Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org Timely Coverage Of News In The Fastest Growing Community In Litchfield County Vol. 39 No, 7 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $12.00 PER YEAR Car. Rt. P.S. PRICE 30 CENTS February 16, 1984 Town Snow Removal Budget Melts Away Adult Education Spring from the cold and snow if for no other reason than such an inter- Session Begins Feb. 27 lude cannot further deplete the town's snow removal budget. The spring term of basic lei- Computers, 8 to 9:30 p.m.; In reality, however, there is no sure courses in the Adult Ed- Ceramics; and Woodworking. more snow budget. ucation Program will begin Mon- Wednesdays •• Swimming, Thomas Van, public works dir- day, Feb. 27, Director Peter 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. ector, said earlier this week the Perkinson announced. Swift Junior High $94,650 account for snow remo- Courses will be held at Water- Mondays-Golf; Art Work- val has gone over budget by THE WATERTOWN HIGH CHAPTER of Distributive Education town High School, 324 French shop; Candlewicklng (four about $12,000. A good deal of the St., and Swift Junior High weeks); Sewing; and Upholster- deficit can be attributed to extra Clubs of America (DECA) recently won 19 awards at the annual Dis- sand and salt expenses. trict DECA Conference in New Britain. The trophy winners for WHS, School, Colonial Street, OakviJle. ing. seated left to right, included: Lorraine Chapin, Jackie Barbieri, Mark Most wJI be held from 7 to 9 Tuesdays -• Quilting, (six The cold and at times icy con- DiMichelle, Bridget Lynch, and Janice Palletta. Standing: Lee p.m. for eight weeks. weeks); Conversational French; ditions that have prevailed in re- Ceasar, Bom Valentino, Kim DeSocio, Marlon Franzese, Oina Lam- Mr. Perkinson said registra- Chair Caning (four weeks); cent weeks have scuttled the op- timism of mid-January, when porte, and Brett Brlekett, (Valuckas Photo) tion will be conducted the first Tailoring; Slimnastics; Intermed- night of each class. Registration iate German; and How to Stop about $40,000 remained in the fee is $5 for the term, with an Smoking (six weeks). 1983-84 snow fund. Mr. Van said DECA Students Capture additional $5 charged for tuition Thursdays--Active Sports, some $35,000 of the $56,000 ex- for non-residents. Exceptions are Basketball. pended came from the sand and made for senior citizens and the Senior citizen sewing will take road salt account. 19 Honors A t Conference handicapped. place at the Falls Avenue senior On the positive side, Mr. Van Watertown High School stu- fourth. The schedule is as follows, center on Thursdays, from 1 to said new road sand replacing the dents in the Distributive Educa- On the supervisory level, Chad with courses held at the usual 3 p.m. product the town previously had tion Club of America (DECA) Kinzly was fourth in general 7 to 9 p.m. slot unless otherwise The academic program also been using is "working out bet- chapter recently won 19 awards merchandising, and Brett Brick- noted; will begin again on/eb. 27, tak- ter." The town canceled its at the annual District DECA ett, third, and Sarah Balnis, Watertown High ing place at Swift. The lineup is agreement with A&N Sand and . Conference in New Britain. fifth, in food marketing. Georg- Mondays-Swimming, 7:30 to as follows: Gravel, Southington, after resl- Students competed on the ann Palomba was fourth in job 9:15; Photography (black and --Americanization and Citi- dents complained it stuck to their master employee (DE-1) and interview. white), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; and zenship, Mondays and Tuesdays shoes and easily tracked into supervisory (Dfi-2) levels, Watertown now will compete Furniture Refinishing (six from 7 to 9 p.m. homes. In a remarkable sweep, Water- on the state DECA level, and aim weeks). --English as a second langu- A&N had been the low bidder town took the top five places in for the national competition as Tuesdays-Basic Computers, age, Proficiency English, Mon- to provide and estimated 5,000 restaurant marketing. According (Continued on page 20) 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Intermediate days and Wednesdays from 7 cubic yards of sand this winter. to DECA teacher Leo Riley, to 9 p.m. The new vendor, Innes Bros,, the achievement was "outstand- ••Elementary Basic Education, Thomaston, who will provide the ing," and has only been accom- Masters Of The Skip In Pre-Q.E.D., Mondays and Tues- sand from now on, will be charg- plished by WHS students. days from 7 to 9 p.m. ing $6.25 a yard. The winners were Jack! Bar- -High School Equivalency Problems with the old sand bieri, first; Marion Franzese, ' Jump Rope For Heart' Preparation, Mondays