Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.orgThe Waterfown - Oakvilie TOWN Weekly TIMES Vol. 10, No. 450 Subscription Price, $3.00' P*r Year. Single Copy, 6 Cents July If. 195* Bethlehem - flews Eight Classrooms May Be Finished Board Is To Study By School Opening Committee Abandoning Idea Operation Of A School, B u i 1 d I n g Committee chairman Ellsworth T. Candee said, Bethlehem Jr. High Tuesday .night that there- .is a SO- By Paul Johnson SO -chance that,, eight schoolrooms, For New Library Building Proposed town meeting action in the new Fletcher W. Judson to appoint a building committee to school will be available by Sep- The attempt to raise funds for cently appointed, by the Trustees obtain costs of a. four .room, addi- tember 5 or 6. a new library building to be locat- to conduct a private drive to- raise tion, to the Consolidated .School has Mr. Candee .noted that the roof Block Dance To Be ed on a, new site has 'been virtually funds and a. deadline was .set foe again been, delayed with the post- is now completed on buildinggs given up and the idea, for a new August 8. The President declared ponement being decided upon . to at the Hamilton Lane site, inside Held On August 1" building abandoned, it was reveal- that the matter of the new bulkfc- permit study of an enlarged build- partitions are being installed, and A Block, Dance will, be held, on ed, by Wesley L. Cassell, President ing will be finally and 'Officially ing program "which, would involve rough, plumbing and heating duct- 'Wednesday August 1 at the Youth of the Board of Trustees, Water- settled when, the Trustees meet a junior high, school. H. Samuel, work are completed. Center, under the sponsorship of town Library Association. on August, 8. Boot, Jr., board, secretary, • said the He voiced the opinion, that the the Wa.tert.own-Oakvi.lle .Recrea- Other than $32,000 in the form Meanwhile, members of the com- school, committee wishes to gi\e contractors had done "a pretty tion 'Council, director John Regan of -pledges,,, no additional funds for mittee will .inquire of donors whs- serious consideration to a. propo- good job of scheduling" the work, announced this week, a new building could, 'be- collected, have contributed or pledged money sal that facilities be provided for and noted that priority is now be- The affair will run from. 8 to 11 it was reported at a recent, .meet- for a new building whether 'they a, grade nine ,and that Dr. William ing placed on the Hamilton, Lane p...m,., with music to be provided by ing of the special committee, Mr,. will, agree to have any part of ,J. Nolan, Supt, of,,Schools, is to School. "The Dips,." Admission to the Cassell said. It had been estimat-1 their contribution earmarked, for • confer with Watertown school offi- The School Building Committee event will 'be without charge. In ed that approximately $120,000 j building an, addition to the present cials relative ' to coordinating .the met. with the building contrac- the case of rain, the Block. Dance would be needed for a new library library 'building, Mr. Cassell re* program with, the ..curriculum of tors on July 3. It was revealed will, 'be 'held on the following eve- structure. ported. Watertown high, schooL . At, .pres- that the one remaining factor ning, Thursday, August 2. The special, committee was re- The Library Association and ent local pupils attend, ninth, grade- most likely to hold, up completion Trustees decided two years ago on at the 'Swift Junior High, and of the two buildings, of the cam- an addition to the library and con- transfer to Watertown, high, for pus-type school, •'Containing the 8 ducted a public campaign which the remaining -three -years. rooms, is the installation, of alumi- Watertown Is To Participate In resulted in commitments of ap- Mr. Root said a preliminary stu- num windows. • proximately $40,000 in, cash ami dy indicated that- a. ninth grade A strike in-progress at the man- pledges. This amount includ.es might be operated in, Bethlehem, by ufacturing company producing the $8,;5TO approved by the Watertawn addition of two- teachers, one to windows has cut down delivery, Nation-Wide'Operation Alert' Foundation as their contribution for a, library addition, provided the- specialize in physical education but, another source of windows for At 4:10' pjm,. and continuing for and the other in, art. and music ,. „ . the school has .been, found, and it Watertown will" take part in a project is started, within a certain- nation-wide Civilian, Defense- ex- fifteen, minutes, the Conelrad period. "The proposed program, however, is 'believed, they may be delivered ercise tomorrow which assumes (Control of Electromagnetic Radi- would .not include 'home economics by the first week, in