Bicentennial Bash, Welfare Deficit Year's Top Stories
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Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org Tht Wofcrlown • Ookv.lltlimee WMU? e Timely Coverage Of Nmws In The Fastest Growing Community In Litchfield County Vol. 30 No. 52 Subscription Price $6.00 Per Year PRICE IS CENTS December so. im Bicentennial Bash, Welfare Deficit Year's Top Stories Townspeople will close out year is with a happy event and a February Bicentennial 1976 in traditional baby, which is the way the A two-town race for a 1108,000 custom Friday night as families James Chrrstiano family, 446 Community Development Block and friends hold celebrations Buckingham St., Oakville Gran! ended this month when laced with good cheer, and ex- started 1976 as little Peter Watertown edged out Naugatuck tend best wishes for better days James was born at 5 49 a m in for the money The Departmenl ahead, Waterbury Hospital of Housing and Urban Develop- Americans will have to wait The new resident was the first ment iHl'Di funds are ear- another 100 years before they Bicentennial baby in town, and in marked fur rehabilitation loans can ring out the just-past 365 the area as well An official to property owners in flood prone days in a fashion similar to this proclamation hv the Town Coun- nri'/H hut ironically, only J New Year's Eve, when all those cil named Peter James as the handful of alfwted residents Bicentennial memories come community's official Bicenten- have to this date expressed in- racing back and provide thoughts nial son terest in the government money worthy of keen reflection during The year's first flection saw Work progressed on the flood 1977. There were no Floods Avery W Iamphier, Water- ravaged Steele Hruok as thi* Pin locally, as in 1975. to steal the town's longtime fire chief and Shop fond contract went out to headlines in Watertown and marshal, reeleeted to his |8th bid Feb 6, and over the spring, Oakville, but 1976 was not term at the Mam Street brook reconstruction was without its share of newsworthy firehouse, and Deputy Chief spf.irhej.ded in several areas 1 items. A giant parade, a welfare ChnrlM .lurid Ir rhnspp for hi ; "«?f.ninr -•:!•/,-, h.,d u, ^Ut u, FAMILIES ANQ OLD ACQUAINTANCBS ewrywhore will be mess, and public buildings 17th term conduct their activities toasting the beginning of a new year Friday night, so reminding squabbles contributed to the un- elsewhere as they lost their ique happenings in town The awaited opening of the Wesley Hall Drop in Center on folks of the ingredients they'll need at the stroke of midnight is town's first elderly housing units Corky, a 5-year-old bulldog belonging to Michael Valuckas. Steele Maybe not the most Mam Street Activities were noteworthy year ever to be finally became a reality in mid- transfered to the Watertown Brook Road. Not as feroseious-looking In disposition as she January, when Truman Terrace appears, Corky will be content to see 1977 ushered in by snuggling recorded in town annuls, but cer- Library, but the old Falls tainly the most exciting and was given the okay from the Avenue School will soon become up to the warm radiator for a winter snooze, Happy New Year! State Department <>f Community (Valuckas Photo) diversified There'll surely never the M'inui>' new home in 1977 be another 197R' Affairs to welcome elderly On the spt>i ts from, WaUTtuwn In brief capsuled form, here's tenants into the 40 apartments at sent along its Litest contribution what grabbed the attention of the end of Steeie Brook Road to the big ieanues as Ted O'Neill, Adult Education Winter citizens in this community Tilo W.iti'i tdwri Housing son tit James and Rosemane month by month Authority's official dedication O'Neill. Hi«h Slrwt signed i Term Begins January 5 ceremony was hrlri in June con tract with the New York January About 75 townspeople in Town Mets baseball team He began There will be several new already established steps such as The best way to begin a new Meeting approved the construc- his pitching m a rookie league, courses offered in the winter ballet, tap, or jazz, nor to tion of a $3«million Uiwer Steele but progressed rapidly and was term of the Adult Education produce a recital or Broadway- Brook Interceptor, designed to boosted to Class A, Program which will run from style show. The objective is to No Snowmobiles relieve sewage problems in the A rousing Bicentennial r January 3 to February 10, Peter explore, experiment, and ul- «oiithw<"!» wrt:nrn n f Wa'crLrAiacrLrAiii, Concert b> Hit Watviiuwit Hign Perkinson, director of the timately create int^iiin^ful Exist in Town and increase cpaeity at the treat Music Department continued the program, announced this week. "pieces" using many movement ment plant community's celebration