecting the taxes was-$3O73! We wager that some of the local ndustriass would like to be pay ing today the amount of taxes paid then For ex ample: Scov Mig Co., assessed for $9oOOVV anu psiG Brass assessed at $25O344 and paid tax of $oOOoo Waterbury Button Co., assessed at with tax o1 S00 Waterbury Buckle Co., assessed at S35OOO wtn tax of S70 Waterbury Clock Co., assessed at $11OOOO for tax of $220 Waterbury Gas Light Co., tax of $IO on an of $35OOO One mercantile partnership na1 to pay tax and the records note payment of ha by one partner and half by the other Soldiers and re men were exempbut not the policemen according to tne list of exemptions There seemed to be poll tax of $ZO per person and if you served in the militia didn't pay that Some taxpayers who owed little as $l75 paid m nstallments! The lowest taxes were $2O Fahure to nay was met by drastic had any property then the tax collector ordered to foreclose mmed atey and sell If your property didn't meet your debt then the law stated that the collector was to !ns body and commit him to the keeper of the county jail A. D. Rice was chairman of the Finance Committee ana approved the estimate The taxes levied in Sept 2S 1911 were not reportabe until August, 1872 Happy Day!