Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org " . " ' - ' ' . ' ^ - The Watertown - OakvillXTtme Weekly e Timely Coverage Of.,Mews In The Fastest Growing Community In LitchfMd County Vol. 18, No. 881 $3w#5 PWP Ycor Single Copy, It Cents October 22, 1964 Consolidation Proposal Under Intensive Study By Fire District Committee Other Documents Also Being Examined Pond Names Aides For Local Colter Reports An intensive study of 'the pro- posed Consolidation Ordinance United fund Campaign Drive and several related documents is Robert Pond, general chairman Mr. Pond will present a prog- being conducted by 'the special ress report today at a. meeting to committee appointed by the Wa- of the Watertown 1965' United Fond be held, at 'the Girls Club in Wa- tertown ..Fire District two weeks Campaign,, has announced the ap- terbury. The Watertown-Oakvil!e ago, according to Ralph G. 'Colter, pointment of Hiss Margaret Ives goal for the annual drive is $8.- Ch.ai.rm.an. of the District 'Commit- to serve as chairman of the Ad- 200'. tee. vanced Gifts .and Residential sec- The. campaign- 'will continue 10 "Whether or not the ordinance tion, and Armand Derouin, as Oct. 30. Over 30 agencies 'benefit to abolish the Fire Districts will chairman, of the Schools and Pub- from, the- United, Fund, Drive, in- produce a form of consolidation lic Employees division. cluding the Watertown-Oakville that will "bring economy, efficien- j Executive director of the Blue Recreation Council and. the Wa- cy .and growth depends upon the "Trail Council, Miss Ives will be tertown. Public Health Nursing As- language of the ordinance, pot up-' assisted by volunteers from the sociation. •on glowing promises awk^fine- Blue- Trail Girl Scouts. •Several To date, the overall campaign sounding words that are part, of every promotional effort." Mr. ON HAND LAST SATURDAY for the opening of Democratic teams have 'been named to canvas in the Greater Waterbury area has the residential area. obtained 49%' of the $775,000 goal. Colter said, in, reporting the ex-'' campaign headquarters OP Main St. were two very young Dem- tensive study now underway by the,1 ocrats, seven-year-old twins Gina Lee and Joseph Palteria, chil- special committee. dren of1 Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Palleria, €5 Shelter Hill Rd., Oak- The committee, comprised of ville. Standing behind them are their mother,, right, who is sec- several attorneys and. representa- 1 Pius X, Knights Of Columbus retary of the local Democratic Women's Club, and Mrs. Donald tive citizens, has informed dis- Masi, former club president: who now: is serving as president of trict officials that: "In. order to determine the kind of consolida- the Litchfield County Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs. tion we will have and what the ef- The two ladies are serving as local campaign coordinators for Installation Tuesday Evening fects will be on the taxpayers of Senator Thomas- Dodd. Edward O'Connor will be in- the town, and '.both Fire 'Districts., state J .as. Grand .Knight .of 'the we are carefully studying 'not only Plus X Council, Knights of Colum- Abtentee Ballot the 539 lines of the ordinance but bus, Tuesday evening, Oct., 27, at other written reports made in con- Waterfowl Native Heads 8 o'clock at the Council home, Applications nection with it. it is the ordinance Main St.. Carmen Donnarumma and "that will govern,,, not 'the good in- his staff will conduct the installa- tentions,'" " tion ceremonies. Now Available Mr. Colter said, , these renorts include the one made by the Hen- American Reid Service Wilbur Cassidy will, be installed, Completed absentee ballots must Arthur Howe,. Jr.. a Watertown as Deputy Grand Knight. Other of- rv Souther Engineering Co., of be in the hands of fhe town clerk Hartford, which was hired, by the native, l)as 'been elected president ficers to' 'be installed are: Louis before 6 p.m. Monday, Nov., 2, of the American Field. Service, ac- Vallancourt, Chancellor; Richard Consolidation Commission to de- Local AFS Chapter W. Dudley Birmingham, president velop rate schedules for water cording to an announcement by Ed- Mazzamaro, Warden.; Charles of the Connecticut Town Clerk's ward A. Weeks, chairman, of the Shea, treasurer; Richard Dauijhin- and sewer?. This report was 'Com- Association, noted in, a recent, pleted in May. 1964... • Board, of Directors. Mr. Howe fills Accepting Student ais, recording secretary; Kon- statement, urging persons who in- the position left ..vacant by the re- stantos Valuckas, advocate; Jo- tend to vote by absentee ballot to He stated that "'the comparison cent • death of Stephen Galatti. seph Guglialmetti and Felix, Ki- apply for the . application, form figures for outstanding bonds and. Born