Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org TWO DOLLARS PER VKAN WATKRTOWN, COMN, FRIDAY, APRIL It. IMS VOTERS TO VOTE ON CONCEIT PROGRAM UNDER TAFT SCHOOL RAISED REMOVAL OF LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND IN FULL AUSPICES AMERICAN LEGION Object of Removal Said to Be Need Campaign Wind- Bo Wttk 9 For Addition. —Selectmen Girl to Be Used to Sarphn Over Goal Soagkt By Approve Plan Boy Scoots to Cuip SdMtol at Watartowm This Bethlehem voters may be called Samuel H. Fisher, chairman of the upon to approve the removal of the One of the leading events of the national executive committee in the Bethlehem public library from its spring months will take place next campaign to raise $2,000,000 for the present location to the old town hall Wednesday evening in the Community Taft school at Watertown, of which and the sale of the present library building to Christ church if plans theatre, when the well known Men- Horace D. Taft, brother of Chief Justice William Howard Taft, is now being made by the board of se- delssohn Male Chorus will present • founder and headmaster, has an- lectmen develop. The proposal would varied program of 16 numbers, under nounced the fun has been completed. call a halt to the plans of the la- the auspices of Leroy G. Woodward The campaign wound up with a sur- dies' guild of Christ church parish port, AmeWcan Legion. The local le- plus of 9928 above the 12,000.000 ofa- for the erection of a new parish hall, as it is proposed that the present gion post is sponsoring a busy pro- ective. The money will be used for new buildings and to establish an en: library be used for that purpos". gram of community welfare and is dowment with an addition to the building prob- planning to use the proceeds of the Although there are only 750 gra- ably being erected by the church. concert to send Girl and Boy Scouto duates of the school, not including The proposal, which has orginated to camp this summer, and to promote ner students 1,600 persons «ub- among the board of selectmen, has a junior baseball team. ncribed to the fund. The largest been actuated by several motives. Li. The Mendelssohn Male Chorus, un- contribution was for $500,000 from brary officials .claims they are hamp- der the direction of G. Loring Bur- Edward S. Harkness. There were ered by a lack of room and that well is an organisation of the first two subscriptions for $150,000 one for with the library growing each year water, and is the only male chorus in $100,000, one for $76,000 one for $50- additional space is soon to be neces- this section of the state. It's popular- 000, nine for $25,000, and several sary. Removal of the library to the ity is state wide having appeared in $10,000. old town hall would give the library concerts in many of the large cities Mr. Fisher did not say who gave additional room. It would also dis- of the state, and broadcasting over those sums. Graduates of the school pose of tHe problem of the dispo- station WTIC in Hartford- G. Loring and former students gave $400,000, sition to be made by the town of the Burwell, the director, is well known fathers of the present and feraier old town hall. This, the selectmen throughout the state as a musical students $475,000, mothers, $275,000 maintain, would be of advantage to director and will take the chorus to and friends of the school $350,000 the town. New York in May, to compete in the The campaign was started a yea On the part of the ladies' guild National Glee Club (concert of Asso- ago. of Christ church parish, to whom it ciated Glee Clubs of America. The Taft school was opened in i is proposed the old library building 1890 in Pelham Manor, N. Y., with TicketB for next Wednesday's con- be sold, the proposition would re- three masters and 17 students. Three sult to their abandoning present cert are selling fast and there wUl be years later it was moved to Its pre- 11 rows of reserved seats, which may plans for the erection of a parish soi.t locati.n. It now has 280 students hall. The old library could readily be obtained starting Friday morning and 26 maiters. at the Post Office drug store by ex- be adoped to such a purpose, and an addition to the building erected. changing the regular tickets. IMPORTANT MEETING While no official decision has been The following program has bee WATERTOWN CIVIC UNION reached it is anticipated that the pro- arranged: Part I, "Where Fre Yoi posal may met with favor among Walk" Handel; "Lullaby" Brahms; Many important items of business