in late An Advanced Dance-Theatre ideas and acting styles. February, and more than 200 However, a participant may . Legally The report from the assessor's Workshop and Performance office revealed Watertown's students performed group, directed by Shelly and hve a background in dance or ac- There may be a lot of winter March ting techniques but is now in- enthusiasts living in town who Grand List jumped by more than Susan Frome, will be offered for $6 million over the previous The year's top story -•• judged the first time beginning Jan. 4 at terested in exploring new skills enjoy snowmobiling and own on the publicity it received local. and ideas and in being creatively their own vehicles, but there are year, and a net figure of $126,,- the Swift Auditorium at 7:30 668,186 was tabulated for 1975 (Continued on Page 161 p.m. involved in the work. A partici- just as many who will be using The eighth year the workshop pant may have no prior ex- the machines illegally if they try has been in existence, it has perience in dance or acting, but to run them on public land grown from an experiment to a is interested In the physical ex- Recreation Director Don fun-fledged performance group, pression of ideas, in learning Stepanek reported nobody has receiving grants from several new skills in movement and ac- registered a snowmobile yet sources such as the Watertown ting, and especially in offering a with the recreation office, a Foundation, the Mayor's Council sensitive, creative, personal in- prerequisite before the vehicles on Culture, the Connecticut Com- terest in the work itself. can be used at Crestbrcok or mission on the Arts, and others. The Workshop also incor- Veterans Memorial parks. The troup has toured around porates people who wish to con- He said only one was Connecticut and last spring (ContinuedonPagel3) registered last winter, and in- made appearances on Channel 8 dicated town income from per- in New Haven and on "Land of sonal property taxes on the the 3" in Hartford. Terryvilie Artist vehicles is going by the boards As the Drama Instructor, Shel- Exhibiting At because undoubtedly there is ly Frome and his wife Susan, the more than one person in the com- Dance Instructor, began by ex- Watertown Library munity possessing a snow- mobile perimenting with combining Terryville artist Kathleen dance movement with acting to Rockwell will exhibit her work in Additionally, snowmobiling at create original, humanistic Crestbrook and Veterans dance-theatre pieces. The the Friends Gallery of the Memorial is permitted only in Fromes are interested in explor- Watertown Library during the clearly marked, designated ing new ways of self and group January. A traditional painter, areas, and there must be at least expression. Many times they primarily in oils, she also works four inches of snow on the take part in creating the piece with watercolor, pen and ink, ground, TAKING TIME OUT from a Christmas party celebrated at the itself. and does pencil-sketched Mr. Stepanek said Christmas Watertown Library Dec, 23 are these members of a St. John's Participants may come from notepaper. Day's snowfall was not enough CCD class. The seventh grade Swift Junior High students pictured any background, but ideally She has studied with several for snowmobiling, and none was front row, left to right, are Robin Ismail, Lori Tripp, Shelley should be sensitive, imaginative, Connecticut artists, including being permitted as of Tuesday, Bianehi, Ronnie Poirier, and Denise Tripp, Second row: Christy open-minded, and interested in Dwight Curtiss, Terryville; Rules, regulations, and per- Osborn, Janet Brunelli, Caroline Smith, Cindy D'Amico, ami Jean movement and theatre and in Deiores Bartlett, Meriden; and mits can be obtained at the Cosgrove. Back row: Sharon Fratangelo, Susan Juodaitis, Donna performing. The artistic objec- Julie Hickcox, of Woodbury, She recreation office in the Town Doria, Debbie DiLeo, and Sherry Cosmos. Missing from photo tive of the work is not to imitate (Continued on Page 13) Hall Annex, Main Street, were Maria Church and Debby Emaneul, (Valuckas Photo) Page 2 Town Times (Watertown, Com.)»December 30, IWi WHS Students Hear with 10 markers. The Eagles Swift has games listed at home Jackie Bilokon and Vlfl Capcce for jMi g and 8. Informative Talk added six apiece for the winners. By Psychologist Property of the WatertownMrs. Barbara Workman Historical, psy- Society chologist for the Watertown School System, was the carter speaker recently at the high watertownhistoricalsociety.orgschool. She spoke to interested students and the behavioral studies class regarding her job and the qualifications of a school To all our patrons and psychologist, and about cer- tification requirements in friends... May your Connecticut as well.