July 19, 1921. Mr.. Howe walski, inside guards; Joseph wit hou t f u r t he r del ay. for service charges that were de- attended public school while his Applications Han dura, outside guard: and An- veloped by the- Consolidation Com- father served as president of" 'Vir- 'The Watertown. Chapter of the thony "Rinaldi, trustee for three Town: clerks throughout Con- m j s s ione rs ; 1 nd the off i c i a'ls of the ginia's Hampton Institute. The In- American Field Service is ac- years. necticut will go to their local post Watertown Fire District independ- stitute was founded by young Mr. cepting applications from students Plans are being com, pie ted for a offices at the € p.m.... deadline l'ie «*nily also are bein~ examined by Howe's - maternal grandfather. i of the junior class at the Water- harvest buffet and dance to be day before the election to pick up the soec'a! committee. Two other General Samuel C. Armstrong, as town High School" for possible se- held 00 Saturday, Nov. 7. The ballots received up to that hour. renorts thai are hiehly detailed a school for training - Negro teach- ll lection to spend next summer in Council is also completing' plans Any absentee ballots received .aft- and extensive which deal with the ers... II has since become a racial- a foreign country under the.Amer- for the annual meeting o!" the .home er the 6 p.m.. deadline will be in- extent and worth of the production ly integrated, fully accredited icans Abroad prog ram. association to be held Sunday, valid a led. fae'lities of ihe Watertown Fire four-year Liberal Arts college. John Hayes, chairman of" the lo- •Nov. 15, at 2 p.m.. and the Fourth Mr. Birmingham, town clerk of Districi a Wo ore the subject of Wei hers field, pointed out that the the committee's studies. These When his father became assist- cal Americans Abroad program, De,gree installation buffet and Nov. 3 election is less than three ant headmaster of the Taft School, said, 20 applications have been re- dance to be held Saturday, Nov.., two reports were made by the weeks away, making it urgent for Malcolm Pimie Civil and Consult- M'r. Howe was transferred to ceived, to date, although it is ex- 21... absentee voters in foreign coun- school in New England. He grad- pected there will be approximate- Members of the organization ing Engineer-, of New York, and tries and other distant points to bv the Walter Kloss firm, of uated from Hotchkiss in 1938 and ly 60 prior" to application dead- voted at a recent meeting to fur- request application forms early f ipent a year at Rugby School in line. Applicants will be screened nish Thanksgiving dinners for Thomas! on. Both o these firms enough to assure completion and were hired hv the Watertown Fire • England as an exchange student, "by a committee selected by the needy residents. This will be done return of the absentee ballots be- f sponsored by the" English Speak- AFS Chapter and following sev- with the assistance of the Water- fore tae 6 p.m. Nov. 2 deadline. D strict officials." ing Union. - eral interviews, names of candi- town Welfare Department. Mr. Colfer sa<d that "we are He entered Yale University be- dates will be submitted, to the AFS Absentee ballot forms may be checking' into pertinent sect"ons of fore World War'" II and. continued headquarters,, in. New York City requested by any qualified civilian the Town Charter, the General at the University after his AFS where a, final, determination will To Assist With voter who will be out of'.the state Statutes and the Act Creating the' 1 between the voting hours, of 6 a.m. Consolidation" Com miss'on. Final- tour of duty. Mr. • Howe later be made as to whether or not a, and, 7 p.m.. on. election day. mem- taught Latin and mathematics at local student: will qualify. UNVCEF Drive bers of the Armed Forces who ly, we are making a direct inves- the Hotchkiss School. "In 1949 he At a recent high school assem- are qualified voters and who will tigation of a few area communi- returned to England for a year bly, Veronica Kirouac, the. first Many local children, out "trick: be. out- of town between voting ties to obtain rfata concerning the of study at Lincoln, 'College, Ox- and. treating" on Halloween night hours, and Qualified voters1 who relationships between industrial ford. While abroad, he served as (Continued on Page 3) will also be out 'working for the growth and. sewer .and water serv- European Representative of AFS's benefit of the United Nations Chil- are ill or physically disabled ... ice. " International Scholarships.' dren's Fund. "The League of Wom- Apnlication- forms may 'be ob- In. 1951 Mr. Howe was appointed en Voters, is sponsoring a, UNICEF tained from the town, clerk's of- Assistant Dean, of Freshmen at Rabies Vaccination Drive in the Watertown area.