through were blamed on unacceptable second; Lee Ceasar, third; Deb- The Watertown High School least one youngster from each Thursdays, 7 to 9 p.m. amounts of foreign material, bie Eiehman, fourth; and Terri gymnasium will really be jump- group must be on the floor and Mr. Perkinson said any such as dirt and clay, In the Falomba, fifth. ing on Saturday, March 3, when jumping at all times during the changes in the program will be batches. On the supervisory level, teams of youngsters and oldsters three-hour span. The partici- noted in an advertisment in nest Mr, Vnn reported "all the ma- Bridget Lynch won top honors raise money for the American pants have been practicing some week's Town Times. Further in- chinery is operational at the mo- in apparel and accessories, Heart Association in a "Jump 16 different jumping techniques. formation can be obtained by ment," although he expressed followed by Lorraine Chapin's Rope for Heart" extravaganza. Parent and teacher teams also calling the Adult Education of- concern over two trucks. second place. Gina Lamporte The event takes place from 9 will be trying to prove they still fice Mondays through Fridays, In December, the director was second in restaurant market- a.m. to 12 noon. Children from are adept at the youthful activity 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or Mondays gave the Town Council a compre- ing, junior level. Polk and Griffin elementary . by participating. The Heart As- through Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. hensive report on snow removal Mark DiMlehele won highest schools have collected pledges sociation has set up prizes, from Brochures will be available operations in town for its 112.45 honors for service station re- from sponsors, and donations jump ropes and T-shirts to walk- at the Watertown Library, 470 miles of roads. Of the 12 highway tailing, master employee level, also have been accepted. man stereos, for individuals and Main St., and the Oakville trucks in service, 10 were listed followed by Dom Valentino in The American Alliance for teams collecting the most pledge Branch Library, 55 Davis St. (Continued on page 20) third. Kim DeSocio took third Health, Physical Education, Re- money. spot on the supervisory level. creation, and Dance is helping Mr. Moffo said the rope hop Other high finishers for WHS sponsor the rope skipping, said Taft Thespians Staging at the master employee level in- originally was slated for Swift Nick Moffo, physical educational (Continued on page 20) cluded Janice Palletta, second, Instructor at the two schools. The and Ann Cambique, fifth, PTO associated with Griffin and 'Grease' As AFS Benefit apparel and accessories; Rich Polk also is lending a hand. Police Looking The musical "Grease" will be Lighting," and "We Go To- Mazzamaro, fifth, general mer- Mr. Moffo said 162 kids have staged by the Taft School's Mas- gether" highlight the fast-paced chandising; and Scott Breive, signed up in teams of six. At Into Vandalism que and Dagger Society Friday, and lively entertainment. Feb. 17, for the benefit of the lo- Reserved tickets can be ob- On Wilder Ct. cal American Field Service tained by contacting Taft at Norma Kaminski Selected Police Chief Frank Lecchi said (AFS) Chapter. 274-2516, ext. 26^ or from Bar- this week a police investigation is The show will go on at 7:40 bara Thurston at 274-4591. continuing into the plight of Fre- p.m. in Taft's Blngham Auditor- The AFS chapter is in its 20th derick Neubig, 80, of "16 Wilder ium. Immediately after there will Norma Kaminski, 15 Otis most successful, and with Mrs. year of service in Watertown Court, whose house was splatter- be a reception with refreshments and Oakville. It is an exchange Drive, will serve as the AmerleaD Kaminski and her committee ed with eggs Sunday night. The for all ticket holders so they can Cancer Society town crusade leading the way, I am certain this program for students abroad incident occurred about 8:30 meet friends and members of the coming to this country, and for chairwoman in Watertown and year's program will be an even p.m. Feb. 12. cast. Oakville for 1984, Dr. Gerard greater success." local students to visit foreign Mr. Neubig reported the eggs "Grease," the second-longest lands. T. Kennealey, president of the "This year's crusade in are the latest in a series of acts of running musical in Broadway Greater Waterbury unit, ACS, Watertown and Oakville wUl vandalism that have taken place history, is a nostalgic look at the This year, Mario Ulate, from has announced. provide an opportunity, for peo- to his property the past couple of rock and roll era, centering on Costa Rica, is residing with Mr. In making the announcement, ple to support the Cancer years.