August. that an enemy attack has taken ation) system will be operation The Trustees, appointed a Build- or industrial arts ,. ,. .. Addition of The buildings scheduled for place in "Operation Alert 1956. at 640- and, 1240-.. on A.M., Radio ing Committee in, June of last year the additional grade "might involve early completion at the Judson. dials, throughout the nation. No to go ahead with plans for the construction of an, entirely new school are the two situated at the H. Raymond, Sjostedt, Water- T.V. or F.M. program will, be addition. However, a proposal- school facility on, a new location, greatest distance from, the road, town Director of Civil Defense, on, the air during this period. Only for a new building on another lo- Mr. Root stated Studies of fu- Candee explained. He estimated, said that in the excercise, which those A.M. Radio- stations belong- cation was introduced and some ture enrollments, Mr. -Root said, that a kindergarten might be- com- is primarily for training purposes, ing to Conelrad will broadcast, dur- weight was added, to the proposal indicated that the four rooms pleted three weeks after the two- the only local, public participa- ing the 15 minute test. by an offer of $25,000 from, a. local- which the School Planning Com- classroom • buildings and a .cafe- tion, will be the sounding of the The Watertown CD. office- re- resident who pledged, the sum, .if' mission had recommended 'be con-.teria, -by the* Chri.stm.as . holidays. "Red Alert" at 4:10 p.m,,,,, at which quests residents unable" to re- the project, were changed from an structed would, be filled to- caqa- The School. Building Committee time all traffic everywhere in ceive Conelrad on their 'A.M. radio addition, to a new building. Since city by the school year I959-oO, is. scheduled to meet with, the con- the state, except "railroad and airto send a .postcard advising such then, aproximately $7:000- more and that six additional rooms tractors, again after installation traffic, will be- stopped for a, per-conditions together with, addresses, were pledged for a new building; might be- required by that date , . ,., of "the windows. iod of fifteen minutes by- theso that, any dead spots may be as-by individuals, bringing the total A fall enrollment of 250 pupils at Earlier in the year, local, school Clock. certained. to $32,000. There were- also plans, the Consolidated. School is .pre-authorities had proposed • tempor- No All-Clear Signal to ask those who donated for" the dicted, even if no more pupils move ary plans .for handling the young- CI>. On 'Duty addition, whether they will approve into town, and would create crow- sters scheduled to attend the new The alert will, 'be sounded by Watertown Civil Defense to- using their contributions for the ding in, the school despite a, build- school, in case none of the newlocal sirens. Upon hearing the gether with, the Red Cross, Chief proposed new building. This plan, ing capacity of ,290 pupils ... A signal, Mr. Sjostedt pointed out, .Frank Minucci and. the Auxiliary however, was contingent on the buildings were completed. aceupants of vehicles should seek variation, in pupils per class ex- (Continued on. Page Six) Police, and, some of the service amount which could be solicited, plains the apparent inconsistency, the nearest and, best shelter or agencies,. of the town, will be on through the private drive but the school board members state. 9 cover available. If no- cover is duty from 11:04 a.m., July 20 un-results fell far short from' the Mental Health Fund AndrophyPlcmning available, instructions are to re- til 1,1. p.m. July 21... They will also estimated goal o-f $120,000. Bethlehem is one of seven towns main, in the cars with the windows serve from 11 a.m., July 22 to 1,1. Current estimates for construct- in the state which, exceeded its open. Pedestrians and outdoor p.m. July 22 in order to- fulfill ing the addition, are between $55,- quota, in the recent fund drive of. New Local Store workers, should take shelter in the nearest, available place. It the requirements of this test ex- 000 and $60,000,, Mr. Cassell noted. the Mental Health, Association, it ercise. An -effort, will have to be- made, he was, disclosed by .Mrs. Fred, A. was noted that no all-clear signal On Main Street will be sounded, but that the per- It is known that a simulated said, to make up the difference be- Brown,,, Jr., treasurer of the local A building with, a seventy-six iod, o-f the ""Red Alert," will last bomb is to be dropped on Water- tween these latest, estimates and chapter, at, a meeting held at the foot frontage will he built on Main for fifteen, minutes by the clock, bury, and for the purpose of the the approximate $40,000 raised for home of the chapter chairman, St.