SPRING, them. "Little Sunshine," Brahms; "On were discu ised and transacted at the NEW HAVEN RAILROAD LOCAL NEWS Both buildings concerned in the Wings of Song," Mendelssohn; Mus- monthly r.ieeting of the executive YEA, AND HOW CHANGE TIME APRIL 28 A son was born recently to Mr. proposal deal have played an import- ic. When Soft Voices Die," Diekenson committee of the Civic Union held and Mrs. Merritt Heminway of Cut- ant part in Bethlehem history during "Blow, Blow, Thou WJ^er^ind, Sunday evening. Ah important step Weatherman's Slogan to Be "I Trains, Offices, Shops, Etc, Will be past years. The present library "In Flanders Fields" and "Harp of was taken in the reorganisation pro- ler street Winter Comes" Operated on A Schedule of ruilditig previously served as a the North," by Royal_Antrews Mer- gram, the chief items being organiza- LouU Bouet of Hartford* a fermer One Hour Earlier achoolhouse, though it has now hous- win. Intermission will then_ take tion, administration and personnel. resident of Watertown was a recent So this is Spring, eh? WelL if you The aim cf thU reorganisation pro- visitor with friends-in town . think so read the following and tfaei ed the library over a long period of place and the second part of the^ro- Effective 2:00 A. M. Sunday, April gram is to find out the essential Miss Mary Hanning is confined to believe it or not: years. The old town hall to which gram will open whh "Drum.;' W 28th and continuing until 2:00 A. M. needs of the Civic Union, what it is Waterville, Me., April 13—A fall ol it is proposed to move the library, Meale; "Cornfield Melodies/' by Sunday, September 29th, 1929, the her home on Highland Avenue by ill- doing in the community, and any 15 inches of snow today caused post- most recently served the town in the Gates; "Campton Races," Foster; train scedules of The New York, New ness. changes that can be made in the pol- capacity of a schoolhouse. Since the "Sweet Canaan," Beddick; -Goto Haven and Hartford Railroad will be Mrs. J. G. Wilson of Prospect street icies of the organization that can im- Home," "Old King Cole," Forsythe; changed to conform to the Daylight has been entertaining her brother prove ita work in the community. 5, at "Laudamus," Protheroe. The pro- Saving Law, State of Massachusetts, from New York city. in a bog near here its use for school purposes it was gram will then dose with the sing- The various activities included in Mrs. Hattie Williams of Spokane, tending muskrat traps. More than 100 and daylight saving ordinances of the men had been organted to search. the old town hall and the center ing of the "Star Spangled Banner* the two sections adopted at Sunday's Wash., is visiting at the home of Mr. City of New York and many other Northfield, Vt, April 13—Eighteen of much of the social activity of the by the chorus and audience. and Mrs. G. S. Swift of Roberts street. meeting are indicated from the fol- cities through which it operates. inches of snow, a record here for this community. It also houses at the lowing tabulation: ... The Federal Standard Time Act Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Herman and present time the town clerk's office, SENIOR PLAY MAY 3 time of the year, forced the Norwich Organization and administration, (as amended) of March 19th, 1918 re- Mrs. S. Bernhardt of Highland Ave- baseball and track athletes indoors which with it3 huge safe in which A. Board of Governors, B. Executive quires that Standard Time shall nue have returned after visiting re- town records are stored formed an The annual play of the senior class today, after a week of practice on Sa- committee. 1. Composition, 2. Duty. govern the movement of all inter- latives in Union City, N. J. bine Field. Time trials and practice obstacle to the sale of the building. of the Watertown high school will be C. Standing committees. 1. Admin- ptate common carriers. Dr. W. J. Moore of Cheshire was The task of moving the safe rep- given in the Community -theatre on baseball game, scheduled for today istration and finance. A. Composi- Effective during the period of day- a recent visitor at the home of Mr. were postponed until next Saturday. resented many obstacles, and the Wednesday evening, May 8. Air.t tion; B. Duty, C List of commit- and Mrs. Thomas Magee of Porter town had no suitable place to which light saving, all offices, including If hailstones fell every day as they It the Truth, is the title of the play tees. 2. Activities committee, A. freight offices, shops, storehouses, -street.